Chapter 1677

After the fleet left, the telegram from the air force headquarters arrived late, which read: "the telegram has been received. In order to prevent the accidental attack on friendly forces, the fleet has been ordered to return."

Looking at this short telegram, I can't help but feel grateful to myself that if trekov hadn't handled it properly, our army would have paid a lot of casualties under the bombing of the air force.

I put the telegram into my pocket, turned around and asked the communication staff standing aside, "can I get in touch with the headquarters of the front army?"

The communications officer shook his head and replied, "although we have been working with the headquarters of the front army, we have never established contact."

"Keep in touch," I now realize that the loss of contact with the headquarters of the front army has made things worse, because our propulsion speed has far exceeded the original idea. According to the plan, the air force goes to bomb the designated targets every day. If communication is not established as soon as possible, there will be more and more misfire attempts today“ In any case, we should get in touch with the headquarters of the front army as soon as possible. "

As soon as I gave orders to the communications staff, trakov and Pronin came in from the outside. Seeing me standing by the telephone, he raised his voice and asked, "Rita, have you got in touch with Marshal Zhukov?"

"The operator is still calling, but we haven't got in touch yet." I explained to trakov, "maybe the signal in this area is not good. We send telegrams that Lublin can't receive."

"Since we can't get in touch, we won't get in touch for the time being." In the face of today's embarrassing situation, trakov is quite open, "our first task is to seize the city. Now the armored forces under the command of general Wei yinlubu have made a detour from the south to the west of the city, preparing to launch an attack from the western suburbs. "

"What, are you going to attack from the western suburbs?" "What about general katukov's troops?" I asked? You know, it's the units of the 1st group army that block the Western passage. "

"The 8th group army of our close guard is fully capable of seizing such a city from the hands of the Germans." Trekov said confidently: "besides, judging from the attack in all directions, the resistance of the city guards is not firm. They have no intention of defending the city. We have a lot of confidence in seizing this place on our own. "

It's two o'clock in the afternoon to reestablish contact with Zhukov.

We reported to him in detail the results of the army's fighting in the past two days, as well as the battle that is attacking Rhodes. Finally, we made a request to him, hoping that he could send air force to assist in the battle.

After understanding our specific situation, Zhukov readily agreed to the request of sending air force to assist in the war. At the same time, he made a request to us that the troops should not stop and should continue to push westward to reach the Oder River as soon as possible.

As for Zhukov's order, after discussing with trakov, I decided that the 8th group army of the guards would still be the main force in the attack on Rhodes, but I would transfer the 11th and 9th army of the tanks who had arrived nearby to help. Katukov's troops, on the other hand, were responsible for Zhukov's task of pushing westward to capture more areas occupied by the German army.

Just after I had a phone call with katukov, who was far away in the west of the city, and gave him the order to continue marching to the west, the communication staff handed me a telegram, saying that it was forwarded by the headquarters of the front army.

I opened the telegram, looked at the signature below, and found that it was konev. Why did konev send me a telegram? You know, I'm not his deputy now, and I'm not qualified to help him. I read the telegram with doubts, and I couldn't help thinking.

Konev said that his troops had completed the encirclement of the German army in Silesia, but because this is an industrial area with a large number of factories, the German army has established a perfect defense system in a solid factory building. If they launch an attack, they will not only pay huge casualties, but also delay a lot of time. He heard from several of his subordinates that I had introduced the theory of how to conduct street fighting to the students at the Military Academy of vorongze, so he specially asked me for help to find a way to solve the battle as soon as possible.

I quickly asked trakov to bring the map of Silesia, put it on the table and began to study the countermeasures. As far as I know, Silesia industrial zone is now an important German military industrial base. If our army can seize it, the German army will soon face a shortage of weapons and equipment.

If konev's troops carry out a strong attack on this area, then this important industrial area will become a ruin, and it is unwise to do so. Because even if our army takes over here, we can not only use the factories here to provide military supplies for our troops, but also spend a lot of energy to rebuild here in the future.

After careful consideration, I feel that it is better to squeeze the enemy out of this area than to encircle and annihilate them. So I drafted a long telegram, wrote all my thoughts on it, and finally proposed to konev: "instead of fighting with the Germans here, it's better to deliberately leave a channel for them to squeeze them out of this area, so that our army can obtain a supply base that can produce weapons and ammunition."

After I finished writing, I called for the telegram to be handed over to the communications staff officer, and told him: "staff officer, it's urgent to send this telegram immediately."

While I was writing a telegram, trakov was talking to general bereyavsky, the war chief he had sent to the west, to ask him about the fighting in the western suburbs. The chief of operations reported to trikov, "general weinlub's tank group has moved out to the western suburb of Rhodes; The troops of the 28th army have occupied ozolkuf, Alexander RUF and rodogoshi; The reconnaissance unit of our group army has advanced to the Roz Konstantinov highway, and the enemy is hastily retreating to the southwest. Our army captured a large number of enemy troops and seized a large number of spoils at the same time... "When he said this, there was no voice in the receiver. Trikov yelled a few times at the microphone. When he heard the voice again, he said discontentedly, "Comrade chief of operations, why did you stop in the middle of your report?"“ Comrade commander, "the voice of the chief of operations was heard anxiously from the receiver:" general Wei yinlubu has been injured and has just been sent back to the headquarters. "“ What, Wei yinlubu is injured? " Trekov asked anxiously, "what part of the wound is it serious?"“ General Wei yinlubu's tank was blown up and his chest was pierced by shrapnel. Military doctors are doing emergency treatment for him. " The chief of operations stopped for a moment and then said, "I think we should send him to the military hospital in the rear as soon as possible for rescue." When he heard that Wei yinlubu's life was in danger, trikov flatly ordered: "Comrade commander of operations, I ordered that an ambulance be arranged immediately to send general Wei yinlubu to the rear hospital, accompanied by the best military doctor. Do you understand?"“ Understand The chief of operations replied loudly. I saw trakov put down the phone with a sad and indignant look on his face. Just as he wanted to comfort him, I suddenly felt someone touch his arm gently. I turned around and saw that it was the communications staff officer. He handed me a telegram and whispered: "Comrade deputy commander, this is the telegram from the headquarters of the first front army of Ukraine." When I heard that it was konev's reply, I didn't care to comfort trikov. Instead, I started the telegram and quickly scanned the above content. Konev's answer was simple: "I'm going to open up for the Germans in Silesia." Looking at konev's reply, I am relieved that if the German troops are really pushed away from Silesia Industrial Zone, not only the casualties of the troops will be reduced, but also a relatively complete industrial zone will be obtained. It won't be long before the weapons and ammunition needed by the army won't have to be transported all the way from China.