Chapter 1334

In his heart, chisgakov was always worried about vatukin's reneging on his promise and not sending us an aviation engineer to help us. He looked at bzikov who was on the phone and asked me unfairly, "commander, do we need to call Comrade vatukin again to ask about air cover?"

I gave him a smile and said faintly, "deputy commander, please remember that the mountain will fall down and the water will flow. You can only rely on yourself. Even without the support of the air force, we can still defend the battle of Zhitomir, just as we did in Stalingrad. "

Although I said this far fetched, but no one to refute, we just turned to look at me, and continue to busy their own things. I saw that akhromeyev was just passing me, so I stopped him and asked, "major, where is the transport team from cherkaser?"

Akhromeyev stopped, opened the city defense map in front of me, pointed to the map below, and said: "ten minutes ago, I received a telegram from the transport team. They just passed by skovya, about 40 kilometers away from us."

"When did they start?" I continued.

"It started at seven in the morning." Ahlomeyev raised his hand, looked at his watch, and then replied, "because the road is not easy to walk and the speed can not be increased, it took nearly eight hours and only two-thirds of the distance. But the rest of the road should be easier. I believe they can reach us in three hours at most. "

"Comrade major, the transport team has to walk for more than ten hours for more than 100 highways." After listening to akhromeyev's report, chisjakov said somewhat discontentedly: "such a transportation speed can not meet the supply of the whole army."

"Comrade deputy commander, comrades of the transport team have done their best." Akhromeyev said with some frustration: "these roads are all opened up in the forest. Although our commanders and fighters have laid bundles of firewood in many areas, it is still very difficult to pass so many trucks."

"All right, comrade major, you can do it." After I sent akhromeyev away, I said to chisgakov, "the materials transported from cherkaser through Koson can only ensure that our troops will not run out of ammunition and food in a short time, so you should not have too much hope for the traffic volume of this line. Only by reopening the road between Kiev and Zhitomir can our logistic supply return to the normal level. "

After hearing what I said, chisgakov nodded and said with a little helplessness: "the 77th division of the guards and the enemy are still fighting for kanevka repeatedly. At present, the town has long been a ruin in the tug of war between the enemy and us. Fortunately, the residents here have been moved away by the Germans. Otherwise, it is estimated that not many people will survive."

"Comrade deputy commander, you should be psychologically prepared. It is estimated that the traffic line will not be restored in a short time." Thinking of the recent performance of the German army on the battlefield, I think it is necessary to give chisgakov a preventive shot. In the face of the future when the army can not support itself and has to choose to break through, he will raise a lot of objections.

"However, we now have several group armies in Kiev to block the attack of a German 48th armored force. It should still be no problem," chisjakov said unconvinced

As soon as his voice fell, lophoff, who had rarely appeared in the past two days, came in. He came to us, handed me a telegram and said, "Comrade commander, the telegram just received. As the 48th armored army of the German army concentrated 300 tanks and rushed to Kiev, the 38th group army was defeated because it could not bear the intensive impact of German tanks. With the retreat of the Ministry, the 60th army, whose flanks have been completely exposed to the enemy, was forced to retreat into Kiev. "

"How could it be, how could it be?" As for lophov's report, chisgakov could not believe it. He grabbed the telegram on the desk, read it repeatedly, and murmured, "how could it be that our two army groups were defeated by the German army? The combat effectiveness of the 38th army under the command of general Moskalenko is one of the best in the whole front army. How can it be defeated so easily by the enemy? "

"Nothing is impossible, comrade deputy commander." Bezikov, who had just finished the phone call, just heard these words from chisgakov, so he said: "the 38th army was defeated in almost every battle until it approached fastiev and was repulsed by the defenders. He was beaten back for more than 100 kilometers from fastiev. I really don't know how Moskalenko commanded... "

"Comrade chief of staff, don't say anything that undermines unity." Although I don't like Moskalenko, there are too many people in the headquarters today. I'm worried that if such words are spread, it will be detrimental to the future of bezikov. So I quickly stopped him and changed the topic in time: "have you finished calling both teachers?"

"It's all over." Bezikov nodded his head and replied, "what they mean is that if these two newly reinforced regiments are not used for any purpose before dark, they will be used to carry out counter attacks against the enemy at night."

"Night attack?" After listening to bzikov's words, chisgakov frowned and looked at the city defense map for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Comrade chief of staff, have you ever thought about how the night attack troops with only light weapons can deal with the German armored forces, which will not increase the casualties of our army in vain?" I think that chisgakov's words are reasonable. Now the German army has set up an offensive starting position in the north line of the city. If they launch a night attack at this time, they will not only fail to disrupt the target of the German army's deployment, on the contrary, they may pay huge casualties. I don't want to see this situation. I don't want to see it before the battle begins, So many fresh troops have been lost in vain. So I told bzikov: "chief of staff, call the two division commanders again and say I don't agree with their plan of night attack. If our living strength is to be used to defend Zhitomir, there is no need to expend it in counterattack with little chance of winning. Of course, we can't watch the enemy stay in front of us and remain indifferent. We can send small troops with platoons as units, carrying anti tank weapons, to harass the enemy's camp and make them restless all night. " Without waiting for zikov to leave, I called the two teachers. Suddenly, I saw razumeyeva rushing in from the outside. From the expression on her face, I guessed what might be good. I quickly asked her in a loud voice: "Comrade captain, have you brought us any good news?" Razumeyeva nodded and said excitedly, "Comrade commander, I have just received a telegram from general sivakov saying that the troops of the 27th group army are crossing the Dnieper River and entering cherkaser one after another."