Chapter 229

The German offensive troops soon appeared in my telescope. The enemy infantry did not walk behind the tanks and armored vehicles, but came by truck. The truck didn't stop until it was four or five hundred meters away from our army. The German soldiers, at the yell of the officers, quickly got out of the truck and formed a whole team. Then they followed their tanks and stormed towards our army.

The fire points under the tanks did not fire easily, but let in the enemy's tanks. Looking at the ten or so German tanks getting closer and closer to our army, in one minute at most, they can cross the trench and advance to the depth of our army. I just wanted to remind lesdayev that it was time to order the troops to open fire. A red signal bomb suddenly flew up in the trench, and suddenly the pea like gunfire on the position was heard.

With the sound of the gun, the anti tank men who had been hiding under the abandoned tanks came out one after another and smashed the burning bottle into the enemy's tanks. The flasks drew arcs in the air, accurately fell on the armor plate and smashed to pieces. The liquid in the flasks quickly spread out, and the tanks on the fast March burst into flames. They drove forward a few steps and then stopped one after another. The top covers of the smoky turrets were opened one after another, and from inside came one tank hand after another covered with fire. Some jumped off the tank, rolled on the spot, put out the fire, turned around and ran back, and were killed near the tank by our soldiers. As soon as some tank soldiers emerged from the turret, they were killed by random guns, and their bodies hung on the turret.

As soon as they saw that their tanks had been blown up, the enemy infantry who followed them quickly rushed to the front with submachine guns and swept at the anti tank hands of our army. Several soldiers who had just bombed the tank and had not yet had time to hide fell under the enemy's muzzle. Our concealed fire point opened fire. The German soldiers were caught off guard and fell in front of the firing hole in rows.

Some of the remaining tanks of the German army that had not yet been destroyed continued to rush forward. After driving for a short time, they were destroyed by the flasks thrown by the anti tank men hidden in the craters in front of the trench. Some of them backed up in the same place and ran into their own soldiers regardless. The scene was chaotic for a moment.

The German tank formation was in a mess, but the infantry were well-trained. They soon recovered from the initial confusion, avoided driving their own tanks, fell down on the spot and chose to shoot our army. Our army's shooting points under abandoned tanks were also reimbursed one by one with grenades.

The battle lasted for nearly an hour, but at last the German army could not support it. Under the cover of the remaining two tanks, it slowly retreated. Because the troops in the trench were effective, they did not launch a counter charge. But when the enemy retreated, lesdayev ordered his men to go out to treat the wounded, clean the battlefield, and restore the fire point under the abandoned tanks.

Although this battle has won, there are still many unsatisfactory places. In conclusion, I pointed out directly to lesdayev that the space under the tank is effective and can hold too few people and ammunition. Some of the destroyed fire points are because the soldiers' bullets soon run out, so that they have to rush out and fight for bayonets with the enemy armed to the teeth. Although these firepower points under abandoned tanks have played a great role today, the enemy will soon come up with countermeasures. For example, first use mortars to suppress firepower, and then use flamethrowers to close fire to clear our firepower points. So I remind him to keep sober and continue to improve the defense system here.

Before returning to the division headquarters, I repeatedly told him not to simply defend, but to send elite small troops at night to harass the enemy's rear area by means of night attack, so that they would not get peace, so that their offensive power in the daytime would be greatly weakened.

According to the history I learned from the film "the battle of Moscow", from December 1 to 6, only the seventh army took action. They used the typical combat formation of the German mechanized legion, diamond or trapezoid, to attack. They took heavy tanks as the vanguard, placed in the front of the formation, and launched a fierce attack on our defensive positions. But the end of the attack was very tragic. Under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Soviet army, all these tanks turned into burning scrap iron.

It is because of this memory that I did not pay attention to the German attack. It is just that they are struggling. The fate of defeat is waiting for them. So after explaining everything to shedulin and lesdayev, I went back to the division headquarters in a jeep driven by grissa, ready to study the counter offensive with political commissar yegorov in a few days.

Back in the headquarters, I saw yegorov and deputy division commander chisjakov. Walking back and forth in the room, chief of staff sherebryakov was bending over the walkie talkie and asked the signalman, "how's it going? Haven't you contacted me yet? "

Seeing this, I was startled. Which unit of the division was in trouble, was it broken up by the German army or defected? He seized yegorov and asked anxiously, "my political commissar, what's the matter?"

