Chapter 1163

After I had said this, I suddenly found that I was sending travkin to search for the German warehouse, which seemed a bit superfluous. Whether they can find it or not, even if they do, whether it's tank troops or long-range artillery bombardment, it will lead to serious forest fires. In fact, as Danilov said, if we can send more such tanks to attack the German logistics supply lines from multiple locations, their front-line troops will soon be in an embarrassing situation because of the depletion of ammunition and supplies.

Why Zhao Kuo lost to Bai Qi was not because he thought that the grain route was cut off by the Qin army; The reason why Yuan Shao was defeated in Guandu meeting was that Cao Cao burned the grain and grass he had accumulated in WuChao; The fact that Hong Chengchou's 130000 troops were annihilated in Songshan had something to do with their food supply being cut off. The ancient and modern war cases made me understand that as long as the German logistics was completely cut off by me, they would not be far away from the day of defeat.

While I was thinking wildly, I heard bielei ask: "Comrade commander, we have individual tanks that have started to break down frequently. In order to avoid lying down in battle, it is necessary to carry out maintenance. I want to ask, when will the tank repair station you mentioned be established? "

"Don't worry, comrade colonel." I remember that vatujing said last time that in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the fifth group army of close guard tanks, we plan to open a number of tank maintenance stations in Prokhorovka, and we will also set up several in our defense area. But in the past two days, there was no following. I don't know if it was watujing who forgot us, or when he applied to his superior, he was rejected by his superior? But don't ask about it now. I can only give him a hard assurance: "in two days at most, we can set up several tank maintenance stations in our defense area."

Captain berey gave a hum and turned his attention to basmanov next to me. He said curiously, "Comrade major, after you were rescued that day, I haven't had time to ask you, how did you survive in the tunnel with the entrance collapsed by the explosion?"

If ray didn't ask me that, I would have forgotten it. At this moment, listening to his old story again aroused my interest. I hastened to urge busmanov: "tell me, comrade major, what's the matter?"

"Well, after the tunnel on the position was repaired, I found that only the position close to the tunnel mouth could breathe normally; And the more you go to the middle, the more you feel that you can't breathe. In order to avoid suffocation caused by too many people in the tunnel, I asked the soldiers to dig a few hidden vents in other places. " Basmanov said without hesitation: "when our tunnel collapsed, it was this vent that prevented us from suffocating due to lack of oxygen."

Although busmanov was telling his own story, I felt a sense of uncertainty in my heart. In the first line of defense, there are tunnels and Fortifications on several highlands we lost, but why can't we keep them? Is it because of the lack of oxygen in the middle of the tunnel, so the commanders and fighters squatted at the entrance of the tunnel to fight, but did not really give full play to the advantages of the tunnel? No, I'll call all the teachers and ask about the specific situation when I get back later.

At this moment, I suddenly heard basmanov shouting excitedly: "Comrade commander, look at the motorcade, there is a motorcade coming towards us!" I looked in the direction of his fingers and saw a convoy of five or six trucks coming unsteadily along the rough dirt road outside the town. Seeing the two tankers leading the way ahead, I knew it was Colonel berey. They were looking forward to the stars and the moon. The tank shells that had been waiting for several days had arrived.

The truck stopped more than ten meters away from us. After the door was opened, I saw the driver jumping out of the bridge, and my face suddenly showed a smile. I walked quickly towards him, and at the same time, I reached out my hand and said in a friendly way, "Hello, Lieutenant morochov. Nice to meet you here."

Lieutenant morodrov first raised his hand to salute me, and then shook my hand. I looked at the few trucks scattered behind him and asked with a smile, "Comrade lieutenant, how come there are only a few trucks to transport materials today? What about other vehicles?"

It turned out that morochov, who was still smiling, suddenly froze on his face when he heard my words. After a while, he looked back at the truck behind him and said in a low voice, "Comrade General, now there are only a few trucks left in my team. The rest are lost in the process of transportation."

Before, I never thought about how my weapons, ammunition and various materials were transported to the front line. Since I got to know this lieutenant morochov, I finally got to know something about it. Without the selfless dedication of these transporters, it is estimated that the front-line commanders and fighters will have to fight bayonets with the Germans on an empty stomach.

I saw that the tank soldiers under berey surrounded and helped the transporters behind with all their hands to move the boxes of tank shells from the carriage. He quickly pulled morodrov aside and said to him in a low voice, "Comrade lieutenant, if you want to change places, just tell me, and I'll get you from the logistics department."

"Thank you, Comrade General. Although I wanted to leave the transport team and go to the field army to work with the Germans, after such a long time, I found that I like this profession very much, so I still intend to stay as a transport soldier. "

After hearing what he said, I understood that it was very difficult to persuade him under the current situation, so I nodded and said, "Comrade lieutenant, since you have decided to stay in the transport team, I respect your choice. If one day you change your mind, you can still come to me at any time and keep a suitable position for you in my army. "

"Thank you, thank you, Comrade General." Molochov took my hand and said gratefully, "I will remember your kindness."

Looking at the tank soldiers and their subordinates who were busy carrying ammunition, molochov suddenly said, "Comrade General, I almost forgot to tell you something."

"What's the matter?" I guess what he's going to say must be very important, so I can't wait to ask.

