Chapter 1675

Trekov has already said this. I know in my heart that even if he proposes to return to the headquarters of the group army, he will continue to catch up with the fighting troops in front of me after arranging for people to escort me back. Thinking of this, I can only harden my head and say, "yes, general trakov, how can we, as commanders, show panic in front of the headquarters? We should stay with our soldiers to achieve the effect of cohesion and morale

"See, comrade military commissar?" "Even the deputy commander of the front army is not afraid of danger. What else can you be afraid of? Come on, we'll keep you safe. "

Although Cui Fu's words contained some ridicule elements, Pronin still had a red face. Some of them said helplessly, "well, comrade commander, since you say so, I'll accompany you to the front again."

After we reached an agreement, we moved forward again along the road. After walking two or three kilometers, I saw a tank and two armored vehicles parked on the side of the road, and a group of soldiers surrounded the tank. At first, I was startled, thinking that I had met the German armored forces, but after seeing that the tanks were our tanks, I could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I looked at the commander who was standing beside the tank talking. The more I looked at him, the more familiar I felt. When I was about ten meters away from him, I finally saw who he was and cried out: "stop!"

After the armored car driver stopped, he turned and looked at me in surprise, and trekov also asked curiously, "Rita, what are we parking here for?"

"General trakov, I met an acquaintance. I'll go down and say hello to him." With that, I pushed open the hatch and stooped out of the armored car.

I quickly walked towards the commander beside the tank. The soldiers around him once tried to stop me. When they saw the rank on my shoulder, they immediately flashed to one side, stood at attention, held their heads high and raised their hands to salute me.

"Hello, general babajanian." When I was two or three steps away from the commander, I stopped and said to him in a loud voice, "long time no see. How are you recently?"

The officer who was assigning tasks to his subordinates, hearing my voice, turned his head and looked at me blankly. A moment later, the other party suddenly issued a exclamation: "it's you, deputy commander of the front army!" With that, he immediately turned around, straightened up and raised his hand to his forehead. "Major general babajanian, commander of the 11th army of guard tank, reports to you..."

Before he finished, I went up and grabbed his hand, pulled it down from my forehead, shook it and said, "general babajanian, I haven't seen you for a long time

Babajanian grinned and said to me, "Comrade deputy commander, you are still the best. You are both the general. It is estimated that you will become a general after we fight Berlin."

"Who is this general, Rita?" Trekov came up to me, looked at babajanian and asked, "can you introduce me?"

"This is major general babajanian," I said to trikov with a smile. "He used to be the commander of the 20th brigade of the mechanized guards, but now he is the commander of the 11th army of the tank guards, a subordinate of general katukov."

After listening to me, trikov came forward and held babajanian's hand tightly. He asked excitedly, "Comrade General, it seems that the tanks that just saved us are your subordinates, right?"

Babajanian's face showed a confused expression after listening. Seeing this, an officer next to him quickly approached his ear and whispered a few words. Babajanian nodded after listening to the officer's murmur and replied, "yes, general trakov. At that time, I happened to have more than a dozen tanks refuelling there. When I heard the sound of guns, I went straight into the battle. I just got their report."

"Where is your vanguard now?" After a simple greeting, trakov goes straight to the subject.

Babajanian took a map from the staff. He and the staff held one head each. After launching the map, he said to trikov, "our vanguard is attacking the sadkovitz area with a regiment of the 79th division of the guards."

I took a close look. The place babajanian said was no more than five kilometers away from where we were. It immediately occurred to me that since the combat troops were not far away, trikov could not wait to go back.

After babajanian finished, trakov nodded and said, "since our troops are not far away from here, I'll rush to have a look."

Babajanian looked at our convoy and saw an armored car and five trucks full of soldiers. He nodded and said, "from here to sadkovitz, there are no organized German troops. Even if there are some scattered soldiers, there is no threat to you."

In the following journey, what we saw, as babajanian said, did not encounter the German troops. On the contrary, we constantly see dejected German soldiers, escorted by our soldiers, escorted out of roadside forests or scattered wooden houses.

Of course, some of the soldiers escorting the prisoners were armed with submachine guns and assault rifles, but many of them were logistics personnel. I even saw a female health worker, holding a small pistol in her hand, escorting three German soldiers along the road. The numb faced German soldiers raised their hands high above their heads and walked honestly in front.

Seeing this, Pronin couldn't help laughing. He said to trikov in a loud voice, "Comrade commander, it seems that the Germans are really no longer good. Our logistics personnel can even catch a few prisoners by themselves."

"That's right," trekov said with a smile as he looked out. "The Germans are soldiers with no fighting spirit. It's only a matter of time before they are defeated completely."

Our motorcade drove further and stopped again. Major general wa Jin, commander of the 79th division of Jinwei, ran to our car and asked in surprise, "Comrade commander, how did you get to the front?"

"Let's see," trekov said, shaking hands with me as he got out of the car

"The troops are advancing smoothly, and the reconnaissance teams have arrived at the front lines of sadkovice, trembachev and liubania." After reporting the situation, vajin said to trikov anxiously, "Comrade commander, you'd better leave here as soon as possible. It's only 500 meters away from the fighting place. If the enemy finds your motorcade and hits it with several shells, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Trikov turned, raised his chin at the prisoners escorted by our soldiers, and continued, "Comrade wakin, there are many enemies left behind you."

