Chapter 128

When I went back to the headquarters, I first found that the crater in the room had been filled and even the two steps damaged by the explosion had been repaired.

Several of us sat down around the table, and the political commissar began to introduce some of our leaders to me. Due to the long-term fierce fighting, not only the soldiers were seriously reduced, but also the regimental commanders were almost replaced. Except for general leviagin, I don't know the other two of the three commanders here.

The commissar first pointed to the tall officer sitting on my right and said, "this is colonel chisgakov, head of the 1075 regiment."

The officer stood up, saluted me, and said respectfully, "Hello, comrade division!"

I also stood up, did not return the gift, but reached out to shake with him, politely said: "Hello, nice to meet you!"

The lieutenant commander who was winking outside with lieutenant Ramis just now stood up, saluted me at attention, and said aloud, "report to Mr. commander, I'm sherebriavko, head of 1073 regiment."

After shaking hands with the two commanders one by one, I asked everyone to sit down and begin to discuss the next combat task.

The political commissar said: "the task given to us by our superiors is to guard wolos ramsk at all costs. But judging from the current situation, it is very difficult to complete this task. The German army is pressing us from the north, the West and the south at the same time. Because our army has no air supremacy and sufficient technical equipment, in the face of the three-dimensional offensive composed of German planes, tanks and artillery, our soldiers can only fight with their own flesh and blood, and the price is heavy. "

"Yes," Colonel chisjakov continued, "our regiment defends the west side of the city. Although it has been supplemented several times, there are only more than 2000 people left now..."

"Yes, yes," sherebriavko echoed: "before each attack, the German army used planes to bomb big guns, and then sent out tanks to cover the infantry charge. Due to the lack of artillery and anti tank weapons, our soldiers had to tie explosives on their bodies and rush to die with the enemy's tanks. "

I listened to the words of several people, and fixed my eyes on the urban map of wolos ramsk on the table. According to the enemy or foe sign on it, nearly half of the city was occupied by the German army. Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Soviet army is still showing signs of retreat. What should I do?

I raised my head and asked leviagin, "Comrade General, which direction is your regiment?"

"Here." His finger was on the map without hesitation. I followed his fingers and saw that it was to the north of the city, where the German army focused on attacking. It seems that the casualties of the 1077 regiment should not be small. Just as he wanted to look away to express his views to you, he caught a glimpse of a place next to his finger that said "station". When I saw this place name, I immediately thought of the sacrifice of felstov, Pavlov, aguminte and Aji. The corners of their mouths twitched and turned to look at leviagin, "Is the station still in our hands?" he asked in a low voice

Leviagin shook his head and said regretfully, "no, the station is occupied by the German army at present. When the station was just lost, we organized the troops to carry out a counter charge. But because the enemy's firepower was too strong, we failed in several attacks. "

Colonel chisjakov asked the political commissar, "Comrade political commissar, when will the reserve team assigned to our division by the higher authorities arrive?"

Yegorov sighed and said: "the German army is launching a fierce attack on us. The defensive area of the group army is too large to send us a reserve team without being supplemented. We have to rely on our own ability to fight tenaciously with the German army here. "

"There is no reserve in the group army. Should there be one in the front army?" The Colonel asked the commissar tentatively.

"No As for the situation of the reserve forces of the front army, I have the most say, so I will answer the Colonel's question: "according to the order of the base camp, all the reserve forces of the front army have been involved in the counterattack a few days ago, and now they are firmly contained in the area near wolos rumsk by the German forces. If we want to defend the city, we can only rely on our existing strength."

After listening to my reply, several leaders here were surprised. Lieutenant colonel sherebriavko first asked, "are you sure that we can hold the city with our existing forces, sir?"

I pondered for a moment, then said: "I'm not sure, but we can try. Maybe we can beat back the German attack." That said, I don't know what kind of weapons and equipment the German army has and how to deploy its forces. The only thing we know is that the German army is launching a crazy attack on our army. To tell you the truth, how should we fight this war? I don't have a clue.

"What do you think? Let's talk about it and see if it works. " The person who is most concerned about the war situation is always general leviagin, who came from a military background.

I tapped on the map with my fingers and said carefully: "judging from the current situation, our army's technical equipment is far less than that of the German army. If we fight with them so hard, we will suffer a lot. No matter how tenacious our soldiers are, if there is no reserve team to supplement them, once the troops are exhausted, the city will not be able to hold on. So I think we should give up the existing positional warfare and fight Street warfare with the German army instead. "

"Street fight?" After listening to me, the political commissar raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "how to play?"

