Chapter 1414

After hearing akhromeyev's report, I nodded and said: "the German army knew that we had captured kalinkovich. In order to get out smoothly, they launched an attack on the Lukin division, which was to make our army unable to pursue the retreating troops after suffering heavy losses. But they may not even dream that we can mobilize troops to pounce on them in such a short time after we have captured the city. "

"As long as commander Lukin's forces can hold down the enemy," chisjakov said thoughtfully, "then we may wipe out the enemy from moziri."

"Yes, comrade deputy commander. The more enemies we annihilate here, the less pressure we will be under to attack moziri in the future. " At this point, I once again told akhromeyev: "major, send a message to lieutenant commander Lukin, ordering him not to launch a final attack on the encircled enemy for the time being, and to concentrate his forces to attack the enemy who is going to return to moziri."

"What, attack the enemy?" When he heard my command, bzikov's reaction was the strongest. He was deeply afraid of what I had done. He quickly persuaded me: "Comrade commander, division Lu Jin suffered heavy casualties in the battle. Even if he concentrated all his strength to attack the encircled troops, it was a bit difficult. How could he take the initiative to attack the main forces of the German army?"

"Yes, comrade commander, I think the chief of staff is right." Chisjakov agreed with bzikov's statement, and also advised me: "Lieutenant Colonel Lukin's troops are too few, and it's a little too risky to attack the main German forces, otherwise, let them cooperate with the friendly forces to continue to attack the besieged German forces."

After chisgakov finished speaking, I said slowly: "deputy commander, chief of staff, if we only attack the besieged German forces, then the main force of the German forces in front of our army may take the opportunity to slip away and return to moziri. If we let go of this enemy, we will pay more when we take moziri. "

"But Lukin's troops are too few." Chisgakov still tried to persuade me to change my mind.

I shook my head and said, "Comrade deputy commander, have you forgotten that several divisions of our army are rushing to the west of the city at the fastest speed, ready to join the Lujin division in annihilating this German army from moziri? I asked division Lu Jin to launch an attack. Did I want him to contain the enemy and prevent him from escaping so easily? "

"So it is. I see." After finishing this sentence, bezikov made a sign to akhromeyev, who was standing beside him, to send a message to Lukin according to my intention. He then said to me, "Comrade commander, I will also send a message to the two division commanders, nikolasov and Chernoff, urging them to speed up their march, join the Lukin division as soon as possible, and leave this German army behind."

"Go ahead, chief of staff." Seeing that bezikov understood my intention, I nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "while urging the two division commanders to speed up their march, you should make them understand the significance of destroying this German army."

While bzikov's telegram was still waiting for a reply, akhromeyev had come back to me first and reported to me, "Comrade commander, commander Lukin, call back. He said that long before your order was given, he left one regiment and the infantry regiment of the 52nd division of the guards to encircle the enemy who broke through the defense line. Then he let the other two regiments attack the main force of the German army under the cover of the tank brigade. "

After listening to akhromeyev's report, chisgakov snatched the telegram, read it carefully twice, looked up at me, and asked with a little surprise, "Comrade commander, I don't understand. We have just discussed the plan of setting aside troops to surround the enemy who breaks through our defense line, and then attacking the main German forces in front of the defense line with the forces of the other two regiments. How can lieutenant colonel Lukin know in advance? Does he have the ability to foretell? "

Kirilov couldn't help laughing when he heard what chisgakov said. After laughing, he looked at me and explained to chisjakov, "Comrade deputy commander, maybe you don't know. This lieutenant colonel Lukin, from the time of the Moscow war, was under Rita. He has also fought side by side with Rita in the Don River Basin, so I'm not surprised that he can understand Rita's intention in advance. "

"So it is." After listening to kirilov's explanation, kisjakovton suddenly realized. He looked at me, gave me a thumbs up and said sincerely, "Comrade commander, you are so amazing. As far as I know, as long as the commanders who have been under your command perform better in battle than the commanders of other troops. Colonel Lukin is good, and so is colonel chejerikov. This time, they can win kalinkovic so smoothly, and both of them have contributed a lot. "

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In the all night fighting, the Lujin division was severely reduced. Although the German army was in chaos at the beginning of their attack, the German commander soon found that the number of Soviet troops attacking was limited, so he left two battalions to block the Lukin division, and led the remaining two regiments to retreat towards moziri.

Seeing that the German army was going to withdraw, Lukin could not help but be worried. However, due to the limited strength in his hand and the tight defense of the German army, he could not break through the German resistance in a short time. Just as he was about to report this situation to me, two regiments from the 90th division of the guards arrived.

With the addition of the new forces, the German line of defense, which seemed to be impregnable, collapsed, and the officers and men retreated in turn, hoping to get out of contact with our army, so that they could return to moziri smoothly.

If the commander of the German army left behind a regiment after he knew that kalinkovic was lost and led the main forces to retreat, he might still have the chance to escape and ascend to heaven. But with the arrival of the 11th group army and the 65th group army, they soon fell into the encirclement of our army.

By noon, three tanks, a dozen or so and about a battalion of troops had rushed out from the west side of our encirclement, trying to escape back to moziri along the road. However, they did not escape far, but they were intercepted by the air force. The fighter plane dived down from high altitude and strafed the German army who fled in a hurry on the road, killing the enemy with blood and flesh.

