Chapter 1274

While we were waiting for the battle report on the front line, vatujing called to ask me about the progress of the army's attack on smira and when it would take the city.

Staring at the new war report in front of me, I replied clearly: "Comrade commander, the 51st division of the close guard of Colonel chejerikov has rushed into smira City, occupied two thirds of the city, and is engaged in fierce fighting with the stubborn enemy."

"When will smira be liberated?" Vatukin repeated the question just now.

Although judging from the current situation, maybe in two hours or even less, we can solve all the enemies. However, to be on the safe side, I deliberately put off the time: "senior general, I think they can successfully occupy smira before noon."

"What, before noon?" Watujing asked in surprise, "didn't he occupy two-thirds of the area? How can it take more than ten hours to capture the remaining one third? "

"The reason why the early stage of the army went smoothly was that the enemy's strength was limited and the deployment was too scattered." In order to satisfy vatukin, I tried to weave a reasonable reason to reply him: "now the enemy has been compressed in a limited space. With the concentration of their forces, it will be difficult for us to defeat them as quickly as in the early stage of the battle."

After listening to my explanation, watujing nodded and said thoughtfully, "well, you have a point. The enemies are all driven together by you. It's very difficult to eat them. Well, I wish you good luck. I hope you can take smira as soon as possible and let me know the good news in time. "

After I put down the phone, bzikov asked curiously, "Comrade commander, judging from the current progress of the fighting, our troops can solve the fighting in two or three hours at most. But why did you tell the general that we need at least ten more hours to liberate smira? "

I looked at bezikov and said with a smile, "Comrade chief of staff, as commanders, we should always consider the possible adverse factors on the battlefield. Even when the victory is in hand, we should not take it lightly. Although judging from the current situation, it is certain that our troops will not be able to liberate smira within two hours. But if the enemy of spola is desperate to come and support, then the fighting time will be prolonged. "

As soon as I finished speaking, lophoff came over with a telegram and reported to me, "Comrade commander, general sherekin reported that the 89th division of the guards was only two kilometers away from smira, and the sound of guns coming from the city could be heard clearly. He asked us if his troops were needed to fight? "

After listening to lophov's report, chisjakov took the telegram from him. After reading it carefully twice, he raised his head and asked me, "Comrade commander, how are you going to reply to Mr. Xie Liujin?"

I only thought for a moment, and then said to lophov decisively, "major, record my order: the 89th guard will continue to march according to the original route, and there is no need to participate in the battle of friendly forces for smira." When he finished recording, I waved to him, "OK, send the telegram."

Hearing the order I gave, it was chisjakov's turn to be puzzled. He asked in surprise, "Comrade commander, why don't you let general Xie Liujin's troops take part in the war? We should know that the enemy in smira is still alive. Even if we put in a little more troops, we can easily destroy or defeat the enemy. "

"Comrade deputy commander, the city of smira is too small. If we put in too many troops, the troops will not be able to expand. That's why I ordered general Xie Liujin to continue to lead the troops and march along the original route. "

"So it is." After listening, chisgakov nodded gently, and then looked at the map in front of him.

Seeing his expression, I could not help but feel a thump in my heart. I said that if he was the commander of the group army and wanted to organize the troops to attack smira, it was estimated that there would not be only the 51st division of the guards, but also the 52nd division of the guards and the 375TH division of the infantry. It never occurred to him that if too many troops were put into a small city, it would not only be difficult for the troops to launch, but it would also be easy for them to restrict each other.

Two hours later, I got a call from chejerikov. He said excitedly in the microphone: "Comrade commander, all the enemies in smira have been eliminated and the whole city has been occupied by us."

"Well done, comrade colonel. You and your subordinates are good After a few words of appreciation, I covered the microphone and asked bzikov in a low voice, "chief of staff, where is Mr. Xie Liujin's troops?"

Bezikov pointed at the map with his hand and said, "they should be here now. In about two hours, they will be able to get to the location of the POW camp."

If I knew where he was before shejerikov reported the good news to me, I would say, "yes, they are marching very fast." But at this moment, when I heard bzikov's reply, I frowned and said, "too slow, too slow. It is believed that the enemy will soon get the news of smira's fall, so that they will seize the time to prepare for the war, and many unnecessary casualties will be increased when sherekin's troops launch an attack. "

Chisjakov, who is familiar with my character, knows that I usually have something to say, so he respectfully asks, "Comrade commander, do you have any good idea?"

I didn't let go of the hand that covered the microphone. I just nuzzled at the map and said, "I'm going to thank jerichov's troops, under the cover of tanks, to rush straight down the road to spola. But Xie Liujin's troops are only responsible for attacking the prison camp and rescuing the prisoners of our army who are held in it. "

"With such a two pronged approach, I believe we can take the enemy by surprise." After looking at the map, chisgakov nodded and agreed with me: "let's do it like this."

I released my hand from the microphone and said to shijerikov, "Colonel, listen carefully: in addition to leaving a regiment to guard smira, the rest of the troops immediately rushed to spola along the road under the cover of tanks, striving to liberate the city in the shortest time."

"Don't worry, comrade commander." After listening to my order, shejerikov said with disapproval, "in a city as small as spola, my troops won it in an hour at most."

"Comrade Colonel, there's something I haven't been able to tell you yet." I was deeply afraid that shijerikov would be dazzled by the victory. I specially reminded him: "although spola is only a small town, there are more than 80000 civilians in it now. Except for some of them are aborigines, the rest of the population is taken away from other places. "

After a long silence, he tentatively asked, "Comrade commander, do you mean there are more than 80000 civilians in a small town like spola?"

