Chapter 1166

When I went back to the headquarters of the group army in high spirits and was telling you about the battle to recover the village, vatujing called and said in a hurry, "Comrade oshanina, do you have any mobile troops in your hands now?"

I don't know where watujing asked this question, so I didn't immediately answer whether he had it or not. Instead, I asked, "Comrade General, do you have any instructions?"

"According to the information we intercepted, the 332nd infantry division of the German army will go north this evening to strengthen the German army in prohorovka." Watujing said anxiously: "from their march route, they will pass through your defense area. If you still have active troops on hand, put them into battle immediately. "

"Comrade General, please report the march route of the German troops so that I can deploy the defensive positions." Although there are still a few days to go before the counterattack, if I still hold my ground and listen to the arrival of the 332nd German division in prohorovka, it will increase the pressure on rotmistrov's troops, so I have to use my reserve team in advance to fight a defensive war of attrition that I do not want to fight.

After marking the route that vatukin said on the map, I put down my red and blue pencils and assured vatukin, "Comrade General, please rest assured that our troops will never let a soldier of the German 332nd division pass through our defense area before general rotmistrov repels the German attack."

"Very well, comrade oshanina." Vatukin's voice seemed a little excited: "then I will give you the responsibility for the flank of general rotmistrov. Good luck

After I put down the phone, Danilov immediately asked, "Comrade commander, which army do you plan to use to take on the blocking task?"

"Transfer the 89th division as a reserve." In order to quickly unify the opinions of all, I specially added: "since the outbreak of the battle on the fifth, this division has never participated in any battle, but as a reserve of the group army, it is on guard behind the second line of defense."

"But after they are transferred, which army will take over their defense?" Asked bzikov anxiously.

I looked at him strangely, pointed the map with my pencil and said, "Comrade chief of staff, please pay attention to the fact that the enemy forces are now blocked by us in front of the second line of defense. The right wing is general katukov's mechanized Third Army, and the right wing is rotmistrov's close guard tank fifth group army. As long as we can hold the position, there is no need for reserve forces behind us. " With these words, I told him, "call Colonel Xie Liujin, commander of the 89th division of Jinwei, and ask him to come to the headquarters immediately. I will personally assign tasks to him."

Half an hour later, sherekin appeared in the headquarters. Bzikov immediately called him, "Colonel, come here." When the latter arrived at the front and back of the table with the map spread out, bezikov began to introduce the task to him: "Colonel, your division has a new task now. It's necessary to drive 20 kilometers to this position immediately, and use the local terrain to build fortifications to block the advance of the German army to the northeast."

"I don't know how many cars can be provided for us. It will take at least four hours to know such a long distance on foot. At that time, the enemy will rush in before we have time to build a defensive position. "

"Comrade Colonel, in the war, every minute is precious." I waited for Xie Liujin to finish, and then said, "I'll give you enough trucks to transport the troops. Now, let's study how to build fortifications. "

Xie Liujin pointed to the map and said to me, "Comrade commander, there are many hills here. I plan to send a regiment to occupy these places and seize the time to build fortifications. And I led the other two regiments, which were set up two kilometers behind, so that they could reinforce at any time when the front was tight. "

"Comrade Colonel, we must remember to lay mines in front of the positions." Bezikov specially reminded him: "if you don't set up minefields, the Germans only need to launch a charge and they can rush in front of you. At that time, you will play very hard."

"Yes, comrade chief of staff." Xie Liujin nodded his head and said, "I will set up a minefield in front of the position."

After seryokin left, Danilov asked curiously, "I have a question. Why did the German army send more troops to prohorovka at this time?"

"I don't understand, comrade deputy commander." Kirilov said with a smile: "the German army must want to launch an attack on the fifth group army of close guard tanks. Maybe they feel that their strength is not enough, so they can only send troops for reinforcement."

In the evening, Xie Liujin, who was carrying out the blocking position, called me to report the progress of the blocking. "Comrade commander, after half an hour's gunfire preparation, the German army launched a fierce attack on our defensive position," he cried through the microphone

"Did you lay out minefields before the enemy attacked?" Listening to the faint explosion in the receiver, I can't help but ask: "have those mines caused damage to the enemy?"

After a moment's silence, Xie Liujin replied, "Comrade commander, the enemy prepared for the attack. At the end of the bombardment, there were few mines in the minefield that did not explode. So after the enemy's infantry launched the attack, they soon rushed in front of our position, but our commanders and fighters fought back bravely. "

"Comrade Colonel," I said in a raised voice, "no matter how many times the enemy attacks, you must beat them back. If the first line of defense runs out, move your reserves up. It's not only how many troops you have lost, but I'll add them to you when the battle is over. Convey my request to all the officers and men in the division - never let the enemy pass. The fate of the whole campaign may be in your hands. The whole campaign! Do you understand? "

"Yes, comrade commander." Xie Liaojin said excitedly: "we would rather let the white bone be exposed in the wilderness than take a step back."

