Chapter 1162

When Danilov was on the phone in the corner, I vaguely heard him saying such words as "I beg you... Please...", but I didn't listen carefully. After all, he and vatujing were old friends for many years, and what he said was better than what I said.

Sure enough, when he put down the phone, his face showed a proud expression. He came to me excitedly and said, "Comrade commander, I have made an agreement with general watujing that he will let the transport team transport us a batch of new tank shells overnight."

"Where do you send them?" Asked bzikov curiously.

"Colonel berey, of course, where they are stationed." Danilov picked up the red and blue pencils on the table, nodded next to o'boyan, and said strangely, "how long will it take for the transport team to transport the shells here and then to the town? Send the shells to the tank units in berey one minute earlier, and they will be able to resume harassment of the German rear and transport lines one minute earlier. "

"Comrade deputy commander, did the senior general say when the shells will arrive?" I was particularly worried at the thought that berey's tank unit had to stop harassing the German army because there were no shells.

Danilov replied casually, "the shells can't be delivered until after seven at the earliest."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I found that it was still early, so I turned the topic back to the topic under discussion: "let's discuss how to use the guards in my hand, so that they can play a role in the next battle of prohorovka."

Because Danilov had just called, he didn't hear what we discussed earlier, so when he heard what I said, he immediately couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade commander, are you going to transfer our reserve team to reinforce the fifth group of close guard tanks?"

"It's support, not reinforcement!" Bezikov corrected the other side verbally: "Comrade commander's meaning is to let these two guard divisions send small teams to carry out uninterrupted attacks on the enemy approaching Prokhorovka."

"I don't understand," Danilov said with a blank face. "In the open plains, our small units, once discovered by the German army, can be killed like hunting if they send a few armored vehicles."

After listening to this, bizikov showed a smile on his face. He turned to look at me and said, "Comrade commander, I'd like to help you with your plan. Let's talk about it well."

I nodded and said what I thought: "I plan to send a few small teams from the 71st and 77th divisions of the guards to harass the German camp by motorcycles, mortars, explosive packs and mines."

"Can you be more specific?" Danilov then said, "you know, I haven't been with you for a long time, and I'm not familiar with your new playing methods."

"It's very simple to plant explosives and mines on the main roads near the German camp and block their traffic lines." I was deeply afraid that Danilov could not understand, so I gave him a detailed explanation: "when the German army was eating or sleeping, our team used mortars to attack, which made the German people unable to eat well and sleep soundly. Every day, they were in fear. I think as long as it lasts for three to five days, the German army will have little energy to launch a large-scale attack

As for what I said, Danilov thought about it, then nodded with a smile and said, "Comrade commander, don't mention it. Your methods are good. Explosive packs and mines make the enemy's lines of communication unsafe; The mortars left the German soldiers in a state of physical and mental exhaustion. In addition, small teams are all riding motorcycles. Even if they are found by the enemy, as long as they run with full power, they can still escape from the enemy's clutches. "

Seeing that everyone agreed with my proposal, I ordered akhromeyev to draw up an order and send it to the 71st and 77th divisions of the guards, so that they could immediately form a small team and begin to harass the German army, so that they could not stop, so that they could not concentrate all their forces to launch the attack on Prokhorovka.

Then I asked bzikov, "chief of staff, the 51st, 52nd and 67th divisions of the guards, do you have the latest war reports?"

"Major, do you have any new telegrams?" Bezikov immediately turned to communications director lophov: "it's better to have information from the three divisions of the first line of defense."

"Yes, chief of staff." Lophov came over, handed a telegram to bezikov, and said, "this is the telegram just sent by the 51st division of the guards. In the early hours of the morning, they made a sneak attack on a German camp, destroyed two tanks and five armored vehicles, killed and injured more than 60 German soldiers, and seized a number of guns and ammunition. "

After the telegram passed through several of us, Danilov said with some surprise: "I thought general tavartkiraze would not be able to hold out when they were surrounded by the German army. I didn't expect that they would take advantage of the night to launch an attack on the enemy. It's really surprising. "

"Comrade deputy commander," kirilov said to him with a smile, "it's all due to Rita. In the past, when our troops held their positions, they had only one purpose. Even if there was only one person left, they would never step back. When the enemy attacks, we fight them bravely; When the enemy doesn't come, we feel lucky, because we can get precious rest time. But after Rita took the post of commander, the tactics changed imperceptibly.

When the enemy attacks, our commanders and fighters will no longer be purely defensive. They will even carry out partial counterattack under favorable conditions. And when the enemy does not attack, we will not hide in the trenches to be lazy. Instead, we will take the initiative to look for fighters and attack the weak areas of the German army. "

Regarding kirilov's remarks, Danilov nodded in agreement and said in agreement: "yes, comrade military commissar, since I became deputy of Comrade oshanina, I have found that the army has changed a lot. At least in the face of the fierce German attack, our defense seems to be more effective. At first, I thought that the combat effectiveness of the German army was weakened and that of our army became stronger, but now it seems that the change in tactical thinking may have brought about this gratifying change. " Speaking of this, he turned to look at me, "I believe the small team's attack, can also achieve quite brilliant results."

