Chapter 1475

As soon as I thought about this, I heard the chief of staff asking katukov, "Comrade commander, at present, the 200th tank brigade has almost been destroyed, and the remaining troops are not enough to carry out separate combat tasks. What do you think we should do?"

"Merge them into the 100th tank brigade of Colonel viladelie for the time being," katukov said without hesitation when he heard the chief of staff's question. "When our superiors have added new tanks and soldiers to us, we will reconstitute the 200th tank brigade. In the present situation, the remaining soldiers can only be assigned to the command of veradelle

When we were discussing how to place the remaining tank soldiers, the political commissars who went to the grassroots level for inspection came back. After he entered the door, he looked at the serious expressions on our faces and asked, "what's the matter? Why are you so serious?"

After listening to the chief of staff's story, he slowly nodded his head and said, "it was the German army that blocked the way forward."

"Yes, comrade military Commissar." Katukov frowned and said, "the enemy has flooded the road. Guttman's troops can only stop temporarily until the flood recedes."

Just as we were worried about the progress of our troops, the military commissar of katukov suddenly said, "Comrade commander, in fact, I feel that the German army has opened the floodgates and stopped the progress of our army. This is not necessarily a bad thing."

"Huh?" When katukov heard the military commissar say this, he frowned even more. He asked in a puzzled way: "Comrade military commissar, why do you say this?"

"Well, comrade commander." The military commissar coughed and then said, "today, I went to inspect the troops below. I found that with the victory of our army, a very bad sign appeared in the troops. We all feel that the German people have completely lost their resistance after being hit by our army. As long as we push from north to south, we can reach the Romanian border smoothly. "

"You have a point." Before the military commissar's words were finished, I understood what he meant: "successive victories are really easy to make our commanders and fighters despise the enemy." At this point, I turned to katukov and continued, "the more time it is, the more calm our commanders are."

"The German army opened the floodgates and got trapped in our assault forces. Then the air force was dispatched to bombard our troops trapped in the flood, causing heavy casualties. " Katukov went on to say: "the German's action has sounded an alarm for our commanders and fighters, let us all understand that in order to win the final victory, we need to fight hard with the German army."

As soon as his words were finished, Zhukov called in. Maybe he focused on other areas, so he just knew about the fact that katukov's troops were blocked by the flood and the heavy losses suffered by the troops trapped in the flood. As soon as he knew about it, he made a special call to inquire.

As soon as he heard katukov's voice, Zhukov asked seriously, "general katukov, what's the situation there? Can the army continue to advance?"

"Marshal, it's a pity that the 11th army of the close guard tank was blocked by the flood caused by the German army and was unable to move forward for the time being." Katukov truthfully reported to Zhukov, "we can only continue to push towards Mosha station and join the 64th brigade of tanks stationed there after the flood recedes."

After listening to his report, Zhukov was silent for a moment and asked, "how many days do you think the flood will completely recede?"

"At least two days, comrade marshal." After thinking for a moment, katukov replied decisively, "plus a bridge in front of us was destroyed by the flood, that is to say, it will take us at least three days to get to Mosha station."

"Three days, it's a little too long." Zhukov said discontentedly: "Colonel Boyko's 64th tank brigade has been alone, stationed only a few kilometers away from chernovitzer. It is very likely that under the fierce German offensive, it will be driven away from the station by the German army."

"Don't worry about that, marshal. Mosha station is besieged by floods at the moment. Our troops can't get out and the Germans can't get in. " Katukov, holding the microphone in one hand and pointing to the map on the table, continued: "although the left wing forces of our group army are blocked by the flood, the mechanized Eighth Army of the right wing guards can continue to go south after crossing the Dniester River, capture kitzman and then turn southeast to cooperate with the 11th army of the guards tanks to capture chernovitzer."

Seeing that katukov had already taken measures, Zhukov said with satisfaction, "well, general katukov, your troops should cross the Prut River as quickly as possible to capture chernovitzer. And I will order lelushenko and rebalko to speed up their attack and, after annihilating the German forces besieged in the kamenitz podoliski area, rush to support you. "

When katukov finished his conversation with Zhukov, I said with a smile: "general katukov, as long as our troops occupy chernovitzer, the connection between the German tank 1st army and the tank 4th Army will be completely cut off. In order to achieve this goal smoothly, I think we should adjust our original operational deployment. "

"You're right." Katukov agreed with my proposal: "as the flood trapped our right-wing forces and destroyed the bridge on the Prut River, it was very difficult for the 11th army of close guard tanks to get to Mosha station as soon as possible."

"Comrade commander," the military commissar suddenly interjected, "since we occupy the Mosha station, why don't we transport the troops and supplies by train?"

When he heard his military commissar say this, katukov said with a bitter smile: "Comrade military commissar, if we could transport the troops by railway, I would not be so upset as I am now. The flood destroyed a section of the railway, and then it was blown up for a long time by the German air force. We can't repair the railway until the flood recedes. "

"It seems that the German general Hube is also a man of great ability." In order to ease the dull atmosphere in the room, I said with a smile: "he knew that only those panicked disabled soldiers could not stop the strong offensive of our army, so he made such a tactic of" replacing soldiers with water. "

"Yes, you're right." As soon as I finished, katukov echoed, "Hans Valentine Hube is a very capable German general, and he has won Hitler's trust. It is said that during the battle of Stalingrad, the 16th armored army under his command, like the 6th group army, fell into the encirclement of our army. Hitler himself sent planes to rescue him and promoted him to armored general. He uses the tactics of opening the gate and releasing the water, which is very effective. At least we are at a loss. "

With these words, he said to the chief of staff, "call gertman and deliomov, and let them come to my headquarters in the evening."

