Chapter 1132

I was greatly relieved to hear that captain berey's 33rd tank army had arrived. It seems that at least I don't have to leave the highlands and hide in a safe place. The next thing to do is how to use the forces of the tank army to repel the German troops who stormed the Highlands ahead.

I took busmanov back to the command post and met bere who was here. As soon as the other party saw my appearance, they immediately welcomed me. When they shook hands with me, they asked with concern, "Comrade commander, why are you here?"

"I wanted to go to Yakovlev, but I didn't expect to be trapped here just in time for the German army to attack the new regiment's defense area." After answering bierre's question, I asked, "Colonel, how did your troops arrive at this time?"

"Comrade commander," explained Colonel berey to my question, "it took a lot of time to gather up the troops, and there were still many tanks to replenish fuel and ammunition, so it was delayed."

"Comrade Colonel, I think you have seen the situation in the Highlands ahead." I didn't care about the reason why belay's tank troops were late. Instead, I asked bluntly, "if I order your troops to attack, are you sure you can repel the enemy?"

Don't listen to my words, don't answer immediately, but frown and think. Seeing his delay in answering, I couldn't help raising my voice and asked, "what's the matter, comrade Colonel, why didn't you answer me? Didn't you hear my question?"

Brey shook his head and said: "Comrade commander, if only the German armored forces and infantry, with the strength of our tank army, we can easily defeat them. But, "he said, raising his hand and pointing up to the sky, he said helplessly," the key is the enemy planes in the sky. As long as they drop bombs, more than half of our tanks will have to be reimbursed. "

"Comrade Colonel, what shall we do?" Basmanov and berey are very familiar, so they don't have any scruples in their words: "are you going to watch the German army clean up our troops and then attack here without fear?"

For basmanov's accusation, don't ray said with a wry smile: "major, if my tank troops set out in battle formation and didn't wait to launch an attack, they would be found by German bombers and cause indiscriminate bombing. When the bombing is over, my tank troops will almost be reimbursed. "

"Then you won't be discovered by the German army now?" Basmanov retorted unconvinced.

"Our tank troops are still on the March, about two or three kilometers from here." "The German bombers are bombing the Highlands in front of us. We don't think they have found our troops yet," he said slowly

When they were bickering, my mind kept thinking. If we don't send tank troops to attack, the highland in front of us will surely be lost, and then the German army will take advantage of the situation to attack my highland; Send tank troops to attack. I am heartbroken to think that they may have suffered heavy casualties in the German bombing.

When he was in a dilemma, suddenly there was a voice outside the door calling for a report. Rosenberg, standing by the door, rushed out and said, "come in!"

One of my guards walked quickly into the command post. Without even a salute, he said excitedly: "report commander, there's a friendly commander outside."

"The commander of the friendly forces?" I looked blankly at the guard who came in and asked, "where is he from?"

The guard didn't answer me immediately. Instead, he put his body aside and said with a smile, "please come in, comrade colonel. Comrade commander is waiting for you."

As soon as his words were over, a middle-aged Colonel walked quickly into the command post and came to me. After standing at attention and saluting, he reported: "Comrade commander, Colonel Chernoff, commander of the 90th division of the guards, reports to you that our division is on its way to Yakovlev. Now there is a fierce battle ahead. Our division is unable to move forward for the time being. Please direct the next step. I'm at your command. "

When we see an infantry division appear, we are in an advantage in the comparison of forces. But I was happy for a short time, and my heart sank again, because the infantry would pay more casualties if they wanted to launch a counterattack under the German bombing. Therefore, I only asked faintly, "Comrade Colonel, where is your army?"

"Stay two or three kilometers from here at the moment, with colonel berey's tank troops." Chernoff took a look at bierre next to him, and then said, "I came here by car after listening to the comrades of the tank army saying that the colonel was here. I want to discuss with him about the coordination of combat."

With a bitter smile, I raised my head and asked Chernoff, "Comrade Colonel, don't you see German planes all over the sky? If we launch an attack, what kind of casualties will we pay? Even if I don't say it, you should be able to think about it? "

"I've taken it all into consideration, comrade commander." Chernoff nodded his head and said, "as long as we can drive the Germans out of this area, I think the necessary sacrifice is completely worth it."