"According to the plan, we should have transported a batch of equipment from the tank maintenance station to the nearby area today. But when loading, I suddenly received an order from the superior, saying that you are in urgent need of a batch of tank shells here. Let's give priority to transportation. " Seeing that my attention was attracted by his words, he added, "if you are in urgent need of this batch of equipment, as soon as the shells are unloaded, I will take people back to load them, and they will be delivered tomorrow morning."

"Comrade Colonel, please come here." As soon as I finished listening to the words of morochov, I called Brey, repeated what morochov said to him, and then told him: "let your men speed up the unloading speed, so that the lieutenant can go back to the repair station earlier to transfer the equipment."

"All right." Bielei agreed, then turned and walked back to the truck, and said to the tank soldiers in a loud voice: "comrades, don't rush to move the shells to your own tank, first unload the shell boxes on the car and pile them beside, so that our brothers in the transport team can go back early."

At the command of their commander, the tankers put the ammunition boxes on the ground, which they were carrying on their shoulders and were about to move back to the tank. Then they turned and ran back to the truck to help the transporters in the carriage unload the ammunition. As a result, the overall unloading speed is much faster.

I didn't take the bus back to the headquarters of the group army until they finished unloading the goods and headed for Kursk. The first thing I did when I came back to the headquarters was to order akhromeyev to call the commanders of each division to learn about the actual situation of the tunnel, so as to make corresponding countermeasures.

After an hour, the information collected by akhromeyev was placed in front of me. After reading it, I was very depressed. I didn't expect that most of the tunnels in the position really existed the situation that basmanov said. No wonder the German army didn't make much effort to capture such a position.

Akhromeyev also explained to me: "Comrade commander, because of the poor ventilation in these areas, there is a lack of oxygen in the middle section. Therefore, our commanders and fighters stay close to the entrance of the cave in order to save trouble. This is contrary to the original purpose of tunnel works. I think it is time for the divisions to rectify the tunnels, add air vents and improve the defensive effect of the tunnels. "

"Comrade major." Kirilov, who was sitting next to him, continued: "it's better to look in the army to see if there are soldiers who have been miners. When it comes to designing tunnels and improving defense measures, it's still up to these experienced soldiers."

Akhromeyev wrote down kirilov's words one by one in his notebook, then looked at me and asked, "do you need to convey this order immediately?"

"Yes, comrade major." I said decisively, "immediately send the order to each division, and order them to improve the tunnel works overnight. If two days later, there are still the same security risks, I will be severely punished. Go and send the news

After the task of improving the tunnel was arranged, bizikov came over and reported to me with a smile: "Comrade commander, I have good news for you. The superior has decided to set up five tank maintenance stations in our defense area first, and the remaining maintenance stations will be set up one after another."

Hearing that bezikov was about to set up a tank maintenance station, I grabbed his arm and asked excitedly, "Comrade chief of staff, where are the maintenance stations in the first row?"

Bezikov gently broke away from me, pulled the map on the desk a little closer to me, drew five triangles with the red end of a red blue pencil at different positions on it, then threw the pen aside, looked at me and said, "in these places, one of the maintenance stations is only a few hundred meters away from our headquarters. Do you think it's necessary for them to adjust their positions to other places? "

"No, no," I said with a wave of hands, "since it's the location selected by the superior, let them set up here, so as not to embarrass the comrades in the maintenance station."

"Well," bezikov said happily after hearing that I agreed to set up the tank maintenance station, "in this way, we can go to see how the workers repair tanks when we have time."

The next morning, I was awakened by the roar of tanks outside. Angrily, I got up from the bed, lifted the curtain from the window and looked out.

I saw an armored tractor towing a damaged T-34 tank towards the maintenance station in the distance. The more I look at the tractor, the more familiar I feel. When I think about it carefully, I suddenly think that it was the base of the German Tiger tank. I don't know who converted it into an armored tractor.

I dressed, washed and walked out of the room. Call on two guards and walk towards the maintenance station. When I entered the maintenance station, I saw several workers and technicians working around the damaged tank. As soon as I passed by, a man in blue cloth overalls came up and said hello to me: "Hello, comrade general, I'm the station master Koski here. What can I do for you?" I pointed to the German Tiger Tank tractor behind him and asked, "what's the matter with this tractor? You know, we have lost a lot of technology and equipment, but instead of repairing damaged tanks to equip our troops, you have changed them into armored tractors to pull those damaged tanks on the battlefield As for my query, Kosky said quickly: "Comrade General, the comrade driving this tractor is not here now. If you are interested, you can wait for a moment and let him explain to you why he wants to transform the damaged German tanks into armored tractors. " In fact, I didn't come here for the purpose of asking a guilty teacher. I just felt curious. Anyway, it's ok now. Just wait here for the driver and find out what's going on. After a while, a lame young man came to us. Seeing several of us standing by the tractor, he couldn't help shouting: "Hello, comrade stationmaster, what are you doing standing by my tractor?"“ Hello, Yoda. Where have you been? " The stationmaster said in a reproachful tone, "this general has something to look for you. Who knows you've been wandering for so long before you come back." The young man came up to me, raised his hand to salute me, and politely asked, "Comrade General, do you have any instructions?"“ Have you ever been a soldier Although he was wearing work clothes, I saw that his salute was very standard, so I asked curiously“ Yes, comrade general, "yorda replied briefly," I used to be a tank soldier. "