Chapter 894

The town of kinotsga in Norway was successfully recovered. Before I could catch my breath, the superior issued a new attack order. I took the earphone that the operator handed me and put it on. Immediately I heard a strange voice: "Hello, is that major general o'shanina?"

Although I don't know who the other party is, just now when the operator handed me the earphone and transmitter, he told me in a low voice that the call was from the headquarters of the front army, so he replied respectfully, "yes, I'm o'shanina. I don't know who I'm talking to? " After finishing the last sentence, I felt the cold sweat on my forehead. Sometimes the way Lao maozi talked was really uncomfortable.

"I'm major general pilipiaco, chief of staff of the front army," the other side said quickly after indicating his identity: "commander watujing ordered: while ensuring the smooth flow of H20 Road, your department should dispatch the main force to Freda City, eliminate the German forces in the area, and protect the flank safety of the main force of the front army. Is there any difficulty? "

"Report to chief of staff, there is no difficulty. I will dispatch troops to ensure the smooth passage of H20 Road, and mobilize the main force to attack the German forces in the city of Freda." In order to further understand the situation of the enemy and ourselves, after finishing this sentence, I asked cautiously, "Comrade chief of staff, may I ask how the situation on the battlefield is?"

"Yes, of course." Pirico said with a hearty smile: "Comrade o'shanina, you may not know that the current situation is extremely favorable to our army. The 60th group army of Voronezh's front army successfully captured Kursk on the 8th, consolidating the rear of the front army. The main force under the command of general Golikov, the commander of the front army, has surrounded Kharkov. At present, the troops are storming the city. In order to cut off the ties between the Kharkov German army and the German army in the Dnieper River area, the main force of our front army is now moving towards the Red Army Village in the northwest direction. "

I can't help but worry when I hear pilipiect speak casually about the current deployment in the telephone. Is he not afraid to be eavesdropped by the German army when he so brazenly discloses our army's important information in wireless communication?

After the call with piripanko, the more I thought about it, the more wrong I was, because I was no longer the deputy commander of the group army, but just an ordinary infantry commander. Why did the headquarters of the front army cross the group army and give me orders directly? So I immediately asked the operator to contact the headquarters of the group army on the telephone to ask what was going on.

Harritonov himself answered the phone. He was a little surprised and asked, "commander oshanina, you are calling at this time. What can I do for you?"

"Well, comrade commander." I politely relayed the order given by chief of staff of pilipiect to him, and then asked for instructions: "as this order was given by the headquarters of the front army, there is no group army in the middle of it, so I specially asked for your instructions, whether to follow the order given by chief of staff of the front army?"

"Comrade o'shanina, is that true?" After listening to what I said, haridonov said with a trace of reproach: "since you have received the order, then carry it out. Don't you know that the order of the superior can't be discussed?"

"Yes, comrade commander." As for the rigid regulations of the Soviet army, I can only say helplessly: "I resolutely carry out the orders of my superiors, and immediately mobilize the troops to go out to the city of Freda."

Haredonov was very satisfied with my statement: "Comrade oshanina, this is the right thing to do. Let me tell you, the main force of the group army will attack malinka and kulahovo. If you can capture the city of Freda in time, you can effectively cover the left wing of the group army. "

While listening to what haridonov said, I searched for the place names he mentioned on the map and found that the whole direction of attack of the southwest front army was westward. I tried to join the forces of Voronezh front army who went down from Kharkov. No one thought that we should transfer the troops to the south to join the southern front army who was fighting in another direction.

As for the imperfection of the campaign deployment, I just kept it in my mind silently, and did not foolishly put it forward to haridonov, because this attack plan must have been made by the headquarters, not to mention that he was a group commander, even the commander of the front army, vatujing, had no authority to change.

Now that I have found the loopholes in the deployment, I need to formulate corresponding measures. After I called kirilov and Vitkov to the table, I repeated to them what haridonov had said and the order given by pilipingo, chief of staff of the front army.

After I finished speaking, wittkov asked me for instructions as usual: "Comrade commander, what should we do next?"

