Chapter 806

Now that I have boasted to trakov that I want to attack the German camp, it should be implemented as soon as possible. When I put down the phone, I began to discuss the night attack plan with kirilov and the three of them.

The first thing we talk about is the direction of attack. Bantailiev was the first to speak. He solemnly put forward to us: "I think the direction of the night attack should be the German forward position on the Volga river bank, because it is only three kilometers away from the position of the fourth regiment. It will only take two hours for our troops to resolve the battle and successfully withdraw to their starting positions. "

"Comrade deputy division commander, I don't agree with you," akhromeyev retorted as soon as bantailiev finished his words. "As the German forward position had been attacked several times by us, now they are on very tight guard. In addition to laying a large number of minefields in front of the position, they also set up a few machine guns on duty. As long as they hear anything in front of the position, They'll shoot immediately. Earlier last night, several Scouts of the fourth regiment were killed when they were scouting in front of the position and attracted German machine gun fire. "

"Even if we don't attack the enemy's forward position, will their defense be relaxed?" Bantaileiev retorted unconvinced: "last time, it was captain mihayev who led the engineering troops to take out the enemy's mines and bury them quietly in the German positions. We can use the same method to deal with them."

"Comrade deputy division commander," if bantailiev had not been higher than his position and rank, perhaps akhromeyev would have been angry. At this moment, he could only patiently explain to the other side: "since the Germans have suffered from our losses, don't they know how to learn from them?"

After listening to akhromeyev's words, bantailiev could not be more stubborn, so he had to ask tactfully: "since the chief of staff thinks that we should not take the German front as the target of night attack, where do you think is more suitable to carry out our night attack?"

Akhromeyev thought for a moment, then said cautiously: "we sent night attack troops from highland 107.5 to attack the German troops stationed in the northwest, so as to disrupt the enemy's attack plan in the daytime."

"Nonsense, it's nonsense." As soon as akhromeyev's words came out, bantailiev clapped the table and stood up. He said angrily, "Comrade chief of staff, please use your brains. Last night our northward troops beat the Germans everywhere. Don't they want to reply? Maybe the troops sent to us tonight will not meet the German infantry in the trenches, but the German tanks and armored vehicles that have been prepared for a long time. Do you think the flesh and blood of our soldiers can block the enemy's shells and machine gun bullets? "

Kirilov, who kept silent, turned to me and asked with a smile, "Comrade o'xanina, now our deputy division chief and chief of staff have their own considerations. It seems that their opinions are difficult to be unified. Otherwise, who would you like to support?"

Hearing kirilov's words, bantailiev and akhromeyev stopped their quarrel and turned their eyes to me to see whose opinion I would support. I didn't support either of them, but said to myself: "judging from the current situation of Stalingrad, if we take a passive defense in the mamayevgang District, the enemy will be able to attack the factory area with all his strength, so as to defeat our defense forces in the center of the city. In order to prevent such a dangerous situation, we must launch containment operations against the enemy as soon as possible. " At this point, I stopped for a moment, looked at the anxious bantailiev and akhromeyev, and then said slowly, "where to fight with the German army should be analyzed according to the specific situation. You don't think it's much easier to annihilate the enemy on the ruins of the city than on the prairie between the Volga and don rivers. "

"Annihilate the enemy on the ruins of the city?" Bantai leiev unconsciously repeated what I said and asked tentatively, "Comrade division, do you mean that our target of attack is not the enemy to the north of mamayev post, but the enemy in the city?" Seeing that I nodded in affirmation, he added anxiously, "but the enemy is gathering heavy troops in the city. Compared with them, our troops are at an absolute disadvantage."

When I heard his worry, I said with a smile: "although the enemy's forces are strong in the city, they are unable to exert their strength when fighting in narrow streets and bombed buildings. They always suffer heavy losses and are in a passive situation. They often don't understand where the bullets that hit them came from and where death is waiting for them.

Our soldiers and commanders all know that we can no longer retreat, there is no place to retreat, behind is the Volga River. The most important thing is that they all understand that the * * aggressors are not made of iron, and they can be defeated. The machine guns, submachine guns and rifles in our hands can pierce the enemy's body. Don't we have an anti tank rifle company? Transfer them to the city and let the anti tank men hide in the ruins of their houses. When the German tanks are only 50 to 100 meters away from them, they will fire decisively, so that they can be destroyed very accurately. "

After listening to my plan, kibantailiev and akhromeyev felt fresh and fresh. They no longer tangled about which area of the enemy camp north of mamayev post the troops should attack, but began to study where the troops should be sent to the city, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the enemy.

