Chapter 1189

"There are no more friendly forces, comrade commander." Although niekrasov also knew that saying this would have an impact on the morale of the front commanders and fighters, he did not draw a pie of nothingness for the other side, but told the truth: "the enemy is in the peripheral positions on both sides of the East and the west, blocking their attack. That is to say, in a long time, you can fight alone. I see, comrade commander. "

The other party hesitated for a long time before answering in a firm tone: "I see, sir. Our regiment will continue to attack the enemy before reinforcements arrive. "

After Nekrasov hung up the phone, he asked me a little worried: "Comrade commander, can the troops of the 71st division of the guards arrive on time? You know, I have only two regiments in the city. We have to deal with two divisions of the German army. We are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength and equipment. Don't let tomarovka come down, our troops will be eaten by the German army. "

"Don't worry, comrade colonel." I remember that in history, it took two days for the Soviet army to launch an attack to liberate Belgorod. Before that, tomarovka would have been recovered. That is to say, no matter how strong the German army in this place is, they can't encircle and annihilate the siege troops“ I'm sure you'll get the reserves soon. If nothing happens, we can recover tomarovka today. "

I was talking to nikolasov when a staff officer standing in front of the lookout suddenly exclaimed, "enemy plane!"

When I heard about the enemy planes, I couldn't help but feel nervous. I said that no matter how powerful our ground forces are, the attack on tomarovka will probably fail if the German forces take control of the air.

I can't help clenching my teeth when I see several enemy planes circling over the city and diving down from time to time to drop bombs and strafe. Because every dive, the bombs dropped and the bullets fired will take the lives of several of our commanders and fighters. I really want to immediately transfer the self-propelled antiaircraft artillery regiment to bring these damned planes down.

Perhaps seeing their own planes to support us, the German artillery which had been hidden revived and began to bombard us. The shell exploded near the observation post, and the dust on the roof fell down. For a moment, I was covered with a thick layer of soil.

Seeing this situation, nikolasov was a little worried. He came to me and said, "Comrade commander, let's move to the headquarters for the time being. There is a blast hole in the room, which is much safer than here."

Although I was scared to death at the moment, I would like to hide in the gun hole next second to avoid the enemy's shelling. But in front of so many subordinates, I tried to pretend to be calm and said, "Comrade Colonel, what's the panic? The enemy's artillery fire can't do much damage to us. Let's stay here. " Although I'm a dead duck with a stiff tongue, I still think that if niekrasov tries to persuade me again, I will follow him back to the headquarters.

I didn't expect that Nekrasov was a real man. When he heard me say that, he really thought that I was the kind of character who was falling in front of me and didn't change face and heart, so he stayed with me honestly.

The German artillery in the city was firing, and the regiment left in the peripheral position was suppressed with fire. The troops moving from the left and right wings of the city were covered, and a section of the trench near the city was occupied, cutting off the back of our troops in the city.

As soon as he saw the troops in the city, the contact with the division headquarters was cut off, Nekrasov was immediately in a hurry. He picked up the phone and called the chief of staff who was in charge of the regiment. He said, "Hello, chief of staff, do you see the situation outside?"

The chief of staff who answered the phone said briefly, "yes, sir."

"Chief of staff, send a battalion immediately." Nekrasov decisively ordered the other side to say: "drive away the enemy who cuts off our army's back road, move quickly! Do you understand? "

"I see, sir." The chief of staff replied, "I immediately ordered the troops to attack."

A few minutes later, I saw hundreds of officers and men rushing out of the trenches under the enemy's fire, shouting and heading for the German positions on the edge of the city. Perhaps the German artillery observers were hidden among the troops that cut off our rear route. The artillery fire that had been bombarding the positions immediately turned around and began to intercept the charging troops.

The troops charging had to lie on the ground and wait patiently for the enemy's artillery fire to finish before continuing to charge.

"What to do, what to do?" I anxiously thought that if this situation continues, maybe the two regiments in the city will be eaten by the Germans, and then they will turn their heads to carry out counter attacks. Then not only our achievements today will be wiped out, but also the 52nd division of the guards will be in danger of being annihilated.

Miracles are often people in the most desperate time, at this time, the air came more and more clear aircraft motor roar. Outside ran into a soldier, excited incoherent said: "plane, a lot of planes, a lot of our planes, are flying towards us here, flying to blow up the German..."

I didn't wait for him to finish, so I rushed out of the observation station, stood in the trench and looked in the direction of the sound. Busmanov, who was working as a guard nearby, came up to me, pointed to the sky and excitedly said to me, "Comrade commander, you see, our air force is out. My God, so many airplanes, enough for the Germans to drink a pot. "

Although I heard the sound from the sky when I was in the observation station, I knew that there were a lot of planes dispatched by our army, but I didn't expect that there were so many. It's a piece of cake to have 50 bombers in a group and 12 assault planes escorted by 20-30 fighters against the enemy planes over tomarovka.

The fighter planes serving as air cover found the enemy planes circling over tomarovka. Immediately, sixteen fighters broke away from the flying formation and made a small formation of four fighters and pounced on the enemy.

The four enemy planes that have been raging over tomarovka for a long time are estimated to have dropped all their bombs and machine guns and are preparing to return. Seeing the flying formation of our army coming, I was scared out of my wits. I immediately ran for my life. Our pilots will certainly not let it go, and each small formation followed an enemy plane.

