Chapter 1262

"Colonel, it's very nice of you to come," Guttman said immediately when he saw veradelle's appearance. "I just wanted to call your headquarters, but you came first."

After listening to this, veradelle tentatively asked, "Comrade commander, do you want to arrange the next combat task for our brigade?"

"That's right, Colonel. It's the plan to deploy new combat missions to you. You see, "Guttman said, after calling veradelle to the table and pointing to the map," when the pontoon camp has set up the pontoon, your brigade will cross the river quickly, and then rush down the road to cherkaser. "

Veradelle tilted his head and looked at the map for a while. Then he tentatively asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know which army the higher authorities are going to send to cooperate with us?"

"Comrade colonel." I didn't wait for gertman to speak, but I said in advance, "as soon as your brigade crosses the Dnieper River, it's going to rush down the road to cherkaser. We didn't arrange troops to follow you this time. We just want your tank brigade to give full play to its mobility and rush into cherkaser before the Germans recover. "

Veradelle turned his eyes from the map on the table to behind me, and said in a loud voice: "Comrade commander, I have only 60 tanks and a small number of motorcyclists in my hand. I don't think I can occupy cherkaser with such strength alone."

"Don't worry, comrade colonel. I won't let you estimate the battle." After listening to his concerns, I immediately comforted him and said: "a regiment of the 67th division of the guards is now approaching cherkaser. At the same time, the 375TH Infantry Division has also changed its march direction and is moving towards cherkaser. I think that with the cooperation of infantry from division to regiment, you should have no problem in winning cherkaser. "

When I said that, veradelle stepped back, then straightened up and said to me, "don't worry, comrade commander, since we have friendly cooperation, we should have no problem in seizing cherkaser."

"Now that the task is clear, let's get ready." With these words, gertman took veradelle's hand, shook it a few times, and said, "good luck, Colonel!"

Before the floating bridge was ready, watujing's call went straight to my headquarters. When he heard my voice, he said, "Hello, comrade oshanina, what's the situation? Have your troops crossed the Dnieper?"

"Comrade General," I replied respectfully, "our troops have successfully crossed the Dnieper River and recovered kaniv."

"What, has Kanev been recovered?" Vatujing was startled by our results. He said with some disbelief: "I thought you could cross the river as soon as noon, and then you would have to wait for the night to capture kaniv. I didn't expect that the action was so fast. Before dawn, the city would be recovered by you. It's too fast!"

"Comrade General, I will send a detailed report to your headquarters later." Thinking that his old subordinate, shijerikov, has made so many contributions since the battle of Kursk, but his position has not been promoted yet, he took the opportunity to ask vatukin, "the army that liberated kaniv this time is the shijerikov regiment of the 67th division of Jinwei. The regiment leader, shijerikov, said that my old subordinate, his contributions in Stalingrad, I said it. Since the battle of Kursk, he has made a series of contributions. "

"Come on, comrade o'shanina, stop talking. I understand." Before I had finished, vatukin interrupted me and asked in a calm voice, "what is his current position and rank?"

"Commander, commander." After a brief answer to this question, I added: "his position and rank have not changed since the battle of Stalingrad."

After a long silence, vatujing suddenly asked, "o'shanina, if I remember correctly, this lieutenant colonel xiejerikov, who had commanded the 67th division of the guards for a period of time in the battle of Kursk on behalf of general baksov?"

Although I didn't understand the purpose of watujing's question, I answered truthfully, "yes, comrade general, you don't remember wrong at all. It's true."

After listening to this, vatujing talked to himself and said to me, "Lt. Col. Lu Jin, commander of 309 regiment of 51st division of Jinwei, is now the division commander of 375TH infantry division. At present, the command of the 51st division is too weak and needs to be strengthened. "

When I heard him say this, I suddenly had an idea in my heart: Oh, my God, he didn't want sjerikov to be the commander of the 51st division of the guards. Although the former division commander tavartkilaze was promoted to the commander of the 23rd army of the guards, he still held the post of division commander of the division because there was no suitable person to replace him.

I was just thinking about it when I heard vatujing continue to say: "since this lieutenant colonel shijerikov is so capable, I will now promote him as a colonel and appoint him as the acting commander of the 51st division of the guards."

Although I have guessed in my heart that vatukin may have made an exception to appoint Sergei rykov as the teacher, I still find it hard to believe what he said. The promotion rate is too large.

After watujing finished, hearing that there was no movement on my side, he couldn't help raising his voice and asked, "Hello, o'shanina, why don't you speak? Do you have any different opinions on my appointment?"

"No, comrade general, I have no opinion on your appointment." When I heard that my old subordinates had been promoted, everyone would be very happy. I quickly said, "on behalf of Colonel xiejerikov, thank you!"

"What are you going to do next?" Watujing changed the topic and asked, "do you plan to cross the river as soon as possible and build a defensive area with kaniv as the center?"

"Senior general, it's not enough to have kaniv alone. The space that can be provided for the movement of the army here is too narrow and lacks sufficient strategic depth." Since vatukin asked me about my next plan, I also said without reservation: "if the Germans concentrate their superior forces and technical equipment to attack us, maybe in the end, we will have to retreat across the Dnieper River to the original starting point."

