Chapter 399 Counterattack

As planned, the battle was fought from Kerch.

The Soviet army in Kerch is the 50th Front Army... At this time, they can't tell which army it is, because they have gathered a large number of troops that have been withdrawn from the front line and concentrated here, intersecting each other The soldiers could not find the officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers. The organization was in chaos.

After Kulik left this mess and left, in principle the command was in the hands of his staff officer Colonel Leonid, but the only troops that Colonel Leonid could actually command were the guard company of the headquarters.

Mechelis sent a telegram to Colonel Leonid: "I hope you can organize a counterattack!"

"Comrade Mehlis!" Leonid replied in embarrassment: "I hope it will be difficult to stop this harassment, let alone launch a counterattack!"

But of course Mehlis would not listen to his explanation.

Mehlis's approach is simple: "If you can't do it, just wait to become a sinner of the motherland!"

These words immediately drove Leonid to a corner.

Soviet officers are different from soldiers. If a soldier surrenders to the German army, he is likely to be listed as missing or sacrificed by the Soviet Union due to chaotic management.

But the officer, especially the officer who was targeted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs... It is difficult to escape their sight because all kinds of detailed information are recorded in the book, especially when the other party is the director of the General Political Department Mehlis.

It doesn't matter if Leonid himself dies, if he becomes a "sinner of the motherland", it means that his family members may be implicated or even sent to Siberia.

This was unacceptable to Leonid, since his child was only a few months old.

Thinking of this, Leonid made up his mind. He took off the armed belt from the wall and walked out of the headquarters with two guards and got into the jeep.

The jeep drove all the way to the Kerch pier, where there were yelling and shouting everywhere, Soviet officers and soldiers who were vying for fishing boats and even made their own floating tools to escape.

Leonid stood on the jeep, picked up the horn and yelled at them: "Stop, you idiots!"

Speaking of this, he fired two shots into the sky "bang bang".

The soldiers looked here, but were not afraid of Leonid.

Because Leonid only had one man and two guards, they could take him out with just a few of them and no one knew who did it...or everyone did it together.

"Is it useful to escape?" Leonid shouted through the loudspeaker: "Do you think you can go back alive? Even if you are lucky enough to cross the strait in the icy water, you know that there is something waiting for you on the other side of the strait." What is it? Shame, death, and the pain of your family!"

What Leonid said was correct, it was a good thing he didn't escape, because it was hard to know whether he was killed in battle or disappeared or for other reasons.

But if they escaped the channel, it was evidence of a deserter, even a corpse.

In fact, most Soviet officers and soldiers did not take this into consideration. They were just frightened by the death and danger in front of them. In addition, they held a little bit of luck, hoping that the law would not blame the public, and that there would be different results if there were more deserters. .

But Leonid's next words quickly made them realize that was unrealistic.

"Do you know who is in command on the other side of the strait?" Leonid said: "Mechelis is waiting for you over there. He just sent me a telegram and ordered us not to take a step back, otherwise all of us will die." A 'traitor to the motherland'!"

At this point, the officers and soldiers were stunned.

They knew who Mechelis was, and they also knew that Mechelis would never be merciful, and falling into his hands would be more painful than death.

If Mechlis on the other side of the Kerch Strait knew that he still had this role, he would have to show off even more.

After being stunned for a while, a soldier shouted, "Forget it, Kulik has already escaped!"

"Yes, he can escape, why can't we?"

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"I don't know!" Leonid replied: "You should ask Kulik these questions instead of me. I only know that I didn't escape. I'm still standing here, and I'm still trying to drive you to the battlefield!"

After a pause, Leonid continued: "And, I can assure you, comrades, if you are willing to return to the battlefield with me, I will go ahead of you!"

So the soldiers hesitated.

The situation at this time is actually very clear, fleeing is death, going back to fight is also death, the problem is that the former will also involve family members.

Then Leonid made another suggestion: "If any of you are orphans, I will pretend not to see. Otherwise...you know what I mean, you should pick up your guns and come with me like men! "

This made the soldiers completely believe in Leonid.

Because if Leonid didn't really think about the officers and soldiers, he wouldn't "pretend not to see" at all, and he didn't have to do so.

So, soon a few people stood up with guns in hand, and then a few more, and then a few more, more and more... Troops, especially low-quality troops, are often like this. They have a herd mentality , When they see someone running away, they will run away in a swarm, and when they see someone standing up, they will stand up one by one.

The reason for this is that many people actually don’t know or it can be said that they are not sure what kind of choice is the most correct, and they simply think that it must be correct if everyone does it... There are so many people who make mistakes with you, and you will feel better psychologically.

But no matter what, this time Leonid succeeded. He successfully organized an army of more than 10,000 people and reported to Mechelis.

"We are ready, Comrade Mekhlis!" Leonid said in the telegram: "I don't know which unit they belong to, because they have different numbers and I have no time to reorganize. But they have More than 10,000 people, and we dug out all the equipment in the warehouse to arm ourselves!"

"Very good, Comrade Leonid!" Mechlis replied: "The motherland will know your heroic deeds. I am proud of you. At that time, we will have an air force to cooperate with your attack..."

The next words are not important, Colonel Leonid breathed a sigh of relief, and his whole body relaxed.

After that, Colonel Leonid really fulfilled his promise, and he rushed to the forefront of the troops during the counterattack.

What is certain is that he did not come back alive, and even his body was never found after the war.

However, to Colonel Leonid, this was equally unimportant.

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