Chapter 1148

With the transfer of mechanized artillery targets, the German long-range artillery has gradually weakened. But without waiting for us to be happy for a while, the density of landing on the position increased again.

Seeing this scene, katukov angrily scolded: "what the hell is going on? Why can't klivacher even suppress the German artillery fire?" Then he grabbed the phone and ordered the signalman in a loud voice, "this is katukov. Get me krivoschein."

Soon after klivaschein got through, he heard katukov's reproach, and the other side replied in a weeping voice: "Comrade commander, the strength of our artillery is too different from that of the German artillery. Although our shelling destroyed a lot of their artillery, our artillery position was also exposed. It was soon completely destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire and the bombing of aircraft. "

Katukov put down the phone with a pale face and said to me, "according to the current strength, firepower and attack speed of the German army, the front position can only hold for one or two hours at most. Rita, it's too dangerous here. You'd better leave first. " Then he turned around and told his subordinates: "send commander o'shanina away from here."

The staff officer I rushed over waved his hand and refused his kindness. Then he said to katukov, "Comrade General, you are too pessimistic. Based on my understanding of your training level, equipment level and combat effectiveness, it should not be a big problem for your troops to stick to the existing defense line for a week

Katukov sighed and said helplessly: "Rita, although our new tanks have absolute advantages over the German tanks in service, they are vulnerable to German artillery and bombing. After two losses, the German armored forces learned to be smart. Now every time they carry out tank assault, they have artillery or air force to cooperate. Once our tanks are found, they will concentrate their firepower on shelling and bombing. "

Katukov sighed and continued: "in front of our Highlands, there is the" o'chanina trench "named after you. This is our last hope. If we can't stop the German tank attack, then oboyan may fall into the hands of the German army today. "

"Comrade General, it is totally wrong to place all hope of holding on to oboyan on an anti tank trench." When I said this, I turned my head and looked at the staff officers standing nearby. "Do you have artillery observers?"

Katukov didn't know why I asked, but he pointed to one of the young lieutenants and said to me, "Rita, he's an artillery observer. What can I do for you?"

"Although your artillery has been lost, the artillery firepower of our group army should still be able to cover here." I know the truth better than anyone. I will never see katukov's troops destroyed or oboyan lost. So I decided to take a chance. I said to katukov, "Comrade General, please connect me with my headquarters. I'll ask my artillery commander to provide you with the necessary artillery support."

After I got through to the headquarters, I heard the voice of bzikov coming from inside. I said to him, "chief of staff, please let Colonel povsky answer the phone."

When bzikov heard my voice, he asked excitedly, "Comrade commander, are you ok?"

"I'm fine, chief of staff." As this is not the time for reminiscence, I said coldly, "if you don't let Colonel povsky answer the phone immediately, I will soon get worse."

Bezikov was startled by my words and quickly handed the phone to povsky. As soon as I heard povsky's voice, I asked in a hurry, "Comrade Colonel, can you concentrate your artillery now and bombard the area south of oboyan?"

Povsky was silent for a moment, and then replied, "Comrade commander, artillery can be carried out, but someone needs to improve the coordinate parameters of the target for our artillery."

"No problem, I happen to have an artillery observer by my side. Let him provide you with firing parameters." After that, I waved to the lieutenant and handed him the phone. At the same time, I said, "Comrade lieutenant, please provide my artillery commander with the necessary coordinates."

When the artillery Lieutenant heard me say this, his face was surprised. He took the phone from me and said respectfully to the microphone, "Hello, comrade Colonel, I'm an artillery observer of the mechanized Third Army. The target coordinates of your shelling are..."

Seeing that the artillery problem had been solved, katukov could not help sighing a sigh of relief. He gratefully said to me, "thank you, Rita. Without your help, as long as the German armored forces break through the Highlands ahead, they will soon rush down the road to the city of oboyan. You see, "he pointed to the city and said to me," there are very few stone buildings in the city. There is no solid defense at all. There are street battles with the German army. That is to say, as soon as the German troops rush into the city, we have to give up the city and retreat to the rear. "

I laughed and said faintly, "Comrade General, you are very kind. Your troops are on our right wing. Once your position is broken through, the flank of our defense line will be exposed to the enemy. So to help you is to help ourselves. " At this point, I looked up at the sky and said with regret, "it's a pity that the headquarters of the front army can't send air force to support us. Otherwise, as long as they bombard the German tanks on the move, your defense line will not be so precarious as it is now."

Although I can see through the telescope that the German tanks are getting closer and closer to our Highlands, I'm not too worried. Without the cooperation of infantry, even if the German tanks open the gap, they will be quickly filled by our commanders and fighters. Moreover, the anti tank force in the position is not weak. As long as the German long-range artillery stops, our commanders and fighters can use the anti tank weapons in their hands to kill the German tanks one by one like shooting at a target.

However, before the German tanks reached the high ground, they were blocked by a wide anti tank trench. Looking at the more and more tanks parked opposite the anti tank trench, I couldn't help smiling. I said that the denser the German tank line, the better. In this way, our artillery can achieve greater results.

In the first line of defense, I also deployed such anti tank trenches, but due to the lack of length, German tanks could go around from other areas, and as a result, they were not used at all. However, the anti tank trench here was in the way of the German army. They could not get around it at all. The only thing they could do was to find a way to cross the trench.

