Chapter 1137

Watching travkin's back disappear from the door, Danilov asked anxiously, "Comrade commander, do you think the captain and they can complete the task successfully?"

I glanced at him and said in an impatient tone, "Comrade deputy commander, we commanders should believe in the ability of our subordinates. Now that the task has been assigned, we just need to wait for the final result. We don't need to interfere too much in their actions, otherwise their performance will be affected. "

Danilov listened to me, gave a wry smile, and then said helplessly, "since you have said that, let's wait for the good news from captain travkin."

"Comrade deputy commander, that's right." After Danilov finished, kirilov added with a smile: "I remember Lida once said an oriental saying before: no doubt about people, no doubt about people. Besides, we have been dealing with captain travkin for quite a long time. His ability is obvious to all. I believe he will be able to complete the task successfully. "

I patted the map in front of me twice and said to them, "OK, this is the end of trafkin. Let's study how to deal with the possible large-scale German attack tomorrow."

When Danilov and the three of them gathered around the table, akhromeyev just came in with a telegram. I waved to him and said, "major, come here. Which unit is the telegram in your hand?"

"Comrades commander," although akhromeyev was my old subordinate, he always spoke respectfully to me: "it was a telegram from the 52nd division of the guards. Colonel Nekrasov reported that the German forces in front of their positions seemed to be gathering, probably preparing for tomorrow's attack."

"Comrade major, do you know where the artillery commander of the group army, Colonel povsky, is?" As soon as akhromeyev finished, Danilov asked.

Akhromeyev nodded and replied, "I sent a telegram to the Colonel two hours ago. He should be on his way back to the headquarters now."

Although I sent him to the first line of defense to command the Artillery Force, I didn't see any of his people when I went to the front because of the wide area. Originally, I thought that there would be many places where artillery would be used in the next battle, and I was planning to recall him to the headquarters. Unexpectedly, Danilov had arranged this matter in advance.

When Danilov saw me staring at him, he thought that I would blame him for his good ideas. He quickly explained to me, "Comrade commander, I think that to let Colonel povsky stay in the headquarters can give full play to his role. In addition, I couldn't get in touch with you at that time, so I decided to let the Colonel come back from the front

When I saw Danilov's nervous face, I couldn't help laughing and comforted him and said, "Comrade deputy commander, don't be nervous. I don't mean to blame you at all. You have done a good job in this matter. Even if you don't call Colonel povsky back, I will order him to be recalled. Today, in the defensive zone of the group army, in addition to the artillery of our group army, there are also artillery troops continuously sent by the headquarters of the front army. Without unified command, these artillery troops fighting in their own ways can not only play their due role, but can easily be eliminated by the enemy. "

After hearing this, Captain Danilov breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to me with great relief, "Comrade commander, it's also for this reason that I summoned Colonel povsky back without your consent."

After listening to my conversation with Danilov, bzikov asked curiously, "comrades, are you going to use artillery to teach the Germans a lesson?"

"Yes, chief of staff." To bezikov's conjecture, I gave a positive answer: "just now, Colonel nikolasov did not report that there was movement in front of their positions by the German forces. He suspected that they were assembling to prepare for tomorrow's attack. Then we will bombard them before they attack. Even if we can't completely annihilate them, we can disrupt their attack arrangement and reduce the pressure of our defense forces. "

With a rush of footsteps, we are talking about povsky appeared at the door of the headquarters. He quickly walked up to us, raised his hand, saluted and reported: "group artillery commander Colonel povsky has been ordered to come back and wait for the orders of the two commanders, please give instructions!"

I held the hands of povsky tightly and asked with concern, "Comrade Colonel, how was your journey back?"

Povsky shook his head and said solemnly: "not far away from here, the jeep in front of the road was crushed by a mine, and all the guards and soldiers on the jeep were killed. Fortunately, I was in the second car and got away with it. "

Kirilov could not help mentioning the old story after listening to povsky's story: "listen, not only Rita met the enemy on the way back, but also Colonel povsky met the mine on the way back. Therefore, I would like to reiterate that no member of the headquarters can run to the front without necessity. Otherwise, if anything happens to you, the command system of the whole group army will be in chaos. If you lose the battle, who can bear the responsibility? "

As for kirilov's remarks, I immediately stood up for the first time and agreed: "comrades of the military commissar are right. Anyone who wants to go to the front line in the future must be unanimously agreed by the five of us present. Do you have any comments on my statement? "

"No The other four replied in unison.

"Well, let's talk about how to bombard the area where the German troops are assembled." After I said this, I looked at povsky and said, "Colonel, we intend to concentrate part of the artillery fire on the area in front of the 52nd division of the guards to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy."

Looking at the map in front of him, povsky said thoughtfully, "Comrade commander, please forgive me for saying that such shelling has no effect." He raised his head, looked at us all in a daze, and continued: "before the German attack yesterday, not only our front army, but also general rokosovsky's central front army, carried out high-density saturation shelling on the possible German assembly sites at the same time. However, the actual effect achieved was negligible. At best, it was only to disrupt the enemy's offensive deployment. Judging from the ferocity of the enemy's attack on our defense line, the losses they suffered were not as great as we estimated. "

Povsky's words made everyone present fall into meditation. After thinking about it for a while, I said, "Comrade Colonel, I think there are many reasons why the shelling in the early morning yesterday did not achieve the desired results."

