Chapter 764

After hearing this, bantaileiev sneered and retorted: "although there are 1000 or 2000 officers and soldiers rescued from the prison camp, there must be many wounded among them. It is still unknown how much combat effectiveness they can form. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the troops under Nikolay's command must be strong, but they have just joined us. Do you dare to use such troops? "

Seeing signs of a breakdown in their talks, kirilov quickly came to the end: "deputy division chief, chief of staff, don't argue. I think it's better to disperse camp Nikolay and the rescued commanders and fighters to the regiments as soon as possible, and combine training with those newly recruited soldiers, so as to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, so that they can fight back in three days. "

"It won't work." Bantailiev and akhromeyev suddenly retorted with one voice: "Comrade political commissar, this is not good. If the troops are temporarily disrupted and reorganized, their combat effectiveness will be affected." After they finished, they looked at each other and laughed, and the little contradiction just disappeared.

"Since both the deputy division commander and the chief of staff said it was inappropriate to disrupt and reorganize the troops, it would be better to keep them as they are for the time being." I took over the topic and said: "now the German defense is empty near the mamayev post. We should take advantage of this rare opportunity to quickly take necessary military action to seize the 107.5 highland occupied by the German army. At the same time, let the fourth regiment draw out troops to occupy the German forward position just broken through by our army."

As soon as my words came out, the three men were shocked and convinced me one after another: "Comrade division, our troops and combat effectiveness are limited, and we don't have heavy weapons. I'm afraid it's not so easy to capture the enemy's high ground with solid fortifications?"

My eyes swept over the three of them, and then said with a smile: "the factors that determine the combat effectiveness of the troops come from all aspects. Whether it is the hard training in peacetime, the rich battlefield experience of the veterans, or the command level of the commanders, they can all affect the final result of a battle. These must be improved through a series of small-scale battles. Although Comrade safchenko instigated the movement of the Nikolay battalion, broke through the position defended by the Italian army, and successfully returned to the defense area of our army, the German troops in this area had already been drawn out because they wanted to defend the front army of the Don river. Even if they wanted to recover, it would take time. We will take advantage of this rare opportunity to attack the enemy decisively, and we are sure to achieve unexpected results. "

After listening to my thoughts, the three of them were silent, as if thinking about the feasibility of this plan. After a while, akhromeyev asked in advance, "Comrade division commander, what forces will we use to launch such an attack?"

After listening to akhromeyev's question, I said with confidence: "I asked Gaidar to deploy a company, plus a company of Nikolay battalion, to attack from the north side of 107.5 highland under the cover of three tanks. At present, the organizational structure of the second regiment is relatively complete. I plan to deploy the horushaw battalion to attack the south side of the highland, and captain trushen's militia battalion to attack from the east side. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops in the attack, the engineer company of captain mihayev should cooperate with them to blast the fortifications on the enemy's high ground with thunderguns. "

"Two battalions have been transferred from the second regiment at the same time. Who will coordinate and direct them?" Bantaileiev considered the problem more comprehensively than I did. As soon as I finished, he found one of the loopholes and immediately put it forward to me, "if the two battalions fight separately, it is estimated that even if they capture the Highlands, they will pay a great price."

"I think a regimental commander should be sent to coordinate and command the two battalions." Kirilov also lost no time to express his views: "I think major Yamin, deputy head of the second regiment, is competent for this position."

"Do you have any objection to the political commissar's proposal?" When I heard kirilov recommend major Yamin, an officer from the Ministry of interior, I didn't express my opinion casually. Instead, I asked Bantai leiev and Akhromeev, "if you have a suitable candidate, you can also put forward it."

They shook their heads at the same time, and then they answered in unison, "no objection."

The new battle plan has been worked out. Next we have to talk to captain Nikolay, who has not met us yet. As long as he doesn't object, our plan to capture highland 107.5 will be half successful.

While waiting for the arrival of safchenko and Nikolay, everyone was busy. I stood by the wall, staring at the map on the wall, thinking about how to launch the attack in three days. Akhromeyev is notifying the second and fourth commanders Oleg and Gaidar respectively by telephone, asking them to draw out the troops participating in the war and make all preparations for the battle. They will fight immediately at the command of the division headquarters. Bantailiev and kirilov both sat at their desks and wrote at their desks. The deputy division commander wrote down the situation of the enemy's empty troops near the mamayev post in his report to trikov; The political commissar wrote down the details of camp Nikolay in detail. He planned to let Klimov and sidorin return and ask them to send them to gurov, the military commissar of the group army.

