Chapter 1387

I know in my heart that ichiskakov's ability, he will never give me some bad ideas, there must be something deeper behind what he said. Before I could come up with a reason, Batov could not wait to ask, "general chisjakov, I don't understand why you are doing this. Can you explain it to me?"

Instead of answering Batov's question immediately, chisgakov looked at me and asked with a smile, "Comrade commander, can you guess what I mean?"

I vaguely guessed the intention of chisgakov, but for the sake of safety, I tentatively asked: "Comrade deputy commander, if I guess correctly, it is no longer meaningful for the Germans to continue to fight with our army now that they have a way to live. In this way, the whole German army will be demoralized and only want to escape, while our troops will follow after us, and we will be able to achieve great results. "

"Yes, comrade commander, you are right." After a few words of praise, chisjakov turned to Batov and explained, "general Batov, if we get out of the way, as long as we don't attack the Germans when they pass, they won't take the initiative to provoke us. What these Krauts want to do is to escape from our encirclement as soon as possible and return to a safe place as soon as possible. After we deliberately let them pass, we will follow them. At that time, the Germans will be in a mess and there will be no decent resistance at all. In this way, our army will be able to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties. "

After listening to chisgakov's explanation, Batov nodded and then thought, "Comrade chisgakov, your idea is good and worth a try." He was also an activist. He immediately got up to call the liaison officer and asked him to inform the 11th army to slow down its attack on the German army and let the German army withdraw from the open gap.

With the successful breakthrough of the German army from the west of the city, the German army from other directions also gave up their existing positions and retreated to the city.

Bezikov came up to me with the war report he had just received and said, "Comrade commander, judging from the current situation, the German forces are shrinking. However, it's not easy to judge whether they intend to break through from the west of the city or stay and stick to the city for the time being. "

"Comrade oshanina," said Batov, turning to me immediately after bzikov said, "what should our troops do next, follow the defeated German troops into the city, or continue to try to attract the enemy to the fortifications outside the city to destroy them?"

"Our nearest army to the city is still in the third line of defense, fighting fiercely with the German army, and it is at least five kilometers away from the city." In a moment, I made a decision: "as long as we continue to increase the intensity of the attack and press the enemy back to the city bit by bit, we can make these enemies determined to break through."

"I see, comrade commander." Bezikov nodded at me and then asked, "at present, the 90th division of general Chernoff's guards has arrived outside the city. Do you need to let them take part in the attack?"

"What, the 90th division of Jinwei is here too?" Bezikov's report surprised me a little, because in his report just now, there was no mention of the 90th division of the guards, so that I thought they stayed in Smolensk. Seeing that bzikov nodded for sure, I pushed the boat forward and said, "since general Chernoff's troops have arrived, let them cooperate with the commanders and fighters of the Lukin division and attack from the East."

Seeing that bezikov was going to deliver the order, I added after him: "if the 67th and 71st divisions of the guards arrive, let them go around from the north of the city, cooperate with the 11th group army and self-propelled artillery regiment, and pursue the German troops in the process of retreat."

The German breakout from the west of the city stopped at dawn. After abandoning their positions, the German troops, who had held fast to the outer positions, retreated into the city one after another and continued to fight against the attack of our army.

Seeing that the German army in the city had no sign of breaking through, chisgakov could not help feeling a little worried. After walking back and forth in the room, he said to me, "Comrade commander, there is something wrong with the situation. Why do these German troops who stick to the periphery not retreat with us after their friendly troops break through our defense line, but stay to confront us? Is there any conspiracy among them? "

I also think there is a problem with the German army's action. However, considering that there is at least one German division in the city, if I rashly lift the siege of the city and send troops to chase the fleeing German troops, the enemy in the city will cause us a lot of trouble.

Not only did I see the crux of the problem, but Batov also found it. He kindly reminded me, "Comrade oshanina, I don't think the situation is right. Your four divisions, my three divisions and two divisions of the 11th group army, together with nine divisions, surrounded the enemy here. After a fierce battle, we only wiped out two German regiments. Now, one division has broken through, while the other is still in the city. I don't know what we should do next? "

I stare at the map, frown and think. Although there is only one German division in the city, if it is used for defense, even if we put all nine divisions into battle, we will not be able to eat them in a short time. What's more, these divisions are not all under our command, so we can't achieve the effect of using our hands as we wish in battle.

Seeing my delay in speaking, chisjakov could not help but hasten to say, "what's the matter, comrade commander, have you made the final decision?"

"It's decided." I pointed to the city we were besieged and said, "if we don't eat the enemy in the city, we will have a large number of troops restrained by them. Maybe one of them will suffer a great loss if he doesn't pay attention. Therefore, our current task is to eliminate them. As for those enemies who have fled, let them be arrogant for a while, and we will get rid of them sooner or later. "

When I finished, I looked up at bezikov and said, "chief of staff, record my orders. The 51st and 89th divisions of the guards, together with the troops of the 11th group army, immediately closed the breach opened by the German army to ensure that no one of the enemy's soldiers could escape from the city. "

When bezikov finished recording my order and was about to deliver it, akhromeyev suddenly ran over in panic and handed me a telegram. After only a few glances, I was so angry that I slapped the newspaper heavily on the table and said angrily, "nonsense, it's just nonsense. Who has given them the right to mobilize their troops without consulting their superiors? "

"What's the matter, comrade oshanina?" Seeing my anger, Batov asked curiously, "who made you so angry?" Then he would reach for the telegram on the desk and find out what made me angry.

