Chapter 736

In this way, Karpov's troops were incorporated into the first regiment of shejerikov and combined with those of shereblenny to form a new second battalion. Because trakov had hinted in advance that he would demote the officers who had come over anyway, I appointed him deputy commander of the battalion and deputy commander of shereblenny. At the same time, in order to recognize Xie lieboliang's achievements in internal combat, after discussion with several Division leaders, I promoted him to the rank of captain.

Karpov readily agreed to my arrangement without any objection. As soon as the meeting was over, he had no hesitation in assembling his troops and following him back to the regiment.

After the German army recaptured the front position, it soon established another artillery observation point. Because they learned the lesson of the last time, the artillery observation point this time was hidden under the river embankment, and our mortars could not destroy them. As a result, the transport fleet on the river suffered unnecessary heavy losses again.

On the evening of October 13, kirilov and I were discussing whether to send small troops along the riverbank to wipe out the enemy artillery observation points when the telephone from the headquarters came in.

Trekov called himself and asked, "what are you doing, o'shanina?"

Listening to his question, I quickly replied, "report to commander, we are studying how to eliminate the enemy's newly established artillery observation points, so as to ensure the safety of our army's transport convoy."

"To hell with German artillery observation points!" Trekov gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "the German in front of you has been scared by you, so mamayev post will not be the focus of German attack for the time being. If possible, I hope you will deploy as many troops as possible to reinforce the troops in the city. "

Trekov's words made me feel a little uneasy. You know, we have been here for a month and a half, and our superiors have never asked us to send troops to reinforce the city. From what I know about trakov, if it wasn't for the critical moment, he decided not to do it. So I asked with concern, "Comrade commander, what's the matter?"

"Our scouts reported that the enemy seemed to be taking a big action against us. Just in front of the factory area of the city, Paulus assembled three infantry divisions and two tank divisions. These troops have launched an offensive formation about five kilometers from the front. It seems that they are ready to attack our defensive area at any time. "

"If the enemy wants to attack, just wait for him to attack. It's no big deal!" The voice of military commissar gurov came from the receiver. He was obviously saying to trikov: "before the enemy attacked, comrade commander of the group army, I think you should have a good sleep. You haven't slept for four or five days."

Then I heard trakov's laughter. He said to gurov, "Comrade military commissar, even if you want to sleep, you have to wait for me to explain the current situation to Comrade oshanina."

Gurov said very cooperatively, "well, make a long story short, and go to have a rest immediately after you finish your assignment."

"Comrade commander," although I heard that the German army had deployed five divisions in the direction of the factory area, I didn't want to know the other party's serial number at all. I only care about which army will fight with us. So I asked frankly, "Comrade commander, can I ask which army is deployed in the factory area?"

"The regular army has two divisions, the 39th division of guriyev's guards and the 308th division of gurdyev's infantry, and the 37th division of guards. After crossing the river, the light tanks of the 84th tank brigade are deployed in the positions of these two infantry divisions as fixed fire points. At the same time, they also built a large number of shelters, infantry foxholes and traffic trenches in front of the streets of workers' new villages and the workshops of factories. "

My heart sank when I heard that there were only three incomplete divisions to withstand the attack of the five German divisions. When the Soviet army was in a dominant position, it was often defeated. But now, with such a huge gap between the enemy and our army, it is self-evident that our army is at a disadvantage. Even if I put the entire independent division in, it would be nothing more than beating the stone with the egg. But at the moment, I can't keep silent. I have to say something. I have no choice but to ask, "Comrade commander, apart from these three divisions which are not full, will there be no new troops?" When I said this, I also deliberately moved the receiver away from my ear and made sure that I was using a wired telephone instead of a telegraph. There was little danger of leakage, so I put the receiver close to my ear again.

"In order to strengthen the defense of the" Red October "factory, the" barricade "factory and the Stalingrad tractor factory, and to set up support points in these factories composed of armed workers' columns, we incorporated the armed workers' corps of the" Red October "," barricade "and the tractor factory districts, as well as many fighter battalions from the tractor factory into the Red Army as early as October 5, and provided them with supplies. At present, the workers' armed column in the "Red October" area belongs to the 39th division of the guard infantry‘ The workers' armed corps and the fighter battalion in the 'barricade' area belong to the 308th infantry division; The workers' armed corps, the armed fighter battalion and the workers' special armed corps of the tractor factory belong to the 37th division of the guards. "

As my attention has recently been focused on the German position in front of the mamayev post and the coordination of the Karpov camp, plus the lack of communication in the early stage, I do not know much about the fighting in the city. Seeing that our division is about to dispatch troops to participate in the war, understanding the enemy's situation in the city has become the primary task. I then asked, "Comrade commander, what is the combat effectiveness of these armed corps of workers incorporated into the regular army?"

