Chapter 1270

"But, comrade commander, what's going on?" Hearing what I said, chisgakov asked in a puzzled way: "you know, from the current situation, the Germans have almost completely lost their resistance. As soon as our people rush over, maybe they will raise their hands and surrender."

"Comrade deputy commander, have you forgotten about the 1243rd regiment?" I sighed softly and said leisurely: "even if lieutenant commander Lu Jin didn't give any orders to the troops, I think the following officers and men will be red eyed when they see their own casualties. Let alone the fact that the Germans are still struggling in many areas. Even if they do not resist, they will stand on the side of the road and raise their hands to surrender. As long as the commanders and fighters of the 375TH infantry division see the person standing in front of them and the uniform they are wearing is different from their own, they will immediately sweep past. "

After listening to my explanation, chisgakov's brow was locked. He looked at me with a serious expression and said, "Comrade commander, this can't work. Although the Germans have deep blood feuds with us, since they have laid down their weapons, we should give them the prisoner treatment they deserve."

"Comrade deputy commander," kirilov, who was always silent before I spoke, suddenly said, "you said that we should give the Germans the treatment they deserve as prisoners, but how do the Germans treat our captured soldiers? The enemy's prisoner of war camps are located far away from the front line. They have no spare trucks and trains to transport prisoners of war, so they let our soldiers walk for hundreds of kilometers. In addition to many exhausted soldiers died on the road because of hunger and disease, they also shot and killed those left behind prisoners of war at will. " At this point, he smashed his fist on the table and raised his voice. "Blood debt should be paid with blood. Now it's time for us to pay them back."

Chisgakov did not expect that his casual words would infuriate kirilov, who was just like a good man. He even let him say these words with righteous indignation, and the whole person was stunned.

When I saw this situation, I quickly came out to make ends meet. First I said to kirilov, "well, comrade military commissar, we all know what you said." Then he turned to chisgakov and said, "Comrade deputy commander, as senior commanders of the group army, we only need to make operational plans and give them to division commanders. As long as we can win the final victory and how to fight the war, we will not interfere too much. "

"Yes, comrade commander is right." As soon as my voice fell, bzikov echoed to ease the tense atmosphere in the headquarters“ As long as we can eliminate the enemy who has intruded into our defense area, it will be a great victory even if no one of Lieutenant Colonel Lu Jin's troops can catch a prisoner. " Then he gave a friendly smile to chisgakov, "besides, the 52nd division of general nikolasov's close guard should not have captured thousands of prisoners and handed them over to the superior, which is also the result of our whole army."

With the steps that bezikov and I had given him, after a moment's hesitation, chisgakov raised his hand, saluted kirilov, and then said respectfully, "Comrade military commissar, you are right*** The bandits have committed so many heinous crimes in our country that we really can't be too kind to them. "

"All right, all right," I said as I saw them shaking hands and making peace. "Deputy commander, military commissar, let's discuss the direction of our group army after seizing smira."

My words immediately attracted chisgakov's attention. He stared at me and said, "Comrade commander, didn't we say that we should consolidate the existing defensive position after seizing smira and take it as the starting point of attack for seizing Kiev in the future?"

"Although there are all kinds of signs that our group army may become the main force in attacking Kiev, we are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case," I said. I saw that everyone's faces showed a nervous look. I coughed and said, "I just said in case, it's not true. In case the front command has other plans to prevent us from participating in the war, but just put us here as a reserve team to cut off the German links between Kiev and zaborosh, what shall we do then? "

After staring at the map for a while, chisgakov looked up at me and asked tentatively, "commander, do you mean to send troops to occupy some more western cities?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander, that's how I think about it." I pointed to several cities in the West and south of smira and said, "you see, these cities were recovered by us a few months ago. Here, our troops have a certain mass base, and I believe they can be supplemented by soldiers."

After listening to what I said, chisgakov said with some disapproval, "the residents of kaniv and cherkaser have been moved by the German army. Can't the German army also move the residents of these cities?"

