Chapter 1174

As soon as I got back to Kravchenko's headquarters, I received the war report forwarded by bezikov. After reading this telegram, my original happy mood suddenly became dark.

The war report said: close guard tank "katukov, I will give him orders, let him fully cooperate with your counterattack." Vatukin took the matter of persuading katukov to himself, and then asked anxiously, "if after your counterattack, the German troops in Prokhorovka turn south and attack the flanks of your counterattack troops, do you have any preventive measures?"

"Yes, Comrade General." If we want to launch a counterattack against the German army and prepare to support the Fifth Army of close guard tanks of general rotmistrov, the original task will be adjusted so that they will protect the flanks of the counterattack forces. Therefore, I said with confidence: "I have deployed the Fifth Army of close guard tanks in the southwest of Prokhorovka, even if the second party guard armored army of the German army goes south, And they're holding it back. " In order to enhance vatukin's confidence, I added, "a few hours ago, a German army consisting of tanks and armored vehicles was completely annihilated by them. During the fighting, 20 enemy tanks and 20 armored vehicles were destroyed, and 200 German soldiers were killed. We only lost three tanks and a dozen tankers. "

"It's a good game." The result of the war made watujing feel better. "In this way, you can rest assured and boldly launch a counter offensive. Don't worry. I'll call katukov immediately and ask him to arrange troops to fight back with you. "

When he was in a good mood, I asked tentatively, "Comrade General, I heard that the German army broke through the position of the 69th group army. How can we restrain their attack?"

"Don't worry." "I have just ordered the 26th tank brigade of the 2nd tank army of the guards and the two mechanized brigades of the 5th mechanized army of the guards to reinforce the 69th group army," watujing said in a good mood

When I put down the phone, Danilov and they all couldn't wait to ask, "well, did commander vatujing agree to our counterattack plan?"

"Yes, the senior general completely agreed with our plan of counterattack and promised to persuade general katukov to let his troops join in the counterattack." With these words, I directly told akhromeyev: "major, you call the three division commanders of the 71st, 89th and 375TH divisions of the guards, as well as Colonel bere of the tank army, and ask them to rush to the headquarters immediately. I will deploy new combat tasks to them."

When Danilov watched akhromeyev go to make a phone call, he secretly asked me, "Comrade commander, which team do you think general katukov can send if he cooperates with us? You should know that his third mechanized army was almost disabled by the German army in the past few days. Even if it was put into combat, it would not play a big role. "

"Don't worry, comrade deputy commander." Although I hate Danilov's constant chatter in my ear, I still have to patiently explain to him: "general katukov is an excellent commander with rich combat experience. He will surely understand that it is useless to force those incomplete troops to the battlefield, on the contrary, it will consume valuable troops in vain."

"I hope so." Even though I said it so clearly, Danilov still had a dubious look on his face. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something else, but he didn't say anything at last.

Berey and sherekin are in the same place, so they arrived at the same time. I had just returned the gift to them. Just as I was about to say something, the telephone on the desk rang. Kirilov, sitting at the table, picked up the phone and listened for a while. Then he put out the receiver in my direction and said, "Rita, your phone is from general katukov."

It's said that it's katukov. I know it must be the counterattack troops. After a few lunges, I rushed to the table, took the phone call from kirilov, and said nervously, "Hello, is that general katukov? I'm oshanina

"Rita, commander vatukin called me." Katukov said bluntly: "since the commanders of the front army have agreed to carry out such a counterattack, then I have no opinion. At present, my troops are limited, so I can only transfer major general Gutman's tank Sixth Army to you to cooperate with your counterattack. "

"Great, comrade general, that's great." I was overjoyed to hear that katukov had agreed to give me a complete tank army. Now, under my command, the fifth tank army of Kravchenko's close guard can't take part in the counterattack because it is shouldering the flank of the counterattack troops; However, the 33rd army of Colonel berey's tanks is currently able to use only the 101st brigade of tanks with incomplete organizational structure. I was worried about the small number of tanks. However, katukov readily gave me the most complete tank army in his hands“ For your generosity, I would like to express my sincere thanks to you

"Come on, Rita, time is running out. Don't talk nonsense." Katukov said solemnly, "I'll let gertman come to you to accept the task. At this time, I'll seize the time to gather the troops, and then I can launch a counterattack against the German army within the specified time."

At the end of the call, I saw that all the division commanders who had received the notice had arrived, so I said with a smile to them, "comrades commanders, please sit down for a while. When the friendly general Guttman arrives, we will begin to set up today's counterattack task."