Chapter 1424

Sherov was a man who did what he said. After he said this, he took his adjutant and went to the radio station to send a message to Stalin.

While sharov was away, belov asked me nervously, "Comrade oshanina, will he be with us when we fight later?"

"Yes, general belov." I said rather reluctantly, "since he is sent by the supreme commander to supervise the execution of the campaign, I don't think he will leave until the end of the battle."

"Comrade commander," as soon as I finished, bzikov rushed to me and asked anxiously, "why do you say we can solve the battle in twenty hours?"

"Ah?" I was stunned to hear what bzikov asked, but then I asked, "didn't you just give me a sign that the battle can be solved in 20 hours?"

After I finished, bezikov said with tears and laughter, "I'm telling you that moziri's enemies can be solved in two days. Who knows you misunderstood it as 20 hours."

"What about that?" I asked bzikov in some confusion: "otherwise, we should tell Comrade sharov that we have just made a mistake. It is not 20 hours to solve the battle, but two days to solve the battle."

Bezikov looked behind me, then sighed and said softly, "it's too late, comrade commander. I see that the Deputy people's commissar has finished sending telegrams and is coming towards us."

I turned to see that cheroff was coming towards us with a smile on his face. When he approached, I asked tentatively, "Comrade Deputy people's commissar, your telegram to the Supreme Commander himself has been sent out?"

"Yes, it has been sent out." Sheroff nodded and said, "it's up to you next."

When I heard that the telegram had been sent out, I knew that it was done. Even if I wanted to change my words, I would not have a chance. I had no choice but to say, "don't worry, comrade Deputy people's commissar, I will never let Comrade Stalin down."

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Ten minutes before our shelling began, bzikov stood up and said to us, "comrades, our preparations for the enemy's defensive positions are about to begin. Can we go to the bell tower now?"

"Comrade Deputy people's commissar," I saw that after hearing these words from bezikov, Xie Luo Fu still couldn't recover. He quickly explained to him, "we can see the progress of the battle on the clock tower."

When sheroff understood what was going on, he said, "in that case, let's go up to the clock tower."

Due to the small area of the clock tower, the last people standing on it were me, sherov, belov and bezikov, as well as a operator with a telephone. It was so cold on the clock tower that I had to put up the collar of my army coat against the cold wind from all directions.

At this time, our radio station has established contact with the military headquarters. The first report to me is major general sivakov: "Comrade commander, the 22nd army of the guards is ready!"

"Comrades commander," then reported to general tavartkiraze, "all the commanders and fighters of the 23rd army of our close guard are ready for battle."

"Comrade commander, all the tank brigades of the tank army have entered their respective attack positions." Don't worry, ray reported“ Prepare to provide the infantry with the necessary artillery support when they launch an impact! "

The last report to me was artillery commander povsky: "Comrade commander, the artillery is ready and ready to fire."

After listening to the reports of the armies, sharov and I raised our binoculars and looked into the distance. Unfortunately, because the light is too dim, I can only see the faint outline of the highland from the telescope. After looking at it for a while, sharov put down his telescope and asked me, "Comrade oshanina, with such poor visibility, can our artillery accurately hit the enemy's position?"

"Don't worry, comrade Deputy people's Commissar." I replied with a smile: "our artillery observers have carried out a detailed survey in recent days and marked the places to be shelled on the map in detail. No matter how dark the light is, our artillery can accurately hit the target according to the data provided by the observer. "

"Comrade commander, there is one last minute left." Bezikov reminded me suddenly behind me.

Cheroff raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he looked up at me and said, "Comrade oshanina, it's a pity to break such a quiet dawn."

I also raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I said to sheroff with a smile, "Comrade Deputy people's commissar, in order to destroy the enemy, we always have to break it. Now it's time. " With that, I raised my hand to bezikov and said, "go ahead, chief of staff!"

"The commander ordered shelling of the German peripheral positions." At my command, bzikov said to the microphone, "go ahead, general povsky!"

With the order of bezikov, hundreds of cannons deployed in two directions northeast of moziri opened fire. The huge roar broke the silence of the cold winter morning, and the enemy's defensive positions were covered with fire and smoke.

After the shelling lasted an hour, it suddenly stopped. I heard bzikov shouting behind him: "comrades, the shelling is over. Let the troops attack!" General bere, when the infantry attack the enemy's highlands, you can let the tanks of the tank brigade push forward to provide them with artillery cover and destroy the surviving German firepower points. "

Not long after bezikov's voice disappeared, several red flares rose in the air. Belov explained to him behind sherov, "Comrade Deputy people's commissar, do you see the red signal bomb? That's our signal of attack, and you will soon see thousands of officers and men rushing bravely towards the enemy occupied highlands from their own hidden trenches. "

As the church is in the east of the city, we can only see the 22nd army of the guards. With the rise of the signal bomb, the four divisions in the east of the city launched a fierce attack on the enemy's position. On the far left is major general baksov's 67th division, in the middle is colonel babashin's 71st division, and on the far right is Chernoff's 90th division. The 77th division of the guards of major general askarepov followed the three divisions and rushed to the enemy's defensive positions.

Since the soldiers had launched an attack, I raised my telescope and looked nervously at the situation on the battlefield. At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the fire was still burning in the highland ahead, so that I could see clearly how the commanders and fighters were advancing. In order to improve their speed, the soldiers rushed straight forward, striving to reach the enemy's high ground as soon as possible. Heavy machine gunners and mortars, however, were trailing Maxim heavy machine guns or carrying mortars far behind.

