Chapter 1221

The theory and tactics of urban warfare are that after the Soviet army lost a series of important cities such as Minsk, Kiev and Smolensk, it finally mastered a full set of urban defense tactics in the battle of defending Leningrad. Through the battle of Stalingrad, they gradually learned how to carry out the city battle.

If they were the troops who followed me in the battle of Stalingrad, they would have a lot of experience in both defensive and offensive battles. But at the moment, almost all of my troops have only fought urban defense, but they have not enough experience in tough battles. So I called together the commanders and divisions of the 23rd army of the close guard to teach them some tactics of urban tough battles.

After everyone came, I asked them to sit down in a corner of the headquarters and began to teach them the theory of urban warfare“ Comrades, perhaps tomorrow, your divisions will throw themselves into the battle to liberate Kharkov. Before the battle begins, I'd like to tell you how to carry out the urban battle.

As we all know, the city is a very defensive terrain. In order to capture Kharkov, we, as attackers, should have at least three to five times the strength of the defenders. At present, our strength is absolutely superior to that of the German army; Secondly, in order to successfully capture Kharkov, we must effectively encircle and trap the city so that the enemy can not be reinforced. "

While I was lecturing to them in tavartkiraze, chisjakov and managarov stood by and listened with great interest to the theories I had instilled in my teachers. I vaguely heard chisgakov saying: "during the war of Stalingrad's defense, the commander led a division of troops to guard the port at mamayev post, so that the Germans could never cut off the connection between the city and the east coast, so that the troops in our city could hold on to the counter offensive..."

In view of the fact that these teachers like to charge in dense formation in the city, I specially emphasize that "... In the city, the garrison can build firepower points in all buildings, so we must bear in mind that we can't use the tactics of group charge, we should focus on small units, and be prepared for hand-to-hand combat and house to house sweeping.

When attacking buildings, it is most effective to launch multi-point simultaneous attacks on the target buildings in the adjacent buildings. Before entering the building, hand to hand weapons and grenades should be prepared. Once you rush into the building, you must give priority to controlling the stairway, stairway and commanding height. After taking down the whole building, we should immediately arrange defense in the building to resist the possible counter attack of the enemy. The first thing we should pay attention to in defense is our own supply lines and flanks, which should be able to withstand the counter attack of the enemy from multiple channels.

In addition to the tanks and artillery that must cover the movement of infantry with continuous fire, communication support is the top priority. When changing positions, all units must clearly inform friendly forces to avoid misunderstanding. "

Several teachers who attended the class buried their heads and quickly recorded every word I said in the book with a pen.

After I finished, I felt a little thirsty, so I went to pour a cup of tea and asked casually, "anyone who doesn't know anything else can bring it up."

As soon as I finished, the 375TH infantry division commander govorunanko stood up and asked seriously, "Comrade commander, you said that when the troops are fighting in the city, they should use small formation operations. If we meet the absolute superiority of the German forces, then our troops are in danger of being destroyed

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and govorunanko's words immediately resonated with several other teachers. Nikolasov, commander of the 52nd division of the guards, also stood up and said, "Comrade commander, you should know that the proportion of new recruits in our team is relatively high. Compared with the German army in terms of technology and tactics, we are in a disadvantage. If we fight by platoon in the city, let alone the superior German forces, our troops may be defeated even if the number of them is equal. "

After listening to them, I handed the cup in my hand to akhromeyev, who had just come by, and said to them, "two teachers and comrades, you are very considerate. Now I'll explain it to you.

In my opinion, when attacking cities like Kharkov, the so-called small troops are not the same as you think. I think each unit should be composed of at least one infantry battalion, one shock engineer company, as well as armored and mortar companies, cannon or howitzer companies, and anti tank infantry companies.

In addition to the necessary attackers, an assault force also needs to be divided into three to six combat units to serve as support or reserve units. Each combat unit should have an infantry company, plus one or two shock engineer platoons and an anti tank infantry platoon, to provide the necessary support for the shock troops.

In addition, according to the tactic of "bayonet on cannon", which I always advocated, there should be two or three tanks or self-propelled artillery to cover our infantry forward by suppressing the enemy's firepower or destroying the enemy's firepower points. "

After listening to my supplement, govoronenko and nikolasovton suddenly realized that after they nodded their heads vigorously, they said in one voice: "Comrade commander, I understand."

After my tactics were finished, when tavartkilaze and his men were packing up and ready to leave, managarov gave me a thumbs up and said, "Comrade commander, the theories you just talked about are really wonderful!" At this point, he sighed and said with some regret, "if I had known such tactics earlier, maybe my troops would have rushed into the city from the north of Kharkov."

As for managarov's praise, I said humbly, "Comrade General, these are just some theories. As for whether they work, we still need to test them by fighting."“ Comrade commander, I think we should add a few more points. " After thinking about it, chisjakov said to me solemnly, "the troops we rush into the city should quickly seize some important buildings, break up the German defense line so that they can't look at each other, and then destroy them one by one. What's more, we should consider how to deal with it if the German army occupied the commanding height or the bottom of the building and opened fire on our army? We should know that the tank guns of tanks are affected by the firing angle, and it is difficult to effectively shoot at the enemy's firepower points. Maybe they will become the targets of German anti tank fighters. This was confirmed in front of the "Pavlov building" of the Stalingrad defense war. Once the first and last of our tank columns are destroyed, other tanks will be blocked and become the living targets of the enemy. "“ You're right, "I can't help nodding my head when I heard what chisjakov said. Sometimes what I learned from books is the experience that I didn't master through actual combat. As soon as chisjakov finished speaking, I immediately said to several teachers, "comrades, you have heard what the deputy commander said. When you go back, call up all your commanders and study what you should do if you encounter such a situation during the attack. " With that, I looked at my watch, then waved to them, "OK, you all go back to your respective troops." As soon as I finished, a series of dull explosions came from the distance, and the ground under my feet was shaking slightly. My first reaction at that time: was it an earthquake“ What's the matter? Where did the explosion take place? " The expression on chisjakov's face suddenly became serious. He said sternly to akhromeyev: "Comrade commander, listen to the sound. The explosion should have come from the south of jergach. You should contact the commander of the 71st division of Jinwei immediately and ask him if he knows what happened." Tavartkilaze and his subordinates were going to leave, but now they find a reason to stay because they don't know where the explosion came from. It's estimated that they also want to find out what happened to the explosion that covered the distant gunfire. I vaguely heard someone behind me saying in a low voice: "did the German bomb magazine explode in the forest?" When I turned my head to see who was speaking, I found that all the teachers looked at me without expression, as if no one had ever spoken. What I just heard was just my illusion. Akhromeyev quickly put down the phone and reported to me with a smile: "Comrade commander, I asked Colonel babashin. He said that the explosion was coming from the south of Kharkov, and the explosion there was still going on. At the same time, the smoke was rising. He judged that our bombers might have destroyed the German train carrying arms." After hearing the good news, the headquarters immediately got excited. I don't know which commander can't help but cheer out his joy with loud cheers: "great, our air force is really great! Wura! Wula“ Wura! Wula!! Wula Someone started first, and soon other commanders followed. Later, all the people in the headquarters yelled in unison, as if only in this way could they best express their inner joy. After the cheers from the headquarters stopped, I told akhromeyev, "major, call Colonel babashin again, and ask him to send someone to investigate immediately to find out what's going on."“ Yes Akhromeyev agreed, picked up the phone on the desk, and according to my order, called Colonel babashin, asking him to immediately send the most effective scouts to the south to find out what the air force had achieved.