Chapter 830

I wanted to get out of gorodyser as soon as possible to command the battle, so after the handover of 107.5 heights to the 37th division of the guards, I asked the guard company of akhromeyev and captain Beckman to stay, waiting for the 284th infantry division of Colonel wachuk to take over the defense of mamayev post.

It's more than ten kilometers from here to gologiche, so it's impossible to walk all the way. So when busmanov listened to my arrangement for the house, he had already sent someone to contact our car team.

We took two security companies and an engineering company to the truck site. Kirilov and I got into the cab of the second truck and the third truck. Before I got on the bus, busmanov asked me which route to go to gorodyse. I understand that he asked us which army on the left and right wings we should follow. After a little thought, he replied, "just follow the route of the left wing army. This road is close. We can get there early and join the deputy division commander." After listening to my instructions, basmanov immediately turned to the cab of the first truck and led the way in front of the whole team.

The vehicle passed through the open space between the two highlands and entered the open space in front of the position. As a result of several hours of shelling and bombing, the road was full of craters, large and small. Around the craters, there were broken bodies. Judging from the fragments of uniforms on the bodies, they were basically the same German army, and our commanders and fighters were not found.

A few kilometers away from the city of gorodyser, I found the artillery position on the roadside by accident. I was surprised to see that all the artillery on the position were doing nothing, so I immediately asked the driver to stop.

As soon as my car stopped, the following motorcade stopped. Basmanov's head car, after several hundred meters, also stopped. After kirilov got off the bus, he came over from behind and asked me curiously, "Comrade oshanina, why did you stop here?"

I pointed to the artillery position on the side of the road and replied, "I see that the artillery position is located here, but the artillery seems to have nothing to do, so I came down to ask what's going on."

As I speak, Captain Yushchenko and more than a dozen soldiers have set up a guard around us. I turned to look at the truck basmanov was riding in. When the truck was reversing, I shook my head at kirilov and said, "come on, comrade political commissar, let's go and see what happened."

Seeing a group of people walking towards the artillery position, the commanders on the position immediately got the news, and soon several commanders left the position and ran towards us. When they got closer, I found that it was not major Morozov who led the way, but his deputy battalion commander, Captain valginets.

After captain valginez saluted us, I asked with a straight face, "Comrade captain, I want to ask, what are you doing here? Are you camping out?"

On hearing my reproach, Captain valginez's face showed an embarrassed expression. He hesitated and said, "report, sir, we are also ordered to rest here."

"Ordered to rest?" When I heard valginez say this, I was furious and yelled at him: "the city of gorodyser in front is still in the hands of the German army. You don't provide the necessary artillery support for the infantry attacking the city, but you stay here doing nothing. It's a good thing to say that you are ordered to rest! I want to know, which son of a bitch gave such an order? "

Seeing that I was furious, kirilov quickly pulled my sleeve beside me and said in a low voice, "don't be angry, comrade oshanina. Let's find out what's going on." Then he turned and asked captain valginets, "Comrade captain, where is major Morozov, your battalion commander?"

Captain valginets, who was in a dilemma, sighed with relief when he heard kirilov's question. He immediately reported: "Comrade political commissar, the battalion commander has been informed by the deputy division commander that he has rushed to the temporary headquarters in the south of the city for a meeting."

When Captain valginets reported this, I immediately understood what was going on. Needless to say, the order to stop the artillery battalion and rest must have been given by Bantai leiev. I knew that I had wronged captain valginets, but in front of many of my subordinates, I could not help apologizing to him. I could only snort heavily and turned to the truck.

The motorcade drove another two kilometers and came to a trench which was obviously just excavated. I guess the temporary headquarters of bandeleev should be nearby, so I asked the driver to stop again. After I got out of the car, I looked around and walked decisively towards the location where many tanks, armored cars and trucks were parked. As far as I know, bantaileiev's temporary headquarters must be located in this area.

As I expected, the temporary headquarters of Bantai leiev was set up in a small circle surrounded by several armored vehicles. A group of commanders squatted on the ground and looked down at a map lying on the ground. Bantai leiev was explaining something to them.

