Chapter 1059

Apanashchenko was silent for a moment, and then said to the chief of staff of the regiment, "Comrade chief of staff, the change of equipment is planned by the headquarters and the Department of weapons and equipment. When it's time to change your clothes, I'll change them myself. " With these words, he turned the topic and asked, "I have to go to other troops. Do you know the way?"

The chief of staff of the regiment quickly went to apanashchenko's side, pointed to the East, and said, "Comrade General, if you walk about two kilometers eastward along this road, you can reach the base of another infantry division." After pointing the way, he respectfully asked akhromeyev, "do you want me to send someone to escort you?"

Apanashchenko looked back at Yushchenko, who was standing near us. He waved his head and replied, "we have a guard team with us. You just need to call the division headquarters of your neighbor and inform them of our upcoming arrival in advance."

Unexpectedly, after listening to him, the chief of staff of the regiment showed a embarrassed expression. Seeing his reaction, I asked with some dissatisfaction, "why, comrade major, don't you want to help us?"

The chief of staff of the regiment replied with a sad face: "Comrade commander, it's not that I refuse to help, but that I really can't help you."

"Why?" Apanashchenko was intrigued by the chief of staff's reply. He couldn't help asking, "Comrade major, why can't you help us?"

"Yes, Comrade General." The chief of staff of the regiment was deeply afraid that apanashchenko would be angry, so he quickly explained: "our regiment's communication equipment can only be used with the superior and the internal of the regiment, and we can't contact the friendly and neighboring forces."

After hearing what the chief of staff said, apanashchenko turned pale. He said nothing but turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, let's go."

Back to the parking place, I saw Yushchenko, who was directing the soldiers to get on the bus. I immediately yelled to him, "Captain Yushchenko, come to me."

Before and after Yushchenko came to me, I didn't wait for him to speak, so I told him directly, "Captain, get in the car. You take the co pilot's seat and come with us." The reason why I arranged for him to get on the bus is to increase the insurance factor. When there is any danger, the security personnel like him can at least buy us some valuable time.

Yushchenko said nothing, opened the front door and got on the car. But apanashchenko asked me curiously in a low voice, "Comrade oshanina, how can your subordinates ride in the same car with us?"

"Comrade deputy commander," I was deeply afraid that he would object, so I explained to him, "this is close to the German defense area. For the sake of safety, there must be at least one guard on the car. This safety factor can be greatly improved." Apanashchenko just nodded after listening, then opened the door and sat in.

On the way to the friendly troops, Yushchenko, sitting in the front row, seized the assault rifle and scanned the window with alert eyes. Apanashchenko and I can talk about something else in the back. He said to me anxiously, "Comrade oshanina, I really didn't expect that there was no direct contact between the divisions. Once the battle with the German Army started, the cooperation between the troops would be affected by the communication."

"Comrade deputy commander," I heard that he had found a problem in the army, and I pushed the boat forward with the current to propose a solution to it: "it seems that in the next war preparation, direct communication between divisions should become a big problem that must be solved. Otherwise, our army will be in danger of being defeated by the German army."

"You're right." Apanashchenko said with deep feeling: "if I didn't accompany you down for such a trip today, I don't think I would have found this big problem. When I get back, I'll report it to commander watujing. "

While we were talking, the jeep slowed down. Apanashchenko asked the driver loudly, "Comrade driver, what's the matter? Why do you slow down?"

The driver turned to look at us, then quickly turned his head back. The report said, "Comrade deputy commander of the front army, I see our commanders and fighters on the side of the road ahead. I plan to stop and ask the way."

It was said that this was the case. Apanashchenko nodded and said, "OK, ask the soldiers in front, do you know how to get to their division?"

I looked out of the window and saw more than a dozen soldiers digging fortifications by the side of the road. When the car stopped, Yushchenko went out and asked in a loud voice, "Hey, comrade soldier, do you know how to get to your division?"

A middle-aged man in a white uniform, climbing out of the semi formed trench with a shovel, and approaching the jeep, asked Yushchenko warily: "commander, what part of you are you looking for?"

"We are from the headquarters of the front army," Yushchenko said to the soldier in an official voice, because he was very experienced in dealing with these investigations. "There is something important to ask your division commander. Do you know where he is?"

On hearing this, the soldier quickly came to attention, then respectfully pointed to a direction ahead and said, "Comrade commander, your car will look forward along this road, turn left at the fork in front of the hill, and drive straight ahead for four or five kilometers to reach the division headquarters."

After Yushchenko said thanks to the soldiers, our car went on.

Looking at the officers and men digging trenches on the hills on both sides of the road, I couldn't help frowning. After apanashchenko found my abnormality, he couldn't help wondering, "o'shanina, why are you so worried?"

I pointed to the busy commanders and fighters and said to apanashchenko, "Comrade deputy commander, you see, although the commanders and fighters on the hills have dug a lot of trenches, it is difficult to stop the enemy's attack."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Apanashchenko asked modestly.

"I can't explain this for a while. When I get to the place, I'll draw a picture to explain it to you in detail."

When we arrived at the division headquarters of the infantry division, apanashchenko, after greeting the division commander, political commissar and chief of staff, called them to the table to study the construction of fortifications.

Apanashchenko first asked the fat colonel and division commander, "Comrade division commander, on our way here, we saw your officers and men digging trenches everywhere. Well, if the German army attacks us, can your division's existing line of defense block the enemy's attack? "

"Comrade deputy commander, can you tell the truth?" The division commander did not speak, but the chief of staff of the next Lieutenant Colonel spoke.

Apanashchenko listened to his words, face a board, discontented to say: "when did I let you tell lies."

