Chapter 910

"Comrade oshanina, this is..." my abnormal behavior caused kirilov's doubt. He stood up from his seat to ask what happened, so that I asked some inexplicable questions.

I didn't wait for him to finish, then I raised my hand to stop what he said later, and continued to say Hitler's good words to Schmidt. When I found out that the other party had been led by my nose, I suddenly asked, "your honor, the squadron leader of the third level commando team, I have one thing I don't understand. You SS are not around the head of state to protect his safety. What are you doing in zaborosh?"

After listening to gretka's translation, Schmidt said unconvinced: "who said we don't protect the head of state, we are not carrying out this task now..." when he said that, he suddenly found that he had let slip, and then he closed his mouth wisely. However, it was too late. After his words were translated by gretka, everyone in the audience heard them.

Bantaileiev stood up and waved to adir to take the prisoner down. After the demoralized prisoner was taken away, bantaileiev said excitedly: "Comrade commander, do you think the prisoner's words are possible? Would Hitler come to zaborosh at such a time? "

After he asked, everyone in the room focused on me, waiting for me to answer. To tell you the truth, I don't know if Hitler has ever been to zaborosh. However, the information about his coming to zaborosh was just blurted out by the German prisoners when they were unprepared. It should not be false.

Thinking of this, I said word by word: "comrades of commanders, I think the information that this prisoner inadvertently disclosed is accurate, and Hitler may appear in zaborosh at this time."

As soon as I finished, bantaileiev retorted: "Comrade commander, you must know that under the joint attack of our two front forces, the German army is in danger. If I guessed correctly, the German headquarters in zaborosh was ready to retreat. Would Hitler come here at such a time, at great risk? I don't think it's possible. "

After listening to bantaileiev's words, both kirilov and oberstein nodded in agreement, indicating that they agreed with his statement. I didn't speak. I just looked at gretka and asked softly, "Comrade lieutenant, what do you think of this?"

Gretka, who had been standing at the table, heard my question, straightened up her waist and replied in a loud voice, "report, comrade commander, I think your analysis is correct."

I didn't know why gretka believed my judgment so much, so I said to him in a friendly way, "Comrade lieutenant, give me your reasons."

"Report to the commander," gretka said respectfully, "I think the Fuehrer..." I heard him use the honorific title to Hitler. I could not help frowning and coughing. Gretka heard my cough and immediately said, "I think the reason why Hitler appeared in zaborosh at this time may be related to our army's capture of Kharkov. You have to know that it is an important industrial city in Ukraine. Hitler knows what will happen if it is captured by the Soviet army, so he came here mostly to let Manstein discuss how to take back the city. "

After listening to gretka's analysis, I nodded with satisfaction. I didn't expect that the defected German officer could analyze the matter so thoroughly in a few words. I must reuse him in the future. I turned to kirilov and they said, "have you all heard lieutenant gretka's analysis? I think what he said is very reasonable. " Seeing that Bantai leiev's face was full of shame, I quickly comforted him and said, "of course, general Bantai leiev's analysis is reasonable. Our army conquered Kharkov, and the two front armies oppressed the German army on the East Bank of the Dnieper River. Maybe Manstein was packing his bags and preparing to escape. "

When I said this, everyone burst into laughter. After the laughter stopped, bandeleev asked me, "Comrade commander, if our judgment is correct and Hitler is really in zaborosh, do we need to report this to the higher authorities?"

"Comrade bantailiev," without waiting for me to speak, kirilov, the political commissar next to him, had already preempted his speech and said, "is that still necessary? Of course, report to the superior. It is unrealistic for us to rush into zaborosh and capture Hitler alive with our present forces. We need to report the matter to the higher authorities, and let the group army send friendly troops to cooperate with us in seizing the city. Are you right, comrade oshanina? " His last words were addressed to me.

"Yes, comrade political commissar, this information needs to be reported immediately." After that, I told Bantai leiev: "Comrade division commander, immediately use your radio to send a report to the group army headquarters, report Hitler's possible information in zaborosh to commander haridonov, and ask him to send friendly troops to help us capture zaborosh."

"Yes After Bantai leiev agreed, he turned around and told his chief of staff, "commander Ilya, do you hear the commander's order? Immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the group army and report the situation detected to the higher authorities. "

When Elia went to telegraph next door, I tried to control my mood and walked back and forth in the room, thinking about whether to transfer the 308th division to zaborosh with the 22nd division. If Hitler could be captured or killed alive, it would be a real miracle. In contrast, the credit for the capture of Paulus is not worth mentioning.

When I was thinking about how to deploy the troops of the two divisions, Elijah came back from the communication room next door. When he came in, he handed me a telegram and said, "Comrade commander, this is a telegram from the headquarters of the group army."

When I saw that Colonel Elia's face was particularly ugly, I felt a sense of uncertainty in my heart. I guessed that something must have gone wrong. Take the telegram you just received to your eyes and check it carefully. It made me tremble with anger. It said: "absurd, it's just ridiculous. General oshanina, I don't know who instilled such wrong information into you. In a day or two at most, the German troops under the command of Manstein will be driven across the Dnieper River by us. Hitler is not a fool. How could he be in zaborosh in this situation. If your scout told you about this, I suggest you shoot him immediately. Maybe he is a spy sent by the German. He may spread false information to you. " The last signature is: commander of the 6th group army, haridonov.