The chief of staff carefully reminded him, "Comrade commander, if you want to adjust your operational deployment, you can give them orders by telephone or telegram. After all, they are too far away from the headquarters now, and it will take several hours to go back and forth on the road. "

Katukov glared and said, "don't say it takes hours to go back and forth. Even if it takes a day, they have to come in person. Because the new operational deployment is the key to our army's successful capture of chernovitzer. "

When the chief of staff saw that katukov said so seriously, he went to make a phone call obediently.

Because the army and the headquarters are far away, and the road is difficult to walk, it will be late at night when the two generals arrive at the headquarters.

Seeing the arrival of the two men, katukov nodded, then called them to the map and began to explain how to deploy them: "after seizing kitzman, the mechanized 8th Army of general dlyomov's guards left a small number of troops to defend, then turned around to the southeast, crossed the Prut River and attacked the West of chernovitzer..."

Deliomov obviously knew nothing about the flood blocking and bombing of the 11th army of the guard tank. After hearing what katukov said, he couldn't help but wonder: "Comrade commander, our original task is to continue to capture vashkovzi to the South and rush to the Romanian border after seizing kitzman. But why do you suddenly turn to the southwest to cooperate with the 11th army of guard tanks? "

"General dlyomov, the reason why your army's operational direction has been adjusted is that unexpected changes have taken place in the situation on the battlefield." Katukov saw that deliomov did not know the embarrassment of Gutman's troops at all, so he told him the cause of the incident in detail.

After listening to this, deliomov suddenly nodded and said, "so it is. Don't worry, comrade commander. When I get back to the army, I'll adjust my deployment. After finishing the attack on kitzman, I'll turn to the southeast and cooperate with the friendly forces to seize chernovitzer. "

Gertman was undoubtedly the most depressed man in the headquarters. When Captain Boyko's tank brigade occupied Mosha station, he might be thinking about launching an attack on chernovitzer tonight or tomorrow morning. As a result, just a few hours later, his plan was in vain in front of the torrential flood. His face became more and more ugly when he heard that katukov had arranged the troops of deliomov to cooperate with his attack on chernovitzer.

After katukov and deliomov finished, he carefully asked katukov, "Comrade commander, what is the new task of our army?"

Katukov looked at the unlucky subordinate and said, "general Guttman, since your troops are unable to move forward for the time being, you need to build a defense line in the existing area and prepare for air defense. You can't forget the lesson of the heavy losses of the 200th tank brigade today

"Don't worry, comrade commander." Gertman said to katukov with a bitter smile: "since the 200th tank brigade was attacked by the German army, I have ordered the tank troops behind to camouflage and build anti-aircraft gun defense positions in key areas, so that even if the German planes come, I will not let them leave so easily."

"It's good to be prepared." Katukov was very satisfied with Guttman's remedial measures. He went on to say: "in addition to air defense works, we should also build positions for infantry to defend. Although you are blocked by floods in front of you, no one can guarantee that the Germans will not send troops to attack you when our defense is slack. "

German attack? When I heard katukov say this, I could not help but frown, thinking about how the German army could cross the water several kilometers wide? However, on second thought, there were many ways for the German army to get through this period. Apart from rowing, they could also take the way of vainly wading. As I was thinking about this, I heard Guttman asking katukov, "Comrade commander, in front of our army is a water surface several kilometers wide. The Germans can't get through it. If we say rowing, it is estimated that they will not be able to collect so many boats for a while; As for wading in vain, it's even more impossible. Although it's thawing season, the temperature is still very low. If one has to walk in the cold water for an hour or two, it's estimated that he will lose his fighting power. "“ Comrade Guttman, "katukov said sternly after listening to Guttman's words," don't forget that your troops are in the defense depth of the German army, not only facing the enemy from the south, but also facing the possibility of being attacked by the German army in the north, West and East directions. " Katukov's words made me blush. I felt that I had got to the top of my head. When it came to the possibility that the troops might be attacked by the enemy, I instinctively thought of the enemy in chernovitzer's direction, and even imagined how the enemy would pass through the flood area. But it just forgot that when the 64th brigade of the tank rushed to Mosha station, it ignored the small group of enemies along the way. After such a long time, these vulnerable stragglers may have regrouped and become a force that can not be underestimated. Maybe they won't have much advantage in face-to-face competition with Guttman's troops, but it's still easy to make some sneak attacks and create a little trouble for our army. Then, katukov pointed to the map and explained to gertman the direction of the key defense and some precautions. Finally, he said, "general Gutman, I estimate that the flood will not recede until two days at the most. During this period, you should organize the soldiers to cut down more trees to pave the road after the water recedes. Do you understand? "“ I understand After Guttman agreed, he thought of another important thing and quickly proposed to katukov: "Comrade commander, the bridge on the Prut river has been destroyed by the flood. Do you think we should allocate the Zhouqiao camp to us so that we can set up a floating bridge on the river as soon as possible?"