Chapter 1120

Because the next battle was in the city. In the observation center, we can only see the smoke rising from the city and the sound of dense guns. We can't see the situation of street fighting at all. So we can only get in touch with the chief of staff of 201 regiment, who is commanding the battle in the city, through the radio, and understand the fighting situation in the city through him.

When Colonel fat talked to his chief of staff, baksov and I were standing next to him, and we could hear the conversation clearly. The commander asked, "Comrade chief of staff, what's the situation?"

From the receiver came the excited and flustered voice of the chief of staff: "Comrade commander, the situation is very bad. Our regiment mainly fought in the east of the city and captured the first few streets smoothly. But when they attacked the stadium, they met with tenacious resistance from the German army. The first battalion organized several charges, which were all repulsed, causing heavy casualties

When he heard that his troops had suffered heavy casualties, commander Pang was a little worried. He asked anxiously, "what about the second and third battalions?"

"Two battalions and three battalions entered the city in two ways just after repelling the German troops." The chief of staff of the regiment reported: "the second battalion cooperates with the first battalion to attack the enemy in the east of the city. The three battalions attacked from east to west, cooperating with the friendly forces to attack the German forces in the west of the city. "

I was annoyed to hear that the fighting in the city was not going well. When commander Pang finished his call with the chief of staff of the regiment, I immediately ordered him: "Comrade commander, contact the new regiment in the west of the city. I want to know about their situation there."

Colonel fat handed over the earphones and the transmitter to the signalman, who was in charge of contacting the new regiment of shejerikov. When the signalman yelled at the transmitter, baksov said to me in a dignified tone: "Comrade commander, this" great German "division is not simple. Their resistance in the city is very strong. In order to solve the battle as soon as possible, I suggest that another regiment be sent into the city to strengthen the offensive force of the troops and control the whole city in our hands before the enemy reinforcements arrive. "

Barksov's proposal sounded so reasonable that I almost agreed to his request on impulse. Just as I was about to speak, it occurred to me that we had not yet understood the progress of the fighting in shejerikov's place, so we made a rash decision to increase the number of troops. It seemed a little too hasty, so I shook my head and said, "Comrade Colonel, please wait a moment. Let's first ask about the situation of the new regiment of shejerikov. If their progress is not smooth, it will not be too late for us to send troops again. "

After listening to me, baksov was silent for a moment, then nodded his head and agreed: "well, comrade commander, since you say so, we'll wait a little longer. But first, I'll call the head of 202 regiment and ask him to gather his troops and prepare for the attack. "

The command post we stayed in was originally a battalion level command post. However, in order to command the troops, baksov ordered to move in two telephones. One of them was desperately calling for chejerikov, so he went to the other and ordered the signalman: "signalman, get me the 202 regiment."

At this time, the signalman raised his head, handed me the earphone and the transmitter, and said respectfully, "Comrade commander, I have contacted lieutenant colonel xiejerikov of the new regiment."

Thinking that the 201 regiment is not going well in the city, and that there is only one battalion under chejerikov, even if it joins with the remnant in the city, there are only a few hundred people, so I can't wait to ask, "Hello, comrade commander, what's the situation there? Is the German resistance tenacious?"

"Report to the commander that we met the German army's tenacious resistance during the attack." My heart sank when I heard what he said. Just as I wanted to ask further questions, I heard him say excitedly: "when our troops advanced to the workers' Cultural Palace, they met the German firepower interception. This is a small force that is in a hurry to fight. They hide behind the sandbag fortifications that have been blown up, and use machine guns to strafe at our stormtroopers in an attempt to block our attack.

But the new tanks that covered our attack simply ignored the firing of German machine guns and other light weapons. They neither fired nor fired. They just increased their horsepower and rushed up to crush the barricades and the German soldiers hiding behind them. "

"Be careful of German anti tank men." although I know that the existing equipment of the German army is not a big threat to our tanks, I still don't trust to tell xiejerikov: "pay attention to the cooperation between infantry and tank, let the infantry clear those anti tank men and protect the safety of tanks."

"Comrade commander, please rest assured." Shejerikov said confidently: "although the Germans saw our tanks rushing, they threw grenades at our tanks one after another from the buildings on both sides of the street, trying to destroy our tanks with explosive bags under the cover of the smoke generated by the explosion. But how can the infantry that we are following make them do what they want. They used the assault rifles in their hands to shoot continuously to eliminate the enemies who rushed out of the building and tried to blow up the tanks.

But the fighting capacity of the Germans is really strong. Compared with our commanders and fighters, they are more well-trained. Although the firepower was incomparable with ours, they still resisted tenaciously, risked being bombarded by tank guns, and fired madly at us from a commanding position, resulting in the sacrifice of many combat teams. "

After listening to the mention of the combat team by Xie jerikov, I couldn't help asking curiously, "Comrade Xie jerikov, what combat team are you talking about?"

My question confused shijerikov, and he said in surprise, "what other combat group can there be, that is, a group of three people, with the platoon as the unit, close to the buildings on both sides of the street, alternate cover, and move forward quickly. Comrade commander, you should know that you first promoted this tactic in the independent division. "

I'm very glad to hear from Xie jerikov. The commanders trained in Stalingrad have rich experience in street fighting. It seems that it is only a matter of time before they wipe out the German army in the west of the city.

After the call with shijerikov, baksov came back and reported to me: "Comrade commander, I have given the combat order to the 202 regiment. Now the troops are beginning to gather and can fight in about half an hour."

