Burning Moscow

Before our fighter plane arrived, Batov called first. ◢Щщш.suimeng.lā he asked with concern over the phone: "General Oshanina, I listened to the report from the observation post that the enemy is launching fierce shelling on your position. How about it, are you sure to hold it? I need to follow Do you draw two battalions from the mixed brigade to support it?"

"No, General Batov, thank you for your kindness." After thanking Batov, I said politely: "The troops deployed in the west of the city have rich experience in positional warfare. The Germans want to break through their defenses. , Is not an easy task."

"Well, it turned out to be like this." Although I had already declined Batov's kindness, he said politely: "Comrade Oshanina, we are friendly forces. If there is anything that needs help, please give me immediately. If you call, I will immediately arrange staff to assist you."

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As soon as I finished talking with Batov, Xie Liujin called. As soon as I heard his voice, I asked first: "General Xie Liujin, what's the situation on the ground? Are our casualties high?"

"The casualties were not high," Xie Liujin quickly replied: "According to the report from the front, at the beginning of the enemy's shelling, except for a few observation posts, the rest of the commanders and fighters were concealed in the blastholes or shelters. Despite the enemy's shelling. It's still going on. We can't count the specific casualties data, but I believe it will not be too big."

"Very good," I thought of before the enemy shelled, I saw concrete fortifications everywhere on the ground. It would be very difficult to destroy these fortifications if the Germans did not use concrete saboteurs. "If there is any change, please give me any time. Call."

The German artillery positions seemed to have accumulated a lot of artillery shells, and they had been hit for almost an hour, and there was no sign of stopping. Seeing all this, Akhromeyev said angrily: "Damn German, it must have taken a full night last night to hoard so many shells, otherwise it would not be like now. Keep playing endlessly."

I put down my binoculars, turned my head to look at Akhromeyev, and said with a faint smile: "Major, the German bombardment lasted for a long time. For us, it is not necessarily a bad thing. We must know that our air force is rushing here. Come here. As long as the enemy does not stop its artillery, it is equivalent to giving our air force the target of attack."

"Why isn't our plane still yet?" Akhromeyev heard what I said, looked up at the sky, and muttered to himself: "Colon Bovyshenko didn't say it would take forty minutes. Are you on the battlefield?"

I was about to tell Akhromeyev that so many planes take time to take off; it also takes time to form a formation in the air. In this way, it is excusable that it will be more night than expected. However, before I could speak, a communication soldier ran up the stairs and hurriedly handed a telegram in his hand to Akhromeyev.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Akhromeyev looking at the contents of the telegram at a glance, I guessed something unexpected might have happened, and hurriedly asked: "Is something wrong?"

Unexpectedly, when Akhromeyev heard my question, he said to me with a look of excitement: "Comrade Commander, the telegram is sent by Colonel Bovyshenko."

Hearing Bovyshenko's name, I mumbled to myself that he really didn't talk about it, and he telegraphed as soon as he talked about him. I asked casually: "What did the colonel say in the telegram?"

"The colonel said that all of the plane was late than the scheduled time. It was a minor change." When Akhromeyev reported to me, he couldn't help but look at the telegram in his hand. Look, "They joined a bomber squadron sent by the Front Army headquarters in the airspace 50 kilometers away. Because they are regrouping in the air, they entered the battlefield later than the scheduled time."

"It's great, this is great." I was overjoyed when I heard the good news. You must know that fighter jets like Yak-7 can also attack the ground, but the effect is definitely not as good as bombers. Now that there are bombers sent by Rokosovsky to help completely destroy the German artillery positions, it is no longer a difficult task.

It didn’t take long for the roar of aircraft engines to be heard in the air. I looked up and saw a group of fighters in a four-plane formation opened, followed by four Pe-2 bombers. Behind the bombers was another group. fighter. In this way, a formation of 12 bombers and 24 fighter planes roared past our heads.

As soon as Akhromeyev saw our plane appeared, he was very excited. Although he knew that the pilot could not see us, he still waved his hands in the air desperately, and at the same time kept yelling: "Ula Ullah!!! Ullah!!!"

I raised the binoculars and followed the further away aircraft. Seeing that the bomber reached the air above the German artillery position, I immediately lowered its altitude and dived toward the target on the ground. After a while, a huge mushroom cloud skyrocketed, and then the white fireworks from the smashed ammunition on the ground stretched into a straight line to fill the entire skyline.

"Comrade Commander, the enemy's artillery position has been destroyed," Akhromeyev pointed to the area being bombed by our military aircraft, and said excitedly: "Our air force is really great."

The German artillery, who was still bullying our army, immediately became a lamb to be slaughtered with the emergence of our air force. With the destruction of the position, the Xijiao position, which had been shelled all the time, finally revealed its "true face of Lushan" from the gunpowder because of the cessation of the shelling. I can't help but frown when I see the huge craters one after another on the battlefield, the bumpy concrete fortifications that have been blown up.

I picked up the phone and dialed Xie Liujin's headquarters. After the phone call, I asked anxiously: "Comrade Commander, how is the situation, are the casualties statistics available?"

Xie Liujin was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, I just talked to the frontline on the phone. According to statistics, 35 soldiers died and 114 soldiers were injured in the shelling. This will not do anything to the combat effectiveness of the troops. influences."

I heard that only more than a hundred people were injured or killed, and my heart suddenly became more at ease. Don't see the German artillery hitting the ground just now, but our commanders and fighters can keep casualties to a minimum in the solid fortifications. After I gave an "famous", I told Xie Liujin: "Comrade commander, please tell the front commanders so that they can enter the position immediately. Maybe the enemy's ground attack will begin."