Perhaps the German army, in order to concentrate its forces to capture prohorovka, correspondingly weakened its offensive in our defense area. Except for the telegrams sent by the 52nd and 67th divisions of the guards, which said that there had been a company level exchange of fire with the German army, the rest of the area was calm.

When I saw that there was nothing wrong in the headquarters, I said hello to Danilov and kirilov, and took basmanov, the newly appointed commander of the security battalion, to the town where the tank unit of Colonel berey was located.

After our jeep entered the town, the car was almost driven to the center of the town. There was no one. It was as quiet as a dead town. The only sound we could hear was the roar of the motor.

Basmanov, who was sitting in the front row, turned around in his seat and said warily, "Comrade commander, why is there no one in the town? Are they all transferred, Colonel berey

I shook my head and told the driver to drive on, trying to find someone to inquire about the town. But we were disappointed soon, because the car was about to leave the town, and we still didn't see a person.

Just when we were disappointed, suddenly two people in tank uniform jumped out of the window of the building on the side of the road, waving their hands at us and beckoning us to stop. Seeing the sudden appearance of tank soldiers, basmanov instinctively aimed his assault rifle at them.

"Wait a minute, comrade major." I saw that the tank soldiers outside were wearing our army's uniform. I was afraid that basmanov would shoot off on impulse and quickly stopped him: "it's like our own people. Go and ask what part they belong to."

Basmanov nodded, pushed the door open and walked over with his rifle. When I saw him talking to each other for a few words, I suddenly turned around and ran back. I put half of his body into the car and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, they are the subordinates of Colonel berey."

"Major, did you ask them why there is no one in town?" I've always been obsessed with the fact that there's no one in town, so I'm trying to figure it out.

Basmanov nodded and replied, "I asked. They said the road in the town is too narrow. Don't worry about the tanks stopping here. If they are found by German bombers, they will be blown up. So now they are all moved to the forest outside the town."

When I heard basmanov say that, I quickly pushed the door to get out of the car and asked the tank soldiers who were not far away: "Hello, comrade tank soldiers, how far is it from where you park your tanks?"

After they saw the rank on my shoulder, they said in unison, "Comrade commander, walk westward from here. It's five minutes at most."

I looked at the submachine guns on their shoulders and asked curiously, "what are you two doing here?"

"Well, comrade commander." A soldier immediately reported to me: "as our tanks are hidden outside the town, the colonel is worried that the convoy carrying ammunition will not find our position when it comes. So we were ordered to stay in town and be responsible for guiding the transportation team

The driver drove along the road indicated by the tank soldiers for less than two minutes, and then came to the position where the tank was parked. When I saw the tanks neatly arranged and covered with camouflage nets by the edge of the forest, I nodded with satisfaction, and said to berey, "Comrade Colonel, you are very considerate. The tanks here, not only convenient for you to attack, but also can play a very good role in concealment

After he raised his hand to salute me, berey asked me in the first sentence: "Comrade commander, how did you come here? Don't you know it's still dangerous here? "

I replied with a smile, "Colonel, since you are not afraid of danger, I as a commander can not be afraid of danger any more."

After listening to me, Colonel berey shook his head with a wry smile, and then asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know when the transport team will be able to deliver the shells to us?"

I was a little puzzled and asked, "didn't the telegram you received indicate the arrival time of the transport team?" Seeing him shake his head blankly on his face, I will not go into this problem any more.

I silently counted the tanks, and found that there were only less than 20, and all of them were new-type tanks. I couldn't help asking strangely, "Comrade Colonel, can you tell me where the rest of the tanks have gone?"

"Well, comrade commander." Seeing that my face was very serious, Colonel berey quickly explained, "although our new tank has almost run out of shells, the T-34 tank has enough ammunition. After discussing with several deputies, I felt that we could not stay here foolishly and wait for the transport team to send us ammunition, so all the T-34 tanks formed a new unit to attack the German transport line. "

When I heard that the tanks that were not there were fighting, not being destroyed, my heart immediately became more secure. I asked casually, "do you have any feedback?"“ Yes, "Colonel berey replied with a smile," they found a German troop convoy about 20 kilometers away from here. Because the enemy didn't have any heavy weapons, they couldn't fight back at all under our attack. After a short battle, more than 20 trucks were destroyed, and about 200 German soldiers were killed and wounded. "“ Yes, that's a good result, comrade colonel I happily said to Colonel berey, "if you continue to destroy their convoys of transportation materials and soldiers in this way, the enemy in the depth of our army will be consumed by our army because of lack of supplies." After these words, it suddenly occurred to me that during the Moscow defense war, bezikov and I were attacked by German tanks on our way back to Moscow to escort Stalin's double. It was because there were no anti tank weapons. As a result, except for the two of us who got out of danger, all the other officers and men who served as escorts died. Even Stalin's substitute died because of his serious injuries, which nearly killed me and bezikov. Thinking of this old thing, I solemnly told bielei: "Comrade Colonel, you have a large number of tanks. If you only operate in one area, you can be in a stable position for the time being, but your achievements are still limited. I suggest that you divide the tank unit into two parts after completing the ammunition supply, and at the same time, attack the enemy's transportation line continuously from different areas. In this way, the German lifeline will be completely cut off by us. Do you understand? "