Chapter 1395

Batov, who followed the good example, immediately went to call his three division commanders to instruct them how to adjust their tactics so as to reduce the price paid by the troops in the attack.

Not long after Batov left, another call came in. I thought it was one of my teachers, so I picked up the phone and pasted it in my ear: "Hello, I'm oshanina. Where are you?"

"I'm rokosovsky." All of a sudden, rokosovsky's familiar voice came over the phone. "What's the situation there, Rita?"

"Report to the commander of the front army," I heard rokosovsky's voice. I quickly stood up from my seat, straightened my back to the microphone and said, "the two German divisions surrounded by us in the city are being wiped out bit by bit. I estimate that in ten hours at the most, we will be able to end the whole battle. "

When he heard my report, rokosovsky let out a sound. He was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Rita, I'd like to ask you a question. If you destroy the German army besieged by you in the city, I order you to continue to push westward to attack moziri and kalinkovich, will you be able to complete this task?"

To tell you the truth, although I have never been to the two places mentioned by rokosovsky, I know that they are only two small cities with tens of thousands of people. I believe that the German defense force will not be too strong, so I confidently replied: "don't worry, comrade commander, although my troops have been reduced a lot in the battle, But as long as you can replenish our troops and expended weapons and ammunition in time, I believe that with the strength of our group army, there is no big problem in winning these two places. "

"There is no supplement in terms of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, and there is no support from artillery and air force." When I finished speaking, rokosovsky suddenly said, "you can only rely on your existing forces and weapons to attack moziri and kalinkovic and win the final victory. Well, are you confident? "

"Comrade General, wait a moment, please wait a moment." I was a little flustered and said, "give me a few minutes. I'll think it over and give you a reply, OK?"

"OK, I'll give you ten minutes." "I'll call you back in ten minutes," rokosovsky said in a reasonable way With that, he hung up without waiting for my opinion.

"What's the matter, comrade commander?" Seeing that I was in a daze holding the microphone in both hands, chisjakov asked with concern, "how did you lose your soul? Did the senior general say anything to you?"

I put down the receiver, and Chunchy scakov gave me a smile that was worse than crying. Then I said, "Comrade deputy commander, I want to ask you a question."

"Go ahead, comrade commander. As long as I know the answer, I will say everything." Although he did not know what question I was going to ask, he replied very readily.

"Do you think our troops, after destroying the German army in the city, are still capable of attacking moziri and kalinkovich?" I was deeply afraid that chisgakov would perfunctory me, and specially stressed: "don't use any formula to perfunctory me, I just want to listen to your sincere words."

"Well, comrade commander, since you want to hear my truth, I'll tell you." With a restrained smile on his face, chisjakov said to me solemnly: "our group army has just added new recruits not long ago. Although we have been training day and night, the combat effectiveness of the army has not been improved. It was under such circumstances that we pulled our troops into Belarus and began to fight against the fierce enemy. Of course, we have achieved a lot, but at the same time, we should see what kind of price we have paid for such achievements. Let's say the 52nd division of the guards. After the settlement of the German troops in the city, they are estimated that there will be no one left. If they can not add 5000 troops from the friendly forces, the organizational structure of this division can be almost abolished.

As for continuing to attack moziri and kalinkovych, if the headquarters of the front army can supply us with troops and consumed weapons and ammunition in time, I believe we will not have much problem in winning these two cities after fierce fighting. What's more, there are still our troops in the vicinity of these two cities. With their cooperation, the battle against the city will be much easier. "

I waited for chisgakov to finish, shook my head with a bitter smile and said, "Comrade deputy commander, I'm very sorry to tell you. According to the intention of the commander of the front army, we can not get any supplies. Even in combat, we can not get the support of planes and artillery. We can only rely on our existing strength to deal with the enemies in these two areas. "

"It's an unfinished task." Before I could say anything more to chisgakov, bzikov said hastily: "our group army has competed with the German army of seven divisions since it entered Ukraine. Of course, the enemy has suffered heavy losses, but we have also paid a great price. I think it's extremely unwise to attack moziri and kalinkovic when we can't get supplies. Once the battle starts, it won't be long before our troops run out of ammunition and food. "

"It's not that serious, is it?" I think that bezikov's statement is a bit alarmist. "In any case, with our current strength, even if we meet four or five German divisions, we will not fall behind."

"Comrade commander, have you forgotten our supply situation?" Bezikov said to me with a bitter smile: "our artillery regiment and rocket battalion depend too much on logistics. If they can't replenish shells in time, soon our artillery will have to stand aside as spectators when we attack."

"All right, chief of staff, you don't have to say." When I heard what bzikov said, I felt in my heart that rokosovsky's proposal was tantamount to "asking the horse to run and the horse not to eat grass". If he did not solve the problem of logistics supply for me, I would never agree to his request.

