Chapter 1408

Belov didn't expect to receive my call at night. He asked strangely, "Comrade o'shanina, what's the important thing for you to call so late?"

"Yes, comrade general, I'm calling you now. It's really urgent." Because of the urgency of time, I did not exchange greetings with him, so I went straight to the theme: "our troops are launching an attack in the west of kalinkovich, but the enemy of moziri sent troops across the pripyaji River, trying to launch an attack from the rear of our army to stop our attack."

I thought that after what I said, belov would hesitate. Unexpectedly, he asked me directly, "Comrade o'shanina, what do you want us to do?"

"As we have no further information at present, we do not know how many enemies are from moziri. So I would like to ask you to immediately send troops to feint at moziri's peripheral positions, so that the enemy can not rest assured and dare to send more troops to support kalinkovich." After I said these words, I was deeply afraid that belov would disagree, so I tentatively asked, "Comrade General, can you help us?"

"Just a moment, please." Instead of agreeing immediately, belov called his chief of staff to his side and murmured. Although I couldn't hear what they were saying, I knew in my heart that it must have something to do with sending troops. Two or three minutes later, belov's clear voice came out again from the receiver: "Comrade oshanina, after my discussion with the chief of staff, I feel that we can immediately use two infantry divisions, an artillery regiment and a tank brigade to attack the positions outside moziri."

I really didn't expect that after listening to my request, belov was ready to send so many troops to cooperate with us. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer him. Belov heard that I didn't reply here for a long time. He said with some apologies, "I'm sorry, comrade oshanina, because your request is too hasty, so I can't mobilize more troops to cooperate with you for the time being..."

"No, Comrade General." I found that belov listened to me for a long time. He thought that I thought his troops were too few. He quickly explained: "I was just going to let you send troops to feint to attract the attention of the German army. I didn't expect you to send so many troops. It's really beyond my expectation. "

After hearing what I said, belov laughed twice, and then said, "I think so. If the enemy is on guard, I can only use so many troops to restrain them. But if the enemy's defense is lax, I don't mind turning the feint attack into an active one. As many positions as I can take are as many as I can. "

Belov agreed to send troops, and akhromeyev, who contacted Lukin, also came back with a telegram and reported to me: "Comrade commander, division Lukin reported that there were more and more German troops from moziri. At first, there was only one regiment, but now there are more than one division fighting with our army, and many tanks have been found at the same time."

After listening to akhromeyev's report, chisjakov asked me nervously: "Comrade commander, at present, the situation of our three divisions in the west of the city is not very good. Do you think it is necessary to order them to stop attacking temporarily, turn around and solve the enemy from moziri first, and then choose the right time to attack kalinkovic? "

"No, comrade deputy commander." After thinking for a moment, I resolutely rejected chisgakov's proposal“ The battle has already started. If the troops are withdrawn from combat at this time, they will not only cause a fatal blow to morale, but also mobilize troops in the dark. If kalinkovic's enemies counterattack us under such circumstances, these three divisions may suffer heavy losses. "

"What shall we do?" "Although general belov is going to send troops to attack the peripheral positions of moziri, it is also a question whether they can make the enemy who crossed the river withdraw," he asked anxiously

"Major, you send a telegram to major Lukin first. Let him also transfer the regiment that monitors the enemy to the West and resolutely block the German attack. " Instead of answering chisgakov, I told akhromeyev, "tell him that the fate of our whole campaign may be in his hands. It must be emphasized that the whole campaign! Do you understand? "

"Yes, comrade commander." Akhromeyev said in a loud voice, "I must have sent your order to lieutenant colonel Lukin accurately."

After akhromeyev left, I walked back and forth in the headquarters with my hands on my back, thinking quickly: belov will attack moziri soon, and Lukin's troops will try their best to block the German offensive. What should I do next?

Whether it was chisgakov or bezikov or kirilov, their eyes just moved as I walked back and forth. No one spoke, fearing to interrupt my thoughts.

After repeated consideration, I feel that since the battle has been carried out to the present stage, I might as well make more noise. In the vicinity of kalinkovich, there are several divisions of general Batov, five divisions of the 11th army and a tank regiment. As long as these troops are also put into battle, the balance of victory in battle can be tilted to the side beneficial to our army.

Thinking of this, I stopped, turned to bezikov and said, "chief of staff, immediately contact the 11th group army troops in the north of the city and let them launch an attack from the north of the city."

"Attack from the north of the city?" Bizikov was startled when he heard my order. Then he reminded me carefully: "Comrade commander, the 11th group army units nearest to kalinkovich are more than ten highways away. I'm afraid that their attack is far from enough."

"Chief of staff, you don't have to think that much." I waved to bezikov, raised my voice and said, "as long as they make a little noise on the north side of the city, they can draw some attention of the German army and reduce the pressure on our siege forces."

After listening to my explanation, bzikov nodded, got up and went to the telephone, ready to send a message to the 11th army and give them the order to attack.

I picked up the phone from the desk and called bartov. When I heard a voice coming out of the microphone, I said immediately, "please help me find general tolfe."