Xie Liujin disapproved of my repeated advice and said: "Comrade Commander, our air force is bombarding their artillery positions. Under this circumstance, do the Germans dare to attack?"

"Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid, Comrade Xie Liujin, no matter whether the enemy will launch an offensive or not, we still have to make preparations." Seeing Xie Liujin has a tendency to underestimate the enemy, I quickly reminded him: The enemy was attacked by our air, and after losing part of its combat effectiveness, it became vulnerable. As a division-level commander, you must not make the enemy underestimated."

"Comrade Commander, please rest assured." Xie Liujin immediately changed a serious tone and assured me: "I will call the frontier immediately, let them enter the position immediately, prepare for all battles, and be ready to welcome the invaders at any time. Enemy."

I originally let the troops into the position, just to prevent the enemy may launch a crazy attack, in Akhromeyev’s words, our plane is still flying on the battlefield, unless the Germans are guilty of leopards, they will absolutely not dare to do it casually. Launch an offensive against our army's position.

Unexpectedly, the Germans do things dumb. Obviously they saw our air force blow up their artillery positions in a mess, but the infantry still followed the original plan. Once the artillery stopped, they moved towards our positions under the guidance of tanks and armored vehicles. An onslaught was launched.

If they launched such an offensive an hour ago, they would still pose a great threat to our army. But now that air supremacy is in our hands, their offense seems out of reach, and it can even be said to be a suicidal charge. It's hard to say whether you can get the results, but the goal of suicide can definitely be achieved.

After bombing the German artillery positions, our fighter planes saw enemy tanks and armored vehicles. They were leading the infantry to attack our positions. They immediately turned their noses to lower their height, and dived and dropped bombs against the enemy's tanks and armored vehicles.

In the bursts of explosions, German tanks and armored vehicles were either ignited by the bombs or blasted to the ground by the blast. As for the fighter planes that served as **** missions, seeing that the Germans on the ground had been beaten to their knees, they also dived down to make up for their knives, and fired frantically at the crowded German soldiers with airborne machine guns. Flesh and flesh fly.

Seeing this scene, I felt a sense of exuberance. If there is no air supremacy, even if the Germans have more tanks and artillery, they will not be a threat to us. On the contrary, they will become the primary target of the air force.

Just when the German ground offensive forces were strangled by our air force, the defenders who stood still on the ground grasped this favorable opportunity in time and decisively launched a counterattack against the enemy.

Seeing one or two thousand commanders and fighters rushing out of the smoke-bearing fortifications, the pilots of our army immediately readjusted their formations and guided our troops from defense to offense.

Since the enemy was suddenly counterattacked by our army in the process of offensive, they simply could not rely on any fortifications to intercept. Occasionally, some German soldiers hid behind the overturned tank, trying to organize a temporary defensive position, but a few bombs fell from the air and immediately wiped out these insignificant resistance.

Seeing our infantry under the cover of the Air Force continue to advance far away, I quickly called Xie Liujin and ordered him: "Comrade Xie Liujin, immediately put all the two regiments with reserve teams into battle. One regiment cooperated with the friendly forces to continue chasing the enemy, while the other regiment entered the position and seized the time to repair the fortifications."

As soon as I finished speaking, Xie Liujin said anxiously: "Comrade Commander, the enemy is now defeated by our air force. I suggest that all our divisions be put into battle and strive to drive the enemy farther away from the city."

I did not hesitate to deny his proposal, and said to him in a learned tone: "Comrade Xie Liujin, don't forget that we are facing several German divisions, and the troops that have been defeated by the air force at this moment, At best, it is a German regiment. If you attack across the board, once you encounter the main German forces in front, when your offensive is frustrated, the enemy suddenly turns into a counterattack. Will the empty position of troops stop their attack?"

Xie Liujin, who was criticized by me, was silent for a while, and said sincerely: "Comrade Commander, I was wrong. I just thought of destroying more of their vital power while the enemy was defeated. I didn't think too much about it. Don't worry. , I immediately deployed a regiment to take over the defense in the western suburbs, and let the other regiment engage in the pursuit."

After half an hour, the bombers that dropped out of bombs and the fighters that dropped out of bullets all withdrew from the battle. Responding to the air threat, the Germans, who were breathing for a breath, built defensive positions in groups based on the existing terrain, and fought fierce battles with our troops who rushed up.

The rapid progress of our army's troops depends on the cover and support of air fighters. At this moment, the fighter had to withdraw from the battle because the ammunition ran out. After losing the air support troops, the attack speed immediately became slow.

After Akhromeyev saw the situation through his telescope ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he said to me carefully: "Comrade Commander, you see, our army has no air support now, even if it is attacking the enemy. Temporary firepower points have also become very difficult. If enemy reinforcements come up at this time, they will suffer a big loss. You see if you can withdraw them first."

Seeing that Akhromeyev's opinions coincided with my own, I nodded and called Xie Liujin's headquarters again. I said to him in an unquestionable tone: "Comrade Xie Liujin, our air force has now withdrawn from the battle. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, I order you to let the troops withdraw immediately."

"What, let the troops withdraw?" Xie Liujin said with some resistance to my order: "Comrade Commander, don't you see that the troops have rushed forward for seven kilometers, and we can build new ones there. defense……"

"Enough, General Xie Liujin." Before he was finished, I interrupted him abruptly and said in a stern tone: "Do you think your temporary fortifications can withstand heavy German artillery bombardment? Don't forget. Yes, the order I give you is to block the German offensive within three days and give our main force to gather valuable time. So I order you to immediately withdraw all the troops back to the positions in the western suburbs. Strengthen the fortifications and continue to deal with the Germans." (To be continued.)