I know in my heart that there is no technology to speak of in such hard to hard positional warfare. What we are fighting for is weapons, equipment and troops. Knowing clearly that this is an inevitable war of attrition, it is not worth the loss to continue to fight a war of attrition with the enemy without any supplement. Compared with the German army, we were at a disadvantage in terms of technology and equipment. If the number of people fell again, the battle would be lost.

I glanced at the three commanders here, and then asked, "do you have good communication with the front-line forces now?"

"Of course," Lieutenant Colonel sherebriavko took the lead and replied confidently, "our regiment's communication is unimpeded. I can give orders directly to any company below."

"So is our regiment." Colonel chisgakov echoed.

In the face of my inquiring eyes, leviagin nodded vigorously, indicating that his regiment was the same situation.

The communication between the headquarters and the company below is smooth, and my plan is half successful. So I stood up and began to give orders: "I ordered: except for the 1077 regiment to stay in the city, the 1073 regiment and the 1075 regiment to withdraw from the city immediately."

"Ah?" Hearing my deployment, all the people were stunned.

As far as I expected, I ignored them and continued to give orders: "when the troops withdraw, we should pay attention to leaving the necessary troops for cover to avoid excessive casualties. After withdrawing from the city, the 1073 regiment built a new defense line in the east of the city, relying on the original fortifications. As for the 1075 regiment, they should immediately rush to the position where the division headquarters is and gather, and take a timely rest as the reserve team of the division. "

"Shut up, commander o'shanina!" The political commissar suddenly slapped the table and stood up. He called my name sternly. His face turned red. He asked me loudly, "I don't know who put such a ridiculous idea into your mind. Do you know that this is a crime?! Let's hand over the city to the bandits, it can't be done! Even if we only have the last soldier left, he will be firmly nailed to the position like a nail, and he will never step back. I'd like to report to the group army command and ask commander rokosovsky to withdraw your position as division commander! " With these words, he had grabbed the phone on the table and began to shake the handle.

"Wait a minute, comrade political commissar." I grabbed his hand holding the microphone and said to him in a sincere tone, "please don't worry. I'll finish what I have to say."

"Say something." He threw the microphone on the table and sat back in his seat.

"Comrade political commissar, when I asked the two regiments to withdraw from the city, it was just an adjustment in the operational deployment, not a surrender of the city to the Germans." I patiently explained my intention to the commissar: "sometimes I take my fist back to fight better."

"Hum!" The commissar just snorted and did not speak.

So I went on, but the main target was leviagin, because his troops played the leading role in the later play: "stay in the 1077 regiment in the city, disperse the troops as companies and platoons, and fight guerrilla warfare with the enemy in the city. After being dispersed, the troops should rely on the streets and buildings to deal with the enemy instead of fighting unnecessary wars of attrition. The enemy will give them whatever they want. When they take it lightly, we will come out from behind and beat them hard. "

"Sir, comrade!" It was general leviagin who interrupted me this time. He asked, "how long do you think we can deal with the bandits in the city with our current strength?"

"This one?" When he asked, he really stopped me. I pushed the cap on my head with my hand, and then cautiously replied, "do your best, as long as you can. The more German troops we hold here, the less pressure we will bear in the direction of Moscow. "

"Is it certain that our soldiers and the enemy are fighting guerrilla warfare in the city?" The commissar couldn't help asking, but his tone had softened a lot.

"There should be no problem." I answered him confidently: "the German army can have the advantage in the battlefield only by virtue of their absolutely superior aircraft and artillery. Once our troops are entangled with them in street fighting, their aircraft and artillery will be useless. Without the support of these technical equipment, the combat effectiveness of the German army will be greatly reduced. " The reason why I am so confident is that I can clearly remember that in the future Chechen battles, the Russian army suffered a great loss in the attack on Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, because it was not suitable for the armed urban guerrilla warfare in Chechnya. Even the commander of the airborne troops who commanded the battle was killed in the war.

"The task has been made clear. Let's carry it out immediately." The political commissar stood up again and helped me to issue operational orders to the three commanders.

"Yes The three regiments rose to their feet.

Lieutenant Colonel sherebriavko of the 1073 regiment went to the door, turned back, stood in front of me and the political commissar, and said, "Sir, political commissar, I have a request. I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Come on, what's the matter?" Asked the commissar in a serious tone“ Since the 1075 regiment is going to be stationed near the division headquarters, can I help the company that I came to reinforce the division headquarters to build up? After all, our regiment suffered a lot of casualties in the battle and was seriously short of troops. "“ No way Without waiting for the political commissar to speak, I said, "the safety of the division headquarters is the top priority. If the command system is defeated by the enemy, how can we fight this battle? Needless to say, your company will stay as the guard company of the division headquarters. If there's nothing wrong, you can go back to the regiment as soon as possible and carry out my orders just now. "“ Yes The commander saluted US helplessly and turned to leave.