"Yes, according to the reconnaissance information, although there are not many garrisons in this city, there are 80000 residents. In this way, you will be a little tied up in the battle." In order to prevent him from belittling the enemy, I specially sounded the alarm for him, "although it took you only a few hours to capture smira. But it's not so easy to recover this little spola. "

As they are going to fight side by side with the 89th division of sherekin's guards, I specially stressed: "sherekin's guards division is now going through the forest near smira, intending to capture a prisoner's camp outside the city and rescue our captured commanders and fighters. You remember to send someone to scout their location and keep in touch with them at any time to avoid misunderstanding. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander." "Will you allow me to carry out your order?" asked shijerikov politely

"Go, comrade Colonel, and good luck to you!"

Thinking of smira's successful recovery, it is undoubtedly the best time to call vatukin to report the good news. So I dialed the headquarters of the front army, and when I heard someone talking, I politely said, "Hello, I'm oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of Jinwei. Please let commander watujing answer the phone."

After less than a minute, vatujing's voice came out of the receiver. He asked with a smile, "Comrade o'shanina, do you have any good news to inform me when you call me at this time?"

"Yes, comrade general, I'm calling you at this time. I have some good news to tell you." I said politely, "ten minutes ago, our troops successfully wiped out all the enemies in smira, liberated the city, and put the red flag on the commanding height of the city."

"Well done, o'shanina! It's very kind of you to take smira from the enemy so quickly. " After a pause, he asked, "what are your plans after the troops have captured smira?"

"Comrade General," I heard his question and said my own arrangement quickly: "I have ordered the troops of Colonel chejerikov to leave one regiment to stand outside smira, and the remaining two regiments, under the cover of tank troops, to rush to spola along the road and strive to liberate the city in the shortest time."

"Spola! Spola! " Vasukin repeated the name twice and asked with a smile, "o'shanina, how many hours are you going to take this city?"

As for his question, I had been prepared and quickly answered, "our army will conquer spola this evening at the latest."

"What, until evening?" Vatukin almost jumped out of his seat when he heard my answer. He was a little out of breath and said, "smira is a medium-sized city. You only attacked it in a few hours. While spola is a small city, you have to spend more than ten hours to attack. It's incredible. "

"General, please don't worry." I was deeply afraid that he would give me a limited time to complete the occupation of the city by what time. I quickly explained to him, "if it is to attack other cities, I may have no problem. But in a city as small as spola, the German army actually resettled more than 80000 residents, which made it difficult for us to attack. "

After I finished, watujing sighed and said with some helplessness, "yes, comrade oshanina, the enemy has put so many residents in such a small city. It's really malicious. As long as a shell falls, it may kill more than a dozen people. Well, in that case, I'll set a time for you. But I have one condition

"What conditions?" I asked in agreement“ In the process of seizing the city, you try not to hurt our residents. " "I don't want them to sacrifice their lives in vain when they are about to see victory," he said“ Don't worry, Comrade General. " Although I knew that it was inevitable to hurt civilians by mistake in the battle, I still insisted on answering, "I will tell the troops below to pay attention not to hurt ordinary residents by mistake when they attack." There is no suspense about the next battle. There are only two German infantry companies holding fast to the city of spola, and only one company guarding the POW camp. Under the strong attack of our two main divisions, these two troops, which were short of even heavy weapons, only lasted less than half an hour, and their resistance collapsed. Except that more than 100 people were killed, the rest of them obediently laid down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender to our army. After completing the combat mission, the two heroic division commanders drove to the headquarters and personally reported the fighting to me. At the end of the day, chejerikov asked rather stiffly, "Comrade commander, may I ask you a question?" I looked at him and replied with a smile, "Comrade Colonel, we are all old acquaintances. If you have any questions, just ask them. As long as I know the answer, I will give you a satisfactory answer. "“ Well, comrade commander. " Shejerikov took a quick glance at the man standing beside him, and then said with some embarrassment, "our troops have paid a lot of casualties in the battle. It happened that general Xie Liujin's troops rescued more than 4000 of our officers and men from your POW camp. I would like to ask if our division can add a number of soldiers from among them? " Instead of answering him immediately, I looked at Xie Liujin and asked, "Comrade General, how many of the 4000 officers and men rescued from the prison camp can be incorporated into the army immediately?" When Xie Liujin heard my question, he immediately straightened up and replied, "report to the commander, the physical condition of the 4000 commanders and fighters is still good, and they can all be incorporated into the army!"“ What? Can more than 4000 captured officers and men be incorporated into the army immediately? " I was puzzled by Xie Liujin's answer and asked, "isn't there any wounded among them?"“ No, comrade commander. " A look of anger suddenly appeared on his face. He gritted his teeth and said to me, "after being captured, all the wounded were shot by the German army except those who were in good health. The officers and men in the prison camp are in good physical condition because they have not been detained for a long time. They can be incorporated into the army at any time. " After I found out the situation of the rescued prisoners of war, I said to them, "you two divisions, from the rescued commanders and fighters, each select 500 people to join the army. The remaining 3000 were all added to the 375TH infantry. They suffered too many casualties in yesterday's battle and needed to be added urgently. "“ However, comrade commander, "said shijerikov with some embarrassment," our division also lost more than 2000 people in the attack on smira and spola. It is not enough to add 500 people. "“ Yes, "Xie Liujin echoed," five hundred people are too few. Can you give us more“ No, I can only supply you with 500 officers and soldiers rescued from the prison camp. " I said to them, "but don't be disappointed. There are 80000 residents in spola. Now, I'll allow you two divisions to set up recruitment offices in the city to recruit new soldiers to supplement their respective units. " On hearing this, the two people's faces suddenly showed a happy color, and then said in unison: "thank you, thank you, commander!"