Chapter 1279

Although Zhukov had accepted my proposal, he was only prepared to let the 40th army attack Kiev from the south, while the 27th and 47th army attack Kiev from the north. However, in the process of implementation, the plan was rejected by the supreme command. In desperation, Zhukov had to transfer the two army groups that stayed on the other side of the Dnieper River, as well as the third army of general rebalko's close guard tanks, to kaniv area.

In this way, the original starting point for the offensive forces becomes narrow. In order to facilitate the assembly of three army groups and one tank army group, vatujing ordered general sivakov's close guard 22nd army to withdraw from kaniv and the whole army to withdraw to cherkaser.

This medium-sized city on the Dnieper River became crowded as a whole four guard divisions and several artillery regiments continued to move into chercasse. Seeing this situation, bzikov complained in a low voice: "it's a waste of so many troops to be crowded here and not be able to take part in the battle."

When I heard his complaint, I laughed and said, "chief of staff, it's not a bad thing for us to gather our troops in cherkaser. Don't forget that when the battle against Kiev begins, we will not only cover the flanks of the 53rd army, but also dispatch troops to cut off the Kiev Zhitomir road. If the original defense area remains unchanged, with the departure of the two troops, our forces will become thin. If we are attacked by the enemy, the situation will become very bad. Now general vatukin has withdrawn kaniv's troops, which is tantamount to helping us solve a big problem

"Do we need to adjust our original attack plan?" Don't zikov asked cautiously when I finished.

"Yes, chief of staff." "Now that the friendly forces are stationed in kaniv, our plan to send troops from kaniv will not work. We have to choose a new route," I said positively

"In that case, let's make a new sneak attack plan." After he broke in, chisjakov turned to akhromeyev and said, "Comrade major, please give us the information obtained by the reconnaissance team. We need to make a new plan for the sneak attack."

After reading the information given to him by akhromeyev, the expression on his face became serious. He looked at me and said, "Comrade commander, if we want to adjust our attack route, not only the troops have to go further, but also several large and medium-sized cities. In this way, our whereabouts are hard not to be found by the Germans. In the end, this sneak attack may have to turn into a strong attack. "

When I heard him say this, I was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Comrade deputy commander, can you tell me about the new route you have envisaged?"

"Our sneak attack troops started from spola and went west to attack the occupied areas of vatuti, Dana and uman." Speaking of the last place name, he frowned: "as far as the reconnaissance knows, the German army has two infantry regiments in uman area, with an armored battalion and a number of artillery troops, and there are solid fortifications in the city. It will take us at least two or three days to capture the city, and at the same time, we will make great sacrifices. If the troops are seriously downsized, they will find it hard to go north to capture chakhkov next. "

After listening to the new plan of chisgakov patiently, I gave a wry smile, and then asked, "Comrade deputy commander, since you know that our troops are going to attack korostev and cut off the traffic line between Kiev and Zhitomir, why do you have to fight so many tough battles on the way? You know, if we fight a tough battle every time we go to a city, not to mention three close guard divisions and one tank army, even if the whole group army is transferred to korostwev, it is estimated that there will not be many people left in the army when we arrive at korostwev. What kind of forces can we use then to cut off the enemy's traffic lines? "

What I said stopped chisgakov. He turned red and stared at the map without saying a word. He was probably thinking about how to avoid the heavily defended city of the German army and quickly rush to korostev to cut off the enemy's traffic line.

"Comrade commander, since you don't think the deputy commander's plan is desirable." Bezikov thought that he didn't want to see chisjakov embarrassed. He quickly came out and said, "can you tell us about your plan?"

On hearing what bzikov said, chisgakov quickly agreed: "yes, comrade commander, can you tell me your plan? I want to see how our troops have penetrated through the German defense. "

I heard the dissatisfaction from chisgakov's words, but I didn't care with him. Instead, I pointed to the map and said to them, "you see, after successfully crossing the Dnieper River, we successfully captured cherkaser and kaniv, and successively occupied smira and spola. As for Kesong, he was handed over to us after being liberated by the local guerrillas. "

"Corson!" After repeating the name, chisgakov slapped the table and said, "Damn it, how can I forget kosson? If we send troops from here, we can choose a completely different road."

"Your judgment is accurate, comrade deputy commander." Seeing that chisjakov had judged the possible new route from what I said, he said to him with a smile, "after we start from korson, we can go northwest along those deserted paths. Take skovya without knowing it, and then go north to take korostev, to cut off Kiev and Zhitomir. "

"Comrade commander," chisjakov asked uneasily after listening to me, "it's really hard to meet the Germans along the road you choose, but there are many rivers and swamps in that area. Can our tanks pass through? Without the cooperation of the tank troops, we could not achieve the goal of cutting off the German traffic line. How about another route? " As for the situation that chisjakov was worried about, I knew it was real. After thinking about it for a while, I shook my head and said, "no way, comrade deputy commander, no matter where we go, we will be found by the German army, which will lead to the failure of our sneak attack plan. As for the difficulty of roads, it's not a big problem. We can let the accompanying soldiers of the guard division cut down trees and pave the way, so that the tanks can pass smoothly. " Seeing that I had a plan, chisgakov didn't persuade me any more. He pushed the map in front of bezikov, and then said, "chief of staff, please work with major akhromeyev to make a new sneak attack plan according to what the commander just said." Bezikov took over the map and said firmly, "don't worry, comrade deputy commander, we will work out a new plan of sneak attack in the shortest time."