Chapter 414

The position was finally captured by our army, but the price was huge. At least more than 30 tanks of the 13th tank army were destroyed by the German army, and the 83rd infantry regiment of the close guard was also disabled. I carefully observed the newly recovered position with binoculars and found that there were no more than 200 figures moving on the position.

General kolpakchi also saw what I saw. He hesitated and asked someone to call Colonel farnasiyev, commander of the 33rd division of the guards. When he got on the phone, he asked frankly, "Comrade Colonel, when will your 84th and 85th regiments arrive at the positions that will be recovered?"

Colonel farnasiyev was stunned by his question, and then he replied, "report to commander, my other two regiments are in a hurry. It is estimated that they will arrive at their destination in a few minutes."

"Please urge them to speed up their march. Now the 83rd regiment is almost finished. If the Germans want to counter attack at this time, they will not be able to withstand it. " After that, kolpakchi called the tank army again. Although he had a quarrel with the commander of the army just now, he tried to speak to each other in a friendly tone: "Hello, Comrade General. I've just sent a new regiment to occupy the offensive position. Can your troops continue to provide artillery cover for the infantry attack? OK, OK, I'll call you again before the attack

After putting down the phone, he stopped captain shamikov, who was just passing him. Without a word, he took out a packet of cigarettes from his coat pocket and lit one of them. Then he walked out of the headquarters. It seemed that he took the opportunity of smoking and went out to relax.

Seeing kolpakchi's back disappearing from the gate of the headquarters, I quietly asked shamikov, "Comrade captain, I want to ask who made this battle plan?"

"Who else? Of course, it's comrade commander. " Perhaps shamikov thought that my question was superfluous, because his voice was inevitably a little impatient. "Comrade commander, in the Military Academy of vorongze, was trained by a large regiment, and he was very handy in making such a combat plan."

I don't have so much scruples about a commander whose rank is lower than mine. I pointed to a distant position and said to him, "Comrade captain, you see, the fortifications built hastily on the great plain without danger can't stop the attack of the German army with air supremacy and tank superiority except for increasing unnecessary casualties."

Shamikov also took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. He asked me thoughtfully, "Comrade commander, where do you think our defensive position should be built?"

I stamped my position with my foot and said, "if the fortifications are built on this hill, when the German troops want to pass through the open land under the hill, we can take advantage of our firepower and kill them with guns. In order to pass smoothly from here, the Germans would certainly concentrate their forces to attack the positions on the hills. I think you can see clearly the terrain of this hill. The mountains are high and the forests are dense. It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the German army wants to attack, it's bound to pay a heavy price. "

Instead of arguing with me, shamikov could only hum a little and go straight to his work, leaving me alone. Looking at the figure of the combat staff officer who left, I could only laugh and continue to raise my telescope to observe the situation of the front position.

With the arrival of the 84th and 85th regiments, the officers and men of the 83rd regiment began to withdraw from their positions and move to the rear. I made a special count. There are only less than 100 people left in the regiment. Except for seven or eight officers, the rest are soldiers. It seems that commanders at all levels have died in the battle just now.

Seeing this scene, my heart can't help sinking. How long did it take to fight? You know, the German army was just passively defending. They didn't even send out long-range artillery, tanks and airplanes. Our regiment with artillery support and tank cover almost ran out, and all the commanders in the regiment were almost killed. I secretly congratulated myself that I didn't take part in the attack in the combat forces, otherwise I might have become one of the dead at the moment.

Just looking at it, a voice of kolpakchi suddenly rang out in my ear: "Comrade commander, I see you have been holding up your telescope and haven't put it down. I believe you have a certain understanding of the situation on the battlefield. Do you have any ideas about the next battle?"

