Chapter 111

The battle of attack began.

The campaign plans formulated by the headquarters have been given to all combat units in the form of orders. According to the orders of the higher authorities, the participating troops are fighting tenaciously with the German army in the designated area.

I don't have a fixed position in the headquarters, and I don't have to rush to take part in the command of the campaign immediately. So after I dressed and washed, I took time to eat breakfast in the kitchen, and then walked slowly to the headquarters.

As soon as I entered the hall, I felt like I came to the food market. The hall was in a mess. The telephones of the operations and intelligence departments kept ringing, and the operators were shouting the numbers of the troops below; The correspondent runs back and forth between the two offices, sends the information received by the intelligence office to the operations office, and then takes the new instructions from the operations office to the intelligence office.

I only stood for a while, and then I felt headache because of the noise. I quickly pushed open the door of rokosovsky's command room and slipped in. The effect of the church oak door is good. As soon as the door is closed, the noise is completely isolated from the outside.

When he heard someone coming in, rokosovsky, the political commissar and the chief of staff who were sitting at the table drinking tea all turned their heads. Handsome Luo also called me and said, "Rita, just as I was going to have someone call you, you came first. Come and sit down for tea. " As soon as I sat down next to the political commissar, a staff officer immediately put a cup of sweet black tea in front of me.

There was a captured German radio on the table, in which was playing sweet music. I asked the political commissar curiously, "Why are you so free today? How can you all get together to listen to music?"

The commissar said with a proud look: "a captured major has just been interrogated. He said that the German defense line has shown signs of collapse. Comrade Zhukov called the commander and said that rokosovsky made a gesture to interrupt him, saying: "the Germans are broadcasting. Please translate it for us to see what they are talking about."

The lieutenant went to the table, bent down to listen, then stood up and said, "the radio says: attention! be careful! Next, please listen to the speech of the head of state to the German army on the 15th. "

The chief of staff said with great interest: "ha ha, maybe Hitler saw that his army would soon be crushed by our brave red army, so he couldn't wait to jump out and cheer up his soldiers." His words immediately caused everyone to laugh.

After a short silence, Hitler's voice came out from the radio. The interpreter stood aside and translated every sentence to everyone in time: "soldiers! Moscow is right in front of you. After two years of war, all the capitals of the European continent have been conquered by you. You have left footprints on the most beautiful streets. Now only Moscow is left. You have to conquer it, let it taste the power of your weapons, and walk through Moscow's red square with the pace of victory. Moscow is the end of this war. Go to Moscow to cultivate your bodies covered with gunpowder. Go ahead

Hitler's speech was simple and ended in just one minute. After listening to his speech, the deputy chief of staff gave a cold Snort and said with disdain, "Hitler's bandits have been in a mess in the face of our army's offensive, so their master has to come out to speak and cheer them up."

I was silent, thinking that Hitler was a good speaker. Although his words were brief, they had effectively stimulated the morale of the army. It can be imagined that the next battle will be more brutal. In the face of the fierce German attack, the Soviet army will have to continue to retreat. When I think about it, I sweat behind my back.

I looked at rokosovsky, who was sitting next to me. He frowned and asked the interpreter to leave. Then he stood up and said in a serious tone to the complacent deputy chief of staff, "Comrade o'lear, don't take the enemy lightly just because we were successful in the early stage of the campaign. We have to know that in the early morning battle, we can achieve such a great result because the German army misestimated our strength. They didn't expect that we would launch a new round of counter offensive when the skirmanovo campaign didn't achieve the expected goal. Now they are caught off guard by us. Once they come back to their senses, they will use their air and ground advantages to launch a crazy counter offensive against us. "

When I heard rokosovsky say these words, I breathed a sigh of relief. A famous general is a famous general. In this case, I still keep absolutely sober, and I can see the problems existing in the current army.

Rokosovsky asked everyone to look at the map, and immediately a staff officer came forward and removed the radio from the table. According to the situation map of the map, the defense lines of the German army were mainly located in villages and towns or in the small woods. Mines were laid in the intervals between the bases, and strong firepower was used to block these areas. However, due to the suddenness of the attack, these lines of defense were broken through by our army one after another, and the participating troops had wedged into the German positions for three to five kilometers.

