Chapter 1122

When I heard that nikolasov was so insecure, I looked him in the eye and said firmly, "Comrade Colonel, is that true? We are sure to defeat the skull division. In addition to the skull division, the Hitler division and the imperial division, which are equally famous with the skull division, will all become our defeated generals without exception. "

After that, I waved to him and told him impatiently, "Comrade Colonel, please call the headquarters of the group army and say that I have successfully arrived at your division headquarters. If you have anything to contact me, please call you here."

After hearing my order, nikolasov immediately ordered the chief of staff of the division to call the headquarters and report my whereabouts. As soon as the chief of staff walked away, I asked nikolasov, "Comrade Colonel, in the next battle, what we will face will be the tanks with the German army taking the lead. If anti tank operations are not favorable, our defense line may collapse under the fierce attack of the enemy. Tell me, do you have any good ways to deal with tanks? "

Niekrasov went to the wall, poured me a cup of tea, put it in front of me, and then said with a smile, "Comrade commander, you also know that we just exchanged fire with the German army today. We are only busy dealing with the German army's attack, and we haven't had time to sum up our experience in this respect."

I picked up my tea cup, sipped it gently, and then asked, "in today's battle, your position has been impacted by German tanks. Is there any regiment that has played better, destroyed the most tanks and suffered less casualties?"

"Comrade commander, it's not necessary to say that. There must be some." Nikolasov said with a smile: "yershof's 225 regiment played well. In today's battle, they destroyed more than 30 tanks, and the casualties of the troops were the least among the three regiments. "

"Why, they destroyed more than 30 tanks?" I know that the No. 4 position of the 225 regiment, which is responsible for defense, is the focus of the German attack. The former fortified company, which held fast to the high ground, has already been completely destroyed. I didn't expect that the newly replaced troops could still achieve such results. This is beyond my expectation.

"If I remember correctly, it should have been 37." It happened that the chief of staff of the division passed by after calling, and Nekrasov specially checked with him: "chief of staff, am I right?"

"Yes, sir, it's thirty-seven." The chief of staff of the Division said positively.

What they said aroused my great interest. I asked with a smile, "I don't know what method Colonel yershov used to achieve such a great success?"

"It's said that his tactics are very special." Replied Nekrasov.

"What tactics, comrade Colonel?" I asked curiously.

For a moment, he could not answer my question. He blushed and said, "I haven't had time to ask in detail. It is said that Comrade yershov used his artillery company with 40 rocket launchers to deal with German tanks. The effect is quite good. "

"Today, the troops of the first line of defense are fighting against the German army in this way." I am particularly dissatisfied with his vague answer, "what I care about is how he can destroy so many tanks more than the friendly forces?"

Nikolasov was still silent. My dissatisfaction with him became more and more intense. When I was about to break out, the chief of staff of the division came out and made a comeback: "Comrade commander, now that the German attack has stopped, why don't you let yershov come to the headquarters of the division and let him report to you in person?"

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was less than seven o'clock and it was still hours before dark. Who knows if the German army would use this time to launch another attack. Originally, I wanted to reject the proposal made by the chief of staff of the division. However, I was so curious that I changed my mind: "well, comrade chief of staff, please call lieutenant commander yershov now and ask him to come to the headquarters immediately. I will ask him what new tactics he is using."

Yershov's regiment headquarters is not far from here, and only a few minutes later, he appeared in the division headquarters. After shaking hands with him, I asked him to sit down and then asked, "Comrade commander, I heard your division commander say that you have adopted a new tactic in today's battle. I don't know. Can you introduce it to me? "

Hearing what I said, a little embarrassed yershov took off his cap, scratched the back of his head and said, "Comrade commander, it's very simple. We set up some artillery groups with about ten anti tank guns or 40 rocket launchers in each group to concentrate fire on one tank. A number of anti tank artillery groups form a artillery group, and the artillery groups are distributed in the whole position, forming a deep configuration. "

"In addition to using this anti tank tactic, we also used minefields and anti tank trenches to deal with German tanks. The engineers sent by the group army laid mines very fast, laying thousands of mines in front of our positions in an hour.

In order to prevent being found by the German army, we also camouflaged. If the German tanks were not destroyed by mines or by our anti tank artillery, it would be very difficult for them to find our mine field and anti tank artillery group. "

"It's a good tactic." After listening to yershov's introduction, I immediately nodded my head and said, "when we resist the German attack, we can't just defend for the sake of defense. Mechanical passive defense is not desirable; We should learn to be active in defense and make use of our own advantages to consume a lot of German forces. "

In the middle of what I said, the telephone on the desk rang. I broke off the conversation with yershov, and stared at nikolasov who was answering the phone with dissatisfied eyes. In my heart, I scolded which guy with no eyes actually called at this time.

While I was thinking wildly, nikolasov suddenly covered the microphone with his hand and handed it to me. At the same time, he said, "Comrade commander, I'm looking for you."

I thought the phone was brought by the 51st or 67th division of the guards, so I put the microphone to my ear and asked, "Hello, I'm o'shanina. Where are you?"