When his hand just touched the Telegraph newspaper, before he could pick it up, one of his staff members rushed in from the outside. The staff officer came to him, handed him a telegram and said solemnly, "Comrade commander, this is an urgent telegram just sent by the liaison officer."

Batov took the telegram, only looked at it a few times, and then made the same reaction as I did. He raised his voice, learning from me, and said, "these people are just mischievous. They adjust their deployment without asking for instructions and reports. Don't they want to live?"

On one side, chisjakov and bzikov saw that we were both angry, and their faces showed a confused expression. At last, chisgakov first asked, "comrades commander, I think you are both very angry. Is there something unexpected?"

I grabbed the telegram on the desk, thrust it into chisgakov's hand, and said angrily, "the 11th group army, without asking for instructions, left the position and pursued the German troops fleeing westward. Fortunately, the 51st division of the close guard of Colonel shejerikov has filled the gap in time. Otherwise, we don't know how many German troops will jump out of here

"How could that be?" "Don't they know the consequences of unauthorized action?" said chisjakov, puzzled as he read the telegram

Batov snorted heavily, then said: "I think they are bold enough to think that the troops are about to withdraw and they can do whatever they want. No, I need to report this matter to the commander of the front army immediately, so that he can stop this kind of disorganized and undisciplined behavior. "

When I saw Batov pick up the phone on the desk and want to contact rokosovsky, I remembered that the 11th army had fallen into a situation of no leader after the transfer of fijiuningsky. Without the unified command of the division commander, they could do whatever they wanted.

Batov soon got in touch with rokosovsky. After a conversation, he handed me the microphone and said in a low voice, "Comrade oshanina, the commander of the front army wants to speak to you."

I took the receiver, stuck it to my ear and said politely, "Hello, comrade commander of the front army, what instructions do you have?"

"I already know about the 11th army." Rokosovsky said with some helplessness: "since fejiuninski was transferred, the troops have been in a bit of a mess because of the impending withdrawal and the absence of a new commander from the higher authorities. But I'm giving you the authority to command this force. "

Rokosovsky's arrangement gave me some confidence. I quickly expressed my position to him and said, "don't worry, comrade commander, I will immediately contact the teachers of these two divisions to let them stop pursuing and return to the original defense area to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities."

After I put down the phone, bzikov immediately asked me, "Comrade commander, what should we do now?"

"Order the 51st and 8.9 divisions of the guards to immediately take over the original defense area of the 11th group army to prevent possible German breakout operations." I carefully said: "after the 90th division of Jinwei arrived in the north of the city, it quickly joined the two divisions mentioned above to strengthen the defense force in the west of the city."

"What about the 67th and 71st divisions of Jinwei?" Bezikov then asked, "they and the tank army will be here soon. How can they be arranged?"

"Let them stand by in the east of the city for the time being," I said after thinking about it. As for when they will fight, I will make a decision according to the development of the war situation

When bezikov went to the radio station to send a telegram, I called ahlomeyev and told him, "major, find a way to contact the two divisions of the 11th group army and tell the two division commanders that they are under the command of the sixth group army of our guards. Let them stop their blind actions immediately and wait for my latest orders in place."

"I see, comrade commander." "I'm going to try to get in touch with them now," akhromeyev replied with the same expression When I was deploying the mission to akhromeyev, I caught a glimpse of Batov's expression in the corner of my eye. I immediately faced him and asked politely, "general Batov, do you have anything to remind me?"“ Comrade oshanina, "Batov grinned when I asked him this, and then hesitated to say," those two divisions of the 11th army are pursuing the German army at the moment. Is it really appropriate to stop pursuing at such a time? Didn't you spit out the meat you had in your mouth? "“ General Batov, to be honest, I don't think much of the strength of these two divisions. " When Batov finished, I said to him frankly, "they can't stop the enemy's attack in the case of defense. If, in the course of pursuit, the German army stops withdrawing and carries out a counter offensive against them, I can hardly imagine what the consequences will be Batov listened to me and said bitterly, "Comrade oshanina, I admit that the two divisions did not perform well in the night fighting. However, now the German army is busy running away. It's estimated that they will concentrate on how to escape to a safe place as soon as possible and will not fight with our army at all. Moreover, the two division commanders are also commanders with rich combat experience. I believe they will perform well in the next battle. Therefore, I think your worry is totally unnecessary. " Seeing that Batov was so partial to the commanders of the two divisions, I couldn't say anything more. I had to look down at the map in front of me to avoid the embarrassment that suddenly appeared in the room. Before akhromeyev could contact the two divisions of the 11th army, the staff officer under Batov broke in from the outside. He came quickly to us, handed a telegram to Batov, and said, "Comrade commander, the situation is not good. Two divisions of the 11th army have been surrounded by the German army."