Chapter 1177

The division of the troops in Yakovlev means that our counter offensive has achieved results. As a result, akhromeyev handed over the work of mapping according to the war report to several of his staff officers, and then called the division headquarters of the 51st division of Jinwei to find out the details of the meeting.

Akhromeyev called the division headquarters of the 51st division of the guards and said in a loud voice, "Hello, is that general tavartkiraze? I'm akhromeyev, director of operations. I heard that you joined forces?! Where? Northeast of Yakovlev, lakovo?! That's great. Not only are all the leaders of the group army waiting for your good news, but even the commander of the front army can't wait to know it. Just a moment, please. I'll take my notes

With that, he put the microphone between his shoulders, picked up a red and blue pencil on the desk and began to record. In order to let us all know the specific situation in time, he also repeated aloud: "among the personnel who participated in the division, your division has commander Lu Jin, commander of the 309th regiment, major gilkin, commander of the battalion; The 375TH division had captain gagokayev, commander of the 1243 regiment. Well, comrade general, I've got it all down. Finally, on behalf of the leaders of the group army, I would like to express my gratitude to you. It is because of the bravery and tenacity shown by the commanders and fighters in the battle that we can defeat the Germans and successfully achieve this reunion. "

After he put down the phone, he excitedly yelled at us: "Comrade commander, we have joined forces. Our counterattack forces and the 51st division of the guards have joined forces."

Although kirilov and Danilov heard what ahlomeyev said when he answered the phone, they still picked up the paper full of words and looked over and over, as if they could see something new from it.

I saw two people like children, snatching that piece of paper to see, can't help but dumbfounded. Although the counterattack is progressing smoothly, I dare not take it lightly and ask akhromeyev to connect me with general Kravchenko's headquarters. I want to know the fighting situation there.

Hearing Kravchenko's voice, I immediately asked, "Comrade General, what's the situation there?"

"General oshanina," Kravchenko said easily, "after a fierce battle, the German attack was repulsed by us, half of the tanks were destroyed by us, and the rest of the tanks ran away in ashes."

I was very dissatisfied with the ambiguity in his report, so I asked, "Comrade General, I want to know the number of German tanks you destroyed and the casualties of our army."

The other side was silent for a while, then slowly said: "27 tanks were destroyed and 11 were injured. Our army lost 19 T-34 tanks, 8 anti tank guns and three new tanks in shamrih tank battalion

"Comrade General," when I heard that the tank army in charge of defense had paid such casualties, I frowned and asked, "it seems that the casualties of your army are not small. Do you need me to send troops to reinforce you?"

"If only we could send tank troops to support us, or send the supporting shells of the new tanks." Kravchenko nagged: "you know, in the battle just now, the drivers of our new tanks can only stand in the position and watch the tanks of the enemy and us fighting. If they have enough shells, they can at least wipe out more than half of these German tanks with a surprise attack. "

"Tanks, I don't have any more now, because they will be more useful in the next counterattack." His requests are beyond my ability, so I can only say euphemistically: "as for the shells, I will contact the superior again and ask them to urge the transport troops to transport them to you as soon as possible."

"Thank you, comrade oshanina." Kravchenko said politely, "don't worry, as long as there is a commander and fighter in the Fifth Army of my close guard tank, we will never let the enemy pass through our position."

I put down the phone and thought about it for a long time. I felt that to solve the problem of ammunition for Kravchenko, I had to go to vatukin, because only when he came forward could the transport troops give priority to mentioning the necessary ammunition and materials for us.

After hearing my voice, vatukin immediately asked with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, do you have any good news to tell me when you call me at this time?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I said with a smile: "I call you at this time, just to report to you the progress of our counterattack."

When I heard that I was going to report on the progress of the counterattack, vatujing was a little nervous: "what's the situation, comrade oshanina, tell me quickly!"

I briefly introduced to him the progress of the counterattack, and finally said: "not long ago, the 51st division of the close guard who held fast in Yakovlev and the 375TH division of the infantry who participated in the counterattack successfully joined forces, blocking the German army's back road. At present, the German second party guard armored forces, which are still in Prokhorovka, will soon have to retreat to their original starting positions because of the depletion of ammunition and fuel. "

"Well done!" After listening to my report, watujing praised me and then asked, "what can I do for you? As long as it is within my ability, you will do it for you! "

"The German forces in Prokhorovka, in order to prevent their retreat from being cut off by our forces, have launched two attacks on general Kravchenko's tank army positions In order to prevent my flank from being attacked, I have to find a way for vatukin to solve the ammunition problem for Kravchenko: "in order to ensure the safety of the defense line, can you provide some help for them?"

