Chapter 1260

Before the battle of Kursk, I just served as a guard. "Hello, comrade colonel." After shaking hands with him, Gutman pointed to me and said, "this is commander o'shanina. Later, your tank brigade will cooperate with their troops to launch the river crossing operation against kaniv."

"Hello, Comrade General." Veradelle raised his hand to salute me and politely asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know what our troops should do?"

"Captain, please come here." I led him to the lookout, pointed to the river in the distance and said, "when our soldiers start crossing the river, you will deploy the tanks of the tank brigade to the river to attack the exposed fire points."

After making clear his responsibilities, veradelle immediately left the observation post and arranged his tank brigade for the next combat mission. As soon as his front foot left, povsky came in with his back foot.

As soon as povsky came in, he said to me, "Comrade commander, the artillery has been deployed. When can we start shelling the enemy's positions?"

Instead of answering his question immediately, I asked, "have you found out the position of the fire point on the other side?"

Povsky nodded his head and said, "don't worry, comrade commander. Our artillery observers have seen most of the positions of fire points, which are marked on the map. After the shelling starts, we can focus on these exposed fire points. "

"General Nekrasov," I asked, looking back at Nekrasov, "are your troops ready to fight?"

"Yes, comrade commander." "My troops are ready to fight and ready to cross the river at any time," he said

After listening to his reply, I nodded with satisfaction, and then asked akhromeyev, "major, contact the 67th division of the guards and see where they have arrived?"

Five minutes later, ahlomeyev came up to me with a map, pointed to a position on it and said, "Comrade commander, according to general baksov's report, two regiments of the 67th division of the guards have arrived here, only three kilometers away from kaniv. The head of the leading group is lieutenant colonel shejerikov. "

After listening to akhromeyev's special explanation, the commander in charge of the team was my former subordinate, shijerikov. My heart felt a lot more secure. It seems that there should be no problem for us to successfully occupy kaniv today. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was only three o'clock in the morning. It was four hours before dawn. I thought for a moment, and then said decisively to povsky, "Comrade artillery commander, the artillery started shelling the enemy's position at 3:30."

"Yes Povsky immediately replied loudly.

I turned to face Nekrasov and said, "general Nekrasov, we will have half an hour's artillery preparation before the attack. As soon as the shelling stops, your soldiers will rush to the river with crossing equipment. Tell the soldiers that after the ship is launched, we must use our utmost strength to paddle, and strive to rush to the other side as soon as possible, so as to reduce unnecessary casualties. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander." Niekrasov confidently said to me, "I will certainly convey your order to the regiments."

My temporary decision to advance the attack time is to consider the speed of the troops. Every move we made on this side of the river may have been discovered by the Germans. We are preparing for the attack, and they are not idle. They must be working against the clock to reinforce their fortifications. So advance attack, maybe the probability of success can be higher.

At that time, the needle pointed to 3:30, and with bofsky's command, the close guard rocket camp and the cannon regiment fired at the same time. In an instant, the German position on the other side became a sea of fire, and even the dark sky was red.

When the shelling stopped, and before the smoke of the gunfire was gone, nikolasov picked up the phone on the table and cried out, "comrades, brothers, it's time for you to make contributions! March forward bravely, cross the Dnieper, liberate kaniv and build up your immortal achievements! Go ahead

Hearing what he said, kirilov couldn't help smiling. He patted nikolasov's lunge and said with a smile, "Mr. teacher, you are really not simple. You have the restraint of being a political worker. Well, do you want to be my deputy

Although he knew kirilov was joking, there was an expression of embarrassment on his face. Just when he didn't know how to answer, the sound of "Wula" outside relieved him.

I went to the lookout, raised my telescope and looked out. I saw countless figures pouring out from the hiding place, carrying kayaks or weapons, shouting and rushing towards the river. After throwing the canoe into the water, the soldiers turned over and got on the boat. They waved their oars and rowed toward the opposite bank.

As we watched the boats of our river crossing troops rush toward the opposite bank, I watched nervously at the positions ploughed by gunfire on the opposite bank, fearing that the enemy would suddenly come out to block. But the opposite side was quiet, as if all the German firepower had been destroyed by our shelling.

"What's the matter, comrade commander?" General Gutman stood beside us and asked solemnly, "why didn't the enemy move at all?"“ Perhaps in the recent shelling, our artillery has destroyed all the enemy's firepower points. " Niekrasov also said with a puzzled face: "otherwise they would not not have fired."“ Sir, you are so optimistic. " As for this idea of nikolasov, I immediately refuted, "the enemy does not want to fire, but wants to wait for our troops to get close before firing. But our troops are entangled with them, and the artillery behind them dare not fire at will, so that they can reduce casualties. "“ What about that? " "If that's the case, won't our river crossing troops suffer heavy casualties?" he asked excitedly“ Sir, look there! " I pointed to the tank troops driving towards the river and said, "although our artillery can't suppress the enemy's firepower, these tanks parked near the river are OK. Moreover, we have so many machine gun positions along the river. As long as the machine gun and tank fire at the same time, there is no problem in suppressing the enemy's fire on the other side. " The German position on the other side was silent all the time. When the 51st division of guards was only 50 or 60 meters away from the river bank, the enemy machine guns began to fire. The soldiers who rushed in front of more than a dozen canoes fell into the river one after another after being shot. Then the enemy's artillery also opened fire. The shells fell into the river and exploded, raising water columns one by one. Two unlucky canoes were hit directly and were blown to pieces in the rising fire. Seeing this, I turned my head and yelled at nikolasov: "Comrade division commander, the tanks and machine guns ordered to fire together! FireStarter! Put down the enemy's fire. " With the order issued, the tanks and machine gun fire points stopped on the shore began to suppress fire, which soon made those crazy fire points on the other side dumb. Seeing that the enemy's firepower was mute, our soldiers speeded up the speed of the rowing boat. The boat had just landed, but before it could stop, everyone jumped off the boat and rushed to the shore. Soon, a green signal bomb rose on the other bank, which indicated that our troops had rushed to the bank. Then there were more flares in the air, indicating that more areas were occupied by us. At this moment, ahlomeyev, who was next to him, suddenly exclaimed: "Damn, how come the signal bomb has also risen in kaniv? Our troops can't rush into the city so quickly. " We crossed the river two kilometers upstream of kaniv. Even if our troops succeeded in crossing the river, they would have to run for at least ten minutes if they wanted to rush into the city without being blocked by the enemy. But now less than five minutes later, our army's signal bombs appeared in the city. This situation is really strange! Just as we were guessing, the operator standing by the telephone suddenly called out: "Comrade commander, commander of the 67th division of the guards, Lieutenant Colonel xiejerikov wants to talk to you!" I passed by, took the microphone and asked aloud, "Hello, comrade commander, where is your unit?"“ "Report commander comrade," shejerikov reported to me in an excited voice, "our regiment has successfully rushed into kaniv, wiped out the garrison and occupied the whole city!"“ What, comrade commander? " I was startled by what he said. I was afraid I had heard it wrong, so I asked, "what did you say just now, please repeat it again."“ Report to Comrade commander. " "Our regiment has rushed into kaniv, wiped out the garrison in the city, and liberated the whole city," shejerikov reported excitedly