"I don't think so." Although I don't know where Manstein moved so many city residents, I do know that hundreds of thousands of people can't be moved back to Germany, they can only be arranged in these areas that our military forces can't reach for the time being. "You know, the German moved from the banks of the Dnieper River, but hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. They can't transport all these people back to Germany in a short time, so they have to settle in these cities far away from the Dnieper River. "

"I think we should send scouts to these cities as soon as possible." When bezikov heard that after occupying these cities, he was able to obtain additional soldiers, he was immediately excited: "once we have determined which city has enough population, we can recover all of them, so as to achieve the goal of replenishing soldiers."

After looking at him with a strange look, chisjakov said slowly, "Comrade chief of staff, although we can get military supplement from cities with large population, we also have to face the clothing, food, housing and transportation of hundreds of thousands of people at the same time. It is far from enough to rely on the actual strength of our group army."

After a moment's silence, bizikov said, "Comrade deputy commander, it is estimated that only comrades of the military commissar among us know how to manage the city, and the rest only know how to fight. This is a real trouble."

"What's the trouble." As for bezikov's worries, I said lightly: "after the liberation of the city, we just need to report to the higher authorities and let them send people who know how to manage the city to take over the management of the city. The first thing we should consider is how to eliminate the enemy's effective forces. Never put the cart before the horse. "

As soon as I finished, nikolasov called from the front line. When I heard his voice, I asked with a smile, "what's the situation, sir? Have you wiped out all the Germans?"

Niekrasov respectfully reported to me: "Comrade commander, after rough statistics, we have killed 1149 German soldiers and captured 1364. Destroy seven tanks, 19 armored vehicles and a number of trucks. "

"Well done, sir." I am very satisfied with his achievements: "have you started cleaning the battlefield?"

After hearing my question, nikolasov hesitated for a while and then replied, "Comrade commander, we are in a bit of trouble and need artillery support."

"What, need artillery support?" What niekrasov said surprised me very much. I asked in surprise, "did you encounter the counterattack of the German army?"

"Comrade commander, this is the situation." Nekrasov quickly explained to me: "we surrounded a small German army unit on a hillside, and the enemy resisted tenaciously relying on the woods and terrain on the hillside. Although we launched several charges under the cover of tanks, they all ended in failure. We not only sacrificed nearly 100 soldiers, but also bombed two tanks by the German army. "

As soon as nikolasov finished, I asked, "where are the Germans trapped?" After listening to his specific location, I said coldly, "I asked general povsky to send a close guard rocket battalion to support you."

After hanging up the phone, I immediately told akhromeyev: "major, immediately call general povsky and ask him to immediately send a close guard rocket battalion to support general Nekrasov. The specific address is... "After I finished, I announced to you," I will go to the battlefield to have a look myself. "

The people in the headquarters have long turned a blind eye to my bad habit of running forward. As you know, they can't persuade me, so they just let it go. Bezikov immediately called for major Yushchenko, the head of the guard, to arrange for him to escort me to the section of Nekrasov division to see if this besieged German army could be solved.

It took less than half an hour for the jeep to get to the position mentioned by nikolasov. Unexpectedly, in such a short time, he built a semi underground shelter seven or eight hundred meters away from the hillside. From the lookout here, we can clearly see the situation on the hillside in the distance.

I raised my telescope and looked at the hillside. I saw that there were many trees on the hillside. I couldn't see where the enemy was hiding. If I had to launch a forced attack, I would have to pay a heavy price. I turned my telescope to the foot of the mountain and saw more than a dozen of our tanks parked 200 meters away from the hillside. Behind the tanks, there was a half man deep trench with hundreds of meters of commanders and fighters hidden inside. I put down my telescope, turned around and asked, "Comrade division, how do you plan to attack next?"

