Chapter 1219

The battle in the forest, due to the strong resistance of the German army, lasted from dark to dawn. To be on the safe side, I did not join any new troops except the 71 st division of the close guard of Colonel babahin who was fighting.

After daybreak, after listening to the sound of guns outside, I couldn't sit still. My eyes swept back and forth over the two men, chisjakov and managarov, and I thought to myself who I should take to the forward observation post to see the progress of the battle.

Take chisgakov. Will managarov think that I deliberately ignored him; Take managarov. When his troops are needed to fight, I'm afraid that chisgakov, who stays in the headquarters, will not command his troops. I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't come up with a good idea. So he sighed and said to them, "comrades general, I plan to go to the frontier observation post. Which one of you would like to go with me?"

I didn't expect that as soon as my voice fell, they stood up together and said, "I'll go!" Perhaps they did not expect each other to stand up. After a strange look at each other, they said with one voice, "you stay. I'll go to the observation station with Comrade commander."

Seeing their reaction, I couldn't help laughing. Originally, because I couldn't choose, I asked them who would like to accompany me to the frontier observatory. I didn't expect that both of them wanted to go, which was troublesome.

"Rita," kirilov said at this moment, "let them both go with you. If there's anything, you call back and tell us. We'll follow your orders."

I think kirilov's words are quite reasonable. Although several commanders are not present, the chief of staff of the two army groups are present. If there is anything, they will accurately give orders to the troops at all levels. Thinking of this, I nodded, and then said to them, "well, in that case, two general comrades, please follow me."

When our jeep passed through jergach, I saw that no building in the city was complete. Either the whole building collapsed or the wall facing the street was blown down. In the jeep, I could see the furnishings of the house clearly. What surprised me was that there were many people in casual clothes in my vision, including men, women, old and young. It was obvious that they were the residents of the city. At the moment, they were looking for something in the ruins of collapsed buildings.

Seeing this scene, chisjakov said strangely, "Comrade commander, have you seen it? There are a lot of people here. They don't know where they are hiding when our troops are shelling the city

I know that there are basements under all buildings in Russia. When the city is shelled, the residents can not only hide in the air raid shelter built by the unified government, but also in the basement of the building. So he said lightly: "maybe hiding in the basement of his home."

"When we attacked the north of Kharkov some time ago, we rescued many residents." Managarov went on to say: "those damned Germans, when fighting back against us, let the captured residents walk in front of the team and block bullets for them, trying to break through our army's position."

"What happened?" Asked chisgakov curiously.

"The residents were saved, the Germans were wiped out by us." Managarov said in a flat tone and refused to go on.

Although managarov said it lightly, I know very well in my heart that bullets don't have eyes on the battlefield. They can't tell the enemy from the enemy. There must be a lot of people who have been wronged. But if you think about it, even if I am in that situation, I can't think of any way to keep the residents safe.

Soon we arrived at the observation post of the 71st division of the guards on the mound.

Seeing some of us enter the observation post, Colonel babahin quickly put down his telescope and raised his hand to salute us. After giving a salute, I asked, "Comrade Colonel, what's the situation? When will the battle end? "

There was a look of embarrassment on Colonel babashin's face about my question. He seemed to want to explain something to me, but he opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Seeing that he didn't speak, I asked, "Comrade Colonel, why don't you answer me? Aren't you sure you will drive all the enemies out of the forest?"

"No, comrade commander." Seeing that I was not happy, babahan quickly explained: "the area of the forest is too large, and the German resistance is quite tenacious, so our progress is not smooth. Before you came here, I called several commanders and asked them to stop attacking until the commanders and fighters had a rest. "

I went to the lookout, raised my telescope and looked in the direction of the still smoky forest. Then I asked coldly, "Comrade Colonel, when can the troops finish their rest and launch a new attack?"

"At least two hours, comrade commander." Colonel babahin said with some guilty heart: "after fighting all night, the commanders and fighters are exhausted, and the ammunition is almost consumed. They need to be replenished..."

Chisgakov also went to the lookout, raised his telescope and looked into the distance like me, then turned around and said, "the soldiers are very tired, and I see that. But if it takes two hours to recuperate and replenish ammunition, the morale will be affected. When we launch another attack, it's hard to say whether we can have the same attack strength as last night. "

After chisjakov finished speaking, managarov also said: "yes, comrade commander, if the soldiers stop attacking at this time, the morale will be affected. After the rest, it will take some time for the troops to return to the offensive state of yesterday. "

As for the words of chisgakov and managarov, I think it is very reasonable in my heart that fighting is a matter of working hard and then failing three times. If they stop halfway and wait for a new round of attack to start, it will be difficult for the commanders and fighters to maintain their strong fighting capacity.

I have the intention to let the commanders and fighters of the 71st division of the guards continue to attack. The shortage of ammunition is indeed a problem. If we don't give them any supplements, we'll force them to charge. That's to say, we'll let them fight a white-edged war with the German army. Before they rush in front of the enemy, they will lose all their troops.

After thinking about it, I looked at chisjakov and asked, "Comrade deputy commander, do you know where the 90th division of the guards is?"

"I know, comrade commander." Without waiting for chisgakov to reply, babashin said, "on the right wing of our division, there is a regiment of general Chernoff."

After listening, I quickly walked to the phone, picked up the receiver, shook the handle a few times, and when I heard the voice of the signalman, I immediately told him, "get close to the 90th division commander."