I frowned and thought for a moment, and then replied, "we'd better follow the plan we discussed two days ago. Major general bantaileiev's close guard division 22 will be the main attack task, while gurdyev's division 308 and Colonel andreushenko's division 171 will be responsible for protecting his left and right wings." At this point, I looked up at wittkov and said firmly, "in order to strengthen the assault capability of the 22nd division of the guards, I decided to strengthen the tank brigade of Colonel berey and the artillery regiment of lieutenant colonel kaverin to them."

After listening to my arrangement, wittkov also frowned. After a long time, he hesitated and said, "if we strengthen the tank brigade and artillery regiment to the middle troops, the strength of the left and right wing troops will be greatly weakened. If we want them to participate in the offensive war behind, it is estimated that they will not be able to do what they want."

"Chief of staff, you think too much." Kirilov spoke for me and said: "it is an effective tactic that we explored in the Stalingrad defense war to use tanks and artillery together. By doing so, we can tear up the enemy's defense line in the shortest time and greatly shorten the fighting process. Therefore, I think that this arrangement made by Comrade o'shanina is completely correct and effective. "

As soon as kirilov and Vitkov finished, they mentioned a new question: "so which army should we send to protect the smooth flow of H20 road? You know, our jurisdiction is 200 kilometers long. "

"It's very simple." As for how to ensure the safety of the highway, I had a mature plan in my mind. When I heard wittkov's question, I immediately said without hesitation: "take the third regiment of bantailiev division out as the guard force of H20 highway. At the same time, the three shock engineer battalions of the army's direct units were assigned to the division and formed into three temporary regiments, with major Godunov as acting head of the regiment. "

My arrangement made wittkov dumbfounded. It took him a long time to put forward his different opinions: "Comrade commander, it's better to let the Engineering Battalion guard the road than to let the shock Engineering Battalion and the third regiment of bantailiefu division exchange. What's more, the regiment's troops are guarding such a long traffic line. Isn't it too thin? "

With a wave of my hand, I said in an unquestionable tone: "Comrade chief of staff, what's the combat effectiveness of the assault Engineering Battalion? I think you've probably heard of it, even if you haven't seen it with your own eyes. Is it too wasteful to let such a unit act as a garrison? As for what you said, the force guarding the traffic line is too thin, which I can't agree with. We need to know that our troops are limited. Even if we send two regiments or even more troops to guard, there will not be many people per kilometer. On the contrary, a large number of combat backbones will be deployed, leading to the decline of the army's ability to attack key positions. This is totally undesirable. "

"I see." Wittkov and I have been partners for a period of time, and have a certain understanding of my character. He knows that I have said so, and that will not change, so he quickly promised: "I will give orders to the following troops immediately. Comrade commander, do you have anything else to tell them? "

I thought about it, and then said, "major general jangurdyev and Col. andreushenko, when building fortifications, had better rely on the ready-made hilly terrain in order to get a good view. What's more, in addition to digging a large number of fortifications in the front of the enemy, we should also dig fortifications in the back of the hillside, build trenches, and build solid anti slope positions. "

When Vitkov gave my orders to several division commanders, the troops began to move nervously. At noon, I called bantailiev to the headquarters, pointed to the city of Frieda on the map, and said to him, "Comrade bantailiev, look, there are still three big towns on the road from kinnotsga town in Norway that you occupied to Frieda town. How many days do you think your division can capture Frieda?"

Bantaileiev looked at the map for a while and cautiously replied, "Comrade commander, the Germans have not been here for a day or two. I think there should be a lot of fortifications in these towns. If we attack along the road, it will take us at least two to three days to reach the city of Freda?"

"What, it will take two or three days to get to Freda?" Wittkov heard bantailiev say so, and immediately exclaimed excitedly: "you know, the main force of the group army is attacking malinka and kulahovo. If we can't occupy the city of Freda in time, we can't effectively guarantee the left-wing security of the main force of the group army."

"Comrade bantailiev," I added, seeing bantailiev frowning and staring at the map without saying a word, "I have assigned you the tank brigade of Colonel berey and the artillery regiment of lieutenant colonel kaverin. In addition, I temporarily transferred the third regiment of major kosga from your division to take on the duty of guarding H20 highway. "

"Comrade commander, if the third regiment is removed, the strength of our division will be greatly reduced." Listen to me, I want to transfer the third regiment to form a highway defense team. Bantai leiev is in a hurry. He pleads with me: "can you draw less troops?"

