Chapter 1289

After bezikov sent out the two war reports, there was no movement. After waiting for a long time, I saw no reply from Zhukov or vatujing. He walked to lophov's body, bent down and asked, "major, can you contact the troops below?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Lophov quickly stood up from his seat, straightened up and reported, "we have a special telephone line here, which can directly contact the division headquarters of the following divisions."

When I heard what lophov said, I immediately told him, "get through to general Chernoff's division headquarters immediately, and I'll ask him about the situation on the front line."

"Yes Lophov agreed, then went to the side, picked up a telephone hanging on the wall, dialed a number, and said to the microphone, "get close to the 90th division headquarters for me."

After a while, he handed me the microphone and said respectfully, "Comrade commander, the phone is connected."

I nodded, took the receiver from his hand, put it to my ear, and asked aloud, "Hello, Chernoff? What's your situation there? Can you break through the German peripheral defense? "

"Comrade commander, the situation is very bad." Chernoff yelled at the top of his voice: "the Germans have been very tough and the fighting has come to a stalemate. Now we can neither attack nor withdraw. "

"Hell, how could that be?" When I heard him say this, I could not help frowning. Then I said, "since we can't rush up, we should withdraw our troops first, readjust our troops, and then attack the enemy."

Chernoff roared: "because of the heavy rain, the water in the trench is knee high. As soon as our commanders and fighters jump into the trench, they are covered with muddy water. Now they are entangled with the enemy, and the people we sent to send orders can't distinguish between them."

"All right, comrade teacher." I didn't wait for him to finish, then I directly interrupted him and said in a firm tone, "I don't care what you do, but I want to withdraw the troops as soon as possible. I've ordered the tank brigade to attack. When they arrive, you can follow them to attack. "

After I had finished, Chernoff was silent immediately. He was probably in a dilemma about whether to accept my order. Seeing that he did not speak, I raised my voice and asked, "Sir, why did you not speak? Did you not hear my order?"

"Yes! Comrade commander. " Hearing my tone so severe, Chernoff replied reluctantly, "I'll try to get the troops back immediately."

After I put down the phone, chisgakov immediately asked with concern, "Comrade commander, is the situation in the 90th division very bad?"

I nodded, sighed and said: "although this rainstorm has affected the enemy's vision, it is also not good for our army. Now they are mixed up with the enemy, and the order of retreat can't be conveyed at all. " After these words, I turned to ask ahlomeyev, "major, do you have the latest news about the 52nd division of the guards?"

"Comrade commander." Akhromeyev handed me a telegram he had just received and said, "telegram from general nikolasov. They once occupied the whole city half an hour ago. However, the German army was unwilling to fail and was fighting back at all costs. Now part of the enemy had rushed into the city. The battle is going on

The battle is on! I know that such a simple sentence contains many meanings. In a little while, perhaps, Nekrasov will report that the Germans have taken the city back.

Not only did I understand the meaning of this, but also chisjakov and bezikov understood the meaning of this telegram. Bizikov said to me carefully: "Comrade commander, the rain is too heavy to use heavy equipment such as artillery and tanks. Whether we can win or not depends on the technical and tactical level and fighting will of the officers and men on both sides."

As soon as his words were finished, chisjakov asked back impolitely, "chief of staff, do you think general nikolasov and general nikolasov can hold the city?"

When I saw the problem of chisgakov, bezikov was speechless and stood up to help him out: "Comrade deputy commander, I believe our commanders and fighters will surely be able to defend the city. From their performance in the fighting in recent months, they can be regarded as a model of our army's tenacity, hard work and self sacrifice."

Seeing that I've already said that, it's not good for chisgakov to embarrass bzikov. For the time being, the battle in the South couldn't be divided, so we turned our attention to the north. After contacting Kravchenko, I knew that due to the heavy rain, the German army's attack on korostev had been completely stopped, and the troops were rushing to repair the fortifications in the rain.

I thought about it, and then asked akhromeyev to send Kravchenko a telegram with only one sentence: "how many tanks are there in the 21st brigade of the close guard tank?"

After about five minutes, Kravchenko returned the telegram. He may have understood the purpose of my question, and specially explained in detail: "there are 31 tanks left in the brigade, and the lost tanks were all lost in the enemy's shelling or bombing. In the face-to-face battle with the enemy's armored forces, our tanks won a complete victory. "

After reading this telegram, I feel a lot more secure. Now it seems that the decision to transfer all the new tanks to korostev is completely correct. If the former tank brigades are all equipped with T-34, it is estimated that in addition to the part lost in shelling and bombing, they will also lose a lot in the war against German tanks.

After reading the telegram in front of me, bzikov asked cautiously, "Comrade commander, how can we call back general Kravchenko?"

"Chief of staff, please tell him that when the enemy attacks next time, let him gather all the tanks and counter attack the enemy. Take advantage of the superior performance of our tanks to bring down the German offensive forces. "

"I understand!" Bezikov had seen the power of the new tank with his own eyes, so he immediately sent a report to Kravchenko after recording the order.

In the evening, the rain outside finally came down.

First of all, Nekrasov called me and reported to me, "Comrade commander, all the German troops who rushed into the city have been wiped out by us. At present, the troops are cleaning up the battlefield."

