Chapter 1384

To the north and East are my two infantry divisions. Their progress is very smooth. In less than an hour, they successfully captured the first line of defense in both directions. However, the situation in the South was surprisingly bad. The attack of the three divisions was defeated by the Germans.

When akhromeyev reported the news to me, I was shocked. According to the previous reconnaissance, the enemy forces in the South were far less than those in the north and East. It is reasonable to say that as long as our attacks in these two directions are effective, the enemy forces in the South will be even less worried.

I turned to look at Batov and said in a bit of surprise, "general Batov, I didn't expect that the German army actually repulsed the attack of our third echelon and held the position in the south."

"What the hell is going on?" When Batov heard the news, he agreed to be surprised. He rushed to the telephone, and without saying a word, he called his subordinates to ask them for their crimes. He angrily asked, "a friendly division can capture the German peripheral positions, but you are three divisions, but you can't take the enemy positions. Can any of you tell me why? "

Because of the distance, I couldn't hear what he said to Batov, but from his increasingly ugly face, it was certainly not good news.

When he put down the phone, he walked back to me with a black face and sat down. After a while of sulking, he raised his head and said to me, "Comrade o'shanina, I have found out the reason why the army failed to attack. First, after a period of continuous fighting, the troops were not only severely reduced, but also exhausted; Second, there were too many solid Fortifications on the German positions, which were not completely destroyed by the shelling. As a result, when our army attacked, these surviving fortifications caused us great casualties. Moreover, the third most important point is that because the three divisions did not have a unified command, they fought separately in the battle. As a result, the Germans seized the opportunity and launched a fierce counterattack under the cover of tanks, repelling our offensive forces. "

After finding out the reasons for the defeat of the third echelon, I nodded and said to Batov, "general Batov, the way of attack in the South should be appropriately adjusted. The original simultaneous attack of the three divisions should be replaced by repeated attacks. I don't believe that the German forces can block the continuous attacks of our troops."

After listening to me, Batov looked at the sky outside and said carefully, "Comrade oshanina, don't you mean to stop attacking after dark? Now it's dark outside, do you want to fight with the German army at night? "

"Yes, I said that in the dark, the troops stopped attacking. But... "I looked at Batov and said in a more emphatic tone," but that was after our army successfully captured the first German line of defense. Since the troops in the South have not succeeded in seizing the German positions, let them continue to attack. Anyway, we can't let the Germans have a good sleep tonight. "

"Well, it should be. It should be." Batov said awkwardly: "it's all my subordinates' failure to fight, which has affected the progress of the whole battle. I will call the division leaders and inform them to continue to fight with the German army at night."

Batov stood up and was about to call his subordinates again when akhromeyev, who had just received the call, came over quickly and reported to us, "comrades, two commanders, I have just received a report from the scouts that I found a troop due north of us and it is approaching us quickly."

"What, troops are approaching us?" Akhromeyev's intelligence startled me and Batov. I couldn't wait to ask, "did the scouts find out what troops are coming, the German army or our army?"

"It's our army." Seeing the confused expression on our faces, akhromeyev added: "the scouts have verified that they are from two divisions of the 11th army. They should have been ordered to support us. I want to ask, "where should they be deployed?"

"What do you say, comrade oshanina?" Instead of being a good advocate, Batov turned to me for advice“ This attack has the final say of you. What you should deploy is what you have to say. "

There were seven divisions of German troops rushing to zhylobin. In the two days of fighting, we annihilated one division and defeated one division. Now we surrounded three divisions, and the remaining two divisions retreated to the West. It is for this reason that I did not put all the troops into combat when I deployed the offensive mission, but left two divisions of the first echelon as reserves.

After a day's fighting, I found that the German army had no intention of breaking through the siege at all, and the original siege of sanque did not make a fuss. I looked down at the map for a while, then looked up and said to Batov in a deliberative tone, "general Batov, you are more familiar with the commanders and fighters of the 11th group army than I am. Can you send a liaison officer to contact the division commanders of the friendly army, so that they can deploy their troops in the west of the city and completely cut off the retreat of the German army?"

"When the Germans see that they are besieged, will they risk breaking out westward?" Batov said with a little worry: "even if the friendly forces arrive in the west of the city, it is difficult to build any fortifications in a hurry. In this way, the success rate of the enemy's breakthrough will be very high."

"It's not a bad thing for us that the Germans break through." I pointed to the map and said, "you see, except for the forests around the city, the roads from here to kalinkovych are smooth. As long as the enemy enters this area, we can use the air force or artillery to destroy them."

"I see." Batov then quickly walked to the door, called out to the outside, called an accompanying staff officer, and gave him a few orders in a low voice. The staff officer nodded and soon disappeared from my view.

Although it was dark, the friendly offensive from the South was still going on. When the crafty German noticed that the troops in the north and East had occupied the first line of defense, they stopped moving forward and just stayed in place to reinforce the fortifications. The German commander then transferred troops from the east to support the troops in the south.

