Chapter 848

Because of his outstanding performance on the battlefield, the division saw that the officers and men of the second artillery battalion were awarded by the superior, and the officers and men of the first artillery battalion were envious. The next morning, major Morozov walked into my headquarters. With an aggrieved face, he said to kirilov and me, "division commander, political commissar, I'm here to ask you to fight on behalf of the whole battalion?"

Kirilov and I looked at each other and asked with a smile, "major Morozov, please fight, please what fight? Didn't you hear the order issued by the division commander not long ago that all the division's officers and men should stick to their present positions and maintain confrontation with the German army? "

After a quick glance at me, Morozov complained bitterly to kirilov: "Comrade political commissar, when the soldiers saw that the newly joined second battalion had made such great achievements, our battalion was always on standby in the back. They were all in a mood..."

"I don't think it's the soldiers who have emotions, it's you who are the battalion commander." Without waiting for him to finish, kirilov interrupted him, put away his smile and began to teach him a lesson: "Comrade major, although our division has the largest number of troops in the whole group army, the enemy we are facing is much stronger than us. If we attack without the cooperation of our friends, we will soon be annihilated by the enemy. Therefore, we must also stick to the existing defensive areas, withstand the impact of the enemy on us, contain their forces, and gradually build up our strength. At the critical moment, we can give the enemy a thunderbolt and wipe them out completely. "

After sending Morozov away, I called bantailiev and akhromeyev in front of them to discuss with them how to assign combat tasks to the regiments. Bantaileiev said: "Comrade division commander, I think your previous arrangement is good. Although our division has the largest number of troops in the whole group army, we are now in a state of deep and isolated forces. If we attack the enemy without the cooperation of friendly forces, we may be surrounded and annihilated by the German forces."

"Comrade Deputy teacher, you are too pessimistic." Akhromeyev is obviously much more optimistic about the current situation of the enemy and ourselves. He refuted bantailiev and said: "although the German army is still on the defensive in the defense area of our group army, the friendly forces in other directions are constantly attacking the enemy. I believe it won't be long, Several other army groups belonging to the front army can join us in the city. "

"Join up?" Bantai leiev repeated the word and said with a sneer: "Comrade chief of staff, I remind you to pay attention to one thing. Nearly a month has passed since the beginning of the great counter offensive, but the troops of all front forces have always stayed in the areas occupied in the early stage. I think you must have a clear idea of this. Moreover, the German reinforcements are constantly attacking the outside of our encirclement, and they may join forces with Paulus troops in the encirclement at any time. Once they join forces, maybe Paulus will give up his plan to break through the encirclement completely and launch a counter attack on our troops, driving us into the Volga River completely. "

Kirilov didn't express any opinions to the two people in the dispute. Instead, he turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, tell us what you have in mind, so that we can all know."

Kirilov's words made bantaileiev and Akhromeev calm down. Like kirilov, both of them turned their eyes to me and waited for me to say what I thought.

I took a look at them, and then I gave a simple order: "the regiments should strengthen their positions, stick to the existing defense area, and block the German attack. At the same time, we should seize the time to train new recruits and wait for the final counterattack. "

In the next two days, the German army launched several attacks on the defense area of the first regiment. But without exception, it all ended in failure. The regiment not only successfully blocked the enemy's attack, but also took the initiative to seize several buildings occupied by the enemy.

On the evening of the 16th, I received a call from general Krylov from the headquarters of the group army, saying that trakov asked me to go. On hearing this, kirilov's first reaction was that the final attack was about to begin.

But I'm not as optimistic as the three of them. Manstein's troops are still attacking outside the encirclement circle. The final attack of encircling and annihilating the Paulus army will not begin until he is defeated.

After arriving at the headquarters, I saw that in addition to the commanders of the group army headquarters, there were also division commanders such as lyudnikov, guriyev, rodimzev and wachuk who attended the meeting. As soon as I look at this posture and look at trakov's face, I know that I will not discuss the topic of the final attack tonight. Instead, I will tell you what area of friendly attack has been frustrated again.

Seeing me coming, chief of staff Krylov nodded at me and announced the meeting. He picked up a piece of paper on the table and read it out in public: "in the recent battle, although the German offensive force has been exhausted and can no longer launch a large-scale attack on our group army's defense area, it is still very difficult to seize the position from them. Especially on December 16, when the news came that the Holt 4th armored group army had broken through the upper line of the 51st group army on the Aksay River, the officers and men of Paulus, who were hopeful, were as excited as chicken blood. They forgot their hunger and fatigue and encouraged each other. When the German troops in voroshlov District faced the fierce attack of the 64th and 57th group armies of our army, He was very stubborn. After a day of fierce fighting, the two groups' attacks ended in failure, and they made no progress except in front of the German defensive positions.

In the face of the German troops who stuck into the outer side of our encirclement and the German positions that were unable to be captured in the city, the morale of our army was seriously affected. Individual commanders have become panic stricken, and some troops have even seen a lot of deserters. "

After listening to krailov's introduction, the commanders here began to talk to each other. It is understandable that the attack failed. After all, in everyone's mind, Paulus's 6th army is the elite of the German army. However, it was difficult for us to understand the desertion, so the discussion focused on this aspect.

I didn't join them in the discussion. I just laughed bitterly in my heart. The commanders mentioned by krailov probably worried that they would not be able to encircle and annihilate Paulus' troops in the end. On the contrary, their troops would be surrounded by the reinforcements of man Stein. By then, the German army will have to cooperate with each other, and we will not be able to escape the end of the whole army.

