Chapter 1231

Niekrasov took a look over his head, and then asked me curiously, "Comrade commander, do you know German?"

Hearing his question, I immediately shook my head like a rattle. "I don't know any letters except a few simple spoken German."

"How can you understand the deployment of German forces on the map of city defense?" Then asked Nekrasov.

"It's very simple," I said to him, pointing to the numbers on the picture. "These numbers are undoubtedly the serial numbers of the German army. Even if I don't know the German alphabet, I can guess them." After that, I saw the officers sent back by Xie Liujin. I thought that if it was just to send a city defense map, it would be OK to send a signalman. Why would an officer be sent? There must be some purpose.

Thinking of this, I looked at the officer and asked, "Comrade officer, what's your name?"

"Melkuli," the officer answered nervously when he heard my question, "Captain melkuli, I'm the intelligence officer of the 89th division of the guards."

Intelligence adviser, when I heard about his position, I took a chance and asked, "Comrade captain, do you know German?"

Melkuli nodded his head and answered in the affirmative, "yes, comrade commander, I know German." With that, he shrugged his shoulders and added shyly, "I learned German in college. When the commander ordered me to give you the map of the city defense works, he also asked me to translate it for you. "

"Comrade captain," niekrasov asked next to him, "how long will it take if you translate this map of city defense and mark it on our map?"

After thinking for a moment, melkulli replied, "Comrade General, I think I can translate the contents of the German city defense map and mark them on our map in half an hour at most."

Hearing melkuli's reply, nekrasovton got excited. He asked his subordinates to take a map of Kharkov and told melkuli in a voice: "Comrade captain, quickly, quickly mark the enemy's deployment on the map."

"Wait a minute." I saw melkuli bent down to get ready for work, and quickly stopped them in a voice: "it's too slow. It will take at least an hour for the captain to mark and send it back to the headquarters of the group army."

After listening to me, niekrasov was stunned. Then he nodded his head and said, "yes, the captain alone will delay a lot of time. I'll find someone to cooperate with him."

"Comrade division, now our troops are engaged in fierce fighting outside, so every minute is precious. So even if we shorten the fighting time by one minute or less, our commanders and fighters will be able to shed less blood. " I didn't agree with his proposal. Instead, I said to myself, "in order to save time, let captain melkuli directly inform the headquarters of the distribution of forces on the map."

I picked up the phone and asked the signalman to connect me to the headquarters of the group army. In the short process of waiting for the phone to be connected, I told nikolasov: "Comrade division commander, please send another staff officer with high drawing level to come here. When Captain melkuli reports to the headquarters later, he will also mark the position of the enemy on the map."

Nikolasov was very satisfied with my proposal and readily agreed: "OK, that's it!"

At this moment, a voice came from the receiver: "Hello, comrade commander, is that you?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander, it's me." I hastened to reply.

"What's the situation there?" Asked chisgakov carefully.

"The battle is still going on!"

"Has general managarov's army arrived?"

"Not yet. I think their troops will arrive in about half an hour." After a brief exchange with chisgakov, I went straight to the theme: "Comrade deputy commander, sherekin's troops captured the headquarters of the 106th infantry division of the German army and captured a map of the city defense fortification inside."

"What, city fortification map?" After hearing this, chisgakov asked in surprise, "is that the latest German troop deployment marked on it?"

"I think so." I don't know if this figure reflects the actual deployment of the German forces. I can only give a vague answer. Then I said, "Xie Liujin sent me a German speaking staff officer. I'll let him report to you the deployment of troops on the map. Remember to report to the two front army headquarters immediately after the city defense fortifications are marked. "

"Major akhromeyev, please bring a map of Kharkov." I heard chisgakov calling for akhromeyev. When he finished speaking, he specially emphasized again: "Comrade deputy commander, this map of city fortification can help our troops speed up the attack and reduce unnecessary casualties. So once the marking is finished, report to the superior immediately! "

"Don't worry, comrade commander." "You don't have to wait until it's completely marked before you report to your superiors," chisjakov told me. You can label and report to the superior at the same time, which can greatly save time. "

"That's very good, comrade deputy commander. That's very good." When I heard the idea of chisgakov, my mood suddenly relaxed. Originally, according to my method, I sent the information from us back to the headquarters of the group army, and then reported it to the headquarters of the front army, and then they sent the city defense map to all the troops in the war. It would take two or three hours at the earliest. According to chisgakov's proposal, it would take only an hour at most for the division commanders on the front line to receive the city fortification map and clearly know the distribution of German forces“ Just do as you suggest. "

When I finished talking to chisgakov, I handed the receiver to captain melkuli and said, "Comrade captain, you can start."

When melkuli and his staff began to be busy, I pulled him aside and said to him, "Comrade division, since we have this city defense map, our attack must continue even if it is dark."

"Fight at night?" When he heard me say this, he looked embarrassed. "Comrade commander, I don't think it's wise to let the troops fight with the enemy in a strange city at night."

