Chapter 239

When the rumble of guns came from the outside, I had just made a phone call with yegorov, political commissar of the eighth division of Jinwei. I knew that his troops, under the cover of the remnants of the 389th tank division, had attacked and advanced to the starting position in the east of klin City, ready to fight at any time. I finally said, "wait for my order." He put down the phone.

Our army's more than 200 artillery salvos are really powerful. Standing on the observation point, you can feel the ground shaking slightly. The barrage of shells fell on the enemy's position and exploded. Even without binoculars, we could see the black soil and white snow dust columns rushing high into the sky. Of course, if you use a telescope to observe, you can also see the flying human limbs and broken weapon parts from time to time.

We saw our artillery pouring so many shells into this defensive position, which is less than two kilometers wide and less than one kilometer deep. Colonel chisgakov, who had been standing beside me, asked with some worry: "Comrade division, is it a bit of a fuss to use more than 200 guns to attack such enemy positions. We should know that the artillery regiment's shells are not unlimited. If they are all finished, it will be very troublesome to add up with the current transportation situation of our army. "

I continued to look at the barrage of enemy positions and said faintly, "if we don't wipe out all these enemies in the trenches outside the city, we will pay a great price when we attack the city. As for the shells, you don't have to worry. As long as Colin is liberated, the headquarters of the front army will try to replenish them in time. "

After listening to me, chisgakov did not speak any more. Like me, he raised his telescope to watch the German army crying under our heavy artillery fire. Some of the German soldiers, who had been hiding in the trenches, jumped out of the trenches and ran to the city. They may have forgotten that the shell is about covering, not hitting. The shells of our army's heavy-duty cannons explode just a few meters away, and the splashing shrapnel can still kill them. So these enemy soldiers ran not far away and were blown to pieces.

After 40 minutes of shelling, almost all the German fortifications outside the city were destroyed. Many logs with a diameter of tens of centimeters used to build the fortifications were blown into sawdust. The ground was full of black smoke craters. Even the two or three storey buildings beside the city were blown down.

Although the gunfire stopped, my ears were still buzzing, and suddenly I heard a loud bugle. At first I thought it was auditory hallucination, but soon I saw a red signal bomb rising into the sky, and then thousands of soldiers who had hidden in the forest rushed to the city quickly.

The artillery bombardment just now has cleared all the minefields and barbed wire in front of the trench. In some areas, there are even roads for infantry. Therefore, the route to the city is not limited to that road.

The flag bearer holding the military flag rushed to the front of the team and took the lead in stepping on the streets of the city, followed by his comrades in arms. Although from time to time people were shot down, but more people immediately flocked.

In the trenches, German soldiers who survived and were dazed by the bombing waved white flags tied to rifles and surrendered to our soldiers.

The engineer troops followed the attacking troops and began to repair the road which was full of craters, so that our tanks could move into the city as soon as possible to cover the infantry's battle to capture the city.

When I saw this, I put down my telescope and said to chisgakov, who was looking beside me with enthusiasm: "Comrade Colonel, please call the political commissar and ask him to immediately lead the troops to launch an attack on Kling city from the East."

"Yes He agreed excitedly, turned around and trotted all the way back to the tent.

I happened to find the cavalry commander, major leiutov, standing in the middle of the staff behind me, and asked curiously, "Comrade major, when did you come back?"

"Report to the chief of staff, I have just arrived. See you are paying attention to appreciate our army artillery is how to beat the German guy, I did not disturb you Perhaps seeing that the infantry had successfully rushed into the city of Kling, he was also eager to try, so he couldn't wait to ask me to fight: "Comrade chief of staff! You see, the infantry soldiers have rushed into the city. Maybe we should help them again. Do you want to send our regiment to rush up, cooperate with infantry and tanks, and teach the Germans a lesson? "

"No way!" The next thing is street fighting. I can't let the cavalry ride a horse and wave a saber into the room to cut people, so I didn't give him a chance, so I shook my head and refused his request: "the cavalry can't play a big role in street fighting, so I'd better let you go on the next field battle."

The battle has shifted from outside the city to inside the city, and I calculate to myself: even if the German army has 2000 people, it is impossible for them to defend such a big city. They can only choose the key defense. The focus of defense is to the south where I am and to the East where the political commissar is. In the shelling just now, at least thousands of enemy troops have been killed, so the remaining troops are hundreds of thousands. It will be a matter of time before the whole army is destroyed under the double attack of our army. It depends on how long they can sustain.

At this time, a staff officer came over and reported to me, "Comrade chief of staff, commander, please answer the phone immediately."

Vlasov called me at this time to ask if he had captured the city of klin? When I think of this, I feel very uneasy. Although the troops have already entered the city, it is not so easy to eliminate the enemy. If the German army resisted house by house, it would take a long time, in addition to heavy casualties, depending on the combat effectiveness and street fighting level of our army.

As soon as I heard my voice, Vlasov couldn't wait to ask me, "Rita, how's the battle going under Kling?"“ Report to the commander I don't want to hide anything from him, lest the wrong information make him make the wrong decision: "after the preparation of artillery fire, the enemy's defense outside the city of Kerin has been destroyed, and the infantry of the seventh division of the close guard has now entered the city. Engineers are trying to repair the reason why they were destroyed so that the tanks of the tank brigade can enter the city as soon as possible for reinforcement. Under the command of Comrade yegorov, the political commissar, the eighth division of Jinwei also launched a fierce attack from the east of the city to the German army. Now it is in a fierce battle, and it is estimated that it will soon be able to attack the city. But... "But what?" Vlasov said impatiently, "Rita, just say what you have to say. Don't always say half of it in such a way as to make people worried."“ At present, the remnants of the German army have retreated into the city. They will take advantage of the buildings in the city to fight tenaciously. If they want to drive these bandits out of their houses, I fear that our army will pay huge casualties and spend a lot of time. " Vlasov was silent for a moment, then said resolutely, "I don't care how much your troops pay, but I want to drive the enemy out of klin as soon as possible. Cassino has been attacked by the troops under the command of deputy commander Lin. I hope you can draw out the main force as soon as possible, and then go west with all your strength. After converging with deputy commander Lin's troops, he waited for an opportunity to seize the German supply bases in suvorovo and botovo, cutting off the logistics supply lines of the enemy who were fighting with the 16th group army. When this strategic goal is achieved, the main force of the group army will be concentrated to attack the west, driving the enemy away from the outskirts of Moscow and annihilating it. " After a pause, he asked, "when will you be able to solve the battle?" I meditated, and then said, "I'll try to solve the battle by two o'clock tomorrow afternoon."“ No, it's too slow! " Vlasov strongly vetoed me and arranged a time for me: "the fight can't be later than 11 noon tomorrow. This is the deadline." Now that he has said this, I can only obey unconditionally, so I hastily agreed: "yes, comrade commander! I will settle the battle by eleven o'clock tomorrow. " After the call with Vlasov, I got through to the tank brigade commander, Colonel kaliyev, who didn't say a word at the meeting just now. I didn't care to use any honorific name when I got through the phone. I said directly, "Colonel kaliyev, I'm chief of staff oshanina. I command you, as soon as the road to the city is repaired, the whole brigade will attack immediately to cover the infantry in the city and eliminate the enemy. Be sure to finish the task by ten o'clock tomorrow, or I'll dismiss you. Do you understand? "“ I see, chief of staff! "