Chapter 860

Krailov continued to announce the establishment and personnel arrangement of the Army: "since I am now the commander of the 79th infantry army, I will try to achieve good results in the closing battle of Stalingrad, so as to change the unfortunate fate of this army. After a while, wittkov came to the table and sat down. He asked with concern, "Comrade commander, what are you thinking?" I looked up at him and asked involuntarily, "is the commissar back?" Vetkov shook his head and reported to me, "not yet. It is said that he has received a lot of materials this time, and may not be back until the afternoon at the earliest..." "well," I interrupted him and asked thoughtfully, "chief of staff, if we want to attack the enemy in the city center, where do you think we should choose as a breakthrough?"“ I think we should take the railway station as our main attack direction. " "Once we capture the railway station, we can connect our scattered positions as a whole," wittkov said without thinking“ Railway station?!... " I couldn't help frowning when I heard this place name. You know, this area is a lot repeatedly contested by the enemy and us. Unexpectedly, after more than a month's counterattack, our army has not recaptured this crucial area from the hands of the German army“ Yes, comrade commander. " Colonel wittkov obviously misunderstood the reason why I frowned. He went on, so excited that his voice became dumb. "According to our interrogation of prisoners, the headquarters of the Sixth Army of German general Paulus is currently located in the basement of the central department store, only a dozen blocks away from the railway station." At the group army headquarters in Paulus, when witkov said that it was in the basement of the central department store, which was only ten blocks away from the railway station, my eyes suddenly lit up. Just as I wanted to sleep, someone immediately gave me pillows. I was thinking about how to make the 79th infantry Army make a great contribution. Witkov gave me such a good suggestion. After staring at the location of the central department store marked on the map for a long time, I looked up at Vitkov and asked, "Comrade chief of staff, if we occupy the railway station and launch an attack on the location of the Sixth Army, do you think we can succeed?" Listening to my question, wittkov's mouth twitched violently. After a long time, he said helplessly: "Comrade commander, I think it's impossible."“ Why? " Now that I know the location of the German headquarters, I am thinking that we can concentrate our forces, cut through the German defense line, boldly intervene and attack the headquarters of Paulus. As long as the capture of Paulus and his group of generals, the loss of command of the German army can only obediently lay down their arms and surrender. Wittkov pointed to the map and said to me, "Comrade commander, you don't know. Although it's only ten blocks from the railway station to the central department store, this area is also the most heavily defended area of the German army. They have at least one and a half divisions here. And our troops are at a disadvantage in terms of weapons and strength, and they can't break through such a solid defense line. " Wittkov's words were like a basin of ice water pouring from the top of my head, which made my heart cool. I knew in my heart that what he said was true. Although I was commanding an army in name, the strength of the independent division accounted for half of the total strength of the whole army. It was not sure that I would win with such a force to attack the German army.