Chapter 730

For my arrangement, Gaidar and Shapin were surprised. After kericheng left, Gaidar couldn't wait to say, "Sir, this arrangement is not suitable. You should know that there are nearly two companies of German troops in that position, but there are only about 100 men under kiricheng's command. The ratio of our forces to the enemy forces is four to one. "

"Mr. division, I think..." political commissar Xia Ping also wanted to persuade me to change my mind, but I raised my hand to interrupt him, and at the same time expressed my attitude: "political commissar Xia Ping, you don't have to worry. Although there were nearly two companies of German troops when they entered the forward position, their troops were constantly consumed in the process of harassing our troops recently. If I remember correctly, the enemy's casualties of at least 200 people are equivalent to the loss of one company and the remaining company's forces. It is simply not enough to disperse and guard such a wide position. "

"But I'm afraid they'll pay heavy casualties when they cross enemy minefields." Xia Ping said anxiously.

"Don't worry about that," I said lightly. "Last night, Mikhail and his engineering company had cleared all the mines under the river embankment and transferred them to the road leading to the rear. Colonel gedar should be very clear about this, because he saw with his own eyes the German truck that wanted to enter the position was blown over by the mine, and the German army also paid more than 20 casualties for it. "

"Well, comrade political commissar." Gaidar proved it for me in time.

I went on to say, "not only are there no mines on the riverbank, but there are not many mines left in the minefield near the riverside in front of the position. The only civil fire point there has been destroyed by our mortar. The defense in that direction tonight must not be tight. Captain kiricheng and his men can sneak into the trench without being found by the enemy. "

When I said that, they stopped talking. It seems that they both agreed with my arrangement. But to reassure them, I added: "don't worry, I won't let them act alone. Maybe I will send troops to attack from the front."

After listening to my words, Gaidar and Xia Ping were very bright. They asked me at the same time: "Comrade commander, I want to take down the enemy's front position."

After staring at the map on the table for a while, I said noncommittally, "this German position is a nail wedged into our division's defense area. Because of its existence, it greatly reduces our activity space, so it must be removed from front of us when necessary."

"Do we need to send troops in after we have eliminated the enemy in the position?" Gaidar asked tentatively, "if we just destroy the garrison, as soon as we withdraw, the enemy will send troops in again."

This question asked by Gaidar is also a headache for me. If we don't pull out the nail of the German army, our range of activities will be greatly limited. But if we only destroy the enemy in the position, and do not send troops, the enemy will soon make a comeback. Let's send troops to garrison. It's an open area with no danger to defend. It can't stop the enemy's strong attack at all. On the contrary, it's a waste of our troops.

I had no choice but to sneer and avoid answering. Instead, I waved my hand to them and said, "what to do next is a matter for the division leaders to consider, so you don't have to worry about it. In order to be on the safe side, after captain kiricheng's troops are dispatched, you should send another unit to take charge of them and make sure that their operations are successful. " With that, I turned and walked out of the headquarters.

On the way back to the division headquarters with basmanov, I patted the submachine gun on my shoulder with my hand. I was annoyed that I had missed the target when I just shot a single bullet. At this time, I miss the AK47 that I lost when I broke through liuban, and I don't know what happened to the engineers who crossed. Why hasn't a close combat weapon like A47 been equipped with troops after nearly a year?

As I approached the headquarters, I took off my coat and looked at razumeyeva, who was looking at me in the following voice: "Lieutenant, immediately contact the headquarters of the group army by radio phone and tell them that we have successfully eliminated the German artillery observation point on the Volga River."

After hearing this, razumeyeva agreed excitedly, and immediately began to contact the headquarters with the telephone.

Kirilov was very happy when they heard what I said. Kirilov also asked, "Comrade oshanina, did you really destroy the enemy's artillery observation point?"