I shook my head and said, "no, if we attack now, I can't accept the casualties paid by the troops. What's more, your division's task is to strengthen the defense in Yakovlev. If all the troops are destroyed, how can you consolidate the front line? "

"Comrade commander," Chernoff said, taking a step forward and speaking firmly, "even if we don't take the initiative to attack the German army, once they capture the highland in front of us and attack here again, we will find the tanks and guards stationed nearby, and we will also suffer heavy casualties under their bombing." After listening to Chernoff's words, berey hesitated for a moment, and then came forward to persuade me: "Comrade commander, I think captain Chernoff is right. Instead of waiting to die, I'd better give it a go. Even if we pay huge casualties, as long as we repel the German army, it will be a big victory for us. " Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on me, I knew in my heart that they all wanted to take the risk. Originally, they wanted to be ruthless and push the boat with the current to issue the order of attack. But at the thought of the rampant German planes in the sky, they could not help but retreat. Just as I hesitated, the telephone on my desk rang. My attention was immediately attracted by the bell, because according to my experience, the bell that rings at unexpected time may bring us good news. Rosenberg picked up the phone, listened to it for a few words, then covered the phone and said excitedly to me, "Comrade commander, the observation post on the top of the mountain reports that a large number of our fighters have been found in the air."“ What, our fighters? " When I heard this news, I was overjoyed. I grabbed Rosenberg's phone and asked in a loud voice, "Hello, comrade soldier, I'm o'shanina. Please repeat the information you just reported." Obviously, the other party didn't expect that the person who talked with him would suddenly turn into me. After a moment of confusion, he stammered and said, "the report commander and Comrade... Found a large number of airplanes in the north. They are... Our own airplanes." Without waiting for him to finish, I threw the microphone on the table and said aloud, "Colonel berey, Chernoff, busmanov, come with me to the observation post and see what's going on?" With that, I took the lead and went out. But when I entered the observation post again, it was clear that our air force had arrived at the battlefield. At the moment, fighters are chasing German bombers everywhere, while our bombers are diving towards the German line, chasing enemy tanks with bombs and harvesting German infantry with airborne machine guns. The German army, which had just taken the initiative in the battlefield, became a lamb to be slaughtered. This huge contrast is hard for all people to accept for a while. "My God, it's the first time that I've seen so many fighters of our army in the battle," he murmured At this moment, I finally remember that vatukin had promised to send me air force support. Although they were late, they were not OK. Seeing the exciting fighting scene outside, I said aloud to several commanders in the observation station: "this is the air force sent by the headquarters of the front army. If I remember correctly, it should be the 205th fighter Aviation Division and the 223rd short-range bombing Aviation Division of the air force group army." After introducing the number of the air force, I said to berey and Chernoff with a smile, "comrades, since our air forces are all on the stage, can't you still stand here to watch the play? Why don't you go back to your troops and direct the attack? "“ Yes, comrade commander. " Berey and Chernoff, both beaming with joy, gave a loud reply, then turned away from the observation post and went back to their respective troops. In less than five minutes, the roar of tanks and the cry of infantry overshadowed the roar of airplanes and the explosion of bombs on the ground. Then I saw tanks full of infantry charging towards the enemy in the distance with full horsepower, and behind them were infantry charging like a tide. As the ground counterattack began, the air force in the sky also found a way. Although they could not get in touch with me directly, they began to actively cooperate with the infantry. Bombers are specialized in bombing German tanks, while fighters that have driven away enemy bombers are not idle. They use airborne machine guns to shoot frantically fleeing German infantry, so that our ground forces can fight back more smoothly and faster. In the face of the bombing by our planes and the assault by tank troops, the German troops made a little resistance and then turned around to withdraw to the south. However, how can our air force make them escape from the battlefield easily? Bombers specially bomb the tanks running in the front and destroy them. Even if they don't block the retreat of the tanks behind, they will also slow down the retreat of the tanks due to detour. At this time, our tanks rushed up and got close to the shelling, and the tanks that fell behind were beaten to pieces. This unexpected air ground cooperative operation completely smashed the last German resistance in just ten minutes. Except for a few who escaped, the rest of the enemy troops were either killed or captured by our army. However, the 90th division and tank army of the guards took advantage of the situation to advance to Yakovlev area and successfully joined forces with the 51st division of the guards.