Chapter 821

As for the requests for help from commander Oleg and commander Gaidar, I only met the former's request and sent him the first battalion of captain dubrovsky, the most effective of the three regiments. But the request of the fourth regiment was directly ignored by me. It was very unwise for the German army to rashly dispatch our remaining artillery when it occupied the air superiority. Good steel is used in the blade, and I plan to wait until the big counterattack begins, so that the artillery battalion of Morozov will show its magic power.

As night fell, the German army, which had lost the cover of the air force, stopped attacking mamayev post and 107.5 highland. However, the fighting in the city continued. The divisions in Stalingrad used their familiarity with the terrain in the night to launch a counterattack against the unstable German army with one small force after another.

Before dawn on the 12th, I received the war report sent by general Krylov from the headquarters of the group army. I learned from the war report that our troops advanced about 100 meters in some areas and occupied the west section of Kaya street and the west part of the orchard in novo sheris; In the "Red October" factory, the open hearth workshop, model workshop, profile workshop, classification workshop and finished product warehouse were recaptured. At the end of the war report, there is another remark that is obviously filled in by trakov: Although the battle last night did not expand our defensive positions or destroy too many enemies, it was a rare victory, because we proved to ourselves and the enemy that we can not only defend, but also attack, and also recover what we lost.

Kirilov, they all blushed with excitement when they saw the war report. Bantai leiev even said optimistically: "Comrade division commander, although the enemy has aircraft and artillery, and the troops are several times more than ours, they are still defeated by us. If the weather is colder and the ice on the Volga River is thicker, our badly needed soldiers and supplies will be able to enter the city continuously through the ice transportation line. At that time, we will not only block the German attack, but also drive them out of Stalingrad city. "

Just as everyone was jubilant, the German army launched another fierce offensive in several areas after dawn. In spite of the tenacious resistance of the troops in the city, the German army still occupied the south of the "barricade" factory in the evening, and from here they went out to the Volga River.

I read in the war report that: at 11:30 noon, the Hitler elements threw themselves into the reserve. Their infantry and tanks defeated the battle formation of the right wing of the 241st infantry regiment of the gorishner division, pushed forward 300 to 400 meters, and went out to the Volga River on the front with a width of 500 to 600 meters. The group army was divided for the third time, and the lyudnikov division, which had just been supplemented by us, broke off contact with the main force of the group army.

However, the German attack in the direction of mamayev post did not achieve any effect. They not only made no progress in mamayev post, but also failed in the attack on Highland 107.5. At the foot of the mountain, several damaged tanks and two or three hundred German bodies were left.

Shortly after the defeat of the German army, akhromeyev received a report from the observation post on the top of the mountain, saying that soon after the retreat of the enemy, several small teams of the second regiment came out of the fortifications to collect guns and ammunition from the killed German soldiers on the hillside.

Hearing such a report, kirilov said with emotion: "this lieutenant commander Oleg seems to have a good brain. If the weapons on these German corpses are collected, their ammunition reserves can be maintained for a period of time even if the ice transportation line cannot be opened up for the time being."

As the judgment made by the headquarters of the group army on the strength and weapons of the enemy was finally confirmed, the battle on the 12th achieved good results, and our troops repulsed the German crazy attack in all defensive areas.

In the two days of fighting, the German army was seriously wounded and killed, and thousands of soldiers fell on our positions. In addition to sending a whole bag of documents seized from the dead enemy soldiers and officers to the group army headquarters, other divisions also sent all kinds of booty including documents.

When major busmanov, who was going to send German documents, came back, he brought back an order from trakov. The order read: "the enemy attempted to break through the front of me in the southeast of the Red October factory and go out to the Volga River. In order to strengthen the left wing of the 39th infantry division and eliminate all the enemies in the factory, I hereby order the division commander of the red flag independent division, o'shanina, to immediately dispatch a battalion to strengthen the central and left wing battle formation of the 39th infantry division. The task is to comprehensively restore the situation and eliminate the enemies in the factory. "

It's a real headache for me to see this unexpected order. As the German army's offensive became more and more fierce, the number of independent divisions without any supplement was particularly reduced. Many battalions only had more than 100 people left, which was only equivalent to a strengthened company some time ago. When we are short of such forces, if we need to transfer another battalion to strengthen the 39th division of the guards, our forces will become even thinner.

After pondering for a long time, Bantai leiev cautiously suggested to me: "Sir, do you want to call the commander, tell him the situation here, and ask him to take back this order?"

I can only smile bitterly at bantailiev's proposal. Since trakov has given such an order, it proves that he has made up his mind. It is obviously unrealistic for us to disobey the military order and not send troops. But where can I find troops to strengthen the 39th division of the guards now?

When I was at a loss, kirilov came out to solve the embarrassing situation. He said solemnly, "Comrade oshanina, although the enemy is very rampant at present, don't you find that this may be the last attack of the German army? I firmly believe that it is impossible for the enemy to organize superior forces and obtain new technical equipment, especially the supply of tanks, ammunition and fuel, as it did in October. Without these, especially without technical equipment, the enemy will not be able to help us. Since the headquarters of the group army has ordered the transfer of troops, we should resolutely carry out this order. "“ Comrade political commissar, "asked akhromeyev curiously," then which regiment should we transfer to reinforce the 39th division of the guards? "“ I think we can draw people from Comrade shijerikov's regiment. We should know that although their regiment has been greatly reduced in the fighting, they have recently recruited many new soldiers from the scattered troops, the recovered wounded soldiers and the desperate refugees. "“ In this case, "I heard kirilov mention a regiment on his own initiative, and then I understood that he had thought it over carefully, so I pushed the boat along with the current and said," then the chief of staff will call Sergey reekov of the first regiment and ask him to immediately transfer his staff to reinforce the 39th division of the guards. " After receiving the phone call from akhromeyev, shejerikov did not reply immediately, but euphemistically said that he wanted to speak to me personally. I quickly took the phone from akhromeyev's hand and asked, "Comrade commander, this is oshanina. Do you have anything to tell me?"“ That's right, comrade teacher. " Shejerikov explained to me why he didn't reply to akhromeyev immediately. "The reason why I didn't reply to the chief of staff is that our newly added soldiers have not had time to train. Even if they are sent to the battlefield, they will not play any role."“ Comrade commander, you can't think so. " Although I know that to send untrained recruits to the battlefield at this time is to send them to death, under the current situation, I can only do so with a stiff upper lip. "The situation of the 39th division of the guards is very bad. They have very few troops and are surrounded by the German forces from the north, West and south. If we don't support them, They would be driven by the Germans into the cold Volga River. Do you understand? " After hearing what I said, xiejerikov finally made up his mind and said, "Comrade division commander, I fully understand. I'm going to dispatch my troops and ask them to rush to the defense area of the 39th division of the guards as soon as possible."