Chapter 949

Before the battle in the south of the city began, Romanov and I went to a building on the southernmost side of the city. We stood at the window on the fourth floor and raised our binoculars to look at the battlefield in front of us.

I don't know how many vehicles have run over the road in my field of vision. The thick snow has been pressed into a shiny ice layer, which is particularly dazzling under the sunshine. Four regiments about a battalion of soldiers, motionless lying in the trench dug out overnight, the muzzle of the gun pointed to the road.

Seeing this situation, Romanov came close to me and asked in a low voice, "Comrade commander, how come the German motorcade hasn't appeared yet? Have they found our ambush circle?"

"No, absolutely not." As for Romanov's worry, I explained to him: "the reason why the enemy's motorcade has not appeared may be two reasons: first, the reconnaissance team of the fourth regiment is far away from here; Second, the road was slippery, and the German motorcade had to slow down. Comrade deputy commander, be patient. You can see the enemy's motorcade after a while. "

"Well, since Comrade commander says so, we'll wait." With these words, Romanov raised his telescope again and continued to observe. After watching for a while, I suddenly heard him say in a soft voice: "thank God, the German team has finally arrived."

I was looking at the concealment of the officers and men of the fourth regiment. I heard Romanov's voice and quickly moved my telescope back to the road. In the distance, a group of trucks with awning were driving slowly towards this side. Maybe it's really because of the slippery road. The speed of the vehicles is not fast at all. I quietly counted them up: "one, two, three... Nineteen, twenty. Yes, the Scout is right. The enemy is twenty trucks, three trucks in the front and artillery in the back."

I put down my telescope, turned around and looked into the middle of the room. When the signalman saw me looking back at him, he picked up the phone on the desk and quickly dialed the headquarters of the fourth regiment. Then he reported to me, "Comrade commander, the phone is connected."

I went over, took the phone from the signalman, and said, "Hello, is that Colonel Gaidar? The enemy's motorcade has appeared. Is your regiment ready to fight? "

"Yes, comrade commander." Gaidar respectfully reported: "we are all ready. As soon as the German convoy enters our ambush circle, it will open fire and destroy the front and rear trucks, so that the vehicles in the middle are blocked on the road, so that they have no way to escape."

When I saw the artillery towed by the back of the truck, I had the idea of seizing the three heavy guns. But on second thought, if I gave such an order, it might make Gaidar feel constrained when they fight. It's better to let them play freely. As for whether they can capture the artillery, it depends on their luck.

As the motorcade drove into the ambush circle step by step, the tank, which was originally stopped behind the fourth regiment, also started. After a puff of black smoke from the rear of the tank, it drove slowly up the hillside. After stopping at the top of the hill, the long gun barrel stretched downward and slowly turned to the direction of the convoy.

Our tanks make so much noise that the officers and men in the German convoy are not blind. It is impossible that they can't see it. Therefore, the truck in the front has slowed down and seems to want to stop.

But it was too late. A fire burst out from the muzzle of the tank. A moment later, the head car on the road soared into the air, even higher than the slopes on both sides. When the truck fell down heavily, it was immediately torn apart, and the soldiers sitting in the truck were also thrown out like flying girls, lying motionless on the snow. I don't know whether they were stunned or killed on the spot.

The second shell directly hit the cab of the second truck, and the flaming truck suddenly tilted to the side. When the vehicle turned, the towed gun tilted to the ground, and the hook connecting the gun and the car clattered out. With the help of strong inertia, the gun slid out on the smooth road, It didn't stop until it hit the deformed gun held by the front car.

Then I saw the tank on the hillside launch for the third time. This time, the shell did not hit the truck, but landed next to it and exploded. The explosion overturned the truck that had just stopped. When the truck rolled to the side of the road and stopped, the soldiers in the carriage, like the seeds scattered by the seeder, were everywhere on the snow-white ground.

"That's great. That's great! Comrade commander, do you see that? Our tank soldiers are good. Three guns hit the target accurately. It's amazing. We should give him credit and honor... "After talking so much, Romanov said with regret:" it's just a pity that these three heavy guns, judging from the shelling effect just now, at least two of them have been reimbursed. "

Romanov said this for a reason. After firing all the shells, the artillery regiments of our army destroyed the cannons one after another and withdrew to the West Bank of the Dnieper River with the main force. Because of the absence of artillery, commander kaverin's troops can only be used as infantry temporarily. After Romanov assumed the post of deputy commander, he proposed to me several times that new artillery should be seized from the enemy's hands as soon as possible and the artillery regiment should be rearmed. Today, it's strange to see that you could have captured heavy artillery and reimbursed it under your own eyes.

Seeing his sad face, I quickly comforted him and said, "Comrade deputy commander, in the next few days, I plan to command the troops to attack the towns occupied by the German army like guerrillas. If we don't fight regular offensive battles, it doesn't matter whether we have these heavy guns or not. On the contrary, if we have these guns, they will become a burden when the troops move. "

Just as we were talking, the gedar regiment had successfully cut off the way for the German army to advance and retreat, and was charging towards the German army trapped on the road. When we saw our soldiers rushing down from the highlands on both sides like tigers, the German officers and soldiers who were not reconciled to defeat were still lying on the ground or hiding behind the car, making the final resistance.