Yegorov saw that it was me, and immediately breathed a sigh, as if he had found the backbone. He quickly pulled me to the table to sit down and said mysteriously, "as soon as I got the information, the commander's city was suddenly attacked by the enemy. After the tenacious resistance, the unit was forced to retreat, and was retreating towards our Taiyangshan city."

"Commander? Is it general Vlasov? " I was surprised to ask: "the enemy occupied the city. Where is the seventh division of the guards responsible for defending the city?" When political commissar yegorov heard me say this, he was stunned: "I didn't say that general Vlasov had an accident?"“ But you just said that something happened to the commander! " I am more and more confused. Political commissar, you are not very old. How can you forget what you said“ Comrade division, "chisjakov came out to rescue the political commissar and explained to me," the political commissar is talking about general rokosovsky. You know, although we are now in the 20th group army, we still habitually call rokosovsky commander. "“ What's going on? I'm confused when you say that. " Chisgakov brought me a cup of hot tea and explained the situation to me in detail: "according to the Scout's report, this morning, the German army assembled the 1st, 6th and 7th tank divisions and the 23rd and 106th infantry divisions. Under the cover of the plane, the German army sent a report to general zaharov, deputy commander of the 16th group army, the 17th, 126th and 133rd infantry divisions and the 25th tank brigade, The defensive areas of dmitrovo and yahroma launched an attack. After the fierce battle, general Zakharov led his troops to retreat to the direction close to the city of Moscow, while rokosovsky's headquarters withdrew from lialovo in the battle and lost contact with us. According to the surveyors' speculation, the headquarters of the 16th group army is retreating to the direction of Taiyangshan city. " After introducing the situation, he finally added: "Comrade teacher, this is the situation. What do you think we should do?"“ Rita, we can't wait for help. I think we should send troops immediately to rescue general rokosovsky's headquarters from the possible encirclement of the enemy. " After staring at the map in front of me for a long time, I finally saw that the German army was attacking the right wing of the 20th group army, trying to open a breakthrough from here to achieve the goal of occupying Moscow city. And this main direction of attack is exactly where the 16th army of rokosovsky is located. I patted lightly on the map, and then said decisively, "since commander rokosovsky is in trouble, we must go to the rescue." I looked at chisgakov and asked, "where are the 389th tank division?" You know, yesterday, after I gave the order to withdraw the remaining tank and anti tank artillery battalions, I went to the group army to accept the order, and was transferred from the 16th group army to the 20th group army. Since I came back from the military meeting in Vlasov, I still don't know the whereabouts of this unit. Chisgakov pointed to the map and said without hesitation, "the remnants of the 389th division are now here in the east of the city." I nodded, pointed to the position of the tank division, and said to chisgakov, "now I order you to go to the tank division immediately, take the command from major malafeyev, and lead the troops eastward to find the whereabouts of general rokosovsky's headquarters." When chisjakov left, the commissar kindly reminded me, "Rita, do you think you need to report to general Vlasov about the transfer of the tank division?"“ "OK," I promised. I picked up the phone on the desk and started shaking the handle. When I got through, I reported to Vlasov about the transfer of troops. Vlasov pondered for a moment, then said in a shrill voice, "I have also received reports here that the fierce and uninterrupted fighting of the enemy continues in the whole front of the 16th group army and the friendly group, as well as the right side of the 30th group army and the left side of the 5th group army. There are serious difficulties everywhere. The right-wing forces of the 30th group army were repulsed by the enemy to the East Bank of the Moscow Volga canal, and a few of the enemy's troops had even crossed the canal south of dmitrov. The right wing units of the 5th army were also repulsed by the enemy. " What he said scared me out in a cold sweat. I didn't expect that the situation was so bad. But why didn't I mention it in the films and TV works I saw later? However, Vlasov agreed that we should send troops for rescue, and offered to send a regiment of the seventh division of the guards to reinforce me if I felt that the defense strength of Taiyangshan city was insufficient. When I put down the phone, I could not help feeling with emotion. General frasov, who was also the commander of the group army, had a solid defensive position, but rokosovsky was defeated again and again, and was beaten by the German army like a lost dog. In this case, Vlasov's command ability should not be inferior to that of rokosovsky, or even less than that of Zhukov. But why have I only heard of Zhukov and rokosovsky in later generations, but never heard of the name of Vlasov?