Chapter 1349

The war ahead is tense, so it's impossible to give me too much time to guess puzzles. While I was still racking my brains to figure out who the visitors would be, Xie Liujin called me from the city.

When he heard that it was me who answered the phone, Xie Liujin immediately complained to me: "Comrade commander, our division is fighting well in the city. We have captured two streets in a row. When we are preparing to develop in depth, you let general babajanian's troops replace us."

"OK, Mr. Xie Liujin, stop complaining." I knew that my ears would suffer if I let Xie Liujin complain, so I interrupted him decisively: "considering that your division and the 77th guard division had been attacked in the morning, the casualties of the troops were heavy, and the commanders and fighters were very tired, so I replaced you for the time being."

"But, comrade commander." "When it comes to street fighting, general babajanian's mechanized brigade has little experience," he continued. I just went to the front to have a look. They actually attacked the enemy's defensive positions in the narrow street by way of group charge, resulting in heavy casualties. "

"Mr. Xie Liujin," I heard him say, immediately and impolitely retorted, "since you see that the tactics they have adopted are not correct, why don't you remind general babajanian and just watch the friendly troops suffer heavy casualties like a spectator?" Xie Liujin, who was taught by me, didn't say a complete word for a long time. Then I said, "I order you to send commanders with street fighting experience to general babajanian's troops immediately to instruct their soldiers how to fight with the German army. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" After Xie Liujin agreed, but soon he was a little uneasy and said, "Comrade commander, I'll send my commanders in this way. Will general babajanian have any idea?"

"Don't worry, general babajanian won't be so careful." In a casual tone, I said, "I'll inform general babajanian later and let him know."

After I put down the phone, I told akhromeyev: "major, you call general babajanian, saying that in order to reduce the casualties of the troops in the street battle, I am ready to transfer experienced commanders from the 77th and 89th divisions of the guards to guide and prepare him for reception."

On hearing my order, akhromeyev said to me with a smile, "Comrade commander, when it comes to street fighting, we say second. No one dares to say first. I believe that as long as general babajanian's troops get our help, they can not only reduce the casualties in street fighting, but also greatly speed up the attack. "

Taking advantage of akhromeyev's phone call, povsky came up to me and said, "Comrade commander, with our army's successive defeats in fativ, I believe that the road between Kiev and Zhitomir has been opened." Seeing that I nodded my approval, he went on to say, "we should immediately apply to the Logistics Department of the front army, so that they can immediately resume the transportation on this road and supply us with urgently needed materials."

I understand the reason why povsky can't wait. If we don't run out of shells in today's battle, we can not only speed up our attack, but also effectively reduce the casualties of our troops. At the same time, when the German tanks bombarded the cavalry division, we were not at a loss.

"Comrade commander, look quickly. Who's here?" Just as I and povsky were sorting out the urgently needed supplies, there was a surprise voice from outside.

Hearing bere's voice, I looked up at the door with disapproval. Then I lowered my head and continued the topic with povsky: "in addition to grenades, I think rockets are also necessary..."

Before I finished, a familiar voice came from the door: "it seems that I'm not welcome. I don't even have a welcome person here."

Who is this? Why is the voice so familiar? I thought, looking up at the door. When I saw the person coming at the door, I immediately stood up straight and quickly met him. At the same time, I was surprised and said, "Comrade General, how did you come here?"

Standing at the door, rokosovsky spread his hands and said helplessly, "can't I come here?"

After saluting rokosovsky, I shook hands with him and said excitedly, "I thought you were commanding the battle in Kiev. I didn't expect you to come to me in person. Come and sit down, please

After a few of us sat down and didn't wait for me to speak again, rokosovsky said, "Rita, I'm here today to say goodbye to you."

"Say goodbye to me?" I was stunned to hear that. After a long time, he asked weakly, "Comrade General, aren't you the acting commander of the front army? Where are you going at the beginning of the campaign? And who will take your place after you leave? "

"Rita, don't forget, I'm the commander of the Belarusian front army. As for the commander of the Ukrainian first front army, he is just an agent. " Facing a series of questions from me, rokosovsky replied with a smile: "now the war in Belarus is tense, and Comrade vatujing's health has improved. He is fully competent for the work of commander of the front army, and he will be back soon. As for the period from my departure to his return, the work of the front army will be in the charge of the new deputy commander and commander of the first group army of the close guard, glicko

When I heard that rokosovsky was going to leave, my heart was in a mess. Apart from feeling that my backer was going to fall, my main worry was that many unexpected changes would happen next.

Seeing my melancholy face, rokosovsky comforted me and said, "don't worry, I have already introduced the situation of your army to glicko. After the road traffic between Kiev and Zhitomir is restored, your army group will receive priority replenishment. "

"What about your original campaign plan?" I was deeply afraid that when vatukin returned, he would overthrow all the battle plans originally made by rokosovsky, so I asked anxiously, "won't he be overthrown and start again?"

As for my question, rokosovsky was silent for a long time, and finally said in an uncertain tone: "I think Comrade vatukin may still have to decide whether to modify the original combat plan according to the changes in the battlefield situation."

