Chapter 1107

After everyone was quiet, Zhukov stood up and said to them, "comrades commander, I think this special training method of commander oshanina is very suitable under the current situation. Improving the combat effectiveness of all troops is the primary task at present. Otherwise, once we fight with the German army, we will suffer losses. You can't take it lightly. "

Hearing Zhukov's words, all the teachers stood up in unison and answered, "yes!" If they were a little perfunctory when they answered me just now, their answers to the highly respected deputy commander and Soviet Marshal are from the bottom of their hearts.

After the meeting, Zhukov ordered the division commanders to return to their troops for pre war preparation. He continued to stay in the headquarters to discuss some specific issues with me, Danilov, kirilov and povsky.

The specific issues that Zhukov wants to discuss with us are actually the ones I just mentioned. When the German army launches a fierce attack on our defense zone, in order to reduce unnecessary sacrifice, it can give up some plans for unnecessary areas when necessary.

Zhukov was quick to talk, and he didn't beat around the bush with me. He said directly, "Rita, now the war is coming. I think your tactics of" regardless of the gains and losses of one city and one place "should only be tried out in your No.6 group army, and other groups should not be considered for the time being, so as not to cause confusion." After that, he suddenly changed the topic and asked uneasily, "how are you preparing for the war?"

After thinking for a moment, I solemnly replied, "Comrade marshal, all divisions of our group army are in a state of combat readiness and can cope with the German attack at any time."

Hearing me speak so confidently, Zhukov's face showed distrust, he snorted, and then asked: "last time the loss of position 4, it really won't happen again?"

"Marshal, please rest assured that the last incident will never happen again." When Zhukov mentioned the incident that brought shame to the whole army, Danilov blushed. He stood up from his seat and explained to Zhukov in a loud voice: "since the recovery of position 4, comrade commander and I have visited the area many times and urged the commander to lay minefields in front of the position and draw barbed wire. In this way, it is impossible for the Germans to secretly touch our positions as they did last time. "

After listening to Danilov's words, Zhukov stared at him for a long time and then looked at me. Then he said without hesitation: "since you are so confident, I will trust you for the time being. I hope that when you really fight, this No. 4 position will not become the first position lost in your first line of defense."

In order to reassure Zhukov, I quickly got up from my seat and assured him, "marshal, please rest assured that we will firmly hold position 4 at all costs. Even if only one soldier is still alive, he will never give up his position. "

After hearing this, Zhukov snorted, and then said, "don't you say you don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a place? Now, how can it become to defend position 4 at all costs, which is in contradiction with what you just said? "

When I heard Zhukov's rebuke, I didn't immediately defend myself. Instead, I pushed the map in front of him, pointed to the defensive position of our army and said to him, "Comrade marshal, we have six main defensive positions in the first line of defense, and position 4 is one of them. In front of these positions, we laid minefields and drew barbed wire; There is a perfect defense system based on the construction of tunnels in the position, and there are heavy troops for defense. Even if the first line of defense is broken through by the German army, as long as we stick to these six firepower support points, then when our army carries out counterattack, we can cut off the retreat of the German army. "

After staring at the map for half a day, Zhukov stood up and said to us, "well, since you have a detailed plan, I won't say more. I just hope that after the fight, your performance will not disappoint me

"Please rest assured, marshal," I quickly assured Zhukov, "we will not let you down."

As soon as Zhukov left, I immediately called nikolasov, who had just returned to the army. After all, it was because the 52nd division of the guards was not well defended that the German took advantage of the loophole. Now that the war is coming, we can't repeat the same mistake.

As soon as I got on the phone, I said in a hurry, "Hello, is that Colonel Nekrasov? I'm commander oshanina

"Hello, comrade commander!" "I've just come back to the army. I don't know if you have any instructions," said nikolasov in a distant voice

"Comrade Colonel, I want to remind you." I know that as the commander of the group army, if you want to establish your own prestige, you need to be strong sometimes before you are under your own department, otherwise these old soldiers will not buy me, "position 4 in your division's defense area may become the focus of German attack again, so you must strengthen your guard, understand?"

"Comrades commander," said nikolasov, a little surly, "as you ordered, we laid mines in the south of position 4 and put up barbed wire. It is impossible for the German army to secretly touch our position again."

I didn't care about his attitude, but asked straightforwardly, "how many defenders are there in the position?"

"A strengthening company, 185 people." Nikolasov reported to me that "most of the troops in peacetime are hidden in tunnels, and only two reinforced platoons are placed in the trenches outside."

Thinking that the German army could not make a sneak attack and that it was possible to send out tanks to cover the infantry charge, I quickly asked, "are you equipped with heavy weapons?"

"There are five mortars and three new anti tank rocket launchers."

I heard that position 4 was equipped with a new type of 40 rocket launcher. With this, even if the German troops sent out the latest tiger or leopard tanks, they would still be beaten into a pile of scrap iron by such rocket launchers. Although the strength and defense deployment of position 4 sound impeccable, I still asked: "do you have any difficulties?"

