Chapter 851

Put down the phone, I instinctively asked: "how many kilometers is a Russian mile?"

After listening to my question, akhromeyev gave a brief reply: "Mr. reporter, one kilometer is equal to 0.937 Russian miles."

When I was calculating in my mind how many kilometers 50 Russian miles is equal to, kirilov next to me asked anxiously, "Comrade oshanina, what are you doing and what's wrong with this?"

"Comrade political commissar, the current situation is very bad." I didn't intend to hide the bad news I just got, so I told kirilov honestly: "the enemy's 57th armored army has broken through several lines of our army in a row, leaving only the last 50 Russian miles from their encircled troops."

The unexpected bad news surprised everyone. Bantaileiev asked anxiously: "Comrade division commander, with the assault ability of German armored forces, they may be able to join the besieged Paulus troops one day. In this way, our encirclement of the German army will be broken, and the plan of encircling and annihilating the German army will be completely defeated, and there is even the possibility of being counter encircled by the German army. "

Bantailiev's worry was echoed by others. Akhromeyev, who always likes to sing against him, also expressed a similar view: "Comrade division, if this is really the case, it will be sooner or later that the siege will be broken by the German army. At such a time, should we study what measures we should take if the two German forces join forces? "

Kirilov was obviously more comprehensive than both of them. After akhromeyev finished, he asked me calmly, "Comrade oshanina, what does Comrade commander say?"

I shook my head and said helplessly: "the commander, the military commissar and the chief of staff are not in the headquarters. They all went to the headquarters of the front army to attend the emergency military meeting." I added in an uncertain tone, "perhaps commander yelomienko asked them to discuss how to deal with the current crisis."

Kirilov could not help sighing a long sigh when he heard that trakov and his military commissar had gone. Then he asked my opinion: "Comrade oshanina, what do you think of the current situation? Will the meeting of the German forces in our encirclement lead to the reversal of the whole war situation? "

Seeing that the three men were worried about the situation of our army, I immediately comforted them and said, "don't worry too much. Although the German army is now making a fierce offensive outside the encirclement, it is not easy for them to get through the 50 Russian miles and realize the reunion. I believe the commanders of the front army will take corresponding measures to deal with such a crisis."

"Comrade division," said akhromeyev in a suspicious tone after listening to me, "do you really think our troops can block the German armored forces in the open area?"

As for his question, I nodded and said in a positive tone: "Comrade chief of staff, the reason why I think our friendly forces can prevent the German armored forces from continuing to attack is that the air supremacy of the battlefield is firmly in the hands of our aviation forces. No matter how many tanks the enemy has, it is difficult to break through our three-dimensional defense line composed of aircraft, artillery and tanks. You see, in a few days, Hote's fourth Panzer group will retreat in dismay. "

After I finished, Bantai leiev immediately asked me, "Comrade division, do you think Paulus's troops will escape from our encirclement with them?"

"Paulus' forces want to get out of our siege?" I repeated bantaileiev's words and said contemptuously: "if the German army could escape, it would have escaped long ago, and it would not be as foolish as it is now to stay in our encirclement, waiting for the rescue of its own friends."

"Do you mean that the Paulus troops in the encirclement circle will not retreat casually even if they join up with the friendly troops coming to the rescue?" Akhromeyev interposed and asked, "Comrade teacher, is this possible?"

Although I know this period of history very well and know the final fate of Paulus' troops clearly, I can't tell the truth in front of them. I can only say vaguely: "according to the judgment of the supreme command, the reason why Hitler didn't let Paulus's troops break through is to let him contain our three front forces here, So that the German "a" group, which is fighting in the Caucasus, will not fall into our encirclement. So even if Hote's armored forces and Paulus's forces join forces, Paulus, who did not get Hitler's permission, did not dare to give orders to his subordinates to withdraw at will, so they still could not escape being encircled and annihilated by our army in the end. "

After a while, bantaileiev asked me again, "Comrade division commander, when can we launch the final attack on the besieged German troops?"

"Don't worry, comrade deputy division commander." I said to him with a smile, "I believe this day will come soon."

After that, I told akhromeyev: "Comrade chief of staff, call several commanders and ask them to temporarily stop small-scale offensive operations and maintain confrontation with the German army in the existing positions."

"Yes Akhromeyev agreed and was ordered to call several commanders.

Kirilov took a look at ahlomeyev's back, and then whispered to me, "Comrade oshanina, do you really think Paulus's troops will not escape from our encirclement?"

"Yes, comrade political commissar." I said with a firm voice: "they have no way to escape, only to stay in the encirclement and wait for us to annihilate."

"Yes, sir." Bantai leiev, who was looking at the map, suddenly looked up and said to me, "there is one thing I almost forgot to report to you."

Bantai leiev's words surprised me. He said in secret that there would be no mistake. So he quickly asked, "what's the matter, comrade Deputy teacher?"

"Two days ago, I saw German transport planes Airdropping materials into the German occupied area of the city. Due to the problem of wind direction, a lot of materials have floated to a place not far from the first and fourth regiment defense areas. " Bantaileiev tentatively suggested: "I have an idea, can we send troops to grab these airdropped materials when the German army airdrops?"

"Comrade Deputy teacher, your suggestion is good." Thinking that Paulus's troops are surrounded by us, and the supply of the troops can only be limited by the air force, after hearing bantailiev's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the barrel, I agreed without thinking: "you are responsible for this matter, and I will let the first regiment and the fourth regiment draw two companies to cooperate with you."

