Chapter 1359

I was overjoyed to hear that Zhukov was willing to make an exception to provide two flying regiments for our group army. I know very well in my heart that in the next battle, if we can't control the air in the battlefield, no matter how many tanks and artillery there are, the enemy only needs to send out a few bombers to blow up our weapons and equipment into a pile of scrap iron.

After I put down the phone and saw that akhromeyev was closest to me, I quickly called him over and asked directly, "major, do you know how many planes there are in a flying regiment?"

Akhromeyev suddenly heard this question from me. He was tongue tied for a long time before he stammered, "there should be more than twenty or thirty airplanes."

Seeing that he was the same layman as me, I reached out and pulled him aside. Then I asked the staff, "major akhromeyev doesn't know how many planes there are in a flying regiment. Who knows?"

The staff stopped their work and focused on me, but no one spoke. I don't know if they didn't know or didn't hear what I said, so I raised my voice and asked the question again: "who can tell me how many planes there are in a flying regiment?"

When I asked a question for the second time, a young staff officer took a step forward and answered aloud, "report to commander, the air force flying regiment is composed of three flying groups and one maintenance group. Each flight brigade has three flight squadrons. The maintenance brigade consists of three outfield maintenance squadrons and one infield Maintenance Squadron. A fighter flight group generally has 24-27 aircraft, and a bomber group has 12 bombers. "

I waited for the staff officer to finish, and after expressing my thanks to him, I turned and walked back to the table and wrote down what I had just heard in my notebook. When akhromeyev looked at me and closed my notebook, he tentatively asked me, "Comrade commander, isn't it the superior who is going to assign air force to our group army?"

"Yes, major, that's what you think." I feel very happy when I think of the two flying regiments that will be under the command of our group army. Therefore, I didn't hide some things from akhromeyev: "the superior is going to send us two flying regiments. Major, where should we deploy them? "

"Comrade commander, there is a military airport in the north of Smolensk," akhromeyev told me, pointing to the map. "We can deploy the flying regiment there."

"Can the airport still be used?" I heard that there was an airport in the north of the city. I asked nervously: "when the Germans withdrew, didn't they destroy it?"

"No "Maybe they thought they could return to Smolensk soon, so they just removed some equipment and didn't damage the runway or the airport control tower," ahlomeyev said, shaking his head

When I heard that the German didn't destroy the airport outside the city, I felt more at ease. As long as the airport is in good condition, I don't need to use the troops to repair the runway or some infrastructure. After the two flight regiments report to me, I can make the plane transfer as soon as possible.

Kirilov and chisjakov, who went to the hospital to express their sympathy, didn't come back until noon. As soon as the three men entered the door, bzikov said, "Comrade commander, it's lucky that you didn't go to the hospital today, otherwise you will be frightened by the tragic situation of the wounded. It's really miserable. Almost everyone is covered in blood. "

After bierzikov finished speaking, chisjakov said slowly: "Comrade commander, when the Germans withdrew from Smolensk, they carried out great damage to the city and planted bombs in many places, just to create panic among the residents and create conditions for them to fight back. I suggest that engineers should be sent immediately to investigate the ruins in the city, remove the hidden dangers, and ensure that today's tragedy will not repeat itself. "

I waited for bzikov and chisgakov to finish and asked kirilov sideways, "Comrade military commissar, how are the wounded? Can you recover in a short time? "

"I don't think it's a big problem for people with minor injuries to recover in about ten days. But when it comes to the seriously injured, "kirilov said here, some helplessly shook his head:" even if some people are good, they will be disabled in the future. "

Thinking of the report I just received that nearly 100 people were killed or injured, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "what exploded in the ruins of the factory building should be a heavy bomb. It's so powerful that it caused so many casualties to us."

"It's just ordinary air bombs." "It's just that the bomb was exploded in the middle of the ruins," chisgakov said, frowning. "Except for a few of the wounded who were injured by shrapnel, the rest were injured by falling bricks and stones."

"Well, I'll send engineers to check whether there are bombs in the ruins one by one." After I finished these two sentences, I put a smile on my face and said to the three people who just came back, "now let's change the topic of relaxation. I have good news for you."

When they heard that I had good news to tell them, the three suddenly felt their eyes lit up and immediately fixed their eyes on me. In particular, bzikov hastened: "Comrade commander, what's the matter? You should say it quickly

Kisjakov, on the other hand, was right to be steady. He frowned and thought about it. Then he tentatively asked, "does it have anything to do with the phone call when we left?"

I didn't say anything about chisgakov's guess. I just nodded with a smile, indicating that he was right.

"Comrade commander." Seeing that I agreed with his conjecture, chisgakov began to be a little worried, "hurry up, I believe this must be a news that everyone can be happy to hear, with the exception of Germany." His words immediately caused a soft laugh.

I waited for everyone to be quiet again, and then I conveyed Zhukov's content on the phone to the three people. As soon as I finished, bzikov couldn't wait to calculate: "forty or fifty thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of light and heavy weapons could have brought our strength to a higher level. Now we have to add two flying regiments, which is just like adding wings to a tiger."

After chatting for a while, chisgakov suddenly put forward to me: "Comrade commander, didn't you say before that you should sum up experience and lessons after every battle? Only in this way can we make fewer mistakes and achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost in the next battle. "

"Yes, I have said that before." I don't know why chisjakov said that today, so I asked curiously, "Comrade deputy commander, do you want to sum up the experience and lessons of that battle?"

"The battle of Smolensk!" declared chisgakov

"The battle of Smolensk?" When I heard him say this, I was shocked: "this two month campaign was not carried out by the Western Front Army and the Kalinin front army?"

