Burning Moscow

After reading the telegram, Kirilov unexpectedly ordered Akhromeev: "Major, you find a way to find a radio so that we can all listen to the voices from Moscow, see the heart of our great motherland, prepare How to celebrate this hard-won great victory!"

Since the successful liberation of Belgorod and Orel, the Supreme Command decided to use the salute to celebrate the victory, which has become a routine. Kiev is the capital of Ukraine. After liberating such an important city, the standard of celebration is naturally unmatched by cities such as Belgorod, Kharkov and Orel.

Therefore, Kirilov’s proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone. Bezikov even gave the other party a trick: "Major, you go to the old German senior commander's residence to try your luck, they have the habit of listening to the radio, where they live, you should be able to find a radio."

Akhromeyev's work efficiency is quite high. Just about half an hour later, I heard his delighted voice from outside the door: "Comrade Commander, the radio has been found."

As soon as his voice fell, I saw him come in with two soldiers carrying a half-man high radio. Akhromeev kept reminding the soldiers next to him: "Be careful, don't damage it. The place by the wall is spacious, so put the radio there!"

After the radio was turned on, after a burst of noisy currents, I finally heard a strong bass: "Attention everyone, please note that Moscow is broadcasting, Moscow is broadcasting"

"It's a voice from Moscow!" Akhromeev, who was standing by the radio adjusting the frequency, said excitedly: "Maybe we can still hear Comrade Stalin's speech later."

"Quiet, Comrade Major." Kistyakov said in a stern tone: "You are so noisy, we can't hear anything on the radio."

In fact, the voice on the radio is quite loud, even if Akhromeev is talking non-stop, we can still hear what the broadcaster is saying. Kistyakov said so, just to vent his excitement.

"All men and women citizens of the Soviet Union, according to the battle report of the Soviet Intelligence Agency, at 5 o'clock in the morning on November 6th, our Ukrainian First Front Army successfully liberated Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, which is the mother of the Russian city. Known as the city of kings on the Dnieper River, it has returned to the embrace of the motherland

Kiev, a city with countless legends, in February of this year, the troops commanded by General Oshanina were liberated from the hands of fascist bandits. However, due to the disparity between the enemy and our forces, the city fell into The claws of the German army"

"Lida, did you hear it?" Kirilov leaned close to my ear and whispered: "The Moscow radio station is talking about our liberation of Kiev."

I nodded, and just about to speak, I saw Lopukhov approaching with a telegram in his hand. From the serious expression on his face, I knew there must be something important, so I stood up and asked, "Major, what's the matter?"

"Comrade Commander," Lopukhov handed me the telegram in his hand and said at the same time, "This is the telegram that Captain Trafkin has just sent back."

I took the telegram to my eyes and scanned it carefully. After reading the content, I couldn't help frowning. Seeing how I reacted after reading the telegram, Kistyakov couldn't help asking curiously: "Comrade Commander, what new discoveries have been made by the reconnaissance unit?"

I slid the telegram to Kistyakov and said: "Captain Travkin reported that they found a secret German base in the forest east of Zhytomyr. After their observation, every few hours , There will be a convoy of more than a dozen trucks with hoods, drive into the base along the simple road in the forest, stay for about an hour, and then return along the original road. Because the convoy is escorted by armored vehicles and motorcycles. , So they can’t figure out what the convoy is carrying."

After reading the phone, Kistyakov frowned and thought for a while, and then tentatively said: "Comrade Commander, do you think there is a German arsenal in the forest? These convoys are going to deliver weapons. Ammunition."

I immediately shook my head to deny his speculation: "Impossible, Comrade Deputy Commander. If the arsenal is located in the forest, it would be very inconvenient for the Germans to receive it. They would not do it so laboriously. Things to please."

"But, if it wasn't for arms, what would it be?" Kistyakov asked rhetorically.

Before I could tell you why, Bezikov interrupted and asked: "Comrade commanders, what are you talking about?"

Kistyakov threw the telegram to him, and suddenly found that the news broadcast on the radio had turned into sweet music. He curiously asked, "Damn it, how did the news broadcast end?"

Bezikov understood what Kistyakov was saying, and while looking down at the telegram, he replied: "At twelve noon, Moscow will use 320 salutes and fire 24 guns on the Red Square to celebrate the liberation of Kiev. Great victory."

After he read the content of the telegram, he cried out in surprise: "My God, how could you find a secret German base in the forest east of Zhytomyr?"

"Chief of Staff," I said to him with a wry smile, "Just now, the deputy commander and I were discussing what is in this secret German base?"

"Arsenal?!" As soon as Bezikov said this speculation, he immediately rejected it: "Impossible. The German army will never build such an important facility as an arsenal within the range of our army's artillery fire. Although we are in the army. Rostwiev’s troops are not equipped with enough artillery, but the artillery fire of the Fifth Guards Tank Army can also turn the forest here into a sea of ​​flames."

"I feel that instead of guessing here, it is better to send a strong combat force to seize this secret base." After reading this telegram, Kirilov immediately expressed his opinion: "As long as we occupy This base, then what's in it, isn't it clear at a glance?"

"It makes sense, but before we take an offensive action, we must first let Trafkin and the others figure out how many troops the enemy has." After I released my opinion, I directly instructed Lopukhov: "Major, give power to the captain immediately. Report, so that he must figure out the strength of this secret base in the shortest possible time."

When Lopukhov sent a telegram, I turned my head and asked Bezikov: "Chief of Staff, besides the Yersov regiment that paved the way, which other unit has stronger combat effectiveness?"

