Chapter 1685

When trekov and I were frustrated by the result, Tkachenko, the engineer's director, came in from the outside and happily reported to us, "two comrades, good news, good news!"

"What's the good news?" Trekov asked curiously.

"Although the explosive package we just launched did not cause much damage to the German fortress, I just found an interesting phenomenon. In a certain part of the area that was bombarded, all the German firepower points went out of fire. " Tkachenko said happily: "I sent a soldier to scout. He found that there were traces of explosion below the fire point. It is estimated that when we launched the explosive package, one or two of them flew halfway and fell into the ditch to explode. As a result, the fire point of the German army was destroyed by mistake."

"What the hell is going on?" I was confused by Tkachenko's words, and I asked, "how can a dynamite bag in a ditch destroy the German firepower?"

"According to the soldier's report, the wall opposite the trench didn't collapse, but the enemy hiding inside didn't shoot any more. He should have been killed in the fortification when the explosive bag exploded."

"The power of the explosive bag is enough to shock the German to death in the fortification?" Trekov questioned Tkachenko's statement, "you know, our heavy guns have been firing at the enemy's fortress for such a long time, and when the troops charge, the enemy's firepower is still fierce.". How can a few explosive packages blow up and shock the enemy to death? "

"Comrade commander, this is true." Tkachenko explained to trakov: "although we bombarded the German fortress repeatedly, the effect was greatly reduced because of the thick concrete walls. However, the trench where the explosive bag fell and the wall of the German firepower point were not so thick, so the effect of the explosion was far greater than that of the heavy artillery. "

After listening to Tkachenko's explanation, trakov nodded and then asked, "have you engineers come up with any good way to break through the German defense?"

"I think so." After sitting down at the table, Tkachenko took out a notebook and drew a sketch on it with a pencil: "I plan to use a gasoline barrel to load explosives, and then let people push them into the trench after lighting them. I think that so many explosives will explode at the same time, which can at least kill the defenders in some areas, so that we can occupy several favorable positions in the opposite side, Then we will eliminate the German firepower one by one. "

"It sounds very good, but I don't know the effect of implementation." "General Tkachenko, when will your plan come into operation?" trekov asked

"Comrade commander, I think it will be tomorrow at the latest." When it comes to the specific time, Tkachenko becomes cautious: "I need to test the explosive power overnight."

"I think so." I grabbed ahead of trakov and said, "anyway, we haven't completely eliminated the enemy hiding in the residential area. General Tkachenko, you can slowly try the power of explosives until you find the most suitable formula."

"Rita, will that delay us in seizing the fortress?" "If the higher authorities blame it, we can't explain it to them," said trikov with great misgivings

"It doesn't matter. If the superior wants to blame me, I'll take the responsibility." After holding the responsibility on my shoulders, I confided to trikov, "if there is no accident, some troops of the 69th army will come back here tomorrow to help us capture Poznan."

"By the way," I said, Tkachenko immediately thought of an important thing, and quickly added: "I received comrades today, and there will be a second engineering shock brigade here tomorrow. These officers and men wear special armor and chest protection, and are equipped with assault rifles. They will take charge of the assault task, and the effect is much better than that of ordinary infantry. "

As early as in the war of Stalingrad's defense, trikov had seen the power of the engineering shock brigade. Therefore, it was said that an engineering shock brigade would arrive tomorrow, and he became calm. He thought for a moment, and then said to Tkachenko, "well, comrade director of engineering, I'll give you the task of blowing up the German fortress parapet. I hope you don't let me down."

After Tkachenko left, trakov gave an order to the chief of staff Vladimirov: "let the troops stop attacking the fortress. Except for a few troops who continue to monitor the garrison of the fortress, the rest of the troops are used to eliminate the German residual enemy hidden in the residential area and completely eliminate our worries when attacking."