"Yes, comrade commander." The signalman recognized my voice and replied politely, "I'll connect you with general Chernoff right away."

When I heard Chernoff's voice coming out of the receiver, I gave him a direct order: "Comrade division commander, immediately put the regiment nearest to the forest into battle, move fast, understand?"

When Chernoff heard my senseless order, he asked, "Comrade commander, but the task of our division is to clear the German strongholds along the UD River..."

"The situation has changed now, sir." I heard his tone of voice with a bit of resistance, so I said very impolitely: "the enemy can't support it immediately, but the commanders and fighters of the 71st division of the guards have been fighting all day and night, and they are very tired, and the ammunition is almost consumed. Therefore, I temporarily decided to send you as a new force to drive away the enemy in the forest. "

"I see, comrade commander." After listening to my explanation, Chernoff immediately understood my intention, and immediately replied, "I'm going to give the following commander an order to attack the enemy in the forest within ten minutes."

"In addition to this regiment, the other two regiments should also be ready to fight." I then told him: "in order to break through the German position quickly, all the commanders and fighters who are in charge of the assault task should be equipped with assault rifles and machine guns. At the same time, they should bring more grenades. They must suppress the enemy in the shortest time. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" Chernoff replied loudly.

Chernoff said it was ten minutes, but only five minutes later, I saw dozens of trucks full of soldiers, full of horsepower, rushing into the forest. When the truck stopped by the forest, the commanders and fighters jumped out of the car one after another. After forming a simple line beside the truck, they rushed to the deep forest under the leadership of the company platoon leader.

The German army was in a panic when they saw that we had a new force on the battlefield. The soldiers hiding in the trenches or behind the trees kept pulling the bolt and pulling the trigger as fast as they could.

From time to time, some soldiers were knocked down by the German army's heavy rain of bullets, but there were a large number of troops who had just entered the battle. They charged and threw rows of grenades at the enemy's hiding place, blowing up the front like an erupting volcano.

With the help of the smoke and dust, the machine gun shooters, armed with fire breathing machine guns, charge and fire at the same time; Soldiers armed with assault rifles, carrying reflective bayonets through the smoke, rushed to the front of the enemy. The soldiers in the front, in the dense firepower of the enemy, trembled and fell to the ground, but the commanders and fighters behind continued to launch a fierce charge.

Our soldiers are falling down and the defenders are losing their lives. The red light spots from the muzzle of the two sides interweave with each other to form a dense fire net. Our commanders and fighters are getting closer and closer to the enemy's position. In the dense and shaking shadows, grenades are thrown down from each other like raindrops. In one explosion after another, firelights are flashing and groups of figures are flying.

The German army in the trench, armed with bayonet rifles, attempted to launch a counter charge. As soon as they jumped out of the trench, they were swept to death by our commanders and fighters with machine guns. However, the German officers and men with strong fighting capacity rushed up one by one, howling and using bayonets to kill the commanders and men who had emptied their ammunition. But they were immediately screened by the commanders and men who arrived later with their weapons.

The commanders and fighters of the 71st division of Jinwei, who had been resting in the occupied fortifications, saw that both the offensive and defensive sides were fighting hard. I couldn't bear it. Under the leadership of my company's platoon leader, I rushed out one after another and entered the fierce battle group.

After 40 minutes of fighting, the German resistance gradually weakened.

With a sigh of relief, I turned to chisgakov and managarov and said, "two general comrades, it seems that the Germans in the forest can't support it any more. In a few minutes at most, they will retreat."

As soon as I finished, babahin suddenly said, "Comrade commander, I still have two battalions in my hand. Do I need to put them into battle now?"“ What, you have two battalions in your hands? " After hearing what he said, chisgakov gave him a kick and said, "what are you still doing? Don't let them fight soon."“ Yes With a promise, Colonel babashin picked up the phone from his desk and told his chief of staff, "Comrade chief of staff, time is almost up. Let our reserves attack." As soon as he put down the phone on his side, the troops of the second regiment of the 90th division of the guards on the other side had rushed into the forest shouting. This new force became the last straw to crush the German army. Before they approached the German fortifications, the battlefield, which was still in scuffle, suddenly quieted down. Looking at the German officers and men who laid down their arms and surrendered to our army in the distance, managarov said in surprise: "hell, how did these Germans suddenly surrender?" I pointed to the troops that were shouting forward and said to him, "Comrade General, the Germans may have seen that we have fresh troops to fight again, but they can't resist with their existing strength, so they laid down their arms and surrendered to us." As soon as I had said this, chisjakov said to me, "Comrade deputy commander, after this tough battle, we can see many shortcomings."“ What are the deficiencies? " After repeating what chisgakov said, I asked curiously, "I don't know what we still have?"“ First of all, we are not prepared for the attack Chisjakov pointed to our army's tanks in the forest and said, "these tanks may be of some use in the early stage of the fortified battle. But when the shells and machine gun bullets are finished, they become furnishings. Not only can they not provide the infantry with the necessary firepower support, but on the contrary, the infantry should send out their men to protect them. "“ Any more? " I knew that he was telling the truth, so I asked, "what else needs to be improved?"“ The artillery did not have enough ammunition "They provided the infantry with two hours of artillery preparation, but we didn't expect to supply them with ammunition," chisgakov said with some frustration