"The Sixth Guards Motorcycle Regiment, which belongs to the Fifth Guards Tank Army, has been stationed in the Kozon area. They have not participated in any battles." Bezikov asked in a tentative tone: "Send them to execute. Offensive mission?"

"The Chief of Staff's proposal is good." Kistyakov immediately echoed: "After the 6th Guards Regiment leaves, Kozon's defense can be replaced by guerrilla commanders."

I nodded, and then asked, "Chief of Staff, if the motorized regiment departs now, when will it be able to reach the area where Captain Trafkin is located?"

"Because the roads leading to Krostwiv are paved, the speed of our motor vehicles has been greatly improved." Bezikov replied to me after a simple calculation: "If If they don’t encounter and fight with the Germans on the road, they should reach their destination within three hours."

Hearing Bezikov saying this, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled and said to Kistyakov: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I will rush from us to Korostviv a week or two ago. , It takes at least two days. Unexpectedly, after the road was repaired, this time was shortened to a few hours."

"Yes!" Kistyakov also said with emotion: "This way, we can mobilize our troops faster and strike the enemy fiercely." He hesitated for a moment after speaking, and then asked me, "Does the secret base need to be reported to the front army headquarters immediately?"

"Not for the time being." I shook my head and rejected Kistiakov's proposal: "We don't know exactly what is stored in this German base. It is better to wait until the base is occupied and then report to the front army headquarters. Right."

An hour later, we received a telegram from Telaf Blonde. He reported that after hard work, they quietly approached the German base and found that it was a buried base. The entrance outside was guarded by two platoons of German troops. The strength of the base was unknown.

After reading this telegram, Bezikov immediately said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, it seems that the enemy's strength is not much. Even if the strength of the base is twice as large as that of the outside, it will only have the strength of two companies. We. A team of more than 2,000 elite guards was dispatched, and even if they were stepped on with their feet, they could all be trampled to death."

I thought about it, and then replied: "Chief of Staff, for safety reasons, I suggest that Lieutenant Colonel Yershov’s 225th Guards Regiment should also be put into battle. The two regiments won this secret German base. There should be nothing. problem."

When Kistyakov heard me say this, he couldn't help but laughed: "Comrade Commander, you are really too cautious. The German army has only two companies at most, which is four hundred people at full cost, but you have mobilized. To attack with more than ten times their strength, this is really a bit of a sledgehammer."

"Comrade Deputy Commander," I waited for Kistyakov to finish speaking, and said to him with a smile: "Goshawks need to fight the rabbit with all their strength, not to mention that we have to deal with Germans armed to the teeth. If it is not a hand The troops here are limited, and I even want to use a division to attack this small group of enemies."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the attack on the secret base in the forest officially began.

The battle went smoothly at the beginning, and a battalion of Yersov quickly wiped out the German forces outside the base and launched a fierce attack on the base. After a brief period of panic, the German army closed the gate of the base and used the existing fortifications to start a stubborn resistance.

Neither the 225th Guards Regiment nor the Sixth Guards Moped Regiment was equipped with enough weapons, and as a result, they were helpless in the face of the strong German fortifications. Four consecutive attacks were launched. Except for more than 300 commanders and fighters who fell outside the base, the gate of the base was not even close.

Knowing that the offensive ahead was not going well, I asked Lopukhov to send a telegram to Yersov, ordering him to temporarily stop the offensive and wait for the fortifying weapons to arrive before reorganizing the offensive.

After sending the telegram, I ordered a batch of 40 rocket launchers from the 89th Guards Division to be rushed to the fighting area immediately. Of course, in this case, it is impossible for me to stay in the headquarters, so I took Basmanov and a guard company, along with the convoy carrying the rocket launchers, and rushed to the forest east of Zhytomyr. .

After three hours of bumps on the road, I finally arrived at Yersov’s headquarters before dark. As soon as I walked into the headquarters, I saw Yersov and another lieutenant colonel sitting at the table with big eyes and small eyes sad. He took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, comrades commanders!"

"Hello, Comrade Commander!" Hearing my voice, the two of them jumped up from their seats and raised their hands to salute me.

I stepped forward and shook hands with the two of them one by one, and asked, "Two comrades, what's the situation now?"

"After receiving your telegram, I have ordered the troops to stop the offensive." Yersov replied: "I surrounded the entrance of the base with two battalions. At the same time, I organized the troops to search in the forest to ensure There is no other exit from the base."

"Comrade Commander ~www.wuxiaspot.com~After Yersov finished speaking, another lieutenant colonel said: "If the enemy's fortifications are too strong to be destroyed, our offensive troops will become their targets. We organized several blasting teams to prepare to blast the gates of the base, but unfortunately they were all lost. "

"Don't worry, I gave you a batch of 40 rocket launchers." I said to them: "The soldiers can kill the enemy's firepower one after another two hundred meters away. After eliminating all the firepower, then Blast the door open with a bazooka, understand?"

"Understood." The two lieutenant colonels replied in unison.

The fight started again after twenty minutes. This time our army did not continue to launch a intensive charge. Instead, a dozen soldiers quietly approached a place two hundred meters away from the enemy's base, using a rocket launcher to destroy the exposed firepower one by one. When all the firepower points were destroyed, the gate of the base was like a tiger with its teeth stripped, and there was no deterrent to us anymore.

When two rockets hit the gate impartially, blasting two huge holes in the strong iron gate, Yersov issued an offensive order to the troops. The commanders, who had been suffocating for a long time, shouted and jumped out of the trenches, rushing towards the gate of the base with their weapons. To be continued.