Chapter 433

As the defensive area of our group army was calm, several division commanders soon arrived. Korpakchi and gurov exchanged greetings and shook hands with several subordinates one by one. After everyone sat down, the meeting began.

Gurov took off his hat, showed his big bald head, with a smile on his face, and said in a loud voice, "some teachers and comrades, maybe you think it's very strange that the commander and I are so late, why do we call everyone to the headquarters?" When he said this, he deliberately stopped to observe everyone's expression. Seeing that several teachers were staring at him, he said without a hurry: "the Germans have been rampaging in our defensive area these days. Now it's our turn to teach them a lesson."

"The commissar is right. I just received a call from general vasilevsky, chief of the general staff. He will send the newly formed 1st group army of tanks to our defense area tonight and cooperate with us in the anti attack against the German army tomorrow," korpakchi added The tone of his speech was the same as usual. When he mentioned political commissar, I remembered that gurov was not only a military commissar, but also a political commissar of the group army.

Colonel farnasiyev hesitated for a moment and said, "Comrade commander, I don't know what the combat effectiveness of the newly formed tank group army is? You know, the last time our division carried out anti assault against the Germans, it was the newly formed 13th tank army that cooperated with us. As a result, because of poor cooperation, although we finally captured the German position, we still paid a lot of unnecessary sacrifices. "

"The last time we carried out the counter assault, we adopted the tactics of coordinated operation between infantry and Tanzania. As the troops had not practiced this new tactics in advance, there was confusion in the fighting and some unnecessary casualties were caused," colpacci said At this point, he turned to see me standing beside the wall with captain shamikov, and then said, "but from the actual effect, this tactic is very effective. So I still intend to use this tactic in the counterattack tomorrow. Colonel farnasiyev, when you go back, immediately call up the commanders and fighters who participated in the last battle, sum them up, and then let them pass on their valuable combat experience to the commanders and fighters of other troops. "

Fanasiev quickly straightened up his upper body and said, "please rest assured, comrade commander. I will deploy immediately when I go back, and guarantee to complete the glorious task assigned to me by my superior."

Novikov asked, "Comrade commander, in which division will the anti assault tank army be deployed?"

Kolpakchi pondered for a moment, and replied: "at present, the German army has a tank division and two infantry divisions in the front of the 192nd division. If we don't destroy this enemy, our assault is not going to win. Therefore, the task before us is to detour back to the two wings of the enemy and hold the enemy down from the flanks so that they can not put all their forces into the front battlefield. This task is to be completed by your 181st division. Then, we also need to pay attention to the left wing of our army. Although the counterattack of trakov and our 147th Division has achieved certain results in this afternoon's battle, we still need to prevent the German army from continuing to choose this place as a breakthrough point. General walshing, the task of your division tomorrow is to ensure the safety of our left wing. "

Major general walshin quickly agreed: "yes, comrade commander, please rest assured that as long as my 147th division is here, the Germans will never be allowed to move forward."

Korpakchi looked at taranzev and said, "Comrade commander, tomorrow's battle depends on your 192nd division to play the leading role. Is there any problem?"

Taranzev quickly got up from his seat and answered in a loud voice, "report to commander, please rest assured that the commanders and fighters of the 192nd division are confident of completing all the tasks assigned to us by our superiors."

Colpakchi looked at him, nodded with a smile, reached out and patted him twice on the shoulder, seemingly intending to say a few words of encouragement. At this time, a staff officer came in from the outside and reported to him, "report commander comrade, general Moskalenko, commander of the first group army of tanks, has arrived and is waiting for you outside."

After hearing the staff officer's report, kolpakchi turned to gurov and said, "comrades of the military commissar, comrades of the tank soldiers are coming so fast. Let's meet him." After that, he said to some of the teachers, "you are still in a daze. Follow me outside to welcome the commanders of the friendly forces."

A group of people rushed out of the headquarters behind kolpakchi and gurov. Not far from the door, there was a jeep. Beside the jeep stood two commanders, a major general of medium height, and a major with the same height as him. It looked like his adjutant.

Seeing a group of us coming out of the headquarters, the general immediately welcomed us. After his eyes swept through the crowd, he directly extended his hand to korpakchi and said, "is it general korpakchi, commander of the 62nd army?"

Kolpakchi stepped forward, took each other's hand, shook it hard and said, "yes, I'm kolpakchi. You must be general Moskalenko, commander of the first group army of tanks. Welcome After that, he released his opponent's hand, put his body to the side slightly, pointed to gurov beside him, and said, "Comrade General, let me introduce you. This is Comrade gurov, political commissar and military commissar of the group army."

Gulov raised his hand to touch his big bald head, then reached out to shake hands with Moskalenko, said with a smile: "Hello, comrade general, we have been looking forward to your arrival. Well, don't stand outside. Go to the headquarters first and have a rest. " After releasing his hand, he put his body aside and made a gesture to the inside. Back in the headquarters, kolpakchi asked everyone to take their seats. The accompanying adjutant came to me and shamikov, asked in a low voice, shook hands with each other, and then, like us, stood by the wall to listen to the military meeting. Kolpakchi asked Moskalenko frankly, "Comrade General, can you tell us something about your troops?" General Moskalenko nodded and said, "well, our group army has just been formed, and there are only 227 tanks of various types. After replenishing the ammunition and fuel, they are moving towards the Koska River defense line." At this point, the general hesitated and said, "but it's not enough for the tanks to enter the starting position tonight and only rely on a bridge on the river." Colpakchi said with a smile: "Comrade General, you don't have to worry. In addition to the bridge you see, we also set up three floating bridges on the river to let your tank army pass smoothly." There was a smile on general Moskalenko's face. He asked excitedly, "this is very good, comrade commander. I don't know where the three pontoons are?"