Chapter 983

Romanov said in his thick bass, "comrades commander! The decisive moment has come, the time to pay for Kiev's blood debts, and the time to punish the enemy for the sufferings of the people of Kiev!

Because of this attack on Kiev, we will do it at night. So we're going to attack the city without artillery preparation. Now, I declare the offensive routes of the divisions in battle. "

Although everyone was surprised to hear that before the attack, when there was no artillery preparation, no one spoke, just quietly listening to Romanov's assignment.

"The tank 22nd brigade, under the command of major perskin, will be the vanguard of our army. After you enter sumska street from the south of the city, make a surprise attack along the street to the north and eliminate every enemy you see along the way. When the troops arrived at the "October Revolution square" in the center of the city, while the main force continued to rush to the airport in the north of the city, a small number of troops should be left to build fortifications in the area, so as not to be cut off by the German army.

The 22nd division of general bandeleev's guards launched an attack from the east of the city and pushed north along the street. In the shortest time, we should occupy St. Sophia's Cathedral, pejorsk monastery, cave church, St. Vladimir's Cathedral and other places, so as to avoid the German troops defeated by our armored forces from hiding in these solid buildings and resisting tenaciously.

Colonel andreushenko's 308th division, following the route of the tank brigade, advanced to the airport in the north of the city and cleared the German troops in the buildings along the way.

As for Col. gorohov's 171st division, it launched an attack from the west side of Kiev and quickly made a detour back to the north side of the city, waskhood, to cut off the enemy's escape route to the north. "

Seeing that the three infantry divisions and tank brigades all had their own tasks, lieutenant commander kaverin, who had not received the order of artillery preparation before the attack, stood up from his seat and asked aloud, "Comrade commander, what is the task of our artillery regiment?"

Seeing that kaverin stood up and interrupted his later words, Romanov said with obvious dissatisfaction: "Comrade commander, I told you that we will attack at night. In order to avoid injuring the residents of the city, there is no need to prepare for the fire before the attack. Your regiment will not take part in this battle for the time being. "

"But, comrade commander." Hearing what Romanov said, kavilin was a little worried. He told him: "there are a lot of Ukrainian soldiers in our regiment. Let them stay in the rear and watch other friendly forces fight with the enemy. I'm afraid that many officers and soldiers will have emotions."

"I think you are in the mood, comrade commander." As soon as he finished, Romanov said impolitely, "now that the order has been given, your regiment will be in obukoshiv. By the way, get familiar with all kinds of artillery just added to you."

"General Romanov," I saw lieutenant colonel kaverin's face full of disappointment, and quickly came out to make a comeback. "Although we don't need artillery preparation before attack, artillery can still be used in street warfare." Then I said to kaverin, "Comrade commander, when the attack begins, you let your artillery move forward with the infantry, and when they meet the enemy's fire point, they will be destroyed by direct aim. Let's put bayonets on our guns and strike the enemy hard at close range. "

"I see, comrade commander." When he heard my order, cavelin replied loudly. Then he looked at me again and asked with embarrassment, "may I sit down?"

"Sit down, comrade commander." I answered him with a smile, and then said to the commander on the spot: "all the commanders and fighters who participated in the attack should wear German uniforms, so that when the enemy was attacked by us, they could not understand what happened. In order to prevent accidental injury, we all tie a white towel on our left arm. "

After I finished the assignment, kirilov stood up and yelled at the commanders on the scene, probably for the sake of boosting morale: "comrades, after the liberation of Kiev, I'll invite you to the biggest restaurant in the city to eat the most famous cold trout and cream baked mixed food in Kiev. Do you agree?"

As soon as kirilov's voice was over, a neat cry rang out in the room: "good!"

As soon as the shouting stopped, Bantai leiev, who had a good relationship with kirilov, stood up and said to him with a smile, "Hey, old man, we've been eating dry bread for such a long time. You can't send us off with just two courses. At least Ukraine's most famous Salo and red cabbage soup can't be less. "

"Yes, Comrade General is right." As soon as bantaileiev finished, someone immediately said, "there are still many famous dishes in Ukraine, such as potato cakes, chicken livers and green melon and mustard pancakes. They can't be missing."

Kirilov turned to look at me, then said with a smile in the direction of the voice: "no problem, as long as you can liberate Kiev, no matter what you want to eat, comrade commander and I will satisfy your wishes. Don't you think so, Rita? "

"That's right!" When I heard kirilov and the commanders report a series of dish names, I couldn't help drooling. When kirilov asked me, I immediately said to you, "just like the political commissar said, as long as Kiev is liberated, you can eat whatever you want. I'll let you eat enough at one time."

Romanov and others were almost noisy, and then solemnly announced: "comrades, the task has been made clear. I'll let you know the specific attack time. It's all right now. Let's go back to our respective units. "

After all the commanders left, kirilov, who was standing behind the telegraph operator with me, raised his hand and looked at his watch and said to me, "Comrade commander, as long as the scouts find out whether the German troops in Kiev have transferred to Kiev, we can determine the attack schedule."

"Hey, I said, anyway, the scouts haven't sent back the information of the enemy, so don't stand by the telephone and influence the operator. Come here. I'll show you something. " Kirilov, who was sitting at the table, probably thought we had ignored him, so he called out to us.

When Romanov and I returned to him, he looked up at me and said mysteriously, "Rita, general Romanov, I'll show you something." Then he took out the party card from his pocket, opened it in front of us, and took out a piece of orange red paper in the middle.

