Chapter 1273

As soon as travkin left, chisgakov looked at me and asked, "Comrade commander, do you want to get additional soldiers and supplies from spola?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander." As for chisgakov's conjecture, I definitely replied: "the Germans will certainly make these areas angry. As long as our troops reoccupy spola and set up a few recruitment sites, I think the people who sign up for the army will be able to form a long line."

"Spola is a small city with a limited garrison." Gazing at the map, bzikov said: "although the nearest one to this area is the 23rd army of the guards, their troops have been greatly reduced in the two days of fighting. Moreover, the 51st division of the guards is still attacking smira. It's really hard to spare forces, but they are liberating spola and the POW camp. Therefore, I suggest that the 22nd army of the guards of general sivakov be transferred to participate in this battle."

"No, comrade chief of staff." As soon as his words came out, he was strongly opposed by chisgakov. "You see, it's about 120 kilometers from kaniv to spola, which is nearly double the distance we have here. After a long march, the troops need to rest for a period of time to launch another attack, which gives the German army a breathing space. Therefore, I think general tavartkilaze's troops should be allowed to complete this task. "

As for the dispute between them, I didn't express my opinion. Instead, I quietly looked at the map and weighed which army was suitable to complete the task. After a while, I straightened up and looked up at the two men and said, "although kaniv's close guard 23rd army is complete, their task is to defend the northern side of the whole group army. We need to know that the German army can have heavy troops stationed in Kiev. Once they find that our troops in kaniv show signs of mobilization, they may directly send troops to the south to launch an attack on kaniv. We can't take the risk, so the 22nd guard can't move. "

After listening to my statement, bzikov couldn't help asking, "Comrade commander, what division are you going to take part in this battle?"

"At present, the 52nd close guard division and the 375TH infantry division are temporarily unavailable, while the 51st close guard division of chejerikov is attacking smira. Even after they have captured the city, they will not be able to continue to attack spola, so we can only consider mobilizing other troops."

"Mobilize other troops?" After bizikov repeated what I said, his eyes suddenly brightened and he asked me in surprise: "Comrade commander, are you going to use the 89th division of the guards of Xie Liujin?"

"That's right," I replied with a smile, seeing that bzikov had guessed my intention so easily. "Anyway, on the other side of the Dnieper River, there are no German troops, and the main force of our army is coming towards the river. Let Mr. seleucin leave a regiment to stand out of zolotonosha, and the rest of the troops immediately cross the river and move to spola overnight to launch a sudden attack on the German army at daybreak. "

"Do you need to send tank troops to cooperate?" After recording my orders, bezikov asked cautiously, "I'm afraid that the enemy has solid fortifications in the city. If we don't have the cooperation of tanks or artillery, we will capture the city, and it is estimated that we will pay more casualties."

"If you want to send tank troops to support, you have to go through smira." Chisgakov explained to me, "our infantry can go straight through the forest, but the tanks can't. So I suggest that after the liberation of smira, the tank troops cooperating with the operation of Colonel shejerikov should rush to spola along the road. "

"Yes." Judging from the terrain marked on the map in front of me, what chisgakov said is true. Both smira and spola are surrounded by forests. If smira is not occupied first, it will be difficult for tanks to pass through the forest and swamp nearby. So I nodded my head and said with certainty, "just do as the deputy commander said. First, let the general's troops move towards spola and attack the city and the prison camp at the right time. The tank troops supporting them will drive along the road to the spola area after the liberation of smira. "

The pronunciation of the two cities is very close. In order to avoid unnecessary mistakes in recording orders, I deliberately slowed down my speaking speed when I read the names of cities, and tried to read the names of each city accurately.

After the deployment, he looked at bzikov and asked, "chief of staff, have all the orders been recorded?" Seeing that he nodded in recognition, I reached out to him and said, "let me have a look."

I took over his notebook, carefully checked it twice, and when I saw that there was no mistake, I gave it back to him. At the same time, I said, "OK, chief of staff, give an order to general Xie Liujin, and let his troops start crossing the river in an hour."

"Yes Bezikov agreed and turned away.

I took a look at akhromeyev, who was busy not far away. Then I asked him in a loud voice, "Comrade major, what's the latest development of division xiejerikov?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Akhromeyev agreed to come over, put a war report in front of me, and then said: "the army under the command of the Colonel has attacked the city from the northeast of smira, occupied three streets, and is engaged in street fighting with the German army."

Then he put a topographic map of smira in front of me, pointed to it and said, "these are the three streets. As long as they have a firm foothold, they can quickly rush to the city center after clearing up the enemy's resistance."

"Comrade major, where did you come from?" Looking at akhromeyev, chisjakov asked strangely, "why is it all in German? When did you capture it?"

Chisjakov didn't remind me that I didn't notice that the map in front of me was actually a German military map, so I turned my curious eyes to akhromeyev to hear his explanation.

Akhromeyev laughed and said to me, "Comrade commander, didn't we liberate smira a few months ago? This map was captured by me at that time and has been preserved until now."