The place where our army attacked was about two kilometers from the enemy's high ground. Seeing that the commanders and fighters were getting closer and closer to the highland, but there was no movement on the highland, sharov could not help frowning. He seemed to talk to himself and asked me, "what's the matter? Why didn't the enemy fight back? Were they all wiped out by our cannons in the shelling?"

But I have always maintained a high degree of vigilance, because according to my experience, the Germans did not fight back. They must want to fight again when our army is close, so that they can cause great casualties to our army.

Sure enough, when our troops were still more than 100 meters away from the high ground, the German machine guns, submachine guns and rifles fired together, causing the front commanders and fighters to fall down in unison, while the back ones fell down on the spot to find a place to hide. The heavy machine gunners and mortars, who followed behind, quickly searched for suitable positions, built machine gun or mortar positions, and prepared to suppress the German fire.

I quickly turned around, grabbed the microphone of the telephone and yelled, "Hello! Hello! General berey? Immediately order your tanks to fire, destroy the resurrected fire points, and cover our infantry to rush to the high ground. "

When the tanks deployed in the highland front opened fire, the exposed fire points were destroyed one by one. The German troops in the trenches were also overwhelmed by our tank fire and heavy machine gun fire. At this time, I saw a commander in a cornice hat get up from the ground, raise his pistol high above his head, turn around and shout something to the soldiers. When he turned and rushed to the top of the hillside, countless soldiers on the ground also stood up and rushed up with him.

Seeing our commanders and fighters flooding over the highland, sharov put down his telescope, turned to me and said, "Comrade oshanina, did you see the commander just now? It is because of his courage that our troops can rush up to the enemy's high ground so quickly. When the battle is over, I'll meet the commander and have a good talk with him. "

I can't laugh or cry at sheroff's whim proposal. I can't say that it's so far away and the light is dark. I don't know who the other party is at all. Even if you know who it is, it's useless. As soon as the battle starts, you can't say clearly that he died in the next battle. However, I couldn't refute Xie Luofu's face in public, so I had to say vaguely, "well, comrade Deputy people's commissar, as soon as the battle is over, I'll bring this commander to see you."

However, as soon as I finished speaking, sharov waved his hand and said, "you can't wait until the end of the battle. You'd better call the commanders at the front line now and ask them who is the commander who first rushed to the enemy's high ground?"

"All right." Since cheroff has made a request, I can't refute him, so I have to follow his instructions. I turned around and said to bzikov, "chief of staff, the section just now is in the charge of the 71st division of the guards. You call Colonel babashin and ask him if you can see who is the first commander to rush to the high ground?"

"Yes After hearing my order, bzikov immediately asked the operator to answer the 71st division of the guards, and then asked aloud, "Hello! Colonel babashin? I'm bzikov. Comrade commander, let me ask you, who was the first commander who just rushed to the enemy's high ground What, you didn't see clearly I'll give you ten minutes to find out who the commander is! "

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Under the fierce attack launched by our commanders and fighters, the German army fell one by one in the peripheral highlands. When he saw that general berey had a passage made of wood, povsky lost his breath. He called me to ask for instructions and said, "Comrade commander, since the tank army has gone up, should our artillery move forward a little?"

"How do I move?" I asked, puzzled“ I let the artillery advance along the road laid by the tank army to the high ground, and set up new artillery positions on the hillside, so that we can attack the remaining German fortifications from a commanding position. " After hearing this, I felt that his proposal was not bad, so I nodded and agreed: "OK, general povsky, just do as you said, but you need to deploy a lot of artillery from two artillery regiments on the high ground to provide artillery support for our offensive forces!" The tanks went up and the cannons were deployed at the commanding heights. The remaining German fortifications outside the city were vulnerable. By noon, the commanders from all directions had heard that some of their own troops had rushed into the city and started a fierce street fight with the German army. When he heard that some troops were rushing into the city, sharov's tense face showed a smile. He nodded with satisfaction and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, a few hours ago, you told me that I was still a little skeptical that the battle could be solved within 20 hours. But now the battle is progressing so smoothly that it may not take 20 hours, You can get rid of all the enemies in the city. " Sharov standing beside me, let me have a kind of binding feeling. Seeing his happy mood at the moment, I took the opportunity to say: "Comrade Deputy people's commissar, the clock tower is windy. You'd better go downstairs to have a rest and have a cup of hot tea to warm up. Do you think so? " After listening to me, sharov immediately agreed, "OK, I'll wait for your victory in the headquarters downstairs. In fact, even if you don't say it, I'm going to go down. " He gave me a sly wink and said in a low voice, "I'm here. Maybe you've been uncomfortable. So I'd better go down early so as not to be annoying The next battle went very smoothly. The German army had less than two divisions left in moziri, and most of them were deployed in the peripheral positions. Under the attack of our artillery and infantry, they had already suffered heavy losses. The rest of the troops in the city can not withstand the repeated attacks of more than a dozen divisions. By 4 p.m., the gunfire became sparse, and the German army in the city began to lay down their arms and surrender to our army. A bright red military flag was planted on the highest building in the center of moziri, declaring that the city, which had been enslaved by the German army, was back in our hands.