Chapter 938

I understand kirilov's concern. He is worried that if he and I withdraw to the other side of the river, it will have a negative impact on the commanders and fighters who deeply trust us, and seriously affect the morale of the defenders in the city.

For this reason, I didn't persuade kirilov any more, so I sighed, reached out to him and said, "Comrade political commissar, I'll go to the other side of the river to set up a new headquarters and wait for you and the chief of staff. You two must pay attention to your own safety. As soon as our defensive position on the West Bank is stable, you will lead your troops across the river as soon as possible. "

Kirilov listened to me, nodded and said to me with concern, "Comrade oshanina, the situation on the other side of the river is much better than ours. You should pay more attention to safety."

When witkov shook hands with me to say goodbye, he had only one simple sentence: "Comrade commander, please take care!"

When I heard him say that, my nose became sour. In order to prevent myself from tears in public, I didn't dare to speak, but just pursed my lips and nodded. After loosening wittkov's hands, I waved my head to major Pugachev standing next to me and motioned him to come with me.

As members of our provisional headquarters were crossing the Dnieper River before the battle on the West Bank was completely over, I ordered that the provisional headquarters be set up on the island of holticha in the middle of the Dnieper River. The island used to be the place where the German troops were stationed. Most of the officers and men who crossed the river had been stationed here.

I learned from the battle report of Bantai leiev that there were two German companies stationed here. But when they shelled HAMA City, they had quietly crossed the second regiment of Dnieper River and gave the German a thunderbolt, which made the German army dizzy and disorientated in sleep. In addition to the fact that dozens of quick reaction soldiers escaped in disheveled clothes, The rest were either killed or captured by our army.

The room where our headquarters is located was probably the German battalion headquarters. As the enemy fled in a hurry, they didn't even have time to take the map from the wall. I stood alone in front of the map while Pugachev was leading the people to set up the headquarters, and learned about the enemy's force distribution according to the standard red and blue arrows on the map.

But when I came to the conclusion that there were not many German troops in the West Bank, the headquarters were in place. Pugachev reported to me: "Comrade commander, we have seized some German documents here. It seems that the contents of the documents are related to the intelligence of the enemy's troop mobilization and defense deployment."

I took the documents from his hand, looked at them casually, and found that they were all written in German that I didn't understand at all. Then I handed them back to him, and said, "Comrade major, please give these documents to lieutenant gretka, and let him translate them for us. What about the enemy's deployment in the vicinity?"

After Pugachev left with the papers, I continued to study the map on the wall. Although we occupied the German battalion command post and captured their battle map and some documents, I don't expect to learn too much useful information from it. After all, the rank of battalion officers is too low, and the superior only needs them to carry out their own forces. They can't know how the next campaign will be carried out.

I went up to the operator and told him, "Comrade operator, contact major akhromeyev for me. I want to ask him how things are going there."

The operator's business is skilled, only a few minutes to contact akhromeyev. When I heard the major's voice coming from the earphone, I didn't talk too much nonsense. Instead, I asked directly, "major, what's the situation there?"

"Report to the commander." Akhromeyev's voice excitedly reported that: "as major perskin's tank battalion arrived in time, we have mastered the initiative of the battlefield. As long as our tanks fire at the windows that are still blazing fire, the enemy's resistance will stop immediately. "

"When the tanks were attacking the city, did you send troops to follow up in time?" I was afraid that he would stay in the fortification and watch the tanks rush into the city. He was also worried to remind him that "tanks without infantry cover will become the targets of German anti tank fighters in the streets of the city."

"Please rest assured, the tank battalion is divided into three small units to attack the city. I have sent a company of infantry behind each unit. In addition, more than 20 armored vehicles of the tank battalion also followed closely behind the tanks and advanced towards the city. At present, our troops have occupied three quarters of HAMA City, and we are sure to solve the battle in 20 minutes for the rest. "

"What happened to captain dubrovsky's battalion?" When I heard that HAMA was about to be occupied by us, I suddenly thought of a battalion that had just been separated by the German army, so I asked, "have you sent someone to contact them?"

"I have been in touch with you for a long time, comrade commander." Akhromeyev respectfully reported to me that: "the German army launched five charges against the area firmly guarded by the first battalion, and even one charge into the defense area of the second company. The company commander, Captain Rosenberg, personally led a platoon of commanders and fighters to counter attack, and even launched a white-edged battle with the enemy."

"The white sword battle?" To be honest, this is the last word I like to hear in defensive warfare, because it means that both US and the enemy will pay a heavy price in battle“ How about the casualties of the second company, and how many officers and men are left to continue fighting? "

"Two companies are in shovel wars, because the soldiers are using spades almost, so we are far less casualties than the enemy." Akhromeyev carefully reported to me: "however, due to the heavy casualties of the second company in the early fighting, so far, there are less than 50 people left in the company with more than 200 people."

"I see." It's said that there are still nearly 50 people left in the company. I feel much more secure. Fortunately, the 22nd division of the guards has a large number of troops. If it were replaced by the 171st or 308 division, many battalions would not have 200 troops“ Please tell captain Rosenberg not to worry about the casualties of the troops. Those positions will be victorious as soon as possible. As for the soldiers lost in the battle, I will try to supplement them. "

Just after the call with akhromeyev, Pugachev came in from the outside with lieutenant gretka. They came to me and stopped. After Pugachev raised his hand to salute, he reported to me, "Comrade commander, I have considered that there are too many documents. If we wait for Comrade gretka to translate them to you, it may take a lot of time, so I called him over and asked him to translate them for you on the spot."