Ten minutes later, rokosovsky called as he wished. He asked frankly, "Rita, how are you thinking about it? Give me a definite answer

"Comrade commander of the front army," I said dryly, "I have carefully considered your proposal. If our troops are provided with logistics, my offensive troops will be weakened in a short time due to the lack of weapons and ammunition, which may delay the fight."

"If I could get a supplement, would I let your group army undertake such an important task?" When rokosovsky heard that I had rejected his request, he immediately said to me in a stern tone: "now all the supplements from the supreme command are given priority to the first front army of Ukraine, because they are engaged in important battles there, so we will not get any supplements in the short term." After venting, he slowed down and continued, "and the superior didn't give us the order to stop attacking or turn to defense, so we have to choose to continue attacking."

"Keep on attacking?" I heard rokosovsky say so, and I felt vaguely that he seemed to imply something. After a little thought, I immediately thought it over and asked excitedly, "Comrade commander of the front army, what you mean is that as long as our troops keep on attacking, it doesn't matter whether we can achieve the goal of the campaign?"

"Rita." Rokosovsky said with a smile: "this is what you said, but I didn't say anything. Since you think so, I wish you good luck and early success. "

When I put down the phone, I realized that I was being tricked by rokosovsky again. After a long period of fighting, several groups of the former Belarusian front army have experienced a large number of casualties. The consumption of weapons, ammunition and various military materials is also very large. Moreover, the commanders and fighters are extremely tired and need a period of rest. Our troops from Smolensk can replace them and give them enough time to rest.

When Batov came back, he saw the three of us around the table, studying the next battle plan. He couldn't help asking, "Comrade oshanina, what are you doing?"

"General Batov, please come here." Because Batov is familiar with the direction of kalinkovic, if I want to attack these places, I have to learn from people who are familiar with that area. When he got to the table, I pointed to the map and asked him, "general Batov, can you tell us something about kalinkovich?"

"What, the situation of kalinkovich?" When Batov heard my question, he could not help showing a blank expression on his face. He pointed to the outside with his hand and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Comrade oshanina, at present, the fighting in the city is still going on. You don't think about how to eliminate the enemy in the city as soon as possible, but you think about seizing kalinkovich. I'm really confused by you."

"General Batov, the situation is like this. When you just went out to make a phone call, the commander of the front army himself called..." I told him what happened after he left, and finally said: "my troops will go to moziri and kalinkovich next. If someone who is familiar with the terrain, please give me some advice, I will be very grateful to him. "

"No problem, comrade oshanina. I will tell you what I know. " After finding out what was going on, Batov immediately said with great cooperation: "at present, general belov's 61st army is deployed near moziri. If you want to attack these two cities, you can attack moziri first. With the cooperation of general belov's troops, I believe you can easily win this city. As long as you win moziri, then turn your head to attack kalinkovic, and your resistance will be greatly reduced. "

I waited for Batov to finish, nodded, and then said to chisjakov and bezikov, "next we'll discuss how to mobilize the troops."

"Comrade commander," as soon as I finished, bzikov said hastily, "now our 51st, 67th and 71st divisions of the guards are returning from the forest area. As they had no means of transportation, the officers and men had to walk back. Now that we have received the order to attack moziri and kalinkovic, we should immediately order them to stop withdrawing, turn to the West and move forward to moziri and kalinkovic. "

"You reminded me in time, chief of staff." I waved to bzikov and urged him: "hurry up and contact the commanders of the three divisions, let them turn to the West immediately, and take our offensive starting position when the Germans are not ready."

When bidzikov went to make a phone call, Batov said to me, "Comrade oshanina, I just repeated your tactics to my teachers in detail when I was talking to them. They promised to adopt such tactics in the next round of attack to deal with the German troops who rely on the buildings and streets to build defense. " I nodded slightly and said flatly, "general Batov, as long as your men can use our street fighting tactics, they can not only win in the next battle, but also reduce the casualties to a lower level." When I finished, Batov didn't speak. All that could be heard in the room was the ticking sound of the telegraph and the voice of akhromeyev shouting into the microphone. I am very clear that after such a long battle, the ammunition consumption of the troops must be very serious, and it will take at least two or three days for our logistics department to transport the materials we need from Smolensk. That is to say, in the period before the goods are transported, we are likely to run out of ammunition and food, so we have to ask Batov for help. After a slight cough, I asked tentatively, "general Batov, I have something I want to ask you for help. What do you think?" Although Batov didn't know what I would ask him for, he said carelessly: "Comrade oshanina, we are friendly forces. If you need anything, just ask me. Even if you ask me to transfer one or two divisions to support you, I won't have any objection. "“ Thank you, general Batov After thanking him, I said directly, "as for the soldiers, we don't need them yet. It is mainly ammunition, which has been consumed seriously after these two or three days of fighting. Shells, in particular, were almost exhausted after several rounds of artillery preparation. Do you think it is necessary to supply us with a batch of ammunition, among which there must be shells for our heavy artillery. Do you think so? "