Chapter 1378

As soon as I put down the phone, akhromeyev, who was standing beside me, suddenly said, "Comrade commander, may I make a suggestion to you?"

"Yes As soon as I thought that my troops were about to launch a full-scale counter offensive, I was particularly happy, so I said to akhromeyev very readily, "major, just let me know what you think."

"Comrade commander," said akhromeyev respectfully, "we only have 30 tanks. If they attack too fast, the infantry following the attack may not be able to keep up. Once the German forces separate the tank battalion from our infantry, they are in danger of being completely destroyed. "

Akhromeyev's words remind me that what we are going to attack is the defense line composed of several German divisions. Even if the tank battalion is equipped with the most advanced tanks, it is not invincible. German heavy artillery and anti tank men can destroy it.

Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and dialed the headquarters of the 51st division. When the phone was connected, there was such a noisy noise that the person who answered the phone repeated it several times before I could hear what he said clearly, "... The headquarters is preparing for the transfer, and the division chief is not in. Do you want me to ask the chief of staff to answer the phone?"

"Have Colonel chejerikov brought back immediately. I have something important to tell him."

After a while, the noise in the receiver suddenly disappeared, and then came the voice of chejerikov: "it's me, comrade commander. Do you have any instructions?"

The disappearance of the noise on the other side of the microphone made me think that it must be in order to concentrate on talking with me, that chejerikov deliberately kept the people in the headquarters quiet. I asked tentatively, "Comrade Colonel, do you have any trucks there?"

"Truck?" A moment later, he replied hurriedly, "yes, comrade commander, there are more than 40 trucks of various types. I am ordering my subordinates to carry the materials onto the truck and prepare to move forward with the troops."

"Captain, listen to me." Knowing that there were dozens of trucks in shijerikov's division, I knew that my plan could be carried out smoothly. I then said, "you should immediately give these trucks to the assault troops of your division and let them follow the tank battalion to attack the enemy's defense."

After my words, there was another silence.

I sighed in secret. Just as I was about to explain the reason to shijerikov, I heard him exclaim: "Comrade commander, I understand why you are doing this."

"Oh, Colonel chejerikov." I don't know if he really understood my intention. He asked curiously, "since you can guess my intention, let's hear it. I'll see if you're right."

"I think the reason why you want the assault troops to take trucks and charge with the tank battalion is that the infantry can't keep up with the speed of the tank. In the event of a German counterattack, the tank battalion is in danger of being isolated from the infantry. " Shejerikov finished his conjecture and added: "Comrade commander, we still have more than ten armored vehicles in our division. Do we need to put them into battle?"

"Great, that's great." I didn't expect that there would be armored vehicles in the division of shejerikov. Instead of inquiring about the origin of these armored vehicles, I directly told him, "Colonel, let's incorporate these armored vehicles into the assault force. In this way, the strength of our army will be greatly enhanced."

In this way, after being reminded by akhromeyev, I promptly asked the incoming 51st division of the guards to equip the vanguard with armored vehicles and trucks to ensure that they could keep up with the assault speed of the tank battalion.

When he arrived at the 375TH infantry division in zhylobin by truck, he saw that the first troops to follow the tank assault were in trucks and armored vehicles. So lieutenant commander Lu Jin did not wait for my instructions, so he asked his troops to take the truck to overtake the 89th infantry division to catch up with the vanguard of tank battalion and 51st infantry division.

Seeing that the 375TH infantry division had overtaken its own troops and rushed to the front, Xie Liujin couldn't help feeling a little anxious. He called me and complained, "Comrade commander, do you see that? The unit of the 375TH infantry division rushed to our division by truck

"Yes, Comrade Xie Liujin." I said lightly, "because the infantry can't keep up with the advancing speed of the tanks, in order to prevent the German army from isolating our tanks and infantry from each other when they are fighting back, I ordered them to take trucks and follow the tank battalion for assault."

"So it is." With a trace of regret in his voice, Xie Liujin complained to me: "originally, the commanders and fighters knew that our division was the vanguard of the counter offensive, and they were still enthusiastic about fighting. But now it's the second echelon. I'm afraid they still have emotions. "

"It's not the soldiers who have emotions, but your teacher who has complaints?" In order to make him command the battle with ease, I gave them a special reassurance: "don't forget, it's more than 100 kilometers from zhylobin to kalinkovich. It's impossible for the tank battalion and the 375TH infantry division to rush to their destination in one go. Once their attack gets stuck, it's time for your division to take action. Of course, not only your division, but also the commanders and fighters of the 51st and 52nd divisions of the guards, who will also take part in the relay fighting. "

After hearing what I said, Xie Liujin, who was in a low mood, rekindled his fighting spirit. He immediately declared his position to me and said, "Comrade commander, I understand. You can rest assured that our division will keep its current speed and push forward at a constant speed. When the officers and men of the 375TH division are tired, we will continue to fight against the Germans instead of them. "

My four divisions, under the guidance of the tank battalion, launched a full-scale counterattack against the enemy approaching zlobin. Just then, rokosovsky called me from the headquarters. He asked frankly, "what's the situation there, Rita? The enemy's artillery positions have been destroyed?"

"All destroyed." Because the self-propelled artillery regiment is a secret unit, I don't know whether I am qualified to know the existence of this unit under the authority of rokosovsky. So I evaded the heavy and gave the light answer: "my unit has launched a comprehensive counter offensive against the German defense depth under the guidance of the tank battalion."

