Chapter 1394

"I know." After listening to the Colonel's words, the chief of staff of the regiment put on an expression that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. "Anyway, even if we continue to fight, we will only live a few more days or hours. We have lost the value of our use as bait to lure the Russians. Instead of sacrificing our lives in vain, we should lay down our arms and surrender. Only in this way can we have a chance of survival. "

Several staff officers and signalmen in the command post all heard what the chief of staff of the regiment said, and they all turned their eyes to their commander, expecting him to make a wise decision.

The German Colonel saw despair in the eyes of his subordinates, and knew that if the battle continued like this, all the officers and men of his regiment would be explained here. Perhaps surrender was the best choice at present. Thinking of this, he sighed and said, "well, chief of staff, do as you say. Let all the troops that can be contacted stop shooting and send people to negotiate with the Russians as soon as possible. "

Seeing that his head of staff agreed to surrender, the chief of staff of the regiment agreed with joy, and then ordered those staff officers: "hurry up, contact all the troops immediately, and let them stop shooting."

After listening to the order of the chief of staff, one of the staff members asked, "chief of staff, what if the Russians continue to attack after we stop shooting?"

"Fool, you fool." "Can't you use your head?" the chief of staff of the Chinese people's Liberation Army said? After the troops cease fire, let them fly the white flag. As long as the Russians are not blind, they can see it. As long as they see the white flag, they will definitely stop attacking and send someone to contact us. "

"I see." The scolded staff officer quickly agreed, then picked up the phone in front of him and gave orders to the troops he could contact.

Our commanders and fighters, who were assembling their troops and preparing to launch another attack, suddenly found that the German army in front of them had stopped fire, and even some buildings occupied by the enemy, as well as white flags, stretched out from the windowless windows and swayed desperately. Seeing this situation, the commanders of the battalions and companies could not figure out what was going on, so they immediately ordered the troops to stop attacking and reported to division commander nikolasov in time.

Nikolasov was discussing with the newly arrived Xie Liujin about which direction to put the new troops. When he heard the report from several of his subordinates, he thought he had heard it wrong and asked the other party to repeat it again. Only then did he know that the Germans had unilaterally stopped fire and played the white flag in many places.

Niekrasov did not dare to make a decision casually, so he called to report to me immediately. He said excitedly on the phone: "Comrade commander, the Germans have put up the white flag and surrendered to our army!"

"What, the Germans surrendered?" Less than an hour ago, nikolasov was still worried about Germany's tenacious defense. Unexpectedly, shortly after that, the German army took the initiative to surrender. The change of painting style is too fast. After listening to his report, I pondered for a moment, and then asked, "have you sent someone to take the prisoners and take over those positions?"

"Not yet." Niekrasov replied honestly, "my subordinates have reported to me that the German army has taken the initiative to cease fire and put out a white flag. I think we should report this matter to you at the first time. Therefore, we have not yet carried out the task of taking over the position."

"What are you still doing?" When I heard that nikolasov had not taken any action, I immediately said with some dissatisfaction, "Comrade General, don't you know that every minute on the battlefield is precious? If you take over the position one minute earlier, you will be able to destroy the enemy's resistance one minute earlier and let our commanders and fighters shed less blood. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander." "I'm going to send someone to take the prisoners and take over the defense area in the north of the city. After consolidating the position, I'm going to attack the center of the city," he replied politely

With the surrender of the German army, the street battle in the north of the city came to an end. Next, I should care about the other three directions. The first one I called was Lukin of the 375TH infantry division. As soon as I got through, I heard clear gunfire coming out of the receiver. It seemed that the fighting was also very fierce. I said in a loud voice to the microphone, "Hello, is that lieutenant commander Lukin? I'm o'shanina. What's the situation there? "

"The tension in the army went well." Because of the gunfire and explosion at the other end of the phone, Lukin had to cry out: "we have just taken another street from the Germans, and now the troops are attacking the next street."

The sound of gunfire from the receiver kept Lu Jin's voice very low. I couldn't hear it clearly most of the time, so I had to ask Lu Jin to repeat it several times. Finally, I couldn't help but ask aloud, "Comrade commander, why are the guns there so loud?"

"Comrade commander," Lu Jin roared and replied, "my division headquarters is only 150 meters away from the most fierce fighting place..." as soon as he said that, a mortar shell fell outside his headquarters and exploded. The roar covered what Lu Jin said behind. The flying shrapnel cut down a soldier standing guard at the door.

After the noise over there was slightly reduced, I said in a loud voice to the microphone, "Comrade Lu Jin, don't forget that you are now the division commander, not the commander or battalion commander. I now order you to keep your headquarters at least 300 meters away from the most fierce fighting area. It's not my request, it's my order. Do you hear me? "

"Yes," Lu Jin replied loudly, "Comrade commander, when my soldiers occupy the support point in this street, I'll move the headquarters back. Is that ok?" He was deeply afraid that I would not agree with him. He specially added, "if the commanders and fighters see me retreat at such a time, it will affect their morale."

I know that Lu Jin is telling the truth. If his subordinates see their division commander move the headquarters backward at such a time, they will surely be demoralized, and it will be difficult to fight the next war. There is no way, I can only reluctantly say: "well, then wait for your soldiers at the entrance of the street, occupy the support point, you will move the headquarters back."

