Chapter 175

"Great! That is great! That's great Rokosovsky rushed over and slapped the messenger on the back excitedly, causing him to cough violently. Realizing that he was overjoyed, rokosovsky quickly stopped the slapping on his hand and asked, "what does political commissar Comrade lobachev say?"

"Cough, cough, cough, the political commissar said that he had gathered some troops and built fortifications to the east of Taiyangshan City, ready to resist the new enemy offensive." As the officer coughed, he read the contents of the note vomited from the Bodo transmitter.

"Great, great!" Rokosovsky rubbed his hands excitedly and repeatedly said, "come on, call the political commissar back and ask him what troops he has and what is the total strength?"

The other party's reply came soon. Looking at the little note spit out by the machine, I quickly stepped forward, grabbed the note, and read aloud to rokosovsky and all the people in the room: "our current troops are as follows: the 17th cavalry division of gedukov, the 50th and 53rd cavalry divisions of the 3rd cavalry army under the command of general priev, acting commander, The 289th and 296th anti tank regiments and the 138th cannon Regiment under the command of general kazakov, the artillery commander of the group army, the Cadet regiment named after the Supreme Soviet of lieutenant colonel mlakintsev, and several infantry regiments temporarily formed by the defeated troops. There are more than 13000 troops in total. At present, they have launched and occupied positions in the east of Taiyangshan city. "

I was reading a telegram when the messenger over there called out again: "Comrade commander, the commander of the headquarters of the front army wants to speak to you!"

"Keep reading the telegram," rokosovsky told me. Then he limped over, grabbed the microphone and said aloud, "I'm rokosovsky. Go ahead, please!"

"I'm sokolovsky, chief of staff of the front army. Comrade General! General Zhukov asked me to convey his meaning to you: after his struggle, the Supreme Commander agreed to send one Katyusha rocket artillery regiment, two anti tank regiments, four Anti Tank Gun Companies and three tank battalions to supplement your group army. In addition, there are more than 2000 soldiers from Moscow who can be added to the severely reduced troops. "

"That's great. With such a complement of troops, tomorrow's counter offensive will have a much higher chance of winning." Hearing such good news, not only rokosovsky, but also other people in the room were excited, whispering and chattering.

"General rokosovsky," the opposite sokosovsky continued, "Comrade commander asked me to ask you if you have got in touch with the troops below?"

"Chief of staff, please tell general Zhukov that I just got in touch with lobachev, political commissar of the group army. He led an army of tens of thousands of people, which had already started in the east of Taiyangshan city and occupied the starting position. "

When I heard rokosovsky's report to the front army, I suddenly had an uncertain premonition in my heart. I wanted to stop him from speaking. But he spoke very fast. Before I could react, he had finished the report. So I just opened my mouth and swallowed my words.

"This news is very important. I will report it to the commander immediately." Sokolovsky said dryly, then there was no voice on the other side.

"Why don't you read on? Read on, Rita Rokosovsky reminded me when he saw that I was standing there without moving or reading a telegram.

I looked at the note in front of me, shook my head and said, "no, comrade political commissar has sent so much content."

"No? He didn't talk about their next battle plan? " Standing in the same place, rokosovsky dictated to the communication officer, "tell the political commissar that the group army will launch a counterattack against Taiyangshan city at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. Do you have any difficulties?"

Just as the communication officer converted the meaning of rokosovsky into radio waves, there was a voice on the side of the front army: "general rokosovsky? I'm Zhukov

"What can I do for you? Senior general. As long as you give me enough troops, I will attack Berlin tomorrow. " Perhaps it is to hear that the reserves will be added tomorrow, rokosovsky's mood is particularly good, and even joked with Zhukov.

"I don't want Berlin," Zhukov said coldly. "I just want you to take the sun mountain city back from the bandits. Can you do it?"

"As long as the reserves can arrive in time," rokosovsky hesitated for a moment, or gave the other side a positive answer: "sun mountain city will be able to get back."

"Now that things have changed, you have to be prepared. When I was talking to Comrade Stalin just now, he said that we should give up our measures to resist the enemy and only consider how to fight back the enemy. So the original attack time has been advanced. "Here, Zhukov pauses. I think he is looking at his watch. Sure enough, he quickly goes on to say," the counterattack must be launched at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. This is the meaning of the supreme command. This order is beyond doubt and must be carried out to the letter. Do you understand? "

Since Zhukov brought out the supreme commander, rokosovsky did not dare to refute, so he could only honestly answer: "yes, I totally understand! The counterattack against sun mountain city will begin at eight o'clock! "

"Well, I'll wait for your good news. Good luck With that, Zhukov cut off contact. Rokosovsky slowly put down the microphone and sat down on the seat in a daze. After a long time, malining came forward and asked softly, "Comrade commander, what should we do?" The revived rokosovsky wiped his face, then stood up and said in a decisive voice: "send power to the commissar immediately, and let them prepare for all battles at 7:30 tomorrow morning. At eight o'clock, we should launch a counterattack against Taiyangshan city on time, and we must drive the enemy out of the city as quickly as possible. " At 8:00 a.m. on November 27, with the order of rokosovsky, there was a rumble of artillery in the distance, and the counterattack against Taiyangshan city officially began. In addition to rokosovsky, malining, me, leviakim and yegorov, there are only some operational staff and communication personnel in the headquarters. Since the political commissars do not have walkie talkies, all the operational instructions and the results of the feedback are carried out by telegraph and telephone. What we can do is to wait for the war report here, and then issue operational instructions according to the specific situation. At half past eight, the report of the first stage came back. Because the fighting broke out suddenly, the German army was caught by surprise. General priev led three cavalry divisions to encircle the enemy in the city from the southwest and Southeast directions. He led his division to attack sverchikovo, sherischevo and martenovo. After fierce fighting, the troops occupied the three settlements and severely damaged the German 240th infantry. Seeing such results, malining immediately reported the intelligence to the headquarters of the front army. Rokosovsky said optimistically: "if the reserve team given by the superior can arrive within half an hour, we can completely recover Taiyangshan city before dark." The wish is good, but the reality is cruel. Only half an hour later, the situation reversed. Before our reinforcements and air force could take part in the war, the enemy reinforcements arrived first. First, they used airplanes to bombard our troops occupying the residential areas. Then they sent out tank troops to fight back and drove general priev's troops out of the above-mentioned areas.