Chapter 1392

After listening for a moment, the chief of staff added, "this is at least one artillery division, and all of them are heavy artillery of 152mm or more."

As for the size of our artillery, the chief of staff only made a judgment based on his own experience. He never thought that it was not an artillery division that shelled the German positions, but a new self-propelled artillery regiment.

Yakov was too excited to enjoy the spectacular scene of the attack. He grabbed the submachine gun thrown aside, jumped up from the ground and drank: "brothers, give it to me!"

The officers and men trapped in the swamp by the German army and bombarded for almost a day were already holding their breath. At this moment, they took the charge of the division commander and got up one after another. They followed the division commander and launched a fierce attack. More than 200 officers and men cried out and jumped into the cold water with no formation, They rushed to the opposite German position.

Several surviving German soldiers in the position saw the Soviet army officers and men wading in waist deep muddy water and rushing towards them. They quickly pulled the trigger and began to shoot wildly. There was no weapon in hand. He grabbed the grenade at any time and threw it as soon as he pulled the string. The soldier who rushed to the front was shot, and his body was the same as that of the back. Then he fell into the mud with a plop, but the soldier behind still bravely rushed forward, but he slowed down unconsciously.

When Yakov saw this situation, he first stopped, raised his gun and fired a few shots at the front position. Then he turned around, raised his submachine gun above his head, and yelled at the soldiers behind: "brothers, keep up, don't fall behind. Go

A hand grenade fell on Yakov's side and exploded. The muddy water raised by the explosion waves fell heavily on Yakov's body. Yakov's body shook for a while, and a wisp of blood came down from his cap, but he still yelled to the soldiers: "don't stop, brothers, keep on running“

The chief of staff, who found something strange, rushed over and hugged Yakov from behind. He asked nervously, "what's the matter with you, comrade division commander? Are you hurt?"

Yakov was deeply afraid that his injury would affect the morale of the soldiers and lead to the failure of the breakthrough. He quickly shook his head and gritted his teeth in pain and said, "I'm ok, chief of staff. When the Germans are blinded by our army's artillery fire, take the soldiers out quickly and try to get out of their siege as soon as possible."

The chief of staff turned his head and roared at the rear. Immediately, several soldiers rushed over, held Yakov and continued to break through.

The German resistance on the edge of the swamp did not last long, but was destroyed by our artillery fire. Because the soldiers rushed too fast, they had already burst in before the artillery stopped completely, so that the soldiers who rushed in the front were blown to pieces by the last falling shells.

Because the artillery fire of the self-propelled artillery regiment destroyed the tanks around the swamp and most of the infantry, Yakov and his subordinates, after paying a certain price, finally managed to break out of the encirclement and join the 309th regiment of the guards.

When a battalion commander saw a group of officers and men rushing out of the forest, he immediately went forward to inquire in person. After he reached out to stop the panting officers and men, he asked aloud, "which part are you from?"

"We are the 96th infantry division and its direct subordinate units. What part of you are there?" When the chief of staff saw that the visitor was only a major, one rank lower than himself, he said in an official voice, "I'm the chief of staff of the division. Do you want to know who I'm talking to?"

"I'm major chukliko, commander of the first battalion of 309th regiment of 51st division of Jinwei," chukliko said. After saying this, he turned to the operator who was following him and said, "report to the commander immediately that we have contacted the 96th division headquarters."

While the operator was shouting at the transmitter, chuckleko politely asked, "chief of staff, where is your division commander, Colonel Yakov?"

The chief of staff of the division turned around and made a gesture. The soldiers behind immediately carried a stretcher. Yakov, covered with mud and bandaged on his head, was lying unconscious on the stretcher. Chuckleko was surprised to see this. He asked in a hurry, "Comrade commander, what's the matter?"

"The division commander was wounded by German grenades when he led the troops to break through the encirclement." Looking at Yakov on the stretcher, the chief of staff of the Division said, "plus the fact that the troops have been marching all this time, he hasn't slept for days and nights. As soon as I lay on the stretcher, I completely lost consciousness and couldn't wake up. "

At this time, the operator contacted the regiment headquarters. He quickly handed the microphone to chukliko and said, "Comrade battalion commander, we have contacted the regiment headquarters."

Chuckleko put the receiver to his ear and said in a loud voice, "Hello, is that the commander? I'm chuckleko. I'd like to report to you that my battalion has joined the division and the immediate units of the 96th infantry division. "

"Great, that's great." Knowing the whereabouts of the division headquarters of the 96th infantry division, shumakov finally dropped the stone hanging in his heart. He then asked, "how many people are there in the division headquarters and the directly subordinate units?" As early as the meeting with the guard group, shumakov learned from the head of the other side that there were at least 1500 to 2000 troops in the division headquarters and the units directly under it. He asked this question to determine whether it was necessary to send troops to escort him.

"Comrade commander," chuckleko quickly covered the microphone and asked the chief of staff of the division standing in front of him, "how many of you are left

The chief of staff of the division turned to his side, turned his mouth toward the back, and said helplessly, "look at it for yourself, comrade major. All of us alive are here. "

Chuckleko was surprised to hear that the officers and men standing in front of him were all members of the division headquarters and the troops directly under it. While he was quietly counting the number of people, the chief of staff of the Division continued: "we still have 135 people left, and the rest were sacrificed when we broke through the encirclement."