After a fierce battle, a division of the third echelon finally occupied the first trench of the German army. However, before they got a firm foothold, the German reinforcements launched a crazy counterattack against them under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles. Under the fierce attack of the German army, the division had to give up the position it had won with countless blood and returned to the starting point of the attack.

After receiving the report from the division commander, Batov said to me solemnly: "Comrade oshanina, the German commander saw that our troops in the East and North, after seizing the first line of defense, stopped attacking and stayed where they were, so he boldly dispatched troops from these two directions to reinforce the area under attack."

I stared at the map and thought for a moment, then said decisively: "general Batov, since the enemy situation has changed, our tactics also need to be adjusted accordingly. Major ahlomeyev. "

Hearing my voice, akhromeyev immediately came over and stood straight in front of me, waiting to accept the task I was about to assign.

"Major, record the order," I said without looking up, "order major general nikolasov and lieutenant commander Lukin to launch an attack on the second German position within half an hour. Remember, if you want to fight hard, the enemy will have to withdraw all the troops sent to the south, so as to relieve the pressure on the commanders and fighters of the third echelon. "

"Comrade commander," akhromeyev asked cautiously after recording my orders, "what if we can't let the enemy withdraw our troops in our attack?"

I looked up at akhromeyev in front of me and said with a cold snort, "if the German troops don't come back, let Nekrasov take down the enemy's second and third lines of defense and put on a posture of rushing into the city to see if the Germans are in a panic."

Looking at akhromeyev who is talking on the phone, I can't help sneering. My heart says that you have a good plan and I have a ladder to cross the wall. Since you see that my troops in the East and North are standing still, you will send troops to reinforce the south. Then I will let the troops in the East and North attack again when you are empty, forcing you to withdraw your troops. Although I know little about Sun Tzu's art of war, I still know how to use it.

The East and North troops launched another attack, which not only made the German troops in the city panic, but also made the first echelon of scheliujin unable to sit still. He called me and said with grievances, "Comrade commander, you didn't mean our troops didn't take part in the field, why did they suddenly open up again?"

"Comrade Xie Liujin, the situation has changed. When the German army saw that the troops of our group army had won the first line of defense, they did not move. They sent their troops to support the enemy in the south, which frustrated the attack of our friendly forces." I knew in my heart that he must have heard the gunfire, so I couldn't help it and wanted to lead the troops to fight against the German army. However, considering that it was not time to use them, I gave him a preventive injection in advance: "however, we have enough troops for attack now. You'd better stay where you are. I'll let you know when to transfer you up. "

With that, I hung up without waiting for him to speak. Batov asked me psychologically: "Comrade oshanina, I think we should send troops to support the troops in the south, not to let the troops in the north and East attack. I think the effect of doing so is limited. "

"Don't worry, general Batov." Although Batov was skeptical of my arrangement, I was full of confidence. The things left by my ancestors proved to be fully applicable through countless practical tests. They were more than enough to deal with the German troops who were not familiar with my way of fighting. "No matter whether they would withdraw the troops transferred to the South, at least when they were attacked by us, They will not send another soldier to the south. "

Seeing that I was so confident, Batov said with a dry smile, "Comrade oshanina, since you are so sure, I believe your judgment must be correct."

Batov said he trusted me, but in his heart he was like 15 buckets of water. From time to time, he stood up, walked back and forth in the headquarters, even ran to the door several times, anxiously holding out, as if waiting for someone.

Worry comes from worry. The next development of things is almost in accordance with my judgment. When the German commander saw that our army in the East and North had launched a new attack, he was deeply afraid that the position would be broken through, so he immediately sent troops to reinforce these two aspects. As for the enemy in the south, although they did not withdraw, they could not be supplemented by a single soldier.

The tactics I have formulated are to try every means to eliminate as many German troops as possible outside the city of svelogorsk, so that when the troops rush into the city and fight against the severely weakened German troops, the civilian casualties can be minimized. I also made a special phone call to povsky and told him to keep in touch with the divisions at the front. Once the infantry needed artillery support, he would support them with artillery. Povsky took my order very seriously. Lukin's troops were also attacked by German tanks after they successfully captured the second line of defense. Lukin made a phone call to povsky. In less than two minutes, dense shells fell in the middle of the German line. In the fierce artillery attack, the German tanks were like toys, either burned or overturned by the air waves. As for the infantry, they were slaughtered. As soon as a shell fell down, the German soldiers near the bombing site were blown to pieces. With the strong support of the artillery, the German troops who counterattacked the Lukin position were repulsed. In front of the position, there were more than 20 burning tanks and more than 300 bodies. After hearing Lu Jin's report, I said to him excitedly, "good job, comrade commander. You've played really well. If you go on fighting like this, you must wipe out all the Germans who are trying to recapture their positions on the way of attack. " At two o'clock in the morning, Batov's liaison officer called and reported to him, "Comrade commander, the two divisions of the 11th group army have been deployed in the west of the city. They are building fortifications." Batov put down the phone, looked down at the map, then slapped it hard, and said excitedly, "it's all surrounded. The Germans in the city can't escape. They're waiting for us to destroy them."