Burning Moscow

Shu Klin raised his binoculars and looked at it for a moment, and then frowned. It seemed that the German artillery's arrangement of troops was beyond his imagination. 『㈧㈠┡中┡文网『⒈

After watching for five or six minutes, he put down his telescope and said to me: "Comrade Commander, the German artillery is arranged to a high standard. If our conventional artillery wants to destroy them, we can only eliminate them point by point. The scattered positions were destroyed one by one. There is a drawback to this. Perhaps when we bombard the first artillery position, we will be bombarded from other directions..."

Before he could finish his words, Akhromeyev interrupted and said: "If this is the case, we can have artillery fire at these targets at the same time."

"Major, if we do this, we will be caught in the trap of the Germans." Shuklin pointed to the German artillery position a few kilometers away and said: "If we spread the artillery, the strike force will be greatly weakened. At that time, the enemy may be the enemy. The artillery position was not destroyed, but our artillery was destroyed by the enemy."

As soon as Shuklin finished speaking, Akhromeyev immediately proposed his second plan: "Since the artillery can't destroy them, then we will use the air force to blow them all up."

"Even if the air force is dispatched, the ideal result may not be achieved." Shu Klin and his political commissar looked at each other, then smiled and said to Akhromeyev: "Look, the enemy’s artillery position is very cleverly camouflaged. After the sandbags were concealed, the camouflage nets were pulled on them. It is not easy for our bombers in the air to see their whereabouts, let alone destroy them."

"Then what should we do?" Akhromeev saw his two plans were overthrown lightly by Shuklin, and couldn't help feeling a little mad. "If we don't destroy the enemy’s artillery positions, then our troops will be When you counterattack, you will suffer heavy casualties due to the bombardment of enemy artillery fire."

But I, who had been watching with cold eyes, found that Shuklin and Bezdiko both had calm expressions, and seemed confident in destroying the enemy’s artillery. After repeating what Shuklin just said in my mind, I figured out the key point. So, I smiled and said to Shuklin, "Major Shuklin, the tone of what I hear from you seems to have full confidence in dealing with the enemy’s artillery. Let’s talk about it, what's the matter?"

"Comrade Commander is still very good, so I guess we have a way." Shu Klin first flattered me, and then began to tell his plan: "The German artillery position is deployed in this way, the ordinary artillery regiment wants to destroy it. They are bound to pay a huge price. It is also unlucky for these Germans to encounter our new self-propelled artillery regiment. After our entire regiment is deployed, within one or two minutes, we can complete five salvos and destroy the enemy. It’s an artillery position. You know, in such a short period of time, the enemy’s artillery observers could not lock our position. When they confirmed our position, our regiment had moved to a new position and shelled the next target... "

Shuklin’s explanation immediately made Akhromeyev suddenly realize. He nodded and said excitedly: “That’s right, that’s it. When our self-propelled artillery regiment destroys one of the enemy’s positions, it can immediately Move, and even if the Germans are bombarded with revenge, they will only hit a clearing. This style of play is really great!"

Seeing what Shuklin said, and not far from my guess, I nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "Major Shuklin, since you already have a battle plan, you should hurry up and execute it. As long as your gunfire Destroying the German defensive positions, we can launch a full-scale counterattack."

As soon as Shuklin left, I called Akhromeyev in front of me and said, "Major, you immediately call Captain Shamrich and prepare his tank battalion for an attack. Also, I'm asking. Where did the 52nd Guards Division and the 375th Infantry Division have arrived, and when will they be able to reach the west of the city?"

When Akhromeyev heard these orders, he hesitated and said to me: "Comrade Commander, the two divisions have traveled a long distance, and the commanders and fighters should have been very tired. If they were put in at this time In battle, the combat effectiveness may be greatly reduced."

"Major, we only have two divisions in our hands. We are still at a disadvantage compared to the enemy in terms of strength. If we want to launch a counterattack against the Germans, we must put both new divisions into battle." I see Ahe Romeyev frowned and specifically explained to him: "I also know that the commanders and fighters who have just arrived in Zhilobin are very tired, but if they are allowed to rest, there will be no more than one day to restore their combat effectiveness. Best condition."

Akhromeyev smiled faintly, did not speak, just silently listened to me to continue.

"We have to use the self-propelled artillery regiment to attack the enemy at the favorable opportunity to attack the enemy, so as to achieve unexpected results." I looked at the battlefield with smoke billowing in the distance and said confidently: "Maybe we can defeat the enemy in one go. The enemy, push the battle to the depth of the enemy’s defense."

After listening to me, Akhromeyev straightened his waist and said: "Don't worry, Comrade Commander, I will contact the two divisions on the way and urge them to speed up and try to get there as soon as possible. Zhilobin."

Shuklin's artillery regiment quickly unfolded in a clearing southwest of the city. With the fastest speed, they fired several rounds of a German artillery position. The dense shells quickly hit the target, blasting more than a dozen artillery pieces to pieces, and causing the bombs to explode.

After they completed the task, they quickly moved their positions and reopened the queue to prepare to bombard the second position of the German army. Only after they realized that the German artillery shot the revenge shells on the formerly where the self-propelled artillery regiment was. position.

Akhromeyev, who came back after the call, saw this scene, excitedly said to me: "Comrade Commander, you see, our artillery regiment is really great. It is so easy to put the enemy’s artillery in position. Destroyed."

As for the results achieved by the self-propelled artillery regiment, I take it for granted. After all, the artillery they are equipped with is the product of this era. It is really strange that they have not achieved such brilliant results.

