Chapter 1121

After returning the earphone and the transmitter to the signalman, I said to the fat lieutenant commander standing next to me, "Comrade lieutenant commander, the new regiment has eliminated the enemies in the West and south of the city. In addition to leaving a company outside the city to monitor the movement of the German army, the rest of the troops have turned to the east to attack the German army blocking the way of 201 regiment."

As soon as I finished speaking, the stern faced baksov immediately ordered the fat Lieutenant Commander: "Comrade lieutenant commander, once our troops recover butovo, you will set up the headquarters in the city. Remember, we must seize the time to build more fortifications. This time bhuttovo was lost because we lacked solid fortifications. As a result, we were bombed by German planes and bombarded by artillery, and our troops on the position were dazed. "

The fat lieutenant commander quickly straightened up and assured baksov and me, "commander, please rest assured that our 201 regiment will be able to keep the German out of the city within the specified time."

Seeing the serious look on his face, I couldn't help laughing. Then I comforted him and said, "Comrade commander, don't be nervous. I will leave the new regiment in the city to cooperate with your troops. Although the regiment has just been established, its head, Lieutenant Colonel xiejerikov, has participated in the defense of Stalingrad and Kiev and has rich experience in street fighting. With his help, your chances of holding the city will be greatly improved. "

When listening to me, the fat lieutenant commander nodded his head and agreed with me. Just then, a telephone set on the wooden table rang. Barksov grabbed the microphone and put it to his ear. He said in a loud voice, "Hello, this is barksov. Where are you?"

After listening for a moment, he handed me the receiver and said, "Comrade commander, it's for you."

"My phone?" When I took the phone from him, I asked casually, "who's looking for me?"

Barksov said in a low voice: "the call is from Comrade deputy commander. It seems that he is very worried. It seems that he has something important to ask you."

I guess Danilov was in such a hurry to find me that vatukin must have called the group army headquarters to ask if he had recovered butovo. So without waiting for the other side to speak, I said, "Hey, comrade deputy commander, the 67th division of the guards and the new regiment are fighting. It is estimated that it will not be long before bhuttovo will be recovered."

Danilov heard my voice and was silent for a long time before he replied, "Comrade commander, I'm not looking for you about butovo. I have something else important to look for you."

I can't help getting nervous when I hear about something important. If even Danilov couldn't deal with it, it must be a very serious matter, so I asked cautiously, "what's the matter?"

"Comrade commander, the current situation is very bad. Our first line of defense is in danger." Danilov said in a serious tone: "although the 51st division of the guards stubbornly blocked the German attack, the 2nd and 3rd positions in the division's defense area were all lost, and the main force of the division contracted to the 1st position, ready to continue to fight with the German forces there."

Danilov's words surprised me. I thought that if we gave up a few unimportant defensive positions, the German army would drive straight through these gaps and have no time to take care of several important defensive support points. But I didn't expect that they did not act according to my idea and actually captured two important defensive positions in the defense area of the 51st division of Jinwei. Thinking of this, I asked nervously, "are the tunnels on heights 2 and 3 occupied by the German army?" I'm afraid that the German army will work out a way to deal with the tunnels at the latest after they find them. In this way, the role of the tunnels we built on the Highlands will be greatly reduced.

"As far as I know." Danilov hesitated a little and said: "in the two lost Highlands, our soldiers are still holding the tunnel. What the German army occupied is only the surface position."

After listening to Danilov's words, I gasped for a long time and then said with ease, "it turns out that the tunnel is still in our army's hands, so I'm relieved. Comrade deputy commander, I believe that the commanders and fighters who stick to the tunnel will be able to support the moment when our army counterattacks. "

"However, the German army has occupied the surface position. As long as we seal a few tunnels, our commanders and fighters inside will be in danger." Although Danilov heard what I said, he was still worried and said, "why don't I ask general tavartkiraze to call and ask him to order the troops in the tunnel to break through overnight?"

"No, no breakout, my deputy commander." I was deeply afraid that on impulse, he really gave such an order to the 51st division of Jinwei, and quickly stopped him, saying: "as long as our soldiers still stick to the tunnel, the German army is carrying a big burden of defense. In order to prevent us from taking their back road, they must leave enough troops on the high ground to guard. In this way, the number of troops they can use to attack the second line of defense will be greatly reduced. "

Danilov heard what I said, and he didn't refute it. He went on to say, "in addition, the defensive area of the 52nd division of the guards was also heavily attacked by the German army. In order to strengthen their defense, I have sent the new 96th tank brigade to them. "

"96th tank brigade?" I didn't blame Danilov for mobilizing his troops without asking for instructions. I just asked him faintly, "didn't they be attacked by the German army in the process of marching?"

"There was no air attack, but as soon as they entered the defensive area of the 52nd division of the guards, they encountered a small German armored unit. After some fighting, we destroyed eleven German tanks, but we had no other losses except one tank whose track was broken. " Speaking of this, he suddenly said mysteriously, "Comrade commander, guess which unit of the German army attacked the 52nd division of the guards?"

"Skeleton master?" Without thinking, I said the name of the German army, but I was also surprised. I didn't expect that there would be such an ace team as the skull division in the troops attacking the defense line of our group army. The next battle would be more cruel than I thought.

"Yes, it's the skeleton master." After Danilov confirmed my guess, he said solemnly: "Comrade commander, the combat effectiveness of the skeleton division is far more than us. I have no confidence in the 52nd division of the close guard to hold the position. Do you think we should draw a division from our reserve team to support the 52nd division of the close guard?"

