Our car just started, not far away, then came the roar of the tank motor. I looked out the back window and saw katukov's tank coming towards us. The canopy of the turret was open, and katukov's head came out of it, shouting what? I quickly asked grissa to stop and park on the side of the road to wait for katukov.
The tank soon came and ran parallel to my car. When I heard someone calling my name outside, I pushed the door open, looked up at katukov and asked, "Comrade General, what's the matter?"
"Comrade commander," katukov looked down at me and said aloud, "go back to the regimental headquarters first. After today's fighting, ammunition and fuel consumption is very high, I will take the troops to supplement. " At this point, he raised his hand, looked at the watch on his wrist, and then said, "it's twelve o'clock at noon. My troops will arrive at the regimental headquarters to meet you at four o'clock in the afternoon, no later than five o'clock at the latest."
"Good!" I promised, waved to him, pulled up the door and told grissa to drive.
There was no heating on the jeep, and there was ventilation everywhere. Although I wrapped my military coat tightly, when I stopped in front of the 1073 regiment headquarters, I felt that I was becoming frozen meat that I had just taken out of the refrigerator.
Stepping into the room of the regiment headquarters, I caught a glimpse of two stoves for heating in the corner of the wall, but I didn't dare to sit there directly. I was afraid that I would be frozen. I ran to the extremely hot place suddenly, which would make something wrong. Then he went to the table and sat down, intending to wait for the body to warm up, and then squatted to the stove to get warm.
Kisjakov is not as free as I am. From the beginning of entering the door, he kept calling and gave various orders to the troops below.
Seeing that he was busy, I didn't disturb him. After looking around, I found that a staff officer seemed to be doing nothing, so I waved to him. When he came over, he asked, "why didn't I see major yevremenko of the anti tank artillery regiment? Where did he go?"
The staff officer straightened up and reported, "Comrade division commander, just a few minutes before you came back, the major received an order from the headquarters of the group army and went to Taiyangshan city."
"What? Sun mountain city? " It seems that rokosovsky is still adamant and has transferred the anti tank artillery regiment. The next one to be transferred is general katukov's tank brigade. Thinking of this, I suddenly stood up, grabbed the staff's skirt and asked, "is there any way to contact General katukov's tank brigade?"
"No way!" The staff officer shook his head and said, "general katukov's tanks don't have car radio stations. Unless they are stationed and set up telephone lines, they can't be contacted."
Hearing that I couldn't get in touch for the time being, I felt a little more secure. Katukov led his tank to refuel. Rokosovsky may not know. As long as he can't contact the tank brigade, I can continue to dispatch this unit. I let go of the staff officer's skirt, waved my hand and said, "go ahead."
Kisjakov, who had just finished the call, didn't know what had happened. When the staff officer went away, he came over and asked quietly, "Comrade division, what's the matter?"
I sighed and told him that the anti tank regiment had been transferred to sun mountain city. He was also worried and said, "Comrade division commander, the reason why our position was so quickly broken through by the enemy two days ago is that we lack enough anti tank weapons. Now there is no anti tank artillery regiment. If even the tank brigade is transferred, it will be impossible to fight in the future. "
"No tank, no war?" Although I am dissatisfied with the action taken by rokosovsky, I can't complain in front of my own ministry. I can only act as if nothing happened. "Even if we don't have anti tank weapons, we can use cluster grenades to bomb. Just now we were in the position of the Third Battalion of the 1075 regiment. You saw that major shedulin was organizing the soldiers to bundle up cluster grenades
"But..." what else did chisjakov want to say, but I stopped him. I said in an official voice: "it's the order of the superior to transfer the anti tank artillery regiment. As for why, the superior has the consideration of the superior, so there's no need to explain the malice to us. What we can do is to carry out the order firmly. "
Just as I was talking nonsense, the telephone rang on the desk. Chisjakov picked up the receiver and just said a few words, he handed over the phone and said in a low voice, "it's general Zhukov, commander of the front army!"
