Chapter 1092

Bezikov knew that povsky and I had been busy all morning, but we still had no water and rice. He immediately ordered the orderly to bring us hot tea and some snacks.

Just after a little while, the telephone on the table rang. I quickly put down my bread and got ready to pick up the phone, but Danilov across the table picked up the phone first. I'm worried that vatukin is calling to learn about the recovery of position 4. I can't help staring nervously at Danilov and listening to his conversation with the other party.

Danilov put the earphone to his ear and said in a loud voice, "I'm Danilov, deputy commander of the group army. Where are you? Oh, it's general tawalter killazer. What can I do for you? "

Seeing the smile on Danilov's face, I felt relieved. It seems that the 51st division commander of Jinwei called just to report some work. I was a little too nervous. Think of here, I picked up the tea cup on the table, ready to drink tea.

At this moment, Danilov suddenly gave an unexpected cry, and then asked seriously, "what, comrade general, what did you say, please say?"

When I saw Danilov's startled reaction, my hand with the teacup stopped in mid air, staring nervously at Danilov, trying to figure out what was going on.

Danilov, after a while, put his hand over the microphone and said to me solemnly, "Comrade commander, Mr. tavartkiraze reported that an armored division had entered tomarovka an hour ago."

"What, an armored division went into tomarovka?" Hearing the news, my hand could not help shivering and almost spilled the tea. I quickly put down my glass, stood up, took the earphone from Danilov's hand, put it close to my ear, and asked, "Hello, is that Mr. tavartkiraze? I'm oshanina, the number of the German armored division that drove into tomarovka. Do you have a clear idea? "

"Make it clear, comrade commander." Tavartkilaze replied clearly: "according to the report of the scout, it is the" great German "armored division of the German defense force."

Great German armored division?! If tavartkilaze did not add the word "national defense force" in front of the unit number when reporting, I would surely think that this division, like the "imperial division", "Hitler division" and "skull division", belongs to the SS operational sequence.

I looked at the map. Tomarovka is located in the southwest of Yakovlev, no more than ten kilometers away. The appearance of this armored division made the defensive situation of the 51st division of the close guard more severe. If we want to adjust our defense forces in a targeted way, we must first find out the enemy's strength. So I asked, "general tavartkilaze, have you found out the enemy's strength and equipment?"

"Sorry, not yet." Tavartkilaze replied briefly: "as the enemy has just arrived in tomarovka and is building fortifications nervously, our scouts have not been able to approach for the time being. To get more specific information, it may have to wait until evening. "

"In that case, Comrade General." After listening to his report, I politely said to tavartkilaze, "as soon as you have the latest reconnaissance results, report to me immediately."

Putting down the phone, I turned and asked bzikov, "chief of staff, do you know about the greater German armored division?"

As for my question, bzikov had a tongue tied expression. After a while, he murmured, "I'm sorry, comrade commander, I'm not sure."

Although bezikov was an acquaintance and had a good relationship with me, I found that he was not a qualified chief of staff at all and did not understand anything about the army. If it had not been for the delay of my superior in sending me a new chief of staff, I would have dismissed him as acting chief of staff. Seeing that he was standing still, I sighed and said to him in a slow tone: "Comrade chief of staff, since you don't know about the great German armored division, go and ask lieutenant colonel rasmishin. He is the director of intelligence and should have information about this armored division."

"Then I'll go and ask." With these words, bezikov turned and walked out of the room.

Danilov could not help sighing as he looked at bezikov's leaving figure. Then he looked at me with meaningful eyes, looked down at the map in front of him and said, "Comrade commander, maybe we should ask the headquarters of the front army when they can send us a new chief of staff. If someone can point out Colonel bzikov, I believe he will become an excellent staff officer in a short time. "

I know that Danilov was afraid to save my face. Although he buried his head and couldn't see my expression, I still gave him a grateful smile. Just about to say a few words of gratitude, Danilov said, "I know something about the" great German "armored division."

"Oh, comrade deputy commander, do you know?" When I heard Danilov say that, I asked back with some suspicion.

"Yes," Danilov affirmed, "I have been to Berlin twice before as a member of a friendly delegation to Germany, and I happen to know something about this" great German "armored division."

"Really?" I didn't expect that my deputy Danilov had ever visited Germany. It seems that he said that he knew something about the "great German" armored division, and his credibility should still be very high. He hastened him to say, "Comrade deputy commander, in order to deal with this German unit more effectively, would you please tell me what you know?"

"Well, comrade commander, since you want to know so much about our opponents, I will tell you what I know." After these words, he began to introduce the "great German" armored division: "the predecessor of this unit was the" Berlin garrison regiment "established in 1921. In addition to suppressing domestic riots, it also undertook the work of inspection and security. But I don't know why, the regiment was dissolved in June of the same year.

Soon after, on the basis of the newly disbanded garrison, a "headquarters garrison" was set up, which was stationed in Berlin until 1934. The officers and men of the army came from seven divisions in Germany, and each division took out a company to form the garrison. The officers and soldiers of the Berlin garrison regiment spend almost every day on the training ground. On Sunday, all the officers and soldiers of the company go to public places to hold a military parade accompanied by the regiment band.

On April 12, 1939, Hitler himself ordered the Berlin garrison to be renamed the "great German" infantry. The new members came from the surplus personnel and volunteers of other divisions. The requirements for joining the force are height over 1.75 meters, no criminal record and good education level. The first commander, von stockhouse

After listening to Danilov's introduction, I couldn't help interrupting him and asked, "Comrade deputy commander, the greater German armored division is just a garrison force. Its combat effectiveness should not be as high as that. If you look at Yushchenko's well-equipped guard regiment, its combat effectiveness is a little stronger than that of ordinary troops. "

As soon as I finished my analysis, Danilov waved his hand and said, "Comrade commander, you are not right. Our guard regiment is not at the same level as the big German armored division. If it's a one-on-one situation, they can have a complete win

"Oh, really?" Danilov's admiration for the "great German" armored division surprised me.

