Chapter 1154

"No, comrade commander." I said in embarrassment: "at present, my troops have no air supremacy. As soon as they are dispatched, they may be bombarded by German bombers. In this way, before our troops reach the starting point of attack, they will suffer heavy losses in the enemy's bombing. "

"Do you want me to provide air support to your troops?" Watujing guessed what was on my mind, and then asked with a smile, "how many planes do you want to support you?"

"Two hundred!" Since vatukin asked me how many planes I wanted, I went straight to the big one. In the counterattack stage of the Moscow defense war, I still remember the visual impact of the overwhelming number of our military aircraft flying overhead. If watugen could get the air force to send out 200 planes, it would be enough to blow up the German armored forces attacking oboyan.

"Nonsense, it's nonsense!" I used to be a joke, but I didn't expect to make watujing angry. He said angrily, "do you think our air force, like infantry, can blow a whistle and come hundreds of times?"

I knew in my heart that without aircraft support, we would not be able to attack the German armored forces in the daytime, so I asked with a shy face, "Comrade commander, how many planes can you send me?"

"20, no more." Watujing finished, and without waiting for me to speak, he went on to say, "there are 12 assault planes and 8 bombers."

"Well, comrade commander." I know that since watujing has already said this amount, no matter how much I ask him, he will not increase it for me any more. He can only accept it reluctantly. But in order to make our aircraft play the greatest role in the battlefield, I specially asked: "do not know how I contact the air force commander?"

"An army commander also wants to command the air force. No way." As soon as my proposal was exported, it was immediately vetoed by watujing. He also said with a strong voice, "if you are a layman, the air force commander will not settle with me!"?! Come on, if you need air force support, just call me and I'll send the air force out. "

Hearing that, I had no choice but to say, "well, comrade commander. In this case, please order the air force's assault planes to fly to Yakovlev area immediately to cover our tank brigade; The bombers, on the other hand, set out to bomb the German armored forces in the area along the road from Belgorod to Kursk around 1:00 noon. Remember, we must remind them to pay attention to identification and never blow up our tank brigade. "

"Don't worry, comrade oshanina." In response to my concern, watujing said lightly, "our air force has sent out thousands of sorties these days. Can't we do anything as simple as identifying the enemy and ourselves? You can rest assured. "

Putting down the phone, I said to bezikov, "Comrade chief of staff, you can send a message to the 90th division of the close guard and the 101st brigade of the tank, so that they can move in the direction of oboyan immediately."

After listening to me, bzikov said with some worry: "Comrade commander, although the 90th division of the guards is facing ordinary German troops, what should the German army do if it withdraws from its position at this time and takes the opportunity to launch an attack?"

As for bezikov's worry, I thought about it for a moment and replied, "in that case, let Colonel Chernoff leave a battalion of troops on positions 2 and 3 to monitor the enemy in the front. Once the enemy launches an attack on our position, they can withdraw to position 1 of the 51st division of the guards after making the necessary resistance. "

"OK, I'm going to telegraph." Bezikov agreed to walk out of the tent.

Looking at kirilov, I asked with a smile, "Comrade military commissar, do you want to go with me to see how our tank troops compete with the German armored forces?"

When kirilov heard me say this, he first nodded, then shook his head and said, "Rita, I know that our army is equipped with many new tanks, and I would like to see our tanks beat the enemy's armored forces to the ground. But we had a rule in advance that the main leaders of the group army should not leave the headquarters to go to the most dangerous places."

"Let's go, comrade military Commissar." I really want to see with my own eyes how the tank brigade equipped with the new type of tanks made the German proud armored troops run away in confusion, so I repeatedly persuaded kirilov to go with me“ Let's find a place with a wide view, where not only personal safety can be guaranteed, but also we can see for ourselves how our troops defeat the enemy. "

Kirilov was a little excited by my words. You know, when he was in Stalingrad, he often followed me everywhere. Now, with more and more officials, he has fewer and fewer opportunities to go to the forefront. Seeing that he was hesitating, I went to him, grabbed his hand and pulled him out. At the same time, I said, "the deputy commander and the chief of staff are responsible for the affairs in the headquarters. We don't have to worry about them."

When Danilov saw that we both wanted to leave, he quickly reached out to stop me and said, "Comrade commander, your post is here instead of the front line. Would you please stop running around?" At this point, he quickly glanced at kirilov, "and even if you don't think about your safety, you should also think about the safety of comrades of the military Commissar. If either of you has a difference, no matter how much we win, it doesn't make any sense

Under Danilov's persuasion, kirilov's confidence first wavered. He sat back in his seat and said, "come on, Rita, I think we'd better stay here and take control."

I'm a bit reluctant to stay in the headquarters, but if I want to leave now, I have to persuade kirilov and Danilov first, or I can't even get out of the tent. I thought about it and said to them, "well, comrade deputy commander and military commissar, if I don't go to the most dangerous place, I will go to oboyan. Anyway, it's not far from us. It's only half an hour's drive. When I got there, I stayed with general katukov and would never run around. So you should be relieved? "

I saw povsky sitting next to him without saying a word. I asked him, "Comrade Colonel, how many rocket barracks can we use now?"

