Chapter 751

In addition to the tank troops hidden on both sides of the road, the anti tank artillery battalion in the tractor factory also opened fire on the German tanks in the street in spite of the enemy's heavy artillery suppression.

The remaining tanks were blocked in the street due to chaos and became the targets of our army's tankers and anti tank artillery. More and more tanks were hit by bullets and caught fire. The enemy's tankers rushed out of the smoky body and ran in the same direction. While those infantry who got off ahead of time to accompany the tank were hit by falling shells or shrapnel produced by the internal explosive ammunition when they tried to bypass the tank. In a short time, a corpse fell near the German tank.

Several tanks, which escaped the attack by chance, finally managed to raise their heads in the street full of burning tank wrecks, and dashed in the direction of Lai with full power. Some soldiers who were close to each other were immediately knocked down by the tank and crushed under the track because they couldn't dodge. The soldiers behind rushed to the side of the road to make way for the frantic tank.

The tanks fled to the rear of the attack line and joined the armored vehicles and trucks at the back before stopping. The infantry, who had lost the cover of the tank, carefully bypassed the burning tank and bent forward along the street. Less than 100 meters away, a group of flames suddenly erupted among the top soldiers. Several soldiers fell to the ground in the smoke of gunpowder. It seems that they have stepped on mines.

The soldiers who followed saw that the top soldiers in front stepped on the mine and fell to the ground. After a while, some brave soldiers got up and went up to rescue their fallen comrades. The German infantry in the front had to stop because of the mines in the street, but the soldiers behind couldn't see it. They still kept bypassing the burning tanks and rushing forward.

Looking at the more and more German soldiers gathered in the street, I couldn't help looking towards the tractor factory gate. The distance between the two places was more than 800 meters. Even if all the fire points hidden under the tanks in front of the factory gate opened fire, they could only bring down a few soldiers. The rest of them would hide in the ruins around the street because of their vigilance, The next battle is not easy to fight. Thinking of this, I can't help admiring krailov a little more. He probably thought that after the enemy's tanks were repulsed, the infantry would be trapped by the mines laid by our army. When the enemy gathered in the street, they would use the rockets on the East Bank of the Volga River to cover the area, so that they could give the enemy heavy damage.

As soon as I thought about the planned artillery coverage of the enemy, there came the unique whistling sound of rockets in the sky, and then dozens of rockets with long flame tails plunged into the dense German streets. As soon as the place was still crowded, it turned into a sea of fire. The fire rose seven or eight meters high and formed a wall of fire from east to west. The blast sent the wreckage of the German tanks and soldiers high into the air and fell heavily on the ground. It's just the wreckage of the tank and the soldiers when it's thrown up, and when it falls down, it turns into broken iron parts and broken limbs.

When the smoke cleared, I looked around the street. Except for the tanks and armored vehicles at the west entrance of the German army, the middle section and the east exit, I could hardly see any living creatures. The wreckage of the destroyed tanks has now almost become scattered parts, and around the dense craters of different sizes, there are full of incomplete German bodies.

Seeing that our army's rocket salvo had achieved such a great success, trekov could not help grinning. He nudged me and said excitedly, "o'shanina, do you see that? One volley of our artillery almost killed thousands of German soldiers. Just do it twice, and I'll completely cripple the German infantry division. "

When I was about to say a few words, I suddenly heard someone shouting at me downstairs. I followed the sound and went to the broken stairs. I leaned down and looked down. It was busmanov, the commander of my guard battalion. I quickly asked, "Comrade captain, what can I do for you?"

Basmanov looked up at me and yelled, "Comrade division commander, the military commissar of the group army has something to ask for you and the commander. I want you to go back immediately."

When I turned my head and just wanted to pass on what basmanov said to trakov, I found that he was standing not far from me. It was obvious that he had heard what basmanov said“ Hell, there's going to be something urgent at this time. " "Let's go back to the headquarters. What's the matter?" he said reluctantly

Seeing that trekov and I were going downstairs, several guard soldiers who were on guard downstairs rushed to help us to get down from the broken stairs to the ground.

As soon as we walked into the headquarters, trikov couldn't wait to yell at gurov, who was sitting at the table, "Hey, comrade military commissar, what's the important thing for you to call me back in such a hurry?"

As he pushed a telegraph into trakov's hand, gurov curiously asked, "Comrade commander, I just heard a lot of noise coming from outside. Did the German army attacking the tractor factory be intercepted by our artillery?"

Trikov took the telegram in front of him, nodded his head and said: "when the enemy's tank troops advanced to the area where they were ambushed by Colonel berey, they were attacked by our tanks and anti tank guns in the factory area, and they were immediately in chaos. And those infantry who lost the cover of tanks were blocked by our minefields. As they gathered more and more, our rocket artillery group launched a salvo fire, which wiped out thousands of Germans in the street At this point, he suddenly stopped, and after a moment, he was surprised and said, "what, commander yelomienko is coming to the city?"

