Chapter 878

Goebbels' self righteous speech helped those German generals who wanted to resist. When the 150th division of bantaileiev attacked the dormitory area of tractor factory, the resistance was far weaker than I thought. Before the attack, I looked at hundreds of buildings in front of me and said that in so many houses, the German army had at least deployed thousands of defenders. Even if our attack was successful, it would take at least two days to occupy all of them. It took more than a month for the German army to seize the dormitory area from the 37th division.

Unexpectedly, as soon as our troops attacked, most of the defenders who stuck to the half collapsed buildings put on a few symbolic shots and spontaneously raised the white flag one after another. Of course, there are also those who have resisted tenaciously. The cross fire network composed of firepower inside and outside the building suppresses the commanders and fighters who are lying in the snow. At this time, the two artillery battalions of the 150th division and the artillery battalion of the 266th artillery regiment attached to the division would not hesitate to open fire and smash dense shells at the enemy's buildings. When the buildings collapsed in the dense artillery fire, white flags would tremble in many places where they were charred and still emitting smoke. As soon as our army commanders and fighters rushed up, groups of prisoners would come out of the ruins with both hands raised.

At noon, at the front of the squad, leiev called to report to me: "report to the commander, after a morning of fierce fighting, our division has basically occupied the dormitory area of the tractor factory, and only a few buildings still have the remaining enemy in the corner. We have sent a small team into the building to eliminate them. We think it will not be long before we can completely eliminate them."

"Which regiment is the main player in the morning?" Although I now have four infantry divisions, a tank brigade and an artillery regiment under my command, I always pay the highest attention to my own army: "I played relatively well, and basically occupied the dormitory area occupied by thousands of German troops in half a day."

"Reporting to the commander of the army is a regiment of lieutenant colonel chejerikov," bantailiev truthfully reported to me, "the first echelon of the regiment is the shereblenny battalion."

At the beginning of the great counterattack, trakov promised the officers and men of the independent division that the name of the unit that first rushed into gorodysseh would be the name of that unit. At that time, the first battalion of Captain Nikolay and the second battalion of major shereblenny rushed into the city at the same time. Later, when I reported to the headquarters of the group army, I proposed that both battalions should be named after the battalion commander, but it was rejected by trakov. He said that the first battalion of Nikolay was almost all officers and soldiers anyway. If they were given such high honor, it would make the commanders and soldiers of other troops dissatisfied. Therefore, in the end, only the second battalion of shereblenny was named "shereblenny battalion".

Although it took only half a day to capture the dormitory area, I did not dare to take it lightly when I thought of the battle to capture the factory area. So I nervously asked, "Captain Bantai leyev, since you have captured the dormitory area, it's time for you to attack the factory area. Which regiment do you plan to send?"

"I'm going to have commander Oleg's second regiment do it." Without waiting for me to ask in detail, bantaileiev took the initiative to explain: "since the second regiment lost a lot of personnel in the early battle of sticking to the 107.5 highland, they hardly took part in any decent fight after the great counterattack began. Yesterday, lieutenant commander Oleg came to my headquarters and pestered me to assign him combat tasks. He said that all the commanders and fighters of the second regiment were full of fighting passion. If they were not allowed to undertake important combat tasks, everyone would be suffocated. "

I didn't express any opinions on the arrangement of the division. After all, I am not the commander of the independent division now. As long as bantailiev doesn't make a big mistake in command, I will not go over him to command the troops below. After thinking about it, I asked the other side two questions: "Colonel, what time will the attack start? How are you going to attack the German fortifications outside the factory gate? "

"The attack of the second regiment will begin in half an hour, that is, at one o'clock at noon." As for my question, bandeleev should have made a good draft for a long time. As soon as my voice was heard, he replied clearly: "we intend to adopt the tactics of cooperation of infantry, tank and artillery in this attack, so as to capture the enemy's defensive positions outside the factory gate in the shortest time, and quickly break into the factory."

"Very good. I'll follow your schedule." After listening to the arrangement of ryev, I nodded with satisfaction. After agreeing with his plan, I put down the phone.

Witkov saw me finish the call with Bantai leiev and immediately asked, "Comrade commander, we can't observe the troops attacking the factory area at this position. Do we need to transfer the observation points immediately?"

