Chapter 1390

Before Batov could get in touch with the liaison officer sent to the friendly army, akhromeyev came in a hurry with a telegram. He put the telegram on the table in front of me, and then respectfully reported: "Comrade commander, Colonel chejerikov reported that he had found out the German serial number of ambushing the friendly army in the forest area, which was the commander of the 24th motorized army of the 2nd Armored group of goodrian in his 4th Armored Division after the outbreak of the war. At the beginning of the war, the division had made great achievements, but in the areas of Orel and msensk, it was resisted by general katukov's tank troops, and its abelbach armored brigade suffered great losses.

... at the end of '41, he was the commander of the 4th Panzer Division, and in the area north of Orel, he blocked our attack and severely damaged one of our troops. It is precisely because of this record that he was promoted to major general soon after A few days later, he was seriously injured when he was commanding the troops. After he was discharged from hospital, he was transferred to the post of headmaster of the fast troops school because the post of division commander of the 4th armored division had been replaced by someone else.

In April this year, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and took the post of division commander of the fourth armored division again. He also led his troops to participate in the battle of Kursk and the battle of Orel.... "

After listening to Batov's introduction, I couldn't help worrying about the besieged friendly forces. If I just heard that the division headquarters of the 96th division had been killed by the German army, I still had a sense of fluke. I thought it was the surviving commanders who had spread the wrong information. But now that I knew that it was Shoken's troops who were responsible for the ambush, I knew in my heart that what the soldiers said might be true, and that the division commanders of the division were in danger.

"Comrade commander, what should we do?" After learning about Shoken's resume, chisgakov also worried about the fate of the besieged troops, because even if the reinforcements of our four divisions were pressed up, it was not as easy to rescue the friendly troops from the encirclement of the fourth armored division as he thought.

"Comrade deputy commander, we have done everything we should do." I am quite helpless to say: "as for whether they can be rescued, we can only let fate."

After that, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. In fact, it was just an instinctive action. I took an absent-minded look at my watch. I didn't even know what time it was, so I casually asked bzikov, "chief of staff, what position have we arrived from the two wings of the army?"

"Because the troops can't March quickly in the forest," bezikov replied with a sad face, "it will take at least an hour or two to get back behind the German army."

"An hour or two?" Hearing this time, I could not help but feel a thump in my heart, saying that in this way, the burden of rescuing the 96th and 260th divisions can only be accomplished by division xiejerikov and division xieliukin. Thinking of this, I quickly asked bzikov, "has Colonel xijerikov got in touch with the 260th division?"

"Not yet, comrade commander." After answering my question, bezikov's facial muscles twitched violently and said carefully, "do you think they have been annihilated by the German army?"

"No, chief of staff, certainly not." As soon as bezikov's words came to an end, chisjakov began to retort: "when the two divisions were chasing the enemy, there were continuous lines, at least seven or eight kilometers long. Even if the German armored division and infantry division attacked at the same time, it was impossible to eat our troops in such a short time, not to mention the 51st division of Colonel xijerikov's guards, Have you not contacted the two regiments of the 96th division? "

"What's the use of getting in touch?" Bezikov retorted unconvinced: "two thirds of the guards were killed and wounded, while the situation of the other regiment was not much better, with more than half of the casualties. As for not being able to contact the infantry regiment and division headquarters for the time being, I think it's more or less dangerous. "

"Come on, let's not fight." Although Batov never said a word when they were arguing, I didn't want outsiders to see that our headquarters were red in the face about something, so I quickly stopped them: "if you have time for this quarrel, why don't you think about how we can get back in touch with the 260th division and the 96th division."

Two people were scolded by me after two, finally quiet down. Batov then said, "Comrade oshanina, I haven't been able to get in touch with my liaison officer. I don't think the situation of these two divisions is optimistic."

"Comrade commander, comrade commander." I was talking to Batov when akhromeyev suddenly let out a cry of surprise, grabbed a telegram from the desk and rushed towards me. At the same time, he cried out in a loud voice, "telegram, the telegram just received is from the 260th infantry division."

"Major, what's going on?" I looked at akhromeyev, who rushed in front of me, and couldn't wait to ask, "what does the telegram from the 260th infantry division say? What is their current situation and how many troops are left? And why haven't they been in touch with us? "

"Well, comrade commander." Akhromeyev knew my character very well and knew that I would not read the telegram. After handing the telegram to chisgakov, he directly reported to me: "Colonel walenkin, commander of the 260th division, reported that they were ambushed by the German army in the process of pursuing the German army and that the division's radio station was damaged in the battle, That's why we couldn't get in touch. Now that the radio station has been repaired, comrade Colonel feels it necessary to report the actual situation of the division to you. "

"Be more specific." I saw that there were several pages of telegrams in chisjakov's hand. I knew that Colonel walenkin's report must be particularly detailed, so I ordered akhromeyev: "only after I have a detailed understanding of the situation of the 260th infantry division can I send troops to rescue them from the German ambush circle."