"No, absolutely not, comrade deputy commander." As for Danilov's proposal, I refused without thinking, and explained to him, "you know, our defense front is too wide, and no one can predict which area the German army will break through. If we divide the limited forces evenly behind the long line of defense, then the overall defense force will be weak. Once we fight, the German army will be able to break through, There is a danger of being broken by the German forces. At present, although the German forces occupy two of our positions, they are bound to guard them separately for the safety of the rear. In the face of the weakened German, I believe that the solidity of the second line of defense is enough to crush all their offensive attempts. "

"But in the 52nd division of the guards, I think it's better for a group commander to be in charge, so as to strengthen the confidence of the guards in fighting against the German attack." After Danilov finished his thoughts, he volunteered to me: "Comrade commander, if you don't like this, you can go back to the headquarters of the group army to take charge of the overall situation, and I will go to the 52nd division of the guards and command the troops with colonel nikolasov."

For Danilov's proposal, after a little thought, I resolutely refused. I said in a clear manner: "according to your proposal, both of us should go through the area where the German troops are going in and out. It's too dangerous for you and me. If there's any accident, the army will be in chaos. "

After listening to this, Danilov said with a bitter smile, "Comrade commander, since you see things so thoroughly, I'd better stay in the headquarters and handle the internal affairs of the group army on your behalf."

Put down the phone, I said goodbye to baksov: "Comrade Colonel, I'm going to other defense areas soon. If you have any difficulties, you may as well put forward them while I'm here."

Barksov thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Comrade report commander, although we are facing many problems now, please rest assured that we will firmly hold butovo within the prescribed time limit."

Our jeep left the defensive area of the 67th division and headed for the 52nd division. On the way, bukov asked cautiously, "Comrade commander, are we not going back to the headquarters?"

Shaking my head, I replied, "it's reasonable that when things are over here, we should go straight back to the headquarters of the group army. However, the defense area of the 51st guard Division has been occupied by the German army in several places, and the situation of the 52nd guard division is also very bad. We'll go there now, so that the commanders and fighters there can have the confidence to continue to fight. "

When I said that, there was a sharp whistling in the air. Almost at the same time, the jeep suddenly made a sharp left turn. If I hadn't grasped the handle in time, I would have been thrown out of the car by the huge inertia. Then I heard an earth shaking explosion not far from me, and the shed was thumping with the earth falling from the air.

"Enemy attack! It's the enemy attack! " In response, bukov screamed, "drive away quickly, don't stay here, otherwise, we will be blown up by the shells."

As soon as the driver stepped on the gas pedal, the jeep we were riding in quickly rushed forward. With superb technology, he skillfully avoided the German artillery attack again and again, and came to the defensive area of the 52nd division of the guards without danger.

As soon as I entered the headquarters of the 52nd division of the guards and listened to the gunfire coming from outside, I asked nikolasov frankly, "Comrade Colonel, what's the situation outside? Is the German attack still continuing?"

Nikolasov shook his head and said slowly, "the German attack has been repulsed by us, but our casualties are also very serious. If our engineers had not ventured to lay mines in front of position 4, it is estimated that position 4 would have fallen back into the hands of the Germans. "

"Where is the commander of the 96th tank brigade?" I asked.

"The tank brigade made a decisive attack. After destroying several German targets, it returned to the fortifications at the back of our defense area to rest, so that when something happened, they could attack quickly." After reporting the situation of the tank brigade to me, niekrasov also asked me, "Comrade commander, can you give me some more troops? You know, after a day of fighting with the Germans, my troops suffered heavy casualties... "

Before he finished speaking, I raised my hand to interrupt him and said impolitely, "replenish your troops. In a week, you don't even think about it. We will use these troops in more important defensive areas." With a sullen face, nikolasov asked, "Comrade commander, is the war here not fierce enough?"“ Comrade Colonel, "seeing that he was a little stubborn, I said discontentedly," now that the campaign has just begun, there will be many big and vicious battles to be fought. If we put the reserves into battle too early, then when we really need people, there will be no troops available. " Instead of pestering with him on this issue, I turned the subject around and asked, "Comrade Colonel, have you got all the numbers of the enemy troops in front of you? Are you sure it's skeletons? "“ Yes, comrade commander. " Hearing my question, nikolasov replied positively: "we not only interrogated the captured German officers and soldiers, but also examined the bodies left by the German troops on the battlefield. It soon became clear that the German army attacking us was the skeleton division, one of the three main forces of the SS. "“ What are the conditions of positions 5 and 6? " I asked: "with their strength, can they hold these highlands?"“ Comrade commander, I assure you that we will firmly hold our positions and never let them fall into the hands of the German army. " "And I heard that the last division commander of the skull division died in the hands of the troops under your command. I hope I have the honor of killing the second division commander of the skull division." From what he said, I recognized his self-confidence, so I said to him happily: "Comrade Colonel, since we can kill the first division commander of the skull division, we also have the strength to kill the second division commander. You can tell this to every commander and fighter through political workers at all levels, so as to enhance their confidence in winning. " When I say that, it makes Nekrasov a little uneasy. He looked around and saw that his other subordinates were far away from us, and they were busy with their own work. When they would not notice us, he asked in a low voice, "Comrade commander, do you really think we can defeat the German skeleton division?"