Chapter 1093

In the middle of the night, tawalter killaze, commander of the 51st division of the guards, called to report to us the intelligence the scouts had received: "Comrade commander, I have made it clear. The troops stationed in tomarovka are the second regiment of the greater German armored division, which has three motorized infantry battalions with a total strength of 600 to 700. The regiment is headed by Colonel gasky. "

When tavartkilaze finished, I asked casually, "have you got a clear picture of the forces and weapons?"

"Our scout captured a staff officer of mobuyi battalion of the regiment, and all the information was obtained through interrogation." Although I didn't ask how the information was obtained, tavartkilaze took the initiative to explain the source of the information to me“ The battalion's commander was major glauther, and its adjutant was lieutenant Webb. It has four motorized infantry companies and a heavy machine gun company. As for the specific equipment, the prisoners won't admit it, so I can't provide it to you for the time being. "

I can't help feeling a little disappointed when I heard that I didn't get the German equipment. Just as I wanted to make a perfunctory remark and hung up the phone, I heard tawalter killazer say, "Comrade commander, there is another important piece of information. Although we can't prove its authenticity for the time being, I still think we should report it to you."

Tavartkilaze's words aroused my interest, and I quickly asked, "Comrade General, what is the important information? Please tell me first. As for whether it's true or not, I'll send someone to find out. "

After hearing my statement, tavartkilaze said carefully: "according to the information captured from the captured German staff, the German troops will go around our division's defense area from the west side of Yakovlev to the rear of our army in three days, that is, June 24."

"What, general tavartkiraze?" His words startled me in a cold sweat. I asked cautiously, "is what you said true?"

Tavartkiraze hesitated for a moment, then replied, "yes, comrade commander. That's what we said in the information we seized, but the German translators in the division are not professionals, and there may be some deviations in the content of the translation. "

In order to find out what happened, as soon as tavartkilaze finished speaking, I immediately said in an indisputable tone: "Comrade General, please send someone to send the captured documents to the headquarters of the group army immediately. We should find out what happened as soon as possible."

"Yes." "I'll send someone to deliver it right away," tavartkiraze replied

While waiting for the papers from tavartkilaze's subordinates, I told them what I had just heard. After listening to me, Danilov leaned down to look at the map on the table, but bzikov said in a suspicious tone: "Comrade commander, the intelligence captured by general tavartkilaze's Scouts is not deliberately forged by the German army to deceive us, is it?"

As for this view of bezikov, I frowned and thought about it. Then I bit my head and said, "Comrade chief of staff, I don't think so. It's not that the Germans launched a comprehensive attack on our defense area. It's meaningless for them to forge such documents. "

"Comrade commander," Danilov, who had been looking at the map, looked up at me and asked, "if the information is true, what are your plans?"

I snorted and said with a sneer, "since the Germans want to send them to the door by themselves, we are not polite. We must eliminate this small army."

"Comrade commander, what are you going to do?" Danilov continued.

"Although the German troops are small units, I think there will be tanks and armored vehicles, so we need to find a way to ambush them." As I said this, I looked down at the map in front of me and tried to find a suitable location for ambush. As I have been wandering around the front line almost every day for the past two months, I am quite familiar with the terrain here, so it's easy to find a suitable location for ambush.

I pointed to the location on the map and excitedly said, "right here, it's an ideal place to set up an ambush."

"Shell Waka," Danilov read out the place name quickly, looking at the position of my finger. Then he frowned and asked every day, "Comrade commander, how do you know this is a very suitable place for ambush?"

"Comrade deputy commander, please have a look." As for Danilov's question, I pointed to the map and patiently explained to him: "northeast of bekawaka is the No. 1 position of the 51st guard division, which is three to five kilometers apart. Shell Waka here is an open area, the north is the armored forces can not cross the lake, and the south is a huge hillside. Our troops could hide on the hillside. After the enemy entered the ambush circle, the artillery of position 1 launched a round of artillery fire on the German marching line. The German troops marching in the open field are bound to suffer heavy casualties after being hit by our artillery. At this time, if our troops ambush on the hillside attack them again, they will not be able to annihilate them completely, but will also be able to inflict heavy losses. "

After listening to my plan, Danilov stared at the map for a long time and then asked his own question: "Comrade commander, what should we do if the German troops rush forward or turn around when they are attacked by our artillery?"

"Comrade deputy commander, if the enemy has two situations as you said," I explained to Danilov in response to his two concerns, "if the enemy continues to march forward, it will rush into the defensive area of the 51st division of the guards, and the commanders and fighters who are well prepared in the position will block the German advance with intensive fire, As soon as the troops ambushed on the hillside rush in, they can form a situation of attacking back and forth and inflict heavy damage on the enemy. As for their turning around and running away, it's more appropriate. Our troops don't need to attack at all. They just need to use artillery fire for extended firing. We agree that they will suffer heavy casualties. "

After I finished speaking, Danilov did not immediately express his views, but proposed to me: "Comrade commander, if we really want to completely annihilate or severely damage this small unit that goes deep into our defense, we must use artillery and tanks. Therefore, I suggest that general tavartkilaze of the 51st division of the guards and Colonel bere, commander of the 33rd tank army, be invited to study the cooperation of the troops with them immediately. "

I deeply agree with Danilov's proposal. When I turned around to tell bezikov to call general tavartkilaze and Colonel bere, I found that he had already gone to the phone, picked up the headset and was dialing. Seeing that he has been so active this time, my dissatisfaction with him has weakened a lot. As long as he is willing to learn how to be a staff officer, then I am willing to use an acquaintance like him to be my chief of staff.

