Chapter 1402

With the order, the teachers soon came to my headquarters. Originally, I thought there were only three division commanders, plus at most a few tank brigade commanders and artillery commanders. Unexpectedly, the four division commanders of the 52nd, 8.9, 90th and 375 divisions of the guards also came. So many people swarmed into the headquarters, which made the room crowded.

I stood in front of the map on the wall and looked at many teachers, brigades and commanders sitting in front of me. I was still a little excited. After all, so many people are my subordinates. After a slight cough, I began to say, "comrades, the purpose of calling you here today is to deploy the next combat mission. The task of seizing kalinkovich and puziri will be handed over to our group army by the headquarters of the front army. "

As soon as I said that, the commander sitting below began to talk. I listened attentively, mainly because the newly arrived teachers were inquiring about the situation from the first three teachers.

After several minutes, seeing that the following discussion had not stopped, chisjakov slapped him on the table, and then said in a loud voice, "be quiet, be quiet, comrades in command, please keep quiet and let comrades in command continue to assign duties to you."

The commanders, who were whispering and talking to each other, immediately calmed down and cast their eyes on me. I picked up an explanation stick, pointed to the map on the wall, and said to everyone, "our task is to capture kalinkovic and puziri. At present, our main force is stationed near kalinkovic, so this city will be our priority target. If we want to liberate this city, we must first remove the German firepower deployed at the commanding heights in the suburbs. "

"Comrade commander," said Chernoff, commander of the 90th division of the guards, suddenly and loudly, "when I came here, I observed the situation of the battlefield. There are no solid Fortifications on those commanding heights. As long as we concentrate on the superior artillery fire for a while, and when the artillery fire is over, we can send infantry to attack again, and we will be able to seize these positions."

After listening to Chernoff's words, I took two steps to the table. I put my explaining stick on the table, supported the edge of the table with both hands, leaned forward slightly, and then said to him solemnly: "general Chernoff, because of our logistics supply problems, when we seize these commanding heights, The attacking forces are not supported by artillery. "

"What, no artillery support?" Chernoff was startled by what I said. He said in surprise: "Comrade commander, if our offensive forces are not supported by artillery, we will pay huge casualties in seizing these commanding heights."

"Comrade General, I have already considered what you said." After I finished this sentence, I swept my eyes away from the commanders on the scene one by one, and then went on to say, "that's why I called everyone together to study a practical plan to eliminate the enemies on these commanding heights."

After my words, the whole headquarters fell into silence, and the commanders sitting below were frowning and pondering. After waiting for a long time, and seeing that no one was speaking, bzikov picked up the stick on the table, got up and went to the map, pointed at it with the tip of the stick and said, "comrades, the commander imagined that at night, he would send a small team with company as the unit to seize the Highlands occupied by the enemy by sneak attack. What is troubling us now is that the enemy laid minefields and barbed wire at the commanding height facing our direction. How can our sneak attack troops open up a passage without being noticed by the enemy? If you have any good ideas, you can talk about them. "

When I saw that there was still no one in the room to speak after bzikov finished speaking, I stood up again and spoke in a leisurely voice, as if talking about the simplest and most common thing. "Comrades commander, maybe you will wonder why I chose to sneak attack instead of attack when our army is dominant?"

"But have you ever thought about how many casualties our commanding enemy would cause us if we attacked in the daytime without artillery cover?" I continue to follow my own way of thinking: "according to our reconnaissance, the German army only deploys one or two platoons on each highland. Even if we take a company level sneak attack, we can still have an advantage in the strength. More importantly, we can reduce the casualties of the troops."

After I explained my point of view, all the commanders who attended the meeting remained silent. I don't mean to blame them for this kind of reaction. On the contrary, I know very well in my heart that people always spend more time to consider when they are faced with a major choice.

The first one to break the silence was commander Lu Jin of the 375TH infantry division. He stood up and looked at me and said, "Comrade commander, may I talk about my opinion?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Seeing that someone finally stood up to respond to me, I couldn't help smiling on my face. I nodded to him and said casually, "if you have any ideas, just tell them to everyone."

Lu Jin raised his hand to the big map on the wall and asked respectfully, "is that ok?" Seeing that I nodded and agreed, he quickly walked to the wall, took the baton from bezikov's hand, leaned over to me and talked to all the commanders about his plan: "I have two plans. One is to bombard the front of the German highland with tank fire, clear the enemy's minefields and barbed wire, and open up the way for our sneak attack troops. However, there is a drawback to this scheme. It will not only consume our precious shells, but also arouse the German's vigilance. "

"Tell me about your second plan." I think Lu Jin's good idea may be in the second plan, so he urged: "then we will make the final choice according to your two plans."

"The second plan is very simple," Lu Jin grinned up, and then said, "the enemy has laid minefields on the front of the commanding height? Well, instead of attacking from the front, our sneak attack troops detour back and touch it from the other side of the highland. I don't believe that the enemy also has mines and barbed wire in this direction. "

Lu Jin's words made many commanders sitting below suddenly realize that sneak attacks can still be carried out like this. Everyone, including me, fell into a fixed mode of thinking, just thinking about how to feel it from the front, but forgetting that the so-called highland area of the German army was not large, and it would not take long for our troops to detour back.