"What plans are you discussing, sir?" After the call, akhromeyev just heard what I said at the back and asked curiously, "do you know if there is anything I can do for you?"

"Well, comrade chief of staff." To carry out such a task, akhromeyev must help to give orders, so I told him straightforwardly: "the deputy division commander said that a lot of German airdropped materials every day fall not far from the defense area of our 1st and 4th regiments, and he planned to take the troops to grab some airdropped materials."

"Our current material supply situation is also very bad. We just use the stolen airdropped materials to supply the troops." Without waiting for akhromeyev to speak, kirilov said excitedly: "we can even ambush around the air dropped materials, and catch the Germans who come to carry them by surprise."

Akhromeyev did not finish, but pulled the map on the table in front of him. After reading it for a while, he pointed to the map and said: "Comrade division, according to the information reported by the regiments in recent days, there is an open space in front of the defense area of the fourth regiment, which is also an airdrop point of the German army. The German army will come here every day to collect their airdrop materials. But there was a four story house in the middle of the open space, which was occupied by the German army. If we want to grab their airdropped materials, the German troops in the building can use intensive firepower to kill our commanders and fighters

Bantaileiev looked around, then said firmly: "then before the enemy airdrops begin, we will send troops to seize the buildings occupied by the enemy. As long as we occupy this building, we can block the whole airdrop site with fire. If the Germans don't show up, they will. Once they do, we can beat them and run away. "

"Since the Deputy teacher is so confident, let's carry out the plan." Seeing that bantailiev had given detailed consideration, so I nodded my head and agreed, and told akhromeyev: "chief of staff, call commander Gaidar, the fourth commander, and ask him to dispatch the strongest company to take part in the attack."

The attack on the German building took place at dawn the next day. Bantai leiev and I were standing in the bunker two or three hundred meters away from the building. Holding a telescope, we watched about a platoon of our army officers and soldiers divided into several groups, bent over with guns, and rushed to the building where the enemy was.

Before our soldiers got close to the building, they were found by the enemy in the building. A few windows on the first floor suddenly burst out of gunfire, and several soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground in the sound of gunfire. The soldiers in the back quickly fell down, fighting back with their weapons, and throwing the white smoke grenade into the window of the building.

After a series of explosions, the fire on the first floor was obviously weakened. Our soldiers jumped from the ground and rushed into the building quickly. Although the firepower on the first floor has weakened, there are still many remnants of the German army. The flash from the building shows that our commanders and fighters are fighting with them house by house.

Seeing that the troops in front of us rushed into the building, dozens of soldiers jumped out of the fortifications near us and rushed towards the building with weapons. The German army upstairs saw another army rushing up and fired flares into the air. With the launch of several flares, the figure of our charging soldiers was clearly exposed in the open ground. The windows on the second and third floors of the German army burst out with countless muzzles. They tried to block the way of our army with intensive fire.

Under the intensive fire of the enemy, more than a dozen of the officers and men of the second echelon were killed and injured at one time. The rest of them fell down on the spot and used the bodies of their fallen comrades as bunkers to shoot at the German troops upstairs.

Judging from the firepower of the German army, they are much stronger than our offensive troops. Without artillery cover, it is very difficult for these infantry to seize the building. Thinking of this, I put down my telescope, turned to the door and yelled: "Hello, who's outside, a person comes in."

With my shouts, Yushchenko came in from the outside. He straightened up and asked me, "Sir, do you have any instructions?" There is no communication equipment in this fortification. I have to send someone to convey any order. When I saw Yushchenko appeared in front of me, I told him: "Comrade captain, go to the regiment command post immediately to find lieutenant colonel gedar, and order him to contact the artillery to open fire on the German troops in the building to cover our infantry charge." When I turned my attention again to the building I was fighting for, I found that several German soldiers jumped out of the window on the second floor and rushed into the building with weapons. When I saw this, I cried in my heart that these German soldiers who jumped down from the second floor obviously wanted to sneak attack our first row of commanders and fighters who rushed into the building from behind. If the second group of commanders and fighters could rush into the building in time, they would be able to wipe out the German soldiers who had just jumped from the building. However, they are now in the open ground and are overwhelmed by the fire in the building. Just when I was worried, suddenly there was a whistling sound in the air. Then I saw a row of shells hit the top floor of the building. In the fire and smoke, the top two floors of the original intact four story building were suddenly blown into ruins. The broken bricks and stones mixed with limbs and meat were flying all over the sky, and then scattered evenly around. The sudden fire weakened the fire in the building again. The officers and men trapped outside the building jumped from the ground and rushed into the building with their own weapons“ Comrade deputy division commander, how many people have rushed in? " I didn't put down my telescope and asked without looking back. Bantaileiev was silent for a moment, then replied, "nine people rushed in." Think of just the second batch of charge line has dozens of soldiers, but at the moment into the building only one person, the rest fell on the open ground in front of the building. I don't know if the soldiers who rushed in can occupy the building after meeting with the first group of soldiers“ Tell me, I'm back. " Yushchenko's voice sounded behind me. I put down my telescope and nodded back to him. Then I asked, "Comrade captain, the artillery is firing very fast. What's the matter?"“ That's right, comrade teacher. " Yushchenko honestly reported to me: "when I went, the artillery battalion commander, major Morozov, was also at the regiment headquarters. His heavy howitzer had already aimed at the building where the enemy was, waiting for the order to fire. When I went to deliver the order, he decisively ordered the artillery to open fire. " It turned out that the cannon that bombarded the opposite building was our heavy howitzer. No wonder it was so powerful that it turned the upper two floors into ruins.