The German planes were expelled, and then our strike plane formation began to perform. They divided into six groups and began to assault the German army on the ground, constantly suppressing the enemy's artillery and German firepower in the trenches.

"That's great, that's great!" With the beginning of the attack on the ground, the German artillery gradually weakened until it stopped. He called his chief of staff and said in a loud voice, "Comrade chief of staff, send the remaining two battalions to destroy the enemy in front of us as soon as possible."

When I heard what niekrasov said, I thought to myself, it's a pity that there are no tanks, otherwise, the casualties of the troops will be greatly reduced. I just thought about it casually, but basmanov suddenly rushed in and excitedly reported to me: "Comrade commander, the tanks of the tank brigade have arrived."

When I heard that the tank brigade arrived, my mood suddenly relaxed, and I immediately told nikolasov: "Comrade Colonel, send someone to send a signal to their troops, so that they can go straight ahead and cover the infantry to rush into the city."

Nikolasov agreed and immediately ordered a staff officer to send a signal to the tank brigade. The staff officer ran out of the observation post and stood on a relatively high mound, waving a red and a green flag to send a signal to the tank speeding here. Sometimes I admire the people who invented the flag language. Many complex commands can be sent out through the flag in the hands of the staff.

After seeing the signal, the tank troops, originally in two columns, immediately slowed down, formed a battle formation, and roared forward. They deliberately slowed down when passing by the prone commanders and fighters, so as not to accidentally crush their own people. The commanders and fighters lying on the ground, after the tank passed by, immediately rolled to the side, hid in the shooting dead angle behind the tank, then stood up, carrying weapons and charging with the tank.

It's the first time that I've seen so many times of cooperation between Bu and tan. I can't help asking Nekrasov: "Comrade Colonel, your troops are quite well-trained. You see, the soldiers are hiding behind the tanks, so that the bullets from the front of the enemy can't hurt them."

Hearing my question, nikolasov looked at me with wide eyes and said strangely, "Comrade commander, didn't you teach us this kind of cooperation?"

"What did I teach you?" Confused by what he said, I asked, "when did I teach you that?"

"You forget," niekrasov carefully reminded me, "last month, you specially sent major akhromeyev, the director of operations, to patrol the various units and guide them to carry out the training of coordinated operations between the two sides."

I used my telescope to stare at the moving tank in front of me. When I saw that the bullets from the German machine gun hit the armor of the car body, they could only splash out pieces of sparks, and could not hurt the infantry behind. I felt a lot more at ease. After hearing the explanation of nikolasov, I just gave a few hum without any comment.

The tank stopped 50 meters away from the German trench, not only bombarded with tank guns, but also strafed with vehicle mounted machine guns, killing the German soldiers in the incomplete trench. Seeing that the enemy's resistance was almost destroyed, a commander issued a command, and the commanders and fighters hiding behind the tank flashed out and rushed towards the enemy's position with weapons.

"Comrade commander, look quickly." When we saw our soldiers rush into the trenches and clean up the shivering German troops like hungry wolves rushing into sheep's flocks, Nekrasov exclaimed excitedly: "the Germans can't stand it. We can wipe them out in a short time."

When I saw that the other two battalions were also attacking tomarovka, I put down my telescope and said to nikolasov with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, under our strong three-dimensional offensive, the German army, which has long been demoralized, can't stop it. As soon as the 71st division of guards arrives, I'll go to the city with you. "

When I said this, nikolasov, who was still full of joy, immediately restrained his smile and said seriously, "Comrade commander, the city is too dangerous. You have no right to risk your life. When the 71st division of Jinwei arrives, I will personally take the division's headquarters to the city to set up a new headquarters. And you will stay here with the commander of the 71st division, Colonel sivakov

"Comrade colonel." Although I knew that he meant well, I stubbornly said, "I still said that, as the commander of the group army, I must be with my soldiers. As for my safety, don't worry. I believe major busmanov and his soldiers can do all this well. " After listening to my words, nikolasov cried out to the outside: "major basmanov, major basmanov, please come in." Major basmanov, whose name was called by him, came in from outside, looked at me and then at nikolasov, and finally asked in a confused way, "Comrade division, do you have anything to tell me?" Niekrasov pointed to me and asked, "Comrade major, as the guard of the commander, do you have the responsibility to protect her life?" Although busmanov didn't know the reason why he asked, he still nodded his head honestly and said definitely, "you are right. My task is to protect the life safety of the commander."“ But now, comrade major, the commander wants to command the battle in the city. " Speaking of this, nikolasov quickly walked to the lookout, pointed to tomarovka, who was being bombed by our army in the distance, and said in a loud voice: "you see, the battle ahead is so fierce, I have no right to let the commander to take risks in the city." There was an expression of embarrassment on basmanov's face when he heard what niekrasov said. After a long time, he murmured: "Sir, have you forgotten that according to the regulations, the orders of the higher authorities are not allowed to be discussed but can only be carried out?" Once basmanov said that, nikolasov, who originally thought he was reasonable, suddenly fell down like a rubber ball. He bowed his head and said helplessly, "well, comrade major, you have a point. Then I will obey the commander's orders. " At this point, he looked up at me and said firmly, "I'll take the Shizhi organ into the city later, and you can enter the city only when you are sure that the safety can be guaranteed."