Hearing apanashchenko criticizing his chief of staff, the fat division chief opened his mouth. He just wanted to explain a few words, but apanashchenko stopped him with his eyes.

The chief of staff of the division immediately straightened up and reported: "Comrade deputy commander, although we have built a lot of fortifications, it is difficult for us to build a perfect defense system because there are too many hills in the defense area and most of them are incoherent. If we are attacked by the German army, our existing defensive positions can support for a day or two at most and will be broken through. "

"Do you have any good solutions?" Apanashchenko asked without expression.

Hearing about apanashchenko's problem, the leaders of the three divisions were silent and bowed their heads one after another, saying that they had nothing to do with the current situation.

Apanashchenko waited for a while. Seeing that the three did not speak, he sighed in disappointment. He turned to me and said, "o'shanina, do you have any good idea?" Then he turned his head and explained to the three men, "this general o'shanina was sent by the base camp to our front army defense area to inspect the construction of fortifications."

When they knew my identity, they all showed panic on their faces, because the chief of staff's report just now can be put on the platform and become a sign of the commander's incompetence. In order to make them feel at ease, before explaining to them the idea of their own fortifications, I said to the chief of staff of the division with a smile, "chief of staff, can you find me a pen and paper? I'm useful. "

"Pen and paper?" After listening to my words, the chief of staff of the division hesitated for several seconds, quickly rushed to the wall, picked up a pen and paper from a table there, quickly went back to the table and respectfully placed it in front of me.

I coughed and saw that everyone's attention was focused on me. I drew a few strokes on the paper with a pen, and then began my own explanation: "comrades, to defend against the enemy armed to the teeth like the German army, the first thing to do is to enhance the firmness of the position, to defend against the enemy's artillery and bombing, and to maintain the effective strength of our army. Secondly, we should make the position a complete defense system, so as to block the attack of German tanks and infantry.

According to the terrain of your division's defense area, I think the defensive position should establish support points, construct Zhan hang, implement circular defense, control each other, and form a defense system based on support points, so as to achieve the purpose of dividing the German battle formation.

There are many ways to build support points. First, two tunnels run through the front and back of the hill. In the middle of the two tunnels, a transverse tunnel is connected to form an "H" line. The outer surface is connected by a trench. The fortifications are set at the four exits of the tunnel.

In the second way, two tunnels are crossed left and right to form an "X" shape. Outside, they are linked by trenches. Various launching positions are placed on both sides of the mound, so that they can carry forward their firepower to the surrounding 300 meters. This kind of support point can be used as the backbone defense point of the basic position.... "

At the beginning of my speech, the faces of the three division commanders showed disapproval. But as I went deeper and deeper, their faces became dignified. The chief of staff even took out his notebook and began to record them quickly.

After I finished talking about the shapes of several fortifications, I pushed the finished sketch to the chief of staff of the division and finally said, "remember, no matter what type of fortification, solid garrison tunnels must be set up on its reverse slope, and anti impact trenches or traffic trenches or even tunnels should be built on both sides of the mound."

After I finished, the chief of staff of the division asked carefully, "how should we deploy the forces at these support points?"

"The number of troops hoarded at the support points should at least be more than twice that of the original defensive forces." When I said this, I saw the puzzled expression on all the faces, and then further explained: "for example, if there is a company's support point, at least two companies' forces should be kept as the starting positions for counterattack against the German army."

When I finished, apanashchenko said to his men with a smile, "comrades, you have heard what general oshanina said. Any other questions now? If you have one, just bring it all up at once and let her give you a detailed answer. "“ Comrade general, "this time, it was the political commissar of the division who kept silent. He politely asked," what are the basic requirements for the construction of fortifications? " Looking at the commissar in front of me with a pair of round glasses, I instinctively looked at apanashchenko. At this moment, the voice of the division commander rang out: "Comrade General, please don't get me wrong. My political commissar graduated from Leningrad University of architecture. When he heard about these architectural matters, he was particularly interested. If you have no objection, we'd like to hear about it. "“ Yes, Comrade General. " The chief of staff of the Division also said: "we also want to learn more useful information from you, which is very helpful for us to build fortifications."“ General oshanina. " The division political commissar and other division commanders and chief of staff said to me with a smile: "I have seen the construction drawings of the" oshanina trench "sent to us by the superior. To tell you the truth, after I saw it, I admire you very much, because such an anti tank trench can only be designed by heaven, so I... "The flattery of the political commissar of the division made me very useful. Although the anti tank trench was my copy of the Golan trench, I still accepted his compliment without blushing, He also politely said to him, "since it's the political commissar who wants to understand the basic requirements of fortification construction, I'll say a few more words." After a pause and a drink of water, I went on to say, "in fact, the basic requirements for building fortifications are very simple. First, the location of fortifications should be selected according to the tactical value of the terrain and the role of various fortifications in combat. The second is the requirement for the consolidation degree of the fortification. Generally speaking, the thickness of the tunnel fortification should be about 20 meters, and the thickness of the tunnel entrance and exit should be at least 5 meters, and open into a flat opening, so as to make it suitable for camouflage. Third, the operational equipment inside the tunnel works. Shooting fortifications shall be built at the turning point, and special facilities for storing grain, drinking water and ammunition shall be built inside the tunnel. " After hearing what I said, the political commissar became more and more excited. He repeatedly asked, "is that all? Any more? " Seeing that I stopped talking, I even begged me to say, "Comrade General, could you tell me more in detail? It's wonderful to know what you said. If it can be promoted in the whole division, our chances of winning defense will be greatly improved. "