I put down my binoculars, turned my head and asked Akhromeyev: "Major, where are the other two divisions?"

"The 51st Guards Division will reach Zhilobin in ten minutes. The 375th Infantry Division will be a little slower, and it will take half an hour at the earliest to reach the west of the city."

After listening to Akhromeyev’s report, I calculated it in my heart. I felt that it would take about half an hour for the self-propelled artillery regiment to destroy the enemy’s artillery positions. At that time, four divisions gathered in Zhilobin. There is no time to fight back against the enemy in front of you.

Thinking of this, I called Batov. After hearing his voice, I asked politely: "General Batov, hello! I would like to ask, how many troops do you currently have?"

"Comrade Oshanina, what do you ask this for?" Batov was confused by my question, and he asked inexplicably: "Could it be that the enemy's offensive is too fierce and your troops can't stand it?" "Before I could answer, he went on and said, "Don't worry, since we are friendly forces, I will definitely support you if you see difficulties."

I did not answer his topic, but repeated the question just now: "Comrade General, I want to know how much force you can use at the moment?"

"There are about eight thousand." Batov hesitated and told me the truth: "In addition to the original mixed brigades in the city, I have gathered some defeated troops in the past two days, so the total strength has increased."

I heard that he has 8,000 troops in his hand, and I feel more at ease. So many troops are more than enough to defend Zhilobin. Besides, the 11th Army troops sent by Rokosovsky are also more than enough. Rushing here day and night. After clarifying the situation, I notified Batov of my plan: "Comrade General, my troops are about to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Germans. Please send troops to the west and south defense zones to take over our defense. "

"What, do you plan to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Germans?" Batov was taken aback by my words. He said in a flustered manner: "Comrade Oshanina, as far as I know, there are at least five German troops in front of you. Two divisions, two of them are armored divisions. You only have two divisions to go head-to-head with them, and you will suffer a big loss. Or, wait two days for your main force and the 11th Army After the troops arrive, they can attack the enemy again, okay?"

"No, General Batov." Although I think his idea is more appropriate, it will miss the opportunity, so I refused him without hesitation and added: "The morale of the enemy is currently low, if If we counterattack them, we can get twice the result with half the effort. If we continue to drag on, our army's strength can be improved, but the enemy will also seize the time to build new lines of defense. This will be very detrimental to our next offensive. of."

After hearing what I said, Batov knew that he could not persuade me to change my mind, so he could only sigh, and then kindly told me: "Comrade Oshanina, since you have made up your mind, I will not say anything. But for the sake of safety, in addition to sending troops to replace your defense, I will also send troops to assist you."

"Thank you, General Batov." When I said this, I raised my hand and looked at my watch, and then said, "Please send troops to the west and south of the city to take over the defense of our army."

After discussing the transfer of positions with Batov, I called Seleukin and Sejerikov respectively, and informed them that as soon as the tank battalion strikes, their troops will also rush up and move towards. With the enemy's deep rush and fierce strikes, the enemy's defenses will be completely disrupted, creating a favorable situation for our next battle.

The German artillery was completely defeated after being attacked by a self-propelled artillery regiment. Especially the German commander was even more confused. He only knew that his scattered artillery positions were constantly being destroyed by our army's artillery fire. And every time an artillery position was bombarded, he would immediately order several other artillery positions to concentrate firepower on the position of our artillery to carry out retaliatory shelling, but there were a lot of shells, but our army’s artillery fire was not at all. The signs of weakening, on the contrary, became more and more courageous, and they continued to kill their artillery positions one by one.

More than a hundred artillery pieces on the eight artillery positions of the German army were finally wiped out by the self-propelled artillery regiment that constantly changed firing positions.

Seeing that all the German artillery had been destroyed, Shu Klin immediately reported to me triumphantly via the radio: "Comrade Commander, we have destroyed all the enemy's artillery. You can order the infantry to attack."

"Major Shuklin, your regiment first find a place to hide." In order to prevent the self-propelled artillery regiment from being spotted by a possible enemy aircraft, I quickly ordered Shuklin, "When you need to provide artillery support for the offensive troops, I will contact you again. ."

As soon as the phone was put down here, there was a rush of footsteps from the position of the stairs. I thought it was some staff member who sent some telegram. But I turned my head inadvertently, and I was overjoyed. It was not someone else who came here, but the two teachers I had been waiting for.

I walked up to the two of them, waited for them to salute me, smiled back, and then asked: "The two comrades, comrades~www.wuxiaspot.com~, are your troops here?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Lu Jin said: "The troops have just got off the car and are being assembled. I don't know what tasks you assigned to our division?"

"Our troops are about to counterattack the enemy. You came really in time, so that we are not far from the Germans in terms of strength." After that, I pointed to the new tank that was heading toward the battlefield and said to the two of them. : "The 51st Guards Division and the 89th Guards Division are about to launch a full-scale attack on the enemy. These tanks are guiding the infantry to attack. After you two have completed the assembly of the troops, you immediately command the troops to rush forward. Charge to the depth of the German defense. Understand?"

"Understood!" The two commanders replied loudly, then raised their hands to salute me, turned and walked out of the bell tower, and returned to their respective troops to dispatch troops.

I dialed Xie Liujin's phone again and said loudly into the microphone, "Master Xie Liujin, have you seen the tank battalion? Order your troops to attack immediately, follow our tanks, and rush into the enemy's defenses. "

"Yes," Xie Liujin replied excitedly: "I immediately gave the entire division an order to attack, and let them follow the tank battalion and attack the enemy's defenses in depth." (To be continued.)