Chapter 249

Several troops originally deployed to the west of suvarovo withdrew that night, making way for the German army to retreat westward. Of course, we will not let these bandits leave easily. This seemingly calm road is full of all kinds of mines. Even if they can escape their new stronghold, they will pay a huge price.

When arranging the task of the general attack tomorrow, I first said, "in the general attack tomorrow, I suggest that the cavalry units of the group army should not take part in the fighting, and the attacking units should mainly be infantry, tank troops and ski brigades."

After listening, President Lin did not speak, but nodded thoughtfully. But Vlasov asked strangely, "I said, Rita, I want to hear your reasons for not allowing cavalry to fight?"

As usual, I coughed and said in a low voice, "cavalry is suitable for pursuit and local breakthrough. For example, if we attack fortified positions now, if we send cavalry to take part in the attack, I can't think of what kind of results they can achieve except increasing unnecessary casualties." When I said this, I couldn't help thinking of the cavalry unit that fell in front of the German position last time. My nose was sore and my tears almost came down again. After a hard blink, I continued, "I don't mean not to use cavalry, but to gather all the cavalry. When the German army is defeated and fleeing, they should pursue them in the rear, so that they can inflict heavy damage on the enemy. "

After listening to my explanation, Vlasov did not make a direct statement. Instead, he looked at President Lin and asked, "deputy commander Lin, what do you think?"

"I agree with the chief of staff." As for my proposal, President Lin expressed support and added: "in addition to cavalry, we will leave another tank brigade and ski brigade as the reserve of the group army. When the German army is defeated, this army will carry out the pursuit task."

"Since you say so, let's go on with the task." With that, Vlasov yelled at one of the staff officers behind him: "record my order: no cavalry regiment or division of the group army will take part in the attack tomorrow..."

At nine o'clock the next morning, the shelling before the general attack on suvarovo began.

I stood on the bell tower of the church with Vlasov, President Lin and Shi Zhe, observing the German defensive position being shelled by our army with binoculars. In fact, the so-called bell tower is more like a pavilion supported by only four pillars. There is a copper bell with a diameter of more than one foot on the roof, and the long bell ring rope has been dragged to the ground. Here, with a wide view, we can clearly see that the German position in the distance has been shrouded by the smoke of the explosion.

About ten minutes later, with a dull sound similar to thunder coming from the southeast, a black cloud covered the sky. I moved the telescope to the place where the sound came from, because I was not prepared. When I saw what was making the sound, I couldn't help taking a breath of air.

It turns out that black clouds are made up of hundreds of planes. Although we have been fighting for several months, we have also encountered countless enemy aircraft bombings, and we have even fought a few by ourselves, but the oppressive momentum brought by so many planes flying in dense formation makes me feel unprecedented terror. I was a little flustered and yelled to frasov and President Lin behind me: "two commanders, look, there are many planes in the sky." My voice trembled slightly because I was nervous.

Vlasov just turned his head and looked through his telescope. Then he turned his attention back to the German position and said, "Rita, don't worry. That's our plane. They are here to bomb German positions. "

Our plane! After such a long time, we finally saw our own plane in the sky and came to support us. The guard soldiers on duty outside the church also saw the plane in the sky, and immediately cheered. In any case, the presence of our own fighters, bombers and fighters in the sky is undoubtedly a great encouragement to the troops.

The air force arrived just in time. As soon as the artillery finished firing a few shells, the plane's bomb fell on the street of suvolovo and exploded. Because the bombers are carrying heavy bombs, from time to time, we can see the parts of guns or artillery and the remains of human body mixed in the fireballs and gunsmoke. The German tanks, which had been prepared to carry out counter attack when our army attacked, were stopped in the street. They were caught on fire, rolled and exploded by the bombs. From time to time, black figures came out of the burning wreckage of the chariot, ran all over the fire, and finally fell to the ground with convulsions.

After the air force finished bombing and left, the general attack of our troops began. Nearly ten thousand officers and men, closely following the rear of the tank troops, launched a fierce attack on the city shrouded in gunsmoke.

The escape route our army deliberately set aside for the German army has been detected by them. So except for the resistance left by a small number of troops, the rest started to flee westward under the cover of tanks.

Seeing this scene, Lin and Vlasov, who have been observing the enemy's situation, put down their binoculars and looked at each other with a knowing smile on their faces. Vlasov turned to me and said, "Rita, it's almost time. It's time for the reserves to attack. Go and give the order

"Yes I agreed excitedly, saluted them, and ran down the narrow revolving stairs.

As soon as I got into the headquarters, I went straight to the telephone and let the messenger connect to the reserve channel. As soon as I heard someone talking to me, I could not wait to give them an order: "brothers, it's time for you to build immortal meritorious deeds. Let's go and teach those fleeing Krauts a lesson so that they will never forget the failure they suffered today. "

After giving the order, I was about to go back to the clock tower, but a staff officer stopped me. He pointed to a little old man in a black coat and cotton hat and said, "Comrade chief of staff, this is a reporter from Moscow. He was ordered to come to the front line to interview." I nodded politely to the senior reporter, extended my hand to him and said, "Hello, I'm major general o'shanina, chief of staff of the 20th group army. Nice to meet you!" He took my hand, shook it hard, and replied, "Hello, comrade o'shanina. I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Elia Grigorievich Ellen, the special correspondent of Pravda, the news and the red sta