Just then, the door slammed open and a major rushed in with a piece of paper in his hand. As soon as the door opened, so much noise came in that I couldn't hear what the major was reporting to rokosovsky. It wasn't until one of the staff officers closed the door that I heard what the major with the information in his hand said: "the latest news just came from the headquarters of the front army: the German central army group changed its deployment, transferred new troops, supplemented the participating regiments, and turned to attack under the command of field marshal von Bok. The enemy and US fought on the broad front from Kalinin to Tula. The northern German army carried out major raids in the right-wing defensive zones of the 30th, 16th and 5th group armies (Volga reservoir, Moscow mozaisk railway), and the southern German army carried out major raids in the defensive zones of the 50th group army (Tula, new Moscow)

"Chief of staff!" After listening to the major's report on the enemy situation, rokosovsky walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and said to malining with a blue face: "order the troops of the group army to stop the attack immediately, build fortifications in the existing occupied area, and turn to defense on the spot."“ Yes After recording the commander's orders, the chief of staff went out with the major to convey them to the army. The commissar came over, patted rokosovsky on the shoulder, comforted him with a smooth tone and said, "Comrade commander, don't worry. Now our army is taking the initiative in the battlefield, and the German army will pay a huge price even if they want to counterattack." I coughed and broke in: "Comrade commander, now we must first find out where the German army is going to launch an attack in the defensive zone of our group army, so that we can carry out targeted defense and counterattack." Rokosovsky listened to me, nodded and said, "well, we should first make clear the direction of the German assault. Comrade o'lear, it's up to you to do this. Move quickly. "“ Yes The deputy chief of staff agreed and left the room. Rokosovsky stood at the table, looking down at the map in front of him. I stood behind him, hesitated for a moment, and then said cautiously: "I think the focus of the German attack may still be concentrated on the left wing of the group army, that is, the volokoramsk area defended by the 316 division." After listening to my words, rokosovsky's face showed a smile: "if there are no soldiers to send elsewhere, if the German army dares to attack the volokoramsk area, it will definitely suffer heavy losses." He turned to see me with a puzzled look on my face and quickly explained: "yesterday, I added major general leviagin's 1200 men and captain oshanin's army dog company to the 316th infantry division. At the same time, I also deployed the combat effective Cadet regiment and a part of the 126th infantry division there." With a bitter smile, I didn't say anything. I said to myself: in the battle launched this morning, the weak Soviet army was attacking, while the strong German army was defending. If the offensive and defensive sides were transferred, with the existing strength of the Soviet army, would they be able to defend the battlefield under the heavy bombardment of German planes? The door was pushed open again, and in came deputy chief of staff Orel, who solemnly reported to rokosovsky: "report, comrade commander, the main assault direction of the German army has been identified, which is on the left wing of our group army - volokoramsk area defended by the 316 division and the Cadet regiment."“ I see, "rokosovsky went to the door, took off the cotton cap from the coat rack, put it on his head, turned to the commissar and said," Comrade lobachev, let's go to Panfilov division to have a look. " When he saw me, he waved to me and said, "Rita, you don't have to go. You'd better stay in the headquarters." Rokosovsky, the political commissar, and several staff officers left for wolokoramsk. There were only two people left in the room, I and deputy chief of staff Aurel. Seeing my unhappy face, o'lear asked me cleverly, "Comrade o'shanina, are you worried about your husband's danger?"“ Ah? " I couldn't help but be stunned by what he said. If he hadn't mentioned the word "husband", I wouldn't have thought of the relationship between Rita and o'channing. No wonder rokosovsky didn't let me go with him to volokoramsk. Maybe he thought I was worried about oshanin's safety and wanted to go to the front line. He didn't agree with me to go because of his good intentions. After all, war is dangerous. Maybe he was worried that our couple would meet at the front line, so that I would stay“ Air raid warning A lieutenant opened the door and rushed in, shouting, "Comrade commander, the German plane is coming. Go out and hide."