While they were still busy with their work, safchenko, who we had been looking forward to for a long time, walked into the headquarters with several officers in German uniforms. When I heard the news, I turned around and saw some people who had just entered the headquarters. I quickly called kirilov, and then I took the lead in welcoming them.

I went up to them, stopped, laughed at them and asked, "who is captain Nikolay among you?"

After giving me a salute, safchenko turned to a short fat man on his right and said, "Captain Nikolay, let me introduce you. This is our division commander, general oshanina." After that, he turned his head back and reported to me, "Comrade division, this is captain Nikolay."

The stout officer quickly stepped forward and raised his hand to salute me: "Hello, general. I'm Nicholas."

I didn't return the salute. Instead, I went up and took his hand, shook it vigorously, and said enthusiastically, "welcome, welcome, comrade Nicholas used to be our friend in the fight against the Communist aggressors, but now we are our comrades in arms in the same army."

Nikolay let go of my hand, immediately returned to attention: "I'm very ashamed, if not for the persuasion of Comrade safchenko, I'm still working for the damned German with my subordinates."

Kirilov also came over, took Nikolay's hand and said in a friendly way, "Comrade Nikolay, although you have taken a detour, you have come back to our camp in the end." After that, he asked as if he were a layman, "Captain Nikolay, which army were you in before?"

"Report to the political commissar!" Nikolay glanced at the rank of the political worker on kirilov's cravat and replied respectfully, "before I was captured, I was" Captain grizenko, where were you captured? " Just now, grecenko's little action to Nikolay must have been seen by bandeleyev, so he asked with some dissatisfaction, "what's his position before being captured?"

Gricenko, who was named by him, quickly stepped forward, straightened up and reported honestly: "report to Comrade Colonel, I was originally from the 16th army and was captured in the Moscow defense war."

Suddenly I heard a familiar serial number, which immediately aroused my interest. So before he finished speaking, I interrupted him and asked curiously, "Comrade captain, did you say that you were from the 16th army, the 16th army under the command of general rokosovsky?"

Originally, I intended to wait for him to say yes, and then I would also say my experience in the 16th army, so as to get closer to him emotionally. Unexpectedly, he looked at me and replied leisurely, "Comrade General, I'm sorry, you've made a mistake. The 16th army under the command of general rokosovsky was rebuilt later, while the 16th army under my command was under the command of general Lukin. "

"Lu Jin?" Kirilov was surprised. "Captain grizenko, are you talking about Mikhail Fyodorovich Lukin?"

Gricenko saw that someone accurately said Lu Jin's name, eyebrows could not help picking up, and then nodded in affirmation, "you're right, it's him." Then he added, "before I was captured, I served as his platoon leader."

"I heard that general Lukin was also captured by the German army. Do you know the details?" In order to inquire about Lukin's whereabouts, kirilov rarely used honorifics in his address, "since you are his guard platoon leader, then you must be very clear about the situation before and after his capture."

"After being encircled by the German army, facing the enemy more than ten times as many as ours, when there was little ammunition left, the food was exhausted, the army relied on the food provided by the local residents and slaughtered horses for food, the medical supplies were all used up, the remaining tents were left for the wounded, and the army could only sleep in the open for three weeks. The fighting in the German encirclement did not stop until the end of October. The commander's headquarters was hit by the enemy's long-range artillery fire. When I took people to dig him out of the shelter, I found that all the commanders except him had died. And Comrade commander, he also lost his legs. "

From the conversation between grizenko and bandeleev, I can tell that he is not a man who is afraid of death. As for the wink he just gave Nikolay, he probably worried that we would deliberately use their troops as cannon fodder. Thinking of this, I quickly comforted grizenko with a smile: "Captain Tongzhi, I know what you are worried about, but we are afraid that we will use your troops as cannon fodder. Once you run out of your men, you will lose your value in our eyes, right Without waiting for him to answer, I went on and gave them all a reassurance. "The reason why we want to put your troops into combat is that there are not many units with strong fighting capacity in the division at present, so we can only use your help temporarily. But please rest assured that I am here to assure you that I will make up for the losses of your troops and decide not to let you be bare commanders. "

After I finished, I observed Nikolay and grizenko, and found that they all showed a sense of relief. Nikolay took the opportunity to express his determination to me and said: "Sir, please rest assured that we will fulfill your orders and strive to seize the highlands from the German hands as soon as possible."

