Chapter 1142

Although we can't get the support of the air force, we have several more artillery regiments out of thin air, and our heavy firepower can be greatly enhanced. Besides, there is an automatic air defense regiment, which is equipped with self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to deal with the slow flying bombers of the German army.

"I don't know when the artillery will arrive?" As soon as I thought that the German armored forces were advancing wantonly in the defense area of the group army, I couldn't wait to ask, "is it still under our command?"

"Of course, since the troops sent to you must be under your command, otherwise how can we form a unified combat effectiveness?" "They should be able to arrive in Prokhorovka this afternoon. You should let your artillery commander take over the troops," said vatukin, angry and funny

After I put down the phone, I said to several leaders of the group army around me, "the reconnaissance intelligence of the air force has come out. The German army has sent more than 200 tanks to the joint of us and the first group army of the close guard tank, in an attempt to seize oboyan and turn the city into their starting point for attacking Kursk."

Although Danilov and I were ready, they were surprised by the data I gave them. As soon as I finished, Danilov immediately asked, "Comrade commander, what should we do? The German army concentrated so many tanks at a time that neither we nor katukov's army could stop their attack. "

"If you can't stop it, you have to stop it!" "Once the Germans have occupied oboyan, we will not be able to stop them from rushing to Kursk," I said, biting my back teeth The reason why I say this is because I know that there is no decent defense depth in the distance between oboyan and Kursk. If the German tanks advance northward along the road, they can enter Kursk in three hours at most.

"If there is air force support, I believe we still have the possibility to repel the German armored forces." Maybe yesterday's air ground cooperative operation left a deep impression on everyone, so at this time, like me, the first thought of bezikov was to send the air force to bomb the German armored forces: "as long as our air force rushes up to bomb the German armored forces, and then our armored forces follow, even if there are more German troops, It's going to be broken by us, too. "

"Yes, as soon as our air force is deployed, the German armored forces will not be a problem." Danilov was worried when he heard what bezikov said. He also said excitedly: "since yesterday our air force could help our ground forces defeat the Hitler division and the imperial division, today they will certainly do better than yesterday."., As long as this armored force is eliminated, the strength of the German army in southern Kursk will be greatly weakened. "

When Danilov finished, I said with a wry smile, "there is no air force. Because the defense areas of the seventh group army and the 40th group army were also attacked by the German superior forces. In this case, our air force was transferred to the area where the German might break through to support the friendly forces

As soon as I finished, the room fell into silence. Only the footsteps of the commanders and soldiers in the corridor could be heard. Seeing everyone's dejected, I comforted them and said, "although there is no air force, commander watujing has sent us three artillery regiments and an automatic anti-aircraft artillery regiment." At this point, I turned to look at povsky and said to him with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, all the new artillery regiments are under your command. You can go to Prokhorovka to take over these troops later."

"All right, comrade commander." Povsky nodded and then asked without expression, "where should I put the troops after I accept them?"

I looked at the map, then pointed to the location of the fifth tank army of the guards and said, "Comrade Colonel, after you take over the troops, take them here and find a suitable area to build an artillery position."

After povsky left, Danilov looked at the map in front of him and said with emotion, "Comrade commander, look at the situation between the enemy and ourselves. It's really chaotic. We had four infantry divisions and a tank army deployed in the first line of defense, which were divided into three separate parts by the German army. It doesn't matter in a short time. As time goes on, I'm afraid they will be eaten one by one by the German army because of insufficient supplies. "

"Don't worry, comrade deputy commander. This battle won't last for a few days." As for his worry, I said with disapproval: "although our troops deployed in the first line of defense are separated by the superior forces of the German army, it is not easy to eat them. In this way, a large number of German forces are contained here. No matter they attack oboyan or Prokhorovka, the number of active forces will be greatly reduced, which indirectly reduces the defensive pressure on our troops deployed in these areas. "

Bezikov looked at the map for a long time, then nodded and agreed: "yes, it's not easy for the Germans to want to eat our cut-off troops. They are just a sharp knife inserted into the enemy's heart. Let Manstein have a headache."

Kirilov, who had always been steady, was not so optimistic as biezikov. After staring at the map for half a day, he said cautiously: "Rita, although before the German attack, we kept transporting all kinds of materials to the front line. However, due to the limitation of road conditions and transportation capacity, we had only finished the work of hoarding two thirds of the materials before the fighting started. That is to say, the ammunition and materials accumulated at the frontier can not support long-term operations. "

Before he finished, I took over and said, "Comrade military commissar, I know what you mean. If we can't resume normal supply, their ammunition and supplies will soon be exhausted, right?"

Kirilov nodded in recognition of my question. I turned and asked bzikov, "chief of staff, how many days can the ammunition supplies of the 51st, 52nd and 90th divisions of the guards last?"

Berzikov frowned and thought about it, then replied, "the supplies of the 52nd division of the guards can last about 15 days; The 51st division of Jinwei, because their positions 2 and 3 were once occupied by the German army, although they have recovered their positions now, most of the materials they hoarded have been seized by the German army. In addition, it is the 90th division of the close guard, which has a relatively strong force, to receive and defend these two positions, because the material gap is even greater... "

After hearing what bzikov said for a long time, I interrupted him without saying what I wanted to hear. I asked directly, "how long can the existing ammunition and materials of the 51st and 90th divisions of the guards last?"

