Chapter 1188

After staying in the headquarters for a while, one of the subordinates of Nekrasov came in, bent down to his ear and whispered something. As soon as I saw it, I raised my voice and asked, "Comrade Colonel, what's the matter?"

Hearing this, the officer stood up straight and turned his eyes to nikolasov for help. The latter said carelessly, "report to the commander."

After obtaining permission from nikolasov, the Officer immediately reported to me, "Comrade commander, our observation post has been built, where we can see tomarovka clearly."

To understand that the officers had come to report to us that the frontier observation post had been built, I immediately urged nikolasov: "come on, comrade division commander, let's go to the frontier observation post together."

"But, comrade commander." "It's too dangerous there. For your safety's sake, you'd better not go," he said with a complicated expression

I waved my hand and said impatiently, "Comrade Colonel, I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about my safety. Let's go and see what kind of city we can't attack for a long time. "

Soon I saw tomarovka through the telescope, and Nekrasov also introduced to me: "Comrade commander, before the war, this city was a medium-sized city with a population of 100000, but look what it has become. Factories have been blown up, and the city is in ruins, leaving only the ruins of buildings. "

Our attacking troops, however, were killed by intensive German firepower when they attacked the ruins. After paying a certain price, they all withdrew to the trench two or three hundred meters in front of us.

The officers and men who returned to the trench did not wait for nikolasov to send any troops. Except for leaving the necessary troops on guard, the rest began to wave their engineering shovels and reinforce the work which was hollowed out by our artillery.

Seeing that I had been staring at the commanders and fighters digging the fortifications, he was afraid that I was worried. He quickly explained, "Comrade commander, the commanders and fighters have been pounding the distance of two or three kilometers in a row. They must be very tired. They need to rest for a while before they can attack again."

"No hurry, sir." I just found out through the telescope that only the 52nd division of the guards was attacking tomarovka, while the friendly forces in the other two directions did not see any trace. In order to avoid being isolated and surrounded by the German army, I specially told nikolasov: "let the soldiers have a rest for a while, and let them launch a new attack after the tank brigade arrives."

As soon as I finished, a staff officer next to me suddenly called out loudly: "tank!"

I thought what he said was that when our army's tanks arrived, he listened to them with his ears on his side, but except for the sound of guns outside, there was no roar of tank motors. I was just about to ask the staff if they had heard me wrong. The other side was already crying out anxiously: "Comrade commander, you are mistaken. It's not our tank, it's the German tank. It's German tanks, coming out of the city. "

I looked in the direction of his fingers and saw five German Tiger tanks rushing out of the city towards our position along the brick and gravel streets. They were followed by almost a battalion of infantry.

Seeing the German tanks, nikolasov immediately picked up the phone and quickly gave an order to his commanders: "when the German tanks get close to our army, they will shoot with anti tank rockets and aim directly; As for the infantry following the tank, they use machine guns to fire. Do you understand? "

After the German tanks left the city, they immediately formed a battle formation and stormed towards our defense. The infantry behind also trotted up.

When the German tanks were only about 200 meters away from the position, the Rockets in our trench opened fire. As soon as more than a dozen rockets took off, they directly hit the tank armor that was moving forward. Two tanks were directly exploded. The vehicle ammunition killed by the explosion lifted the turret high and flew up, rolled in the air and landed in front of the infantry, which scared the infantry to flee. There is also a tank full of fire, but also to support the forward dozens of meters, then stopped burning. The remaining two tanks stopped in place for a short time, each fired a shell, and then continued to move forward.

Our anti tank men, after completing the first round of launch, soon launched a second rocket, accurately hit the two tanks that continued to rush up foolishly. The explosion of ammunition in the tank and the blazing fire made the infantry behind stupefied. They didn't know whether to continue to rush forward or to turn back.

What the forward commander wanted was this kind of effect. He decisively gave the order to shoot. The machine guns in the positions roared first, then the submachine guns and assault rifles joined the ranks of shooting, and the dull gunfire continued. Within the range of our army, the German troops were beaten to the ground in an instant.

Seeing the enemy's loss of resistance, the commander gave the order to attack, so hundreds of them jumped out of the trench and rushed to the German army in chaos. Seeing our soldiers rushing like tigers down the mountain, the German soldiers were immediately terrified. They turned around and ran back in a hurry, while our soldiers followed them.

As soon as I saw the troops rushing into the city with the fleeing German army, the telephone rang in the observation center. Nekrasov picked it up, listened to it, handed me the microphone, and whispered, "Comrade commander, it's the chief of staff."

I took the phone and asked, "Hello, chief of staff, what can I do for you?"

"Well, comrade commander." Bezikov said excitedly, "I just sent the 71st division of the guards to you. If you don't think the troops are enough, I can send more troops to you."

"Comrade chief of staff, what's going on?" Don't confuse me with what zikov said. I said in my heart that I didn't give any combat orders to other divisions except the 89th division of the guards. So I must ask and find out what happened.

"Comrade commander," bzikov said politely, "it is neither the deputy commander's intention nor my proposal to send the 71st division of the guards to tomarovka, but the order given to us by the headquarters of the front army."