Just as the escaped German army was intercepted by the air force, the pursuers from behind arrived. Under the attack of our tank brigade, German tanks and armored vehicles soon turned into piles of burning scrap iron. The rest of the infantry faced the rushing tanks and found that they could not fight and could not escape, so they had to raise their hands to surrender.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, all the besieged German troops, except those who were killed, obediently laid down their arms and surrendered to our army. The participating troops immediately reported the German surrender to me by telegram or telephone.

The first person who called me was general Batov, who said excitedly on the phone: "report to Comrade oshanina, the German troops surrounded by us, except those who were killed, the rest of the enemy laid down their arms and surrendered. Our 65th army is accepting the surrender of prisoners. "

Then it was belov who called. Unexpectedly, he said, "Comrade oshanina, what's the matter with you. According to my scout report, there are about two German regiments, under the cover of tanks, heading northeast. But less than half an hour later, the army quickly returned to moziri. "

"The withdrawal of the German army may have something to do with the destruction of the enemy who reinforced kalinkovic." After I finished this sentence, it suddenly occurred to me that belov mentioned in his report that his scouts had detected the enemy's movement, but he did not report this situation to me. Therefore, I asked with some dissatisfaction: "general Batov, since your scouts have found the German army's unusual movement, why don't you report it to me in time?"

"I'm sorry, comrade oshanina." Belov, who was reproached by me, said with some embarrassment: "the radio station carried by the scouts I sent was damaged when they encountered with the small German troops, so they were unable to feed back the information they detected. Later, a soldier seized a German motorcycle and rode back to the headquarters to report to me. "

After listening to the story of belov's failure to report in time, I could not blame him, so I had to calm down and say, "OK, general Batov, forget this time. I will never allow similar situation to happen next time. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" After Stalin and I had a conversation, he once said hello to the commanders of the group army through rokosovsky, so everyone was obedient to me, and belov respectfully said, "I will never let similar mistakes happen again."

Then Lukin, nikolasov, Chernoff and others also sent telegrams to report to me the situation of the German army's destruction. After reading these telegrams, bezikov asked me, "Comrade commander, kalinkovich has been liberated and the enemy from moziri has been eliminated. What shall we do next?"

"Order Col. shejerikov to take over the defense of kalinkovich, general babahin's 67th guard division, and Col. babahin's 71st guard division, to move quickly westward." Since kalinkovic had been occupied by our army, there were not so many troops left in the city, so I transferred them all out. Considering that the 11th army has five divisions and a tank regiment, I went on to say, "as for the troops of the 11th army, they are all transferred to the area north of kalinkovych, where they will build defences and build necessary fortifications to defend against possible German attacks from the north."

"Is that necessary?" After listening to this, bezikov asked me in surprise: "Comrade commander, moziri, the enemy in the kalinkovich region, has been severely damaged by us. They don't think they have any ability to launch a counterattack against us, do they? Instead of transferring the 11th army to the north and doing nothing, would it be better for them to join in the attack on moziri? "

"Comrade chief of staff." After listening to these words, I put on a face and said solemnly, "although we have won the war now, don't forget that the Germans are not willing to lose. They will certainly try their best to take these two cities away from us again. So we must take precautions and do the necessary defense work well. "

"Comrade deputy commander, what do you think?" Bezikov turned to chisjakov for help, hoping that the other side could say a few good words for him.

Unexpectedly, after looking at me, chisgakov said to bzikov earnestly, "Comrade chief of staff, don't forget that more than a week ago, general Batov's troops also made progress and advanced to kalinkovic's approach. However, because they underestimated the enemy, they felt that the enemy was vulnerable, As a result, he was defeated by the sudden counterattack of the German army and retreated to zhylobin. If our group army did not enter the battlefield in time, it is estimated that they would be in danger of being seriously damaged or even completely annihilated by the German army. We can't make the same mistake again. "

His words made bzikov's face turn red. He was a little embarrassed and said to me, "Comrade commander, it's my fault, it's my thoughtlessness. I'm going to send a telegram to the troops. " Seeing that he turned to leave, I quickly stopped him and said, "chief of staff, we need to send a message to three division commanders, Lukin, Nekrasov and Chernoff, so that they can rush to the East Bank of the pripyaji River to build a defense line immediately after cleaning the battlefield. No one is allowed to cross the Pripyat until I have my orders After waiting for bzikov to send the news, chisjakov asked me in a low voice, "Comrade commander, why don't you let the troops cross the Pripyat river? You know, we can build a defense line on the West Bank of the river? "“ Comrade deputy commander, "as for this question of chisjakov, I can only say with a wry smile," if the troops cross the river, they are bound to be attacked by the enemy from moziri. At present, our ammunition is limited. Under the fierce attack of the German army, we are bound to pay a huge price. Therefore, we should not cross the river for the time being, but stay on the east coast for defense. Even if the enemy takes the initiative to attack, they can rely on the riverbank position to attack the enemy. "“ Yes, yes, "as soon as I finished, chisgakov nodded and said," you are considerate. Don't launch a final general attack on moziri's enemies until we get ammunition I looked down at the map in front of me, and then said, "after our troops have built a defense line on the East Bank of the river, we will call all the division and brigade commanders together to make a summary of this battle. At the same time, the meritorious persons such as xiejerikov, Lukin and gramus were commended. Do you have any comments? "“ No "I totally agree with you," he said, shaking his head