Chapter 535

I know in my heart that it is very difficult for me to make the best preparations for this attack. Therefore, I must widely listen to the rationalization suggestions put forward by commanders and fighters at all levels and adopt them.

With my encouragement, after reading a lot of building data to Gaidar and me, mikheiev boldly said: "according to my analysis, the wall thickness of these buildings is beyond the penetration of our division's existing equipment bullets. If we can't rush into these buildings before the enemy finds us, then the enemy can hide in these buildings and calmly carry out condescending fire on our attacking troops. "

The conclusion reached by Mikhail is exactly what I am worried about. Although we have an advantage in numbers, the German weapons and strong fortifications are enough to offset this advantage. I nodded slightly and asked him with great interest, "Comrade engineer, do you have any good idea?"

Mikhail yev looked at Gaidar and said with a smile, "let Comrade captain explain the next content to you. He is a professional, and he speaks more clearly than I do." Then he sat down directly.

Gaidar stood up, supported the edge of the table, leaned forward slightly, and said politely: "Sir, comrade, I think the most effective way to deal with the enemy's fortifications is to close the gun and shoot, use the gun fire to destroy the enemy's firepower points, and cover our commandos to rush into the building. Of course, if we can get the support of tanks, they can fire fiercely at the enemy's fire counting buildings, effectively support the commandos and speed up the assault speed of our troops. "

I nodded approvingly and said, "yes, the bayonet on the cannon you proposed is good. It's worth a try." When I said this, I suddenly remembered that trakov had been dismissed, so it might not be so easy to get weapons and ammunition from the group army as before. As I thought of this key problem, I was not confident enough when I continued to speak. "However, our division does not have any heavy weapons now. It seems that if we want to win a battle, we can only ask for help from friendly forces."

"What is a bayonet on a cannon?" A familiar voice suddenly rushed out of the door, and then a familiar figure came into the headquarters. Seeing the visitor, I was overjoyed. I quickly stood up to welcome him and asked in surprise, "Hello, chief of staff, how did you come here?"

Although Gaidar and mihayev did not meet Raskin, they got up to salute when they saw the rank of Colonel on the leader's badge. Raskin and I shook hands and joked, "Comrade oshanina, I've come to see you from the headquarters. I don't know if you welcome me or not."

I took his hand in both hands, shook it hard and said, "Welcome! welcome! Of course, welcome! Chief of staff, you are a rare guest. We usually can't invite you. "

After the greeting, Raskin glanced over Gaidar and asked with a little vigilance, "Comrade oshanina, who are they?"

Listening to Raskin's tone, I seemed to have something to say to me in private. I didn't want to have outsiders present. I quickly introduced him to Raskin and said, "this captain is Comrade Gaidar, head of the fourth regiment. Next to him is Comrade Mikhail yev, an architectural engineer." After the introduction, I immediately said to them, "Gaidar and mihayev, there's no business for you here. You two go back first."

As they left the headquarters, I told the operator on duty, kraftya, "Hey, comrade kraftya, please go and bring our Colonel a cup of hot tea with honey."

Kraftya got up from the phone, gave a sweet smile to Colonel Ruskin, and quickly ran out of the headquarters.

When Raskin and I were left in the room, I sat down at the table and asked curiously, "Comrade Colonel, do you have any instructions when you come to our division?"

Raskin said solemnly, "Comrade oshanina, I came to the independent division this time to tell you the truth about general trakov's dismissal."

"Comrade Colonel, what is the reason for his dismissal? I don't quite believe the reasons you said in the morning. "

Raskin said with a wry smile: "what can I say about this? The reasons I told you in the morning are just official. The real reason is that general trakov and the new military commissar of the front army had some disputes about the current war last night. Perhaps general trakov's words were too heavy and direct. As a result, the comrades of the military commissar made a decision to dismiss him in anger. "

"Who is the new military commissar of the front army?" The establishment and leadership of the front army are constantly changing. I really don't know who the new military commissar is.

Raskin said bitterly: "the new military commissar of the front army is former first Secretary of Ukraine, comrade Nikita sergeyevich Khrushchev."

