Chapter 1421

After two days of long waiting, ammunition and military supplies from the rear finally arrived on schedule. In addition to the 77th division, the Fifth Army and several artillery regiments, a large number of senior commanders remained in Smolensk.

When I saw the tank commander, major general bielei, artillery commander, major general povsky, and two guards commanders appear in front of me, I was overjoyed. I quickly got up to shake hands with them one by one, and asked how they were doing.

After we all sat around the long wooden table, I asked povsky with a smile: "our artillery commander comrade, you are so timely. We ordered to launch an attack on moziri. I am worried that the number of artillery is not enough to bombard several German positions at the same time. I didn't expect you to come."

After I had finished, povsky immediately stood up from his seat, straightened up and said, "don't worry, comrade commander, I have brought seven artillery regiments and six close guard rocket barracks this time, which is more than enough to deal with the German defensive positions."

Although so many artillery troops have been added, the expression on my face is still serious. For me, there are not enough shells. No matter how many artillery we have, it can only be a decoration. Therefore, I asked nervously, "Comrade povsky, do you know whether the artillery troops have enough ammunition?"

"That's not to say, comrade commander." After hearing my question, povsky gave me a strange look and said, "the artillery I brought has enough ammunition. Each artillery has at least ten base ammunition. Even if moziri is razed to the ground, it's OK."

"Comrade povsky, we can't blow moziri into ruins." As soon as pofsky finished, kirilov continued: "you know, there are tens of thousands of residents in the city. Once we fire on the city, it will cause huge casualties to them. So our artillery fire can only fall on the defensive positions outside the German city. "

I thought that these commanders had just gone through a long march and certainly didn't know our battle plan for tomorrow, so I turned around and told bzikov, "chief of staff, please tell us about our battle plan for tomorrow."

Bezikov nodded, got up and went to the wall, picked up the explanation stick, pointed to the map on the wall, and said to us, "comrades, as you have just arrived here, you probably don't know our attack plan against moziri tomorrow. I will explain it to you now. At present, moziri has been surrounded by our group army and the 61st group regiment of general belov. In the east of the city is our 23rd group army, in the north of the city is our 23rd group army, and in the West and south of the city is general belov's 61st group army. "

When sivakov heard this, he couldn't help interrupting: "Comrade commander, I'm the commander of the 22nd army of the guards. I ask to return to the army to command this battle."

Since sivakov had made his stand, major general tavartkiraze would not keep silent. He also stood up and said, "Comrade commander, I also request that I return to the army to command our troops to capture moziri."

Seeing that the two commanders asked me to fight, I quickly raised my hands and pressed them down. I said, "two commanders, please don't worry until the chief of staff has introduced our combat plan."

After they were seated again, I raised my chin to bezikov and said, "chief of staff, please continue."

"... before the attack, we will bombard the German peripheral positions." When bezikov said this, he couldn't help but look at povsky and said excitedly: "due to the arrival of the main Artillery Force, we can carry out the pre attack shelling in the East and north of the city at the same time..."

"What about the South and west of the city?" Bofsky general bezikov did not mention two directions. He couldn't help interrupting and asked, "don't we care?"

"Comrade povsky," I explained to him as soon as povsky finished saying, "those two directions are in the charge of general belov's group artillery, so we don't have to worry about them."

After I finished, bezikov went on to say, "on the Highlands in the East and north of the city, the German army has arranged heavy defense and solid fortifications, so we have to carry out artillery preparation for these places for about an hour before the infantry attack."

After talking about tomorrow's combat deployment, bezikov put down his explanation stick and returned to his seat. After glancing at every commander on the scene, I said with a smile, "the two commanders will go back to their respective units in a moment. After all, there are so many divisions participating in the battle, so we need a unified command to give full play to our combat effectiveness. Is there anything else I don't understand? "

As soon as I finished, bielei stood up and asked me, "Comrade commander, what's the task of our fifth tank army?"

"Comrade General," I said to berey with a smile, "because the soft soil outside moziri is not suitable for large-scale use of tank troops, you can only stay as an audience."

"The soil is soft. We can use wood to pave the road, so that the tank can run normally." After expressing his opinion, berey said to me wrongly, "it's said that the 82nd and 101st brigades have played well recently. The commanders of the other three close guard tank brigades all asked me for a task, saying that they must not fall behind the ordinary tank brigades. Comrade commander, if you don't arrange combat tasks for our army, how can I explain to them when I go back? "

As for bere, who was eager to fight, I said with some embarrassment: "general bere, you should understand that our commanders and fighters are bound to pay heavy casualties if we want to pave roads for tanks under the German artillery fire. Moreover, after breaking through the German peripheral positions, the tanks entering the city can not play a very important role In my mind, the tank army has been reduced to the role of chicken ribs, but bielei did not give up. He then said: "Comrade commander, the enemy's peripheral fortifications can not be completely destroyed after being shelled by our army. Our infantry will certainly pay a great price when attacking. I plan to place the tanks about one kilometer away from the enemy position to provide artillery support for the infantry. Do you think that's all right? " I turned to bezikov and asked for his advice.