Rokosovsky, who was about to leave office, did not want to entangle in these matters, so he digged off the topic and asked me, "when I came here, I saw that your troops had rushed into the city from the west of farstev. Apart from launching street battles with the enemy, have you taken any measures against the enemy who fled south? "

"We sent a tank brigade and cavalry division to move southwest of fativ." I pointed to the map and introduced to rokosovsky: "prepare to launch a surprise attack on the way of the enemy's retreat. We should try our best to consume the enemy's living strength and reduce the pressure for our next stage of fighting. "

Rokosovsky looked at the map for a while, then raised his head and said to me, "you've put in too few troops. You know, the enemy can retreat with several divisions, including armored divisions. I'm afraid that in the end, you will not be able to achieve any results, but will be severely damaged by the enemy. "

"Comrade General, please rest assured." When I sent out troops, I didn't expect to annihilate the main force of the enemy with the help of a tank brigade and a cavalry division. Therefore, after hearing rokosovsky's worry, I said easily: "although we sent out troops, we were ordered to harass the enemy. But when conditions are ripe, we can't rule out that our troops will seize the favorable fighters and eat part of the enemy, thus making the retreating enemy more chaotic. "

"On the way of the enemy's retreat, there should be two bridges." Rokosovsky looked at the map for a few eyes, then looked up at me and said, "if you blow up the bridge, won't you be able to hold back the enemy's retreat?"

"It makes sense, it makes sense." When bielei heard this, he couldn't help interrupting and saying, "Comrade commander of the front army, we didn't think about this matter carefully. We didn't expect to destroy the bridge on the way of the enemy's retreat. In this way, we can delay the enemy and make our troops destroy more effective forces of the enemy."

When it comes to destroying the enemy's effective forces, a bold idea suddenly appeared in my mind, and I said to rokosovsky in a hurry: "Comrade General, I have an idea. I don't know whether to say it or not."

"There's something you shouldn't say." Rokosovsky said with an easy-going attitude: "you can say whatever you think. Even if you say it wrong, I won't blame you."

"Comrade General, I think so." I said what I thought: "since the bridge on the German retreat road will be destroyed by us, I believe the enemy's retreat speed will be affected. If our air force is deployed at this time, will it be able to achieve greater results? "

"Well, Rita, you have a point." As for my proposal, rokosovsky said with approval: "as long as the bridge on the German retreat road is bombed, they will definitely be blocked on the road. In this way, if we send air force to bomb, we can achieve great results."

Although rokosovsky said it so easily, I still asked uneasily, "Comrade General, I would like to ask, is the air force still under your command?"

"I'm kidding. As long as I haven't left the first front army of Ukraine, the second group army of the air force will be under my command. I'll send them out. Who dares disobey orders? " After he said these words, the domineering rokosovsky called a staff officer who came in with him and told him: "commander, send a message to the second air force group, and let them send out air force to carry out air strikes on the German troops in the southwest direction of farstev, which will surely achieve the goal of delaying the enemy."

"I understand!" With a promise, the staff officer turned and went out of the headquarters to send a message to the car outside.

Before the air force arrived at its destination, bere, who kept in touch with the 100th brigade of the tank, received a call from veradelle. The Colonel reported that they had encountered a retreating German army, that there had been an exchange of fire and that the battle was in progress.

Although veradelle was not one of his subordinates, when he heard the report, he was still excited. I heard him yell excitedly at the transmitter, "good job, captain. You and your commanders are good. You immediately attack the enemy, don't worry about those anti tank men, just along the road forward, can let the enemy into complete chaos

After finishing the call with veradelle, berey came over and reported to us excitedly: "Colonel veradelle reported that they had encountered the retreating German guard division 213. After a short exchange of fire, the enemy had retreated in the direction of fativ. In addition to ordering them to continue to pursue the fleeing enemy, I also ordered him to send tanks to blow up the two covered bridges and completely cut off the enemy's retreat. "

"Well done, general bearley." Rokosovsky said with approval immediately after bere finished his speech: "as long as the enemy is in chaos, then they will not withdraw back to uman smoothly. In this way, the resistance to our attacks in uman and venica will be greatly reduced. " When I heard what rokosovsky said, I couldn't help thinking in my heart: "if the commander of the front army had been vatukin, would he take this kind of all-round attack against the German army at more than 200 kilometers at the same time?" After praising bere, rokosovsky suddenly asked me, "Rita, after this battle is over, I don't think there will be any big battles in Ukraine in the near future. How about going to my Belarusian front army? " When I heard the sudden invitation from rokosovsky, all the people in the headquarters focused on me. They all wanted to know how I would reply to rokosovsky. I am very clear in my heart, because of my appearance, a lot of history has been changed unconsciously. For example, the commander of the sixth group army of the close guard I command now in real history is my deputy general chisgakov. At the moment, the troops should not stay in the first front army of Ukraine, but have been transferred to the front army along the Baltic Sea for a long time. Therefore, I have to seriously consider rokosovsky's invitation, because if I want to be his subordinate, I may not have the chance to participate in the Berlin campaign again. Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, bere next to me took a look at rokosovsky, and then urged me anxiously to say, "Comrade commander, what do you think? You always have to say a word. The commander of the front army is still waiting for your reply. " Urged by bere, I finally made up my mind. I stood up and said to rokosovsky, who was sitting opposite me: "Comrade General, I firmly obey the orders of my superiors. If I go to the front army of Belarus, I will take the troops north without saying a word; If I am allowed to stay in the first front army of Ukraine, I will not have any objection. "