Chapter 921

After the report, the first reaction of the three of us was to shout, "it's impossible." The three of us stopped together after shouting this sentence at the same time. Kirilov and wittkov looked at each other and motioned for me to ask the truth.

I coughed habitually, cleared my throat, and then asked solemnly, "Comrade captain, did you say that the German troops in the city have retreated? Did you see it with your own eyes or did someone tell you that?" This matter matters most, so when I asked travkin, I tried to be more detailed.

"Comrade commander is right." as soon as my voice fell, before travkin had time to answer, wittkov next to him couldn't wait to remind him: "if you didn't see it with your own eyes, either your scout was wrong, or your scout was captured by the German, and was deliberately put back to spread false news."

As for witkov, who doubted the result of the reconnaissance, travkin only took a look, then faced me, straightened his back, and solemnly reported to me, "Comrade commander, I saw the German retreat with my own eyes." In order to strengthen the persuasion, he added: "when the Scout I sent to the city came back to report to me, I didn't believe the result of the reconnaissance, and even threatened the scout who reported to me that if he lied, I would shoot him. But the Scout assured me that he had seen all the German troops withdraw. In order to confirm his news, I went to the city specially. After a search, I found that zaborosh had become an empty city. "

After listening to the report of travkin, I walked back and forth in the headquarters with my hands behind my back, thinking about what medicine the German army sold in the gourd. They were near zaborosh, with several divisions and at least one division in the city. Compared with us, in addition to their geographical advantages, they also have the advantage of convenient military strength and weaponry.

Looking at my delay in speaking, vetkov was a little anxious. He said with a roar: "Comrade commander, I think there is something wrong with it. The main force of the German army has not been damaged at all. It is very easy to block our attack. But now, without firing a shot, they quietly withdraw from the city. There must be some conspiracy. Maybe they have dug a trap and are waiting for our troops to jump in. "

I stopped, looked up at wittkov, nodded and said, "Comrade chief of staff, you are quite right. It must be a problem that the German army withdrew from the city so quietly. Manstein now has two elite troops, the imperial division and the skull division. If we really want to fight, we can't compete with any of them. So I think the enemy's quietly withdrawing from the city this time must be brewing some big conspiracy. "

"What shall we do now?" As soon as I finished speaking, wittkov immediately asked me for instructions.

What should we do? Wittkov's problem really baffles me. It's getting late now. If the German army has an ambush in the city and I rush to send troops into the city, I may suffer heavy losses. Before I made a final decision, kirilov had offered to me: "Comrade oshanina, although the German army has retreated from the city, we have not yet sent troops to occupy the city. According to my opinion, this matter will not be reported to the higher authorities for the time being. As for what's going on in the city, we'll send an army to check it out after daybreak, and then we'll decide what to do next. Do you think I can make such an arrangement? "

"Comrade political commissar, you have considered it very comprehensively." As for kirilov's proposal, I only thought about it for a few seconds, then I resolutely agreed with it, and then told wittkov: "chief of staff, you should call Godunov and pereskin in Kuban, and ask them to leave at six o'clock tomorrow morning and report to the army headquarters."

"OK, I'll call them right away." After receiving the order, wittkov immediately picked up the phone on the desk and dialed Kuban's line. After a short silence, I heard him saying in a loud voice, "Hello, operator, this is colonel witkov. Get me the new third regiment of Kuban immediately. Yes, the new third regiment. Find me major Godunov, the leader of the new third regiment. "

Soon I heard Godunov's voice coming out of the receiver. I quickly stepped forward, took the phone from Vitkov's hand, and said to the receiver, "Hello, is that major Godunov? I'm oshanina

"Hello, comrade commander." Hearing my voice, Godunov asked respectfully, "would you like to call me at this time? Do you have any combat tasks to hand over to our regiment?"

"You are right, comrade major." As I was not worried that the cable phone would leak, I told him straightforwardly: "according to the report of the scout, the German army has quietly withdrawn from zaborosh. At present, the whole city is an empty city."

"Don't worry, comrade commander." before I finished, Godunov said hastily, "I'll gather the troops immediately and arrive at zaborosh overnight. We must control all the important fortifications in the city before dawn."

"Comrade major, you are too anxious." I couldn't help laughing at Godunov's eagerness to fight. Then I said to him, "your regiment will continue to rest and leave at six tomorrow morning to meet us at the headquarters at the airport. By the way, before you set out, call major pelsjian up to guard zaborosh. You can't rely on your infantry alone without tank troops. "

"Yes, comrade commander." Godunov replied loudly, "I'll pass your order on to major perskin."

"Comrade commander, we have several regiments from the 22nd division of the guards, and they are not far from zaborosh. But why do you want to move from Kuban to major gordonov's new third regiment After I put down the phone, wittkov asked in a puzzled way, "I'm confused by your arrangement."

"Chief of staff," kirilov said to wittkov with a smile, "I've been with Comrade oshanina longer than you, and I know more about her. Since she arranged it in this way, she must have considered it carefully. Do you think so? " He asked me the last sentence.