Vatukin was silent for a moment, and then replied, "well, I will transfer a tank brigade and an anti tank artillery regiment to the position of the Fifth Army of the close guard tank as soon as possible to strengthen their defense forces. But as the reserves are still on the road, they may have to wait two more days. "

At first, when I heard that watujing was going to send tank brigade and artillery regiment, I was still ecstatic. But when I heard what he said, I felt cold again. It's said that we have to wait two more days to arrive in a week, thanks to God. So I had to follow the original idea and say, "Comrade commander, since the tank brigade and artillery can't arrive for the time being, can we first supply general Kravchenko with new tank shells. In the face of rushing German tanks, we can't let our soldiers drive tanks without shells and rush up to collide with them, can we

"You've told me a lot about shells." When I heard watujing mention it, I felt a little impatient and seemed to be angry with me immediately. But I obviously thought too much, because then I heard him say, "well, after dark, I'll arrange two convoys to deliver shells to Kravchenko's troops. Since we have a tank with better performance than the German army, we can't let it be a decoration. We must let it play its due role fully. "

Just when I thought that vatukin would hang up, he suddenly said mysteriously, "Comrade oshanina, I have a glorious and arduous task for you to complete. Are you confident? "

"Comrade General, I don't know what the task is?" I was at a loss because of this nonsense, so I asked cautiously, "can you tell me?"

"Well, comrade oshanina." "You know, our deputy commander, general apanashchenko, is not used to staying in the headquarters and commanding the troops according to the map. Instead, he likes to go to the front line in person. An hour ago, he said that he would go to the front line for inspection, but I couldn't stop him. For the sake of his safety, I sent a guard platoon to the front with him to inspect the fighting situation of the front troops. If he comes to your headquarters, you must try to keep him and stop him running any further. "

For this task of vatujing, I was in a dilemma. For a moment, I couldn't find anything to reply him. Perhaps it was my delay in speaking that worried him. He raised his voice and asked, "Comrade o'shanina, do you hear what I said?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I said carefully: "if Comrade deputy commander of the front army arrives here, I will try every means to keep him, but if he has to leave, I have no choice. As you know, he is my superior. According to the regulations, the orders of the superior must be executed unconditionally. "

Hearing what I said, vatukin also said with understanding, "Comrade oshanina, I understand your difficulties. Well, if you can't keep him, you will follow him until he returns to the headquarters of the front army. Do you understand? "

"I see, Comrade General." Although I was very reluctant, I could only honestly agree to the order of watujing. At this moment, I didn't expect that because of the order of watujing, I almost lost my life.

When I put down the phone, kirilov saw that my face was serious and asked with concern, "Rita, what's the matter? You look like you're in a bad mood."

I nodded and said with a sad face: "the senior general just said on the phone that general apanashchenko, deputy commander of the front army, came to the front again without authorization to inspect."

"What, the deputy commander is at the forefront again?" Hearing the news, Danilov immediately jumped up from his position. He looked at me with wide eyes and said, "the front is so dangerous. As a senior commander, how can he run forward casually? Is there no one in the front command to persuade him?"

"It's no use, comrade Danilov." Kirilov said helplessly: "the senior general of apanashchenko, usually even Marshal Zhukov wants to give them three points, not to mention the seniority is far less than his commander watujing. What we can do now is try our best to protect his safety. "

While we were talking, a man burst into the room and cheerfully said hello to us: "Hello, commanders, I wish you good health! What's the situation here? When I came in, I saw everyone was smiling. Did you win another battle? "

We stood at attention and raised our hands to apanashchenko, who had just come in. After I put down my hand, I asked him with a trace of helplessness: "Comrade deputy commander of the front army, why did you come to the front again? Don't you know it's too dangerous here?"

Apanashchenko waved his hand to me and said with disapproval, "your commanders at the forefront are not afraid of danger. As your superior, how can I be greedy for life and fear death?" Then, he repeated the same topic: "by the way, comrade o'shanina, you have not told me what happened here and why everyone is so happy?"

"Report to Comrade deputy commander of the front army." In accordance with the rules, I reported that "today I launched a counter offensive against the German army in Yakovlev area with four infantry divisions, one tank army and one tank brigade, plus several artillery regiments and close guard rocket battalion." Hearing that the troops launched a counterattack, apanashchenko suddenly brightened his eyes and asked curiously, "what's the situation? Have you driven the enemy away from the positions they occupied?"“ Yes, comrade deputy commander. " I stood straight in front of him and said, "under our strong attack, the 19th German tank division was first defeated by our army. Then their infantry gave up their position and retreated in the direction of Yakovlev after being attacked by us. One hour ago, the 375TH infantry division joined the 51st guard division in Yakovlev, blocking the inevitable retreat of the main German forces. At present, the fighting continues! "“ Where did our troops meet? " Apanashchenko looked down at the map on the table, waved to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, please come here. Please point out to me where our two heroic forces met successfully? " I went over, glanced at the map, then pointed to lakovo's position and said, "right here, comrade deputy commander of the front army. It is here that our two divisions meet. " Apanashchenko looked at the place carefully, nodded and said with satisfaction, "yes, this is the place - lakovo. I know this place and have been to it several times." Speaking of this, he stood up, looked at me and said, "Comrade oshanina, since our troops have joined forces here, why do we still sit in the headquarters tens of kilometers away from them as commanders?" Seeing my look of astonishment, he went on to say, "we should go to the meeting place immediately. This will be of great help to boost the morale of our army. Come on, comrade o'shanina, don't be stunned. Let's go together“ However, comrade deputy commander of the front army! " I was interrupted by his wave before I spoke. He said impatiently, "as the commander of the group army, don't you have the courage to go to the front line? I'm really wrong about you. "