Povsky stood up and said, "there are still three rocket barracks. Last night, the transport team just sent new rockets. At present, each rocket has four base ammunition."

As soon as I heard him say that, my face immediately showed a satisfied smile. I nodded and said with a smile, "well done, comrade colonel. After we go to oboyan later, you will command your artillery there to cover the German armored forces attacking the city. "

When I was about to leave the tent with povsky, bzikov came back from the outside. When he saw that I was going out, he couldn't help but ask, "Comrade commander, where are you going?"

"I'm going to oboyan." After explaining to him where I was going, I added, "but I'm not going alone, and the artillery commander of the group army, Colonel povsky, is going with me."

After bzikov had some obstacles, but some did not dare, so he had to turn to Danilov and kirilov for help. Kirilov came over, patted bzikov on the shoulder and said to him, "chief of staff, it's useless. It's not the first day you met Rita. She has decided that no one can change it." Then he said to me, "Rita, I won't say anything else. You should pay more attention to your safety."

"Don't worry, comrade military Commissar." I said to kirilov carelessly, "I will pay attention to my safety."

Just as I lifted the curtain and prepared to go out, bzikov said in the back: "Comrade commander, the Sixth Army of the close guard tank has left Prokhorovka, and the 21st and 22nd tank brigades of the close guard are moving towards us. What are you going to do with this unit? "

After thinking about it, I turned to him and said, "chief of staff, let these two tank brigades immediately turn around and turn to the oboyan area. Although one tank brigade is enough to clean up the German armored forces, if two more tank brigades can join the battle, the result will be greater. "

On the way to oboyan, the jeep that bofsky and I were in ran into.

Povsky looked out of the window and saw the tanks rumbling around us. He was so excited that his face turned red. He said to me excitedly, "Comrade commander, is this our new tank? My God, it's so big. It looks much stronger than our original T-34. "

When I heard him say this, I knew that he had never seen our new tank before, so I explained to him in a loud voice, "yes, comrade Colonel, this is our latest tank, not to mention the T-34. Even if it is the most advanced Tiger tank of the German army, you can't get any advantage from it."

"Really?" After listening to my explanation, povsky asked incredulously, "can these tanks really defeat the German Tiger tanks? If our T-34 against the Tiger tank, we can only be passive

"Don't worry, Colonel." I had seen the new tank destroy the German Tiger tank, so I confidently said to him: "I saw the battle between the new tank and the Tiger tank. At that time, the distance between the two tanks was less than 200 meters. The Tiger Tank fired first and hit our army's tanks. But there was nothing wrong with our tanks except that the steel plate at the place where they were shot was concave. Then the gun was turned to the gun and the turret of the Tiger tank was overturned.

After listening to my slightly exaggerated description, povsky's eyes were round, and his mouth became an O-shape, which could not be closed. When I saw his reaction, I couldn't help laughing, and then said to him, "Comrade Colonel, I know it's hard for you to accept what I said, but it's true or false. When you get to the battlefield later, you can see it with your own eyes."

Our car drove a little further and was stopped by a checkpoint of the mechanized guards. After checking our documents, the sergeant in charge of the checkpoint called his superior and respectfully asked us to stay here for a moment, saying that commander katukov would send someone to pick us up.

Ten minutes later, a jeep came along the road. More than ten meters away from us, the jeep came to a sudden brake and stopped steadily on the side of the road. Jumping out of the car, a major quickly ran to my car, raised his hand and reported to me that he had taken me to the headquarters on the order of commander katukov.

I nodded and said to the major, "Comrade major, please lead the way. My driver will follow you." After the major turned and left, I told the driver, "follow the car ahead." When we got to the temporary headquarters in dakatukov, the German army was launching a new wave of attacks. Katukov, who was observing the enemy's situation, heard my voice, put down his telescope, turned to walk in front of me, and said with an unhappy face: "Hello, I said Rita, don't you know that the situation here is very dangerous? Why did you come back soon after you left? "“ Comrade General. " I said to him with a smile: "I just saw that the situation here is critical, so I came here with reinforcements. I also want to stay in your headquarters and see how my troops are doing? "“ Reinforcements? " When katukov heard me say this, his face immediately showed a look of ecstasy. He asked excitedly, "Rita, I don't know how many reinforcements you've brought?" I held out one finger and said, "a guard infantry division," then I put up two fingers and joked, "there are three tank brigades. How about such strength, Comrade General? Can I help you fight back the German attack“ That's great. That's great. " When he heard that I had sent him three tank brigades and an infantry division, katukovton was overjoyed. He hugged me with open arms, then sent his hand away and said, "don't mention three tank brigades, even one tank brigade can defeat the German armored forces." With that, he suddenly saw povsky standing next to him and didn't speak. He pointed to him and asked, "Rita, who is this Colonel?" Although katukov had met povsky, he certainly had no impression, and it was not surprising that he could not recognize him at this time. I pointed to povsky and introduced him, "Comrade General, this is the artillery commander of our group army. The reason why I called him here is that he can be used when artillery support is needed. "“ Hello, Colonel povsky Katukov heard that standing in front of him was the artillery commander who could help him a lot. He quickly took each other's hand and said warmly, "welcome to oboyan."