Chapter 1198

After I had said this, I sat down in my seat and thought about it. Then I stood up and announced to everyone, "comrades, commanders, I have decided to go to the city in person."“ What? " Hearing my decision, Danilov jumped up from his seat and said in surprise, "Comrade commander, what do you say? You plan to go to the city in person?"“ Yes, comrade deputy commander. " I nodded and said with certainty, "I decided to go to the city to see the situation myself, to cheer up the commanders and fighters, and let them make persistent efforts to occupy Belgorod before dark."“ Rita, you know, we have three divisions in the city. Even if you don't boost your morale, they can still occupy the city. " Out of concern, kirilov earnestly advised me: "the city is too dangerous. Don't forget the lesson of general apanashenko, deputy commander of the front army. For your safety, you'd better stay here to command." As soon as kirilov's words were uttered, bzikov repeatedly echoed: "yes, comrade military commissar is right. You are the commander of the group army. You can't take risks in dangerous places. You'd better stay here to command. " I waved my hand and said firmly: "although we have three divisions in the city, there is no unified command. Now each division is fighting its own way, so it is difficult to form a strong combat effectiveness. It may be able to gain an advantage in some areas, but it is very difficult to drive the German troops out of the city. "“ In that case, I'll go with you. " After hearing this, kirilov suddenly said something unexpected“ Well, comrade military commissar, let's go to the city together. " I knew that if kirilov was not allowed to go into the city with me, he would oppose my going to the city to direct the battle, just like other people, so I readily agreed. Before leaving, he explained to Danilov, "Comrade deputy commander, you and Colonel bzikov are in charge here."“ Yeah, no problem Danilov also readily agreed: "I will keep in touch with the front command and the divisions below." More than ten minutes later, the jeep that kirilov and I took entered the city. Seeing the collapsed buildings on both sides of the street, smelling the smell of burnt rust, charcoal, bricks and blood, my mood became irritable. It happened that the jeep couldn't move forward because there were too many bricks and stones in the street ahead, so I pushed the door open and got out of the car. I walked along the street full of bricks and gravel, looking at the officers and men who appeared in my sight. Except for a few soldiers who were converging on the bodies in the street, others were sitting on the curb and eating their own lunch. Their lunch was simple, just a few slices of dry bread and sausage, a few mouthfuls of bread, and then a drink in a kettle, not caring about the piles of corpses beside them. Seeing all this, kirilov said indignantly, "damn the invaders, look what they have done to our city. How much manpower and material resources will we have to invest in the future to restore the city to its original state. " I didn't answer, just walked forward in silence, suddenly I saw a ragged old man sitting in the rubble of the road, with his back against a broken wall and his eyes staring blankly ahead. This is what kirilov said when I came into the city. After that, the quiet room became more silent. Everyone was trying to digest what they had just heard. After a while, ascalepov, flushed with excitement, suddenly turned around and yelled to his chief of staff, "Comrade chief of staff, gather the commanders of the offensive battalion, and I will personally assign the offensive task to them!"