This trench, which had been tested in actual combat in later generations, stopped the German tanks who wanted to attack forward. As the soil excavated from the ditch was piled on our side, the German army could not find any soil to fill the pit. However, the German army did not wait foolishly. Several Tiger tanks pushed the wreckage into the pit, trying to fill a passage. Unfortunately, the tanks in the trench were only two meters high, but the trench was nine meters deep. After half a day, the German army still made no progress.

Seeing this, katukov couldn't help laughing. When he smiles like this, I immediately think of his tactics of "burying the car as a bridge" used in the drill many years ago, and I also laugh. I also jokingly said to him: "Comrade General, these Germans will not have your students?"

"Student, what student?" Katukov was confused by my words. He asked in a misty way: "I didn't deal with the Germans before the war. Where did I get any students?"

I pointed to the Tiger tanks that were still pushing the remains of tanks one by one to the top of the trench in the distance, and said with a smile, "in order to rush through the trench dug by the blue army, you filled one tank into the trench and served as a bridge for other tanks to move forward. You see, aren't the Germans repeating what you did? "

After a while, with the appearance of an armored vehicle, katukov's face became ugly again. I asked strangely, "Comrade General, what's the matter with you? You look so ugly?"

"Look, Rita." Pointing to the erecting car that was putting a rail on the trench, katukov said angrily, "the German army is trying to build a bridge. If they finish the bridge, they will all rush over."

I looked at the busy German army in the distance, snorted scornfully, and then said with disdain, "don't worry, Comrade General. You see, all the soil dug out of the ditch is piled up on our side. Even if the German put up the bridge, it is high at one end and low at the other. Moreover, if one end of the bridge is built on the soft embankment, it is not reliable at all. If the tank doesn't cross the bridge, it will turn into the ditch

Katukov listened to me and observed it carefully for a while. He found that it was true, and his face was relaxed again. He even went on to say, "Rita, I see. Even if the German tanks passed the trench, it would not be good, because when they crossed the embankment, the bottom of the tank armor was exposed; When it comes down over the embankment, its fragile top is exposed. That is to say, as long as we ambush anti tank men behind the embankment, we can get two excellent opportunities to aim and shoot, and kill all these tanks as targets. "

After these words, he immediately picked up the phone without hesitation and said in a loud voice, "I'm katukov. Get me general krivoschein immediately." As soon as the call came, he immediately gave the order, "Hello, klivaschein? German tanks are crossing the anti tank trench in front of your position. I order you to send anti tank men immediately to hide behind the earth dike and kill all German tanks crossing the trench. Do you understand? "

"Yes, comrade commander." Instead of asking why katukov gave the order, krivosche simply replied, "I'll send anti tank men immediately behind the embankment."

But before our anti tank men appeared behind the embankment, I saw a shell roaring down 200 meters behind the German tank assembly site and exploding. Then I heard the artillery observer yell at the top of his voice: "target minus five, one more shot."

Although I didn't understand what he was shouting, I also knew that he was providing firing parameters for artillery. After getting the correction parameters, the second test fire was much closer to the target, and it landed near a tank which was parked alone in the open field. When it exploded, the soil from the sky fell, and it all crackled on the tank body.

"That's great. That's great." Although the shell still missed the target, the artillery Lieutenant exclaimed excitedly, "one volley, one volley!"

This time, the roaring is no longer ordinary shells, but Katyusha's rockets. Rockets are powerful. After a round of salvo fire, the tanks near the impact point were not overturned, but were blown up into a fireball. Looking at the area full of smoke and fire, everyone knows that the German tanks in this range have been destroyed.

Seeing that they were attacked by our army's long-range artillery fire, the tanks that had been crowded by the trench began to turn around or reverse in an attempt to quickly escape from the hit area. However, since our army opened fire, how could they escape so easily. Under the guidance of the artillery lieutenant, our artillery adjusted the firing parameters regardless, shelling the fleeing German tanks. When the victory was in sight, there was a huge roar of tanks outside. At that time, my heart raised to my throat. My heart said what was the matter and where the tanks came from. Did the German tanks come from other directions? Just when I was in shock, katukov, who leaned out and looked down, backed in, turned to me and said excitedly, "Rita, the tank brigade, it's your tank brigade." When I heard that it was our own tank brigade, my mood suddenly calmed down a lot. I pretended to lift my hair, quietly wiped the sweat from my forehead, and then calmly said to katukov, "Comrade General, since our tanks have arrived, let them attack and chase the back of the German tanks. We can eliminate as much as we can, and try our best to consume the effective strength of the German army."“ But what about the anti tank trench? " He asked, pointing to the antitank trench that had just blocked the German armored forces. Although katukov was an outstanding general in the Soviet army, his adaptability was a little poor in many things. After I silently made such an evaluation for him in my heart, I then said in a smooth tone: "Comrade General, all the soil excavated from the trench is piled on the side close to our army. You just need to order the bulldozer to push the soil back into the trench, and then you can fill out a passage." Katukov, listening to me, raised his hand and patted his forehead. He said with chagrin, "yes, we just need to use a bulldozer to push the soil into the trench to open up a passage for the tanks. How can I be so stupid? I can't even think of such a simple way. " After that, he picked up the phone, called one of his subordinates and said, "Comrade commander, you should contact the tank brigade of the friendly army and let them pursue the fleeing German army. You need to consume as much of the German army's living strength as possible. Do you understand?"