Chapter 436

It was just dawn when I woke up from my sleep and looked at my watch. It was just half past four. Thinking about the anti assault to be carried out today, I quickly pushed the door to get off and ran to the headquarters.

Go to the door, just to see korpakchi, gurov and Moskalenko, they go out. As soon as he saw me, kolpakchi said in a loud voice, "commander oshanina, you're just in time. I'll send someone to call you. Come with us

I looked blankly at the three commanders in front of me and asked, "Comrade commander, where are we going?" My heart said that the attack is about to start, you will not take people to the front inspection at this time, will you?

"Where else?" "Of course, go to the observation post on the west side of the hillside. Do you still want to stay in the headquarters where you can't see anything?" said colpakchi With that, he lifted his legs and left.

I didn't dare to say a word, so I could only follow the three people honestly and go to the observation post on the west side of the hillside. After a short walk, I looked back and saw that there was a large group of staff officers and Guard soldiers behind me. The leader was captain shamikov.

When we entered the observation post, the guard soldiers were on guard in the trenches, while the staff officers swarmed in. Some were hanging maps on the walls, and some were laying communication lines. People come and go in the observation center, and it becomes very lively.

After the staff had arranged the command post, except for a few communications staff, and two operational staff, I and shamikov, the rest withdrew from the observation post. From the layout of the room, kolpakchi can understand the war situation and assign tasks through telephone, telegram, telephone and so on; Moskalenko, on the other hand, has only one telephone, and his deputy acts as a temporary operator.

The shelling started just in time at five in the morning. As the cannons regiment was completely lost in the battle of the previous two days, the 47th and 83rd regiments of the close guard rockets, which had been snowed by kolpakchi and gurov, and the 110th battalion of the close guard independent rockets, which had been put into battle yesterday, were carrying out the artillery mission today.

The rocket path flew over our observation post. After drawing arcs in the air, it landed on the German position in the distance. Then there was a roar one after another.

As the shelling was going on for an hour, I saw colpakchi and the three of them standing in the observation hole with their binoculars in high spirits. I didn't want to disturb them easily, so I walked to the table and looked at the papers lying on it.

The document clearly records the establishment of general Moskalenko's 1st tank group army. I thought that this army had only one tank army and several logistic units. After reading it, I found out that the 1st tank group army had the 13th and 28th tank armies, the 131st infantry division, two anti-aircraft artillery regiments, an anti tank artillery regiment and the 168th tank brigade. Among them, the 13th tank army suffered heavy casualties when it cooperated with the 33rd guard division in the offensive and counterattack a few days ago. At present, there are only less than 50 tanks left in the army.

After the shelling, kolpakchi turned to shamikov, who was standing in the room like a nail, and said, "it's almost time, comrade captain, send the attack signal to the troops."

With a promise, Captain shamikov turned and walked out of the observation post.

With the three red signal missiles flying into the air, the tank group hidden in the position of the 192nd division, with full power, along several roads opened up by the engineers, moved towards the enemy's position. Following them were thousands of officers and men of the 192nd and 131st divisions.

The Germans, who have always held the initiative in the battlefield, probably did not expect our army to carry out the counter attack again at this time, so they were caught off guard by us. It was not until our tanks approached their line that they began to fight back. Artillery and machine guns fired on the approaching tanks and on the running commanders and fighters. However, it was too late at the moment, and our shock troops were close to the first German trench.

Seeing that our counterattack was going well, kolpakchi patted the tank group commander on the shoulder and said excitedly, "great, comrade Moskalenko. Your tank group army is really excellent. You see, they are close to the enemy's position. In a minute or two, our tanks will be able to cross the trench and advance to the depth of the enemy. The enemy in the trench will be left to the infantry behind to solve it. "

I thought moscalenko had to go along with colpakchi's voice, but he said impatiently: "too slow, too slow! Comrade kolpakchi, the attack speed of the troops is too slow! " With that, he turned to his adjutant and said, "tell the commanders of the 13th and 28th tank armies to speed up their attack."

Kolpakchi, who was left in the air, looked awkwardly at gurov and shrugged his shoulders, as if he felt helpless for Moskalenko's inhuman performance.

Our army's anti assault battle lasted from morning to noon. As the fighting area is farther and farther away from the observation post, the progress of the battle can not be observed through telescopes at all. They can only leave the observation hole and return to the table. According to the battle reports sent back by telephone and telegram from the front-line troops, they can understand the offensive information of the troops and command the battle of the troops.

The 131st infantry division, which was attacked by the 13th tank army, wedged into the enemy's defense line for seven kilometers. Due to the fierce counterattack of the 16th German tank division and the 113th German infantry division, the attack was stuck. However, the 192nd infantry division, which was attacked by the 28th tank army, went smoothly. As the German army had to divide its forces to defend and detour back to the 181st division on its flank, the forces of the front defense became weak. So the forces of lieutenant colonel tarantzev broke through the German defensive positions in golubinsky and little nabatovsky, The soldiers of the 427th regiment once occupied the headquarters of the original 192nd division and successfully recovered the remains of the former division commander, Colonel zaharchenko.

On the whole, the results of the morning were not bad. Before our powerful offensive, the enemy was forced to give up several offensive starting positions and retreated seven to ten kilometers to the West.

As I stood behind kolpakchi and watched him mark the map on the table, shamikov came running in a panic. He came to colpakchi and said solemnly, "Comrade commander, something's happened."