"Hello, general oshanina." Although the other party was a strange voice, he immediately guessed my identity when he heard me say that I was looking for Batov. He respectfully said, "Comrade commander has fallen asleep. Please wait a moment. I'll call him right away."

After a short time, Batov's familiar voice came out from the microphone: "Hello, comrade oshanina, I don't know what's important to call me so late?"

"Well, general Batov. My troops launched an attack from the west of the city tonight... "Although he knew my attack plan, I took the initiative to mention it to him and told him the current situation of the attack troops. Finally, he said: "Comrade General, in order to distract the enemy's attention, I hope that your troops deployed in the south of the city will also attack the city as soon as possible, so that the enemy can not concentrate their forces on the main attack areas of our army..."

Batov thought for a moment, then answered me, "don't worry, comrade oshanina. I'll call the commanders there immediately and order them to attack kalinkovic in the shortest time." At this point, he stopped for a moment, and then said, "in order to ensure that the commanders below can better cooperate with you, I will personally go there to command the troops."

"Great, general Batov. That's great." If we think of Batov in the south of the city, then their attack will not be too weak. If we are lucky, we can solve the enemy in kalinkovic city in a day or less. "With your support, I believe our attack will be more smooth."

I put down the phone and said excitedly to chisgakov and bzikov, who had just sent a telegram: "deputy commander, chief of staff, general Batov promised to send his troops to attack kalinkovich from the south of the city. In this way, the German forces who stick to the city of kalinkovich will have to divide their forces to defend because they are attacked by us in four directions at the same time. As long as the enemy's forces are dispersed, our resistance to attack will be greatly reduced. "

After that, I stopped for a moment, and then told bzikov: "chief of staff, call the three division commanders baksov, xiejerikov and babashin, so that they don't have to use sneak attack tactics any more, and immediately launch a full-scale attack on the remaining commanding heights."

I know that my playing style is a little desperate. I'm afraid that they will oppose it. I didn't expect that after I finished speaking, they even nodded. Chisjakov also said: "yes, comrade commander, this is the way to fight an offensive battle. First of all, we should defeat the enemy in momentum. As long as their morale is low and their morale is lax, our next battle will be easy to fight. "

With the order, the outside soon became lively. In a short time, there were incessant explosions and faint gunshots outside the headquarters. As soon as I heard them, I knew that the three divisions in the east of the city were poised to attack the German defensive positions.

Just after listening to the gun sonata from outside for a while, suddenly the telephone on the desk rang. Hearing the ring, my heart can't help but tense, because the division teachers of this phone can't get in, only the outside line can get in. When I reached for the microphone, my hands were shaking slightly. I was afraid that belov or Batov would call and tell me that the army should be unable to cooperate with us in launching attacks against the German army for various objective reasons.

When I put the receiver close to my ear, I took a deep breath, and then said, "Hello, I'm oshanina. Where are you?"

"I'm rokosovsky." Rokosovsky's familiar voice came into my ear through the receiver: "I just received a phone call from belov and Batov saying that your troops are attacking kalinkovic and asking them to cooperate. Is that the case?"

I listened to rokosovsky speak in a smooth tone. I didn't like to call specifically to ask for a crime, so I honestly answered, "yes, comrade commander, my troops are attacking kalinkovic. However, shortly after the beginning of the attack, the enemy from moziri crossed the pripyaji River and attacked the rear of our attacking troops. Therefore, I ask general belov to feint at moziri and contain the main enemy forces so that they do not dare to send more troops to support kalinkovic. At the same time, I ordered the five divisions of the 11th group army and asked general Batov's troops to attack from the north and the south of the city respectively, so that the garrison in the city had to be divided and guarded, so as to reduce the resistance of our attacking troops. "

"Well, your plan sounds good." After listening to this, rokosovsky said with approval: "in this way, in order to keep the city, the Germans have to disperse their forces in the city as you imagine. It's very beneficial for us to capture the city. " I was relieved to hear rokosovsky's praise. Just as I wanted to praise myself, I heard him say again: "however, in case of such joint operations of the group army in the future, you must report to me in advance. After all, you are still the commander of the group army, not the commander of the front army. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade commander of the front army. " As soon as he finished speaking, I immediately replied loudly, "if there will be another operation of this scale in the future, I will report it to you in advance."“ I'm waiting for your good news. Good luck When rokosovsky finished, he hung up directly. While I was talking to rokosovsky, nikolasov and Chernoff, who were attacking the city, sent telegrams one after another, saying that they had eliminated the enemy outside the city, and that the vanguard regiment had rushed into the city and was engaged in street fighting with the German army“ The troops have rushed into the city? " Deeply afraid that he had heard wrong, chisjakov specially asked akhromeyev, who was encouraged by telegram. When he saw the other party nodding his head in affirmation, he said happily, "this is really great. As long as our troops can rush into the city, this is a great victory." It's a pleasure for the troops to rush into the city, but behind their two divisions, there are enemies from moziri who are attacking the Lukin division's defensive area. I don't know if they can stop the enemy's attack. Thinking of this, I asked akhromeyev, "major, do you have any news from Mr. Lukin?"“ No, comrade commander. " Akhromeyev shook his head and said, "we only know that the fighting is going on, but we haven't got any further reports."