"Yes, comrade political commissar." I looked at kirilov and said with a smile, "after destroying the civil bunker of the suspected artillery observation point, the German army also shelled the fleet on the river. I carefully observed that the impact point of the shells was far away from the ships. Based on this situation, I have reason to believe that the enemy's artillery observation point has been successfully knocked out by us. "

"That's great," I said with a rare smile.

As soon as I sat down at the table, akhromeyev asked me, "Comrade division, although we have destroyed the German artillery observation point today, the enemy will not give up. I don't think it will be long before they send people to set up new artillery observation points, and then it will not be so easy to destroy them. "

"Comrade division chief, I think the chief of staff is right." Bantailiev, deputy division commander, also echoed akhromeyev's opinion in a timely manner and expressed his own opinion: "I think that the German army is building fortifications so far away from the front line of our army in order to cover their artillery observation points. So we should act decisively and send troops to occupy the enemy's positions so that they can no longer establish new observation points here. "

"Comrade deputy division commander, your suggestion is very reasonable, but have you ever thought about what to do after we have occupied the enemy's position?" Although bantailiev just echoed his own point of view, akhromeyev still pointed out the problem he ignored impolitely: "you know, it's an open area with no danger to defend. If we want to block the infantry attacking under the cover of tanks under the artillery and bombing of the enemy, our division will pay a great sacrifice. Let alone four regiments and one regiment, it is not enough to fill in all our divisions. "

When akhromeyev said this, the room suddenly quieted down. Maybe everyone was weighing their interests, so no one spoke. After a long time, kirilov looked at me and asked, "Comrade teacher, how do you think about this?"

Unexpectedly, it came back to me again. I quickly waved my hand and said, "let's slow down this matter. Let's discuss how to take kalpov's troops out of the German siege."

"But Comrade o'shanina." When kirilov heard me mention this, he hesitated and said, "isn't captain Karpov's army sandwiched between two German troops? It's not easy to take them out smoothly. "

Akhromeyev blinked and asked, "yes, sir. They are in the middle of the enemy, as long as there is a little movement, they will be found by the enemy. Maybe their troops won't pull out by that time, and our support troops will suffer heavy casualties. That's not worth the loss. "

When he said that, a bold plan came out of my mind. I looked around the three people and said with a smile, "comrades, I have a more detailed plan now. Let's talk about it and discuss it together. But before we discuss it, I'll make a phone call Then I picked up the phone on the desk, dialed the headquarters of the fourth regiment, and told Gaidar who answered the phone: "Comrade commander, I'll tell you something and ask captain kiricheng to postpone the operation." At this point, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. "Just put it off until four in the morning."

"Why put it off until four in the morning?" Asked Gaidar, puzzled.

"Gaidar, you idiot," I said with a smile and a scold, "four points are the time when people are the most sleepy and the most vigilant. If we attack at that time, we can certainly achieve greater results." With that, I hung up without waiting for his nonsense.

As soon as I put down the phone, akhromeyev seemed to understand something, and then asked in surprise, "Comrade division commander, do you plan to start at the enemy's front position in the early morning to open a channel to our division's defense area for Karpov?"

As for the chief of staff's understanding, I nodded with satisfaction, "yes, that's what I think. Now what we are going to discuss next is how to send someone to inform captain Karpov so that he can lead his troops to enter our defense area through the road we have opened up. "

"Let Comrade safchenko go." Kirilov immediately said, "not only has he met with Karpov twice, but also this comrade is very reliable politically. I am very relieved to have him to carry out this task."

I didn't immediately express my opinion on the candidate recommended by kirilov. Instead, I turned to ask the other two: "deputy division chief and chief of staff, what's your opinion?"

"I agree!" Akhromeyev first expressed his position.

"I don't have a problem, either!" Bantaileiev then made a statement.

Seeing that everyone's opinions were unified, I nodded: "well, since there is no objection." Then he told akhromeyev, "Comrade chief of staff, you should call Comrade safchenko and ask him to come to the division headquarters immediately to accept important tasks."