After listening to a few words, I found that something was wrong. They both advocated that the troops transferred from the division should be sent to the factory area to strengthen the defense there. My original idea was to use the night attack to contain and inflict heavy damage on the enemy, but according to the plan of the two men, our troops were placed in fortifications to fight a brutal positional war with the attacking enemy. Hearing this, I finally couldn't help interrupting their discussion: "deputy division chief and chief of staff, stop talking. I don't agree with your arrangement. At present, the factory area is an area of fierce fighting between the enemy and us. Even if we put more troops into it, it will not be enough to consume them. " Seeing that akhromeyev still wanted to explain, I added in time, "Comrade chief of staff, don't forget how the 3000 people in the first regiment were polished off?"

Hearing what I said, akhromeyev, who wanted to say a few words, could only shut his mouth and no longer express his views. Bantaileiev saw that ahlomeyev did not say anything, and asked cautiously, "Comrade division commander, which direction do you intend to put your troops in?"

"Come and see," I stood up and pulled the map on my desk in front of me. Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on me, I went on to say: "according to the information provided by the superior, general rodimzev's close guard 13th division now controls the croto gully, the 2nd dyke Street, the 'January 9' Square, the sun Street, the Communist street, and the main street Kursky street, Orlovsky street, proletarian street, Gogol street, and the vast area of the zarica river. But in my judgment, in these areas, the German troops and their lines of defense are intertwined. My idea is to send troops to assist the rodimzeff division and make clear all the German troops in the area under their control. As long as we fight, the German deployment will be disrupted by us. In order to consolidate the defense lines in these areas, they have to recruit troops from other areas. In this way, the pressure on the group forces in other directions will be greatly reduced. "

When I said these words, no matter bantaileiev, kirilov or Akhromeev, they did not speak. Instead, they were staring at the map in front of them and quietly considering the feasibility of my plan.

After a long time, bantailiev took the lead to look away from the map, nodded after a long breath, echoed me and said, "I think the plan of the teacher is quite good. The Germans are already familiar with the way our army plays. They will surely think that we will continue to invest a large number of troops in the most intense places in order to ensure that our cities are not lost. But this kind of playing method of teachers, it is unexpectedly hit in their weakest place, can hit the German pain. So that they have to draw troops from the key areas of attack to consolidate the areas they originally occupied. "

"Yes, comrade deputy division commander is quite right." Akhromeyev and bantailiev finished, and then said: "the division commander's use of troops has always been unique. Even our deputies who stay by their side every day can't think of a plan, the Germans can't even think of it. I don't have any objection, so I'll follow the plan of my teacher. "

After they both spoke, kirilov said calmly, "compared with you, I am an absolute layman in military affairs, so I will not express any opinions. As for which army to deploy and which area to fight in, let's ask Comrade oshanina to decide. "

Instead of answering kirilov immediately, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I said, "Comrade Khrushchev arrived at the division headquarters at five this morning and left at six thirty. And now it's seven o'clock. According to the practice of these days, what time does the German army attack our highlands? "

Kirilov instinctively lowered his head to look at his watch, then answered me without looking up: "the German Army started shelling and bombing us at about 8 a.m. yesterday and the day before yesterday."

"So the Germans gave us an hour." Seeing that there was still plenty of time, I told akhromeyev: "chief of staff, call lieutenant colonel kosja, the third chief of staff, and ask him to seize the time to dispatch elite troops from the regiment to form a 300 member commando team to prepare for the night attack. As for the commander of the night attack team, the former acting commander, major gordonov, will be the commander. "

"By the way, sir, there is something I haven't had time to tell you." As soon as I gave an order to akhromeyev, kirilov suddenly said, "the third regiment was bombed by the German army the day before yesterday. A bomb directly hit the command post of the third regiment, and all the commanders in it died at that time."

I had already sat down, and when I heard the bad news, I jumped up from the table, grabbed kirilov's arm, and asked nervously, "what about gordonov, what about major gordonov?"

