Chapter 911

After adir finished, Bantai leiev coughed gently, and then said to me respectfully, "Comrade commander, I have two plans. Do you want to hear them?"

"Go ahead, comrade bandeleev." I didn't expect Bantai leiev would give me some advice. After a little consternation, he soon returned to normal and encouraged him with a friendly tone, saying, "you know, I will definitely give you division to finish the task of attacking the airport. Now that you have a complete attack plan, let's talk about it. Let's study it and see if there is anything that needs to be improved. "

Bantailiev pointed to the map and said to me, "Comrade commander, the first plan, which you just mentioned, is to concentrate our division and gurdyev division to launch a fierce attack on the German anti-aircraft artillery position on the west side of Kuban. Once the breakthrough is completed, the troops will take advantage of the situation and rush to zaborosh to seize the city; Second, when our two divisions attacked German positions in turn, they sent an elite detachment to bypass the enemy's positions and plunge directly into the German airfield. As long as we capture the German airfield, it will cut off Hitler's retreat. When we launch the final attack on zaborosh, Hitler and Manstein have only two choices: one is to lead the troops to retreat to the opposite side of the Dnieper River; the other is to lead the troops to retreat to the opposite side of the Dnieper River; The other is to remain in the city as our prisoner

As for the two plans put forward by bantailiev, I nodded noncommittally, secretly comparing the advantages and disadvantages of the two plans. After thinking for a moment, we found that the two schemes have their own shortcomings. Although the first plan is safe, it is a waste of time. Who knows how long it will take our troops to seize the German artillery positions and how long it will take them to reach zaborosh? When we attack the city, the cauliflower will be cold. Maybe Hitler will be gone. The second plan is a bit risky. There are more troops going to attack the airport, which is easy to expose our intention in advance; There are fewer people going to the airport, and we can't quickly destroy the garrison at the airport. As soon as the German army in the city comes out to meet us, our team will be in danger of being destroyed.

Without waiting for me to give Bantai leiev a definite answer, oberstein, who went to the telegraph room next door, came back. He didn't come back alone, and was followed by lieutenant razumeyeva, the company commander of division communication company I was familiar with. When I saw the two men appear in the headquarters at the same time, I had a sense of foreboding. When they came to me and stopped, I asked sternly, "commander oberstein, what's the matter? Why did you call lieutenant razumeyeva? "

Oberstein's mouth twitched for a moment, then handed me a telegram paper and said in a helpless tone: "Comrade commander, this is the reply from the headquarters of the front army. They also did not believe that Hitler would appear in zaborosh at this time and ordered our army to temporarily stop all military operations and stay in place to cover the left wing of the friendly forces, so as to prevent the German armored forces deployed in the Tokamak area from attacking our flanks. "

When I heard that my report was questioned, my blood rushed to my head and I was so angry that I slapped it on the table. Originally, I wanted to scold these arrogant superiors, but when I saw that there were all my subordinates around, I swallowed these words back. I could only sit in my own position and sulk.

"Comrade oshanina," after a while, I heard kirilov's voice ring in my ear and quickly turned to look at him. Kirilov saw that I had noticed him and went on, "what are you going to do next? Do you follow the instructions of your superiors and simply ensure the flanks of the friendly forces, or do you have other plans? "

Instead of answering kirilov, I looked up at oberstein standing in front of me. Normally, oberstein was only ordered to send a telegram to the communication room next door. No matter how the superior replied, he would come back alone. There's no need to bring the company commander. He must have some ideas when he does this. I have to figure out what's going on. So I asked, "Comrade commander, I want to ask you, why did you think of calling lieutenant razumeyeva?"

"Comrade commander, with all due respect." Oberstein said to me with a smile: "as far as I know, in the face of such a good fighter, no matter what the superior said, you will not give up easily." Seeing that I nodded in agreement with his statement, he went on to say, "since neither the group army nor the headquarters of the front army believe your report, then we can go beyond the ranks to report it to the higher leaders."

Oberstein's words brightened my eyes. Yes, haridonov and vatukin didn't believe my report because they didn't understand me. If I could report this information to the senior commander I am familiar with, it would be a different picture. Thinking of this, I stood up, went to razumeyeva, reached for her arms, and asked softly, "Lieutenant, can you still contact Marshal Zhukov's radio station?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Razumeyeva respectfully replied: "I still have a communication channel with the Soviet marshal, which can send the latest information to the Marshal's headquarters."

"In that case, comrade lieutenant," I urged her with two gentle slaps of my hands on her arm, "go back to the telegraph room immediately and send another copy of the information we have to Marshal Zhukov."

"Please rest assured that I will complete the task." Razumeyeva raised her hand to salute me, then turned and left. In order to grasp the situation in time, Elia, chief of staff of the division, walked out of the headquarters behind razumeyeva.

After they left, the rest of us sat at the table, no one spoke, thinking about their own thoughts in silence. At this time, I felt a bug flying around in front of my left eye. I raised my hand to drive it away and scolded in a low voice.

Kirilov heard my curse and asked with concern, "Comrade oshanina, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, comrade political commissar." As I continued to wave away the mosquitoes flying around in front of my left eyes, I replied, "there is a disgusting mosquito, always flying around in front of me."

"Mosquitoes?" When I said that, kirilov's face showed a look of surprise. He asked in surprise, "my God, this mosquito is so tenacious. The temperature of minus 20 degrees didn't freeze it to death."

