Chapter 937

"Major general Bantai leiev, please tell all the commanders and fighters of the guard division." In order to let bantaileiev understand the importance of my command accurately, I did not call him his position any more, but called him his rank for the first time, "after the attack, the attack on HAMA city should be faster! The main position of your division crossing the river is no more than seven kilometers away from the defensive position outside HAMA city. Ask commanders at all levels to seize the time to attack with all their strength. First, don't worry about the consumption of ammunition; second, don't worry about the casualties of the troops, just launch a fierce attack on the enemy's position. Before dawn, I want to see HAMA occupied by our army. "

After I put down the phone, kirilov said to me in surprise: "Comrade commander, every time you ordered, you would consider how to complete the superior's order and reduce the casualties of the troops. It's the first time I've heard from you about such an unusual order today. "

Not only kirilov was confused by my orders, but wittkov also looked at me in surprise. Seeing their expressions, I can only explain to them: "the political commissar, chief of staff, the German imperial division and the German skeleton division are oppressing from the East and the south of the city. With the present strength, equipment and combat effectiveness of the 171st division, they can not stop these two elite German divisions. So what we can do now is to seize a foothold or two on the other side and transfer all our troops to the West Bank of the Dnieper River. "

As for my statement, wittkov immediately expressed his support: "Comrade commander is right, we can blow up the floating bridge on the river after the whole army crosses the river, so that the German armored forces can not use the floating bridge to rush to the West Bank in the shortest time."

"The chief of staff is right." seeing that wittkov understood my intention, I continued to explain to kirilov: "the temperature has picked up recently, and the ice on the river began to gradually thin. In another two days, with the melting of the ice, their infantry could not get to the other side of the river unless they swam. On such a cold day, even if we don't shoot them and let them swim, it is estimated that when they go ashore, they will lose their fighting capacity because of the freezing water. That is to say, as long as we make it impossible for the German army to repair the pontoon, we can stabilize the front line in the Dnieper River in the short term. As long as we confine the German troops here for a period of time, the superior leaders will be able to use this precious time to deploy troops, adjust the deployment of troops, and turn the unfavorable situation on the battlefield at one stroke. "

Although bantailiev assured me that the main forces crossing the river would be able to attack the German forces in HAMA within an hour, together with the three regiments under the command of major akhromeyev. But their speed to HAMA city was affected by the slippery road in the dark. After an hour and a half, the main force is still three kilometers away from HAMA city. At this time, through the war report sent back by major akhromeyev, I knew that the battle between the third regiment and the German army had fallen into a stalemate.

I asked the operator to call ahlomeyev directly. I want to know the latest situation from him. After I got in touch, I didn't care if I was eavesdropped by the German army, so I spoke in Ming language: "Hello, comrade major, it's me. What's the situation there? "

"Report to the commander," perhaps because the call was not effective, akhromeyev yelled at the top of his voice, "Captain dubrovsky's battalion, Southeast of HAMA City, took the lead in rushing into the city. However, his troops were blocked by intensive German fire and could not continue to move forward. They are now sticking to a few blocks southeast of the city. "

"Major, where is the main force of the third regiment?" It's said that some troops have rushed into the city, but they can't continue to advance because of the great strength of the German army. I asked akhromeyev anxiously, "have you sent troops to reinforce them?"

"No, comrade commander." Akhromeyev said with some embarrassment: "because the enemy's firepower is strong and the troops are more than us, at present we and the first battalion have been separated by the German army. But from the sound of guns coming from the front, I can tell that my troops are still fighting tenaciously. "

"Major akhromeyev, the attack cannot stop." I said to him sternly, "the main force of the guard division is coming to you. If you persist for another half an hour, the reinforcements will arrive."

"Yes, comrade commander." Akhromeyev assured me that "as long as there is one person in the third regiment, our attack on the German positions will not stop."

Listening to akhromeyev's tragic words, I said impatiently, "come on, comrade major, don't say that in front of me. There are still many battles to fight. You can't just die. Remember that as soon as the reinforcements arrive, you should cooperate with them and work together to eliminate the remaining enemies in the city. Now the first thing to do is to send someone to contact the 1st battalion and ask them how things are going there. Do you understand? "

"Yes," akhromeyev replied very simply, "I'll send a correspondent to contact the first battalion right away."

At the end of akhromeyev's call, I asked the new Kazakh operator to get in touch with gurtyev division and ask them about the situation there.

After shouting at the transmitter for a long time, the Kazakh operator put the earphone and transmitter on the table. Then he went to the table and raised his hand to report to us: "Comrade commander, I have just contacted the 308th division. They are approaching the town of kliloway along highway H08. In about ten minutes, the attack on the town will start."

"Comrade telegraph operator," witkov reached out to him as he saw the telegraph operator turn to return to his position. He asked with concern, "have they carried out any reconnaissance on the situation in the town?"

"According to the report, they have mastered the distribution of German forces in the town, and gurdyev is assigning combat tasks to commanders at all levels," the operator nodded and replied positively

"Very well, comrade telegraph operator, you have done a good job." After hearing this, vetkov patted him on the shoulder and then said to him, "there's nothing for you here. Go back to work first."