Wakin looked at the prisoners and replied, "I interrogated several prisoners. They were all evacuated from the visva river. Because they lost contact with their superiors, they couldn't figure out the situation on the battlefield. As a result, they arrived here exhausted and wanted to join up with their troops and have a good rest, only to find that this place became the rear of our army, There were supplies, cooking carts and Quartermaster warehouses everywhere. After hiding in the barn, haystack and forest for some time, they felt that there was no hope for them to cross the defense line and return to their side, so they obediently came out of the hiding place and surrendered to us. "

When wakin reported to trakov, I couldn't help thinking: at the beginning of the patriotic war, the German army captured hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers in big battles. Maybe the situation of the Soviet army at that time was the same as that of the German army now. They all ran out of ammunition and food, had no way to go, and lost their organizational system. Resistance has become meaningless at this time, so they can only lay down their arms and surrender to their enemies.

After waiting for trikov and vagin to finish talking, Pronin asked him, "Comrade commander, where shall I go next?"

On hearing Pronin's question, trakov frowned. It seemed that he was also thinking about where we could go next. Further westward, obviously, it would not work. In that way, we would break into the German defense area directly. With our strength, we would give the head to the German army.

But fortunately, wajin took the initiative to tell trikov, "Comrade commander, you can go east along the fork in the road ahead, where you can see the headquarters of the 1st group army of close guard tanks, where general kazakov is directing the battle."

When he heard that kazakov's headquarters were nearby, trakov immediately got excited: "great, that's great. I didn't expect that general katukov's action was so fast that he came in front of us. In that case, let's go and see him. "

We met katukov in a small house east of new miasto. After giving us a hug, he asked curiously, "general trakov, how did you get to the front?"

Trakov laughed at him and asked, "general katukov, aren't you on the front line, just like us?"

Katukov waved his hand and said, "my situation is different from yours. I command the tank army. Even if I meet one or two small German troops, I can easily solve them. But you don't have such a good defense ability as I do. If you are attacked by the enemy, it's easy for you to make a big deal. "

As soon as he finished, I quickly cut off the topic and asked, "general katukov, where are your troops now?"

"The units of the 11th army of the close guard tank are cooperating with the 79th division of the close guard infantry here to launch an attack on the German army." Katukov pointed to the map on the table and explained to us, "in addition, my mechanized army is attacking the enemy's defensive positions along the Rava mazowitzka highway, cooperating with the 29th army of the close guard infantry."

When trikov found out that katukov was staying here to understand the situation of his own troops, he exchanged intelligence with the other party, and finally offered to say, "general katukov, since we are all trying to understand the situation of the front-line troops, we might as well go to the Rava mazowitzka area together to learn about the fighting situation there. What do you think?"

"I agree." Katukov immediately agreed with trakov's proposal: "I'll go with you when I finish my work."

When we set out again, there were two more tanks in the team, one driven by katukov himself and the other escorted us. As these two tanks are the latest t-5455 tanks in the army, the safety factor of the convoy in the process of driving is greatly improved. As long as we do not encounter more than five tanks, we are not in any danger.

Our convoy successfully arrived at pukinin village, where we found the joint headquarters of the 29th Infantry and mechanized army. Through the reports of the two commanders, I know that fighting is unfolding in the Rava mazowitzka area south of the village. However, under the strong offensive of our army, the German defense line has collapsed, and the enemy is withdrawing from the battle one after another.

After listening to the report, trikov turned to katukov and asked, "Comrade General, do you have anything to explain?" Katukov waved his hand and said, "it's your infantry who are in charge of the main attack. My troops are just cooperating with you. You'd better give us the next combat task." After getting katukov's authorization, trakov said to general semenkov, commander of the 29th army of the guards, "Comrade commander, since the enemy has been defeated, you should immediately concentrate your strength to launch an attack on brzezine and smash the German defense in this area in the shortest time." After giving the order to semenkov, trakov called a communications staff officer and told him: "staff officer, immediately send a telegram to the group army headquarters, saying that our army has successfully occupied the new miyasto area. In order to better command the troops, the commander should immediately move to the new miyasto area." Seeing that the war on the front line was progressing so smoothly, I felt that I should immediately report what I saw to Zhukov, so I asked him, "Comrade commander, can you contact the headquarters of the front army directly by telephone?" "I'm sorry, comrade deputy commander of the front army. I can only get in touch with the headquarters of the group army on the left and right wings by phone, but I can't get in touch with the headquarters of the front army for the time being."“ What, your phone can get in touch with the left and right wing forces? " After listening to what shermenkov said, trikov immediately told him, "get me the assault 5th and 69th army immediately. I want to talk to two friendly commanders." After some phone calls, we finally found out the current situation on the battlefield. The troops of the 5th group army raided smoothly, captured biawa lavska, and were ready to continue to attack. On the other hand, the 69th left wing group army has made slow progress, and its leading forces have achieved limited results, far behind the 8th close guard group army. Although the left wing of the attacking arrow is concave from the map, it has no bad influence on the war situation.