Chapter 942

As soon as the pre war mobilization meeting was over, bandeleev and gurdyev returned to the army with their extremely emotional commanders. According to my order, the troops set out for kafbas as soon as they had assembled. In order to have a unified command of the army, I handed over the command to Bantai leiev. After all, he used to be my deputy. I know his situation better. In addition, his qualifications are older than gurdyev's. If he was asked to command the army, gurdyev would not have any complaints. As for the vanguard force, it is of course major gordonov's new third regiment.

Kirilov and I stayed in the headquarters, waiting for the arrival of the mysterious guerrilla captain Romanov. Seeing me walking restlessly back and forth in the headquarters, kirilov couldn't help but ask curiously, "Comrade oshanina, the incoming guerrilla leader, comrade Romanov, used to be just a division commander. You've seen commanders higher than him. Don't be so nervous."

When I heard kirilov's words, I realized that I was a bit impolite. I quickly went back to the table and sat down. I coughed, cleared my throat, and said calmly, "Comrade political commissar, you don't know. Although the guerrillas can't destroy the German army, they can cause endless troubles to the enemy. Although the rank of this comrade Romanov is not high, he has, after all, been commanding the troops in the enemy's rear for one or two years. He must be much more familiar with the terrain of Ukraine than we are. With such a guide, we can act in the enemy's rear area more like a fish in water. "

Kirilov listened to me, frowned and thought about it, then said thoughtfully, "well, you have a point. Although we are now in the empty rear of the German army, if we are not familiar with the terrain and the distribution of the enemy's forces, we will feel constrained when we fight. "

"Yes, that's it." In order to hide my true thoughts, I followed kirilov's words and said, "if there is no suitable guide, we will send scouts to conduct reconnaissance before we capture an enemy town. This is not only a waste of time, but also easy to delay the fight. Therefore, the arrival of Comrade Romanov can greatly improve the efficiency of our attack. By the way, comrade political commissar, what kind of post do you think is more suitable for him to hold in our army? "

After thinking for a moment, kirilov raised his head and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, what do you think of him as deputy chief of staff

"The deputy chief of staff in the army?" After listening to the post mentioned by kirilov, I immediately shook my head and denied it: "no, comrade political commissar, if this comrade Romanov was really a general before, do you think it's appropriate for him to serve as a deputy under a Colonel?"

"Yes, chief of staff vetkov is only a colonel. If Romanov, a former general, is allowed to serve as deputy, he will be treated with a little disrespect." Kirilov frowned again and thought about it, then said, "well, since he is a general, if you want to keep him in the army headquarters, let him be the deputy commander."

"Deputy commander?" When kirilov mentioned this position, I hesitated a little. Although I am the head of the first army, I really don't have the right to appoint someone as the deputy commander. He was about to shake his head and deny kirilov's proposal, but seeing that he was staring at me and waiting for me to make a final decision, I couldn't help changing my mind. "Comrade political commissar, as you know, I have no power to appoint a deputy commander under my authority. Well, I'll appoint him kirilov for the time being. Seeing that the relationship between them turned out to be between the superior and the subordinate, the smile on their faces became more intense. He stepped forward, introduced Romanov and said, "Comrade General, I'd like to introduce you. Colonel Vitkov is now the chief of staff of our 79th infantry army." At this point, he took the initiative to reach out to Romanov and said in a friendly way: "Comrade General, let me introduce myself. My name is kirilov, political commissar of the 79th infantry army."

Hearing kirilov show his identity, Romanov immediately salutes again. At this time, there was an earth shaking explosion outside, and even the ground under my feet was shaking slightly. Without waiting for me to ask what happened to the explosion outside, there was a second explosion.

"Comrade commander," wittkov explained to us in a raised voice, "this explosion was caused by our soldiers blowing up the floating bridge on the river to prevent German tanks from rushing over the bridge."

"You blew up the pontoon. Although the German tanks could not rush over the pontoon for the time being, their infantry could rush across the river from the ice." It was Romanov who said this. He asked with some worry, "have you left any defensive forces by the river?"

"Comrade division commander, please rest assured that I have left a guard force by the river." As for Romanov's worries, vetkov said with a smile: "moreover, due to the rising temperature, the ice in many river sections has become thinner. When my troops withdrew from the city, several officers and men crossing the river from the ice fell into the water due to the ice breaking. By the way, sir, have you had a good two years? "

"Well, chief of staff, let's talk about the past between you and general Romanov later." As there was something important to talk about, I didn't wait for Romanov to answer, so I said, "let's discuss the plan of seizing kafbas next."

"Comrade commander." When I finished, Romanov said politely, "I don't think it's difficult to capture kafbas. Just one battalion is enough to capture the city. " As for Romanov's attitude, I asked a little strangely, "Oh, comrade Romanov, listen to what you say, do you think it's a very easy thing to seize this city?"“ Yes, comrade commander. " Romanov still said politely: "it turns out that there are two battalions of German troops stationed in kafbasri, but I don't know why. The German troops suddenly transferred most of their troops during the day yesterday, leaving only two platoons in the city."“ what? There are only two German platoons in kafbas Romanov's information stunned me. Kirilov and I asked in one voice, "you can't be mistaken." Romanov shook his head and replied, "it can't be wrong. There are many of us among the residents in the city. It was after I got the information that I took the troops to the vicinity of kafbas and planned to sneak into the city and destroy the German army. I didn't expect to meet your reconnaissance troops outside the city. " When I heard this information, I called Pugachev to him and told him in a hurry: "Comrade major, you should send a message to major Godunov immediately, so that his troops can arrive outside the city of kafbas, join captain travkin's reconnaissance team, and immediately attack the city without waiting for other troops to arrive."“ Yes When Pugachev heard the order, he happily agreed and turned to give the order. Since there was no garrison in the city, our fight went very smoothly. Before dawn, the joint telegram of Godunov and travkin arrived. The message was very simple: "our army has eliminated the garrison in the city, successfully captured kafbas, and seized a large number of military materials accumulated by the German army here."