"I see." As soon as berzikov explained it, I would understand that it was probably Zhukov's meaning. Otherwise, with vatukin's character, he would neither give orders to the divisions below nor take the initiative to put the reserves into battle. This is Zhukov's meaning“ Send the troops as soon as possible. I think we will use them soon

When I put down the phone, Nekrasov, who was in charge of tomarovka's main attack task, was in a hurry. He kept saying to me, "Comrade commander, you don't need to send a reserve team. Really, you don't need to send a reserve team. With our division's current fighting capacity, there is no problem in winning tomarovka."

"Comrade Colonel, it is not the decision of the leaders of the group army to send reserve troops here." I knew in my heart that the reason why Nekrasov had such a reaction was that he was afraid that later people would take his credit, so he tried to politely refuse the support of the friendly forces. At such a time, I must make it clear to him, so as not to have any bad thoughts in his mind: "it's the order given by the commander of the front army directly to the following divisions, who has surpassed the leaders of our group army."

"So it is." Knowing that the arrival of reinforcements is an unchangeable fact, nikolasov could not help but show a regretful expression on his face. However, he still said firmly: "Comrade commander, when they come, they are estimated to be the life of the reserve team, because with the strength of our division, we can recover tomarovka."

I can't help laughing when I saw the appearance of nikolasov's face full of fat: "Comrade Colonel, look at the troops attacking tomarovka, but you are the only Division, and the other two divisions haven't seen any shadow up to now. It's estimated that they haven't broken through the peripheral positions of the German army. If you only rely on the strength of your division, it is estimated that you will pay a very heavy price to win the city. "

"Don't worry, comrade commander." After listening to what I said, niekrasov misunderstood me again and promised me in a hurry: "even if all our divisions are finished, we will surely take tomarov down."

I heard him say this and said with a straight face: "Colonel, if your division runs out, and then attack Belgorod and Kharkov, there will be nothing wrong with your division." After that, I deliberately observed his reaction

If I didn't expect that, as soon as my voice fell, he became impatient and said to me excitedly, "Comrade commander, we can't liberate Belgorod and Kharkov without our division. Because in the battle of Kharkov a few months ago, many of the wounded in our division were killed by the German army because they were not transferred out in time when Kharkov fell. Now we are looking forward to the day of counter attack. Our division insists on the main attack and avenge our comrades in arms who died in Kharkov! "

"Revenge Several other staff officers in the observation station also yelled at the same time.

"All right, all right." I raised my hand and pressed it down to stop the cheers. Then I said, "it's time to clear up the crimes committed by the Germans against us, so we must first liberate tomarovka, and then turn around and attack bergerold. Do you understand? "

"I see!" All the commanders, including nikolasov, answered in unison.

Due to the rapid impact of the troops, there was no time for the signalmen to lay telephone lines, so the next contact could only be made through the telephone. Fortunately, the German army is now in a situation of self-care, so we can confidently and boldly use Ming language.

"Hello, comrade commander, what's the progress of your regiment?" he asked aloud

Inside, a loud voice replied, "report to Mr. commander, our regiment has occupied the bus station in the north of the city. I set up the regiment headquarters here, and the two battalions are developing eastward. "

"What about the casualties?" Asked Nekrasov.

"A battalion commander died in the battle." "But I have appointed a new battalion commander. He is a member of the regional Soviet and has rich combat experience. At present, his troops have rushed into the cinema and are fighting a white-edged war with the Germans who are sticking to it," the lieutenant commander said sadly

After the call, the expression on his face became rich. He said to me with a smile, "Comrade commander, you hear me. Our commanders and fighters are fighting a white-edged war with the Germans, and the result, needless to say, must be our final victory. Now you can rest assured that the combat effectiveness of our division must be the strongest in the whole regiment. "

I didn't pour cold water on the self-confidence shown by nikolasov. Instead, I asked with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, what about the other regiment?" When I said that, he immediately remembered that the troops fighting in the city were two regiments, not one. So he contacted another commander and asked about the situation of the other side: "Hey, what's the situation there and where is the progress of the army?"“ Report to your teacher. " A hoarse voice came out of the receiver: "we are fighting repeatedly with the German army in the workers' dormitory of the tractor factory."“ Why, is the enemy powerful? " Hearing that the troops were engaged in a tug of war, Nekrasov was anxious again. "Why can't you eliminate them quickly?"“ Comrade division commander, "the other party said hastily," it is a battalion of the SS that sticks here. Its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the ordinary national defense forces. They're armed with submachine guns and machine guns, hidden in places we can't find. As soon as our officers and men get into their range, they fire. One of my battalions, so far, has lost nearly half of its casualties. "“ What measures have you taken to deal with this enemy? " "If you keep pestering with the Germans, their reinforcements will come soon," he asked anxiously“ Don't worry, sir The other side vowed: "I should order the mortar company to be transferred and bombard the enemy's hidden place intensively. I don't believe that the flesh and blood of the Germans can block our shells. "“ All right, comrade commander. " Nikolasov heard this, obviously relieved, and then said: "move fast, you are now occupying less than a quarter of the city, if you do not speed up the attack, then we will not be able to recover tomarovka from the German hands today."“ Comrade division commander, aren't there still friendly forces attacking from the side? " The commander asked curiously, "where are they now?"