Chapter 858

As for my question, Sokolov quickly replied, "Comrade deputy commander, it's like this. Because the German army in the office building has artillery, and the mechanical workshop is surrounded by open space, all in the German artillery range and so on, we are unable to establish a suitable artillery position for the time being. "

"It's a joke. Since it's impossible to build artillery positions outside the factory building, why can't you build positions inside the factory building?" I pointed to the side of the factory facing the office building and said, "you put up your guns on the windows of the factory. As long as you fire a few guns at the building occupied by the enemy, their so-called solid defense will collapse immediately."

On hearing this, guriyev shrugged his shoulders, pointed around and said with a helpless face: "Comrade oshanina, look at the situation in this workshop. There are bricks and stones everywhere. The howitzers of the artillery company can't be towed in. How can we build artillery positions?"

I looked around the environment and found that the huge factory had no roof, the surrounding walls were damaged by shells or bombs, and the walls in many places had collapsed, leaving only isolated reinforced concrete columns standing there, and the fingers of thick and thin steel bars were exposed. Many processing machines placed in the workshop were also covered by collapsed bricks or steel beams. The whole workshop is full of bricks and stones with a height of more than half a person. It is difficult to walk empty handed, let alone pull in such heavy howitzers.

Looking at me staring at the bricks and rubble on the ground in a daze, Xie jerikov, who is familiar with my character, quietly walked into my side and said in a low voice: "Comrade division, it's about 200 meters from here to the opposite office building. If there is no artillery support, our charge commanders and fighters will become the targets of German shooting in the open field."

"We have to find a way to provide artillery support for our soldiers," I said to myself after listening to what shijerikov said. "Otherwise, no matter how many people we put in, we will only be the victims of the German guns." But how to provide artillery cover for the infantry made it difficult for me. Let the East Coast Artillery bombard the opposite building? No, this idea was denied by me as soon as it came out. I'm joking. We are only 200 meters away from the building where the German army is located. Maybe the shells flying from the east bank didn't hit the enemy, but they all fell on our heads. That's a joke.

I walked back and forth in the temporary command post in the middle of the rubble, thinking about how to change the current unfavorable situation. While I was racking my brains to find a way, I heard guriyev whispering to Yushchenko: "Hey, comrade captain, what's this thing on you? Is it made of iron?" Then I heard the sound of finger calibre metal plates. It should be guriyev checking Yushchenko's bullet proof clothes.

"Comrade General, this is the bullet proof vest that the superior distributed to us." Yushchenko replied in a low voice: "this kind of clothes can block the enemy's bullets at a distance of 100 meters. Originally, it was used to equip shock engineers. Because we were temporarily transferred to Stalingrad, we were equipped first. "

"Is this kind of bullet proof clothing integrated or assembled?" Guriyev kept asking like a curious baby.

"Comrade General, look at what you said." Yushchenko replied with a smile: "if the clothes are a whole, storage is a big problem. It's pieced together. After being disassembled at ordinary times, a few bullet proof vests can be put in a box, and then they can be taken out and put on when fighting... "

Yushchenko didn't mean to speak, but I meant to listen. He was chatting with guriyev, but I found inspiration from what he said. Since our bullet proof clothes can be disassembled, so can our guns. Since the complete cannon can not be pulled into the workshop, it is necessary to dismantle the artillery and let the artillery carry parts into the workshop for assembly. Thinking of this, I stopped and said to the people waiting anxiously beside me, "I've come up with a way to build an artillery position in the garage."

"What can I do?" Several people asked in unison.

I did not answer immediately, but first told Sokolov: "Comrade Colonel, please call the artillery captain of the 178th regiment, and I will give him the task myself."

Sokolov agreed, then turned and gave two orders to a commander behind him. Shortly after the commander was ordered to leave, I heard a cry in the workshop: "Captain beliffer, Captain beliffer, where are you?"

With little effort, Captain belifel, led by the commander of Sokolov division, appeared in front of me. After he raised his hand to salute me, he politely asked, "Comrade General, what instructions do you have?"

"Comrade captain, I now order you to immediately break down your company's howitzers and move them into the workshop one by one," I said, pointing to the wall facing the office building and continuing, "and reassembling them on the wall, so that they can fire directly at the enemy's fortifications."

"Comrade General, I obey your orders." Captain belifel accepted my order without thinking, but instead of leaving immediately, he said to me in embarrassment, "but the number of my subordinates is limited. It will take a lot of time to move in the decomposed artillery parts."

