Chapter 240

Although I gave Colonel kaliyev a death order in a tough tone and dismissed him if he could not finish the task, I had no idea whether he could finish the task of liberating klin on time. You should know that street fighting is the most difficult to fight. Tanks can destroy roadblocks and firepower points on the streets. However, if you want to destroy the enemy in the buildings, you can't do much. To solve the battle in the end, you can only rely on infantry.

Looking at me walking back and forth in the tent, chisgakov, who was familiar with me, said in a low voice: "Sir, do you think I need to take the 1073 regiment up? You know, we had a defensive battle in volokoramsk for more than a month, and we have more experience in this kind of street fighting."

Hearing his sudden request, I could not help but stop. I was about to frown, but after putting myself in the position of chisgakov, I understood what the eager commander was thinking.

"You should be calm, my deputy teacher." I said to him gently“ Don't you understand that the battle of the great counterattack has just begun?! There will be many battles to fight in the future. Good steel will be used on the blade. "

Without waiting for him to answer, I went out of the tent, ready to continue to observe the war ahead. Chisgakov and several staff officers followed out of the tent.

One after another, the German soldiers were escorted into the woods by the soldiers. All the German prisoners in the front were in rags, with more or less injuries. From their dull eyes and faces full of fear, they should be captured in the trenches. They were all frightened by our army's artillery fire, The only thing that can make them feel lucky is to be captured by our army alive.

"Comrades, teachers," one side of chisgakov carefully asked me, "do you need to arrange for the interrogation of these prisoners?"

"No need!" As soon as the words came out, all the people around me were at a loss. I quickly explained to them, "the reason why I said no is because these prisoners were captured from the trenches. You see, their eyes are dull and their actions are slow. It is estimated that during the shelling, not only their ears may be deafened, but some people may even be confused. Do you think these people can ask us what we want to know? "

After listening to my explanation, it suddenly dawned on everyone that no one mentioned the interrogation of prisoners.

The engineers have repaired the road leading to the city. The bodies of the dead soldiers have been carefully moved to the roadside. The destroyed tanks in the middle of the road have also been towed away by the workers of the repair station with armored trailers. The tanks of the tank brigade are driving into the city one by one in line.

Seeing that on the battlefield, there was a specially assigned person to drag away the abandoned tanks which had become roadblocks, he could not help but curiously asked the staff around him for advice. Only after their explanation did I know that I had a lot to learn. For the first time, in addition to being equipped with engineers in the infantry system, there were a large number of logistics and maintenance personnel in the tank system.

The fighting in the city lasted from afternoon to midnight. I finally received a phone call from political commissar yegorov, saying that after destroying the garrison in the east of the city, our army successfully broke into the city under the cover of tanks, and now it has successfully joined up with the seventh division of the guards in the city center. The troops of the two divisions are marching towards the north of the city to wipe out the recalcitrant German troops.

When I heard that the progress of the war was better than I had imagined, I felt more confident. Then I saw in the tent that Colonel gritznov, who was responsible for staying in chismena during the day, actually led a large army to fight against klin. Seeing my surprised expression, he told me that as a new reserve team was stationed in chismena, he brought all the troops he had left behind, including a regiment of infantry and a tank brigade, as well as a ski brigade.

After all, the more troops I command, the easier it will be to fight. Then, I announced to chisgakov, griyaznov, lewatov and others the battle plan for the day of the 7th: after the German troops were driven out of the city of klin by us, the tank brigade, ski brigade and cavalry regiment immediately followed. As the fleeing enemy does not have any heavy weapons or means of transportation, they can not escape our pursuit troops on the open plain, so we must annihilate them all.

The gunfire in the city of klin went on all night, and it did not stop until ten o'clock the next morning, when the deadline I had given to Colonel kaliyev of the tank brigade arrived.

Almost at the moment when the cheers of the soldiers came from the city, I received a call from Colonel kaliyev. He excitedly reported to me: "Comrade chief of staff, after a night of fierce fighting, our brigade has cooperated with infantry to wipe out most of the enemies in the city, and the remaining few enemies are fleeing to the northwest along the highway."

"Well done, Captain! Your soldiers are good, too! Please give them my thanks. " After praising him, I added, "but now you can't rest. You have more important tasks to complete."

"Chief of staff, please give me an order! I promise to finish the task. "

"Good! You immediately lead your tank brigade to pursue the enemy fleeing to the northwest. I will soon send out ski brigade and cavalry regiment to cooperate with you. "

After talking with kaliyev, I turned back to major leiutov and lieutenant commander of ski brigade behind me and said, "two commanders, your task is to lead the troops to fight with the tank brigade Association of Col. kaliyev and jointly pursue the fleeing German troops. After a short rest, our large forces will immediately follow. When they join forces, they will attack the German controlled botovo to the West. Is the task clear? "“ It's clear, comrade chief of staff. " Two commanders answered me almost at the same time. I'm going to contact commander Vlasov after we've arranged the pursuit troops. As soon as I got through the phone, I couldn't wait to report that "Comrade report commander, our army has liberated klin city."“ Great. "After hearing this news, Vlasov was also very excited. He immediately asked me about my next action:" the city has recovered. What's your next plan? "“ I have now ordered a tank brigade, a ski brigade and a cavalry regiment to pursue the fleeing enemy. After a rest, the main force will advance westward at 2 p.m. to attack botovo, which is controlled by the German army. "“ That's good. You've thought it all out. Go ahead with your plan. " When I finished the call, Colonel griazenov suggested to me with a smile, "chief of staff, Colin has been recovered. Shall we go to the city?"“ Good I was very much in favor of his proposal, so I waved my hand and said, "let's go." Our motorcade stopped at the edge of the city where there was still smoke everywhere. As soon as I got out of the car, gritznov and chisjakov got out of the car behind me and ran to me. They said excitedly, "chief of staff, you see, we have arrived at the edge of the city, but we can't go directly into the city like this. We should have a small-scale entrance to celebrate today's victory." After thinking about it, I realized that it was not a kind of sensationalism, but a Russian tradition, and I readily agreed. The troops that took part in the march to the city were soon assembled. In the music of "holy war" played through the horn of the propaganda car, the city entering ceremony began. At the top of the list were twenty security guards led by Captain Yushchenko. They carried their submachine guns to their chests and walked in the streets among the ruins with orderly steps. I walked behind them with my hands behind my back. Ryaznov and chisgakov were half behind me, followed by a group of commanders. In the excitement of the song, our small team with neat steps, along the street to the city. Although no one called Wula, I couldn't help shouting to all the people in my heart in the blood boiling singing: Colin, we've taken it back!