After reading the telegram, I quickly walked to the table and heavily patted the telegram on the table. Regardless of the strict rank of the army, I angrily said to a group of my subordinates, "look at what commander haridonov's telegram says?" With that, I sat down in my own position.

After reading the telegram, kirilov asked cautiously, "Comrade oshanina, since the commander said so, what are you going to do next?"

"What can we do, what else can we do?" I said angrily: "since the group army headquarters does not believe our report and does not send troops to assist, we will do it ourselves. I immediately ordered major general gurdyev to transfer his troops to Kuban, and as soon as daylight came, I immediately launched an attack on the German position to the West. After seizing the position and then continuing to assault zaborosh, I don't believe that with the strength of two divisions and the support of the tank brigade and artillery regiment, I can't capture the city. "

"Comrade commander, I have different views." After reading the telegram, Bantai leiev handed it to oberstein and said to me solemnly, "even if we can successfully break through the artillery positions in the western suburbs of the city, Hitler may have escaped by plane before we launched an attack on zaborosh. In that case, it would be meaningless for us to launch an attack. Instead of doing so, it is better to send an army first to seize the enemy's airport and completely cut off Hitler's retreat. "

I was sulking at harritonov's telegram. When I heard bantailiev's words, I couldn't help shivering. I thought it was dangerous. If he hadn't reminded me, I would have ignored Hitler's flight from the battlefield. When we attack the artillery positions in the western suburbs of Kuban, we can't fight down in a short time. When we capture the enemy's positions and advance towards zaborosh, Hitler and Manstein will have enough time to escape by plane.

Thinking of this, I stood up and said to Elijah politely, "Comrade commander, please go and invite sergeant adir, the scout, in. I'll ask him about the distribution of German forces at the airport."

Elia agreed, turned and walked out of the headquarters to find sergeant adir. Kirilov, as a commissar of the armed forces and politics, did not think about military issues, but political issues. As soon as Elia left, he cautiously asked me, "Comrade oshanina, although your report has not attracted the attention of commander haridonov, should we report this to other commanders at a higher level?"

A higher level commander? When I heard this word, I was stunned for a moment, and then I realized that kirilov asked me to report this to vatujing, commander of the front army. I nodded and said with approval, "Comrade political commissar, what you said is reasonable. This matter is of the greatest concern, and must be reported to the higher authorities. Since commander haridonov does not believe in our intelligence, he should send a telegram to general vatukin, commander of the front army, to report this matter and see what his attitude is. "

As commander Elia went out to find sergeant adir, he didn't know when to answer, so oberstein took the initiative to send a message to the next telegraph room. Looking at oberstein's back, I felt more and more uneasy. I thought to myself, what should I do if vatukin doesn't believe our information and doesn't allow us to attack zaborosh?

"Comrade commander," I was just thinking, when I heard Bantai leiev calling me. Looking up, I saw him standing opposite me, leaning forward, with his hands on the edge of the table, as if he was looking at the map in front of me. I quickly turned my eyes to the map, waiting for him to continue. When he saw that my attention had been attracted by him, he went on to say, "you see, on the north side of our army, there are five divisions under the group army, but they are not used together. Instead, they are evenly distributed on the wide Ukrainian plain. In this way, it is difficult for the troops to form a strong ability to attack key positions; Once the enemy strikes back, the troops will be broken one by one. "

I carefully looked at the place that bantaileiev pointed to with his hand. According to the situation marked by the red and blue pencils on the picture, as he said, several divisions, which were originally powerful, are now laid flat on the attack front nearly 200 kilometers wide, and the troops have no defense depth and no reserves. Once the German forces concentrate their forces to attack one of them, It's going to throw the whole force into chaos.

Elia took adier back to the headquarters. Without waiting for adier to raise his hand to salute us, I called him to the table and asked him kindly, "Comrade sergeant, have you finished the reconnaissance of the airport?"“ Yes, comrade commander. " Adir answered me positively: "we had completed the reconnaissance of zaborosh airport before we captured the German prisoners."“ Let's talk about the situation. " I said faintly. At the same time, I felt a lot more confident. As long as our scout's work on the airport is completed, the next battle will be easy to fight“ According to our reconnaissance, the German army probably has two companies of national defense forces and a platoon of SS in the airport. " Adil replied in accordance with the regulations: "at the entrance of the airport, there is a tank and two machine gun fire points. In the airport, there are three patrols of ten people who are patrolling continuously... "When adir told us about the situation of the airport, I asked," sergeant, if we want to send troops to attack the airport, how many troops do you think we need to send? " Adil listened to my question, frowned and thought about it, and then replied, "Comrade commander, if our troops can have a tank company and two infantry companies, I think it's no problem to win the airport."“ Oh, comrade sergeant, how can you be so confident? " I didn't expect Adil to be so confident that he could not help but ask him curiously, "can you tell us the reason?"“ Comrade commander, according to my observation, due to the limited area of the airport, the Garrison's dormitory is next to the fuel depot and ammunition depot. As long as our assault tank troops accurately hit these two targets and detonate the fuel depot and ammunition depot, how much do you think the enemy can have left after the violent explosion? "