Chapter 1411

I picked up the phone and was about to call rokosovsky, but on second thought, our army did not completely capture kalinkovic at the moment. If we disturb the commander of the front army for such a small matter at this time, we might get a bad rap. Thinking of this, I put the microphone on the base of the phone again.

Seeing that I picked up the phone and put it down again, kirilov was a little surprised and asked, "Rita, aren't you going to call Comrade rokosovsky? How did you change your mind?"

I looked up at him and said with a smile, "comrades of the military commissar, let it go for the time being about the promotion of captain gramus until we have liberated kalinkovich."

Kirilov was stunned at first, but he soon guessed the purpose of what I was doing. He nodded and agreed: "it's OK. When we liberate kalinkovic and report the victory to Comrade rokosovsky, we will mention the promotion of gramus to him. I believe that when he is in a good mood, such a request will certainly be passed. "

As I was more concerned about the progress of the battle at the moment, the matter of captain gramus was put aside. At nine o'clock in the morning, general Batov called me. He said with some complacency, "Comrade oshanina, my troops have rushed into the city from the south of the city and are engaged in a street battle with the enemy."

"Well done, general Batov," I heard that Batov's troops had also rushed into the city. I knew that it was only a matter of time before the end of the battle. However, thinking of their bad street fighting tactics, I could not help but ask anxiously, "but how about the casualties of your troops?"

"Not bad." When Batov heard my question, he coughed quickly, and then replied solemnly, "I've already introduced the way of street fighting you said to the division leaders. Although they are not familiar with the use of this tactic in actual combat, they still adopt the tactic of fighting with the enemy step by step, building by building, street by street, and consolidating one place after another. At present, although the progress of the troops is slow, the casualties have been greatly reduced... "

Before bartov finished, I suddenly heard bzikov calling me. I turned to look at him, only to see his hands of the microphone toward me, some excited to say: "Comrade commander, general nikolasov to speak with you."

"Nekrasov?" After repeating the name, I looked at bzikov with puzzled eyes, deeply afraid that he was excited and said the wrong name. If you want to know the location of the 52nd division, it's too far from us. Since they entered the attack position, we have to contact them by telegraph“ Chief of staff, are you right? "

"No, comrade commander, absolutely not." Bezikov held out the microphone to me persistently and said definitely, "I recognized the voice of general nikolasov."

When I heard that, I had to put the microphone in my hand to my ear and said apologetically to Batov, "general Batov, please wait a moment. I'll answer an important phone call and be right back."

I carefully placed the microphone in my hand on the table, and then quickly walked up to bzikov, took the microphone from his hand, and said, "Hello, I'm oshanina. Is that general Nekrasov?"

"Yes, yes, comrade commander, it's me." On the other end of the line, nikolasov excitedly said to me, "I'm talking to you."

After confirming that the person who called me was indeed nikolasov, I asked casually, "are you alone?"

"No, no, no, I'm not alone. General Chernoff is also here After he said this, I heard him say to the people next to him, "Comrade General, come and have a word with the commander."

After a while, Chernoff's voice came from the receiver: "Hello, comrade commander, I'm Chernoff. I'm with general nikolasov now."

"Comrade General, can you tell me what's going on?" They may have been too excited, but none of them took the initiative to explain to me how they established telephone contact with us: "either of you can tell me how you called my headquarters. I'm confused by you."

When I said this, Chernoff immediately said with a little embarrassment: "sorry, comrade commander, it's my fault, my fault. I'm so happy that I didn't report to you what happened. General Nekrasov's forces and I have captured the German headquarters, and the commander of the enemy has ordered the troops to stop resisting and surrender to our army! "

"What, what do you say?" The news Chernoff said was so unexpected that I was afraid I had heard it wrong. I hastened to add, "please say it again."

"German command, we have it." Chernoff slowed down and said, "the German commander has ordered the troops to stop resisting and surrender to our army."

"Great, that's great." The excitement came so suddenly that I didn't know how to accept it. After a moment of confusion, my mood finally stabilized slightly. After taking a deep breath, I said to the microphone, "Congratulations, Comrade General. I would like to congratulate you on your achievements in this battle. "

After I put down the microphone, I didn't have time to talk to chisgakov, kirilov and bezikov about what happened. Instead, I quickly walked to the table, picked up the microphone on the table and stuck it to my ear. I asked excitedly, "Hello, general Batov, are you still there?"

Batov didn't answer, but the phone didn't hang up. The staff inside could be heard talking in a low voice. So I raised my voice again and asked, "Hello, general Batov, this is oshanina. Are you still there? I have important news for you. "

There is still no response.

Standing nearby, chisgakov was about to ask me what, when several telephone rings in the room rang at the same time. Bezikov, who was closest to the phone, picked up the phone and asked aloud, "Hello, where are you..."

Maybe the noise on my side was too loud, which startled Batov on the other side. His voice came out from the receiver again: "Hello, comrade oshanina, I'm still here!"

"General Batov, I..."