I am more aware of the reasons for the defeat of the 57th and 64th group armies. The attack mode of the Soviet army had been mastered by the German army for a long time, so they formulated a set of targeted defensive tactics, that is, when the infantry of our army charged intensively, the sniper first shot the commander in the army, and our army would fall into chaos because of losing command, and finally had to retreat all the way. As soon as the infantry retreats, our tanks lose their protection. At this time, the German army would give priority to destroying our command tanks with radio receiving and transmitting devices, because it was the only one that could issue orders, and other tanks were only equipped with receivers. Once the command tank is killed, the other tanks will be at a loss because of no command, so that the German anti tank hands have a chance to destroy these tanks one by one.

Trakov didn't stop everyone's whispering. He just glanced at everyone here to see how everyone reacted. After the discussion gradually subsided, trakov turned his eyes to me and asked directly, "Comrade oshanina, what do you think of the failure of the 57th and 64th army?"

Although I have just sorted out the reasons for the failure of the Soviet army in my mind, at the moment I heard trakov ask, I did not immediately say what I thought in my heart, but instead asked: "Comrade commander, do you have any detailed war reports of the 57th and 64th army?"

Upon hearing my question, trikov turned his head to the commander of the group army who was standing beside him and asked, "Colonel zalijuk, do the friendly forces have any detailed War Reports besides simple reports?"

Colonel zalijuk shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, comrade commander. So far, I haven't received any detailed reports from the friendly forces."

Trikov glared at him and said, "don't you go to the communication room immediately and ask the communication director, Colonel Yulin, to see if they have received the latest telegram?"

Col. zalijuk did not dare to argue and agreed. He turned and ran out of the headquarters. He went to the communication room to find the communication director and asked if he had received the latest war report.

Although there is no latest war report yet, trakov continued to say to you by using the skill of waiting for telegrams: "in today's battle, three divisions and one brigade of the 57th and 64th army groups were disabled."

The words of trakov caused a lot of confusion. However, this time, instead of letting it go, trakov decisively stopped everyone's private discussion and said with a straight face: "maybe you will think that the German army has a lot of troops here, which led to our army's heavy casualties. I tell you, you are all wrong. " At this point, he slapped the table, stood up and said bitterly, "according to the reconnaissance of the friendly forces, only two dissatisfied German battalions were stationed in the two blocks of voroshlov District, and there were no tanks or armored vehicles, and the number of artillery was very limited. That's why our friendly forces took these two blocks as a breakthrough, and they prepared for half a month's attack and ended in failure. "

After trakov finished, rodim tsev, who had a good relationship with him, tentatively said: "Comrade commander, maybe all the soldiers in our army are recruits and lack enough combat experience. That's why we suffer such a big loss. We should know that the German officers and soldiers are far better than us in terms of equipment and training. Even the veterans can't take advantage of one-on-one competition with them, let alone the recruits. For those untrained recruits, the German army can kill dozens of us by itself. "

In the past, rodimzev's words were the embodiment of defeatism. Trakov or gurov could immediately remove him from the military and send someone to take him to the military court. But after hearing what he said, not only trakov but also the other teachers kept silent. It seems that they all agreed with what rojmzev said.

After listening to this, Colonel lyudnikov snorted softly, as if he didn't agree with what rojmtsev said. Gulov's ears were sharp. He heard lyudnikov's hum and asked curiously, "Colonel lyudnikov, do you have any different views on general rodymtsev's words?"

On hearing gurov's question, lyudnikov quickly stood up from his seat and answered in a loud voice: "Comrade report military commissar, I can't agree with general rodymtsev's speech just now. He said that the equipment and training of our army is worse than that of the German army, which I admit. But when it comes to the fact that recruits without training can't fight, and dozens of people can't fight the German army alone, I can't agree with that. "

Lyudnikov's words aroused everyone's curiosity. Even trakov asked with great interest, "Comrade Colonel, why do you say that?" Lyudnikov looked at me and said, "Comrade commander, I think what general rodymtsev said, at least, does not apply to general oshanina's troops. You know, since the establishment of her independent division, most of the soldiers in the division are new recruits without any training, but it has not affected the independent division to win again and again in the battle of defending Stalingrad. " Lyudnikov's praise for me made everyone pay attention to me again and made me feel ashamed. Trikov looked at me and asked, "Comrade oshanina, if Colonel lyudnikov doesn't mention it, I'll forget about it. Tell me about it. Do you have any tips on how to train such a strong army? " Hearing the question from trakov, I quickly stood up and answered in a loud voice, "report to the commander. In fact, there is no secret. After the recruits enter the army, I will arrange special political workers to carry out political and ideological work on them, because only the Red Army soldiers dressed up with Stalin's ideological weapons are invincible." Because this is too numb to say, when I say it, I have goose bumps on my body, and the rest of us can imagine. But when I finished speaking, gurov took the lead in clapping, and I was seated again in the warm applause. As soon as the applause stopped, Col. zalijuk returned to the room. He reported to trakov, "Comrade commander, the 64th army has sent a telegram saying that the fierce fire of the enemy directly led to the failure of their attack." After reading the telegram that zalijuk handed him, trikov frowned and looked at it. Then he threw it on the table. Then he stood up and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, it seems that it's unrealistic to try to find out what happened from the friendly army's war report. Therefore, I now decide to give you this task. You must find out the cause of the failure of the friendly attack within three days. Can you do it? " Trikov's order immediately made me silly. My God, there is a distance of more than 30 kilometers from our division's dzerzhinsky district to voroshlov District, where the friendly army failed to attack. Moreover, there are all German troops in the middle. It's an impossible task to cross the German defense line and find out what happened. Seeing my helpless face, trekov added: "Comrade oshanina, I know that this task is very important. For the commanders and fighters of other divisions, it may be an impossible task; But for your independent teacher, it's much easier. " At this point, he put a smile on his face, "don't you have many defecting German soldiers in your division? This task can be completely entrusted to them. "