"Not bad, not bad," chisgakov said with a thumbs up to akhromeyev. "Major, I didn't expect you to keep this map so well. It seems that you are very competent as the chief of operations."

I glanced at the map in front of me, then looked up and asked akhromeyev, "major, there are no residents in the city except the enemy, are there?"

"No Akhromeyev shook his head and said, "according to our reconnaissance, except for an infantry battalion and a tank company, there are no residents in the city at all."

"That's good, that's good." "As long as there are no residents in the city, our commanders and fighters don't have so many estimates when they fight," chisjakov said happily. I don't think there will be any problem for them to solve the battle before noon tomorrow. "

As soon as he had finished, the telephone rang on the desk. I thought that it might have been shejerikov who called back from the front and reported the war to me, so I grabbed the phone. But it was Xie Liujin's voice that came from the receiver. He told me excitedly: "Comrade commander, I asked the political commissar of the division, commander yeermohin, to lead a regiment and stay at zolotonosha. The rest of the troops are moving towards the river."

Xie Liujin's words startled me. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Less than ten minutes after I issued the order, they had already moved towards the river. I asked quickly, "Mr. Xie Liujin, can you be a prophet? You know, it's less than ten minutes since I gave you the order to cross the river into spola? "

"Well, comrade commander." Xie Liujin explained to me with a smile: "I know that I attacked a battle during the day and almost wiped out a German division, so I guess you will definitely assign tasks to our division, so I sent out a battle alarm to the regiment leaders to make them ready to start."

"So it is." After listening to Xie Liujin's explanation, I couldn't help laughing. It seems that my subordinates now know more and more about my character. They can guess my next action from a battle. I then asked in an official voice, "what's the mood of the soldiers?"

"Comrade commander, you can rest assured." Xie Liujin swore to me: "the soldiers are all in high spirits and want to fight with the Germans immediately. As long as our troops arrive at their destination, even without the cooperation of tank troops, we are sure to wipe out all the enemy. "

"Comrade Xie Liujin," after hearing that he was so confident, I still told him, "in order to prevent the Germans from killing our comrades in the prison camp, your division's primary target of attack is the prison camp. After all our comrades are rescued, we will turn around and attack the city. Do you understand? "

"I see." "When the troops arrive at spola, I will leave the troops to monitor the garrison in the city, and then concentrate the main forces to attack the POW camp first and rescue all the officers and men in the camp," he said

"Well, Comrade Xie Liujin, since you are so confident, we are waiting for your good news."

After I put down the phone, I raised my head and asked akhromeyev, "major, how long will it take for the troops of the 89th division of the guards to get to spola?"

After carefully calculating the distance on the map, akhromeyev replied, "Comrade commander, it's only about two hours for them to get to smira area from the river. Although it is only ten kilometers away from spola, it will take them at least five hours to get close to the target because they can't move along the road and can only pass through the forest. "

"Seven hours?" After hearing this, chisjakov looked at the map and said thoughtfully, "when they get to the vicinity of spola, they can rest for another two hours. That is to say, they can launch an attack on the enemy before eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Comrade deputy commander, it is like this." Akhromeyev replied respectfully, "as long as they don't get lost when they are going through the forest, there is no problem in launching an attack at eight tomorrow morning."

When akhromeyev finished speaking, I suddenly cut in and said, "if Colonel shejerikov's troops succeed in seizing the city before they arrive at smira, can they shorten their March time?"

"Is that true?" Chisgakov listened to me and said with a smile, "if smira had been liberated by us before sherekin's troops arrived. Then perhaps there is no need to use the troops of the 89th division of the guards at all. Colonel chejerikov can take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack spola directly under the cover of the tank troops. In an hour at most, he can rush under the city. "

Bezikov, who had just come by, could not help but feel his heart beating when he heard these words. He looked at me and asked, "Comrade commander, do you need to call Colonel xiejerikov and ask him to speed up his attack?" Although I also want to call shejerikov, let him speed up the attack, strive to win smira in the shortest time, and then move westward to capture spola. But on second thought, if I did call him, it would disrupt his operational deployment and cause unnecessary losses to the troops. When I saw chisjakov and bezikov, their eyes were all focused on me. When I made the final decision, I shook my head and said, "forget it, I'd better let shijerikov attack according to his plan. If I call him, I will definitely plan his predetermined attack rhythm. Maybe before noon tomorrow, I won't be able to liberate smira Hearing that I had such an attitude, several people around me could not help sighing with disappointment, and then went to their own work. I went to kirilov and sat down. Looking at him who was filling in the application forms for awards, I jokingly said, "Comrade military commissar, you have filled in thousands of such forms these days, haven't you?" Kirilov heard my voice, looked up at me, put down his pen, and then said with a smile, "yes, Rita, although I have filled in so many application forms, I find that I haven't filled in more. There are so many meritorious officers and men. If you want to report all their deeds, I can't do it alone. You can find someone to help me. "“ This is no problem. " I just wanted to have a chat with kirilov, but I didn't expect that he would make such a request to me. However, I saw that he had too much work to do recently, so I readily agreed, "I will ask all divisions to recommend suitable political workers to come here to help you."