"Yes, comrade political commissar, you are quite right." Although kirilov expressed his support and trust to me, I knew that he had doubts about my arrangement. So I took the opportunity to explain to them: "the new third regiment is composed of assault Engineering Battalion, and what they are good at is attack. This point is incomparable with other regiments of the 22nd division of the guards. The reason why I let the new third regiment enter the city was to prevent the German army from setting ambush in the city. With the combat effectiveness of shock engineers, even if they are ambushed by the German army, I believe that with their strength, even if they can't fight the enemy's attack, they can successfully withdraw from the city. "

"So it is." After listening to my explanation, kirilov and wittkov nodded with a sudden look.

At about seven o'clock the next morning, the dusty Godunov and pelsky arrived at the headquarters on the plane. After they saluted us, I went forward to shake hands with them one by one and asked them about their recent situation.

They didn't stay in the headquarters for long, so they accepted the new task assigned to them by Vitkov. After saluting us again, they left the headquarters and led the troops to zaborosh.

Less than an hour after they left, the operator reported to me, "Comrade commander, major Godunov is online. He wants to talk to you."

Seeing the happy expression of the operator, I knew that it must be good news. So I went over to put on my earphone and said to the transmitter with a smile, "major Godunov, do you have any good news to tell me?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Godunov excitedly reported to me that "our regiment and pelskin's tank battalion have taken control of the whole zaborosh. After careful search by our soldiers, no German was found in the city."

"Well done, comrade major." When I heard Godunov say that the whole zaborosh is under our control, I let down the boulder hanging in my heart, and then I said to him, "immediately send troops to the fortifications built by the German army, and make all preparations for fighting, so as not to let the Germans return."

When I put down my earphone and transmitter, I couldn't help but say to kirilov and wittkov, "commissar, chief of staff, it's good news. Major Godunov reported that his and major perskin's forces had taken control of the whole city of zaborosh, and no German troops were found in the city. "

"That's really good news." When kirilov said this, he and Vitkov looked at each other with a smile, and then suggested to me, "Comrade oshanina, I think we should report this matter to the group army command immediately, so that commander haridonov can be happy."

"Well, comrade political commissar, I agree with your proposal." After nodding my approval, I handed over the report to wittkov: "Comrade chief of staff, the telegram to the headquarters of the group army will be drafted by you."

"Well, I'll draft the telegram immediately." As soon as he finished, there was a dull explosion outside. When I heard the voice, I immediately frowned and asked discontentedly, "what happened? Where did the explosion come from?"

Wittkov went to the door of the cabin and went out to listen to the direction of the sound. This is another explosion. As we are all listening attentively, the explosion is clearer. Wittkov returned to the cabin, went to the desk, picked up the phone, dialed Bantai leiev, and asked aloud, "Hello, general Bantai leiev? I'm Vitkov. Did you hear the explosion just now? Is the "skeleton division" attacking you again

"No, comrade chief of staff." Judging from Bantai leiev's voice, I think he is confused about the situation. His next reply soon confirmed my conjecture: "today the German army did not attack us, so I sent people to the German Garrison for reconnaissance. According to the report of the returned scouts, the German garrison was empty. They may have moved to the other side of the Dnieper overnight. "

"I see." With these words, wittkov put down the phone, looked at me with a puzzled face and said, "Comrade commander, this is really strange. Not only did the German troops in zaborosh withdraw, but even the "skeleton division" in front of us didn't know where to go. What is the name of this man Stein

Although I knew that Manstein's action must be his conspiracy, I couldn't understand it in a hurry, so I had no choice but to command wittkov: "chief of staff, please draft the telegram to the group army command first. And try to figure out what happened to the explosion

As soon as I finished, the operator turned around and called out, "Comrade commander, major Godunov wants to talk to you. He says he has important information to report to you." I didn't know what gordonov was going to report to me, so when I spoke to the transmitter, I felt a little uneasy: "Hello, major, I'm oshanina. What's the matter with you?"“ Well, comrade commander. " "According to the observation post, the enemy has just blown up two floating bridges on the Dnieper River," gordunov reported with great speed When Godunov said this, I understood what happened to the explosion I heard a few minutes ago, so I relaxed and said to him, "maybe the Germans were afraid that we would use the floating bridge to cross the river, and then the bridge would be broken. Don't worry, major. Since we can't get by, so can the enemy. "“ It's not like that, comrade commander. " Godunov replied with some confusion: "the German army blew up the pontoon, just because their heavy equipment could not come over, but their infantry could rush into zaborosh at any time through the frozen river."“ what? Can the German infantry rush into the city through the ice on the river After listening to Godunov's report, I seemed to understand why Manstein would withdraw his troops. But I didn't immediately put out my guess. I simply told gordonov, "set up the defense in the direction facing the river, and I'll get to the city immediately."“ What's the matter? " Kirilov saw that I looked serious and asked with concern, "what new enemy situation has major gordonov reported?"“ Well, comrade political commissar. Major Godunov reported that the German army had blown up two floating bridges over the Dnieper River. "First, I would like to explain to kirilov and wittkov what the explosion sound was, and then I would say something else:" after blowing up the floating bridge, although the German army's heavy equipment could not pass, their infantry could rush into the city through the frozen river at any time. Now the situation has become more complicated. I have to go to the city immediately to see what's going on Kirilov listened to me and immediately said, "Comrade oshanina, I'll go with you. As for the affairs here, let the chief of staff be in charge for the time being. "