When I put down the phone, chisgakov immediately asked with concern, "Comrade commander, what's the situation of the Lukin division, where did they call, and are there any casualties in the army?"

As for several consecutive questions from chisgakov, I replied with a smile, "Comrade deputy commander, don't worry. Lieutenant commander Lu Jin is my old subordinate. He knows my fighting style very well, so he doesn't have to worry about heavy casualties of his troops in the lane fighting. "

"Why As soon as I finished, Batov couldn't help asking curiously, "Comrade oshanina, why do you say that? You should know that your 52nd division of guards, because of the heavy casualties of the attacking troops, asked you to reinforce the reserve. You don't worry about the Lujin division. You know, the fighting power of the ordinary infantry division can't compare with that of the close guard division. "

"General Batov, as I just said, Lieutenant Colonel Lukin knows my fighting style very well." I explained to Batov with a smile, "so the tactics he used in commanding the troops in the alley war are the ones I usually instill in them. On the streets, the troops did not charge in dense formation, but in groups of three or five, making use of the buildings on both sides and alternately covering the wall. In some streets where German firepower is tightly sealed, they will use the method of blasting through the walls of buildings and detour from the flank to the German firepower points.... "

Batov nodded at my lengthy speech. After I finished, he said with emotion, "Comrade oshanina, I understand why your troops have made great achievements in the siege battle. It turns out that in addition to the bravery and tenacity of the soldiers, the use of tactics is also very important."

"From the current situation, there is no big problem in the East and north of the city." I looked at Batov and said to him with a smile, "I'm going to call the 90th group army in the west of the city. Do you want to call your three divisions in the south of the city to find out their progress?"

"OK, no problem." Batov agreed very readily: "I'll call them now and ask where the troops have advanced. From this we can infer when my troops will join your troops."

I nodded, then dialed Chernoff, commander of the 90th division of Jinwei, and asked frankly, "general Chernoff, what's the situation there? How many streets have you captured in the west of the city?"

"Report, comrade commander," Chernoff replied hastily, "after our division captured two streets in a row, the battle fell into a stalemate. Now our troops are fighting repeatedly with the German troops on the third street. In just one hour, two buildings have changed hands three times, and the two sides of the buildings are covered with the bodies of the enemy and us. "

"General Chernoff," I heard that the attack of the 90th guard division was not going well. Instead of blaming Chernoff, I used the achievements of Nekrasov and Lukin to stimulate him: "now the 52nd guard division of general Nekrasov has successfully occupied the north of the city and is ready to attack the city center; And commander Lu Jin's 375TH infantry division now occupies most of the eastern part of the city, and is pushing towards the city center step by step. "

"They played really well." Chernoff said something sour and said to me, "but our division will not be inferior to them. Comrade commander, you can rest assured that before dawn, my troops will be in the center of the city, meeting with friendly troops from the north and the East."

"Since you are so confident," I know what Chernoff said may not be realized, but in this case, I can't pour cold water on him, so I have to follow his meaning and say, "then I wish you good luck. I hope your troops can join the other two divisions as soon as possible."

I put down the phone, turned to Batov, who had just finished the call, and saw that his face was tight. I knew that there was no good news for him. However, in order to understand the progress of the siege, I asked politely, "general Batov, don't you know that the attack in the south of the city is going well?"

Hearing my question, Batov's face turned red and white for a long time. He was embarrassed to reply, "it's not very smooth. Their attacks were repulsed by the Germans, and now they are forced to retreat to the first street they occupied."

"What, the attack was repulsed?" "General Batov, you are three divisions. The German army has two regiments at most. How can you defeat the enemy when you have the advantage of your troops?" he asked in surprise

Batov turned to look at me and said, "Comrade oshanina, I think my troops failed in the attack. Maybe there was something wrong with the use of tactics. As you know, the attack mode of our infantry is always rigid. The soldiers wear striking Brown uniforms, line up in dense formation in the snow, and rush forward with guns. This kind of suicidal charge enables the German army to dodge behind the fortifications built in front of the position, and then shoot and strafe calmly. As a result, we have made great sacrifices, but we can not achieve any results. "

Batov's words made me understand why they failed in attack. In order for the three divisions in the south of the city to enter the city smoothly and join my three divisions, I began to give him advice. After calling Batov to sit down beside him, I took out my paper and pen and began to explain to him while drawing: "general Batov, you see, the narrow streets in the city force our troops not to launch any tactical formation, and the soldiers can only charge shoulder to shoulder in a pile. Therefore, as long as the Germans set up machine gun fire points in every narrow street, put two or three machine guns on them, and fire fiercely at our army's commanders and fighters. As long as you consider the firing rate of the German machine gun, it is not difficult to imagine how bloody the scene would be. It was not so much a battle as a massacre. In most of the streets, it is a scene that our soldiers who rush in the front are swept to the ground by machine guns, and the people who follow them can't dodge and trip over the corpses, making the pile of people and corpses higher and higher. The soldiers who didn't trip over were shot by machine guns. After being shot, some of them didn't even have the space to fall to the ground. They directly leaned against their companions behind them. The lethal bullet then penetrated the bodies of the dead and shot into the bodies of the people behind them, and put the dead and living people through. " After listening to my analysis, Batov nodded, then stood up and said, "Comrade oshanina, I understand. I'll call the three division commanders and ask them to attack the enemy's positions after adjusting their attack tactics. We must not let our soldiers die so meaninglessly."