Chapter 1480

Gertman's troops were frustrated in the attack, and deliomov was not much better. Before katukov could call him, he called first. As soon as he heard katukov's voice, he couldn't wait to say, "Comrade commander, the German army has deployed a large number of troops in the municipal building. Our attacks have been repulsed by the enemy, and the casualties of the troops are very high."

Since gertman's troops are not attacking smoothly, it is estimated that the situation is not much better for dlyomov who is attacking in the other direction. At this moment, when he hears dlyomov's complaint, katukov can ask calmly, "general dlyomov, did you not send tankers to fight when you were attacking?"

"I sent a tank company to cover a battalion of infantry and attack the city building from the West." "The enemy deployed a large number of anti tank men in the buildings on both sides of the road and destroyed our tanks one by one. Now the burned tanks have blocked the way forward, so that we can't send new tanks to take part in the war," he said in a loud voice

Both gertman and deliomov are traditional soldiers. Their tactics in the battlefield are all based on the knowledge they learned in the military academy. Therefore, their fighting styles are both regular and lack of necessary changes. This is also why after the tanks that assist the infantry attack are destroyed by the enemy, It's hard for them to make any more progress.

"General dlyomov, since we can't send any more tanks to attack, we'll switch to artillery." Katukov repeated what I had just said to gertman to deliomov, and finally said, "but you have to send troops to kill the anti tank men in the buildings on both sides of the road, otherwise our artillery will become their targets."

After katukov finished, deliomov made another request cautiously: "Comrade commander, I have another request. According to your order, most of my troops are resting in order to make them have enough physical strength when they fight tomorrow. However, due to the defeat in attacking the municipal building, my existing troops are seriously insufficient. Can we let some of them stop resting and let them also take part in the night battle? "

"No, it can't be." As soon as deliomov's words came out, he was denied by katukov: "the battle we are fighting now is not the warm-up before the war. We don't need to invest too many troops. When it's time for the rules, when the German army is exhausted by our attack, it can get twice the result with half the effort to let those troops who have fully developed their spirit into the fight. Do you understand? "

"I understand." "I'll arrange the artillery to cooperate with the infantry to launch the attack immediately," he replied reluctantly

The Germans may never have dreamed that our army would use artillery to fire directly at their fortified municipal buildings when the tanks were destroyed, and they would be defeated for a moment. Seeing our army approaching the municipal building quickly from the West and the north, the German commander was a little worried and immediately ordered the tank troops hidden in the south of the city to attack the rear side of our attacking troops along the street.

When katukov heard what Guttman had reported to him, he couldn't help laughing and saying, "general Guttman, it's time for you to take revenge. It's not German people who have anti tank men. We have them, too. Moreover, our 40 rocket launchers are much better than the anti tank weapons used by the German army. Immediately set up combat teams in the buildings on both sides of the street, each group of five people, equipped with rocket launchers, light machine guns and sniper guns. The enemy infantry were dealt with machine guns and sniper guns, and the tanks were dealt with bazookas. Do you understand? "

When he heard that his troops could take revenge, gertman excitedly agreed: "don't worry, comrade commander, I will let the anti tank men teach the Germans a lesson. No matter how many tanks the enemy comes, we must make them useless. "

"I'm waiting for your good news." When katukov finished, he hung up.

After listening to katukov's arrangement, I couldn't help nodding. He said that this mode of operation is very effective against the attack of German infantry with tank cover. The combat team is deployed in the building. The target is small and not easy to be detected by the enemy; Even if the German army found out where they were, it would not be easy to destroy them. It must be able to cause heavy losses to the German troops who launched a hasty attack.

Katukov saw me nodding and asked me, "Rita, what do you think of my arrangement?"

"Not bad, not bad." I replied briefly.

"That's good. Let's hear it." Katukov sat down at the table, took out a cigarette, lit it, looked at me and said with great interest, "I want to hear what you really think."

I nodded and said what I thought in my heart: "general katukov, it's very difficult to attack the city with conventional large forces. As one side of the attack, he is very vulnerable. We use the combat group mode to deal with the German group charge, which can eliminate the enemies in our field of vision one by one just like practicing shooting. I believe that in a short time, the enemy will be dazed by our way of fighting, and then their attack will be completely disintegrated. "

My story was soon confirmed: after the German tanks attacked the streets near the municipal building, they were attacked by our combat team. In the narrow streets, the German armored forces could not fight at all. When their first tank was destroyed, the long armored line following was blocked in the streets. Then our combat team, relying on the favorable terrain, sniped the German tanks and soldiers.

After the tank troops that came to reinforce the municipal building were eliminated by hundreds of combat teams of our army, katukov raised his hand and looked at his watch. Then he looked up at me and asked tentatively, "Rita, although it is still more than an hour before the general attack, I think the German army has completely fallen into chaos. Even if we attack ahead of time, we can still achieve the ideal state."

I think katukov's proposal is completely correct. As a senior commander, he should be good at grasping the fighters that appear on the battlefield, so as to achieve the greatest victory. So I nodded hard and said decisively, "general katukov, since you think the time is right, give an order. Let our officers and men stop recuperating and immediately launch an attack on the garrison in the city. "

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After fighting in the middle of the night, the German army was already exhausted, and with repeated losses, their morale was in a low state. They never dreamed that our army would launch an attack at this time, and the number of troops and technical equipment invested in it increased several times. The resistance in most of the areas was soon destroyed by our army, and only a few German troops remained in the corner.