After listening to wittkov's words, I knew that he should have chosen the place to set up the observation post long ago, so he did not beat around the Bush and asked directly, "Comrade chief of staff, do you have a suitable place to set up a new observation post?"

Vetkov nodded and said with certainty, "yes, comrade commander. We can set up the new observation post on the grandstand of the tractor factory stadium, where we can see clearly the troops attacking the tractor factory gate. And even if we are bombarded by the German army, we have enough space to move. "

"In that case, let's move it immediately."

As soon as our new command post was completed, the 150th division began to attack the tractor factory.

I stood in the gap of the wall and watched the sparse procession move forward slowly in the snow. On the starting position behind them, there were a bunch of directly aimed guns. Besides the artillery, there were many infantry who were helping to carry ammunition. In the boundless wilderness, there are more than ten tanks moving forward. From the appearance of the tanks, I can see that this is the tank battalion of major perskin. They are not using the Soviet T-34, but seizing all the German tanks. The white cross mark on the tank has been removed, and a small red flag is inserted on each turret as an identification mark. Behind these tanks, small groups of infantry were moving. Facing the interception of German machine gun and mortar fire, they sometimes fell down, sometimes jumped up and moved slowly.

The closer to the German defensive position, the more corpses lying in the snow, in addition to the German, there are also our commanders and fighters, lying there alone or in groups, the snowfall in December and January covered them with a thick shroud.

"Comrade commander," wittkov, who was standing next to me, said suddenly, "I don't deny that the speed of troops delivery can be accelerated by allowing infantry to take tanks. But you see, there are seven or eight commanders and fighters standing on a tank. As long as a shell falls on the side of the tank and explodes, the commanders and fighters on it will suffer heavy casualties. "

As soon as his voice fell, several shells fell near a tank, and the moving body was immediately shrouded in smoke. I know that as long as the mortar shells don't directly hit the tank, or fall into the open top of the turret, the damage to the tank is almost negligible, but thinking of so many commanders and fighters standing on the body of the car, my heart is tight.

When the smoke dispersed, I saw that there were few commanders and fighters left on the tank body. Except for two people who were still lying on the rear body, the rest of the commanders and fighters fell into the snow. I moved my telescope to the two officers and men lying on the tank to see if they were still alive.

A commander with a walkie talkie on his back should be a telegraph operator. At the moment, he stood still on the tank. He didn't know whether he was stunned or sacrificed. The man lying next to him was still breathing and his arm was still moving. He reached for the handle on the turret and tried to stand up.

Just as he stood up with his hands on the handle, the gray cylinder cotton cap on his head did not know how to fall off, revealing his long golden hair. Witkov, who saw this scene, exclaimed: "hell, it's a woman?"

In fact, even if Vitkov didn't yell, I could see that the commander alive on the tank was a woman. After I saw the woman commander's face clearly, blood rushed to my head. I put down my telescope and quickly came to the telephone. I told the operator, "connect me with the 150th division immediately."

When I heard Bantai leiev's voice coming out of the earphone, I immediately roared at him angrily and said, "Captain Bantai leiev, let me ask you if the male commanders of the second regiment are all dead. Why let Comrade verol, the political commissar of the regiment, lead the team to charge in person?"

"What, comrade verol, political commissar of the second regiment, led the team to charge in person?" Bantai leiev was also shocked by the unexpected news. After a moment's silence, he solemnly replied, "Comrade division commander, before the attack, I once said hello to the leaders of all regiments, asking them to stay in their command positions and not charge like ordinary soldiers. As for the fact that political commissar veroll took the lead in charging, I really don't know if you don't tell me. Just a moment, please. I'll get in touch with Commander Oleg and ask him to send someone to take political commissar verol down

"No, even if you send someone up at this time, you won't be able to pull verol down." I have gradually calmed down at the moment, and I know that it was when I saw verol injured that my mood got out of control. If I were still an independent division now, maybe I would take someone to charge myself“ The infantry moved too slowly behind the tanks, making them easy targets in the snow. I suggest that you immediately put the armored vehicles of pelsken's tank battalion into battle and carry infantry to attack quickly. "

I raised my telescope again and saw verol standing on the tank without a hat, holding the armrest, holding the pistol high in his hand, waving and shouting.

