Chapter 513

After hearing this, sheldyuk said with regret: "has the plan been rejected by commander yelomienko? It's a pity. I think it's a pretty good plan. We should at least try it. We should know that once we succeed, it will greatly boost the morale of our army. "

Shumilov didn't take serdyuk's words, but turned to look at Abramov next to him. As a military commissar of the group army, shumilov obviously believes in Abramov, who has been in the army for a long time, rather than serjiuk, who has just been promoted from a local leadership position to the army. He smiles and asks, "Comrade Abramov, what do you think of this matter?"

I turned to trakov to see how he would react. I didn't expect to see him sitting at the table without saying a word, staring at the map thoughtfully, and turning a deaf ear to the people around him.

On shumilov's question, Abramov was silent for a moment before he said cautiously: "since general yelimenko denied this plan, there must be his reason. According to the regulations, the commander's orders are not allowed to be discussed. Since the plan has not been adopted, I don't think we should continue to dwell on this issue. "

As soon as Abramov finished speaking, trakov turned his attention away from the map. He looked at shumilov and said slowly, "I just studied the map and figured out why commander yelimenko denied this plan."

"Why?" When he said that, shumilov asked immediately.

"You all see," trekov and others, when they all looked down at the map, pointed to the group army's current renok orlovka defense line and explained to the public, "our current defense line, renok and orlovka, has only a few hills and is surrounded by broad grasslands, so it is impossible to build solid fortifications, If we want to delay the German attack for as long as possible, we can only increase the defense depth of these two areas. The situation in spardanovka is different. It is almost a mountainous area. On the two highlands 158 and 165, there are fortifications built by the 29th Infantry Division and the 154th marine brigade respectively. Theoretically speaking, it is indeed desirable to excavate tunnels on the existing positions of spardanoka and rely on them to engage in positional warfare with the enemy. But... "Trekov stopped, and his face became very serious.

"But what? Comrade trakov, can you finish it all at once? Don't worry us When he heard what trakov said, he didn't say it. Sheldyuk became a little impatient.

"Yes, comrade trakov, let's be frank. I want to know what you are worried about? " Shumilov also asked.

"If the enemy can't break through the tunnels built in our spartanovka area for a long time, they will turn the direction of attack to renok and orlovka. Once they break through the defense of these two areas, they can detour back to the rear of spartanovka and encircle the 29th division and 154 brigade here. How long can the troops in the enemy's encirclement last, even if they can contain some of the enemy's troops? "

After listening to trakov's analysis, sheldyuk, who had supported me, also became a little shaken. He looked up at me and asked, "Comrade oshanina, if the troops who hold fast to the spartanovka area are surrounded by the enemy, how long do you think they can last?"

Before I put forward this plan, I took into consideration the situation that the troops might be besieged. Since serdyuk asked, I also answered without hesitation: "Comrade military commissar, general trakov is quite right. Once the defense lines of our group army in renok and orlovka are broken through, the defenders in spardanovka will fall into the encirclement of the enemy. If they have enough material and are supported by the air force and artillery, they will be able to support for a month or two in the enemy's encirclement. "

"A month or two?" "How can you be so sure, commander oshanina, that our troops can stay surrounded by the enemy for such a long time?" trekov asked in disbelief

"Yes, Comrade General. The advantage of having a tunnel is that even if the surface position is lost, we can withdraw our troops into the tunnel and fight with the enemy tenaciously. In this way, we can not only save our living strength and exhaust the enemy, but also gain the necessary time for our future counterattack preparation. "

"Report!" We were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the tunnel when a report came from the door.

I walked quickly to the door and saw a staff officer with a folder standing outside. I asked in a low voice, "what's the matter, staff officer?"

The staff officer took out a telegram paper from the folder and handed it to me. The report said: "Comrade commander, I have just received a telegram from the 29th Infantry Division saying that there is something wrong with the enemy in front of their line of defense."

I took the telegram, the staff officer raised his hand and left. I looked down at the contents of the telegram, then walked quickly to them, and cried out: "Comrade commander, Colonel klobkin of the 29th Infantry Division sent a telegram to report that the enemy was moving in his front."

"Be more detailed!" Shumilov took the telegram, read it or not, handed it to trakov, and then asked me directly, "what's going on?"

Although I have only read the contents of the telegram once, I have kept them in mind and quickly replied, "Comrade commander, this is the situation. Col. klobkin reported that the German army used trucks to transport troops to other directions in broad daylight. Although it was dark now, the sound of car motors on the enemy positions could still be heard in the front. The Colonel sent a telegram to ask if the enemy had any reinforcements in other parts of our army. "

After reading the telegram, trakov handed it to sheldyuk and Abramov, spoke to shumilov in a low voice, stood up, looked at me and asked, "what do you think, o'shanina?"

