Chapter 1678

When I collected the telegram, I saw that Pronin was comforting trikov: "Comrade commander, don't be sad. This is war. Everyone of us may be injured or even sacrificed. I hope God bless general Wei yinlubu and he will be safe and sound. "

"Comrade military commissar," trekov said with a painful expression, "he is a brave, honest and combatant commander. This is the third time since the outbreak of the war. In the war, he went through the fighting process from the western region of Belarus to the Volga River, and the test of Stalingrad campaign. Then he and I crossed the whole Ukraine from the Volga River to Poland. The injury of such comrades makes me feel extremely sad. "

When trikov recalled to Pronin the details of his relationship with weinrub, I was also thinking that I had been injured many times since I came to this era, especially in the Moscow defense war. If I wasn't lucky, as long as the German bayonet was two inches lower, I would be deeply wounded.

Thinking that he had never seen the order of Wei yinlubu in the list of Soviet dead generals, he comforted trikov like Pronin and said, "don't worry, general trikov. As the comrades of the military commissar said, God will surely bless general Wei yinlubu and make him safe. "

When trakov's mood became stable, I picked up the war report he had put aside and found that the German resistance in the city was not firm. The fierce fighting in the western suburbs of the city led to the injury of Wei inlubu, the commander of the armored forces, because the German army jumped out of the wall in that direction. Now the 1st tank group army of katukov's guards has continued to advance westward. If we want to destroy the German troops in the western suburbs, we can only put the 11th and 9th tank armies nearby into battle, so as to destroy the German troops as soon as possible.

With this in mind, I asked the communications staff, in my name, to send a message to the two tank commanders of the 11th and 9th tank armies respectively, so that they could immediately engage in the attack on Rhodes.

It's not enough to have only tanks, but also the air force. So I sent a telegram to Zhukov, asking him to send air force to support our attack on Rhodes. In order to prevent the air force from finding targets, I also asked Zhukov to let the air force commander establish contact with trakov's headquarters, so as to attack those important targets under the guidance of ground forces.

The 11th and 9th tank armies did not arrive at the outskirts of Rhodes until 5 p.m. At this time, the planes dispatched by the 16th and 18th air force groups had completed the bombing of important German defense targets. Facing the direction of the destroyed German army, the tanks of the two tank armies stormed open the obstacles at the intersection, and then set up a reading formation and drove towards the city center along the spacious street.

At seven o'clock in the evening, trakov received a phone call from the chief of operations, who excitedly reported to him: "Comrade commander, I have good news for you. Our troops have occupied most of the city. The remaining German troops have been compressed by us in a small area in the west of the city. I believe we can solve this enemy before dawn tomorrow. "

"Great, that's great." Upon hearing the good news, trakov was overjoyed. He said in a series of cheers, "Comrade chief of operations, please convey my thanks to the commanders and fighters, and at the same time tell them that now is a good time to build meritorious deeds. We must eliminate the enemies in the city in the shortest time."

When I saw that trakov had said these words, I decided to hang up and stopped him immediately: "general trakov, please wait a moment. I want to talk to the chief of operations."

Although trakov didn't know what I was going to say to his men, he handed me the microphone. I said to the microphone, "Comrade chief of operations, first of all, I would like to congratulate you on your great victory. Next, what I want to talk to you about is that you not only need to fight military wars, but also need to learn to fight political wars. Judging from today's fighting situation, the German army's resistance will is not very strong. The reason why they have not been eliminated is that they tried to escape from our encirclement, so they made a tenacious resistance.

In addition to sending troops to continue to attack, you should also send German speaking soldiers to shout at those German officers and soldiers hiding in fortifications or buildings, calling on them to lay down their arms and surrender to us. We will ensure their personal safety. As soon as the war is over, they will be sent home to be reunited with their families. "

"I see, comrade deputy commander of the front army." After listening to what I said, the chief of operations immediately said, "I will immediately arrange the German speaking soldiers to shout to the enemies who are still fighting tenaciously, so that they can lay down their weapons and surrender as soon as possible."

Occupying most of the city of Rhodes is certainly a happy thing, but the next good news makes trakov cry with joy. Major general Vladimirov, the chief of staff in the rear, called and reported to trikov: "Comrade commander, I am now visiting general Wei inlub in the military hospital."

Listening to the chief of staff saying that he was visiting Wei yinlubu in the military hospital, trikov couldn't help but raise his heart to his throat. He asked in a tone changed voice because of nervousness: "how is his injury now?"

"The operation has just finished," Vladimirov replied. "According to the military doctors, the operation was very successful. All the shrapnel from the chest have been removed. If there is no accident, Comrade Wei yinlubu will wake up tonight or tomorrow morning. As long as he stays in the hospital for a month or two, he can be discharged alive. "

"Thank you, thank you, chief of staff." When he heard that wynlub was out of danger, trakov's eyes were moist. He said to the microphone, "I hope you can report wynlub's injury to us once a day."“ I see. Comrade commander, I will report to you every day. " After saying this, the chief of staff tentatively asked, "has Rhodes been taken down?"“ Not yet. " "But most of the city has been occupied by our army. We believe we can occupy the whole city before dawn tomorrow," he said confidently The battle in Rhodes lasted all night. The German army, compressed in the west of the city, finally stopped resisting under the powerful military and political offensive of our army. After flying the white flag, they came out of their hiding place with high hands and surrendered to our army surrounded by them. Rhodes was liberated by our army on the morning of January 5.