"Yes, comrade commander." When gurov learned of our army's achievements, he just showed a little smile on his face. When he heard trekov's question, his face suddenly became serious, and he said, "yes, I don't know what general yelimenko thinks. The situation in the city is so dangerous. As a commander of the front army, he doesn't stay in the east bank to command the troops, but he wants to take risks in the city."

"Comrades of the military commissar, we must find a way to stop him." "There's a pot of porridge all over the city," he said solemnly. Many places are the main points of repeated contention between the enemy and us. Maybe a minute ago they were still in our hands, and a minute later they were captured by the enemy. We can't let Comrade yeliaomenke take risks in the city. As the top commander of the front army, he has no right to leave his command post. "

Gulov sighed and said regretfully, "it's late, comrade commander. After receiving the telegram, I sent a telegram back to the headquarters of the front army, briefly introducing the situation in the city, and imploring general yeliaomenko to cancel this trip. It was Comrade Khrushchev, military commissar of the front army, who sent me a telegram. He said that general yelimenko had already set out after sending the telegram. This time he came to the city, in addition to inspecting our defensive positions, he also specially came to listen to our reports on the war situation in the past two days. "

"To find a way to stop him, for the sake of his safety, he must not come to our headquarters." After looking around for four weeks, trikov curiously asked, "how many division commanders are there if ludev?"

As soon as I came in, I felt that there was a difference between the headquarters and when we went out. However, when I listened to the conversation between trakov and gurov, I didn't find that the headquarters was so crowded that there were only a few telegraph operators and gurov left.

"The soldiers dug some new shelters not far away, and chief of staff krailov took them to their new command post." After a brief explanation of the reason for the shortage of people in the headquarters, gurov talked about yelimenko again: "Comrade commander, do you have any good way to prevent general yelimenko from coming to our headquarters?"

"There are ways." When trikov said this, he suddenly turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Give it to me?" After listening to trekov's words, I asked in a panic, "Comrade commander, what should I do to stop commander yelomienko from coming here?"

"It's easy." Trikov had a good idea of how to deal with yelimenko, so he said to me gently, "on behalf of the leaders of our group army, go to the wharf to meet commander yelimenko. When you get someone, you take him to your division headquarters. As for the report, you have been in the headquarters these two days, and you are not unfamiliar with the war situation. " At this point, he went to the table, picked up a stack of paper on the table, looked through it and handed it to me. "This is the detailed war report. You can read it to commander yeliomenko in your headquarters."

These two days of staying in trakov's headquarters have been the most terrifying two days and nights since I arrived at Stalingrad. Now it's not easy for me to have a good opportunity to leave this ghost place. Naturally, I won't waste it, so I quickly agreed: "please rest assured, comrade commander. I promise to complete the task." With that, he reached out his hands to take over the war report handed over by trakov, and carefully put it into his briefcase.

When I put the documents in my briefcase, trikov asked with concern, "Comrade oshanina, it's not very safe on the way from here to the wharf. Do you need me to send some soldiers to escort you?"

"No, comrade commander." I thought of basmanov, who just called us, and saw that he was not damaged except for his clothes. It was estimated that there were still a few people left in the guard platoon I brought, which was enough to protect my safety on the road, so I politely refused trakov's kindness: "now the fighting here is very fierce, every soldier is precious, There's no need to transfer people from important positions to protect my safety. " However, in order to reassure him and gurov, I explained the reason, "my guard battalion commander, Captain basmanov, is outside. With him to protect me, the safety on the road can be basically guaranteed."

"If that's the case, let's get going." After finishing this sentence, trikov couldn't help but exhort with concern: "you must pay attention to your own safety, and don't have any accidents."

I nodded, raised my hand, saluted him and gurov, turned, stepped up the steps and walked out of the headquarters. Basmanov squatted in the traffic ditch not far from the headquarters. Seeing me coming out of the headquarters, he immediately met me and asked nervously, "Comrade division commander, where are we going next?"

"To the dock." I said simply.

"What, to the dock?" "What are we going to do at this time?" busmanov asked

I turned to look at the soldiers who were walking around. I didn't want to give away the orders of our trip at random. So I turned my face and said to busmanov, "Comrade captain, don't you know the confidentiality regulations? Can the lower level commander ask the higher level commander what task he wants to perform? " Seeing that he lowered his head in shame, I slowed down and asked, "how many people are left in the guard platoon, let them go with me."

"Six," busmanov hastily replied, "there are six left, including me. If you don't think there are enough people, I'll go to major gradshev and borrow some more. "“ No, no, "I quickly waved to stop him, and then said," take your soldiers and follow me! "