Chapter 1419

After I gave a series of orders in a hurry, the battle in the west of kalinkovich officially started.

The German army bombarded the position of the 309th regiment of the guards with tank guns, preparing to take advantage of the suppression of our army by artillery fire to cover the infantry to launch a rapid impact on our army.

As soon as the German forces started charging, shuklin's self-propelled artillery regiment opened fire. The shells fired by the 152mm artillery immediately shrouded the German tanks in smoke. After five rounds of salvo fire, when the artillery regiment moved to a new position, only one third of the German tanks were intact. The rest were destroyed in the artillery fire and became the burning debris.

After hearing major shumakov's report, I thought about it and said, "Comrade Colonel, please tell major shumakov to be calm and not to attack for the time being. Only when we see that the enemy is about to flee, can we send troops to attack. We should try every means to drag the enemy to the present position so that they can not get out of contact with us. Do you understand? "

Shejerikov hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Comrade commander, may I ask, when are we going to drag the enemy?"

"I have ordered the 67th and 71st divisions of the guards to quickly turn north to attack the German forces from the northwest." In response to the question, I answered with confidence: "in addition, the three divisions of the 11th group army in the north of the city are also moving westward, ready to cut off the retreat of the German army. At the same time, the troops of the 65th group army in the south of the city will cooperate with our troops and attack the German army from the front. "

"I see, comrade commander." After listening to my explanation, shejerikov said simply, "I will let major shumakov do everything possible to hold down the enemy in the west of the city, and never let them escape."

I have arranged the siege and annihilation battle in the west of the city. The next thing I should care about is the battle along the pripyaji river. I asked bzikov, "chief of staff, how's the battle going on along the Pripyat river?"

"According to the reports of Colonel Lukin and general Chernoff, an hour ago, the enemy had prepared a large number of river crossing equipment by the river, showing a posture of preparing to cross the river and fight with our army." Bezikov reported to me: "when they found that although there was a battle in the west of kalinkovich, our army on the east bank was still well prepared, so they gave up crossing the river."

When I heard this, I felt that it was natural for the German army to do this. Since they saw that our defense line was impeccable, they would not risk heavy casualties and forcibly cross the river. I looked at the map and then asked, "what's the situation with the 52nd division of general nikolasov's guards?"

"The German army may know that their river crossing troops have been destroyed." Bezikov pointed to the map and said to me, "so now they have stopped attacking and have withdrawn their forces to the West Bank. They are building a defense line here in an attempt to block our attack."

I saw that the direction of bezikov's finger was just on the way to moziri. I frowned and asked, "chief of staff, if the enemy builds a defense line here, is it blocking our way to moziri?"

"Yes, it is." Bezikov replied positively.

"Comrade commander, I have an idea." Chisgakov, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said, "do you think we can order the 52nd division of the guards to launch an attack, take the tank brigade as the leader, and go straight into the depth of the German army?"

"Let the 52nd division, under the cover of the tank brigade, attack the German troops who are building fortifications?" When I heard this suggestion from chisjakov, my brain began to work at full speed, weighing the severe gains and losses of doing so. After a fierce ideological struggle, I said decisively, "I think the deputy commander's plan of turning defense into attack is workable. OK, let's have a try. Chief of staff

When he heard me yelling, bzikov immediately agreed, "Comrade commander, will you give command to general nikolasov and the tank brigade commander at once?"

"Yes, tell general nikolasov that in addition to leaving one regiment defensive array, immediately order the other two regiments to attack the enemy who is building fortifications under the cover of tanks." I am deeply afraid that after receiving this order, because there are other German troops around, and they will be fearless when executing the order, Nekrasov specially asked bezikov to emphasize to him: "as for the German troops on both wings, he does not have to worry. He has to deal with them with the troops of colonel Lukin and general Chernoff."

When I saw bezikov turning around to send a telegram to nikolasov, I could not help feeling afraid. The series of orders I gave tonight were just a mess, without any order, which belonged to the practice of treating headache and foot pain. Fortunately, the strength of the German army is not as strong as ours. Otherwise, one of the many orders I give will destroy the whole army.

While I was blaming myself, I suddenly heard chisjakov ask me: "Comrade commander, if we have solved the enemy in the west of the city after daybreak, and general Nekrasov's troops have successfully built a bridgehead on the West Bank, what will we do next?"

"Comrade deputy commander, is that true?" I looked at chisgakov with strange eyes and said, "as long as we can successfully cross the Pripyat River, we must march westward, besiege moziri and wipe out all the enemies in the city."

"I want to ask one more question." Chisgakov pointed to karinkovic on the map. "If our troops are going west, then who will give the city to?"

"I'm going to give it to general Batov," I've already considered the question raised by chisjakov, so now I can answer him without thinking: "the 65th army used to consume a lot of soldiers and ammunition in the early fighting. In addition, the German army's sudden counterattack a few days ago almost destroyed the army. It's OK for such troops to fight defensive battles. If they are used to attack cities, they are not suitable at all. So after my careful consideration, I decided to let general Batov's troops defend kalinkovich, and we and the troops of the 11th group army moved westward, together with general belov's 61st group army, besieged moziri and completed the task of attacking moziri kalinkovich given to us by our superiors. "

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At dawn, the battle in the west of the city came to an end. As a result, at least half of the fourth panzer division of lieutenant general shocken escaped from Shengtian because the 11th army did not enter the blocking position in time. And the 102nd infantry division, nearly a third of the troops, rushed out of the encirclement before we could close.