"Not bad," said trekov with emotion. "I never thought that the fighting shown by these militia was no worse than that of our regular army. Throughout the day of October 5, the enemy continued to launch wave after wave of attacks on our army's position in the new worker's village of Stalingrad tractor factory. Their air force has been bombing our army all the time, and the number of aircraft bombing has reached 700 throughout the day. However, our commanders and fighters not only resolutely blocked the enemy's crazy attack, but also the infantry regiment with half of the militia in the 37th division of the guards, after repelling the enemy, resolutely carried out the counterattack and occupied the defensive positions from the cemetery through bazowaya street, along the ditch bank to the printing house street.

On the edge of the workers' new villages in the "Red October" and "barricade" districts and on individual streets, there were fierce battles with the enemy. The Germans defeated the remnants of the 42nd and 92nd infantry brigades and the 6th guard tank brigade, and occupied the silicate Factory. Although some companies of the 339th regiment of the 308th infantry division were besieged, they were still fighting tenaciously. With the help of the 284th, 95th and 193rd infantry divisions and the 39th guard division, they repulsed many attacks of the enemy.

The Germans who were repulsed by our army were not reconciled to their defeat. The next day, that is, October 6, they sent out air forces to bomb our battle formation for the whole day. The head of the 339th regiment, the political commissar and all the staff of the regiment headquarters died in the bombing.

At noon on October 7, the Germans, who had assembled a large number of troops, resumed their attack on our army. With the strength of three infantry divisions and more than 50 tanks, they launched a fierce attack on our army base in the worker's new village of tractor factory. My brave officers and men of the 37th division fought back the first German attacks. But when the enemy's attack was frustrated, they called in their reserves and launched another attack on our positions. In the evening, after fierce fighting, the German army successfully wedged into the battle formation of our army and occupied a block of the tractor factory workers' new village, close to the stadium. However, our commanders and fighters are still fighting tenaciously, and almost every advance of the Communist aggressors will cost a huge price.

In the "Red October" workers' new village, the battle for the bathhouse building is particularly fierce. The four storey building has changed hands several times. After a day's fighting, the Germans lost a large number of personnel and weapons, and then began to mobilize new forces and reassign their own forces to carry out new attacks. While launching a military offensive, the enemy also used mortars to fire a large number of provocative leaflets at our positions in an attempt to lure our commanders and fighters to give up their resistance and be their captives. But they don't know that we, the defenders of Stalingrad, didn't think of sneak attack at all. Instead, we stuck to our position and resolutely defended every inch of Stalingrad's land. "

Trekov kept talking as if he had opened his voice. I felt too tired to stand and listen, so I sat down and listened: "the 37th division of the guards, the 308th, 95th and 193rd divisions of the infantry, and the northern group led by Colonel gorohov outside the tractor factory building, and the" red October "and" barricade "workers' new villages blocked the German attack, This has given our army time to adjust its strength so that it can continue to prepare for battle.

We have taken all possible measures to build an unbreakable defensive position. In the depth of forward positions and army battle formation, and even the obstacles of anti tank and anti infantry, many firepower support points were built in buildings and factory workshops.

After a long period of fighting, we found that the effect of concentrated use of artillery is getting better and better. As the Artillery Force of the group army strengthened, the counterattack against the enemy's heavy artillery fire proceeded smoothly. We used 300 guns to bombard the enemy who was about to burst into the Volga River from between the tractor factory and the barricade factory for 40 minutes. The German troops, which were launched at the front of the three kilometer wide line, suffered heavy casualties under the heavy artillery fire of our army, thus stopping the fighting here for a week.

During this period of time, the enemy, who was unwilling to lose, mobilized the reserve forces again and pressed against our factory area in an attempt to fight us to the death here. " At this point, trakov's voice suddenly became confident. "Since we can beat them last time, I firmly believe that they can't get any benefits except losing their troops."

The words of trakov have made me feel more at ease. After all, it is the defenders who are dominant in city defense. It's really like what trakov said. Since we can defeat them last time, their attack will also be defeated by us in the next battle. Thinking of this, I cautiously asked trekov: "Comrade commander, do you know the latest German military intelligence?"

"I know," trekov replied very simply, "I just received information from the headquarters of the front army. Although our resistance in Stalingrad has never stopped, and we are not willing to give up our imaginary enemy, we still attempt to seize the city. In order to prepare for the general attack, Hitler's headquarters dispatched a large number of troops from the reserves to Stalingrad to supplement the divisions weakened by us in the battle. In the first ten days of October alone, there were 200000 trained supplementary personnel, 90 artillery battalions (50000 people, more than 1000 guns of various types) and 46 engineering Battalions (about 30000 people) specially used for siege by air. At the same time, our scouts also found that the enemy had adjusted its forces on a large scale and sent out some units with heavy casualties in the early stage to form a combat reserve.