After learning the number of survivors from chukliko's report, shumakov almost threw out the microphone in his hand. He never dreamed that in less than one day's battle, the casualties of division headquarters and directly subordinate troops were more than 90%, and division commander Yakov was also injured when breaking through the encirclement. After a moment's hesitation, he gave an order to chuckleko: "Comrade battalion commander, I now order you to escort Colonel Yakov from your battalion to the headquarters of the group army. I would like to remind you that it is not necessarily safe all the way. You should guarantee the safety of Colonel Yakov at all costs. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander." After finishing the call, chukliko returned the microphone to the operator, and then said to the chief of staff of the division with a smile, "Comrade commander, our battalion is ordered to escort you back to the headquarters of the group army. Please follow me."

As major chuckleko led his battalion and escorted Colonel Yakov and his surviving men back to the headquarters of the group army, we launched a final general attack on the German forces besieged in the city.

The most fierce battle was in the northern direction of the city attacked by the 52nd division of the close guard of major general nikolasov, where the most elite German troops were defending. After the German army found their retreat and was completely cut off by our army, the originally fierce street fighting became more and more fierce. The officers and soldiers of both sides were fighting house by house and street. In the heavy rain of bullets, more and more soldiers fell down. In the fierce explosion, the houses were burning, and the walls with thousands of holes collapsed.

In the dust blocking the sky, the officers and men of both sides collided again. In the whole day's shouting and screaming, the two sides strive to fight for every street, every house and every ruin. The bodies of the dead were everywhere, and the blood gushed over every pile of rubble.

Narrow streets, dark corners, unavoidable officers and soldiers of both sides, close hand to hand combat, everywhere there are both sides of the figure, everywhere is their battlefield. They trampled on each other's corpses and fought desperately. Every lane and every street was covered with layers of corpses. The wounded and fallen can't be removed at all. As soon as the health workers who help the wounded and the dying in the battlefield appear, they will also become the targets of the other party's attack. Therefore, they can only lie on the corpse and die, or look for opportunities to pull one or two enemies to their backs. In some places blocked by the bodies of both sides, the blood gathered has gone over the feet.

In the light of fire and explosion, they clench their teeth, wave rifles, bayonets, hand grenades, and even use engineering shovels as weapons. They fly hand grenades over their heads, entangle and fight with each other in the rain of swept bullets and splashed shrapnel. Many red eyed officers and soldiers, yelling and burning grenades, rushed into the middle of the enemy and died with them.

Street fighting is cruel and fierce. Both the offensive and defensive sides are consuming their own soldiers and strength at a very fast speed. Only the small area in the north of the city has carried too much blood from both sides, so that Lennie krasov could not bear it. He called me and said with a cry: "Comrade commander, you can't call like this any more. At this speed, it won't be long before there are a few living people left in my army. "

"No, general Nekrasov." In response to his request for a truce, I replied without hesitation: "our troops attacked the German forces simultaneously from four directions, and now they are showing signs of collapse. At such a critical moment, we must never stop fighting. Once the troops stop attacking, the courage of the soldiers will dissipate. It will not be so easy to wipe out the enemy at that time. "

"But, comrade commander." Although I refused my request, he said reluctantly, "you can't watch our division die with the enemy, can you?"

"General Nekrasov, I tell you, I don't have a reserve team here. It's all up to you." Although I also want to send reinforcements to relieve the pressure of the 52nd division of the guards, my troops, except three divisions, are sent out to rescue. The 96th and 260th divisions can't match each other, so there is no troops to send“ If you bite your teeth again, the German defense line will collapse. Tell the commanders and fighters that it's time to make contributions and wipe out all the enemies in the north of the city. "

Seeing that I put down the phone, chisjakov said in a low voice: "Comrade commander, I think the use of forces of the 52nd division of the guards has reached the limit. If we do not send troops to support them, I am afraid that the enemy will open a breakthrough from them and then escape from the city."

As for what chisjakov said, I just nodded and asked bzikov, "chief of staff, what's the situation in the other three directions?"

"The 90th division of Jinwei in the west of the city has occupied most of the blocks in the west of the city and is developing towards the center of the city." Bezikov drew a red and blue pencil on the map in front of me and said, "the 375TH infantry division in the east of the city, under the command of the division commander, Lt. Col. Lukin, played well. They took a step-by-step strategy, occupying one street and consolidating another, and successfully repelled several German counterattacks. At most, in the middle of the night, we can advance to the city center and join up with the 90th division of Jinwei“ The two divisions played very well After I finished this compliment, I looked up at Batov, and then asked bzikov, "where are the three divisions in the south?" On hearing my question, there was an embarrassed expression on bzikov's face. He turned to Batov and did not answer my question. Batov obviously saw bzikov's embarrassment and waved his hand to him. He said with disapproval, "Comrade Colonel, don't have any scruples. You will report to your commander as the actual situation is. " With Batov's permission, bezikov said, "the three divisions in the South have been slow. So far, they have occupied only one street in the south of the city. Because the German defense firepower in this direction is very strong, so they can not continue to move forward To tell you the truth, I had planned to send a troop from the south to reinforce the northern part of the country, but at the moment I heard from bezikov, I gave up this unrealistic idea. None of the three divisions was able to break through the German defense, and even if one of the divisions was reluctantly sent to support niekrasov, it would not have any effect. After thinking about it, I called ahlomeyev in front of me and asked, "Comrade chief of operations, I don't know which army we have now to send to reinforce the 52nd division of the guards?"“ General sherekin's 8.9 division. " Akhromeyev replied without hesitation: "in our rescue of the 96th and 260th divisions, the 51st guard division and the 67th and 71st guard divisions on both wings successfully defeated the 102nd infantry division and the 4th armored division of the German army at the fastest speed, so general sheriujin's troops had no chance to fight at all. Now the place where they are stationed is less than 20 kilometers from the north of the city. If the troops are allowed to take a bus, they can reach their destination in half an hour at most. "