In fact, after reading the telegram, I kept thinking about this question. Why did the German army move in a swaggering manner during the day and continue to move in the evening? Were they really ready to change the direction of attack? When I heard trekov ask me, I pondered for a moment and said, "Comrade commander, I think we should call Col. klobkin immediately and ask him to send scouts to come close and see what the enemy is up to."

Shumilov couldn't help laughing and said, "Comrade oshanina, in your estimation, what do you think the enemy will do?"

To tell the truth, I suddenly had this idea in my head. I was scared out in a cold sweat. I secretly cried that it was not good. I quickly and seriously reported to shumilov and trakov, "two comrades, I have an unknown premonition now. On the surface, the enemy is withdrawing troops in a big way, but in fact they are increasing troops secretly. During the day, a small number of soldiers are transported to other places by truck, while a large number of troops are transported at night. It is obvious that this is a trick of attacking the West from the East. They are to wait for us to relax vigilance, suddenly launched an attack on spartanovka. Once the defense in the spartanovka area is broken through, there will be no danger from the heights 158 and 165 to the headquarters of the group army. German tanks can appear at the gate of the headquarters in a few hours. "

After listening to my analysis, shumilov's smile suddenly froze on his face, and even trikov frowned. It took a while for them to look normal. Shumilov picked up the high-frequency telephone on his desk, dialed the code and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, your analysis is very reasonable. I'll call Colonel klobkin and ask him to send effective scouts to approach the enemy's position for reconnaissance and find out what's going on."

As soon as he got through the phone, he didn't care to talk to klobkin about the past. He told him directly, "Comrade Colonel, I'm shumilov. Now I order you to send effective scouts to approach the enemy's positions for reconnaissance and find out what's going on."

"Comrade commander, what's the matter? I'm confused. " Klobkin was confused by the order of shumilov.

Trekov took the call from shumilov and said solemnly, "this is trekov, Colonel. According to the analysis of acting chief of staff lieutenant colonel o'shanina, the enemy may be carrying out a ruse of attacking the West from the East. During the day, under your eyes, they will transport a small number of troops to other places by truck, and after dark, they will transport a large number of soldiers to the positions. The order the commander gave you just now is to find out whether the analysis of commander o'shanina is accurate. It's getting late. Send someone to carry it out immediately. "

As soon as trikov put down the phone and was talking to shumilov, the high-frequency phone on the desk rang. I was surprised to see that the phone kept ringing. My heart said that klobkin's efficiency would not be so high. He called to report the situation just two minutes after I finished the call with him.

Trekov picked up the phone and said in a loud voice, "I'm trekov. Where are you?"

A slow voice came from the microphone: "Comrade trakov, I'm Golikov."

"Hello, comrade deputy commander of the front army!" Trekov quickly straightened up and said politely.

"In the proposal you submitted just now, commander yelomienko only said two words: absurd and confused. I'm afraid you don't understand, so I'm calling to explain to you and Comrade shumilov. "

"Comrade deputy commander, please tell me. I'm listening."

"Absurd" refers to the plan proposed by your acting chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel oshanina. On the surface, it looks impeccable, but she didn't think that if the enemy broke through from both wings, and then detoured to the rear of spartanovka section to encircle our garrison, it would be useless to have a solid position like the Maginot line of defense. "

"What does muddleheaded mean?" Before Golikov finished, shumilov asked impatiently.

"Muddle headed, general yelomienko means that since this plan is not desirable, you, as commander, did not reject it on the spot, but reported it solemnly. What is muddle headed?"

After trikov hung up, shumilov couldn't help laughing bitterly and said to himself, "I didn't expect that in the eyes of commander yelimenko, I have been classified as a kind of old fool." At the moment, trikov held the edge of the table in both hands and looked down at the map. He seemed to be thinking about something, but he didn't care to answer schumilov's words.

Sitting next to him, serjiuk and Abramov could not help laughing after listening to shumilov's words. Serjiuk also joked: "Comrade commander, general yelomienko may not say that you are old muddleheaded, but that the main leaders of our group army are muddleheaded. You know, this plan was submitted to the headquarters of the front army only after we agreed to it. "

When several people were laughing and laughing, trekov, who had been silent, suddenly said, "I think we should report oshanina's plan directly to Comrade Zhukov."

As soon as trakov's words came out, the room became quiet. Listen to him say so, my heart beat quickly again, heart said, can things have a turn for the better? You know, the battle plan I put forward two days ago was rejected by the headquarters of the front army. Unexpectedly, it was reported to Zhukov and passed. Only in this way can we have a great victory in the total annihilation of two German legions and one Romanian army.

"What do you think? Let's talk about our own opinions. " Trikov saw that everyone did not speak, so he could not help but hasten.

