Chapter 897

I stare at the place name "Kuban" on the map in a daze. Although it's only 80 kilometers away from zaborosh, from what we know, there are an unknown number of German armored troops stationed in tokmak on the south side of the city and vorifka on the southwest. Once we have captured Kuban, Manstein will certainly mobilize the armored forces of these two cities to attack our flanks under the direct threat to his headquarters. In the face of the enemy's strong offensive, the lack of heavy weapons and necessary air support, "Comrade oshanina, I agree with you." Kirilov, after listening to my commendation proposal to travkin, immediately and simply replied, "I'm going to prepare the medal and the commendation order." At this moment, witkov had read the intelligence from travkin and asked me, "Comrade commander, what shall we do next?"“ Comrade chief of staff, it's no use saying that? " Now that I have a certain understanding of the enemy's deployment, I can easily arrange tasks“ The Bantai leyev division was ordered to leave behind a small number of troops and continue to attack the city of Freda. The rest of the main forces, together with the tank brigade and artillery regiment, turned to the West and made a direct attack on Huli Abel. At the same time, the 308th division should also take active action and set out to attack the city of poloi overnight, so as to launch an attack on the city before dawn. " After listening to my series of deployment, vetkov said with a face of embarrassment: "Comrade commander, do you really not report such a big action to the group army headquarters?"“ It's too late to report. " Although I knew in my heart that the existing communication equipment of the Israeli army could not be reported to the group army headquarters, even if it was reported to the front army headquarters at a higher level, it was not a problem, but I said with a strong argument: "therefore, we should act immediately, seize the good opportunity of the enemy to defend the void, and resolutely attack the predetermined area. After we have captured the above starting positions, we will report to the higher authorities according to the specific situation. " Witkov was so determined to hear what I said, and knew that it was useless to oppose it, so he tore off the paper that had recorded the order from his notebook, handed it to akhromeyev, and said, "Comrade commander, immediately send the latest order of the general to all divisions by telegram. They are required to arrive at the designated place within the prescribed time and quickly attack the enemy's empty defensive position. " After akhromeyev left, the pale wittkov said to me, "Comrade commander, your order will soon be sent to all divisions and brigades. As for the final effect, we can only gamble our luck." Hearing this, kirilov stood up, raised his hand, patted the nervous wittkov on the shoulder, comforted him and said, "don't worry, chief of staff. As far as I know, the decision she made is not wrong. After our troops have occupied the scheduled starting position, you'll be waiting for your meritorious service to be awarded. "“ But, comrade political commissar. " After listening to kirilov's words, wittkov asked: "even if the enemy's forces are empty, we can successfully occupy the starting position. But what should we do if the enemy from other directions comes over? "“ Chief of staff, "I saw kirilov being asked by wittkov, and quickly stood up to help him out." now we are fighting for time with the Germans. Before they recover, we quickly rush to zaborosh, take out the command of Manstein, and disrupt the German command system. In this way, even if we are isolated, we will have a chance of survival. "