The chat continued very late, and it would be May 16th in a few hours.
When will the main force of the Soviet army attack Kharkov? During the long wait, Yang Mingzhi's patience was worn away bit by bit. Maybe tomorrow will be a calm day, and I hope this calm can continue.
Looking at Yang Mingzhi's attitude, he was somewhat opposed to this battle. Not to mention that the Soviet army was very likely to fail in this battle. At least the history of that plane was that the Soviet army suffered a disastrous defeat and the main strategic retreat.
In the Don River Valley, especially in Stalingrad, hundreds of thousands of troops fought to the death to achieve a tragic victory.
In fact, the main reason is also due to his selfishness. In his opinion, his 63rd Army is more suitable for carrying out large-scale operations once a month. In this case, it is best for the troops to rest for another ten days to fight against the enemy. Such benefits,
Firstly, the soldiers can get a good rest, and secondly, the weapons and ammunition consumed can also be replenished.
No matter what tomorrow brings, we need to face it calmly.
Yang Mingzhi didn't think much more and went to the lounge with the oil lamp...
The entire command headquarters fell silent, with only the staff officer in charge of night duty remaining. Such a night watchman had only one mission - to stay awake.
As long as he is awake, he can do anything, so the staff officer on duty usually spends his time reading some old books with yellowed paper.
As for the female soldiers on duty in the telegraph room, they were even more bored. Fortunately, there was a team of four female soldiers on duty in the telegraph room, so they could at least chat to kill the boredom.
Today's situation is rather special. Yang Mingzhi was too interested in chatting with his comrades and was not interested in the personnel changes in the telegraph room. He gave the sausage to the female telegraph operator, and as a result, this group changed shifts at eight o'clock in the evening.
The team that came this time was not four people, but six!
It turned out that Alexeyev knew that he had to fulfill that order, and that the child named Periya had to be trained into an excellent telegraph operator in a short time. He knew that no matter whether the child was smart or not, he did not have more time.
, children must be exposed to radio stations early and must practice early!
In addition, the other four beginners also had to work harder, so each group became a five-person establishment.
This was Liu Hongxiu's first night shift after joining the telegraph class. She was full of curiosity and even hoped to hear the beeping sound of the telegraph machine. The girl never realized that she was very smart, so she was cramming in the telegraph code book in the dormitory.
In the past few days, she had been devouring this boring book.
The current Soviet army radio communication code is still very simple. Each of the 32 Russian letters is represented by a string of numbers, and the numbers are matched by the length of the sound in the code. A smart person can easily memorize all this.
Liu Hongxiu is humble. She is very confident in her five days of hard study. At least she has memorized the numerical codes corresponding to the letters. She does not show off, even to Sorkina who was ordered to take care of her. Right now, she is begging for someone.
Opportunity to prove yourself!
Liu Hongxiu and Sophia were assigned to the second group, and the group leader was none other than Diana.
This woman was a little worried about her team members. She was a college student and majored in communications, so she served as a telegraph operator. The overall quality of her team members was somewhat inferior, especially when it came to code books. Excellent telegraph operators
They need to be familiar with it, but they still have to draw the code in their notebooks with straight lines and dots, and then proceed to the next step of deciphering.
The team members rested during the day, and it was unrealistic to expect them to study hard on their own. The telegraph machine was not used during working hours. Everyone was in the telegraph room, seizing the time to memorize the telegraph notebook.
The radio station was always on, and Diana put on the headphones herself, never leaving her hand with the pen. She looked at her subordinates and winked directly at the slacking girl. For Periya, that is, Liu Hongxiu, this child is indeed
It gave her a refreshing feeling. After several days of observation, the girl stared at the code book for several days. Is she really so interested in this boring book? How can she be so serious?
It's not easy for women to make judgments. Either the child has a brain problem and is born dull, or he is very clear about her mission!
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The radio monitoring personnel change every half an hour. With such frequency of rotation, no one has the chance to nap.
Time passed by minute by minute, and May 16th arrived quietly.
It was already one o'clock in the morning, and the entire Guerrilla Republic, like the swamp where it was located, fell into absolute silence. There were only a few weak oil lamps on the ground, and the sky was still dark clouds, and the whole world seemed to have fallen into deathly silence.
The lounge where Yang Mingzhi was located was not far from the telegraph duty room.
Liu Hongxiu knew that the commander was resting in that room, but the commander was chatting and laughing with the officers, so he didn't notice that he had come quietly. Maybe it was because he had put on a shortened military uniform?
Time kept running, and it was already two o'clock in the night. Liu Hongxiu was a child after all. She was still studying during the day and didn't get a good rest. She was almost at her limit by staying up until this time.
Diana said calmly: "Periya, if it doesn't work, just lie down and take a rest. I won't blame you."
Her kindness was decisively regarded as harsh criticism by Liu Hongxiu. The girl managed to cheer up and promised: "Team leader! I will persist. I must persist until my shift is handed over in the morning!"
"Okay! Your awareness..."
Things often happen suddenly. Diana was praising the girl's awareness in a soothing tone, but the telegraph suddenly rang.
What does this mean? It's been five days! This damn machine suddenly started ringing.
Diana trembled, and her attitude suddenly became serious. She ordered: "Everyone should be alert, take out their notebooks, and write down the telegram!"
Including Liu Hongxiu, all female soldiers did not dare to neglect.
Before the Soviet armies communicated with each other, there was a telegraph code used as a reminder to prepare the other party's telegraph operator.
Diana seizes the time, puts on the earphones herself, and takes on the role of monitor. In this case, it is actually best to have a male soldier present to reassure people. There is only one telegraph operator left as the top priority at the moment - Diana
Herself.
This code itself was meaningless, and after being repeated five times and then paused for ten seconds, the important content came next. Diana was naturally prepared at this time.
Liu Hongxiu was already familiar with Morse code. After all, she had seen her sister, a telegraph operator in the Red Army, working in China. Therefore, in the eyes of her comrades, this was the first time that the child heard the sound of the code. In fact, it was not novel at all.
The code suddenly rang, and the girl suddenly realized that her memory was really good. Unlike other female soldiers who had to write down horizontal lines and straight lines on paper, she directly wrote the numbers corresponding to the code combination.
Soon, she wrote down a set of short numbers, and miraculously, Liu Hongxiu was able to convert the numbers into letters right away, thus spelling out the first word.
With the first word, there is the second word. When the words are piled up, there is shocking content.
"What's going on? Their signature is Guerrilla Movement Command! Who are they?" The girl spoke directly in surprise.
Her words successfully caught Diana's attention. The woman felt as if she had been pricked by a needle. She turned her head suddenly and glared at Liu Hongxiu with a sharp look, which frightened the girl and quickly stopped.
Diana continued her recording, but her mind was already a little confused. She was a relatively senior telegraph operator, and the double encryption method of the Soviet army's communication code instantly turned into letters in her mind.
Diana had been mindlessly translating the codes of different lengths, and she didn't even have time to see what words the letters on her paper spelled out.
She lowered her head and took a quick look, her legs immediately trembling uncontrollably. There was no other reason. The child was absolutely right. The signature on the telegram was that-Guerrilla Movement Headquarters!
Her heart was beating wildly, and her dissatisfaction with Liu Hongxiu's sudden speech disappeared. She glanced at the girl from the corner of her eye and saw that she was still writing in her notebook, but her movements were definitely not drawing dots and lines!