"I agree with Comrade trakov's proposal. You know, a few days ago, comrade oshanina put forward a combat plan. After reporting it to the headquarters of the front army, it was denied by the then commander General gordov. Later, it was decided by general Zhukov himself that the combat plan was implemented. The final facts prove that the plan of Comrade o'shanina is perfect, otherwise we would not have won such a big victory. " The first thing that echoed trakov was sheldyuk, who always liked me.

Then Abramov made a statement: "I agree with Comrade trakov."

Seeing that everyone agreed with trakov's proposal, shumilov had no choice but to say, "well, since everyone's opinions have been unified, I'll call general Zhukov and report the plan proposed by Comrade oshanina to him."

Shumilov called Zhukov, and after a brief conversation, he carefully reported my proposal in detail.

After hearing this, Zhukov just asked: "have you submitted your plan to the headquarters of the front army? What's the reply from commander yelomienko? "

Shumilov quickly replied, "chief General of the report, after our plan was passed within the group army, it was reported to the headquarters of the front army in time. As a result, commander yelomienko answered our plan in two words. "

"What word?"

"Ridiculous! Confused

"Ridiculous! Confused Zhukov repeated these two words with great interest, and then said with a smile, "I understand what general yelomienko means. It's ridiculous to say that before you reported the plan, you didn't expect that the common tactic of the German army was to like the two wings detour. Even if your fortifications in the spardanovka area are comparable to the Maginot line, once surrounded by the enemy, this line of defense will lose its original meaning. I think general yelomienko's concerns are justified. "

My heart sank when I heard Zhukov say that. Did Zhukov agree with yelimenko and intend to deny my plan? I didn't expect that when I was on the verge of despair, I heard Zhukov say: "with my understanding of Comrade Lida, her plans usually come up with new ways, which often have unexpected effects. Since this plan is put forward by her, let's carry it out. I'll call him myself from yelomienko. "

Hearing that our plan had been passed by Zhukov, shumilov was immediately overjoyed and repeatedly said thanks to Zhukov: "thank you, general! Thank you, general! That's great. "

"I know more about the terrain of the spardanovka area. The two highlands 158 and 165 are almost rock. If we want to complete the excavation of the tunnel as soon as possible, we need a lot of explosives. I will transfer them from the 57th army behind you. Are there enough engineers? Do you need me to transfer another part to you from other places? "

"Thank you, general." Shumilov replied with a smile, "there are two engineering regiments in our army. It's enough to cope with such projects. There are too many people. Anyway, they can't be carried out. In case of enemy air attack or shelling, they will cause unnecessary casualties. As long as there's enough explosives, I think the tunnel will be completed in two or three days. "

"In that case, I wish you good luck! By the way, say hello to Rita for me! " Zhukov finished and hung up.

Zhukov passed our plan. In less than 10 minutes, yelomienko called in person to express his support for the plan we just reported, and offered to provide us with five tons of explosives for digging tunnels after dawn.

While trakov and shumilov were studying the distribution of the Corps, Colonel klobkin called us. As soon as the call was made, he could not wait to report to Cui KOV who answered the phone and said, "Comrade deputy commander, after receiving the call from the headquarters of the group army just now, I immediately sent three five person reconnaissance teams to approach the enemy's positions for reconnaissance. I didn't expect that the enemy's defense was tight. When a group approached the enemy's position, they entered the minefield by mistake and all of them were killed; The other group was found by the enemy's latent sentry. After a fierce exchange of fire, except one of the wounded was withdrawn, all the others died bravely.... "

"Comrade klobkin, I don't want your casualty figures." "I just want to know if you know the situation of the enemy's position. Do they transport a small number of soldiers in the daytime and a large number of troops in the evening, as commander o'shanina analyzed

After a moment's silence, klobkin replied loudly, "absolutely right, comrade deputy commander." When I heard him say that, the stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground. It seems that my guess is still correct. I only heard the Colonel say, "the team approaching the enemy position found that there was probably a battalion entering the position."“ Wait a minute, "said trakov, turning over his notebook on his desk." there were two German battalions in front of your position. One company was transferred during the day, and then one battalion was transported back at night. In this way, you will have the strength of an enemy regiment in the front of your division. "“ Well, comrade deputy commander. "“ OK, I see Trakov specially reminded klobkin that, "Comrade Colonel, the defense area of you and the marine brigade may be the focus of the enemy's attack in the next stage. You need to strengthen your defense."“ Understand Klobkin confidently replied, "please rest assured, comrade deputy commander, that we will hold fast to our position and never let the enemy move forward."“ Comrade Colonel, I remind you that you can't take it lightly. " After reminding kolobkin, trakov informed him that he was going to send an engineering regiment to the spartanovka area. "In order to strengthen the fortification in the spartanovka area, the group army will send two engineering regiments to your place and dig tunnels overnight. You should arrange people to take care of them. Don't misunderstand them, There is a fight between our own people. "“ Yes, make sure you get the job done. "