When I heard belifel complain about the shortage of manpower, I frowned and asked faintly, "where's the infantry company that lieutenant colonel chejerikov assigned to you?"

Berefel glanced at chejerikov and murmured, "after we captured the mechanic workshop, the infantry company came back."

As soon as I turned my eyes to sjerykov, he said busily, "Comrade division, you don't have to say that. I'll send the infantry company to assist the artillery company right away."

"One company is not enough," I snorted and said discontentedly, "send another company."

"Yes, sir." "One company is not enough, add another company," he repeated without hesitation. I'll arrange it now. " Then he turned and left.

"Comrade deputy commander, there are many people and great strength," guriyev said on his own initiative after hearing my order. "Our division can also transfer a company to assist the artillery brothers in carrying artillery." Seeing guriyev's statement, Sokolov did not want to lag behind. He immediately ordered his political commissar to dispatch a company to cooperate with the artillery to carry the artillery.

It's easy to do things when there are many people. After only a few minutes, I saw the artillery and the infantry sent to assist them, carrying gun tubes, shields, tires and other parts, shouting neat numbers, moving into the workshop.

At this moment, I vaguely heard someone shouting: "Comrade deputy commander, are you here? Comrade deputy commander, comrade deputy commander, are you here?... "

Not only did I hear the shouting, but several commanders around heard it. They all looked at me as if they were asking who would come to you at this time? I winked at Yushchenko. He nodded and ran up a half man high pile of rubble. After looking for a moment, he waved his hand to the distance and cried out: "Hello, comrade major, comrade deputy commander is here."

When I saw a middle-aged man in a cap and a black woollen overcoat coming from behind the rubble, I quickly met him. After a few steps, I saw that one of the commanders was major gradseff, the commander of the security battalion of the group army command. He said to him with a smile: "Hello, major gradseff. I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon."

Hearing my voice, Gladyshev quickly stopped, raised his hand to salute me, and politely said, "Hello, comrade deputy commander." Then he put his body to one side and introduced the middle-aged man in casual clothes to me. "I'll introduce you to Comrade Walter ublishi from Moscow."

"Major, let me do it myself." Without waiting for Gladyshev to finish, ublishi interrupted his words behind him. After two steps toward me, he reached out to me and said in a friendly way, "Hello, general oshanina. I'm ublishi. General trakov sent me to help you."

"Hello, comrade ublishi." When I greet each other, I wonder in my heart what accent he is talking about, and his surname is a bit odd. I think that the guerrilla leader defending Sarajevo is not a fellow townsman.

While I was thinking wildly, ublish had introduced himself to me: "Comrade General, I am the leader of the German anti Communist alliance and the national front of" free Germany ". I have just arrived here from Moscow with a group of cadres of the German Communist Party. Our task is to carry out propaganda work on the battlefield against the war of aggression of the Communist Party of China against the hoodwinked German officers and men, and call on them to turn their guns to Hitler, who is against the people. "

When I heard him show his identity, I knew that he was German. No wonder his accent was so strange. However, since his mission was to launch a political offensive against the German army, which coincided with my original arrangement, I sent someone to call in captain Beckman who was shouting outside and introduce him to Ulrich.

After half a day of chatting in German, they went to the wall of the factory building and began to shout to the German troops in the opposite building with their loudspeakers: "German officers and soldiers, are you still waiting for Marshal Manstein to come to rescue you?"?! I tell you, he won't come. Just yesterday, a tank division and an infantry division of kojelinikovo were completely destroyed under the fierce attack of the Red Army.

The reason why your superiors hide such information from you is that they worry that you will lose your fighting spirit when you know your situation. They want you to live in fantasy, defend them to the death, and fight to the last bullet. "

When he yelled at Ulrich, gramazda kept translating what he said for us. The more I heard, the more I felt that with the words of ublishi, maybe the resistance against the German army would weaken, or even some people would come out to surrender.

Before the end of ublishi's call, artillery captain belifel ran to report and said, "Comrade General, all the cannons are ready for battle and ready to fire at any time. Please give instructions!"

"Comrade beliffer, just a moment, please." After I said this to belifel, I told Yushchenko, "Captain Yushchenko, go and tell Comrade ublishi immediately that the German army in the office building will have three minutes to think about it. If they don't surrender by then, we will blow down their building."

