Chapter 1191

Tomarovka is now a necessary place for both the enemy and us. Therefore, while I put in a large number of troops, the German troops also sent reinforcements. As a result, the fighting here was extremely fierce.

I placed four infantry divisions and two tank brigades in the city of tomarovka. I intended to wait for two friendly divisions to attack the city again, so that we could form a situation of fighting more and fighting less. Who knows, until the evening, the battle between the two divisions of Youlin was still going on outside the city, and it was still my troops who fought fiercely with the German army in the city.

After several hours of fighting, I found a rule by accident: as long as our army moves to the East and West wings, the German army will fight back against us desperately besides sticking to the battlefield. Several times, my troops approached the outskirts of tomarovka on the East and west sides, and the German troops would launch a crazy counterattack against us under the cover of tanks. If you push directly south, the pressure will be greatly reduced.

After reading the telegram in front of me, I raised my head and asked the four division commanders sitting opposite me: "Sir, comrades, why did the German army enter such a tenacious resistance when we attacked the East and West wings?"

"Comrade commander, the German intention is very obvious." First of all, Colonel sivakov said, "they are afraid that when our army controls the East and west sides of the city, it will be able to carry out front and back attacks with the friendly forces who are on the front attack."

"Comrade Colonel, I don't think it's that simple." As soon as his words were finished, tawalter killaze, commander of the 23rd army of the guards, said: "the Germans gave us a false impression that the forces in the south of the city were weak, and made us think that it was not difficult to seize control of the south of the city. Maybe they have already ambushed heavy troops there. When our main forces rush to the south of the city, their troops deployed in the East and west of the city will attack each other and cut off the rear of our shock troops at one stroke. "

For their analysis, I did not immediately express my opinion, but turned my eyes to bielei on the left. After staring at him for a while, I asked, "Comrade Colonel, are your tanks going well?"

Bielei shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "Comrade commander, the situation is very bad. Because of the air force's bombing and artillery's shelling, the whole city is full of debris and bricks, and our tanks can hardly move. You know, rubble is the natural killer of tanks. When going up the slope, the weak belly of the tank will become the target of German tanks; When going downhill, the top cover of the tank will also be hit by anti tank fire. "

Don't listen to ray say that, my heart is half cold. If our infantry are not supported by artillery in the street battle, even if they occupy any position, they will be repulsed in the German counterattack. Thinking of this, I turned my eyes to the artillery commander povsky again and asked him with a smile: "Comrade Colonel, can our artillery be used in street fighting?"

When povsky heard my question, he quickly got up from his seat and replied, "Comrade commander, rockets can't be used in the city. Because the accuracy is too poor, it is possible that our own people may be injured by mistake when shelling, so only one or two cannons can be used."

"Comrade Colonel, this is very good." When I heard that one or two artillery regiments could be transferred to the city, my heart immediately became much more stable. As long as we had artillery support, our speed of tackling difficult problems would be greatly improved“ Send two artillery regiments to the city immediately. "

"Comrade commander." After I gave the order, povsky asked me, "I don't know where the artillery position should be set after the artillery regiment enters the city?"

"No positions." I said in my heart, if you want to set up artillery positions in the city, what else can I ask you to transfer the artillery regiment to the city for? In order to let him understand my intention, I announced in public: "Comrade Colonel, after the artillery regiment enters the city, we will assign the company as a unit to all divisions, and let our artillery follow the soldiers to charge."

After what I said, all the commanders present, except bielei, looked at each other in a daze. It only occurred to me this time that berey and I had been together for a long time and knew the "bayonet on the cannon" method I advocated before. Other people became my subordinates only before the start of the Kursk battle. It's not surprising that they didn't understand this tactic.

When bielei saw that everyone was silent, he quickly reminded me in a low voice: "Comrade commander, you'd better tell us. I don't think they understood you."

"Yes, comrade commander." First of all, the artillery commander povsky agreed with colonel berey. He said blankly, "let the artillery charge with the artillery. I've never heard of this kind of play before, so please explain it to us so that we can have a clear idea."

"That's right, that's right," the following division commanders said with tongue in cheek, "Comrade commander, just tell us, so that we can understand how artillery charges with infantry."

In order to enable them to carry out this kind of playing method, I explained to them in detail what "bayonet on cannon" is like. Finally, I repeatedly stressed that "... When the infantry are charging, when they encounter the enemy's solid firepower point, they can use the artillery for direct aim to destroy it."

After listening to my explanation, everyone began to talk about it again. One of them, tavartkilaze, said excitedly: "if this tactic is adopted, as soon as the German firepower is exposed, it will be destroyed by us immediately. It can not only reduce the casualties of the troops, but also speed up the advance of the troops. "

Seeing all the people talking about it, Colonel berey couldn't sit still. He approached me and asked in a low voice, "Comrade commander, what should I do for the two tank brigades I command?"

Considering that the city is full of ruins, which is not conducive to the formation of tanks and the implementation of assault, I ordered bielei: "Comrade Colonel, you should deploy all the tanks of the tank brigade near the positions controlled by our army to serve as fixed battery." At this point, I can't help muttering in a low voice, "so even if the German troops send out tanks to carry out the counterattack, they will be destroyed by our tanks."

As I adjusted my tactics in time, when the artillery regiment entered tomarovka, our attack began again. The German Army thought that they could still use the firepower of the firepower point to suppress our offensive troops, as before, and then carry out the counterattack. But this time, as soon as the firepower point was exposed, the machine gunner was blown up into the air by a man with a machine gun before he even finished hitting a bullet chain.