"There's no way." I don't know that what Nekrasov said is true, but we can't help it. We are racing against time now. If the German Army knows that we have captured their city defense plan, once it is adjusted, our troops may suffer a great loss, so we must make a quick decision“ Before the German army knew that we had captured the city fortification plan, they would launch an uninterrupted attack, which would make them exhausted. Even at the end of the day, they have no time or way to adjust until we know about their deployment. "

"That seems to be the only way." After sighing helplessly, Nekrasov said to me, "I will inform several commanders to prepare for the battle. When general managarov's two divisions arrive, they will immediately attack the enemy."

Just as niekrasov was assigning a task to his subordinates, a telegraph operator came up to me, handed me a telegram and said, "Comrade commander, your telegram!"

I took the telegram and saw a word written on it: "good job!" Signed by Zhukov.

Holding the telegram sent by Zhukov himself, my heart suddenly became excited, and I muttered to myself that if our troops could greatly shorten the time to attack Kharkov according to this map of city fortifications, then when the battle was over, there would be great benefits waiting for me.

An hour later, the dusty managarov walked into the headquarters. As he came to me, he saluted me and said, "Hello, comrade commander, what's the situation here?"

"Our officers and men and the enemy are fighting a tough battle." After I said it in an official voice, I asked, "Comrade General, have the 29th division of the guards and the 107th division of the infantry arrived?"

"It's all here." After a brief answer, managarov asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know where you intend to use these two divisions?"

"Comrade General, please come here." I guided him to the table, pushed the city defense map marked by the staff officer in front of him, and said with a smile, "what do you see here?"

Managarov glanced at the map with disapproval. As soon as he looked away, before he could speak to me, he focused on the map in front of him. After looking at it carefully for a while, he said excitedly, "Comrade commander, is this, this, this the map of Kharkov's city fortification?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I looked at him and said with certainty, "this is Kharkov's city fortification map."

Managarov grabbed the map and asked excitedly, "where did you get it from?"

"It's division sherekin, who captured it from the German 106th infantry division." In order to let managarov know, I added: "now that I know the deployment of the German forces, I intend to let the troops continue to attack and even fight at night with the Germans."

"Your decision is right," managarov said approvingly. "We will beat the Germans hard before they recover and have no time to adjust their deployment. By the way, where are you going to use my two teachers? "

"I think so, Comrade General." Pointing to the attack route on the map, I politely said to managarov, "your two divisions are going along these streets, making a surprise attack on the central dzerzhinsky square, trying to end up at the German headquarters in the area. Are you confident? "

"No problem." Managarov readily agreed: "I'm going to inform the two teachers that they will attack the enemy immediately after a little rest."

After managarov left, nikolasov came to me and said with some worry: "Comrade commander, we have all gone to take part in the attack, and your troops here will become weak. If the German army carries out a counterattack, you may be in danger."

"Don't worry, sir." As for his worries, I said with a smile: "the current security task here can be taken over by general Kravchenko's motorized regiment. As long as you play harder in front, we'll be safer here. " With that, I raised my hand, looked at my watch, and urged him, "well, it's late, and your troops should start soon!"

Niekrasov nodded and said to me solemnly, "Comrade commander, please rest assured that I will bring back the news of victory to you." With that, he raised his hand to give me a solemn military salute, then turned and walked out of the headquarters. Because all the troops participating in the war got the German city defense map provided by me, the battle went on fiercely, and the fierce battle was going on all night inside and outside Kharkov's city. At one o'clock in the morning, sivakov called me. He excitedly reported to me: "Comrade commander, our three route troops have successively broken through the German defense, have rushed into the city, and are developing in depth."“ I see, comrade commander. " I heard that the other three troops also rushed into the city one after another, and my mood became excited, "please convey my thanks to the commanders and fighters! Then tell the commanders and fighters not to stop after they rush into the city. They will rush to where there is an enemy and where there is a gunshot. In the shortest possible time, the enemy should be completely and cleanly eliminated. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade commander. " Sivakov replied loudly. Since all the three groups of troops fighting outside the city rushed into the city, the reserves outside the city could not let them be idle. So I called chisgakov and asked him to put all the other divisions into battle. Another hour later, I received a phone call from sherekin, who excitedly reported to me: "Comrade commander, my troops have rushed to the center of the city and raised the red flag in gosprom building, the tallest building in the city."“ That's great, general Xie Liujin. That's great! " When I heard that the 89th division had occupied the landmark building in the city tonight, my heart beat faster immediately. I said in a voice hoarse with excitement, "what you have achieved today will go down in history!"“ By the way, comrade commander, there is one more thing I haven't reported to you. " After feeling a little more stable, he continued: "according to my soldier's report, the 183rd division of the 69th army also advanced along Sumei street to dzerzhinsky square and was engaged in a fierce battle with the German army. In other areas, friendly forces broke through the German peripheral positions and rushed into the city. "“ General Xie Liujin, immediately send troops to reinforce the friendly forces. " Hearing that the friendly forces also rushed into the city, I immediately ordered Xie Liujin to "destroy the enemy in the city center as soon as possible."“ Yes, I'll send troops to reinforce immediately. " Xie Liujin replied loudly. As more and more of our troops poured into Kharkov, the German resistance was constantly destroyed. By ten o'clock in the morning, the sound of gunfire and explosion from outside became sparse. After calling each division commander in the city one by one for verification, I finally came to a gratifying conclusion: Kharkov has been recovered by our army!