Niekrasov came up to me, pointed to the distance and said, "Comrade commander, you see, the enemy is hiding in the woods on the hillside. We can't see where they are at all. Once the attack is launched, we will see that the enemy is in the dark, which is very unfavorable to us. Unless we wait for the rocket barracks to come and cover the trees on the hillside twice, as long as the trees start to burn, then the enemies on the hillside will have no hiding place. Then they have only two choices, one is to stay on the mountain and be burned to death, the other is to lay down their arms and surrender to us. "

Looking at nikolasov, I asked with a straight face, "Comrade division, have you not considered any other way besides using rockets to deal with the enemy?"

"Other ways?" Nikolasov was stunned for a long time when he heard what I said. Then he asked in a misty way, "is there any way to destroy the enemy?"

"Comrade division commander, we need to be able to fight not only military but also political." I looked at the hillside in the distance and said with a sneer, "you should send soldiers to shout and persuade the enemies on the hillside to lay down their arms and surrender."

After listening to me, niekrasov looked at me stupidly and asked, "Comrade commander, is this method effective?"“ If it has any effect, just try it, won't you? " I saw an armored car parked outside the shelter. I pointed to the car and asked, "Comrade division, is there a radio in that armored car?" Without looking over there, he replied decisively, "yes, comrade commander, there are radio and loudspeakers on the armored vehicle, which can shout at the enemy."“ Since that is the case, sir, let's go. " I shook my head at Nekrasov and said, "we'll go to the front in an armored car and shout to the Germans ourselves."“ Is it, is it too dangerous? " When he heard me say this, he was shocked. He tried his best to persuade me to change his opinion: "although the enemy has no heavy weapons, if any German who is not afraid of death rushes down the hillside with a cluster grenade, you will be too dangerous."“ Don't worry, sir I said confidently, "our armored car doesn't drive to the foot of the mountain, but only stops next to those tanks. I don't think the German army can break through the armor of armored vehicles even if they shoot with machine guns hundreds of meters away At my insistence, our armored car arrived 200 meters away from the hillside and stopped beside a tank. I picked up the loudspeaker, turned to Nekrasov and asked, "Comrade division, are you or am I speaking to the German army?" When niekrasov heard my question, he immediately said with a smile, "you are the commander, of course you are shouting." I nodded, then put the megaphone close to my mouth and said in a loud voice, "German officers and men on the hillside, you are surrounded by us. There is no point in continuing to resist. I order you to immediately lay down your arms and surrender to us, or you will be completely destroyed by us. " After I finished calling out these words, I heard niekrasov next to me muttering in a low voice: "Comrade commander, can you understand the German when you shout in Russian?" If niekrasov didn't speak, I didn't expect that he didn't understand the language. After hearing what he said, I couldn't help hesitating. I thought to myself whether I should find a German fighter to translate my words to the German. But before I could make up my mind, I heard the sound of Jingling from the armored car body, as if there were hail in the sky“ Hell, "said nikolasov, gritting his teeth," the Germans are shooting us with machine guns. " As soon as his voice fell, he heard the sound of a tank shell coming out of the chamber. After a moment, there was a deep explosion in the distance, and then the sound of hitting the body armor suddenly disappeared. Although I didn't look outside, I still guessed what had happened. It must have been the nearby tank that fired and destroyed the enemy's machine gun fire point. Now that our tanks are escorting me, I'm more confident. So I repeat what I just said twice, of course in Russian. As for the Germans, if they don't understand me, it's their bad luck. As soon as the guard rocket battalion arrives, I will order them to blow up the forest on the mountain into a sea of fire“ Commander, division commander, "the armored car driver sitting in front suddenly turned to us and said," there are Germans coming down the hillside with white flags. " I heard him say that, so I pushed to the front row and looked out through the observation hole. A German officer in a cornice hat, holding a white shirt in a branch, came over the hillside tremblingly. Seeing this, nikolasov pushed the door open and yelled to the outside, "past two men, bring him here!"