When I stayed in the headquarters with a group of division commanders, I could not help but see the telegrams sent to me by the signalmen. The contents on them were all as follows: what buildings our army had occupied in the street of XX, how many enemies had been destroyed, and so on.

Tavartkiraze could not keep his mouth shut when he saw such a battle report. Because almost all the troops fighting in the city belonged to the 23rd army of his guards. He came up to me, raised a stack of telegrams in his hand and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, the kind of playing method you proposed is really effective. You see, just over an hour later, our troops occupied two streets in the East, West and south, respectively. As long as this rate of progress can be maintained, there will be no problem for us to recover tomarovka before dark. "

I also feel the same about what tavartkilaze said, because according to the feedback from the divisions, the attack was very smooth. I intend to divide my troops to support the attacks of the East and West wings when our army has a larger control area.

Just when we felt that victory was in sight, an accident happened. Govorunanko, who was commanding the troops to attack the south of the city, called and reported to me: "Comrade commander, the German troops have reinforced the south of the city?"

Govorunanko's words startled me. I immediately asked, "what kind of reinforcements are the enemy's reinforcements?"

"According to the confession of our captives," govoronenko continued, "the German 332nd Infantry Division was seriously understaffed by our fierce attack. The 19th armored division of general Schmidt of the German army came to reinforce and strengthened the defense force with the 73rd and 74th armored infantry regiments. "

"See the German tanks?" I heard that it was the 19th armored division. I couldn't help but sweat. Although this unit was defeated by us some time ago, its overall strength can't be underestimated. After more than half a month's rest, perhaps its combat effectiveness has returned to its most powerful state. If we want to eliminate it, we are bound to pay a heavy price.

"Yes, comrade commander." The more you worry about something, the more you come. I am most worried that there will be tanks with infantry regiment. I didn't expect that there would be tanks. "My observation post reported that the German army had assembled at least 20 tanks and planned to attack us in several streets at the same time," govoronenko said

"Comrade Colonel, quickly build barricades and deploy artillery behind them." While thinking about the way to deal with the German tanks, I said to govorunanko: "if the enemy attacks, you will use artillery to kill the enemy's tanks. As for the infantry following, use assault rifles and machine guns to kill them all."

Just after the call with govorunanko, sivakov called me again. When I heard his voice coming from the receiver, I asked nervously, "Comrade Colonel, is something wrong with you?"

"Something's wrong, what's wrong?" Sivakov asked in a puzzled way. But after hearing that I did not answer, he excitedly reported to me, "Comrade commander, I have good news for you."

When I heard the good news, my spirit was suddenly lifted, and I immediately asked, "Comrade Colonel, do you have any good news to tell me?"

"Comrade commander, the commanders and fighters of our division and the 51st division of Jinwei successfully broke through the defense in the west of the German city, captured the regimental headquarters of the 676th regiment of the 332nd infantry division of the German army, and killed the colonel of the regiment."

"That's very good, comrade colonel. What a wonderful news you've told me!" I was overjoyed to hear that the German commander had been killed. In this way, the garrison in the west of the city would be in chaos because the commander had been killed, so that we could wipe out the enemy in the west of the city one by one. I hastily told him: "Comrade Colonel, quickly control all the streets in the west of the city, and be ready to attack the German positions in the western suburbs."

When I put down the phone, tavartkiraze could not help asking curiously, "Comrade commander, what good news has Colonel sivakov reported to you? You see, your face is almost bursting with laughter. "

"Comrade General." I smile and say to ta killazer, "I want to congratulate you!"“ Congratulations! " My words confused tawalter killazer, who asked in a confused way, "congratulations on what?"“ Colonel sivakov reported that the joint forces of the 51st and 71st divisions of the guards had successfully captured the headquarters of the 676th German regiment and killed the head of the regiment. " When I said this, the smile on my face was even more: "is it not worth celebrating that your men have achieved such brilliant results?"“ It should be, it should be. " Tawalter killazer nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and then he said to me, "Comrade commander, I have a suggestion. After our army controls the west of the city, we can let our tank brigade go out of the city from the west of the city and go around to the south of the city to attack the rear of the German army. I don't know if it's ok? " After listening to tavartkilaze's suggestion, I didn't answer him immediately. Instead, I turned to the nearby Colonel bere and asked with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, what's your opinion?" Don't think about it, then nodded and said, "general tavartkiraze's opinion is very good. We went around to the back of the 19th German Panzer Division and made a surprise attack. If the comrades of the 375TH infantry division attack from the front again, it is possible that the German armored division will be completely destroyed. "“ Very well, comrade Colonel, "I was full of praise for his proposal." the Germans would never dream that our two tank brigades would suddenly come out from behind them. In this way, we would be caught by surprise. " With that, I waved to him and said, "you can arrange it right away." After berey left, povsky couldn't sit still. He said to me anxiously: "Comrade commander, it is very difficult to annihilate the 19th armored division of the German army with the tanks of the tank brigade alone. Therefore, I suggest that artillery observers should be sent to the areas where the German tanks gather, so that they can provide parameters for the rocket artillery instructions outside the city and direct the shooting targets, So that German tanks can be turned into scrap iron under our artillery fire. "“ Comrade Colonel, we have nothing to do here anyway. " To tell the truth, I also want to see with my own eyes how our troops annihilated the German armored division, so I took the initiative to say to povsky, "let's go there and have a look together!"