There was a big business in the microphone: "Hello, Rita! Thank goodness I found you. You've been running around today, and I've made at least a dozen phone calls to find you. "

"Katukov, general katukov?" Although I immediately recognized that katukov was calling, I still need to confirm it to avoid misunderstanding“ What can I do for you? "

"What else can I do? Of course, I want to study with you how to deal with German tanks." Katukov said very quickly: "I tell you a bad news, the defensive position in the northwest defense line of Yakovlev has been broken through, and the German army is carrying out a forward assault along the bergorod Kharkov highway."

"Comrade General, what's going on? I'm confused by what you said. " I was puzzled and asked: "in principle, your troops deployed in this area are equipped with new tanks. How can they easily lose their positions?"

"The German army adopted a new type of assault formation, which I call the" bell "formation. The bell shaped Tiger tanks are in the center, the medium tanks are on both sides, and the light tanks follow the Tiger tanks. According to the following report, this formation can suppress the anti tank fire on the defensive position. Moreover, the engineers in the armored personnel carriers follow up in the middle of the "bell" formation, ready to clear the minefields they find. The close cooperation between their various arms makes it easy to succeed in the attack of the bell formation. "

I know that katukov's words are not aimless. He must have some ideas. So I asked frankly, "Comrade General, tell me your plan. If I can cooperate with you, I will cooperate with you well."

As soon as I finished my words, katukov announced, "Rita, I'm going to attack at night after dark."

"Attack the enemy tonight?" When I heard katukov's words, I couldn't laugh or cry. I had to kindly remind him: "Comrade General, don't forget that it's very difficult to attack at night, because we must choose the terrain that is convenient for tank situation, and it's better to be on the moon night, so that the troops can move on the road or dirt road that is easy to distinguish."

"Rita, I want to fight back in the daytime, but I can't." "The bell formation of the German army is very suitable for attacking at night. Because the night will have a greater impact on our artillery firing, they will attack first and generally will not suffer a greater loss," katukov said

"Comrade General, what can I do for you?" Seeing that katukov had decided to take the initiative, I stopped persuading him and asked for help.

"It's very simple. I hope you can get back to the headquarters of the group army as soon as possible." Speaking of this, katukov suddenly lowered his voice and said, "as far as I know, general vatukin intends to deploy several tank brigades and anti tank artillery regiments to Yakovlev area. Without a unified command, so many troops will easily fall into chaos. "

Katukov's words surprised me. I never thought that vatukin would suddenly deploy so many troops to strengthen the defense of Yakovlev. In this way, my plan of luring the enemy into depth may fail. So as soon as he finished, I immediately said, "Comrade General, please rest assured that if the headquarters of the front army really sent us so many tank brigades and anti tank artillery regiments, I will send troops to help you recover your lost positions."

After I finished the call with katukov, I dialed the group army command. When I heard Danilov's voice, I couldn't get angry. I said to myself that you didn't timely report such a big event as the increase of tank brigade and artillery regiment sent to us by the front army command. It's just too shameful. Just because of this, I spoke with a trace of anger: "Comrade deputy commander? I'm o'shanina. I want to ask if the headquarters of the front army has transferred a new tank brigade and artillery regiment to us? "

"Yes, comrade commander." Although Danilov recognized the anger in my voice, he wisely chose to ignore it. Instead, he respectfully said, "in order to repel the German offensive, the 10th tank army and the 5th tank army of the guards have been ordered to reinforce us. They will be stationed in Yakovlev and melovoy areas today and tomorrow, and a division of the 35th infantry army of the guards will be stationed in prohorovka area in the northeast."

It is said that the reinforcements to our group army are actually two tank troops. I can't help but say with emotion: "commander watujing is so generous. He actually reinforcements so many tank troops at once. I think he wants us to stick to Yakovlev."“ I think so too, comrade commander. " Danilov echoed. When I heard Danilov say that, I gave a wry smile. The fighting capacity of the Soviet army is far less than that of the German army. If we want to fight hard, we will certainly suffer a great loss. Even if we win in the end, it will be a tragic victory. This way of playing, for me, is not worth the loss, if I have to choose, I will never do so. After a short pause, I asked tentatively, "Comrade deputy commander, do you have any special explanation from commander watujing?"“ No, he didn't say anything Danilov also said blankly: "he just called and said that he sent us two tank troops to help us consolidate Yakovlev's defense."“ I see, comrade deputy commander. " I know that if I ask further, there will be no result, because according to my estimation, maybe watujing didn't figure out what to do, so I hung up directly. Standing next to him, nikolasov vaguely heard my conversation with Danilov and asked excitedly, "Comrade commander, is this all true?" His direct and special question stunned me for a moment before I understood what he was asking. He quickly nodded his head and said, "Comrade Colonel, you have heard me right. The superior has sent us two tank troops and a large number of artillery troops, hoping that we can contain the German attack in Yakovlev." It may be that the performance of the tank company equipped with new tanks in the battle in the past two days left a deep impression on nikolasov. He said excitedly: "with just a dozen new tanks, we can easily defeat the same number of German tanks. If hundreds of such new tanks can be produced at one time, it is not impossible to directly attack the headquarters of Manstein. " I am not so optimistic as nikolasov, though I know clearly in my heart that with my appearance, history has once again deviated here. The defense area of the sixth group army of the close guard moved eastward a lot compared with that in history, and some troops that should not have appeared on the battlefield at this time also appeared ahead of time, and even hundreds of new tanks beyond this era. But how much did the Soviet army have to pay in order to win the final victory in the battle of Kursk? There is nothing in my heart about this.