I was a little nervous when I answered the phone. I didn't know what Zhukov would say to me. I took a deep breath and said, "Hello, general! I'm o'shanina! "
"Well done! You are good, Rita Zhukov didn't say anything else. As soon as he came up, he praised me severely, which made me confused. I don't know what he meant by that. But he quickly went on: "rokosovsky has told me about you. Today's two battles, together with the holding battle in wolos ramsk, are enough to build up your absolute prestige in the eighth division of the guards, so that all the soldiers can understand that your division commander has real ability, not nepotism. "
"Thank you for your compliment." When I heard Zhukov's words, I was elated and couldn't help thanking him.
"And," he went on, "the 78th infantry division, for its outstanding performance in combat, was also awarded the honorary title of the 9th close guard division on November 19. The division commander, Colonel beloborodov, was also promoted to major general because of his military achievements. What I'm saying to you, Rita, is to make you understand that even though you're a small lieutenant commander, it's possible to be a general as long as you make brilliant achievements in battle, not to mention being promoted to a colonel. "
general!!! Zhukov's big pie made my eyes brighten, and quickly expressed my determination to him: "Comrade General, please rest assured that as long as I'm here, I will be able to hold the position and never let the German devils move forward to Moscow." He finally got to the point and said the purpose of the call: "the current offensive and defensive war in Taiyangshan city is very difficult. I heard rokosovsky say that he wanted to transfer general katukov's tank brigade, but he was held by you. That's not good. You should know how to obey the overall situation. The Taiyangshan city needs tanks more than you do. "“ General, please listen to me. " I will add a little polish to what chisgakov said just now and say to Zhukov: "the reason why our division's defense line was easily broken by the German army two days ago is that in addition to the heavy casualties of the troops and the disruption of the organizational structure of the troops, the lack of anti tank weapons is also the main reason. Today, I can easily destroy the two German troops that broke into the defense line. The tank brigade played a decisive role. Instead of clinging to the tank brigade, I want to make use of the current favorable situation to launch a limited counterattack from our division's defense area, contain the enemy's forces, disrupt the enemy's deployment, and favorably support the counterattack of Taiyangshan city. " Zhukov was bluffed by what I said. Maybe it's time to say something supported by today's brilliant results. He thought for a long time before he asked, "what's your plan?"“ Do you have a reserve team? "“ No, I don't have reserves on hand He said this sentence almost without thinking. Judging from the proficiency of his answer, there are absolutely not a few reserve commanders who ask him every day“ I have two plans, one with reserves and the other without reserves. Which one would you like to hear? "“ Rita, why do you have so much nonsense? Let's hear it! Let's talk about the one with the reserves first I coughed, cleared my throat and said, "if you can give me a regiment of infantry, I can launch an attack on sun mountain city. My idea is: in the early morning of tomorrow, take the tank brigade as the leader to launch a surprise attack on the German tank troops stationed in Sun Mountain City, and the infantry will follow up and expand the results. If our troops occupying the three residential areas can cooperate in the attack, it is entirely possible to recover Taiyangshan city quickly. "“ What about the second one? " He asked noncommittally“ Because there is no reserve, and the forces that our division can use are effective, I can only consider a small-scale attack on the 23rd German infantry division, and the results I can achieve are limited. " I said the second plan simply and clearly. Zhukov is an understanding person. He should be able to clearly recognize that I focus on the first plan“ If I give you the reserves, are you sure the attack will succeed? " Zhukov asked suspiciously“ Well, "I hesitated for a moment, but I replied decisively," Comrade General, please rest assured that the probability of success is very high. Even if we can't drive out the enemy, we can also severely damage them and relieve the pressure of our army's later attack. " I don't say this casually, because I know in my heart that the sudden cold weather is enough to make the German army lose its original fighting capacity. Zhukov thought about it again, and then replied, "I'll think about it again and get back to you later." Then he hung up.