When I saw the war report, I was so angry that I dropped the teacup in front of me on the ground. The teacup fell to the ground and immediately fell to pieces. The tea in it all splashed on chisgakov's body.

Seeing the water splashed on chisgakov's body, I immediately felt a little embarrassed. My impulse was to involve others. When I was about to apologize to chisgakov, he dusted the tea splashed on the army coat with his hand, and then said to me as if nothing had happened: "Comrade commander, although quite a number of enemies have escaped our encirclement, their strength has been seriously damaged. I believe that with their current strength, they can't attack us any more until they get a new supplement. In this way, we can safely and boldly attack moziri's defenders. "

I waited for him to finish, nodded, and then asked bzikov, "chief of staff, what's the situation with the 52nd division of the guards?" Because of the tenacious defense of the German army in the report of Nekrasov, their four attacks ended in failure. If they could not capture the German positions, the next battle would be difficult.

On hearing my question, bzikov said with a happy face: "Comrade commander, general Nekrasov reports that after fierce fighting, they have successfully captured the German defensive position, and the enemy has retreated in the direction of moziri."

I think that the reason why the attacks of Nekrasov failed repeatedly was that they were attacked by the German forces from both sides. At the same time when they were attacked by the enemy, neither the Lukin division nor the Chernoff division could help them, because their troops were doggedly obstructed by the German army when crossing the river, so that they have not been able to reach the West Bank up to now.

After listening to bezikov's words, chisjakov said to me, "Comrade commander, I feel that since the 52nd guard Division has captured the German position on the West Bank and established a bridgehead, then the 90th guard division and the 375TH infantry division can stop this futile crossing. They do not have enough crossing equipment and heavy weapons. If they want to cross the pripyaji River by force, they are bound to pay huge casualties. "

"Well, I'll give the two teachers an order to stop this meaningless crossing." In fact, I knew in my heart that to let the two divisions launch a river crossing operation against the heavily guarded West Bank of the German army without artillery cover and sufficient crossing equipment was to kill the commanders and fighters. Since chisgakov raised this question, I would push the boat along the river and say, "let them leave the guard force behind, and the rest of the troops move towards the defense area of the 52nd division of the guards, and go to the West Bank through the bridge over the Pripyat river."

When bzikov went to telegraph, I picked up the phone in front of me and made a call to baksov. When I got through, I heard him talking and laughing with colonel babashin, and I asked directly, "Comrade General, can your troops continue to fight?"

"Comrade commander, please give an order." Barksov did not ask what kind of combat order I would give him, but said very simply: "our division has won two battles in a row, and the commanders and fighters are fighting with high morale. I think as long as you give an order, they will scream and pounce on the enemy, and beat the enemy in front of them to pieces. "

"Very well," I nodded with satisfaction when I heard that the fighting spirit of the troops was high. Then I ordered, "Comrade General, you and Colonel babashin, stop cleaning the battlefield and go straight to the pripyaji river."

"When we get to the river?" Barksov asked curiously, "do you want to stay by the river for defense, or do you want to cross the river and fight the German army on the West Bank?"

"At present, the 52nd division of general Nekrasov's guards has successfully established a bridgehead in the West Bank. I've ordered the 90th guard division and the 375TH infantry division to get there. " After giving him a brief introduction, I continued, "as soon as you two divisions cross the river, their left and right wings spread out to attack the enemy still on the West Bank of the river. Do you understand? "

"I see." After promising me, baksov asked in a low voice, "who should the defense here be handed over to after we leave?"“ Is there a unit of the 65th army near you? " I don't know where general Batov's troops are after a night's fighting. I can only say tentatively, "if they are near you, then hand over the position to the friendly forces." Let the 65th Army take over such a major task as defense, I will definitely consult with Batov. So just after I called baksov, I called Batov again and said, "Comrade General, I have a very important task for you!"“ Ah, a very important task? " Batov was startled by my tone of voice and asked in a hurry: "Comrade oshanina, what's the matter?"“ Don't worry, Comrade General. Nothing's wrong. " When I heard Batov's reaction, I knew that he had misunderstood the tone of his speech. I quickly changed a soft tone and said, "well, I intend to lead my troops to moziri, so I intend to hand over the defense work of kalinkovic and the surrounding areas to your troops. I wonder if you have any comments? " After I had said this, I noticed Batov's breath of relief. Then I heard him say, "no problem, comrade o'shanina. Our group army has been ordered to accept your command. No matter what arrangements you make, I will implement them unconditionally. I don't know when I should send troops to take over your defense? "“ The 67th guard of general baksov and the 71st guard of Colonel babashin are about to move towards the pripyaji river. If your troops are nearby, let them take over the defense of these two divisions. "“ I see, comrade oshanina. I'm going to give orders to the teachers to take over the defense. "“ As for kalinkovich's defense, you may have to wait a little bit. " I thought that there was no suitable position for the establishment of a group army headquarters on the West Bank of the pripyaji river at present, so I euphemistically said, "I will move the headquarters to the West Bank after the troops on the West Bank have a firm foothold."