Chapter 1377

Shuklin raised his telescope for a moment, then frowned. It seemed that the arrangement of German artillery was beyond his imagination.

After looking back and forth for five or six minutes, he put down his telescope and said to me, "Comrade commander, the German artillery is of a high standard. If our conventional artillery wants to eliminate them, they can only use the method of point by point clearance to destroy the enemy's scattered positions one by one. There is a disadvantage in doing so. Maybe when we bombard the first artillery position, we will be bombarded from other directions... "

Before he had finished his words, akhromeyev broke in and said, "if so, we can let the artillery bombard these targets at the same time."

"Major, if we do that, we will be caught in the trap of the Germans." Shuklin pointed to the German artillery position a few kilometers away and said, "if we spread the artillery, the attack power will be greatly weakened. Maybe the enemy's artillery positions will not be destroyed, but our artillery will be destroyed by the enemy. "

As soon as shuklin's words were finished, akhromeyev immediately put forward his second plan: "since the artillery can't kill them, we will use the air force to blow them up."

"Even if the air force is deployed, it will not be able to achieve the desired results." Shuklin and his political commissar looked at each other and said with a smile to akhromeyev: "you see, the enemy's artillery positions are very cleverly camouflaged. The guns are hidden behind the stacked sandbags, and there are camouflage nets on them. It's not easy for our bombers in the air to find their whereabouts, let alone destroy them."

"What shall we do?" Akhromeyev saw that his two plans were overthrown lightly by shuklin, and he couldn't help feeling a little crazy. "If we don't destroy the enemy's artillery positions, our troops will suffer heavy casualties because of the enemy's artillery fire when they fight back."

But I have been watching coldly, only to find that shuklin and betzjijko's expressions are very calm, and they seem to have confidence in destroying the enemy's artillery. After repeating what shuklin had just said in my mind, I figured out the key point. So, I said to shuklin with a smile, "major shuklin, I listen to your voice. It seems that I am fully sure of getting rid of the enemy's artillery. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Comrade commander is still very powerful. I guess we have a way." After flattering me, shuklin began to talk about his plan: "in this way of deployment of German artillery positions, if the ordinary artillery regiment wants to destroy them, it is bound to pay a huge price. Unfortunately for these Germans, they met our new self-propelled artillery regiment. After the whole regiment is launched, we can complete five volleys in a minute or two to destroy one of the enemy's artillery positions. You know, in such a short period of time, the enemy's artillery observers could not lock our position at all. When they confirmed our position, our regiment had moved to a new position and shelled the next target... "

Shuklin's explanation made akhromeyev suddenly realize. He nodded his head and said excitedly: "yes, that's right. When our self-propelled artillery regiment destroyed one of the enemy's positions, it could immediately transfer. Even if the German army carried out retaliatory shelling, what it hit was just a piece of open space. That's a great way to play

Seeing what shuklin said and my guess, I nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "major shuklin, since you have a combat plan, go ahead and carry it out as soon as possible. As long as your artillery destroys the German defensive positions, we can launch a full-scale counterattack. "

As soon as shuklin left, I called ahlomeyev in front of me and said, "major, you should call captain shamrih immediately to prepare his tank battalion for attack. In addition, I'm asking where the 52nd guard division and the 375TH infantry division have arrived and when they can get to the west of the city. "

After hearing these orders, akhromeyev hesitated and said to me, "Comrade commander, after a long journey, the commanders and fighters of the two divisions should be very tired. If they are put into battle at this time, their combat effectiveness may be greatly reduced."

"Major, we have only two divisions in our hands. We are still at a disadvantage compared with the enemy in terms of strength. If we want to launch a counterattack against the German army, we must put the two new divisions into combat. " When I saw ahlomeyev frowning, I explained to him: "I also know that the officers and men who have just arrived in zlobin are very tired, but if they are given a rest, their combat effectiveness can not be restored to the best state without more than one day."

Akhromeyev gave a faint smile and did not speak. He just listened to me in silence.

"We should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the self-propelled artillery regiment to attack the enemy, so as to achieve unexpected results." I looked at the battlefield in the distance and confidently said, "maybe we can work hard to defeat the enemy in front of us and push the battle to the depth of the enemy's defense."

After listening to me, akhromeyev straightened his waist and said, "don't worry, comrade commander. I'll contact the two divisions on the way to urge them to speed up and try to get to zlobin as soon as possible."

Shuklin's artillery regiment soon spread out in a clearing southwest of the city. At the fastest speed, they launched several rounds of salvo fire at a German artillery position, and the dense shells quickly hit the target, breaking more than a dozen guns apart and causing the death of the shells.

After completing the task, they quickly transferred their positions, re launched the line, and prepared to bombard the second German position. Only when the German artillery knew it later, they hit the retaliatory shell at the previous position of the self-propelled artillery regiment.

When akhromeyev, who came back from the phone call, saw this scene, he said excitedly to me: "Comrade commander, you see, our artillery regiment is really wonderful. It's so easy to destroy the enemy's artillery position."

I take for granted the achievements of the self-propelled artillery regiment. After all, the artillery they are equipped with is the product of the times. It is really strange that they have not achieved such brilliant results.

I put down my telescope, turned around and asked akhromeyev, "major, where are the other two divisions?"