"Yes. The purpose of the Smolensk campaign is to smash the left wing of the central group army of Germany, prevent them from transferring their troops to the southwest of the main assault area, and liberate Smolensk. "

"Major, please pour us some tea!" In my opinion, chisgakov's posture is that he is going to give us a battle analysis class here. It will not be over for a while, so I asked akhromeyev to help us pour tea. After akhromeyev left, I said politely to chisjakov, "Comrade deputy commander, please continue."

Chisgakov nodded, and then began to talk about it: "according to the campaign intention, it is stipulated that a series of simultaneous assaults should be carried out by two front forces, so as to contain the enemy forces in a broad front, divide them, and smash the German army groups in duhofchener, yarcevo, dorogobrz, yelenia, spazgemensk and other regions. After smashing the German army in front of it, the Western army should attack roslavley and attack one wing of the German army group in front of the Bryansk army in the southwest. The right wing of the western front army should cooperate with the left wing of the Kalinin front army, and after completing the current task, it should develop its attack in the general direction of Smolensk. If the Bryansk front army attacks smoothly, the main force of the Western Front Army will turn to Smolensk. "

While chisjakov was speaking with interest, akhromeyev came in from the outside with a tray containing four cups of steaming tea. As soon as he came to me, I took the cups off the tray one by one and put them in front of everyone. Then I continued to listen to chisjakov's opinions.

"... in the first more than a month, the * * army relied on solid and layer upon layer positions to fight tenaciously, while our army made slow progress and suffered huge casualties. It was not until model, south of Smolensk, was repulsed, and the general situation of the east line deteriorated, that our army had a chance to advance 135-145 km in the last half month. The whole campaign progressed 200-250 km, recaptured a part of Kalinin state and the whole territory of Smolensk state, and established a base to recover the whole of Belarus in the future

In this war, our army pushed westward 200-250 kilometers in a 400 kilometer wide area, cleared a part of Kalinin state and the whole territory of Smolensk state, and laid a good foundation for our liberation of Belarus. In order to block the attack of our army in Smolensk, the * * army was forced to transfer 13 divisions from the direction of Orel Bryansk and 3 divisions from other directions, which reduced the pressure of our army on other fronts and helped our army to successfully end the Kursk counter offensive. "

When chisgakov sat down for tea, I politely asked bzikov and kirilov, "what do you want to say about the Smolensk campaign?"

"Let me just say a few words," kirilov, who has rarely expressed his views, said. "Our army lost in the early attack on Smolensk, also for a reason. Like all the rivers in Russia, the Dnieper River is steep on the West Bank and flat on the east bank. Kiev, Smolensk and mogilyov are all on the West Bank of the river. Because these cities are backed by the river, it will be very difficult for them to defend in front of them; In the future, when our army recovers, it is bound to cause great casualties to feint attacks on the enemy who is perched on the highland by the river after crossing the river. "

The city defense on the West Bank of the river is easy to attack but difficult to defend; In the recovery, it's just reversed. It's easy to defend but hard to attack. This is the first time I have heard it, so I quickly took out my pen and paper and wrote down what kirilov said in my notebook.

After I wrote down what I heard in my notebook, I looked up and said to you, "what you have said is very reasonable. Let me add a few words: the German commander Kluger was able to stay in Smolensk for such a long time and caused huge casualties to our army. First of all, he benefited from the solid defensive positions they established. Then, after withdrawing from the Oreal bulge, modle provided him with a lot of mobile forces. When the German defense line was broken through by us and the enemy had to retreat, Kluger and modle's troops still maintained a strong fighting capacity, which can be seen from their ability to reorganize the new defense line at a very fast speed. In my opinion, Kluger's preset position in depth seems to be better than that of Manstein, and his delayed counterattack, though not as powerful and concentrated as Manstein's, is more comprehensive in protecting the retreat. Considering that the armored forces and air force of Kluger and modle are far less than those of Manstein, I think that even from the standpoint of the enemy, his tactical achievements should be affirmed Just as we were expressing our views on the Smolensk campaign carried out by the friendly forces, major bukov came in and reported, "there are two commanders outside, who say they are from Moscow."“ From Moscow? " When I heard bukov say this, the first person I thought of must have something to do with the newly added troops or technical equipment, so I immediately told bukov, "major, please come in quickly!"“ Yes Bukov agreed, turned and walked out of the headquarters. As soon as bukov left, bzikov could not wait to ask, "what are the origins of these two commanders from Moscow?"“ Is that true? " Chisgakov immediately expressed his own opinion: "it must be the commander who was supplemented by the superior. Maybe the two flight commanders came." Before zikov could say anything more, bukov had entered the room with two commanders. Seeing someone coming in, I couldn't sit still and quickly got up to meet him. The two commanders wore completely different uniforms. The captain on the left was wearing a common military coat of a school officer and a big cornice hat with a red hat ring; On the right, the commander, who looks very thin, is wearing a black uniform, with a black cap and a white Hoodie. After they raised their hands to salute me, the Colonel first reported to me, "Comrade General, Captain bovishchenko, head of the fighter regiment of the 287th division of the air force, has been ordered to report to you!" After the Colonel finished his report, the commander in a strange uniform next to him said in Russian with a strange tone: "Comrade General, commander of the French flying regiment of the 287th air force division, lieutenant commander bliss, has been ordered to report to you! The pilots of our regiment are all anti Communist fighters from France. " When I heard the commander say he was French, I understood why his uniform looked so strange. I shook hands with them one by one and said politely, "welcome, welcome to our company!"