Yesterday, that is, on October 12, according to the order of commander yelomienko, the group army counterattacked the enemy with the 37th and 95th guard infantry divisions, and attacked the enemy in the west of the workers' new village of Stalingrad tractor factory, preparing for a new attack with the powder Hitler bandits. However, due to the tenacious resistance of the enemy, our counterattack forces only advanced a little in some areas.

However, under the fierce counterattack of the German army during the day today, these hard won results turned into nothing. After the battle, our troops had to retreat to the starting position yesterday.

Well, comrade oshanina, I have finished what I should say. I order you to draw out the troops that can be transferred by the independent division before daybreak and take them to the city to hide. When the enemy begins to attack the factory area, you are going to attack them decisively and give them a hard blow from the enemy's side and rear. As for you, come to my headquarters as soon as you bring the troops to the city. I have something else to tell you. "

After I put down the phone, I saw kirilov and several of them were all around, nervously looking at me, waiting for me to announce the order from the superior to them. After sighing in my heart, I repeated what trakov had just said to them and asked, "comrades in command, the commander asked us to send troops to the city for reinforcement. Would you like to talk about your views?"

After listening to my question, akhromeyev frowned and thought about it, then said: "the headquarters just asked us to send troops to reinforce, not how many people we were asked to send. How many troops do you think will be deployed? We need to know that our mamayev post is also a key point of defense. Once it is lost, the whole defense line in the city will be shaken. "

"Comrade division commander," bantaileiev politely suggested to me, "at present, of the four regiments of our division, the second regiment and the fourth regiment are holding fast to the mamayev post, which must not be used. If the first regiment and the third regiment stationed in the residential areas are all transferred, the enemy may take advantage of the situation and take our back road. So I think only one regiment will do. "

"What, just one regiment?" Kirilov asked in surprise, "is that ok?" After that, he looked at me and asked, "Comrade oshanina, what's your opinion?"

After weighing the pros and cons in my mind, I finally decided to adopt Bantai leiev's suggestion. I looked at him, nodded and said, "I agree with the Deputy teacher. The main task of our division is to guard the mamayev post. If we deploy all our defensive forces in order to reinforce the friendly forces, the enemy will have an opportunity to seize the mamayev post. If we want to take back the mamayev post, we will have to pay a huge price, so I think we only need to deploy a regiment to fight. " Seeing that kirilov opened his mouth to persuade me, he resolutely raised his hand to stop him and said firmly, "what we are going to discuss next is not how many troops to send, but whether we should transfer one regiment or three regiments. Comrade commissar, "I asked, looking at kirilov," which regiment do you think should be transferred? "

After listening to my question, kirilov was stunned for a moment, and then said carefully, "although the third regiment has just replenished its forces, almost all of them are new recruits. It is estimated that they do not have much combat effectiveness. However, the combat effectiveness shown by the regiment a while ago is still very satisfactory. So I suggest that we send a regiment for this reinforcement operation. "

After kirilov finished his presentation, I turned to look at leiev, smiling and politely asked, "Comrade deputy division commander, what do you think about which regiment to send for reinforcement?"

"Sir, I agree with the political commissar." Bantaileiev's reply was very simple, "judging from the performance of the first regiment a few days ago, their combat effectiveness is not weak, and they are fully capable of this task."

I didn't speak. I just nodded. Then I turned to akhromeyev and asked, "chief of staff, what's your opinion?"

Akhromeyev looked at kirilov and bantaileiev respectively, then quickly straightened up and replied, "Comrade division, I agree with you, and I think it is most appropriate to send a regiment." In order to prove that he is not following others' advice, he specially stated that "the command ability of lieutenant colonel chejerikov can be seen when his regiment sticks to the North highland. Moreover, his regiment has recently added many veteran soldiers with rich combat experience, so I think they are fully competent."

"Well, since everyone has agreed, we'll send a regiment to reinforce the friendly forces in the factory area." At this point, I stopped for a moment, turned to akhromeyev and said to him, "Comrade chief of staff, please call lieutenant commander shijerikov and tell him to assemble the troops immediately and get ready to go."

As soon as I finished, kirilov added, "I'll call major gordonov of the third regiment."

Kirilov reminded me that if the regiment left, their defense area would be empty, so it was necessary for the third regiment to transfer troops to fill the vacancy, so as not to be taken advantage of by the German army. He immediately told akhromeyev: "the political commissar is right. After calling the first regiment, he will call the third commander, major gordonov, and ask him to send someone to take over the defense of the first regiment."