Chapter 1222

At three o'clock in the afternoon, good news came one after another.

First, sivakov called me. On the phone, he said excitedly, "Comrade commander, the 299th infantry division successfully occupied a bridge on the UD River and built a bridgehead on the South Bank of the river."

"Great, comrade commander. Your news is really inspiring." I had planned to borrow the Zhouqiao camp from watujing to build a floating bridge on the Wude River, so that the troops could cross the river smoothly. Unexpectedly, they occupied a complete bridge. I immediately told him, "let the other troops go to the south bank through the bridge at once."

When I said this, sivakov suddenly became hesitant: "Comrade commander, it may be difficult for a large army to cross the river."

"Why, comrade commander?" His words confused me, and I asked, "can't our troops get through the bridge?"

"That's right," sivakov said, probably hearing his dissatisfaction from my voice. "What the 299th infantry division occupied was only a narrow wooden bridge. Infantry had no problem passing through, but heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery could not pass through. At present, they have been blocked by German firepower, and it is difficult for them to move forward. "

"How are the German strongholds on the north bank cleaned up?" When I said this, I was deeply afraid that he would take it lightly. I also stressed that "only after clearing all the German strongholds, can we boldly attack the south bank with confidence."

"Please rest assured, comrade commander," sivakov said confidently. "At present, nearly half of the German strongholds on the north coast have fallen into our hands. The rest of the strongholds, under the attack of troops supported by tanks and artillery, I believe they will not be able to support them for long. I estimate that the troops will be able to solve the battle before dark. "

"Comrade commander, I would like to remind you that the UD river is the last natural barrier for the German army in the West. Once we can successfully break through it, we will be able to rush to the city of Kharkov." I knew the meaning of the river Wude very well in my heart, so I was impatient when I spoke: "in addition to suppressing the German stronghold on the north bank, we should try our best to expand the bridgehead on the south bank and defend it at all costs. Whether we can conquer Kharkov or not, the bridgehead on the south bank is the key. Do you understand? "

"All right, comrade commander." Sivakov hastily replied, "I will send the 84th division to support the 299th division and keep it here at all costs."

As soon as he hung up on sivakov, babashin's call came. The one who answered the phone was bezikov. After listening to the other party's report, he excitedly said to me, "Comrade commander, the scouts sent by Colonel babashin have fed back the information they have detected."

"Oh, so fast!" Babashin got the report from the Scout so quickly, which surprised me a little, "is it accurate information?"

"That's right," said bezikov, nodding his head vigorously. "According to the report of the scouts, a train carrying arms was bombed. Now it's still hot within a kilometer or two. They can't get close to check the effect, but it's estimated that all the German soldiers on the train are dead."

When he said this, everyone, including me, nodded, because according to your experience, after such a violent explosion, there should be no living creatures nearby to survive, and the German soldiers on the bus would have been crushed.

He then said, "our scouts saw that the railway had been blown off. They went to reconnoitre the road transport line and found that the situation there was not much better. There were craters everywhere. They guessed that there were at least thousands of Germans killed by the explosion..."

"Just a moment, comrade colonel." Before bizikov finished speaking, managarov interrupted him and said with some dissatisfaction: "how come the intelligence provided by the scouts are all words like" estimate "and" guess ". Can't they provide accurate numbers?"

When managarov said this, bzikov said with a wry smile, "Comrade General, you don't know that there are fragmented corpses everywhere. The scouts can't put them together and count them, so they can only estimate them."

Bezikov's words caused a lot of laughter, even managarov. He said with a smile: "that's right, comrade colonel. Under the intensive bombing of our air force, it's strange that the Germans can keep the whole body. You go on

Bezikov went on to say: "the reason why we can get the report of the scouts so quickly is that Colonel babashin is considerate. He makes all the scouts ride motorcycles to the south of Kharkov, and is equipped with radio stations so that they can feed back the information in time."

After bidzikov finished, I turned to managarov and asked, "Comrade General, I don't know when your 48th infantry will arrive?"