As we were talking, busmanov and Karpov, who got the news, walked into the headquarters. As soon as I saw Karpov, I waved to him and called him, "Captain Karpov, come to me."

Karpov looked at the officers in German uniforms and walked quickly up to me. When he wanted to raise his hand to salute, I stopped him first, then pointed to him and introduced him to Nikolay and said, "I'll introduce you to captain Karpov, who led the army to leave the German camp some time ago. He is currently the deputy commander of the second battalion of the first regiment. However, this is only temporary. In a few days, he will command a battalion alone. Besides his position, his rank will be promoted accordingly. "

Nikolay, after listening to my introduction to Karpov, their faces became more relaxed. After shaking hands with Karpov, Nikolay and Karpov came back to me and solemnly asked me, "Comrade division, where should I assemble my troops?"

Bantailiev turned and waved his head at akhromeyev and said, "Comrade chief of staff, you are in charge of this matter. You take captain Nikolay's troops to the assembly position first, and then go to see the officers and men who have just been rescued After that, he specially asked me: "Sir, do you agree with my arrangement?"

I nodded, then said to akhromeyev, "Comrade chief of staff, according to the arrangement of the deputy division commander, take captain Nikolay and his troops to the position of the fourth regiment first." At this point, I looked at Nikolay's German uniforms and said, "the battle to recover the Highlands later is launched from several directions at the same time. In order to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary captains, you go to find some military uniforms for captain Nikolay's troops."

When akhromeyev left with Nikolay and his party, kirilov called the remaining safchenko aside and asked him carefully about the detailed process of instigating Nikolay camp, so as to add it to his report.

Bantailiev and I stood by the wall, looking at the map on the wall, and began to discuss whether we should report to the group army headquarters by the upcoming offensive.

When I heard Bantai leiev remind me to report this operation to the headquarters of the group army in time, I answered with worry: "Comrade deputy division commander, do you think I don't want to report this operation to the higher authorities? If it's reported, it's possible to get artillery support from the East Bank of the Volga River. But no, my deputy division commander, you should not forget that the telephone line from the division headquarters to the headquarters of the group army has been damaged in shelling and bombing. If you talk by radio, it is easy to leak secrets. The last time the two regiments took part in the counterattack, they were intercepted by the Germans because they talked in plain radio, and they arranged traps for them. As a result, the two regiments were almost annihilated. "

After listening to my explanation, Bantai leiev was still adamant: "but such a big action, if you don't ask for instructions, is against the rules. Once the higher authorities want to investigate, they will be punished even if they have made contributions. "

Seeing Bantai leiev bring out the doctrines, I can't refute them any more. Although these damned doctrines are annoying, if they are not observed, they may cause endless trouble for me. Therefore, I have to say helplessly: "well, comrade deputy division commander, since you say so, please report this to the higher authorities."

"How to report?" Bandeleev asked me.

"Just report to the headquarters that we are about to launch an attack on the enemy near the defensive area." Although I finally agreed to Bantai leiev's request to report to the higher authorities, I still have to be careful about how to report.

However, Bantai leiev nodded his head and said, "OK, report to the higher authorities like this." Then he ran to razumeyeva's telephone.

I picked up the phone on my desk, dialed the fourth regiment and found Gaidar. Then I asked aloud, "Comrade commander, have I assembled your troops?"

On hearing my question, Gaidar immediately replied, "report to division commander, after receiving the order from the chief of staff, I have sent a company of captain kiricheng to take over the German position on the north side of the highland. In addition, I took out a platoon from the guard company to strengthen the three battalions and seven companies, and led by political commissar Xia Ping to take part in the upcoming battle. "

"Very well," I nodded with satisfaction at his deployment, and then told him, "the chief of staff will take captain Nikolay and his subordinates to you later. You remember to tell the chief of staff that the attack from the north side of the highland is directed by political commissar Xia Ping."

I hung up with Gaidar and I dialed the second regiment. However, the commander Oleg was not in. According to political commissar verol who answered the phone, the commander went to assemble the troops in person. After the report, verol asked me anxiously, "Comrade division, is it appropriate for major Yaming to command two battalions to attack the East and south sides of the highland?"