What I said aroused bofsky's curiosity. He looked at me and asked, "Comrade commander, can you be more specific?"

I saw that not only pofsky wanted to know the answer, but also Danilov showed a curious expression, so they gave up their own judgment: "I think there are two reasons: first, we don't know the specific location of the German army, so we can only shoot at the area where the German army may gather, which may waste a lot of shells; Second, I think the shelling may have started a little earlier. You think, the German army is very rigid. They will not gather at the attack starting point until the time is up. As a result, we shelled prematurely, so that the German officers and soldiers who were still in the shelter or the trench escaped. As long as these two problems are solved, I think our shelling can still cause a lot of losses to the enemy. "

After staring at me for a while, povsky finally made up his mind and said, "Comrade commander, so it's necessary to bombard?"

"Yes, comrade colonel." I said in a positive tone: "in order to reduce the defensive pressure on the front, it is imperative to bombard the enemy."

Povsky nodded and said, "well, comrade commander, I'm going to call the artillery at the front and ask them to send artillery observers to scout the enemy's assembly areas and indicate the shooting direction for our artillery."

"It's not enough to do this alone, comrade colonel. We have to do double insurance." After I said this to povsky, I told bzikov: "chief of staff, call Col. Nekrasov and ask him to send scouts immediately to reconnoiter the German assembly site. If possible, it's better to grasp a "tongue" and find out the time of the German attack. "

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Bezikov agreed, turned and walked to the phone beside the wall, picked up the phone and called the 52nd division.

Povsky said with emotion: "if only captain travkin's reconnaissance battalion could be sent out. With their ability, it's not a piece of cake to catch a few prisoners and find out the gathering place of the German army and the launching time of the attack."

When povsky finished, I waved to him: "Colonel, you can't expect to go to captain travkin's reconnaissance camp until the shelling starts tomorrow."

"Ah! Why? " Asked povsky in surprise.

"Because they are carrying out an important task now." Kirilov took over the topic and said: "today, a small group of German troops appeared near the headquarters. They attacked our patrol, killed and wounded many of our soldiers. In order to get rid of the tumor, the two commanders sent the captain to take the reconnaissance camp to eliminate the enemy. "

"Where the hell did the enemy come from?" "What do they want to do here?" povsky asked aloud? Are you planning to attack the headquarters or destroy our traffic lines? "

"Don't worry, comrade colonel. We won't give them any chance." I said confidently, "after tonight, these Germans will disappear from the world."

"If that's the case, I'm relieved." Povsky then stood up, picked up the phone on the table, called the forward artillery, and assigned them artillery tasks.

At two o'clock in the morning, akhromeyev came to the headquarters again with two telegrams and reported to us: "Comrade commander, the reconnaissance report from the 52nd division of the guards. According to intelligence, the German army assembled two tank battalions and one infantry battalion in front of position 5, ready to attack position 5 at 4 a.m. This is the German coordinates provided by the scouts. " Then he handed me one of the telegrams.

I took it over and looked at it. I handed it to povsky and told him, "Comrade Colonel, give your artillery the coordinates and let them aim at the assembly site half an hour before the German attack and fight hard!"“ OK, I'm going to give an order now Povsky took the telegram and walked quickly to the wall to make a phone call. Ahlomeyev handed me the second telegram and said solemnly, "Comrade commander, this is from captain travkin. They found traces of the Germans in the village. There are about 50 people. They live in groups of five scattered in the residents' homes."“ It's terrible, Rita Kirilov sighed when he heard what akhromeyev said and said with a little worry: "it is very difficult to eliminate this enemy without hurting ourselves by mistake."“ Comrade military commissar, the situation is worse than you think. " Akhromeyev frowned and said to kirilov, "because these Germans are in our army uniforms and speak fluent Russian, our villagers regard them as their own people. If the reconnaissance battalion launches an offensive rashly, maybe the enemy will incite the villagers who are confused by them to have a conflict with our army, and then there will be trouble. " Originally, we thought that if we found the enemy, even if they were scattered in the villagers' homes, our reconnaissance battalion would be able to clean them up. I didn't expect that they disguised as our army and swaggered to live in the villagers' homes. If our army launched an attack, the frightened villagers would really be bewitched by them and fight with our reconnaissance battalion. This unexpected change gives me a headache. I kept walking back and forth in the room with my hands behind my back. My mind kept thinking: what should I do? What should I do? What can we do to eliminate the enemy and minimize our losses? Just as I was going round and round in the room, the director of communications, ROP Hoff, ran in, handed a telegram to bzikov, and then turned and left. After reading the telegram, bezikov gave a yelp, and then read it carefully. After reading this time, he called up the newspaper and said to me excitedly, "Comrade commander, Captain travkin has called to say that he has a way to solve the current difficulties."“ Chief of staff, come on, give me the telegram. " I was overjoyed to hear that travkin had come up with a solution. I immediately told bzikov, "I want to see what the captain said in the telegram."