"Three days at most." After a few violent twitches in the corners of his mouth, bezikov added: "at present, the traffic between the first and second directions has been cut off by the German army. It is impossible to transport materials to them on a large scale. If we don't think of a way, they may be wiped out by the German army because they run out of ammunition and food. "

Byzikov's words made me realize the seriousness of the problem. When I stood by mamayev post last year, I never worried about the ammunition and materials, because the fourth regiment stationed near the wharf often did some overkill work, secretly withheld part of the ammunition and materials passing through our defense area, and then asked the logistics personnel to report the loss on the way. It is because of these small moves that the independent division always has sufficient ammunition and materials to sustain long-term fighting. Now, tavartkilaze, even if he wants to draw gourds according to the example, has no choice but to rely on the existing materials and seizures to support us behind the enemy lines until our counter offensive begins.

I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't come up with any good idea, so I just didn't think about it. Pick up the phone and call tawalter killazer. I don't talk nonsense with him. I asked him frankly, "Comrade General, how long can the ammunition and materials on your position last?"

Tavartkiraze probably didn't expect that I would suddenly ask him this question, and immediately called for his chief of staff. Then I heard them murmur for half a day before tavartkiraze reported to me: "Comrade commander, according to statistics, we still have five days of food and the infantry ammunition can sustain three to four fierce battles. As for shells and the like, there are only two bases left. " Finally, he asked, "I don't know when you can send a transport team to supply us?"

"Comrade General, the current situation is very serious." I didn't want to hide from tavartkilaze the difficulties they were facing, so I told them the truth: "the transport line to you has been cut off by the German army. In a short period of time, our transportation team can't deliver goods to you at all. So in this case, you have to find your own way to solve the problem of ammunition and materials for the troops. "

"But, comrade commander." Tavartkilaze was a little worried when I said that, "the nearby villages have long been raided by the German army. Even if we go to raise food, it's not enough for thousands of our officers and men."

Kirilov apparently heard the words behind tavart killazer and made a sign to me to give him the microphone. After he took the microphone, he said rudely to tavartkiraze, "Comrade General, since you know that the Germans have ransacked our village, how can you think of going to the village to raise food?"

When tavartkilaze heard kirilov speak to himself in such a stern tone, he quickly explained, "Comrade military commissar, you misunderstood me. I'm just using an analogy."

"Not even metaphors." Kirilov, who has always been kind and amiable, now becomes extremely stubborn: "I remind you that the reason why we are fighting with the Germans here is to protect our motherland and people. How can we add trouble to our people? Anyway, not only can you not go to the village to raise food, on the contrary, you should also provide necessary help for those villagers who have nothing. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade military Commissar." Although tavartkilaze was unwilling, he showed obedience in front of kirilov. But in the end, he said politely, "our supplies are not enough. If we give them to the villagers, what should we do? We can't make the commanders hungry, can we?"

Tavartkilaze's words made kirilov slap the table. He said: "Comrade General, why are you so stupid. You don't have enough ammunition and supplies. Can't you capture them from the German army? If the German army wants to keep fighting, there must be military material warehouses near the battlefield. Instead of complaining to me here, you'd better think about how to send troops to grab these materials. "

Kirilov's words were like a rush to the top of his mind. He said excitedly: "I understand, I understand, comrade military Commissar. I'll arrange a reconnaissance team to go to reconnoiter where the German military warehouse is as soon as it gets dark, and use their materials to solve our urgent need."

After kirilov put down the phone, he looked up and asked me, "Rita, do you need to contact Colonel nikolasov of the 52nd division of the guards to find out about their inventory?" Whether there are enough ammunition and materials is the key to whether the troops can survive in the enemy's encirclement. Therefore, after hearing kirilov's question, I immediately nodded and said, "yes, comrades of the military Commissar. It is very helpful for us to understand their inventory for our next military deployment." After I finished, Danilov asked cautiously, "Comrade commander, what should we do if our troops run out of ammunition and supplies before the end of the battle?" Although I don't want to think about such a bad possibility, judging from the current situation, the ammunition and materials stored by the troops may not be enough to support the counter offensive stage of the Kursk battle. Therefore, after sighing, I said leisurely, "Comrade deputy commander, if the situation you mentioned really happens, what the front forces can do is to break through the second line of defense and avoid being completely annihilated by the German army." Kirilov at the end of the call with the 52nd division of the guards, his face finally showed a smile. He said to me happily, "Rita, according to the report of Colonel Nekrasov, their original ammunition and supplies could only last for half a month. But through the capture in the battle, ammunition can last for 20 days, while food and medicine can support for about a month. "“ That's great. That's great. " When I heard kirilov's news, I was relieved. Even if I held fast to Yakovlev's 51st and 90th guard divisions, because of the shortage of ammunition and materials, I had to give up my position. After breaking through to the north, the 52nd guard division could still contain a large number of German troops in place, so that they did not dare to attack our second line of defense. Not only me, kirilov and Danilov, they also saw the problem, so their faces showed a relaxed expression. After looking down at the map, Danilov suddenly asked me, "Comrade commander, where do you think the main attack direction of the German army will be next?" I picked up the red and blue pencils on the table, drew a circle in prohorovka's position, and said confidently: "according to my estimation, before long, the enemy and us will start large-scale fighting in this area. This will determine the final fate of Kursk! "