As Colonel berey's tank command was not far from us, he appeared in the room after more than ten minutes. After he sat down, I asked frankly, "Comrade Colonel, you have been taking over new tanks for some time. How are you doing? Have the tank soldiers adapted to the new tanks?"

"Don't worry, comrade commander." Berey stood up and answered me with a smile: "at present, the two battalions of the 82nd tank brigade equipped with new tanks have formed combat effectiveness and are ready to fight at any time."

Berey's words made me feel more secure. Now that the troops equipped with new tanks have formed combat effectiveness, I can use them boldly in the battle in a few days. I said to berey, "Colonel, there may be a small battle in two days. I wonder if you can send troops to fight?"

"Of course, it's no problem," said Colonel berey very readily. "You are the commander, and our 33rd tank army is at your disposal at any time as long as you give the order. Where you point, my tank soldiers and I will rush there and beat the Germans to flee. We will never live up to your high expectations. "

When I heard Colonel berey's words of determination, I waved my hand and said with a smile, "well, comrade Colonel, you and I are old acquaintances, so we don't have to talk about these scenes. At that time, you only need to draw out two tank companies equipped with new tanks to fight

When bielei heard that there was a combat mission, he couldn't help itching. He asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know where the battle will take place. What is the mission of our tank army?"

"Don't worry, Colonel ray." Danilov answered and said to berey with a smile, "we'll have a meeting as soon as the commander of the 51st division, general tavartkiraze, arrives. As for the tasks, we will give you two a detailed account in the meeting. "

Although the defense area of the 51st division of the guards was a little far away from us, tavartkilaze came in a hurry as soon as he received a call from bezikov. When he arrived, the information he sent was translated into Russian by the translators of the information department.

Just because this document arrived in front of us at the same time as general tavartkilaze, the first thing I did at the meeting was to read the contents of the document to the commanders present. After reading, I put down the document and asked tavartkilaze, "Comrade General, if this document is true, what do you think?"

"Hold your ground and never step back." Tavartkiraze replied.

Danilov and I looked at each other's face and saw a smile on each other's face. So I said to tavartkiraze, "Comrade General, defense alone is not enough. You know, even if the enemy is equipped with tanks, artillery and armored vehicles, they are just a small force, and we are fully capable of eating them. "

"Eat them?" Tavartkilaze looked at me with mist and water, and asked in surprise, "Comrade commander, I don't know how we should eat them?"

I stood up, pointed to the shell Waka on the map and said to him, "Comrade General, this place is not far from your defense area, is it?"

Tavartkilaze just looked at it and nodded, affirming, "yes, comrade commander, it's only a little more than four kilometers away from my defense area. Standing in the observation station on the hillside, you can see clearly the terrain for more than ten kilometers ahead. "

"What's the terrain like here?" I didn't say my plan directly, but asked the other side to see if he was an excellent commander.

Tavartkilaze looked down at the map for a while, then raised his head and said, "Comrade commander, to the south of this open field is a large hillside. We can ambush a troop here. After the German army passes, it suddenly rushes out from their rear and takes them by surprise."

"Comrade teacher." Danilov asked deliberately: "your defense area is to the East. The enemy who is attacked will not run there because it is a trap. It's even more impossible to go west, because you're in that direction. What would you do if they retreated to the north? "“ Comrade deputy commander, it is impossible for the German army to retreat to the north. " Tavartkilaze thought that Danilov did not know the terrain there, and specially explained: "there is a wide area of Lake in the north, and the Germans have no way back to the north." After listening to the words of tavartkilaze, Danilov turned to smile at me, and then said, "Comrade commander, I see that Mr. tavartkilaze is very familiar with the terrain here. Next, I'd like you to introduce the task to him."“ Comrade General. " With a smile, I nodded to tawalter killazer, who looked surprised. Then I told him what I had just planned. After that, I asked, "what do you think of the plan?" Tavartkilaze pondered for a moment, then nodded and said with certainty, "Comrade commander, your plan is quite good. If the Germans don't come, they will. Once they do, they will not be able to fly. But I have another question. I don't know whether to say it or not. "“ Go ahead, Comrade General. " I encouraged him to say, "say what you think and don't have any scruples."“ Well, comrade commander. " Tavartkilaze hesitated and said: "if there are tanks and armored vehicles in the German army, and only my infantry ambush there, it is estimated that it will be difficult to retain this enemy..." "OK, general tavartkilaze." Before he finished speaking, I understood what he meant. I quickly raised my hand to stop him from going on. Instead, I directly stated my own arrangement: "I plan to ask Colonel berey to transfer two companies' tank troops to ambush on the hillside with your troops. When the enemy is hit by our army's artillery and gets into chaos, your joint forces will launch a surprise attack, Teach these Communist aggressors a lesson. "