Chapter 1238

Before I could speak, a familiar voice came from the door: "no matter how perfect the German fortifications are in the south, our main attack direction must be in the south."

I was surprised to hear the sound. I turned to look in the direction of the sound and saw chisgakov coming in quickly from the door.

"Hello, comrade commander." Chisgakov came up to me with a smile on his face, reached for my hand, shook it with me, and said in a friendly way, "I'm afraid you can't help me here. I'm here to help you."

"That's very good, comrade deputy commander. That's very good." I heard that he came to help me. I shook his hand vigorously and said excitedly, "I'm worried about our army's next action. Now that you're here, we can discuss the next battle plan."

During this period of time, chisgakov, who has not recovered from injury, has been in a state of high tension due to overwork for a long time. His eyes are covered with blood due to lack of sleep, and his face is obviously haggard due to fatigue. Although he was extremely tired, he was elated when it came to fighting: "Comrade commander, tell me about your plan. How do you plan?"

After listening to the two attack routes I chose and the reasons for my choice, he frowned. He looked at the map for a while, and then asked me, "Comrade commander, I don't think it's necessary for us to choose the East attack route."

When he said this, I immediately thought of the two words he said before entering the gate, and I couldn't help asking, "by the way, comrade deputy commander, when you enter the gate, you said that no matter how strong the enemy's defense in the south is, we will choose the direction of attack in the south. What do you mean?"

On hearing my question, chisgakov's face suddenly showed an expression of surprise. He said in surprise: "why, comrade commander, don't you know that chuhuyev's west side has been occupied by our army, and our troops are also active in many areas in the Northeast?"

"Comrade deputy commander, where did you get all this information from?" The deputy commander, chisjakov, knew more than I did as commander, which made me very unhappy. So I asked with a little emotion, "is it our scout who provided you with the information?"

After looking at me with strange eyes for a while, chisgakov suddenly raised his hand, patted his forehead heavily, and said repeatedly, "Damn, this is damn. How can I forget this thing?"

His action confused me, and I asked, "Comrade deputy commander, what are you doing?"

"Well, comrade commander. As you are not in the headquarters most of the time, we have not been able to report a lot of information obtained from the superior to you. This is all my mistake. Here, I will review it with you. " With an apologetic look on his face, chisjakov said to me, "when our group army launched an attack on the west of Kharkov, the southwest army also actively took cooperative action. The first group army of close guard adopted the superior forces to attack zimiyev city in the southwest of Kharkov, and completely occupied the city in the evening of the 18th." After pointing out the location of zimiyev on the map, he added, "in this way, the security of our right wing is guaranteed."

"What is the connection between the occupation of zimiyev by friendly forces and your persuading me to give up the eastern route?" Although I know that my right wing can be protected by friendly forces, I still don't understand why chisgakov opposes my attack from the East.

"The seventh group army of general sumilov's guards will also go south later today." He pointed to the area he suggested I give up and said, "they will soon enter this area. If we enter, 100000 people will be crowded together, which will be too crowded and not conducive to the deployment of troops."

I feel the same about chisgakov's worries. Since it's shumilov's territory, I won't join in the fun. Not only can the troops not be launched when they are free, but they will also have a grudge with shumilov.

Just as I made up my mind to give up my plan to attack from the east line, tawalter killazer, who was ignored by both of us, came over and said solemnly, "Comrade commander, I just received a call from lieutenant colonel Lukin, and the scouts have new information coming back."

"What information?" Seeing his serious expression, I knew that it would not be good news, so I quickly asked, "did you find any German conspiracy?"

Tavartkilaze went to the table, pointed to the map and said to us, "the scouts found that about 20 kilometers away from us, the German army laid a lot of mines on the road, and also built a lot of defensive firepower points on the highlands on both sides. If we want to break through from here, we are bound to pay huge casualties."

After hearing this amazing news, chisgakov and I looked at each other and said anxiously, "Comrade commander, we should report this information to the higher authorities immediately, otherwise we will suffer a great loss when general shumilov's troops arrive."

I nodded at chisgakov's proposal, and then said to taraze, "Comrade General, you should immediately sort out the information reported by lieutenant colonel Lukin, and then send it to the headquarters of the front army, so that they can forward it to the seventh group army of the guards, so that they will not suffer unnecessary losses."

"Yes, comrade commander," tavartkilaze agreed. He picked up some reconnaissance information on the table, turned to a table in the corner and began to sort out the information.

"Comrade deputy commander," I asked chisgakov after tavartkiraze left, "in this way, we can only take the route of attacking south."

"That's right," chisgakov affirmed. "At present, the southwest front forces have established a beachhead in the southeast of ijum, from which the friendly forces will attack. Because the front of this beachhead position will not be too wide, the number of troops that can be launched is limited. Almost every step forward in such an offensive, we will pay huge casualties. "

Although chisgakov didn't mention how we should go south, I heard him mention the difficulties that the southwest front army would encounter when it attacked, so I understood the implication of his words and quickly added: "Comrade deputy commander, I understand what you mean. If we decisively go south and attack Izumi when the friendly army attacks, It can contain some of the German forces and effectively cooperate with the attack launched by the friendly forces from the landing site. "

After listening to me, chisgakov had a happy smile on his face. He nodded and said with a smile, "absolutely right, comrade commander, what you said is exactly what I want to say."