When managarov heard my question, he thought about it and said, "commander konev temporarily transferred the 48th infantry to us from the 69th army. Maybe they didn't expect that your troops could break through the German defense in jergach so quickly, so they could not arrive until noon tomorrow."

Listening to managarov's words, I was a little disappointed. It seems that my original plan needs to be adjusted, so I have to let the 23rd army of the guards out first. Just as I was going to ask bezikov to give the order, I heard managarov say, "Comrade commander, if you are worried about cutting off the German supply line, I can transfer the 252nd division to you first. After conquering Belgorod, this unit has been replenished. At present, the total strength of the division is 6000, with sufficient weapons and ammunition, and can be put into combat at any time. " I just wanted to transfer the 23rd army of close guard, but managarov offered me a division. Since he took the initiative, I couldn't dampen his interest, so I pushed the boat forward and said, "Comrade General, since that's the case, the task of cutting off the German transportation line should be left to the 252nd division. When the 48th army comes, we will send troops to strengthen them. " When I finished, I got up, went to lophoff, looked down and asked him, "major, can I get in touch with general berey?"“ Yes, comrade commander. " Lophoff said respectfully, "please wait a moment. I'll get in touch with general berey right away." After a while, I heard the voice of bielei from the receiver and asked with a smile, "Comrade General, how is the tank army doing?"“ Report to the commander, "maybe the tank army is playing well. I can tell from his voice that he is not in a bad mood." we helped the infantry to strip off three German strongholds on the north bank, and destroyed two German tanks and four assault guns of the 3rd Armored Division. Only one tank has been lost. "“ That's a good result, general berey. " When I heard that the tank army had achieved so much at such a small price, I became very happy. Then I asked, "is there any way to rush across the river?"“ It's very difficult, comrade commander. " Brey sighed and said, "in order to prevent our tanks from rushing across the river, the German army has blown up the passable bridge on the river. Now we can only stare at the enemy on the other side."“ Don't worry, general ray Judging from the current situation, we can only ask watujing for help and hope that he can send the pontoon troops to assume the pontoon bridge for us, otherwise the tanks can't cross the river and a group of infantry will rush into the city, which is of little use“ I will report the matter to the commander of the front army immediately and ask the Zhouqiao troops to set up a floating bridge for us. "“ If so, that would be great. " After finishing these two sentences, bielei said anxiously: "but the speed should be fast. At present, the German army has not built any anti tank trench on the other side of the river. If we delay too long and let them improve their fortifications, it will be very difficult for us to attack again. "“ Don't worry, general Although I'm not sure about the Zhouqiao troops, in order to give bielei confidence, I deliberately said to him lightly, "the Zhouqiao troops will arrive at your military station tomorrow morning at the latest." In order to carry out the work of Zhouqiao troops as soon as possible, I quickly walked to the high-frequency telephone and dialed the headquarters of the front army. When I heard the voice of watujing, I immediately indicated my identity: "Hello, senior general! I'm oshanina“ Comrade o'shanina, do you have any good news to tell me when you call me at this time? " Judging from watujing's voice, he is in a good mood at the moment. I thought that when a person is in a good mood, the success rate of making a request to him is very high, so I said frankly: "Comrade General, this is the case. My troops are fighting on the North Bank of the UD River, and the German army has blown up the bridge on the river to prevent our tanks from rushing to the south bank. So... "Before I finished, watujing said with a smile," so you're going to ask me for Zhouqiao camp to build a floating bridge on the Wude River, right? "“ Yes, Comrade General. " I politely replied, "if Zhouqiao camp builds a floating bridge for us, we can rush to the city of Kharkov tomorrow; If not, we will only see the enemy staring at us. "“ Come on, don't complain in front of me, as if Kharkov can't take it down without your army. I sent out Zhouqiao camp an hour ago. I'll probably arrive after dark. Then I'll help you build some floating bridges on the river overnight. " Watujing's words immediately made me overjoyed. What I just thought of was that the superior leaders had already thought of it and made corresponding arrangements. Without waiting for me to say thank you, he continued: "wait a minute, Marshal Zhukov has something to say to you."