I patiently waited for akhromeyev to finish his call to safchenko, and then I told several people my plan: "comrades commander, this is my consideration. I sent Comrade safchenko to contact captain Karpov and asked him to lead the troops to leave the camp around 4 a.m. and move eastward quietly. At this time, the fourth regiment's koricheng company would sneak into the German position from the direction of the river bank and try to destroy the enemy in the trench with cold weapons without disturbing the enemy. In addition, I intend to transfer a battalion of commander jerichov's regiment to quietly approach the enemy's position from the front. If koricheng's company is found by the enemy and there is an exchange of fire, the battalion should resolutely launch a frontal attack, strive to capture the enemy's position in the shortest time, firmly hold it and cover Karpov's troops to pass here. "

After listening to my plan, the three of them all bowed their heads and pondered over it. Kirilov, the first speaker, said: "Comrade o'shanina, I think I have a problem. I must remind you."

"Go ahead, comrade political commissar." I said politely, "don't know what to pay attention to?"

"Mines, mines." Kirilov pointed to the map with his finger and repeated the word twice, adding: "don't forget that around the enemy's camp, the engineering company of Mikhail yev has laid a lot of mines. If we don't clear these mines in advance, we may blow up our own people. "“ Well, comrade political commissar, you are very considerate. Well, during the operation, we will send a team of engineers to work with them, so as to avoid the occurrence of accidental bombing Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered another thing. I raised my head and asked kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, do we need to report to the headquarters in advance?"“ No need. " It's an iron rule for the troops to report to their superiors before taking major actions. Even people like me who don't like to be bound have to stick to it. That's why they asked kirilov. Unexpectedly, he directly denied my proposal and explained: "due to the damage of the telephone line of the headquarters, at present we can only make wireless contact with our superiors. As you know, wireless communication is easy to be eavesdropped by the enemy. After Karpov's troops have successfully entered our division's defense area, we will report it not too late. "“ Well, that's it. " Towards the end of our military meeting, safchenko came to the headquarters. He went to our front, stood at attention, raised his hand to salute, and then politely asked me, "Comrade teacher, do you know what important task you want me to complete?"“ Well, comrade safchenko. " I said politely, "we are going to attack the German front in the early morning of tomorrow. Judging from the current situation, there is no problem in seizing this small position. I called you here today to send you to Karpov's camp, so that he can move eastward with his troops in the early morning and quietly enter the mamayev post through this position occupied by our army. Is there a problem? " Speaking of the last sentence, I raised my voice“ No problem. I promise to finish the task. " Safchenko answered me in a loud voice“ Remember, we launched an attack on the enemy's position at four in the morning. " Kirilov walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder and told him, "that is to say, you must let captain Karpov lead the troops to leave the camp and move eastward before four o'clock, so that they can successfully enter the mamayev post before the German army finds out our action." The matter of contacting Karpov has been handed over to the trustworthy safchenko. As soon as it gets dark, he can rush to Karpov's camp as soon as possible and inform the other party of our plan. Then I called shejerikov. When he heard that I was the one calling him, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Then he asked respectfully, "Sir, do you have any important instructions for calling me?" I didn't care to exchange greetings with him. I asked frankly, "which battalion of your regiment is the most effective?"“ "The second battalion," he replied without thinking, "the second battalion commander is captain shereblenne, who you sent. Because the soldiers of the company he came with have rich experience in fighting, their fighting capacity is the strongest."“ Very good, comrade commander. In the evening, I'll send them to the northern highlands. I have important combat tasks to give them“ Comrade shigerikov, listening to me, there was a cry in his voice: "can I exchange another battalion for you? We should know that their combat effectiveness is not weak, only a little less than that of the second battalion. "“ No, this battle is very important, not to mention a little bit, even a little bit. " I heard from his voice that he was worried that I would consume his most elite troops, so he wanted Li daitaojiang to replace the second battalion with other battalions“ Anyway, before dark, I want to see your second battalion appear in the defense area of the fourth regiment. " Finish saying, didn't wait for him to cry again, then hurriedly hung up the phone.