Khrushchev, when I heard the name, I almost jumped up from the stool. I didn't expect that the new military commissar of the front army was him. He is an important person I have always wanted to meet. Unexpectedly, as soon as he appeared, he decisively dismissed trakov because of the dispute. If I get close to him later, it will make the people of trakov unhappy.

At this moment, kraftia came in from outside with a teapot. We quickly shut our mouths so that the girl soldier would not hear what she should not hear. Kraftya, holding the teapot in both hands, carefully placed it on the table in front of Raskin's face, and said with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, please have tea."

After hearing Raskin's thanks to kraftia, I waved to her and said, "Comrade kraftia, I have important work to talk about with the chief of staff. Go out first. By the way, tell the guard monitor Willa at the door that no one is allowed to enter without my permission. "

After kraftia left, I asked in a low voice, "Comrade Colonel, do you know what they are arguing about?"

Raskin looked at the door, moved his body to my side, and said in a low voice, "I learned the specific contents of the quarrel from Mr. lyudnikov of the guard division. He said that at first they were still laughing. He didn't know what Khrushchev had said. Then trikov was furious and said to Khrushchev angrily: our passive situation could have been avoided. If we had judged the situation correctly at that time, we would have smashed their old nest. I always thought that the Germans would attack Moscow. This is the first time that they have been cheated.

After listening, Khrushchev retorted and said: how can you speak like this? You are the deputy commander of the group army. You are not free to comment on the decision of the supreme commander. "

After listening to Raskin's words, I said in a puzzled way: "Comrade chief of staff, I think general trakov is absolutely right. Moreover, even if he said something extreme, he would not be dismissed."

Raskin took up the teapot, blowing away the heat, and said: "if you really only said the above words, it would not make Khrushchev upset. It's a pity that general trakov was so angry during the quarrel that he actually uncovered Khrushchev's scar, which made the other party turn around and sign the order of dismissing general trakov mercilessly. "

"Can you tell me about the scar?" My curiosity made me want to break the casserole and ask to the end.

Raskin put down the teapot, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to say, "OK, I'll tell you what happened. But you have to promise me a condition. What I say to you is top secret. You can't tell anyone, otherwise you and I will be in big trouble. " When I said that he would strictly keep secrets, he said in a low voice: "at the beginning of the war, general Zhukov, who was also the chief of the general staff, tried to persuade the supreme commander to withdraw the southwest army in Kiev, so as not to fall into the siege of the German Army. Unexpectedly, when the supreme commander asked Khrushchev for advice, he firmly replied that Kiev could hold on. " At this point, he could not help but snort, "as a result, the nearly one million troops who stayed in Kiev were completely annihilated by the German army, except Khrushchev, bujoni, Timoshenko and 150000 people who successfully broke through the encirclement. Among them, the commander of the southwest front army, general kirponos, chief of staff tupikov, and political commissar burmishenko were the political commissars in the breakthrough. 660000 people, including general Potapov, commander of the 5th group army, were captured.

Three months ago, the battle of Kharkov was under the command of Timoshenko and Khrushchev. As a result, it was another tragic defeat. The main forces of the 6th, 57th and 9th army groups and the battle group of bobkin were annihilated, 250000 people were captured, more than 600 tanks were lost, and several senior generals such as Lieutenant General Kostenko, deputy commander of the southwest front army, were killed. "

After listening to Raskin's inside information, I could not help but be silent. If these failures were replaced by other people's words, I would have been executed as soon as general Pavlov had been tried by the military court. Only Timoshenko and Khrushchev, who are highly respected by the supreme commander, will be reactivated after hiding for a period of time, even if they are repeatedly defeated. Although they have caused great losses to the country and the army, these things are a restricted area that can not be touched. If anyone has no intention to mention them, they must bear their thunder. General trakov, unfortunately, became such a victim.