Just as I was about to praise Lu Jin, the 71st division commander of Jinwei, Colonel babahin, stood up and asked in a loud voice, "Comrade commander, may I ask you a question?"

The idea just put forward by Lu Jingang has been accepted by most commanders. At this moment, we see a man who is obviously preparing to smash the field standing up and asking questions. Everyone turns around and looks at him in surprise.

"Comrade commander." Without waiting for Lu Jin to speak, babashin asked aloud, "I have a question for lieutenant commander Lu Jin. Do you allow me?"

Hearing babashin's provocative tone, I raised my eyebrows and looked at him in bewilderment. Then I turned my eyes to Lu Jin, the "initiator".

"Colonel babashin." After seeing my tacit eyes, Lu Jin looked at Baba and said, "I don't know if you have any questions. I can answer them one by one for you."

"Comrade commander," said Colonel babahin, with obvious dissatisfaction, "though it seems to all that there is a better chance of success to sneak around the enemy's high rear. But I would like to ask the question: the enemy must be on high alert when our troops are close to the city. How can you ensure that our sneak attack troops will not be found by the enemy's sentinels when they are moving? "

"Comrade Colonel, I have considered what you said." Lukin replied humbly, "in front of the raiding troops, a five man vanguard will be sent. Their task will be to clear the enemy's sentries so that the enemy will not be aware that our troops are approaching their high ground."

"What you say is only theoretical." For Lu Jin's answer, babahin asked: "even if you send a group of top soldiers to clear the enemy's sentries, have you considered the enemy's Secret sentries? If we only clear the clear sentry, but ignore the secret sentry, so that he sounded the alarm during our army movement, then our sneak attack will be defeated. Have you considered this? "

Lu Jin was speechless when babashin asked these sharp questions. After thinking for a while, I found that babashin's questions were just what we ignored. It's hard to imagine that when the troops were making a detour to the rear of the highland, they were found by the German secret whistle and sent out a battle alarm. Our commanders and fighters will be exposed to the enemy and become the targets of their slaughter.

After a long breath, I looked at babashin and asked, "Comrade Colonel, do you have any good idea?"

"Comrades commander," babashin replied with a straight back, "I think we should still attack the German army in the daytime. As for commander Lu Jin's first plan, I am very much in favor of it. When the troops attack the high ground, our tanks can provide them with artillery support in the distance, clear the minefield in front of the position, and blow up the gap in the barbed wire fence, so that our troops can smoothly rush to the high ground. "

"Comrade commander, I agree with colonel babashin's plan." Barksov, the commander of the 67th division, stood up and said to me sincerely, "we should try to attack in the daytime. If we fail, it's not too late to attack at night. I ask you to let our division take the lead in attacking the enemy's high ground. "

"Comrade commander, and our division." Seeing that barksov agreed with his own opinions, babashin became more confident. He also volunteered to me: "if our two divisions attack the enemy's highlands at the same time, they will be overwhelmed. Of course, if the 51st division of the guards can also launch an attack, I believe the chances of success in capturing the Highlands will be greatly increased. "

"What do you think, Colonel chejerikov?" When I saw baksov and babashin, I was eager to command the troops to attack the Highlands in the daytime. While xiejerikov was still sitting on the Diaoyutai, he asked, "do you plan to attack the Highlands with them in the daytime?"

Shejerikov looked around and saw that in addition to the two teachers, the rest of the commanders also cast their eyes on him. Under such circumstances, he had no choice but to stand up and say reluctantly, "yes, comrade commander, since both the left and right wings are going to attack the enemy, our division must not stand idly by. I ask you to allow our division to take part in the daytime attack as well. "

"Well," seeing that the three division commanders were standing on the same front, I didn't want to dampen their enthusiasm, so I nodded and agreed, "you should go back to your respective units immediately and tell the commanders and fighters below about the upcoming offensive task." At this point, I looked up at my watch and added, "your attack will start in half an hour."

Half an hour later, the three divisions launched an attack on the commanding heights opposite their respective positions at the same time. In this attack, the Highlands attacked by baksov and babashin divisions, no matter in terms of geographical location or military deployment, could not be compared with the Highlands faced by the shejerikov division. Therefore, my attention was focused on the fight for positive highlands. I stayed in shejerikov's observation post, stood in front of the lookout with him, raised my telescope and looked at the high ground in the distance. The shell fired by the tank of the 82nd brigade exploded on the front of the high ground, and quickly opened up several passages between the minefield and several barbed wire fences. In front of the German Highlands, several passages were blasted open. The commanders and fighters who had been ready to go broke out a loud cry and launched a fierce charge towards the highlands. Hundreds of them rushed to the highlands. As they rushed two or three hundred meters from the German position, all the enemy's weapons opened fire. Rushing in front of the officers and men as if hit a transparent wall, have to fall to the ground, and then rolling down from the hillside. However, the commanders and fighters behind did not hesitate at all, and they still rushed forward without hesitation. When approaching 50 meters, the commanding enemy not only kept shooting, but also desperately smashed grenades downward. The officers and men who were charging up did not dare to show weakness, and they also threw grenades at the enemy. The grenades thrown by the two sides were like hailstones, which made the front of the position smoke. Under the cover of the smoke, the commanders and fighters rushed up and stabbed the defenders with bayonets, and launched a fierce white-edged and hand-to-hand battle in the position.