After witkov and the other operators left, he looked at the map on the table, then looked up to me and said, "Comrade commander, at present, our two main divisions have all crossed the Dnieper River and are advancing towards the depth of the German army. But in this way, we become empty here. There are only more than 4000 people from the 171st division in the city. I think it is an impossible task to block the German imperialists and skeletons. "

I nodded in agreement with wittkov's analysis, and then said, "chief of staff, you are quite right. The city of muzaborosh was very empty. At dawn, even if the German army only launched a wave of attack, maybe the city would be occupied by them. Therefore, we must speed up our attack, take HAMA, which is nearest to us, and take it as the center to build a new defensive position against the German attack. "

"Comrade oshanina, are you really not going to fight a hard war with the German army in zaboroshiri?" Kirilov saw that I gave the order to give up the city, so he asked anxiously, "if you want to know, it's OK to fight with the troops of the 171st division and delay the German army in the city for a day or two."

"Comrade political commissar, although we are not going to fight against the German army in the city today, we will continue to stay on the West Bank of the Dnieper River in the near future to contain the German army so that they can not dispatch more troops to attack our Sixth Army."

About half an hour later, the old telegraph operator stood up and reported to me, "Comrade commander, commander of the 22nd division of Jinwei, general bantaileiev wants to talk to you."

When I heard that Bantai leyev was looking for me again, I couldn't help muttering that he must have something to ask me when he came to me at this time. So when I heard his voice, I didn't talk nonsense with him, but directly asked: "major general Bantai, what's the matter?"

"Well, comrade commander." Bantaileiev began to pour out bitter water to me: "our division's first regiment, second regiment, fourth regiment and new third regiment have reached their designated positions respectively. The officers and men of the second and third regiments attacked the enemy together. However, due to the fierce firepower of the German troops relying on fortifications, our several attacks have failed and ended. I ask you to provide our offensive forces with the necessary artillery support, even a few mortars

I have participated in a lot of battles. Even if the attacking forces are not covered by artillery fire, they will surely pay a heavy price if they only attack with their flesh and blood and braved the enemy's barrage of bullets, which I do not want to see. Thinking of this, I said to Bantai leiev, "don't worry, sir. I will solve the problem of artillery support for you."

Put down the phone, I thought, although we have five battalions of artillery in name, the number of artillery we can use is very limited. Even if artillery support is provided, the effect will not be very good. After much deliberation, I got the telegraph operator to get through to perskin's tank battalion.

When I heard pelsjian's voice mingled with the roar of the tank motor, I yelled at the transmitter, "Hey, comrade major, where's your unit?"

"Report to the commander," peresjian had to shout at the top of his voice because of the loud noise, "our battalion has passed the pontoon successfully and is heading for HAMA city. At present, it's only two or three kilometers away from HAMA city. It only takes us a few minutes to get to the battlefield and provide artillery cover for our troops when they attack. "

"Great, that's great." I was overjoyed to hear that. As long as the tank battalion arrived at HAMA on time, the next attack would be much easier. So I yelled at the microphone and said, "major, order your troops to speed up and get closer to HAMA city. When you arrive at your destination, you will rush directly into the city and smash up the German army's organizational structure and command system, so that the enemy will be in chaos on the battlefield, so that we can have a chance. "

The tank battalion is about to arrive at HAMA city. If it doesn't communicate with the friendly forces and doesn't get the active cooperation of the infantry, then the tanks rushing into the city will be destroyed one by one by the enemy's anti tank fighters like shooting at a target. So what I'm looking for next is Bantai leiev, and I said to him in a loud voice: "Comrade division, major pelsky's tank battalion will soon arrive outside HAMA city. You immediately order the second and third regiments that are carrying out the attack to suspend and make way for the tank battalion. At the same time, let the infantry units follow behind the tanks and attack the city. "

"Yes, comrade commander." Bantaileiev replied in a loud voice: "I immediately called the heads of the second and third regiments to ask them to stop attacking temporarily and make way for the tanks."

When I see that I have explained all the problems that should be explained to the following. Wittkov asked me tentatively, "Comrade commander, when will our military headquarters be transferred?" Seeing me looking at him with a puzzled look on my face, he quickly added: "once the day comes, the German army may bombard and bomb the enemy. If we do not move until then, we are bound to pay some unnecessary casualties. Therefore, I suggest that the headquarters be divided into two parts. You and the political commissar should take part of the personnel and communication equipment of the headquarters to the other side of the Dnieper River; And I'll stay in this headquarters with the rest of you, and I'll be responsible for the command tasks before you take command. " I didn't immediately express my position on wittkov's proposal. Instead, I turned around and asked kirilov, "Comrade political commissar, how did you consider this matter?" Kirilov, with his brows constricted, gazed at wittkov for a long time before he said, "Comrade oshanina, I agree with the chief of staff. You are the head of an army. You should lead part of the headquarters personnel and communication equipment to the other side of the river as soon as possible. And I stayed with the chief of staff to command the 171st division against the German attack. "“ Comrade political commissar, what did you say? Would you like to stay in the headquarters and go across the river with me to build a new headquarters? " When I heard kirilov was going to stay, I couldn't help getting worried. I kindly reminded him, "once it's dawn, the city will definitely be the focus of German aircraft bombing. It's too dangerous for you to stay here. You'd better go to the other side of the river with me?" Kirilov waved his hand and said firmly again: "Comrade oshanina, I have decided to stay in the city with the chief of staff to stabilize the morale of the army, and strive to block the German attack longer, so as to gain more precious time for you on the other side of the river." Seeing that I still wanted to persuade him, he waved his hand and said to Pugachev, "with the help of the major, I believe the new headquarters will be put into use soon. It's getting late. You'd better take people away as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late to wait for dawn. "