After Yushchenko left, I turned to several commanders around me and said, "comrades commanders, let's also find a place to see if the Germans in the building have voluntarily come out to surrender after hearing the cries of their own compatriots."

As soon as my voice fell, Sokolov took the initiative to say, "Comrade deputy commander, I know a place with good vision, and it's not easy to attract the attention of enemy snipers."

Under the leadership of Sokolov, we came to a relatively complete window beside the wall. Because there are mountains of bricks and tiles piled up outside the window, and this is on the side of the office building, it's not easy to attract the attention of the snipers. Moreover, the vision is very broad. We lean against the wall and look out of the window, Can clearly see the outside hidden behind the rubble or trenches of the officers and men.

Despite ublish's shouts, several German soldiers with high hands came out of the opposite building, and they came towards us in line and trembling. Seeing that the enemy had come out of the building and surrendered, guriyev sighed, and then said to beliefer, "Comrade captain, it seems that your artillery company is useless."

As soon as his words were heard, there was a lot of gunfire outside. A machine gun suddenly stretched out from a window on the second floor and fired at the German soldiers who were coming towards us. In an instant, the soil under the feet of the soldiers was beaten like a pot. In just ten seconds, all the soldiers fell into a pool of blood.

Seeing this scene, I was furious and scolded the enemy who shot: "even if you don't surrender, you dare to shoot those who surrender to us." So I turned around and said to belifel, "Comrade captain, let the artillery company fire immediately. First, blow off the window on the second floor and kill all the Germans inside."

"Yes With a loud promise, belifel turned and ran away.

"Colonel Sokolov," after the artillery commander left, I told Sokolov, who was standing nearby, "when the shelling begins, and the enemy is in chaos, immediately order your troops to charge. Do you understand? "

"I understand, comrade deputy commander." Sokolov took orders and turned away.

"Comrade deputy commander, what about the tasks of our division?" Seeing Sokolov leave, guriyev was a little worried: "our commanders and fighters have been in the factory area for several months. If they are not allowed to participate in this final attack, I think they will have emotions."

Seeing Guriev's eagerness to fight, I was not good at attacking his enthusiasm, so I followed him and said, "well, general Guriev, let your soldiers be ready. Once the attack of Colonel Sokolov's troops is defeated by the German army, it's their turn to rush up."

Xiejerikov led Sokolov and guriyev to leave one after another. He was a little anxious. He came up to me and said in a flattering way: "Comrade division commander, my regiment was not reduced much in last night's battle. Do you think we can also participate in the final attack?"

After looking at him, I said coldly, "Comrade commander, do you think the German army in the opposite building can withstand the repeated attacks of the two divisions after being shelled by us?"

After listening to me, Xie jielikov knew that it was useless to say more, so he had to shut his mouth and stand by me honestly, watching the movement outside.

As soon as the three minute deadline for the German army arrived, belifel's artillery company opened fire decisively.

At such a close range, I have a clear idea of the effect of direct fire with such a large caliber howitzer, so I have great expectations for the next infantry charge.

After a round of shooting, several big holes appeared in the solid wall, and the second floor window that was just fired was also blasted by the shell. Before the smoke of the explosion cleared, Sokolov's troops jumped from the hidden place and rushed towards the building in droves with weapons.

Seeing the charge of our army, many windows in the building began to shoot. The soldiers in the front were constantly knocked down by the commanding bullets, but the soldiers in the back still rushed forward without hesitation, shouting slogans.

Belifel saw that the enemy was using fire to suppress our charge team, and risked the risk of accidental injury to carry out another round of shelling, blowing off some of the most powerful fire points. Seeing that the fire of our army was so fierce, the German army in the building began to shake. Many windows stretched out guns with white shirts and white sheets, waving them desperately to avoid being hit by our fire again. While our infantry soldiers took advantage of the enemy's weakened firepower and rushed into the fortified office buildings one after another.

"That's great, that's great!" Seeing more and more white flags sticking out of the windows of the building and our soldiers pounding the German occupied office building one after another, sjerikov standing behind me cheered.

With a long sigh of relief, I put down my telescope and turned to shejerikov and said, "Comrade commander, gather your troops. After Sokolov's and guriyev's troops capture the opposite building, your regiment will be responsible for the task of cleaning up the remaining German troops in the factory."

After xiejerikov left, I said with a smile to Yushchenko, who just came back, "the guard troops in the office building are completely finished."