Raskin finished, took a sip of tea from the teapot and said to himself, "honey is too much. It's a little too sweet." After putting down the teapot, he looked at me and said, "Comrade oshanina, I have finished what I should say and what I should not. I want to hear what you really think

My fingers were tapping gently on the table, and my brain was thinking quickly. Why did Raskin say that? Did he have any deeper consideration? After thinking about it for a long time, I still think I should tell Raskin my heart. After all, I still have a lot of time to deal with him.

Determined, I said decisively: "Comrade chief of staff, I think general trakov's criticism of Comrade Khrushchev is correct. The reason why we lost a large area of our territory after another under the attack of the enemy is not that our soldiers are not brave, nor that our commanders' tactical command is improper, nor that the enemy is too strong, but that the strategic thinking of the supreme command organization has deviated, which has pushed our army into danger again and again. "

Before I could finish, Ruskin slapped the table heavily and cried out, "well, well said, well said! General trakov was right. Comrade oshanina, after general trakov left, he repeatedly told me to take care of your division. If you have any difficulties, please let me know. If it can be solved within the scope of my authority, I will solve it for you immediately; It can't be solved. I'll come forward to negotiate for you. "

I was relieved to hear him say that. It seems that I've made the right bet just now. Since he asked me to make a request, I would not be polite. So I moved the map on the table to him and explained to him our division's plan to attack the residential areas with my finger. At the end of the day, I begged him: "Comrade chief of staff, our division does not have any heavy weapons. If we want to attack, we are bound to pay huge casualties. You see, can you provide us with the necessary support? "

After hearing this, Raskin said with some embarrassment, "the group army also lacks heavy weapons. I think it may not be able to meet your requirements."

Raskin's answer had been expected by me for a long time. When I heard him complain to me, I quickly explained, "chief of staff, you misunderstood me. I'm not asking you to provide heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery for our division. We don't have professionals. Even if we are equipped with these technical equipment, no one will use it."

"So you mean Raskin asked in surprise.

"I want you to come forward and coordinate with the 137th tank brigade and the 157 infantry division, so that they can provide one or two tank brigades and artillery companies respectively, so as to improve the necessary firepower support for the key offensive units of our division. What do you think? "

To my request, Raskin nodded and agreed without hesitation: "no problem. I can make a decision on this matter now. On the day of the attack, I asked the 137th tank brigade to provide five tanks to your division, and the 157th infantry division to send two artillery companies. Is that enough? "

"Enough, enough!" I thought he would provide me with three or five guns and a tank. I didn't expect that he was so generous and gave me several times more technical equipment.

Raskin's attention was attracted by the faint sounds of shooting and grenade explosion outside. He curiously pointed to the door and asked me, "Comrade oshanina, what's the matter with the gunfire and explosion outside?"

"Report to the chief of staff," I said with a smile, "that the troops are firing live ammunition and throwing live grenades."

"What, live fire and live throw?" Raskin raised his eyebrows and said, "Comrade oshanina, is this necessary?"

Although I think I have no doubt about my own way of action, I heard that Ruskin said so, without rebuke me, I explained: "Comrade chief of staff, you have no idea. Most of my soldiers are soldiers who have not experienced any military training and have no combat experience. In order to prevent them from being frightened by the enemy's gunfire after going to the battlefield, I adopted a special training method, using live ammunition training to train their courage. "

Raskin finished, still complained about me: "you do this, not afraid of causing unnecessary casualties in training?"

"Comrade chief of staff, no way." I said confidently, "there are only two thousand commanders and men to be trained. They train in different regions with the company as a unit. In every company, there are a certain proportion of experienced veterans. With them, the safety in training can be guaranteed. "

Raskin looked out the door and said, "otherwise, you'd better take me to the training ground."

His proposal made me feel embarrassed, because my training method was too original. Maybe he would criticize me on the spot. After thinking about it, I suggested to him, "why don't I call all the three training commanders and company commanders and let them report the training to you in person?"

He waved his hand and said firmly, "no, I'll go to the training ground myself. If I don't see the training of the commanders and fighters with my own eyes, I'm still not at ease. "

Seeing Raskin's resolute attitude, I couldn't oppose it any more, so I had to reluctantly promise, "OK, chief of staff, I'll take you to the training ground."