"Yes, comrade commander." When Danilov saw that I didn't believe it, he specially emphasized to me: "if the 'Hitler division', 'Imperial division' and 'skeleton division' are the best in the SS, then the 'big German' armored division is the most elite in the whole defense force system."

After listening to Danilov's solemn remarks, I did not refute, but listened quietly to him continue to say: "the great German regiment, which participated in the first battle, belonged to the 19th armored army of goodrian, and with the support of artillery and engineers of the 10th armored division, crossed Luxembourg and advanced to the fortress of Belgium After occupying the Maas river across setang, he was put under the command of the first armored division. After breaking through the Maginot line, he fought in France for two months and achieved a series of amazing results.

In April 1941, the "great German" regiment, which had been reorganized and expanded, was transported by train to Vienna, then arrived in Romania through Bauer, Budapest and segding, where it was incorporated into the 41st mechanized army. He took part in the battle against Yugoslavia and stationed as an occupying force in Banat, east of the Danube River

Before Danilov introduced me, I saw bzikov coming in in a hurry with intelligence chief rasmishin. As soon as berzikov entered the door, he said to me excitedly, "Comrade commander, the situation of the greater German armored division has been clarified." After that, he gently pushed rasmishin in front of me, and said, "it's better for Comrade commander to report to you. He collected all the information, and he spoke more clearly than I do."

With our permission, rasmishin introduced us to the "great German" armored division. In the first half, what he said was similar to what Danilov said, so I was a little absent-minded. It was only when he talked about the babarosa project that I regained my interest.

Rasmishin didn't notice my change. He stood in front of us and said to himself: "after the outbreak of the patriotic war, the" great German "infantry regiment was assigned to the central group army group and belonged to the second armored group of goodrian. On June 27, the grand German infantry regiment crossed the Bouguer River and officially set foot on Soviet territory. At this time, the second armored group joined Hote's third armored group and completed the encirclement of our Western army. The "great German" infantry group just caught up with the battle of Minsk and achieved great results.

After the battle of Minsk, the great German infantry was assigned to the 10th armored division. Later, the army fought successively in yelinia, Kiev and Moscow. It was not until our army started the great counter offensive under the city of Moscow that the regiment and its troops were driven away from outside the city of Moscow by our counter offensive.

In March 1942, the "great German" infantry received the order of expansion, and then it was withdrawn to the Orel area to recuperate, and became the first infantry of the division. After the formation of the second infantry regiment in Berlin, they arrived at Oriole and joined the enlarged division. In addition, the Division also received an armored battalion equipped with No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, a shock artillery battalion, a reconnaissance battalion, an anti tank battalion, a communications battalion and an air defense battalion. The enlarged "grand German" division received unprecedented preferential treatment in terms of weapons. After the completion of the expansion, the division joined the 48th armored force under the command of general Kempf and took part in operation "blue". Its goal was to capture Stalingrad and then March to the Caucasus.

On June 28, as a pioneer, the division broke through the defense line of the 40th Soviet group army. On July 4, the grand German division successfully crossed the upper reaches of the Don River and entered Voronezh after breaking through the defensive zone of our army. Fortunately, for some unexpected reasons, the division was not sent to Stalingrad. In August, the division retreated to the North Bank of the donetz river for defense and used as a group army reserve. After that, the division took part in the battle of ergev and, together with the 9th group army, stuck to the bulge of ergev and blocked the attack of our army. In October 1942, the first step regiment of the grand German division was named the grand German Grenadier regiment, and the second step regiment was named the grand German flint pistol regiment. On January 13, 1943, the 13th largest German heavy armour company was incorporated into the "great German" division, taking over nine tigers and ten No. 3 tanks at the same time. In February 1943, the 18th armored force of the "great German" division received an order, together with the 2nd Armored Force of the Waffen SS in Ukraine, to resist our attack on Kharkov. On February 14, the main force of our southwest front army attacked Kharkov. After a fierce battle, the division and the 2nd Armored Force of the Waffen SS successfully withdrew from the city and went to the Poltava area to recuperate. A week later, under the command of Manstein, the Division launched a counterattack against our southwest front army. On March 5, Kharkov was recaptured by the German division of "greater Germany". On 22 March, the division came to Poltava again to rest. Here, the 1st Battalion of the "great German" Grenadier regiment received 83 semi tracked armored vehicles, completely transformed from mobu battalion into armored Grenadier barracks, and the division's air defense battalion received 12 88mm anti-aircraft guns. On June 15, the division officially changed its name to "greater Germany" Panzer Grenadier division. At present, the division's division commander is Major General Walter holren, the chief of staff is major general von Huber, the head of the first regiment, Col. Kohler, and the head of the second regiment, Col. gasky. " Although the content about the "great German" armored division is very long, rasmishin did not read any documents, but with his amazing memory, he introduced it to us all at once. After listening to this, I nodded to him with a smile and praised him: "Comrade commander, you and your intelligence department have done a good job. Even the situation of the" great German "armored division a few days ago has been found out." When rasmishin heard my praise, he gave two simple and honest smiles, straightened up and asked seriously, "Comrade commander, if there is nothing wrong, can I leave?"“ Go ahead, comrade commander After I agreed to rasmishin's request, I gratefully said to him, "thank you for the information you provided us."“ It's my job. " After that, rasmishin raised his hand to salute us, turned and walked out of the room.