"What's your plan?" "Let's hear what you think," he asked in an official voice

"If we can take cherkaser in the shortest time, connect the two cities and build a huge landing site, we can not only cross the river continuously, but also build a solid and perfect defense system, so we don't have to worry about the German counterattack."

After listening to this, vatukin remained silent for a long time, and then said, "your idea is very good. Once we have both the ferry cities in our hands, then this place can also be a starting point for attacking Kiev. But only if you can capture cherkaser in time

"Comrade General, please rest assured." In order to dispel the doubts of the other side, I said confidently: "I have sent a part of the 67th division of the close guard and the 375TH division of the infantry down the river to cherkaser. In order to strengthen the strength of the troops, I'm also going to send a tank brigade from kaniv to rush to kaniv along the road. "

"Well, you think it over." After praising me, vatukin added, "send me a detailed battle report immediately, and I will inform Marshal Zhukov in Moscow of this victory in the shortest time."

After I hung up the phone, I called ahlomeyev over and said to him, "major, I believe you know the whole course of the battle very well, so I'll give you the task of writing a report to the headquarters of the front army. Is there a problem? "

After hearing this, akhromeyev shook his head and answered positively, "don't worry, comrade commander, there is no problem for me to write a report. I can finish this report in half an hour, at most

"It's not too late. Write now." Then I folded up the things on the table, and said to akhromeyev, "just sit here and write."

Writing a report may make me racked my brain, but for akhromeyev, I am familiar with it. After only about 20 minutes, he put down his pen, handed me some pieces of paper, and said, "Comrade commander, I've finished writing. Do you see if there is anything else that needs to be revised?"

I took it over, quickly scanned it, nodded and praised it: "yes, comrade major, it's really good. Well, anyway, you are very familiar with the whole process of the battle. This report will be sent to the headquarters of the front army by you. If the senior general has any questions, you can explain to him on the spot. " Having said these words, I turned to nikolasov and said, "Comrade division commander, please send some soldiers to escort the combat director of the group army to the headquarters of the front army."

"All right, comrade commander." At my command, nikolasov readily agreed, "I'm going to arrange personnel to escort him to the headquarters of the front army." With that, he turned and walked out of the headquarters. It was estimated that he was going to arrange the manpower.

Not long after akhromeyev drove to the headquarters of the front army under the protection of the guard platoon sent by Nekrasov, Gotman received a report from Colonel viladelle: "Comrade commander, the floating bridge has been erected."

"Now that the bridge is ready, cross the river quickly." Gertman urged: "now we're going to fight for time with the Germans. You're going to rush into cherkaser before they come back to their senses. Do you understand?"

"I see, comrade commander," veradelle replied briskly, "I'm going to lead the troops across the river."

After a few minutes, I saw through my telescope that the tanks of the villadley brigade, one by one, were driving up the newly built pontoon and slowly heading towards the other bank.

Looking at the tank troops crossing the river, Guttman said with some worry: "Comrade commander, I think the strength of Colonel villadley is still too thin. If we meet the enemy's anti tank men on the road, we estimate that the troops will suffer a lot."

Although I understand that the situation mentioned by Guttman is quite possible, I can't send mobile troops to follow the action under the current situation. So I could only sigh a long time, and then said, "Comrade commander, it's only more than 30 kilometers from Kanev to cherkaser. If the tank brigade is fully powered, it can arrive in an hour at most. Even if you encounter German anti tank men on the road, I believe they will be able to rush through. "

To be on the safe side, I contacted baksov, who was hiding near cherkaser, by telephone: "Comrade division commander, where is your army?"“ We're hidden behind a hill southwest of cherkaser, about three kilometers from the city After reporting his position, baksov asked, "Comrade commander, when can we launch an attack on the city?"“ Fast, fast, comrade teacher. One more hour at most, and you can attack. The tank brigade that you captured the city is crossing the river in kaniv area at the moment. After crossing the river, they will rush straight along the road to cherkaser. I have an important task for you now. I will immediately send people to monitor the cherkaser kaniv road. If we find German anti tank men along the road, we will resolutely eliminate them. "“ Comrade commander, although the kilometer is only more than 30 kilometers long, I have to send at least one battalion of troops to complete the task you told me. " "In this way, our forces to attack the city will be weak," barksov said bitterly“ Don't worry, sir I comforted him and said, "I've sent commander Lukin's 375TH infantry division to you in a hurry. I believe they will be able to get there and join you before the battle starts. By the way, what's the situation in the city, how many troops the enemy has, and have you noticed your arrival? "“ Don't worry, comrade commander. Although our troops are quite large, they are well concealed. The enemy has not found us at all. " Barksov reported to me: "my scouts reported to me half an hour ago that there was probably a German regiment in the city. According to the confessions of the captured prisoners, however, their defense focus was on the side close to the Dnieper River. In order to prevent our army from crossing the river, they built several fortifications along the river and deployed two-thirds of their troops along the river. The rest of the forces are scattered in all parts of the city. "“ Continue to send people to monitor the movement of the German army, "I ordered briefly," and report to me as soon as they make any troop movements. "“ Yes Barksov replied loudly.