Chapter 1287

Before he hung up, Zhukov suddenly asked, "Rita, there is something I hope you can answer me truthfully. I'm about to transfer troops to the north. Did you hear something or did you analyze it yourself? "

When I heard Zhukov's question, I felt like I was caught by the teacher doing my homework and peeking at the answers behind the reference books. As for the fact that he was going to move his troops to the north, I certainly would not tell him that I learned it from later history books. After a long time, I finally brazenly said, "Comrade marshal, of course, I analyzed it according to your fighting style."

"Your judgment is accurate." When Zhukov finished, he hung up.

I put down the phone and raised my hand to wipe the sweat off my forehead. At that moment, I saw a serious looking akhromeyev with a telegram, went straight to kirilov and handed it to him.

Kirilov received the telegram with a blank face, and with a few glances his brow wrinkled. After reading the telegram, he slapped the table. Then he stood up and handed it to me. He said, "Rita, look at the telegram from general trakov."

A telegram from general trakov? When I heard him say this, I was stunned and said that there was a Ukraine between us and trakov's troops. "I see, comrade commander." Hearing that I was going to withdraw his rank, Chernoff was a little nervous. He quickly assured me, "I will do everything possible to hold the position."

After I finished my conversation with Chernoff, I made another call to artillery commander povsky. When I heard his voice, I immediately told him, "Comrade artillery commander, there is now a German army rushing towards the front of division Chernoff. Immediately order the artillery to fire and intercept the German troops attacking our positions. "

Under the artillery attack of our army and the tenacious resistance of the officers and men of the 90th division, the German army's attempt to break through the defense line of our group army and attack our troops attacking Kiev from the side rear failed. As a result, the German army adjusted its tactics in time. Apart from leaving a small number of troops to monitor our army, it concentrated all its forces and continued to pursue and attack the defeated 53rd army.

In the next two days, the fall of Alexandria made all the achievements of the 53rd army come to nothing. What's more, Manstein took advantage of the favorable opportunity of the smooth progress of the 40th armored army, including the skull division, and launched a counterattack from Dnepropetrovsk to the West with the 57th armored army, mainly including the great German division, the 9th armored division, the 23rd armored division, and the 306th division, and the 52nd group army.

Seeing that konev's troops were in danger of being surrounded by the German army, Zhukov was a little worried. He called me and asked frankly, "Rita, tell me the truth, when can your army attack the flank of the German army?"

Holding the receiver, I glanced at the commanders standing at the table. Everyone vaguely heard Zhukov's question, but no one said anything. Instead, they turned their eyes to me. I can see from their eyes that they want me to be the master.

So I coughed gently, and then answered, "marshal, I know very well that the current situation is very dangerous. If we don't attack again, general konev's troops will probably suffer heavy losses. However, due to the lack of air power, we will pay a huge price if we attack rashly. "

Before I finished, Zhukov impolitely interrupted me. He said impatiently, "I don't want to hear so much from you. You just need to give you an accurate answer. When are you going to attack the enemy?"

"Evening, comrade marshal, this evening." Although I knew that this was not the best time to attack, I thought that if I stood by and watched, general konev's Ukrainian second front army would suffer huge losses, so I had to harden my head and say, "this evening, I will concentrate no less than two close guard divisions and a tank brigade to launch a fierce attack on the enemy's flank."

"Well, in that case, I'll wait for your good news." Zhukov finished and hung up.

After I put down the phone, I said to my colleagues standing in front of me, "comrades commander, I believe you have heard my dialogue with marshal. At present, general konev's troops are in bad condition. Although it is not the best time to send troops, if we don't help them, they will soon be driven back to the other side of the Dnieper River by the German army. "

"Comrade commander, where and with what forces are you going to fight back?" First of all, chisgakov said, "if our attack can't hurt the Germans and contain some of their troops, then it's meaningless to send troops this time."

"Don't worry, comrade deputy commander." Looking at chisgakov, I said confidently, "if we don't attack, we will. Once we attack, we will surely learn a lesson that will never be forgotten."

I turned to bezikov and said, "chief of staff, record my orders." Seeing that he had prepared his pen and paper, I began to dictate: "the 52nd and 90th divisions of the guards participated in the attack. Each division was equipped with a tank brigade. In the evening, they launched the attack on kilovgrad respectively, drawing the enemy's attention back from Alexandria, and fighting for time for the friendly forces to reorganize their troops and rebuild their defense lines."

"Where is the specific attack position?" Bezikov stopped writing and asked politely, "are the two divisions attacking kilovgrad in turn, or are they each responsible for one attack area?" Staring at the map on the table, I said, "the 52nd division of the guards, under the cover of the tank brigade, attacked malaviska; And the 90th division of the close guard directly attacked kilovgrad from the north When bezikov went to convey my order, chisjakov said with emotion: "unfortunately, we have too few tank troops in our hands, otherwise we can launch three attacks at the same time, which will create more momentum. In order to prevent us from cutting off their back, the German army will definitely transfer troops back. In this way, The pressure on general konev's forces will be greatly reduced. " As soon as his words were finished, akhromeyev came quickly, put two telegrams in front of me and reported to me, "Comrade commander, these are the two telegrams I just received. One was from captain travkin. They said that there was only one German battalion left in uman City, and the defense was quite empty. If they attacked, they might be able to take the city directly. " Hearing akhromeyev say that there is only one German battalion left in uman City, chisjakov could not help but brighten his eyes. He looked at me sideways and said, "Comrade commander, we'd better adjust our deployment and send only one division to attack kilovgrad, and the other troops will attack uman secretly. As long as we take over such a big city as Ukraine, the morale of the German army will be shaken. In this way, general konev's troops may turn the corner. " I can't help but feel a little excited by chisgakov's proposal. But I didn't have a fever in my head and agreed to his request without thinking. Instead, I looked at akhromeyev and asked, "major, what's the other telegram about?"“ Another telegram came from general Kravchenko in korostvev. " Akhromeyev replied solemnly: "the German army didn't want their traffic to be cut off by us, so they launched a fierce attack on them. After fierce fighting, the 77th division of the guards had to move south after suffering huge losses. The remaining two guard divisions, though incomplete, showed superhuman combat effectiveness. In recent days, they blocked more than 40 German attacks, destroyed 56 tanks in front and behind, and left nearly 2000 dead bodies in front of their positions. "