"In ten minutes, the 51st division of the guards will arrive at zhylobin. And the 375TH Infantry Division will be a little slower, and it will take half an hour at the fastest to get to the west of the city. "

After listening to akhromeyev's report, I calculated in my heart that it would take about half an hour for the self-propelled artillery regiment to destroy all the enemy's artillery positions. At that time, four divisions gathered in zhylobin and then launched a counterattack against the enemy in front of me. It was too late.

Thinking of this, I made a call to bartov. After hearing his voice, I politely asked, "Hello, general Batov! I want to ask, "how many troops do you have at present?"

"Comrade o'shanina, why do you ask this?" Batov was confused by my question. He asked in a puzzled way, "is it because the enemy's attack is so fierce that your troops can't stand it?" Without waiting for my reply, he went on to say, "don't worry, since we are friendly forces, I will certainly support you if you have difficulties."

Instead of taking up his topic, I repeated the question just now: "Comrade General, I want to know how many troops you can use at present?"

"About eight thousand." Batov hesitated for a moment and told me the truth: "in addition to the original mixed brigade in the city, I have gathered some defeated troops in the past two days, so the total strength has increased."

When I heard that he had 8000 troops in his hand, I felt more secure. It was more than enough for him to defend zhylobin. Besides, the 11th army sent by rokosovsky also drove here day and night. After I made clear the situation, I informed Batov of my plan: "Comrade General, my troops are about to launch a comprehensive counter offensive against the German army. Please send your troops to the West and south of the city to take over our defense."

"What, are you going to launch a full-scale counterattack against the German army?" Batov was startled by what I said. He said in some confusion: "Comrade oshanina, as far as I know, there are at least five German divisions in your front, two of which are armored divisions. If you only have two divisions, you will suffer a great loss. Why don't you wait another two days and attack the enemy when your main force and the 11th army arrive? "

"No, general Batov." Although I think his idea is more appropriate, it will delay the fight. Therefore, I refused him without hesitation and added: "at present, the morale of the enemy is low. If we launch a counter offensive against them, we can get twice the result with half the effort. If we drag on all the time, the strength of our army can certainly be improved, but the enemy will also seize the time to build a new defense line, which will be very detrimental to our next attack. "

After listening to what I said, Batov knew that he could not persuade me to change my mind. He could only give a long sigh, and then kindly told me, "Comrade o'shanina, since you have made up your mind, I will not say anything. But to be on the safe side, in addition to sending troops to replace your defense, I will also send troops to assist you. "

"Thank you, general Batov." When I said this, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I said, "please send troops to the West and south of the city to take over our defense."

After discussing the issue of position transfer with Batov, I called sheriujin and shejerikov respectively, informing them that as soon as the tank battalion attacked, their troops would also rush up and fight hard towards the enemy's depth, so as to completely disrupt the enemy's defense and create a favorable situation for our next battle.

After the German artillery was attacked by the self-propelled artillery regiment, they were completely defeated. In particular, the German commander was confused. He only knew that his scattered artillery positions were constantly destroyed by our artillery fire. Every time an artillery position was shelled, he would immediately order several other artillery positions to concentrate their firepower and carry out retaliatory shelling on the positions of our artillery. However, a lot of shells were fired, but our artillery fire showed no sign of weakening. On the contrary, they fought bravely and killed their artillery positions one by one.

More than 100 guns in eight German artillery positions were finally destroyed by the attack of the self-propelled artillery regiment, which constantly changed its firing positions.

Seeing that all the German artillery had been destroyed, shuklin immediately reported to me through the radio: "Comrade commander, we have destroyed all the enemy artillery. You can order the infantry to attack."“ Major shuklin, your regiment will find a place to hide first. " In order to prevent the self-propelled artillery regiment from being found by the possible enemy planes, I immediately ordered shuklin, "I will contact you when you need to provide artillery support for the attacking forces." As soon as I put down the phone, there was a rush of footsteps from the position of the stairs. I thought it was the staff officer who sent the telegram. But I turned my head and was overjoyed. It wasn't others who came. It was the two teachers I had been waiting for. I went to the two men, and after they saluted me, I gave them a smile, and then asked, "two division comrades, have your troops arrived?"“ Yes, comrade commander. " Lu Jin said: "the troops have just got out of the car and are assembling. I wonder what task you assigned to our division? "“ Our troops are on the point of counterattack against the enemy. You are here in time, so that we will be close to the Germans in strength. " After that, I pointed to the new tanks heading for the battlefield and said to them, "the 51st and 89th divisions of the guards are about to launch an all-round attack on the enemy. These tanks are the ones that guide the infantry to attack. After the two of you completed the assembly of the troops, you immediately commanded the troops to rush up to the defense depth of the German army. Do you understand? "“ I see! " The two division commanders agreed loudly, then raised their hands to salute me, turned around, walked out of the bell tower, and went back to their respective units to deploy troops. I dialed Xie Liujin's phone again and said in a loud voice, "Mr. Xie Liujin, do you see the tank battalion? Order your troops to attack immediately, follow our tanks, and make a deep rush to the enemy's defense. "“ Yes, "Xie Liujin replied excitedly," I immediately gave orders to the whole division to follow behind the tank battalion and launch an attack on the enemy's defense depth. "