Seeing that our troops on the move were intercepted by the enemy's artillery fire and machine gun fire, the artillery staying at the starting position opened fire decisively, and the enemy's fire point was soon covered by our army's dense artillery fire. At this time, our fighter planes appeared in the air, and the flying formation composed of four planes raided the enemy's positions. They dived down from high altitude and accurately dropped the bombs they carried to the fire point where they were still spraying death.

Under the three-dimensional firepower of artillery and air force, the firepower of the fortifications outside the tractor factory became sparse, and the offensive troops gradually accelerated their pace of advance. When I was in the independent division, I used to instill in the following commanders the theory of charging with explosive points. From this point of view, they are very good at this kind of tactics. As soon as the shelling and bombing were over, the attacking troops approached the collapsed factory gate. The infantry went through the piles of ruins outside the door and rushed bravely towards the inside, while the tanks stopped in front of the bricks and stones, providing the necessary firepower cover for the infantry in front of them with artillery fire.

Seeing that the second regiment had broken through the German defense outside the factory gate, bantaileiev promptly put in the third and fourth regiments to consolidate and expand the breakthrough, and at the same time continued to make the troops develop in depth. Wittkov put down his telescope, turned to me and suggested, "Comrade commander, the German army's peripheral defense line in the tractor factory has been broken through by our army. In order to expand the results of the battle, I suggest that the 171st division and the 308th division as the reserve should also be put into battle."“ I agree! " After I agreed with him, I added: "let Col. andryushchenko and Col. gurdyev only draw one regiment each, and then enter the breach. The rest of the troops will outflank the German troops from both wings, and don't let them escape. Besides, the terrain here is very suitable for armored assault. Send captain berey's 84th tank brigade to it as well. " Before dark, our army's three infantry divisions and a tank brigade almost occupied the whole tractor factory. The German officers and men who could not resist the attack of our army, waving white flags, came out of their fortifications and bunkers and surrendered to our army. Witkov and I went to the gate of the factory and stood on a high ruins, watching thousands of prisoners escorted by the commanders and fighters passing by us. All the soldiers and sergeants were extremely weak. They were all in rags. Although it was 20 degrees below zero, I found that many soldiers had no boots on their feet, only a piece of cloth was wrapped around them, and even some were barefoot. In sharp contrast to them, the officers were all wearing warm military coats, and their pockets were full of sausages and other food. It seemed that in the case of material shortage, they enjoyed more rations than their soldiers. I pointed to the fat officers in the crowd and said to wittkov, "Comrade chief of staff, look at those German officers. Their soldiers are starving to death, but they are as fat as pigs." After listening to this, wittkov laughed. As soon as he wanted to speak, he suddenly heard the operator next to him calling me: "Comrade commander, comrade commander of the group army wants to talk to you." I went to the operator's side, took the headset from his hand, put it on, and then politely said to the transmitter: "Hello, comrade commander, I'm o'shanina, what's your instruction?"“ Oshanina, I heard that your troops successfully occupied most of the tractor factory and captured more than 20000 German prisoners. " The tone of trakov's voice changed because of his excitement, but I can understand his gaffe. After all, it was not common for the Soviet army to catch more than 20000 prisoners in one battle“ I congratulate you on your great success. "“ Comrade commander, "although he only congratulated me and didn't talk about awards, I still reported to him with a steady attitude:" one day at most, I can wipe out all the enemies in the tractor factory. "“ Tomorrow morning, comrade gurov and I will go to the office building of the "Red October" factory, where we will witness how our troops encircle and annihilate the enemy trapped in the "barricade" factory. Come along then. " I was thinking about whether to turn off trakov's invitation, because in my known history, the German army surrounded by Stalingrad was completely destroyed on February 2. It's enough for me to witness the destruction of the remaining German army in the tractor factory. I don't have to go to the "Red October" factory. I didn't expect that trakov's subsequent words made me change my mind: "by the way, oshanina, there's another thing I forgot to tell you. The commander of the front army has agreed to ask general sedlitz to help us persuade the rest of the enemy. He will go with us tomorrow“ I see, comrade commander. " "I'll get to the office building of the Red October factory on time tomorrow morning," I replied