After glancing at the telegram in chisjakov's hand, akhromeyev began to report to me: "according to Colonel walenkin's report, during the pursuit of the troops, he suddenly heard fierce gunfire coming from the front. He thought that the troops had caught up with the German guards and that they were exchanging fire.

Just as he was about to get out of the car and go to a higher terrain to check the war situation ahead, an officer came to him on a motorcycle to report that the vanguard regiment was ambushed by the German army in the process of pursuing.

After hearing the officer's report, WA Lianjin thought that the other side had made a mistake, and quickly corrected the other side, saying: "should it be a block, not an ambush?"

Unexpectedly, the officer replied anxiously: "yes, sir, absolutely! The enemy who attacked our regiment rushed out of the forests on both sides. The commander said it was definitely not the army we were pursuing. "

When he heard the officer's affirmative reply, he immediately broke out: "what are you doing here?"?! Why don't you go back and tell your team leader that we should use the quickest action to seize the favorable terrain on both sides of the road, and we should seize as much as we can! "

The officer agreed, got on the motorcycle and returned to the area where the battle was going on.

Walenkin, on the other hand, rushed a group of people from the division headquarters to them and said, "comrades, according to the report of the avant-garde regiment, they were ambushed by German troops from the forest on both sides of the road. Now they are engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy."

After listening to walenkin's words, the political commissar of the division thought about it, and then said, "Comrade division commander, could it be that the troops after the German army was cut off were misunderstood by the leading group as other troops?"

"No, absolutely not." "The leader of the vanguard regiment is a commander with rich combat experience. He will not make such a low-level mistake," he said

"But, sir." The chief of staff of the division then said, "what should we do next, continue to pursue the enemy, or stop and destroy the enemy who ambushed us first?"

Before he finished speaking, the political commissar of the Division continued: "I think we should continue to pursue the fleeing enemy. As for ambushing our enemy, we should leave a regiment to deal with them."

When he heard his political commissar say this, he was a little worried. He said, "comrades, I suspect that we have fallen into the trap of the enemy. If we do not immediately launch our troops on the spot for defense, I am worried that the troops may suffer huge losses."

The political commissar of the division could not help but sneer at wa Lianjin's worry and said, "Mr. teacher, you are worried too much. It was only a small group of German troops that ambushed the vanguard group. The purpose was to disrupt our offensive steps and cover the fleeing troops to flee back to kalinkovich. We can't be fooled by the German army. "

"Comrade political commissar," wa Lianjin said anxiously, "time is pressing. We can't hesitate any more. If we delay further, the consequences will be very serious. "

Before he had finished his words, there was a shrill whistling in the air. Before they made a response, there were pieces of shells falling on the marching troops on the road, which exploded continuously and broke the marching troops into pieces. At ordinary times, these soldiers will certainly be able to react quickly, but now, after two days of Long March and a night of fierce fighting, how can they react quickly, from physical strength to spirit. But no matter how fast they are, how can they be faster than the enemy's action and the incoming shells that are already ready

Out of his survival instinct, walenkin fell to the ground at the same time as the first shell exploded. When the shelling was over, the black enemy appeared in the forest on both sides of the road. Out of the instinct of survival, the surviving soldiers rushed into the crater beside them, pulled the bolt as fast as they could to load the bullet, and then the sound of orderly platoon of guns sounded on both sides of the road. The reason why the platoon of guns seems to be a little time-consuming is that there is no way to do it. At the end of the artillery bombardment, the soldiers are still in a bit of panic, and they will inevitably be nervous when they are suddenly attacked. Instead of firing indiscriminately, it is better to kill the enemy with a platoon of guns, which can also buy more time for the establishment of machine gun firepower. "

It took akhromeyev five minutes to finish the contents of walenkin's telegram. After he finished speaking, Bartov grinned and laughed at me and said to me, "Comrade O Natsu Chaanning Aa, you have a great eloquence in your major. You can tell the wonderful content of the boring telegram. How about giving him up to me? I can let him become a political commissar in the regiment, just give him a chance to give full play to his eloquence. "

"General Batov," chisgakov said politely to Batov, "please forgive me. Major akhromeyev is our chief of operations. For us, he is indispensable."

"All right, all right, general chisgakov." Batov laughed. "You know, we are fighting side by side now, but when it comes to the exchange of cadres, I feel like we have become hostile parties."

"General Batov," I know that in this situation, if I don't come out and say something to ease the atmosphere, both Batov and chisjakov will probably mutter, "major akhromeyev is a very capable commander. As early as in the battle of Stalingrad, he was the chief of staff of my division, Now he is the chief of operations of the group army. I have always been very careful about his use and always put him in the right place... "" well, comrade o'shanina, I'm just joking with you. " Batov said jokingly, "it turns out that you and general chisgakov are both serious."“ By the way, general Batov When I saw the stack of telegrams that chisgakov had put on his desk, I suddenly thought about the liaison officer and asked Batov, "have your men got in touch with the liaison officer at the front line?"“ Not yet. " After finishing this sentence, Batov's face became serious: "I sent him to the 96th infantry division, but so far, we haven't even found the division headquarters of the division. I think he is more or less dangerous."