Chapter 243

I got in touch with rokosovsky through the telephone, and knew that his area of lyalovo was still fighting hard. Due to the advantage of German mechanized forces, our army's attack has not made much progress for the time being. Knowing that his situation was not very good, I immediately ordered the tank brigade to attack and quickly move closer to the 16th group army.

The 1075 and 1077 regiments led by political commissar yegorov and chief of staff sherebriakov finally arrived in the evening. Before they arrived, the soldiers of the 1073 regiment had entered the repaired defensive positions, and even built a command post for me with logs in the trench of the second line of defense.

In the command post, I met the political commissar, chief of staff and two other commanders who came in a hurry. After shaking hands with them one by one, I had a brief chat and sat down to discuss the next operational deployment.

First of all, I'd like to introduce the current deployment situation. The first line of defense was defended by the 1073 regiment. Although the tank brigade had been sent to support the 16th group army, because a large number of rocket launchers, anti tank guns and anti tank grenades were found in the trenches, the anti tank forces in the positions were still sufficient; In addition, artillery positions of cannon regiment were arranged in the second line of defense of our army to provide firepower cover for infantry from the rear.

After introducing the situation, the commissar asked curiously, "how can the German army have so many anti tank equipment?"

"It's not surprising," chisgakov replied, "nine times out of ten it was captured from our army when the German army occupied the klukovo area. And now we have taken these equipment from their hands, which can be regarded as the return of the original owner. Next, we should use these weapons to teach them a good lesson. "

I took over the topic and continued: "I just learned from commander rokosovsky that they are currently fighting against the German mechanized forces in the rialovo area. Among them, the 9th division of Colonel beloborodov's guards and the 11th division of Colonel cherneshof's guards have already defeated the German infantry, and are making a detour to the two wings of the enemy, preparing to encircle the enemy who has burst into the depth of our defense line. " At this point, I picked up the tea cup in front of me, took a sip of tea, and then said in an envious tone: "in fact, the most remarkable thing is the 11th division of the close guard of Colonel cherneshoff. You know, they used to be only militia divisions. I believe we all have a point in mind about the militiamen's combat effectiveness. It is such a unit that has repelled the enemy's invasion of Moscow many times in the battle. Because they have repeatedly made war contributions, they have been awarded the honorary title of "guard division" by the highest base camp. "

Hearing what I said, major Xie Dulin, who had been sitting there and didn't speak, suddenly stood up, blushed and asked aloud, "Comrade division commander, the 11th division of Jinwei is a hero, and the 8th division of Jinwei is not a vegetarian. I want to ask what is the next task of our 1075 regiment? "

"Yes Major panishev, the head of the 1077 regiment, also stood up and echoed: "major shedulin is right, and all of our eighth division guards are good. I don't know what the next task our teachers will give us? We promise to do it well. "

I found that when I praised the 11th division of the guards, I inadvertently hurt the self-esteem of these commanders. Moreover, because of their walking, the two regiments failed to catch up with the battle to recover the cleukovo area. They thought that they were a little frustrated. When they heard me praising others again, they could not help but stand up to me and ask for a fight. I understood that they were eager to fight, but no matter how anxious they were, they could only wait for the day tomorrow. So I stood up and asked them to sit down, comforted them, and said, "don't be anxious, two commanders. The great counterattack will begin. The battle will be fought by you. Your troops will be placed in the second line of defense, and they will adjust their deployment according to the changes of the enemy's situation after daybreak. "

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From the distance came the sound of guns all night, which shows how fierce the battle between the 16th army and the enemy was.

At eight in the morning, I got a call from rokosovsky. As soon as the phone rang, he couldn't wait to say, "Rita, after a night of fierce fighting, the enemy forces in lialovo have been defeated by us. According to the information, they are fleeing to your area. I have sent tank brigade and the 2nd cavalry of the close guard of dovator to follow them. You must stop them. Create conditions for the complete annihilation of this enemy force. "

"Don't worry, comrade commander." I said confidently, "as long as the eighth division of the guards is here, one of the enemy's soldiers and one of them will not pass through the rialovo area."

When I called, the commissar and several of them were staring at me. As soon as I put down the phone, chief of staff sherebriakov immediately asked, "Comrade division commander, commander rokosovsky, they won?"

I nodded and replied, "yes, the enemy who defeated the invasion has been defeated. At present, the soldiers of the 16th group army are chasing the German army fleeing to our side. Now I order all of you to be ready for battle and never let a German soldier pass through our position. "

A few hours later, the first few tanks appeared in my telescope. It started with a few black ideas, and soon they got bigger and bigger. I carefully counted that the German army had eleven tanks, followed by more than 30 armored transport vehicles full of infantry.

I immediately called to inform the commander of 1073 regiment, Lieutenant Colonel chernukov, who stayed in the forefront command post, that he would be ready for all battles immediately.

Lieutenant Colonel chernukov confidently told me: "the infantry have entered the trenches, the machine gunners have entered the positions, and the anti tank men have entered the bunkers and various ambush sites. As long as the enemy is close, we will teach him a lesson. " I didn't say much. I just told him calmly, "never let a German soldier step on our position."“ Yes! Comrade teachers. " He assured me loudly, "I promise to finish the task. Except for the German soldiers who were captured by our army, I will never let an enemy step on our army's position I then dialed the head of the cannon regiment and ordered him: "Comrade head, the German tanks are coming towards our army. When they are in range, they will fire immediately and try not to let the tanks get close to our positions. "“ Yes The head of the regiment simply agreed, and then said with some embarrassment, "Comrade chief of staff of the group army, now we have only half a base number of shells left. It's difficult to wipe out all the enemy's tanks." I just remembered that in yesterday's battle, I once ordered them not to be stingy with shells when shelling the enemy, and to fight as many as possible. I didn't expect to catch up. Now there are not enough shells. It seems that the remaining tanks can only be dealt with by infantry with anti tank weapons. I controlled my emotions and said clearly: "Comrade commander, let's shoot out all the shells, and let the infantry of the eighth division of the close guard solve the rest of the enemy."