I took the rough piece of paper in his hand, and when I saw that it was full of words, I looked at it curiously. After watching for a moment, I recognized it as a ticket to a football match. After I handed the ticket to Romanov, I asked kirilov mistily, "Comrade political commissar, what do you want to do to show us the ticket to the ball game?"

Before kirilov spoke, Romanov, who had just received the ticket, suddenly exclaimed, "my God, comrade political commissar, isn't this the ticket for the Khrushchev Republic stadium? The date is June 22, 1941, which is exactly the date of the outbreak of the war. " Then he handed the ticket back to kirilov and asked, "what's going on? You've confused me."

Vitkov, sitting next to kirilov, reached for the ticket, looked at it, handed it to kirilov, and said, "yes, it was the ticket for the Khrushchev Republic Stadium on June 22, 1941. Comrade political commissar, tell us about the origin of this ticket. "

Kirilov took the ticket and carefully clipped it back into the party card. He looked up and said to us, "Rita, Romanov, Vitkov, you may not know that the new stadium in Kiev was renamed" Khrushchev Republic Stadium "after its reconstruction two years ago. In order to celebrate the completion of the stadium, a grand football match is scheduled to be held at the opening ceremony on June 22, 1941. Since I was on a mission in Kiev at that time, I was lucky enough to get a ticket. I wanted to attend the opening ceremony of the Moscow stadium and Leningrad stadium, the third largest stadium in the Soviet Union. Unexpectedly, on the day of the opening ceremony of the stadium, the war broke out... "

Kirilov's words came to an abrupt end. Romanov gently sighed and comforted him, saying: "don't be sad, comrade political commissar. We are near Kiev now. It won't be long before we can liberate this city which has been occupied by the enemy for nearly two years. At that time, I'll accompany you to the stadium. "

A few of us were talking and laughing when the operator rushed over and handed a telegram to Romanov. Romanov only looked at it once, then repeatedly applauded. Then he handed the telegram to me and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, the situation is really the same as you judge. After the enemy realized that our troops were approaching bruvalli, they mobilized the troops in the city to reinforce bruvalli."

"How many troops are there in the city?" Instead of reading the telegram, I handed it to wittkov and asked Romanov straightforwardly, "did the enemy's tank troops go to reinforce?"

Romanov nodded his head vigorously and answered positively: "according to the report of the scout, the enemy has not only transferred a large number of troops from the city, but also many tanks."

Hearing Romanov's general reply, I asked with some dissatisfaction: "did the Scout provide the specific number?"

Upon hearing my question, wittkov, who had just read the telegram, immediately replied, "according to the report provided by the scout, there is still a German regiment and two tank companies left in the city." After finishing the specific data, he could not help but say with emotion: "in such a big city, it's almost the same as an empty city with such a small number of troops. As soon as our tank brigade and three infantry divisions rush in, the enemy's defense will collapse. "

"Chief of staff, never underestimate the enemy." Seeing that vetkov was a little complacent, I quickly reminded him, "don't mention that there is a regiment of thousands of defenders in the city and two tank companies with more than ten tanks. Even if one enemy doesn't have one, we can't take it too lightly. If you belittle the enemy, you will suffer a great loss. "

After hearing what I said, wittkov nodded and admitted his mistake to me: "Comrade commander, I despise the enemy too much. I will pay attention to it later." After these words, he solemnly asked me, "since we find that the enemy has increased troops to bruvalli, do we need to report this information to general rebalko, so that he can prepare ahead of time?"

"Comrade chief of staff, you are very considerate." As for Vitkov's proposal, I immediately approved it. At the same time, I also said, "general rebalko, they may have a clear idea of the German forces' deployment in the city of bruvalli, but they will never think that the enemy will send such forces to reinforce bruvalli at night. Once they fight, they may suffer a great loss. Don't waste your time. Send the news quickly. "

Less than half an hour after the telegram to remind rebalko was sent, the reply arrived. Rebalko wrote in the telegram: "our department has readjusted the deployment of troops according to the enemy's troop increase and appropriately strengthened the offensive force of the 15th army of tanks. Please rest assured that the third group army of tanks and the three infantry divisions will be able to perform their duties to our motherland with honor and success. After turning into a decisive offensive, they will resolutely smash the enemy troops resisting in front of us and quickly push forward to Kiev. Liberate this great city under the iron feet of the Communist aggressors. " As soon as kirilov finished reading the telegram, he became excited again. He said repeatedly: "it seems that general rebalko's men are in high spirits. Bruvalli, a small city, can't stop them at all. If they go well, they are expected to arrive at the foot of Kiev tomorrow night. " After hearing kirilov's passionate remarks, Romanov turned his head and asked me cautiously: "Comrade commander, if general rebalko's troops will advance to Kiev in the afternoon tomorrow, do we need to advance our attack plan?"“ General Romanov, that's not necessary. " As for Romanov's question, I explained to him: "we are still tens of kilometers away from Kiev. If we march in the daytime, we are easy to encounter enemy air strikes. And even if we get to Kiev smoothly, the defenders in the city will be on guard, so our sneak attack will turn into a strong attack. In the absence of artillery preparation, to attack this fortified city, we will pay more than expected casualties. No matter how they fight tomorrow, general rebalko, we will carry out the plan and wait until after dark before the whole army advances to Kiev. " After that, I told wittkov: "Comrade chief of staff, call general rebalko back and wish him victory!"