"No way, old man. It's the commander's order. It can't be changed." Kirilov turned down Bantai leyev's request at once. Seeing his old man's expression of chagrin, he quickly comforted him and said, "but the 22nd division of Jinwei is the old army of Comrade oshanina, and you will not suffer. In this book, she incorporated the three shock engineer battalions originally assigned to us by the 62nd group army into your division to form a temporary third regiment, headed by major Godunov. "

After hearing the good news, Bantai leiev, who had been frustrated, was so excited that his face turned red. He said in surprise, "what, to incorporate three shock engineering battalions into our division? My God, this is really wonderful. You know, the combat effectiveness of a shock engineer battalion is comparable to that of my regiment. Unexpectedly, three more came at once. Now I have more confidence in seizing the city of Freda. "

I said to him with a straight face: "general Bantai leiev, I have assigned the tank brigade of Colonel berey and the artillery regiment of lieutenant colonel kaverin to your division. I don't know how many days you can take the city of Freda with such a configuration?"

Bantaileiev frowned again, thought for a long time, and finally stretched out a finger and said, "Comrade commander, with the reinforcement of the tank brigade and artillery regiment, I promise you that my troops will arrive at the foot of Freda by two o'clock tomorrow afternoon." Seeing Bantai leiev full of confidence, I nodded with satisfaction, then waved to him and said, "since you have the confidence to win, do it boldly. I'm waiting for the good news of your victory." Bantaileiev's troops started at three in the afternoon. Because of the generosity of trakov, he didn't take back the thousands of trucks that were sent to us, so at present our march is to transport troops by trucks. According to my guess, even if there is anything to report, Bantai leiev will have to wait until the next day at the earliest. I didn't expect that before five o'clock, the telegraph operator in the headquarters called me and said that general bantaileiev was online and had something important to report to me. When I was wearing earphones, my heart was beating all the time. My heart said, why did Bantai leiev report to me so early? Was there any accident on the way? So when I speak to the transmitter, my voice becomes hoarse because of nervousness: "Hello, comrade Bantai leiev? I'm o'shanina. Do you have anything to say to me? "“ Report to the commander. " From the earphone came Bantai leiev's excited voice: "I am now honored to report to you that my troops have arrived under the city of Freda. The vanguard of the shejerikov regiment is engaged in a firefight with the German garrison guarding the city."“ What, comrade Bantai? What do you say? " After hearing the report from bantaileiev, I can't help wondering how Dou Dunsheng could have pushed under the city of Fleda and exchanged fire with the garrison so quickly, for it was more than 70 kilometers from here to Fleda, and there were three small towns occupied by the German army in the middle“ You say that you have reached the city of Freda and are engaged in a fierce battle with the garrison in the city? "“ Yes, comrade commander. " Bantaileiev said triumphantly: "absolutely right, that's what happened. My troops broke through three German lines in a row and successfully arrived at the foot of the city of Frieda."“ Comrade bantailiev, what's going on? " This report confused me, so I wanted to find out what was going on: "are the German troops in those three towns on the road defeated by you so quickly?"“ Report to the commander. We didn't bring it down. " Bantaileiev regretfully told the truth: "to be exact, it was the Germans who voluntarily gave up their positions and fled to the west, making way for us. So far, although we have exchanged fire with the Germans, we have not destroyed many enemies, and the three towns add up to only 100 people. "“ Why can't the Germans keep a platoon in every town with such a small result? "“ One can't be defeated. According to my observation, the Germans have at least one company in every town. " In order to make me understand more clearly, Bantai leiev specially explained: "when the enemy saw our troops coming, they fired a few guns sparsely. As soon as the tanks started firing, they left their positions and ran away on motorcycles. And our trucks are all parked behind the infantry who participate in the attack, and there is no time to catch up with them, so the results are very small. " After hearing this, I asked noncommittally, "Comrade bantailiev, what do you think of this matter? Why did the Germans retreat in a hurry after a little resistance?" After a moment's silence, bantaileiev said confidently: "maybe the enemy was frightened by our army's offensive, and the officers and soldiers were demoralized and didn't want to fight again. That's why the situation is so fragile."