His words immediately made me contact with him. When I was the commander of the antiaircraft artillery platoon in Leningrad, the superior commander often said this sentence, but soon after that, he died. Thinking of this, I said to Xie Liujin unhappily, "Comrade Colonel, I remind you to remember that the bones exposed in the wilderness can only be German, not ours. Do you understand?"

"I see!" This time his voice was even louder.

I put down the phone and thought about it. I think I should go and have a look. After all, as I just said on the phone, the blocking battle is related to the success or failure of this battle. So I said to Danilov, "comrades, I'm a little worried. I should go to the front line. Only when I saw with my own eyes that our soldiers had blocked the enemy's crazy attack, can I feel at ease. "

Danilov listened to me, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Comrade commander, although I want to persuade you not to go. But from what I know about you recently, as long as you decide something, no one can influence you unless you change your mind. "

Kirilov said with understanding, "Rita, I agree with the deputy commander. If you don't see our troops blocking the enemy's attack with your own eyes, you won't be at ease. Go ahead and be safe. We'll wait for you to come back. "

Bezikov called busmanov and asked him to take a guard company and follow me to the defensive position of the 89th division. I knew that if I didn't take this unit with me, they would not be at ease, so I didn't refuse their kindness and left with the guard company.

When I reached the division headquarters of the 89th division of the guards, I was just in time for the new German attack. I didn't say much, so I asked Xie Liujin to take me to his observation post to observe the battle on the highland in front of me.

I looked through the telescope at the smoky Highlands in front of me. I saw the German soldiers charging towards the hillside. Regardless of being killed and injured, paoze rolled down the hillside from his side, and still bravely charged up.

When they were suppressed by the fire of the guards, they threw out pieces of hand grenades and rushed forward with the help of the smoke from the explosion. They showed extraordinary performance, even in the running, but also shot. The bullets fired from close range were quite accurate. When they hit the position, they either got into the soil in front of the commanders or wiped over their heads, causing a large number of casualties among our commanders and fighters.

The soldiers of the guards were also excited by too much blood, and they were desperately pulling the trigger at the enemy. Rifles no longer have the initial volley, they shoot at their fastest speed. The heavy machine gun swings left and right with white smoke, bullet belts are eaten in, and half a foot long tongue of fire is ejected, and the firewhip formed by bullets sweeps across. The light machine gun has not been fired for a long time. As soon as the trigger is pulled to the end, it does not take a few quick shots. Dozens of bullets are shot out in a flash, and the round clips that are frequently replaced are even out of supply. Too late to replace the barrel has some dark red, red eyed soldiers yelled wildly, picked up the machine gun, stood up and shot down, regardless of the burned palm. Often without firing a few shots, they were sieved by the bullets in front of them. Before their bodies fell, someone had robbed the machine gun and continued to sweep towards the enemy.

The mortar on the top of the hillside has been adjusted to the maximum elevation angle. There is no need to calculate the distance of any ruler. It only needs to hit out as fast as possible. The enemies coming up are too dense, and several can be overturned by one more shell. Under the rapid firing, the sharp whistling sound of the trajectory across the sky becomes one piece, exploding everything that can be exploded, and the whistling shrapnel flies across all the protruding things. But there were so many enemies that they couldn't finish the bombing. They came out of the thick smoke wall formed by the explosion and continued to rush.

There are too many enemies. They rush up and there are bullets flying everywhere. There are people falling down in the trenches, but they will be filled immediately. The German tanks at the foot of the mountain were afraid of being hurt by mistake and did not dare to fire on the hillside, so the enemy could only throw the grenades in pieces, smashing them on the edge of the trench. The mud mixed with the explosion sliced off the heads and limbs of the guards, and splashing their brains on the faces of the people nearby. Those who fall into the trench are picked up and thrown out by the soldiers. What's more, they are directly blasted in their hands. When they are blasted, they are rolled in together with several comrades in arms around them. The soldiers' flesh and blood are mixed with the soil in the trench. The soil in the trench is also soaked and softened, and then trampled or re blasted everywhere.

Seeing this, my heart hung up. I quickly put down my telescope and yelled to seleucin: "Comrade Colonel, the German attack is too fierce. Get the reserves ready immediately and be ready for reinforcement at any time."

"Yes With a promise, Xie Liujin called one of his commanders over and ordered him to gather troops immediately to reinforce the first line of defense“ Tank! Our tank Suddenly someone in the observation center shrieked, attracting all our eyes. Xie Liujin rushed to the lookout, raised his telescope and looked into the distance. At the same time, he said to himself, "where is our tank? Why didn't I see it?"