"Difficult?" Nekrasov thought for a moment and replied, "Comrade commander, at present, there are weeds and shrubs half a meter high on the south slope, which seriously block our vision. Last time, the German army quietly touched our position under the cover of vegetation. Because I ask you, do you want to remove the vegetation on the south slope immediately? "

"No, comrade Colonel, no vegetation clearing." I thought that if the south slope of position 4 was really bare, our army's vision would be widened, but it was not conducive to the concealment of the attack team, so I resolutely rejected his proposal and told him, "you should immediately send people to bury mines in some dead shooting corners to prevent the German Army from sneaking attack at night."

"Yes," niekrasov said helplessly when he heard my order, "I'll arrange engineers to mine immediately."

Before hanging up the phone, I specially told him to say, "don't forget the training method I said at the meeting today. You should seize the time to train new soldiers. The enemy doesn't have much time left for us to prepare for the war."

In the next few days, the German side was calm and quiet. After returning from behind the enemy lines, the reconnaissance unit of trafkin brought back to me a piece of information about the German assembly site. After I read the information simply, I immediately sent rasmishin to the headquarters of the front army, hoping to attract the attention of watujing.

As for the reconnaissance team of travkin, the order I gave them was to rest in place and send them out for reconnaissance at the right time.

At 3:30 a.m. on July 4, when I was sleeping on my desk, I was awakened by the sudden ringing of the telephone. I grabbed the phone and said in a loud voice, "Hello, I'm o'shanina. Where are you?"

There was a flustered voice from the receiver: "Comrade commander, the German army has launched a large-scale attack on Highland 4!"

"What, the German attack?" When I heard the news, I couldn't help clapping in my heart, saying that the Kursk battle didn't break out in the early morning of the 5th. How could it be one day earlier? Is it because of my appearance that the known history deviates again? Because of my loud voice, I woke up other people in the headquarters, Danilov, kirilov and bezikov, who were all looking at me nervously to find out what had happened. However, under such circumstances, as the top commander of the group army, I must keep calm so as not to cause panic. Therefore, after a short period of consternation, I asked in a smooth tone as much as possible: "Comrade Colonel, report the situation. What kind of forces are the German forces attacking position 4?"

Perhaps he didn't expect me to ask this question. After a moment of silence, he replied, "Comrade commander, according to the telephone report of the company commander holding the position, the German army has sent at least ten tanks and 200 soldiers to attack position 4."

When I heard that there were only a few hundred enemies, I couldn't help but be stunned. It's a bit too much for me to easily seize our positions with such a small number of troops. I was afraid of my mistake, so I asked again, "Comrade Colonel, what did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly. Please say it again

"A company of German infantry, under the cover of ten tanks, is attacking position 4." Nikolasov is no longer so flustered at the moment, he reported clearly.

"In addition to the forces you mentioned, do the enemy have any forces deployed in other directions?" When I finished this sentence, I found that I was not accurate enough, and then added, "I mean, did the German army attack your other positions?"

"No, comrade commander." Niekrasov replied respectfully: "the enemy originally wanted to sneak attack on position 4. As a result, they stepped on the mine we buried on the hillside. The explosion attracted the attention of our commanders and fighters. As a result, they had to turn the sneak attack into a strong attack."

"I see, comrade colonel. Report to me whenever you have any information." With that, I cut off the call with him and dialed the 51st division of Jinwei.

When I heard tavartkilaze's voice coming out of the receiver, I immediately asked, "Comrade General, the German army is attacking the junction between you and the 52nd division. How are your three positions?"

"Report to Comrade commander." When tavartkilaze heard my question, he immediately replied, "I just called three positions a minute ago. They were all calm and there was no sign of any enemy."

His reply surprised me. So far, the German army has only attacked position 4 in the first line of defense. The rest of the positions are safe and sound. I really don't know what the Germans are up to. I said to tavartkilaze, "Comrade General, I understand. Continue to observe. If you have any information, please report it to me in time." When I put down the phone, I told Danilov and kirilov my doubts. Kirilov is a political cadre. He has no good opinions on military affairs. On the contrary, after listening to what I said, Danilov frowned and thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Comrade commander, I think the battle in position 4 is not a large-scale German attack, but a prewar reconnaissance." Danilov's words made me even more confused. In order to find out what was going on, I humbly asked him, "prewar reconnaissance? I don't quite understand what this means. Comrade deputy commander, can you explain it to me? "“ Comrade commander, according to our judgment, the German army should launch large-scale offensive operations against our defense area in the next few days. " Instead of answering my question immediately, Danilov asked, "do you agree with me?" I nodded my head and replied, "yes, according to all the signs, a large-scale German attack on us is imminent. But what about this prewar reconnaissance? "“ Well, comrade commander. " Danilov patiently explained to me: "the German army chose a point of our defense line and made a tentative attack to test our reaction. If the attack fails, they withdraw; Once we get away with one of our positions, it will become their starting point for attack. Don't forget, position 4 is just at the junction of the 51st and 52nd divisions. If we succeed in occupying this position, we will be able to cut our first line of defense into two unconnected sections, so that their offensive forces can break through each other. "“ I see, comrade deputy commander. " Danilov said that. If I don't understand, I'm not qualified to be commander of the group army. I turned my head and told bzikov standing beside me: "Comrade chief of staff, immediately send a telegram to the headquarters of the front army, saying that the first line of defense of our army was attacked by a small group of German troops. After analysis, it may be that the German army is carrying out pre war reconnaissance and asking them to direct the next action."