"Comrade deputy division commander," kirilov saw that my face was not good-looking. He was deeply afraid that I would get angry if I spoke first, so he said hello to laiev in the class first: "originally, your headquarters is located here. What's the situation like now?"

Bantai leiev heard kirilov's voice, turned his head and looked over. He was a little stunned for a few seconds before he stood up and welcomed us. At the same time, he said, "teacher, political commissar, you are here!" After shaking hands with us one by one, he continued: "the situation is not very good. We launched two attacks on the city, both of which were repulsed by the well defended German army. In the battle, we lost two tanks, seven armored vehicles and more than 700 casualties. At present, our troops have returned to their respective starting points for attack. "

The group of commanders who used to squat also stood up from the ground after we arrived. I glanced at the commanders and found that the regimental leaders, political commissars, artillery battalion commanders and tank battalion commanders were all there. So I pointed to Morozov in the crowd and said impolitely, "major Morozov, come out for me!" Morozov squeezed out of the crowd and stood innocently in front of me, waiting for my instructions. I glared at him and asked, "Comrade major, I need an explanation from you. Why doesn't your artillery battalion fire at the city and cover our troops to attack, but stay where you are and do nothing For the sake of my question, Morozov opened his mouth several times without making any sound, so he had to look to the side for help. From the direction of his eyes, I judged that it must be Bantai leiev who gave the order, not his little artillery battalion commander. There was a cough in my ear, and then I heard leiev's embarrassed voice: "Sir, comrade, please don't blame major Morozov. It's my decision not to let the artillery battalion take part in the war."“ Why? " I turned to bantaileiev and asked coldly. Bantai leiev shrugged his shoulders and answered helplessly: "Comrade division commander, at present, except for howitzers, artillery barracks are rocket guns, which are all heavy firepower. Once they were allowed to fire, I was afraid that gorodysea would turn into a mass of ruins, so I thought about it again and again and decided not to let the artillery fight, but to use tanks to cover the infantry to attack the city. "“ Comrade deputy division commander, "when I heard his theory that he would not let the artillery fire, I couldn't laugh or cry. Holding back my anger, I said to him," the city has become a ruin, and we can rebuild it; But if for this reason, let our soldiers go to die without knowing it, is that right? " With that, I stopped talking about Bantai leiev, turned to the commander line in front of me and asked aloud, "report to me immediately where your regiments are now."“ Report to division commander, our regiment is currently in the south of the city, serving as the reserve team of the whole division. " As soon as I had finished speaking, he took the lead in answering. Then came the report of the second regiment leader Oleg: "the second regiment is in the north of the city at present."“ The third regiment is in the east of the city. "“ The fourth regiment is in the south of the city. " After finding out the distribution of the regiments, without consulting anyone, I decisively issued my own order: "now I announce the battle order. Major Morozov will immediately return to the artillery battalion and fire on the German defensive position in the city ten minutes later."“ Yes Murozov agreed in a loud, smiling voice“ The shelling lasted for 15 minutes. At the end of the shelling, major perskin's tank battalion charged into the city, and major gedar's fourth regiment followed the tanks and pushed into the city. The third regiment launched a containment attack in the east of the city, so that the German army could not be reinforced from the east of the city. " As soon as my voice fell, Oleg, who had not received the task, was worried. He repeatedly asked, "Comrade division commander, what is the task of our second regiment?" I took a look at him and said faintly, "commander Oleg, because your second regiment has lost too much personnel in the early stage of the battle, your regiment will not take part in the next attack. You just need to stick to your existing position." When I finished these words, I announced decisively without waiting for Oleg to say anything more: "since the tasks of the troops have been made clear, go back immediately and make arrangements as soon as possible." When I saw the commanders dispersed and left, I specially stopped Morozov. Morozov, who was left behind by me, looked at me blankly and asked strangely, "Sir, do you have any instructions?"“ Comrade major, move forward the artillery position immediately after your shelling mission. "“ Move forward? " Morozov first looked left and right, and then asked, "I don't know where our new position should be?" I pointed to the direction of the city and told him, "keep pushing forward, at least within 500 meters of the city." Although my order was a little puzzling, the obedient Morozov didn't dare to say much, but he honestly agreed: "yes, I will obey your order firmly!"