"Comrade verol, what on earth do you want to ask?" I was confused by her question. I don't know why she asked this question. Instead, I asked, "do you think this arrangement of the division headquarters is not appropriate?"

"Comrade division, have you forgotten that major Yaming is an officer from the Ministry of interior?" Verol said to me in a low voice: "the man in the interior department is a layman in directing the war. If he ignores the actual situation and lets our commanders and fighters rush up regardless of the enemy's dense bullets, maybe they will fight to the end. If the highland is not taken down, all our people will die instead."

"Comrade veroll," although I didn't like the Ministry of internal affairs all the time, from the experience of dealing with Yaming, he was not too annoying. In military command, when faced with indecision, he could listen to different opinions. Because of this, I chose him to be responsible for commanding the two battalions of the second regiment to attack the highlands. At the moment, I heard veroll's reminder. For the sake of unity, I was still saying good words for Yamin, "you can't look at people with old eyes. Although major Yamin is from the Ministry of interior, after my contact with him, I think he is still a good commander, so I gave him such an opportunity to command the army." After saying this, I felt that it was a little too heavy, so I slowed down and said, "if you don't trust him, you can take a small troop to his command post. Once you find that he is blind in command, you can immediately take over his command."“ I see, sir. " After fully understanding my spirit, verol replied decisively, "I'll take a guard platoon with me when the commander comes back later. As long as I find major Yaming's command disorderly and play with the lives of our regiment's commanders and fighters, I will immediately deprive him of his command." As soon as I put down the phone on my side, leiev on the other side of the desk called out again: "Comrade division commander, please come here. Comrade chief of staff of the group army wants to speak to you." I guess Krylov wanted to know about the attack we were about to launch, so he took the earphone from leiev's hand and put it on. Then he politely called out to the transmitter, "Hello, Hello, is that chief of staff? I'm oshanina!"“ Oshanina, what's going on? I heard Comrade bantaileiev say, "are you ready to launch an attack?" I don't know how Bantai leiev reported to krailov just now. I heard that the other party's tone seemed to be confused. "What's the matter?"“ Well, comrade chief of staff. " For fear of the leakage of Ming language, I could only say vaguely: "the enemy on the left side of our division's position is always a threat to us. After reconnaissance, we found that the number of them is not large, with our strength, we can easily solve them, so we made this attack plan“ Are you sure? " When krailov heard what I said vaguely, he didn't ask for more details. He just asked, "how many troops are you going to use? Do you have heavy weapons?" I quickly and briefly replied: "in this battle, we will put in three battalions of infantry and a tank company. I believe it will not be long before the battle is over."“ Three battalions? " Krailov asked curiously, "as far as I know, your forces are limited. If you are entangled by the enemy and the enemy attacks your defense area, what should you do?"“ Please rest assured, chief of staff. "I am deeply afraid that his question is too detailed for me to answer. I can only say briefly," we are fully prepared to ensure that in the course of attack, the area we are holding fast to will never be attacked by the enemy. " Seeing that my voice was so firm, krailov stopped asking questions, just said casually: "well, in that case, once the battle has been concluded, report to the headquarters immediately. Good luck When I put down my earphone and transmitter and saw that the conversation between kirilov and safchenko was over, I called bantailiev to the table and said to them, "today's attack on Highland 107.5 is just a test of our division's existing combat effectiveness. Next, we need to do a lot of work. First of all, we need to disperse the rescued commanders and fighters to various regiments. At the same time, we need to take in the scattered scattered soldiers and armed residents according to the plan. He told commanders at all levels that they should seize all the time to train their troops and strive to form combat effectiveness in the shortest time to meet the more brutal battles that follow. " After listening to my arrangement, kirilov first nodded and then asked, "Comrade oshanina, how's the regiment of commander xijerikov? According to information obtained from the headquarters of the group army, except for a few commanders, the rest of the soldiers either died or withdrew from the battle because of injuries. " I was worried that there would be danger to his life if he continued to stay in the factory area, so I insisted on asking kirilov: "Comrade political commissar, please call Comrade military commissar to see if you can ask him to discuss with the commander, and let lieutenant commander and the surviving commanders return first. After all, we are short of enough manpower here." After hearing this, kirilov immediately nodded and said solemnly, "OK, I'll call the military commissar right now and ask him to return the regiment of Xie jerikov as soon as possible."