I quickly put down my telescope, straightened up and reported to kolpakchi, who did not know when he would come back to me: "report commander, we should attack the next German defense line quickly when our army has just won and our morale is booming. Taking advantage of the cooperation between our army and the army, we quickly organized our troops to attack forward, and seized the German positions with lightning speed, so as to achieve the purpose of this counterattack. "

"Bu Tan cooperation?! How can infantry and tanks cooperate? Every time we attack, our tanks are not always in the rear of the infantry to provide them with firepower cover. Is that what you call the cooperation between infantry and Tanzania? "

As for general korpakchi's doubts, I could understand that the tactics I said had hardly been used in the Soviet army at this time, so it was understandable that he could not understand them. So I explained to him, "Comrade commander, what I said is a little different from what you said. During the attack, the tank opens the way in front, and the infantry charge behind the tank in the unit of squad or platoon. The advantage of this is that the tanks can clear the big threat fire points and solid fortifications for the infantry, and the infantry can help the tank troops eliminate the enemy's anti tank hands. "

After listening, colpakchi put his hands on his chest and lowered his head to meditate. At this time, shamikov came up to him, just wanted to call him, I waved my hand to stop, I told him in a low voice: "Comrade captain, please wait, comrade commander is thinking about the problem, don't disturb him." Although my voice was very low, it still startled kolpakchi. He turned his head and asked shamikov, "Comrade captain, what's the matter?" "The commander, the commander of the tank army and the commander of the 33rd division of the guards called one after another to say that the troops are ready. When can you launch an attack?" he said Korpakchi did not answer immediately, but said to shamikov: "Comrade captain, just now lieutenant commander oshanina made a suggestion to me, saying that in the attack later, tanks can be used to fight in the front, and infantry can charge behind in class or platoon, so that when attacking, tanks can clear the obstacles on the attack road for infantry, And the infantry can also eliminate those annoying anti tank players. She calls this attack method "cooperation between infantry and tankers". What's your opinion From the tone of kolpakchi and shamikov's speech, the friendship between them is not shallow. After pondering a little, shamikov immediately replied, "Comrade commander, I think there is some truth in this way of playing. As for whether it is applicable, let the 33rd division and the 13th tank army of the close guard try it in the next battle. " Korpakchi nodded with satisfaction and said, "in that case, you should call the commander of the tank army and Colonel farnasiev and ask them to try this new type of coordinated operation between the tank army and the tank army." The new attack was launched five minutes later. More than a dozen tanks of the tank army opened the way in front of them. Behind each tank, a group of infantry with various weapons launched an attack on the German position. However, it is not so easy to say but it is not so easy to do. At least when troops who have never coordinated operations suddenly use such tactics, chaos will inevitably arise. After several tanks were destroyed by the German anti tank artillery, the infantry following the tanks also stopped. They did not know to continue to attack, nor did they know to lie down and shoot on the spot. They huddled together in the same place and became the targets of German mortars and machine guns. Looking at groups of commanders and fighters, who were blown up by German shells and knocked down by machine guns one by one, kolpakchi was in a hurry. He threw his telescope on the ground, turned around, grabbed my collar, pointed to the battlefield in front of him, and roared angrily: "commander oshanina, open your eyes and have a look, That's what you've put forward with the bullshit butan synergy theory. You see, the commanders and fighters are in a mess on the battlefield at the moment and become the targets of German massacres. You have to pay for all this. " I forced my collar out of his big hand and gasped for breath to reply, "Comrade commander, the tactics I put forward to you are the most advanced at present. The reason why our army is in chaos at the moment is that the infantry and tanks have never practiced this kind of tactics, and even the commander of the Army knows nothing about it. The order the soldiers received was to charge behind the tank. Once the tank was destroyed, they didn't know what to do. They only knew to stand in a daze. Only in this way could they become the targets of the Germans. " Before I finished, kolpakchi turned around and ordered shamikov: "call the commander of the tank army and ask him to put all the remaining tanks into battle. We must destroy the mortar positions and machine gun fire points of German positions as soon as possible to cover our infantry to seize positions. Well, that's all. Don't hesitate. Go and make a phone call After shamikov left, kolpakchi glared at me again and said, "Comrade commander, I'll settle with you after the battle is over." With that, he went to find a new pair of telescopes and continued to observe the fighting outside. Although I felt that my future was uncertain, I did not dare to leave without permission. I still stood where I was, holding up my telescope and looking at the tenacious attack of our army on the German position.