After a careful observation of the battlefield, I found that the number of German soldiers was very small. Except for the first three trucks, which could have about ten people in each truck, the rest of the trucks, including the drivers, were only five or six people. It seems that the trucks in the back came to the warehouse of kafbas to collect materials. Only when they met the German artillery company on the road, the two sides merged into one and came to kafbas together, But we stumbled into our ambush circle. For such a weak enemy, although the fourth regiment has only sent one battalion, it is very easy to eliminate them.

Listening to the increasingly sparse gunfire and watching the weakening resistance of the German army, I dialed Gaidar again. When I heard his voice coming out of the receiver, I simply said, "Comrade commander, you are playing very well. Seize the time to clean the battlefield, or the German plane will blow up all the trucks on the road first, so you should hide the trucks as soon as possible. "

"Yes, comrade commander." Gaidar replied in a loud voice, "I'll immediately arrange for people to move the truck and hide it."

Back at the army headquarters, as soon as I entered the gate, I saw witkov standing in front of me with a smile on his face. I thought he knew the result of the battle in the south of the city, so I also asked with a smile: "chief of staff, you know all about it?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Wittkov said with a little excitement: "I just received the war report. They did a great job."

"Got a telegram?" When I heard this, I couldn't help wondering. It's not far from the city to the army headquarters, and there are telephone lines. Just make a phone call. Is it necessary to send a telegram? So I asked in surprise, "why, comrade chief of staff, commander Gaidar reported the war to you and sent you a telegram?"

"Colonel gedar, send me a telegram? No? " Wittcofton was at a loss when he heard my question. He turned to kirilov, who was still sitting at the table: "Comrade political commissar, did Colonel Gaidar of the fourth regiment send us a telegram? I remember that he only made a phone call and reported to us about the fighting in the south of the city. "

Seeing kirilov nodding his head, I felt that I might have made a mistake. I coughed quickly to hide my embarrassed expression, and then asked, "chief of staff, I just heard that you had received the telegram of good news. I thought it was from lieutenant colonel Gaidar. I was wondering that it was such a short distance from the south of the city to the headquarters, even if I sent a messenger to report it, It won't take long. Why send a telegram. By the way, who on earth sent the telegram you said? "

Wittkov gave me a silent look, and then reported, "it was from general bandeleev. His troops have successfully captured kilovgrad, and a company in the city has been completely annihilated. At present, they are organizing workers and residents to build fortifications in the city. "

"Oh, kilovgrad has been occupied. General bantaileiev has done a good job." Hearing that the 22nd division of the guards had successfully completed its task, I asked about the situation of another unit: "what about the current situation of the 308th division of general gurdyev?"

When I asked about gurdyev's troops, wittkov frowned: "there are probably two German companies in Alexandria. When gurdyev launched a sneak attack, he was accidentally found by the enemy, so the sneak attack turned into a strong attack. According to his telegram, our troops have occupied two-thirds of the area and are launching a final attack on the remaining enemy. "

Hearing such an official report, I asked with some displeasure, "did general gurdyev say how long will he be able to end the fighting?" There is a reason why I am so angry. There are at least 5000 fighters in the 308th division. Even if the German army has two companies with 400 soldiers, our army also has an absolute advantage in the comparison of forces. If we can't solve the battle in a short time, it's a bit unreasonable.

Wittcofton was silent about my question. After a while, seeing that he did not speak, I asked impatiently, "Comrade chief of staff, do you think the 308th division can capture Alexandria in half an hour?"

Seeing that I had a sign of anger, wittkov hesitated and said, "Comrade commander, I think general gurdyev is still very good. Under his command, the 308th division is still very strong in fighting."

"Chief of staff," I saw wittkov's wrong answer, so I was really angry: "I asked whether the 308th division could capture the city in half an hour, not how general gurtyev and his 308th division were doing!"

"Don't worry, comrade o'shanina. Take your time when you have something to say." Kirilov may see that if it goes on like this again, the scene in the headquarters will get out of control and quickly come out to be a peacemaker. After persuading me, he turned to Vitkov and said, "Comrade chief of staff, since the chief of military has asked you a question, you can answer what you think." Seeing what kirilov said, wittkov finally got up his courage and said, "Comrade commander, I think it's very difficult for the 308th division to solve the battle in half an hour. After all, it's a big city, and most of the buildings are stone buildings. The German army can use these solid buildings to resist." I've been working with wittkov for so long, and I've never blushed with him for work. But I don't know what's going on today. I'm very upset. I just want to get angry for no reason. When he finished, I waved to him and said, "forget it, don't give general gurdyev their time limit. You'll send him a telegram later and ask if the regiment you went to last night has returned to Jianwei? " Wittkov agreed and was about to send a message. Unexpectedly, before he got to the telephone, the operator had already got up and reported to him, "Comrade chief of staff, the telegram from the headquarters of the front army." A telegram from the headquarters of the front army. The origin of this telegram startled me. My heart said that at this time, watujing sent me a telegram to arrange some combat tasks for our army? Thinking of this, I immediately asked witkov: "Comrade chief of staff, what does general vatukin say in the telegram?" Wittkov raised the telegraph in his hand and said excitedly to me, "Comrade commander, you really use your arms like a God. The commander of the front army said in the telegram that in order to contain the German forces near the Dnieper River and cover the confluence of the Voronezh front army and our southwest front army, we should immediately send troops to capture kafbas and cut off the enemy's supply lines. And they wait for an opportunity to advance into kilovgrad and Alexandria, to contain the enemy's forces and to prevent them from increasing their forces across the Dnieper River. " After listening to wittkov's telegram, I saw approval and admiration from the faces of the people who looked at me. Even kirilov's eyes were full of laughter.