"Then how do we play?" I refocused my attention on the map, frowned and asked, "you know, the German army can build a lot of fortifications along the way. If we push forward while fighting, not only will we pay heavy casualties, but also after we attack the front line of defense, the German army in the back will be able to conserve energy and wait for work, even after we seize the position, In a situation of exhaustion, fight back against us. "

"The problem you are worried about does exist." Chisgakov, who also looked down at the map, agreed with me, thought hard for a moment, then raised his head and said to me, "Comrade commander, I have a new idea."

When I heard that he had a good idea, I immediately urged him: "say what you think, comrade deputy commander."

Instead of immediately expressing his own thoughts, chisgakov prompted me and said, "do you remember the tactics that Marshal Zhukov recommended to you when our troops advanced to chuhuyev?"

"Assign the tank brigade as a battalion to the infantry?" After I finished Zhukov's deployment at that time, I tentatively asked, "Comrade deputy commander, is that what you want to say?"

"That's right, that's right." As soon as I finished, chisgakov nodded his head desperately and said definitely, "that's the tactic. When the troops moved southward, we still separated the tank brigade and put it under the command of each infantry regiment with the battalion as the unit. After encountering the enemy's defensive position, first use the infantry regiment and tank battalion of the first echelon to attack. After seizing the position, they will stay where they are to rest and clean up the battlefield, while the second ranked infantry regiment and tank battalion will be automatically replaced by the first echelon to take over their tasks and serve as the leader of the whole army and continue to move forward. "

After thinking for a moment, I agreed decisively: "yes, comrade deputy commander, your repeated attacks are very good. You can enable the troops that have fought to recover their combat effectiveness in the shortest time through the rest of the battlefield. Well, as soon as the two division commanders, nikolasov and govorunanko, arrive, they will be called to the headquarters for a meeting, so that they can use this tactic to advance to ijum. "

While waiting for the arrival of several teachers, I suddenly thought of the issue of air supremacy. Although our army firmly grasped the air supremacy of the battlefield at the beginning of the middle stage of the offensive campaign of bergorod Kharkov, the German planes did not disappear. They still took the opportunity to sneak attack. If we are bombed by the enemy in the process of marching or fighting, the troops will pay a heavy price.

Seeing my puzzled expression, chisjakov asked curiously, "Comrade commander, what are you thinking?"

"Air force, our air force." Hearing chisjakov's question, I couldn't help blurting out: "if we are advancing south, can we get air force support?"

After thinking about it, he said to me, "Comrade commander, as far as I know, the air defense here should belong to the air force of the southwest front army. If you want to get air support, you should get in touch with the commander of the southwest front army."

"The commander of the southwest front army is general Malinowski," I asked after saying the name faintly, "are you familiar with him?"

Chisgakov shook his head and said with some embarrassment, "I know you, but I don't know you very well."

"That's right." After hearing what chisgakov said, I knew that the air force of the southwest front army could not be counted on. I had to ask watujing for help to see if he could send air force support. However, before contacting the headquarters of the front army, I had to let chisgakov know well, "since we can't get the necessary air support from the southwest front army, Then we can only turn to Marshal Zhukov and commander watujing to see if they can send air force to cover our southward movement. "

After listening to my proposal, chisjakov sighed, and then said with some helplessness, "this is the only way to do it now. I'll send a message to the headquarters of the front army and ask them to send air force to cover our southward movement. " It may be because of Zhukov. After receiving the telegram from chisgakov, vatukin immediately called back to express his agreement. He said that when we set out, we would send an aviation division to provide us with air cover to ensure that we could smoothly advance to the city of ijum. Knowing that I would be supported by the air force during the day, the stone hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground. At this time, the three division commanders, including Xie Liujin, came to the headquarters one after another, so I gathered them together to hold a military conference on going south. First of all, tavartkilaze introduced to his three teachers the situation of the enemy and ourselves in front of him, and how we planned to advance to ijum. After he finished, I stood up, looked at the three teachers and asked, "some teachers and comrades, do you have any questions?" After the three men looked at each other, Xie Liujin stood up on their behalf and said, "Comrade commander, I want to ask which division do you plan to take the lead, which division will follow, and which division should stick to the city of chuhuyev?" After he finished asking questions like a tongue twister, chisjakov said, "Comrade Xie Liujin, since the troops of the 52nd division of the guards and the 375TH division of the infantry have not yet fully arrived at chuhuyev, they will not have any combat tasks before noon. As for the leading force, I still intend to be the 51st division of the guards. " With these words, he turned to tavartkiraze and asked, "general tavartkiraze, do you have any problem?"“ No problem. I'm at your command. " Tavartkiraze readily agreed. After hearing this, Xie Liujin immediately said to ta ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^