"What, we launched a comprehensive counter offensive today?" After hearing my report, rokosovsky could not help but be surprised: "didn't you say that the counter offensive would be launched in three days? How could the troops be put into the offensive in such a hurry? Are you strong enough now? "

"Enough, comrade commander of the front army." Hearing rokosovsky's worry, I quickly explained to him, "today, two other divisions have just arrived in zhylobin, so I put them into battle."

Rokosovsky may have wanted to criticize me, saying that I was too bold and so on, but he was silent for a long time. At last, he didn't say it. Instead, he kindly reminded me: "Rita, there's something I think it's necessary to remind you. The Germans are very cunning. When they see that our army is strong, they deliberately pretend to retreat hastily to lure our troops to pursue us, so that they can attack us from our flanks when we pursue. Therefore, you should not relax your vigilance against the cunning of the bandits for a moment. We must maintain the necessary caution and be ready to smash any conspiracy of the enemy at any time. "

"Don't worry, comrade commander of the front army." As a matter of fact, I have already considered the concerns of rokosovsky. Otherwise, I would not let the troops of shijerikov take trucks and follow tanks to attack the German army in depth“ I have made the necessary preparations. The troops of the four divisions are advancing alternately. Even if the German forces attack from our flanks, they can't get along with each other. "

When I heard this, rokosovsky was silent for a long time, and then said, "to be on the safe side, I will let the two divisions who are going to zhylobin change their defense line and advance parallel to you to kalinkovic."

I finished my conversation with rokosovsky. As soon as I put down the phone, another call came in. The person who called me this time was Ustinov, who had not been contacted for a long time.

When he heard my voice, he immediately said with a smile, "Rita, have you received our present for you?"

A gift for me? Hearing what Ustinov said, I frowned and thought for a moment. Then I immediately understood that what he said was a gift, which should refer to the self-propelled artillery regiment. I quickly replied, "yes, I have received it, comrades of the people's Committee."

He said with a smile: "this is the new equipment we just launched. A total of 30 vehicles have been produced, of which 24 are allocated to you. Well, it's doing well on the battlefield, isn't it? "

I knew in my heart that these self-propelled guns were all produced according to the information provided by Florin. If it is not limited by the production process and materials, I believe he can launch more magic weapons beyond this era. For example, if the t-62 tank, which once participated in the May Day parade in red square, can be mass produced and equipped with a large number of troops, it may be able to create a brilliant record of fighting dozens or even hundreds of tanks in the battle of Kursk.

I nodded and answered in a affirmative way: "comrades of the people's Committee, it's wonderful. This new type of artillery is really wonderful. Today, for the first time they took part in the war, they easily destroyed several scattered artillery positions of the enemy and taught the Germans a lesson they will never forget. "

"Tell me the details." Ustinov's tone suddenly became severe: "I want to know the specific performance of this kind of artillery in the battlefield."

Seeing that Ustinov was anxious to know the test results of this new type of weapon, I told him what I learned from using self-propelled guns today, and specially stressed that "... I think the advantage of self-propelled guns is that besides their great power, they have greatly enhanced their mobility. We should know that the German artillery positions were so scattered that if the conventional artillery wanted to destroy them, they would usually be countered by artillery fire from all sides in the first round of attack. Even if we eliminate the enemy in the end, we will pay a great price. "

After recording what I said, Ustinov was obviously not very satisfied. He continued to ask, "what's more, is there any defect in this kind of gun?"

Is there any problem with a new weapon beyond this era? This is obviously impossible, so I simply replied, "comrades of the people's Committee, although this is the first time we have used this kind of weapon, after seeing its power, we all think it is quite good. As for the defects, I haven't found any at present. Maybe I can't come to an objective conclusion until these weapons are used for a while longer. "

I had another chat with Ustinov, and it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn't seen fronin for a long time. He asked Ustinov curiously, "comrades of the people's Committee, I don't know where engineer Florin is. I haven't seen him for a long time." "Alas!" Ustinov sighed, then said: "he has been in poor health for the past six months, and has been sick several times. He should have been responsible for understanding the performance of new weapons on the battlefield, but because he was bedridden, I was responsible for it. " Ustinov's words made me worried about the health of Florin. We should know that the current medical conditions can not be compared with those of later generations. If there is an accident for the elderly, we will never have the chance to use any new weapons beyond this era“ His illness is not serious, is it I asked cautiously, "should be able to recover soon?"“ It's hard to say. " Ustinov said in a low voice: "some time ago when he was developing new guns, he fell ill because of overwork. Now the body has not haliso, and infected with the cold, so has been bedridden. However, according to my observation, his illness will be completely improved, at least after the Spring Festival. " It's said that the old engineer's health is so bad, I can't help feeling a little sad. Although I have been used to life and death for a long time, none of the people who died were of the same age as me. Engineer florin, like me, came from the future. Our arrival has made some changes in history“ All right, Rita Ustinov cordially said to me: "today we will talk here. If you find any problems with the new artillery in the next battle, please contact me in time so that we can further improve it." I put down the phone, stood in the same place for a while, looked up and saw that akhromeyev was holding a telescope to observe the battlefield, so I couldn't help asking, "major, where is the self-propelled artillery regiment now?"“ Here, you see, there it is Akhromeyev heard my voice, immediately turned his head, pointed to the front and said: "the ammunition truck has just joined them, and now it is replenishing the shells that have just been consumed."