I didn't express any opinion on baksov's arrangement. I just nodded. Then I said to the fat Lieutenant Colonel standing next to him, "Comrade lieutenant colonel, if I'm not mistaken, your troops must have adopted a dense battle formation when they attacked the German fortifications, and rushed forward in groups?"

The fat lieutenant commander heard my question, his face showed a blank expression, and then asked: "yes, comrade commander, when we attack, we all take a dense formation, which can form a local firepower advantage."

As soon as I heard what fat lieutenant colonel said, I didn't understand why they failed in the attack. Therefore, when I spoke, my voice was filled with serious dissatisfaction: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, in the lane war, this way of charging is totally wrong. Only the soldiers in the front two or three rows can really shoot on the road, and the soldiers behind can't shoot at all because they are blocked by their comrades in arms. In this way, there will be a situation, when the enemy's firepower is fierce, most of our soldiers do not even have the chance to shoot, just fall under the enemy's muzzle. "

When I finished, baksov interrupted and asked, "Comrade commander, how is the new regiment doing in the city?"

"They played very well, comrade colonel." I took this opportunity to introduce the experience of street fighting to them: "when they attacked the enemy's positions, they did not rush forward in groups along the main road and braved the enemy's firepower like other troops. Instead, they took the platoon as a unit, three people as a group, and covered the buildings on both sides of the street alternately."

"Comrade commander, do you think they can drive the Germans out of the city?" Barksov asked cautiously.

"No problem," I said to baksov. "There are six new tanks in the new regiment to cooperate with the operation. There is not even an anti tank trench in the city. The distance between the buildings is very long. It is very suitable for tank mobile operation. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the new regiment eliminates the German army in the west of the city. When they get to the south of the city, they can completely cut off the back of the German army and wipe them out in the city. "

After I said these words, I looked at the fat lieutenant commander and said to him, "Comrade lieutenant commander, call your chief of staff and ask him to adjust his tactics, reorganize his attack and try to win the most at the least cost."

"Yes." After a loud reply, the fat lieutenant commander bent down and whispered a few words to the operator. Then he put on his earphone and gave orders to the chief of staff with his transmitter.

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. The time had already pointed to four o'clock, and the sound of gunfire from outside did not abate. On the contrary, there was a sign that it was getting worse. I gave a wry smile and said that Colonel barksov was very self-conscious. He knew that with the strength of his troops, he could not capture the city in an hour, so he put forward his views to me decisively. I took it for granted. After all, what I was facing was not the ordinary German troops, but the "great German" division with the best combat effectiveness in the German sequence. It was a good record to draw with them one-on-one.

After a pause, I asked baksov, "Comrade Colonel, how are the casualties in your division?"

Barksov said bitterly: "Comrade commander, our division paid a great price under the three-dimensional attack of the German army. So far, one third of the 201 and 202 regiments have suffered casualties, and one fourth of the 203, 204 and artillery regiments have suffered casualties. Among them, the proportion of casualties among commanders is more than half, which may have something to do with their charging ahead every time. "

Hearing what he said, I couldn't help but want to transfer one of the two divisions of the group army to reinforce them. But on second thought, good steel should be used on the blade, and the reserves should be reserved for the counterattack. We can't use the reserves at will, but we can't say without giving him any troops. After much deliberation, I said to baksov, "Comrade Colonel, since the casualties of your division are so serious, I will temporarily put the new regiment of lieutenant colonel shejerikov under your command. Do you think so? "

"Really, comrade commander. Are you really going to put the new regiment under our division Barksov could not believe it was true when he heard what I said. He asked again and again, "did I hear you right? Did you really assign the new regiment to me?"

"Yes, yes, comrade commander." I said to him with a smile, "I will put the new regiment under your command until the end of the campaign. But you should remember that they are only a new regiment after all. Most of the soldiers are from the militia. The overall combat effectiveness of the regiment is a little weak. I hope you don't mind. "“ I don't mind. I don't mind. " When barksov realized that what I said was true, he was too excited to close his mouth. He grinned and said, "I believe you can see the combat effectiveness of the new regiment. Although most of the soldiers in the regiment are original militia, the existence of a large number of combat backbones keeps the whole regiment at a very high level. There are four infantry regiments in our division. Any one of them is not their opponent. " Just then, the messenger took off his earphone, stood up and reported to me, "Comrade commander, lieutenant commander xiejerikov wants to speak to you." I took the earphone and transmitter he handed me and asked aloud, "Hello, comrade commander, do you have any good news to tell me?"“ Yes, comrade commander, I have the honor to report to you that my troops have successfully rushed to the south of the city and fought against the German troops who are still there. After a fierce battle, more than 70 soldiers were killed, and the rest fled from the city to the south. " Shejerikov reported to me in a proud tone: "I left a company of troops to stay in the relatively complete fortifications in the south of the city and watch the German things. Then I led the rest of the troops to attack from the south to the west to destroy the enemy who was standing in the way of the 201 regiment. "“ Very good, comrade commander. You did a good job After two compliments, I officially announced to him: "in addition, I have one more thing to inform you. From now on, your regiment will be temporarily assigned to captain baksov's 67th guard division." After a moment's silence, he asked calmly, "Comrade commander, I'd like to ask, when does this deadline end?" I knew he would ask this question for a long time, so I immediately said without hesitation, "when the right time comes, I will personally give you the transfer order. By the way, your task now is to gather forces and cooperate with the 201 regiment to eliminate the enemy in the east of the city. "