Oberstein, who saw me waving, put his head together and tried to help me get rid of the annoying mosquitoes. But after looking at it for a while, he asked me in surprise: "Comrade commander, I didn't see any mosquitoes?"

"I've been flying around in front of my eyes. Don't you see that?" When I just wanted to show them where the damned mosquitoes were, the mosquitoes that were always flying in front of me disappeared.

"Comrade commander," bantailiev saw that I had stopped repelling mosquitoes, and asked me again, "if the Soviet Marshal agreed to our request, which plan should we adopt to deal with the German airport?"

"Comrade bantailiev, your two plans are very good, but they are far from perfect." I politely said to bandeleev: "the first plan takes too long, and it is not likely to achieve the desired results; The second plan is too risky. If the small team attacking the airport can not seize the airport in the shortest time, they may be besieged by the superior German troops who come from the city to reinforce them. "

After I finished, Bantai leiev asked carefully, "then, comrade commander, do you have any good plan?"

"I have a plan. Let's talk about it." As for how to seize the enemy's airport, I personally prefer to take advantage of intelligence rather than attack by force. Therefore, the plan I have put forward is mainly based on sneak attack: "I intend to send a unit to disguise as a German unit to sneak attack the enemy's airport. In any case, we have seized a lot of German materials in the past few days of fighting, among which there should be a lot of their military uniforms, which can be used for purposes. "

"Comrade commander, is this necessary?" As for my plan, bantaileiev first expressed his opposition, "the number of German troops in the airport is limited. As long as we send out a battalion or so of troops, coupled with a tank company, we can easily seize the airport. Why do we have to disguise ourselves to sneak attack?"

As for Bantai leiev's doubts, I patiently explained to him: "Comrade division, although the number of garrison at the airport is small, their combat effectiveness can not be underestimated. You know, our scouts were not weak in combat, but they had an encounter with the garrison at the airport. After the war, only sergeant adir and another soldier got out of danger. If we make a strong attack, once we can't take down the airport in the shortest time, and when German reinforcements rush in from the city, our troops will fall into an embarrassing situation. How many people will come back alive by then is an unknown number. "

When I heard that the troops attacking the airport might be surrounded by German superior forces because they could not occupy the airport in a short period of time, bantaileiev was silent.

Oberstein saw that bantaileiev did not speak, so he quickly came out of the fight: "Comrade commander, which army do you plan to carry out the sneak attack? You should know that Godunov's troops are still dragged by the Germans near Tokamak, so they can't be transferred out in a short time. "

"Comrade political commissar, what's your opinion?" Before answering oberstein's question, I habitually turned around and asked kirilov, "which army do you think is suitable for this task?"

When kirilov saw that I had given him the difficult problem, he gave a smile and then replied, "Comrade commander, the combat effectiveness of the military and police barracks is good at present. I suggest that two companies be drawn from them and another company be drawn from the reconnaissance battalion to form a mixed battalion to carry out the task of this sneak attack."

I heard kirilov say this, nodded with satisfaction, and then added: "the strength of the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion alone may be a little weak. I suggest that two more companies be transferred from gurdyev division. In addition, the tank company cooperating with the operation will seize the enemy's airport, so there will be no big problem. "

"I agree." As soon as I finished, kirilov expressed his support in time: "I believe that with such a force, there is no problem in seizing the airport guarded by only two companies of German troops. Even if we can't capture the airport, as long as we blow up the runway of the airport and destroy all the planes in the airport, Hitler will be unable to fly. There is no other way for him to go but to flee to the other side of the Dnieper, or to remain in the city as our prisoner. "

With that, kirilov took action. He picked up the phone on his desk, dialed the army headquarters, and conveyed my order to chief of staff Vitkov. After he transferred the troops, he immediately came to Kuban by truck to assemble. As soon as kirilov's phone call was over, Elia came in in a hurry and reported to me with an excited look on her face: "the return call from comrades commander and field marshal of the Soviet Union has arrived." Then he handed me a telegram. I took the telegram and scanned it quickly. Zhukov really trusted me very much. He not only believed the situation I reported to him, but also proposed that if the headquarters of the group army and the front army did not agree to my attack, I could act easily. If anything went wrong, he would bear it. When I saw Zhukov's telegram, I felt completely at ease. I stood up and announced aloud to the commanders on the scene: "comrades, Marshal Zhukov's telegram says that we can specify the necessary battle plan according to the enemy's situation on the battlefield, so I now officially announce that I will personally direct the attack on the German airfield."“ What? " All the people were startled by my words. Kirilov was the first to speak and said, "Comrade oshanina, this operation is too dangerous. As the head of the first army, you can't risk yourself! Otherwise, give the task to the commander you can trust in the bantailiev division, such as commander xiejerikov, commander Oleg or commander Gaidar. Anyway, as a commander, you can't take risks easily. "“ Yes, political commissar kirilov is right. " Hearing kirilov's words, others also said, "this sneak attack on the airport can send other people, you can't take risks."“ Well, don't argue! " I was afraid that they would continue to make trouble like this, and I didn't know when it would end, so I decisively interrupted them and used my authority to suppress their different opinions: "you are all veteran soldiers. Don't you know that the orders of the superior can only be carried out and are not allowed to be discussed?" Seeing what I said, several people had no choice but to say, "well, since that's the case, we will obey the order!"