However, no matter how tenacious the enemy's resistance is, it will not help under the strong offensive of our army. By about eight o'clock in the morning, the sound of guns coming from the direction of the city gradually became sparse. Hearing this, I knew that the battle in the city was coming to an end.

While we were anxiously waiting for the war report from the city, Zhukov's phone call came in first. "Comrade katukov, what's the situation? When will your troops take chernovitzer?" he asked the man who answered the phone

"Marshal," said katukov, after listening to Zhukov's question, "my troops occupied most of the city after a night of fierce fighting. Although there is no final report yet, judging from the increasingly sparse gunfire, the German resistance has become weaker and weaker. "

"Well done, comrade katukov." When Zhukov heard that most of the cities were in our army's hands, his voice became warm: "it seems that you can win chernovitzer before noon."

According to the analysis of various signs, the capture of chernovitzer can be completed in an hour or two, but katukov said cautiously: "Comrade marshal, we will do our best."

"I have one more thing to tell you. Once chernovitzer is completely liberated, the city will be renamed chernovitzer. You use the new name of the city in the war report. " Zhukov may be afraid of katukov's questioning, and he added: "this is the decision made by Comrade Stalin."

From the expression on katukov's face, I can see that he asked why he changed his name suddenly. However, after listening to the last sentence of Zhukov, he closed his mouth obediently. Since the Supreme Commander himself made a speech, it is reasonable to change it into "chernofsze", even if it is "Moscow".

Zhukov stopped for a moment, and then said, "if you succeed in liberating chernofze before noon, you'd better make a city entrance ceremony, so that the city residents can see our soldiers."

"I understand, marshal. I'll be safe at the entrance ceremony immediately." Katukov put down the phone, called the military commissar sitting next to him, briefly repeated Zhukov's words to him, and then said, "Comrade military commissar, you are more familiar with the city entry ceremony than I am, so I will give you the responsibility."

"Comrade commander," the military commissar stood up and said to katukov, "our main forces are all fighting in the city. It is obviously inappropriate for them to withdraw from the city and attend the ceremony of entering the city. Do you think we should use the troops directly under the group army to hold this entrance ceremony

"Comrade commander, please wait a moment." As soon as the military commissar's words were finished, the chief of staff came to remind katukov, "the battle in chernovitze is still going on. Is it a bit early for us to prepare for the entrance ceremony now?"

"Chief of staff, judging from the current situation, our troops can completely liberate the city in one or two hours at most. If they don't make preparations in advance, it will be too late." With these words, katukov stopped for a moment, and then reminded the chief of staff: "right, from now on, the city in front of us is no longer called 'chernovitzer' but 'chernovitzer'. Please remember this. Don't make mistakes when writing the report."

"I see, comrade commander." Seeing that katukov had made up his mind to prepare for the entrance ceremony in advance, the chief of staff had no choice but to promise and turn around to do his own business.

After the chief of staff left, katukov discussed with the military commissar which troops should participate in the ceremony. The military commissar said: "the 11th tank regiment, the 19th self-propelled artillery brigade and a motorized infantry regiment are all the units directly under the group army. I think we should let the tank regiment open the way in the front, the infantry in the middle, and the self-propelled artillery brigade at the end of the whole army entering the city. What do you think? "

"I have no opinion," katukov said with approval. "Comrade military commissar, I'll give you full responsibility for this matter. You can arrange it as soon as possible."

The military commissar nodded, got up and walked out of the headquarters. At eleven o'clock in the morning, our army completely occupied chernofse. Along with the good news, a telegram was sent to the headquarters by the military Commissar. He said that the city had been properly arranged and the troops directly under the group army could enter the city at any time. After reading the telegram, katukov handed it to me and whispered, "this military commissar actually went to the city first. I don't know what he's going to do." Then he raised his voice and told the chief of staff, "chief of staff, it's time for us to go to the entrance ceremony." Because the city has been occupied by our army and the German army around the city has been eliminated by our army, when katukov and I entered the city, we did not take the armored car as usual, but took an open jeep. As soon as I got close to the city, I saw a team holding flowers on the roadside to welcome us. At this time, I understood why the Military Commission came to the city ahead of time. It turned out that he arranged for the residents of the city to welcome the liberators of our cities. At the end of March, the temperature was still very low. Sitting in the open city, I felt that my whole body was freezing to ice. I really wanted to find a warm place to hide. But when I saw the cheering crowd on the roadside, I had to try to keep a smile on my face and wave my hands to the people on both sides. Our jeeps followed the tank line and drove down the street into the city. Driving about two or three hundred meters ahead, katukov suddenly ordered the driver to stop. Just as I was about to ask what was the matter, I saw that he had pushed the door open and got out of the car. He was walking towards a group of young girls in holiday costumes by the side of the road. I got out of the car and followed quickly. When we got closer, we could see that there was an old man with white hair standing among the girls. When he saw katukov coming up to him, he quickly bowed and said respectfully, "Hello, comrade general, on behalf of all the residents of the city, I welcome you!" With that, he turned to take a big tray from a beautiful girl. I saw in the tray a huge bun with a small plate of salt on it. I have known the customs of the Soviet Union for a long time that adding salt to round bread is the highest etiquette to welcome guests. It seems that the old man wants to express his gratitude to the residents of the city for liberating them from the hands of the Germans.