"It's very thoughtful of you, major Pugachev." As for Pugachev's self assertion, I laughed with satisfaction and said sincerely, "in this way, our work efficiency will be greatly improved."

With these words, I turned my eyes to gretka, who was standing next to me. I pulled down his hand which was raised on his forehead, held it tightly, shook it a few times, and said in a friendly way, "Comrade lieutenant, please help me translate these documents I just captured. First, start with the most important documents."

Gretka agreed, took the document from Pugachev's hand and began to look through it. He is very quick to turn over. Maybe he wants to find out important documents from the middle as soon as possible. I'm thinking about whether I should find something else to do first, so as not to wait like this. At this moment, gretka suddenly stopped, took out a document and looked at it carefully.

Seeing his brow tightening, I knew in my heart that what he had found must be an important document. I immediately asked, "Comrade lieutenant, what have you found? Is it an important document? "

After hearing my question, gretka read the contents of the document at a glance, then he raised his head and reported to me, "Comrade commander, this is an important document issued by the German command."

"Important documents?" When he heard that, he immediately aroused the interest of Pugachev standing next to him. He asked curiously, "Comrade lieutenant, tell me what's written in the document?"

Gretka didn't answer immediately, but turned to me. Seeing that I nodded my permission, he coughed, raised the document with his right hand, and said in a leisurely manner: "the German command ordered the commander of this battalion to continue to feint at zaborosh in the following days, making a situation that the main German force was still on the West Bank of the river, so that our army did not dare to cross the Dnieper River rashly."

"Since the enemy wants this battalion to be the main force, their main force is certainly not here." I vaguely heard the hidden conspiracy of Manstein from this document. In order to find out what was going on, I asked: "where are the main forces of the German army?"

Gretka came to the map with the document, pointed to the German place name on it, and continued to report to me: "Comrade commander, the main force of the enemy has turned north, trying to cross the Dnieper River from Dnepropetrovsk to attack our department of Voronezh front army."

After listening to gretka's words, I just let out a whisper, and didn't take the matter to heart at all. My consideration is that if Manstein really took the main force of the German army northward to cross the river and attack the Voronezh front army of general Golikov, we would be in front of the extremely empty rear of the German army, and we would make a world shaking here. From the day I disobeyed the military order of haridonov, I told myself silently in my heart: no matter what other people think, I must do things according to my own ideas. As a person who does not exist in history, I don't care what the future history will be like.

Thinking of this, I asked gretka again, "Comrade lieutenant, does this document say how many German troops have left on the West Bank?"

Gretka took a look and quickly replied, "according to the document, before he left, Manstein left two companies on the island and a battalion in HAMA. Most of the other small towns have mobile phones, but the number is usually only about one row. "

"What a cunning man Stein." After listening to gretka's words, I had to praise his "empty city plan" after I secretly scolded Manstein. The tank assault method he used yesterday almost disrupted the deployment of our city. If a Soviet commander was replaced, he must have tried every means to strengthen the fortifications to resist the German attacks from all sides. But he didn't expect that he met a man who didn't play cards according to common sense. He didn't want to fight a war of attrition with his elite troops in zaborosh, but unexpectedly crossed the Dnieper River and fought a counterattack from the German army.

After I understood Manstein's intention, I had a new idea about the next military deployment. I quickly came to the telephone and told the operator with earphones, "connect me with general gurdyev immediately. I want to talk to him."

When I contacted gurdyev, I just gave a "hello" to the transmitter, and then I heard the other party's excited voice: "Comrade commander, I have good news for you. Our division's vanguard troops have successfully captured the town of krilova, and are now cleaning up the remnant enemies in the town. The German army on the West Bank of the river was really vulnerable. We only launched a company level charge and broke through the German defense positions... "Comrade General," I didn't wait for him to finish, but I directly interrupted him and said mildly, "I don't know whether the combat effectiveness of the German army is vulnerable. But I want to tell you something else. Perhaps before we sneaked in last night, the main German forces had withdrawn from the vicinity, leaving only a small number of left behind forces to contain our troops deployed by the river. "“ What, the main force of the German army has shifted? " When gurdyev heard the news, he was also surprised. He asked in surprise, "where is the main force of the German army now?"“ According to the information we have captured, the enemy intends to cross the Dnieper River from Dnepropetrovsk to attack general Golikov's Voronezh front army. " At this time, I don't care whether my Ming language calls will be overheard by the German army. I just hope that my commanders can understand the German army's movement in the shortest time, so that they can adjust their deployment according to the changes of the battlefield in the next battle“ I see, comrade commander. " After listening to what I said, gurdyev immediately declared his position to me: "after clearing up the remnants of the German army in kerilova Town, I will send troops to continue to advance northward and build fortifications in suitable areas to prevent the German army from suddenly going south and launching attacks on our army."“ Very well, general gurdyev. You have considered it very comprehensively. Do as you wish. "