"Before the bombing, Godunov called a meeting of all the battalion and company commanders of the Third Battalion. Not long after the meeting, major Prikhodko, acting commander of the tank battalion, came to him and told him that several tanks in the battalion should be hidden instead of being placed in the open. He specially discussed with him where to hide the tanks. The two men came to the place where the tanks were parked. While they were studying, the German bombing began. Because there was a shelter nearby, they hid in the shelter, while the commanders who stayed in the command post were killed in the bombing. "

When I heard that gordonov was still alive, I felt a little more secure. Then I asked, "the commanders of the third regiment and the Third Battalion have all died. Is there no mess in the army?"“ Fortunately, "kirilov replied with a smile more ugly than crying," after the bombing, gordonov and major Prikhodko organized people to rescue the commanders buried in the ruins. Seeing that all the commanders had died, Godunov specially called all the soldiers in the battalion to speak, so as to stabilize the troops. "“ There is another problem, comrade teacher. " As soon as kirilov's words were finished, akhromeyev added: "we are not very familiar with the defensive area of the 13th division of the guards. I am afraid that if we rush in like this, we may go to the German." Akhromeyev's words make me worry. I know he has a good point. At present, the city has been bombed into ruins. If no one who is familiar with the road leads the way and rashly enters the defense area of the 13th division of the guards, he will either enter the German defense area by mistake or misunderstand his own people. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't come up with a good solution. Then I frowned and asked akhromeyev, "chief of staff, do you have any good solution?" Akhromeyev thought for a moment and answered me, "Comrade division commander, in our health camp, we took in a lot of wounded people who originally belonged to the 13th division of the guards. After they recovered, some of them returned to the 13th division of the guards, while others stayed in my troops. I know a captain named Dragan. He used to be the company commander of the 1st company, 1st Battalion, 42nd regiment of the guard infantry. He was wounded in the battle of leading his troops to defend the central railway station, and was sent to our clinic by the soldiers of the company. At present, he has recovered from his injury and is acting as company commander in the second battalion of the fourth regiment. " Having participated in the battle of defending the central railway station, I know that he is a commander with rich combat experience just by listening to the battle he has participated in. So after listening to the brief introduction of akhromeyev, I immediately told him: "chief of staff, call commander Gaidar immediately and ask him to inform Captain Dragan to come to the division headquarters." When akhromeyev called, kirilov asked me in a low voice, "Comrade division commander, what do you want this captain to do in the division headquarters? Do you want him to be the commander of the Third Battalion of the third regiment? " Without waiting for me to answer, kirilov said to himself, "since this commander has led his troops in the battle of defending the railway station, I believe he must have rich combat experience. It is very suitable for him to go to the Third Battalion." As we spoke, busmanov walked back into the headquarters. As soon as I saw him appear, I immediately asked him aloud, "Comrade captain, comrade military commissar, have you taken all the prisoners away?"“ Yes, sir Basmanov replied respectfully, "except for Lieutenant Braun and His Messenger, corporal Hans, and the captain named Peller, the rest of the prisoners have been taken away."“ What, a German captain left behind? " Kirilov asked in surprise, "Comrade captain, who gave you the right to be a good advocate? Why did you leave German prisoners without asking for instructions? "“ Well, comrade political commissar. " Seeing that kirilov showed signs of anger, I quickly came out to make ends meet. "Captain Peller, I know, is a friend of lieutenant Braun. Since he wants to stay, he can stay. Maybe he can be used in the future." At this point, I went on to ask busmanov, "where do you put these three prisoners?"“ I sent them all to captain Grimes' company Basmanov said, seeing that I didn't express any opinions, he added, "I think since they are all German, they should have a lot to say to each other." As for his wishful thinking, I just smile and don't express any opinions. Just as I was about to ask if akhromeyev could get through on the phone, basmanov suddenly said, "by the way, comrade division commander and Comrade military commissar, before leaving, let me tell you something. He said that in a few days, he would send you a capable guard company. He said that this would be worthy of your position as deputy commander of the group army. " Basmanov's words surprised me. Although the guard battalion of the independent division was dissatisfied with the establishment, it still had three companies. Is it necessary to add another one? But to find out what happened, I asked, "Comrade captain, do you know what kind of guard company it is?" Basmanov shook his head and said in embarrassment, "I'm sorry, sir. I don't know. After that, the military commissar left, leaving me no chance to ask questions. " Seeing that basmanov couldn't find anything here, I had to wave my hand and said helplessly: "since you don't know, forget it. In any case, wait a few days, and the answer will be completely revealed. " As soon as my voice fell, there was a rumble of guns outside the cave. Akhromeyev, who had just finished the phone call, raised his hand and looked at his watch. He angrily scolded, "damn the German, the shelling today is half an hour ahead of schedule."