"What's the matter, comrade captain?" colpackard asked without looking up

"Just now, Colonel farnasiyev, commander of the 33rd division of the close guard, called and said that he found the enemy tank troops in the southwest of our army's position. They were rushing northward and detouring to the rear of our counterattack troops. It seems that they want to separate the counterattack troops from the defensive positions."

Colpakchi was so surprised that he came to the observation hole, raised his telescope and looked out. Gurov came up to him and raised his telescope.

After looking at it for a while, colpacci said, "commissar, do you see it? The German tanks are coming from the southwest. It is estimated that they want to march forward from the position of the 33rd division of the guards and detour back to the rear of our counter forces. "

"Do you have any good ideas? Comrade commander. " Instead of expressing his views casually, gurov humbly solicited kolpakchi's opinions.

"After the 192nd Division launched the attack, the 33rd division of the close guard, which had just been supplemented, took over their defense. Comrade military commissar, as you know, the new recruits are almost all new recruits. They are not only lack of training and combat experience, but also lack of ammunition. Such troops may be mediocre in defense, but it's an impossible task for them to block the attack of the enemy's tank troops. "

Just when they were at a loss, Moskalenko walked up to them, raised his telescope and looked at them for a while, then said lightly: "the enemy only has more than 30 tanks, so it's not a big concern. Two comrades in command, don't worry about it. Our troops can wipe out all these enemies. "

Although the tank commander said confidently, gurov still asked in a dubious way: "really? Comrade Moskalenko. "

Moskalenko laughed and did not speak. He turned to the phone, took the call from his adjutant, and cried out, "it's time, Colonel Rogin. You immediately lead your tank brigade to attack from the flank of the enemy's tank troops, and you must destroy the enemy's tank troops. "

After putting down the words, he went back to the observation hole and said with a smile to kolpakchi and gurov who were dazed: "two commanders, I have ordered the 168th tank brigade to attack. I believe that before long, the dozens of German tanks you just saw will turn into piles of burning scrap iron. "

Kolpakchi laughed, stepped forward, slapped Moskalenko on the shoulder, and said in a loud voice, "I don't see, comrade general, you still have such a reserve team. I believe that their sudden attack will take the German armored forces by surprise. "

When I heard that there was excitement to watch, I quietly came to the observation hole and raised my telescope to look at the battlefield. There were more than 30 German tanks in attack formation, driving from the south to the north in a fierce manner, turning a big bend a few hundred meters in front of our army, heading west in an attempt to encircle our rear.

At this time, the 168th brigade of tanks lurking in my position attacked, and more than 50 tanks also launched a battle formation and rushed towards the German tanks in the north. When the tank was about to cross the first trench of our army, about a dozen tanks in front opened fire on the way. The roaring shells landed in the German tank line. Several of them were shot outside the last tank. The flaming tank drove forward for a certain distance and then stopped. The tank crew rushed out of the tank one after another and fled in all directions.

After at least half of the German tanks started to fire, the enemy found our tanks suddenly coming out behind them and tried to turn around to compete. However, it was too late. The tank soldiers of the 168th brigade, like shooting targets, turned all the remaining tanks into burning scrap iron.

Seeing the one-sided fighting, kolpakchi, gurov and Moskalenko were too happy to close their mouths. Moskalenko was even more excited. He picked up the phone again and exclaimed excitedly: "Colonel Rogin, what a beautiful job. You have annihilated all the German tanks, and you have not suffered any casualties. I will give you credit. When the battle is over, I will personally honor the heroic tank soldiers of the 168th brigade. "

If today's battle is ended at this time, this hasty anti assault operation will undoubtedly be a success. However, when the 168th tank brigade finished cleaning the battlefield and turned around to return to the position, another German tank army suddenly appeared in our view and rushed to the flank of the 168th brigade.

Seeing the new German armored forces, the officers and men of the 168th tank brigade did not panic. They turned around and formed a new battle formation and bravely met them.

Just as the two tanks were approaching at high speed, the roar of planes came from the air. We collectively looked up to the sky and found that it was several German planes. After they flew over our tank line, they began to dive and drop bombs. The bombs falling from the sky landed in the tank line. The tanks in the front were either hit by the bombs, exploded and caught fire, or overturned by the blast of the bombs. The remaining tanks were doing evasive actions, In order to avoid the bombs dropped by enemy planes, the attack formation was immediately in chaos.

Moskalenko saw this scene, immediately red eyed, rushed to the adjutant in front of him, grabbed the microphone, and cried out: "Colonel Rogin, follow my command! Follow my lead! Forward, only forward, close to the German tank attack, the only way to avoid the German aircraft attack. forward! Brothers, we have no way back. Move on! Attack the enemy's tanks! Attack Only in the open area covered with craters, our tanks rushed to the German tanks at high speed, and fired at the enemy at the same time. When the enemy's tanks were hit and caught fire, our tanks were also destroyed by the bomb fire of the enemy plane and the enemy's tank shells. As the saying goes, misfortune never comes alone. Just when our tanks and German tanks were fighting inextricably, shamikov came to report an unfortunate news: "Comrade commander, it's not good. Just now, general walshing called. He said that a large German army was rushing towards Karachi. After a short period of resistance, the troops of the 229th and 112th divisions have given up their defensive positions and started to withdraw. At present, the troops of the 64th group army are crossing the river at the Karachi ferry, preparing to withdraw to the other side of the river. " Korpakchi grabbed the collar of shamikov and said, "Captain shamikov, if you lie about the military situation, I'll shoot you." "Comrade commander, it's all true. After receiving a call from general walshine, I called our observation post there to verify. They reported that the troops of the 64th group army had begun to withdraw completely and were now crossing the chil river. "