"How are the casualties of your division?" I didn't ask them in detail about their achievements, because they can be seen in the report later. I understand their casualties, and I want to judge as soon as possible whether they have the ability to continue to fight.

"Report, comrade commander," said Nekrasov in a relaxed tone, "in the battle just ended, the division lost more than 800 people, annihilated a German battalion and captured its commander. At present, we can't see any organized units within a few kilometers of us, except for a small number of skilful German soldiers. "

After listening to nikolasov's understatement, I couldn't help reminding him: "Sir, the Germans are very cunning. You can't take it lightly. In addition to consolidating the existing defensive zone, it is also necessary to send people around to carry out reconnaissance to prevent possible German counterattack. "

"You can rest assured." "As soon as the battle is over, in addition to arranging people to clean the battlefield, I also sent a large number of reconnaissance teams around with radio stations. As long as there are German troops nearby, I will know at the first time," he said confidently

"Well done!" After listening to Nekrasov's report, I gave him a compliment and hung up.

Then, division commander Chernoff, who attacked the outskirts of kilovgrad, also called. He said with relief, "Comrade commander, after a fierce battle, we have finally captured the first line of defense of the German army. Now the commanders and fighters are strengthening fortifications to prevent possible German counterattack. "

I looked out of the window and saw that the rain had stopped outside. Then I said to the microphone, "Sir, the rain has stopped now. Maybe the German counterattack will start soon. I immediately contacted general povsky and asked his troops to intercept the enemy's attack. "

After listening to this, Chernoff replied with ecstasy, "I understand, comrade commander. I'm going to contact povsky."

After I put down the phone, I directly told akhromeyev: "major, call general povsky and say that Chernoff, the commander of the 90th division of the close guard, will call him soon to make him fully cooperate with the division's defense outside kilovgrad."

When the headquarters was busy, vatujing called. He said to me, "Comrade oshanina, there is something I want to tell you. The decisive action of your army completely disrupted the German offensive. I have just received a call from general konev that the German forces attacking them from the West have stopped their attack, giving them a rare respite. "

"Great, that's great." When I heard this, I was overjoyed. It seemed that I had made the troops attack in heavy rain, and I said with some complacency: "Comrade General, don't worry. In the next few days, we will try our best to contain the German forces, so that they can't attack the friendly forces with all their strength."

I didn't expect that when watujing heard me say this, his voice suddenly became cold: "Comrade o'shanina, do you think I'm calling you to praise you?"

I was stunned. A moment later, I asked, "what does that mean?"

"According to the information we have." "The German army has pulled out two regiments from the vicinity of Alexandria and is turning west towards the outer position of kilovgrad that you have just captured," said vatugin in a calm voice. You have to make the troops ready for defense as soon as possible. I don't want to see your troops defeated. "

"Don't worry, Comrade General." When I heard this, I felt no more nervous. I assured vatujing: "the troops occupying the positions outside kilovgrad have been strengthened by the artillery of the group army. But when the enemy attacks them, the artillery will stop the attacking enemy. Besides, I have a division behind them. If I find that they can't support me, I will immediately put this division into battle. "

"Now that you're ready, I'm at ease." After finishing this sentence, watujing suddenly changed the topic: "Marshal Zhukov asked me to tell you that the troops have assembled to the north. About two days later, the attack could be resumed. He asked your army to make the movement as big as possible in these two days, so as to attract the attention of the Germans to you, so that the troops in the south of Kirov could quietly move to the north without being noticed by the German army. Do you understand? "

"Comrade General, it's not impossible to attract the enemy's attention, it's just..." to attract the German army's attention is simple to say, but not easy to do. What's more, I don't have many available troops in my hand now. To carry out this task, the coefficient of difficulty is very high. So I put forward my own difficulties in time. "I just have a limited number of troops. I don't know if you can increase or decrease even one or two divisions for me so that I can complete this task again." Watujing thought for a moment, then said: "the forces of the front army are also very tight now, and may not be able to take out the troops for you in the short term. It's still up to you to figure out for yourself. " When watujin hung up, I was still holding the phone in a daze. Seeing that my expression was so strange, chisjakov could not help asking, "Comrade commander, what's the matter?" I put down the microphone and said to the people standing in front of me: "comrades, our decisive attack completely disrupted the German attack plan. Now their attack on general konev's troops has completely stopped..." "great, this is really great." Before I had finished, bzikov exclaimed excitedly, "as long as we try to contain the enemy near kilovgrad, then general konev's troops will have a breathing space."“ Chief of staff, I'm not finished yet. " Seeing this chief of staff who only listened to half of what he said, I couldn't laugh or cry: "although the enemy stopped attacking general konev, they have now transferred their forces from Alexandria and directly rushed to kilovgrad. It seems that they want to clean up our army on the outskirts of the city before continuing to attack general konev's forces. " "Comrade commander, what are we going to do next?" chisjakov asked I looked at bezikov and motioned to him to record my orders. Seeing that he was ready, I began to give orders: "order lieutenant colonel Lukin's 375TH infantry division to move forward and deploy behind the 90th guard division. Once the division is unable to support under the German attack, they will fight immediately. The 89th division of general seleucin's guards sent a regiment to move westward, posing as a threat to uman to attract the attention of the German army. "