"Comrade o'shanina, please wait a moment." Before I finished, Batov couldn't wait to interrupt me and said in a hurry, "I just got the news that the German army suddenly stopped resisting and threw out a white flag to surrender to our army. According to the report of my subordinates, the Germans used to fight very firmly. Sometimes they would fight repeatedly in a building, but now they surrender without warning. I think there must be some conspiracy. "

After Batov finished speaking, I said with a smile: "don't worry, general Batov, let your troops go to surrender boldly. The Germans have no conspiracy. They really surrendered."

"But why?" Batov asked in a puzzled way: "now I am in the forward headquarters. I can hear the movement in the city. Originally, the whole city was very busy. Suddenly, it was all quiet. What's the matter?"

"Well, general Batov. The troops of the 52nd and 90th divisions of my guards successfully captured the German headquarters and captured the German general who was commanding the battle there. It was he who told his troops to stop resisting, lay down their arms and surrender to us. " After explaining, I said with a smile: "originally, I just wanted to tell you the good news, but you didn't give me a chance to talk."

After figuring out what was going on, Batov's tone became relaxed: "it turns out that the enemy suddenly stopped resisting, not because of any conspiracy, but because your troops took over their headquarters, forcing the enemy commander to order surrender. I see. I see. I'll order the army to take the prisoners. "

As soon as I put down the phone, I looked up and saw the faces of chisgakov and bezikov standing in front of me with happy expressions. I couldn't help asking curiously, "do you all know?"

Chisgakov nodded and affirmed: "yes, while you were talking to general Batov, Col. xijerikov of the 51st division, major general baksov of the 67th division, and Col. babashin of the 71st division all called one after another to report to us that the German army in the city had stopped resisting and was laying down their arms to surrender to our army."

"Great, that's great! Finally, we have solved all the enemies in kalinkovich. " Relieved, I picked up the phone on my desk and prepared to call rokosovsky to report the good news of our liberation of kalinkovych.

Just as I was about to dial, bzikov suddenly raised his hand and pressed down the clasp. He said with some embarrassment, "Comrade commander, although the enemy in the city laid down their arms and surrendered, there are still two enemies on the commanding heights outside the city who continue to resist."

I put the receiver on the base of the phone and asked, "chief of staff, why? Have these enemies not been ordered to surrender? "

Besikov said bitterly: "Comrade commander, according to the report of Colonel babashin, they cut off the telephone line between the high ground and the city when they besieged the high ground in order to prevent the enemy from asking for help in the city. Because the telephone line was cut off, the German commander's surrender order could not be transmitted to the enemy on the high ground. "

"A bunch of idiots!" After listening to bzikov's words, I couldn't help being rude. I pointed to him and said, "the commanders and fighters of the 71st division of guards are a group of idiots. If you cut off the telephone line, can't you connect it again? Even if the line is badly damaged, don't you know to find a German officer with a higher rank in the city and ask him to pass the order of surrender on the high ground? "

Bezikov, who was scolded by me a few times, looked at chisgakov with a red face, raised his hand and slapped his forehead. He said with regret, "hell, why didn't I think of such a simple way?" After that, he looked up at me and said firmly, "Comrade commander, please rest assured that I will immediately convey your new order to Colonel babashin and let him follow your instructions."

When berzikov went to call Colonel babashin, I picked up the phone again, but this time I didn't rush to call rokosovsky. Instead, I called berzikov's headquarters first. When I heard belov's familiar voice coming from the receiver, I immediately said politely, "Hello, general belov."

"Hello, comrade oshanina." "Due to our constant attacks on moziri, according to the reconnaissance, the enemy did not send any more troops to kalinkovich," belov asked in a friendly tone“ Thank you, comrade general, for all that you and your men have done. " As for the general I have never met, I am grateful to say: "it is because of your selfless help that we can successfully capture kalinkovich and liberate this ancient city from the German clutches."“ What, you have captured kalinkovich? " Batov listened to me and asked in surprise, "did you really take down the city?"“ Yes, Comrade General. " I answered truthfully, "in addition to a small group of enemies outside the city, who continue to resist stubbornly, the enemies in the whole city have laid down their weapons and surrendered to our army."“ That's great. That's great. " Belov said to me sincerely, "Comrade oshanina, I congratulate you on the liberation of this ancient city by your troops. What should we do next? "“ Comrade general, our troops will soon turn around and pounce on moziri. At that time, I hope your troops can cooperate with us and take the city from the enemy's hands at one stroke. "“ No problem, no problem. We are friendly forces. We should have cooperated with each other. " Belov readily agreed to my request and then took the initiative to remind me: "Comrade oshanina, the liberation of kalinkovich is a great victory. You should report to the commander of the front army at the first time to make him happy. After all, during the period when the German army launched a counterattack from kalinkovic, he was under great pressure. "“ I understand, Comrade General. " With a smile on my face, I said, "I will immediately report the good news to the commander of the front army." After talking with belov, I took a deep breath in the microphone. Then I dialed the headquarters of the front army. I politely answered the phone and said, "Hello, I'm oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards. Please help me find general rokosovsky. I have something important to report to him."“ I'm rokosovsky, "the voice of the commander of the front army quickly came into my ear from the receiver." Rita, do you have any good news for me? "