Chapter 603

Leaving the headquarters of the group army, I found basmanov and several other guard soldiers who had been waiting outside, got on the jeep and drove to mamayev post in a hurry. The jeep is far away from the street where the group army headquarters is located, but I still think about the general Golikov I just met. If I hadn't overheard the private chat between trakov and gurov, I would not have compared this polite lieutenant general with the expressionless bald reconnaissance director in the movie "the defense of Moscow". You know, the actor in his role is so different from himself that I didn't recognize him in time. In history, zorg and his companions sent this important information back to Moscow at the risk of being discovered by the Japanese radio monitoring car after they heard the news of the German attack from the German Embassy. Unexpectedly, Golikov, who had received this information, simply went through it and put it into his briefcase. However, after the outbreak of the war, he was dismissed because of intelligence mistakes. However, as Stalin's favorite general, he was not completely dismissed. Instead, he turned into a diplomat and led the Soviet military delegation to Britain and the United States to negotiate on the two countries' supply of military materials to the Soviet Union. It was not until October that he returned to the army and was appointed by Stalin as "very good, this arrangement is good." After a compliment, I told Gaidar: "just now in the group army headquarters, the commander and the military commissar have ordered the retreating tank troops to return to the highlands. You should send someone to inform captain Godunov to hand over the position to the friendly forces."“ Comrade division commander, the first battalion of the third regiment is equipped with a telephone. I'll send a message to them immediately so that they can be ready to hand over their positions. "“ Now that there's a telephone, don't bother. " I turned my head and told razumeyeva, who was sitting there quietly, "Comrade second lieutenant, immediately send a message to the first battalion of the third regiment, saying that friendly troops will come to them soon, so that Captain Godunov will be ready to hand over the position." Razumeyeva nodded. After looking through the pamphlet on the desk, she began to send out the newspaper. Gaidar wanted to sit down, but I stopped him. I still said in a steady tone: "commander Gaidar, you and commander kosga have made the right decision after they learned that the friendly position was lost. This is worth performing. But... "When I said" but ", my tone suddenly became severe:" have you ever thought about the fact that the strength of your two regiments, and the two strengthened regiments, is more than 20 times that of the German garrison on the Highlands, and that the seven successive charges launched by them all ended in failure? Have you ever thought about what is the cause? " Gaidar was speechless when he heard my question. After a while, he hesitated and said, "the terrain is not good for us. The front of the attack is too narrow and the hillside is too steep. We can't put in too many troops at one time. We can only use the tactics of adding oil and put in two companies at a time to attack in turn."“ How many casualties did the troops cause? " Gaidar didn't expect that I would ask the number of casualties in front of everyone in this situation. The corners of his mouth twitched violently. Finally, he honestly replied, "there were more than 700 casualties, of which nearly 500 were killed and more than 100 were seriously injured."“ Commander Gaidar, "when I heard that almost two battalions had been disabled in one attack, my tone became more and more severe:" in the battle, it is not enough to rely on the bravery and fearless fighting spirit of the soldiers alone. Flesh and blood can't stop bullets. We should pay attention to one tactic. Since the front of the attack is too narrow, we should not use such a dense attack formation. Not to mention that an enemy shell can kill and injure more than a dozen of us, even the firing of submachine guns and rifles will hardly fail. The troops should charge forward by class. When one class charges, the other class provides firepower cover for them; When the vanguard occupies a favorable position and suppresses the enemy with firepower, the troops behind will rush forward. In this way, by alternately covering and approaching the enemy's position step by step, we can not only reduce casualties, but also effectively eliminate the enemy. "“ But we have no heavy firepower to suppress the enemy on the top of the mountain Gaidar cried for himself. As for his defense, I asked, "where are the mortars? Did not captain Morozov's mortar provide firepower support for the charging troops and have been suppressing the German firepower on the hillside