Chapter 1404

"General belov was originally a cavalry and had participated in the first World War." Seeing that I was eager to get to know belov, and knowing that I must have my own reasons for doing so, chisjakov began to introduce belov's resume to me: "a few months before the outbreak of the war, he was appointed 41 years ago. Since November, he led his troops to participate in the Moscow defense war, especially the defense war they carried out near Tula, which dealt a heavy blow to goodrian. Because of the excellent performance of the army in the battle, the Supreme Command awarded the guard cavalry. Although I learned from the words of chisjakov and bzikov that belov was a great commander, I felt very uncomfortable when I thought that his troops had stayed near moziri for half a month, but had made no achievements. I then asked, "can you tell me what kind of help general belov can offer us in the next battle?"

Chisgakov and I have been dealing with each other for quite a long time. Hearing what I said, he immediately understood what I wanted to say, and quickly said: "the reason why general belov did not stand still near moziri may be that after a long period of fighting, his troops were seriously reduced, and the ammunition was also consumed seriously, so he did not have the ability to launch a large-scale battle."

"I agree with the deputy commander." After chisgakov finished speaking, bezikov agreed somewhat unexpectedly: "the reason why the superior gave us the order to attack may be that there is no problem in solving the enemies of kalinkovich and moziri with the strength of our group army, the 61st and 65th group army, and the five divisions of the 11th group army. However, they did not know that, except for us, the other three army groups were severely reduced and lack of ammunition, and their combat effectiveness was less than half of the normal level. That is to say, in this small-scale campaign, only the sixth group army of the close guard will fight alone. "

"Comrades commander," chisgakov pushed the map on the table in front of me, pointed to it and said to me, "in fact, it is not difficult for us to capture these two areas. As long as we occupy all the commanding heights outside kalinkovic, the city will automatically fall from the tree like a ripe apple. "

After staring at the map for a while, I suddenly found that I had made a big mistake. To the east of kalinkovich is the area with the largest number of swamps and rivers, which is not conducive to the expansion of large forces. But now I have concentrated all my forces in this area to compete with the enemy one by one.

Thinking of this, I raised my hand and patted my forehead hard, and said with chagrin: "muddle headed, it's muddle headed!"

Chisgakov and both of them were confused by my action and looked at each other in surprise. After a long time, chisjakov tentatively asked, "Comrade commander, what's on your mind?"

"Comrade deputy commander, come and see." I pointed to the map and said to him, "according to the information provided to us by general Batov, there are three divisions of the 65th group army deployed to the south of kalinkovich. Not long ago, in order to cooperate with our actions, they had launched a feint attack on the enemy in the city."

"Yes, it is." Chisgakov looked up at me and asked, "are you going to let them attack the enemy from the south while we fight for the German commanding heights?"

"No, comrade deputy commander, it's not what you think." I waved to chisgakov and said, "you see, there are swamps to the north and east of kalinkovich, forests to the south, and open plains to the West. Now I'm concentrating all my troops on the east side of the city. Because I can't launch a large force, I can only use the tactics of refueling and put them into battle in turn. "

At this point, chisgakov's brows wrinkled. He spoke to himself and said to me again, "Comrade commander, do you want to detour the troops to the west of the city and attack from that direction?"

Seeing that chisgakov judged my intention, I nodded with a smile and affirmed: "Comrade deputy commander, you guessed very correctly. I think that in addition to continuing to attack in the east of the city, we can send troops to detour back to the west of the city and attack the city from there."

"What troops are you going to send back to the enemy?" Chisgakov knew that I like to use the tactics of two wings detour when the frontal attack doesn't work, so he didn't raise any objection and asked on his own initiative: "if there are fewer troops sent, it won't play any role; If more troops are sent, they may be detected by the enemy. "

"Comrade deputy commander, do you think that if we only send small troops, their actions will not be noticed by the Germans?" After refuting him, I went on to say, "I intend to transfer the 52nd guard division, the 375TH infantry division, and the 101st tank brigade to the west of the city after passing through the defense area of the 65th group army in the south of the city."

As I was absorbed in thinking about how to make the troops detour to the west of the city, I completely forgot that the battle was still going on in the position of the 51st division of the guards. I didn't think of it until shumakov called. I took the phone from bzikov's hand and asked aloud, "Hello, major shumakov, what's the situation there? Are there any more Germans? "

"Report to commander," shumakov replied excitedly, "only a few destroyed tanks and a lot of German bodies."

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. I had been fighting for less than half an hour. I couldn't help but wonder, "Comrade major, how can the fighting be over so soon?"

