Chapter 1468

Since I am not in the headquarters of the front army, how can I eliminate those who attempt to break through the encirclement? "Let me introduce to you," katukov said to them in a friendly tone: "general oshanina is now the deputy commander of the front army and the representative of Marshal Zhukov."

After katukov's introduction, I asked deliomov standing on one side, "general deliomov, your troops are the main attack force tomorrow. Tell me, how do you plan to capture jortkov?"

Deliomov stepped forward two steps, reached the table, leaned down and looked at the map on the table: "deputy commander, I intend to let the motorized infantry of Colonel babajanian give a death order. Naturally, Boyko did not dare to show weakness. In order to win the high ground, he personally drove the tanks, led all the tanks of the tank brigade, and passed through the area where the scuffle was going on, He stormed into the empty highland.

The German officers and men, who had fallen into a scuffle with our infantry, were in a panic when they saw our tanks rushing to the high ground. Some of them continued to stay in the same place and launched counter fire with our commanders and fighters in the fortifications; Others turn around and run back, trying to get in front of the tank and run back to the high ground to continue to resist.

Although the speed of tanks in this era is not too fast, they are definitely faster than infantry. Seeing the German troops coming up from behind, Boyko did not slow down the tank troops, but ordered the tankers to use machine guns to destroy the enemy who came up. With this order, the machine guns on dozens of tanks began to fire at the same time. The German officers and soldiers who foolishly caught up became the targets of the tank soldiers. Under the intensive fire, they fell to the ground in pieces.

Seeing that the German army was in chaos and a large number of soldiers fell under the machine gun fire of tanks, babajanian resolutely seized the favorable fighter plane and ordered the troops to launch another attack. The officers and men who had received orders stood up from behind the fortifications where they were hiding, carrying weapons, shooting at the surviving German troops, and rushing to the distant highlands without looking back.

There are only a few dozen enemies left on the high ground. Facing the tide of our army's officers and men, we are already overwhelmed. In addition, there are dozens of our tanks at the foot of the hillside. As soon as our tankers find the enemy's firepower point, they immediately adjust their muzzle, aim at the target, and then bombard them, and then the other side will be destroyed.

Under the successive attacks of our tanks, there were very few German soldiers left on the highlands. The remaining dozen soldiers found that if they resisted any longer, they would either be killed by tank guns or by our soldiers' bullets. They quickly stopped shooting and waved white flags to surrender to our army.

General dlyomov gave Boyko an hour to attack, but Boyko, a tank brigade commander who won the title of Soviet hero, only took half an hour to capture the high ground and open the way for the attacking troops behind.

When he saw that the road ahead was clear, deliomov was excited. When he called katukov to report his good news, his voice was filled with unbearable joy: "Comrade commander, I'll tell you a good news. We have successfully captured the highlands. At present, the 1st Brigade of Colonel golerov's close guard tank is along the open passage, Head for jortkov. "

"Great, general dlyomov. You've done a great job After katukov said this, he covered the receiver and asked me, "Rita, do you have anything to tell me?"

I know that the highland we have just captured is the only barrier to the north of the city of jortkov. As long as we occupy it, the front will be flat. Even if the German army establishes any defensive positions, our tank troops can easily push under the city. After thinking about it, I think that if the tanks encounter German resistance in the process of advancing, it is also a trouble. We must find a way to suppress the enemy in the defensive position. Thinking of this, I said to katukov: "Comrade General, let him set up the artillery position on the high ground and attack the German army that may appear on the way forward."

Katukov nodded, then released his hand covering the microphone and said in a loud voice, "general dlyomov, deputy commander, order that the artillery position be set on the high ground in order to carry out artillery attack on the German army."

As for the order given by katukov, deliomov hesitated at first, and then said cautiously: "Comrade commander, the highland is dozens of kilometers away from the city of jortkov. Even if we set up the artillery position here, we can't get there."

"What do you want me to say about you, deliomov?" Hearing the question of deliomov, katukov said with some tears and laughter: "I said you were smart before, but now you are confused. Our front is constantly moving forward. After we have occupied the new strategic points, you can just forward the artillery position. Do you understand? "

"I understand, comrade commander. I understand everything." After listening to katukov's explanation, delioumov, who was still at a loss, suddenly realized that he even said, "I'm going to order the artillery to set the firing position on the high ground."

Just when deliomov was ready to put down the phone, katukov told him again: "general deliomov, please tell Col. golerov of the first brigade of the guard tank to carry forward the fearless spirit of fearing neither hardship nor death, overcome the resistance of the enemy and the bad road conditions, and rush to jortkov quickly."

Katukov put down the phone and said to me with a smile, "Rita, if our troops can really win jortkov in three days, I really want to thank the German commander on the high ground."“ The German commander on the high ground? " When I heard him say this, I was stunned. Then I understood what was going on. I nodded my head and said, "yes, general katukov, you are right. It would not have been so easy for us to take this high ground if the German commander had not been so hot headed and ordered his troops to pour out and try to seize our defensive positions. " Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of Boiko, who had made great contributions, and quickly added, "there is also Colonel Boiko, who has won the title of Soviet hero. If he had not made a decisive decision and directly attacked the enemy's highlands, he would have been fighting in our army's position at the moment."