As soon as Raskin and I walked out of the door, we saw two soldiers with submachine guns outside, chatting around Vera. Seeing us go out, the two soldiers immediately stood at attention, straightened up and put on a posture of waiting for dispatch. Needless to say, these two soldiers must be Raskin's guards.

As he walked, Raskin shook his head at them and said simply, "come with me!"

Vera saw two male soldiers following Ruskin to the training ground. She caught up with me and asked, "Rita, shall I go to the training ground with you?"

I shook my head and said, "no, you'd better stay in the headquarters. The forest is full of our soldiers. You don't have to worry about my safety. " With that, I speeded up to catch up with Ruskin.

Kung Fu is not very good. We arrived at the training ground I just came to, and the fifth company of the first regiment is now carrying out bomb throwing training.

Ten soldiers with grenades in their hands rushed forward a few steps, then stopped suddenly and threw the grenades forward. Ten smoky grenades tumbled in the air and landed in the newly designated drop zone. All of a sudden, there was an explosion, smoke and fire, and an unfortunate birch fell to the ground in the explosion.

When a group of soldiers finished dropping bombs, the lieutenant yelled out a command: "after the sixth class finishes dropping bombs, get in the line immediately. The seventh is on the line, ready to drop the bomb With the command of the lieutenant, the ten soldiers trotted back to the line. At the same time, ten soldiers holding grenades came out of the line.

After the bombing of the fifth company, I heard the lieutenant give orders in a loud voice: "after the bombing training, let's start shooting training. All of you. Turn right. Class one enters the shooting position, and class six enters the sandbag fortification to hide. " With his command, first two teams of soldiers ran out of the queue, one class with rifles stood in front of the queue, while the other class ran to the sandbag fortification dozens of meters away. I took a furtive look at Ruskin. He looked at the soldiers of the running class without expression. Until he saw the soldiers disappear behind the sandbag, the soldiers with guns squatted down and aimed the muzzle at the sandbag, his face suddenly turned black, turned to me and said seriously: "o'shanina, you promised me that your troops would not be injured in training, but now do you know what they are doing? You actually let our soldiers shoot at their own people. If there are casualties, you will have to go to the military court. You go and order them to stop at once. " Military court, military court again. I found that since I went to Stalingrad, I have heard people threatening to take anyone to military court. In the end, I didn't see anyone to military court. For Raskin's tension, I can understand, after all, this training method is too incredible. Without waiting for me to explain, the gunfire had been heard one after another, the bullets whizzed over the sandbag, and several missed shots hit the sandbag, splashing small mud columns on the sandbag. After five rounds, the soldiers stood up one after another. When the lieutenant saw that all the soldiers had put down their guns, he took out a whistle from his pocket and blew it hard. With his whistle, soldiers came out from behind sandbags. When I heard the lieutenant blowing his whistle, I could not help patting my forehead. I found that my consideration was not comprehensive enough. I didn't think about how to contact the troops when they attacked in the smoke. The second lieutenant's whistle reminds me that every commando should be equipped with such a simple communication tool. Look at Ruskin again. Since the first soldier appeared in the sandbag, he was nervously counting the number. When all the soldiers came out from behind the sandbags, I heard him take a long breath and say to himself, "thank God! There are no casualties at all. " As soon as I turned around, I saw that I was staring at him. I was a little embarrassed and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, comrade o'shanina, I wronged you just now. I have to admit that although your training method is original, it is effective. It can make soldiers feel the atmosphere of the battlefield. " At this point, he stopped for a moment and continued in a voice that only he and I could hear: "you know, when I first went to the battlefield and heard the gunshot, I was so scared that I peed in my pants." With that, he reached out and patted me on the shoulder. He waved his head to the guard again and said, "Comrade soldier, let's go back." He took a few steps, then stopped and said to me in a friendly way, "o'shanina, let me remind you. On the day the battle begins, lyudnikov's close guard division can also provide you with some necessary help. "