"Well, comrade commander." After listening to my question about the war situation, shumakov reported to me: "originally, I wanted to send anti tank men with rocket launchers to destroy German tanks at close range when they got close. Who knows, at this time, more than a dozen tanks of the 82nd brigade of the tank opened their positions and launched a volley at the German tanks, which soon destroyed seven German tanks. The rest of the infantry, barely in front of our position, were intercepted by our intensive fire. In the end, they left more than 200 bodies behind and retreated back

"Comrade major, send someone to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible and collect the weapons that can still be used." Thinking that the ammunition of the troops could not be replenished in a short period of time, I could only collect ammunition from the German soldiers who were killed, just like I did in mamayevgang, "in addition, your fortifications need to be strengthened to ensure that there will be no heavy casualties when they are shelled by the German troops. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander." Shumakov replied in a loud voice: "I will immediately arrange for people to clean the battlefield and reinforce the fortifications. Please rest assured that as long as one of the 309th regiment of the guards is still alive, we will never let any German troops pass through our positions. "

"Comrade commander, I have an idea for you." As soon as I put down the phone, bezikov pointed to the map and said to me, "at present, our army has occupied three commanding heights of the German army. We can turn this place into the starting point of attack and deploy artillery here to provide firepower support for the attacking forces."

"Comrade chief of staff," I said without thinking about this proposal of bezikov, "if the logistics supply is normal, your plan is very appropriate. But because our artillery has no shells, it is impossible to provide the necessary artillery support for the infantry when they attack, so even if they are deployed on high ground, it is meaningless. On the contrary, if the German army knew that our artillery were all deployed on high ground, it would be possible to concentrate on destroying them. If we lose our artillery, we will suffer a lot in the next battle. "

Listen to me, don't stop zikov. On one side, chisjakov added: "Comrade Stalin once said: artillery is the God of war. If our artillery is placed on these commanding heights and destroyed by the German artillery, then in the next battle, our army's ability to attack key positions will be greatly reduced. "

I don't want to get entangled in this matter. Anyway, the commanders of the three front divisions all understand that their task is to stick to their existing positions and at the same time send small company sized troops at night to carry out sneak attacks on the Highlands still occupied by the German army. At present, the primary task is to gather the commanders of several units to be sent to the west of the city and assign tasks to them.

When bezikov was about to call several division commanders to come to the meeting, chisjakov suggested to me, "Comrade commander, I think there are too few infantry divisions. We might as well add the 90th division of general Chernoff's guards. Anyway, we can leave the sherekin division here."

Thinking that this must be the decision made by chisgakov after careful consideration, I nodded and said frankly, "well, comrade deputy commander, as you said, let the 90th division of the guards also take part in this operation."

While waiting for several division commanders and tank brigade commanders, I called Batov. After all, if the troops want to pass through his defense area, they must say hello to him, otherwise misunderstanding will be bad.

After hearing my voice, Batov said with a smile, "Comrade oshanina, do you have anything important to call me at this time?"

"Yes, general Batov, I'm calling you now. There is something very important." Then I told him in detail that I was going to send troops to attack the city by way of his defense area and detour to the west of the city.

After I finished, he said frankly, "no problem, comrade oshanina, I will greet the troops who are there and let them pass for you. In addition, in order to prevent misunderstandings, I will send personnel to meet your troops outside. Then you just need to follow these people through our defense area. "

Ten minutes later, three infantry division commanders and a tank brigade commander came to the headquarters. Chernoff was a little impatient. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask me, "Comrade commander, are you going to let us replace the troops in front and continue to attack the enemy's defensive positions?"

Seeing that Chernoff was so anxious, chisjakov deliberately did not explain the reason for their coming, but asked: "Comrade General, why do you think so?"

"Don't you need to say that?" Chernoff pointed to himself, then to the other commanders, and then said firmly, "the troops fighting the German army in the front are three infantry divisions and a tank brigade. And here, we happen to have three infantry division commanders and a tank brigade commander, who are clearly ready to let us change our guard. "

"It's really for the sake of attacking kalinkovic to call you here now." Instead of beating around the bush with them, I said bluntly, "but it's not from the East. There are many swamps and rivers here, which are not conducive to the expansion of the big army. So I'm going to let you detour back to the enemy's rear and launch an attack from the west of the city."“ Detour back to the west of the city? " Nikolasov, the commander of the 52nd division of the guards, said somewhat unexpectedly, "Comrade commander, I don't know which direction you intend us to detour back to the enemy's rear?"“ From the south of the city. " I pointed to the map and introduced to the commanders, "you have passed through general Batov's 65th group army line and detoured to the west of kalinkovich. And quickly spread out the offensive formation and attack the enemy. "“ We have to go through the 65th army's defense zone. " Looking at the map, nikolasov raised his head and said to me, "Comrade commander, you should communicate with general Batov first, so that he can inform his troops about our passing through the defense area, so as to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding."“ Don't worry, general Nekrasov. " Chisjakov looked at me with a smile, and then said to nikolasov, "what you said has long been considered by the commander. She has already communicated with general Batov. The general not only agrees to let you pass through his defense area, but also sends people to meet you. "