Chapter 1665

After introducing the situation and giving relevant operational orders, marinin sat down. Zhukov, who had not spoken for a long time, looked at everyone and asked briefly, "is there a problem?"

The answer was silence.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhukov stood up and said solemnly: "comrades, according to the original plan of the front army command, our attack on the German army will not be earlier than January 15, 1945, but in order to rescue the allies in trouble on the western front, the supreme command has made a new decision to let us launch an attack ahead of time. In this way, The preparation time for the campaign was greatly shortened. You generals who have led the troops to the landing site, can you talk about your views on this campaign

My eyes swept over the commanders sitting below. I saw that trakov was a little eager to try. I guessed that he might have something to say. As soon as Zhukov's words were finished, I said to trakov, "general trakov, the magnushev landing site was established by your troops, and you have the longest time to assist in the landing site. Let's talk about it."

"Yes, general trakov, just tell me." Malining also echoed: "as far as I know, the reconnaissance work of your group army is quite meticulous, not only mastering the position of German artillery and tank troops, but also mastering the enemy's meal time, how they rest, the time of changing shifts of latent sentry and Guard troops, etc. by observing the daily life and work and rest time of the Germans. In a word, you are the most influential person here. "

Trikov, who was praised by malining, stood up and said with a red face: "the chief of staff is right. In order to verify the intelligence obtained from ground reconnaissance, we also widely adopted the method of air reconnaissance. After a period of repeated reconnaissance, we have accurately grasped the fortifications in the depth of the German defense, as well as the positions and numbers of the reserves, infantry divisions and armored divisions

In the eyes of everyone's curiosity and approval, trakov continued: "according to the configuration of the enemy's reserves, in the face of the attack launched by our army, the enemy will mobilize the armored division and infantry division with deep defense to carry out fierce counter attack. In order to fight against the enemy, we should have the anti tank reserve and the combined reserve of various arms, and use the air force to destroy the mobility of the enemy's rapid campaign reserve. "

"General trakov," Zhukov said when he heard this, he couldn't help interrupting and asking, "although we have kept confrontation with the enemy for a long time, we still can't know exactly where the enemy is going to fight decisively with our army. What do you think of that? "

"Marshal," trikov said with a smile as he looked at Zhukov, "as far as I can guess, the Germans will not carry out tenacious resistance in the areas we already know. They understand the power of our artillery. After our shelling, they usually leave a small number of Guard troops in the first line of defense, and withdraw the main force to the safe second line of defense.

I suggest that after our artillery preparation, we send several reconnaissance battalions strengthened by tank companies or self-propelled artillery companies to occupy the German first line of defense and hold it firmly. The reason why I did not mention that the reconnaissance battalion should continue to attack the second line of defense is because the enemy has established a solid defense there. It is not enough to rely on our reconnaissance battalion alone. The attack task must be completed by our main forces.

I have carefully studied the situation of the enemy's first line of defense. At night, the enemy deployed more mobile troops and weapons in the trenches of the first line of defense than at other times. At 10 a.m. Moscow time, that is, 8 a.m. local time, they would withdraw the redundant personnel, leaving only the observers and duty officers in the trenches of the first line of defense. Therefore, I suggest that our 25 minute artillery preparation should start no later than 9 a.m. (7 a.m. local time), so that the enemy soldiers can be annihilated by the first artillery attack before they withdraw to the rear.

Our commanders and fighters are not afraid to attack in the dark. In the past few years of war, night fighting has become a feature of our army. Our infantry and artillery have fully grasped the situation of the enemy's first line of defense, and the reconnaissance battalions carrying out offensive tasks will not make mistakes in the position and direction of attack. And the attack on the German second line of defense should be carried out one and a half hours after we capture the first line of defense. At this time, it's daybreak, our artillery and air forces will not choose the wrong target, and the attacking forces will not lose their direction and chaos. "

Zhukov looked at trakov and asked as usual, "general trakov, I want to ask you, how can we make our army's preparations before the attack not attract the attention of the enemy?"

"Marshal, I have taken into account your question." "Our troops and technical equipment can only be transferred at night, and a certain number of them should be limited, so that we can cover everything up and camouflage before dawn.

In the daytime, the troops stationed in the trench in this area should actively carry out geotechnical work. It makes the enemy have the illusion that our army is preparing to strengthen its defense rather than attack due to the consumption of soldiers, weapons and ammunition, so as to paralyze the enemy.

At the same time, we try our best to use radio loudspeakers to broadcast and put music on our positions, so as to encourage our soldiers on the one hand and relax the vigilance of the enemy on the other. "

After listening to the whole plan of trakov, Zhukov's face showed a smile, he nodded to the other side, "general trakov, your plan is very good, I think it can be implemented according to your imagination. Please sit down first When trakov sat down, he continued, "who else would like to express his opinion?" As soon as Zhukov's words were over, korpakchi stood up and asked with a serious expression: "Comrade marshal, just as Comrade chief of staff said, the time of our offensive campaign is 10-20 days, and the designated area we should reach is 150-180 km. I want to ask, "do we have enough materials to support this campaign?" As soon as kolpakchi's voice fell, the commanders below began to whisper and discuss the situation that the army was about to face. Although the floating bridge has a lot of trucks every day, we still have no idea how much materials we have accumulated“ Commander comrades, please be quiet, please keep quiet! " I saw Zhukov's face covered with frost as the conference hall hummed. He stood up and yelled at the participants. When peace returned to the venue, I turned around and looked at the head of the Logistics Department of the front army, who was sitting in the back. Then I said, "now let's invite lieutenant general an Ji, director of the Logistics Department of the front army, to introduce the situation to you." Lieutenant general Anji stood up, opened his notebook, looked at it, and then said in a loud voice, "comrades, please rest assured that the materials we are hoarding are enough to support a month and a half of fighting. After the meeting, each group army can arrange for its troops to go to the supply base of the front army to receive materials including 30 days' grain reserves. "