After all the tasks were deployed, trakov could finally sit down and chat with me for a moment. He pointed to the map in front of him and said to me, "Rita, I feel like I'm dreaming now. At that time, I took part in the defense of Stalingrad. I thought I would die at any time. I didn't expect that the troops under my command are less than 300 kilometers away from Berlin. Maybe one day, I will be able to direct the troops into Berlin myself. When I think about it, I feel how unreal what happened in front of me. "

I remember that in the battle of Berlin, the 8th group army of trakov's guards was the absolute main force, so I comforted him and said, "general trakov, this is not a dream, but a reality. The Germans, who were once invincible, are now in a desperate situation. It will be sooner or later for us to capture Berlin. In my judgment, your troops are definitely the main force in attacking Berlin. "

"It would be great if my troops could be the main force of the attack." Trekov said excitedly, "I must personally command the troops to rush into the Capitol building and capture Hitler and his running dogs alive." Two things came to mind when I heard about the Capitol building. One is the commander who put the red flag on the top floor of the Capitol building, the 756th regiment of the 150th division of the 79th infantry army of the 3rd shock group army of Kuznetsov. Now it's January 45, but the commander of the group army is still lieutenant general Simoniac. What's the matter? In addition, the parliament building in Berlin was basically idle after the arson case because of its narrow office space and poor radio signal. Why did the Soviet Army seize the building at all costs during the battle of Berlin? Is it really just going to plant a red flag on the roof? Although I can't think of the answers to these things, I won't ask others casually, because I know it in my heart. No one can give me the standard answer except me, who is from the future. In the evening of the same day, the 91st infantry army, belonging to the 69th group army, arrived in Poznan. Under the guidance of a staff officer, lieutenant general volko, commander of the army, came to trakov's headquarters and asked him for instructions on the army's combat tasks. Trikov looked at me and asked carefully, "Rita, what do you think we should do with general volko's troops?" Before I made my decision, I decided to know the actual situation of the army. Then I went up to volko and asked, "Comrade General, how many troops do you have?"“ The whole army consists of two infantry divisions which are not full and poorly equipped, with a total strength of about 7000. " "But please rest assured that we are willing to accept all combat missions," volko said with some shame I am very disappointed to hear that this army has few troops and poor equipment. If we use such forces to attack the German stronghold, it is tantamount to letting the commanders and fighters die. So after thinking about it for a long time, I said to volko, "Comrade General, our attack on the fortress may take another two days. During this period of time, you and your 91st army will help the friendly forces to eliminate the German stragglers hidden in the residential areas. " Two days later, the attack on the fort began again. In order to prevent the German army from concentrating all its forces in one direction to defend us, we launched an attack from the north, East and South at the same time, deliberately leaving a gap in the West for the German army to have the illusion that their retreat was not completely cut off, so as to prevent them from carrying out desperate resistance. The second engineer assault brigade was arranged in the south of the fort by us. After the battle started, we used artillery fire to suppress the firing point on the top of the fort, so as to protect the engineers from approaching the trench smoothly and destroy the fire point on the opposite side of the trench with the prepared explosive barrels. The company was led by Captain proscolin, who carefully approached the trench and signaled to the rear. The 82mm mortar company, hidden in the ruins, immediately dropped fire on the trench to let the smoke generated by the explosion cover the engineers to throw explosive barrels into the trench. Proskulin saw the smoke rolling in the trench, the German machine gun fire point stopped shooting, immediately issued an order to attack the soldiers next to him. So the soldiers, in groups of two, rolled a heavy explosive barrel toward the ditch, lit the fuse, and pushed the barrel into the ditch. But after four barrels full of explosives were thrown into the trench, the engineers around the trench quickly turned around and ran back to a safe distance before they stopped to listen to the movement in the trench. After a series of earth shaking explosions, the trench was shrouded in smoke, but the sound of shooting inside completely stopped. Proscolin sent an engineer to scout out the effect of the explosion. The engineer bent over and ran quickly to the ditch. He bent down and looked across. He saw a large part of the wall collapsed. He could see the dead German soldiers and the damaged weapons. Seeing this, the engineer was overjoyed. He quickly turned around and rushed to captain proskulin, who was hiding in the ruins. He gestured that the explosion effect was ideal. Captain proskulin was very happy when he saw the signal sent by the engineer. He immediately rushed to the ditch with a group of explosives and several barrels of explosives, intending to draw gourds according to the ladle and give the Germans a more cruel memory.