Burning Moscow

Chapter 1492: Conquer the fortress (part 2)

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After the ideas I developed were implemented in the army, they achieved amazing results. The infantry united in squads, followed behind the tanks, and approached the German positions with each step. When it reached a distance of about 150 meters, the tank stopped, turned its muzzle and fired a shot at the firepower that was shooting frantically. Taking advantage of the "dumb" effort of the enemy's firepower, the Pyro or assault engineer stepped forward to spray fire or drop bombs to destroy the enemy in the fortification.

In the next hour or so, the three offensive directions were frequent successes. First, the troops from the north and east successively occupied the first line of defense of the German army and continued to develop in depth. The tank army and mechanized army to the south are also progressing smoothly, breaking into the second line of defense of the German army, and are engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy.

Seeing such a battle report, the chubby Rebarko showed a happy expression on his face. He said to me: "Lida, it seems that your approach is not bad. The three offensive forces have achieved good results. If it continues like this, the 6th Guards Tank Corps will be able to occupy the second line of defense of the Germans before dark."

I just smiled faintly at what he said, and then stared at the phone on the table and said: "General Rebarko, with my knowledge of Marshal Zhukov, he will call us soon. The progress."

"No." Rebarko was obviously skeptical of what I said. "Didn't Comrade Marshal say that after dark, call to learn about the progress of the troops' attacks?"

As soon as the voice fell, the phone rang in front of us. Rebarco stared at me with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "No, is it really a call from Comrade Marshal?"

"Is it the Marshal's call, don't you know if you answer it?" As I said, I grabbed the receiver and handed it directly to Rebarco.

Rebarko put the microphone to his ear and asked cautiously: "Hey, is it Comrade Marshal?"

As soon as he finished asking, I heard Zhukov's weird "Huh" on the other end of the phone, and then asked curiously: "Comrade Rebarko, are you going to know the prophet, guess I want to call you?"

"No, Comrade Marshal." Rebarko replied in a flustered manner: "It's not that I can tell the prophet, but Lida analyzed that you might call at this time."

"Give the phone to Lida." Zhukov didn't talk nonsense with him, and directly ordered: "I want to talk to her."

Seeing the embarrassment on his face when Rebarko handed me the microphone, I couldn't help but complain to Zhukov secretly. Isn't this giving me hatred? I answered the phone and asked politely: "Comrade Marshal, what instructions do you have?"

"Since you guessed that I'm going to call, can't you guess what I'm asking?" Zhukov said with some disapproval: "Okay, report the situation, how is the progress in the three directions now?"

"Report to Comrade Marshal." Now that General Novikov's 6th Guards Corps has rushed into the second line of defense of the Germans, the occupation is only a matter of time, so when I reported to Zhukov, I became confident: "The offensive troops on the north and east have successively captured the first line of defense of the German army and are developing in the depths of the enemy. The troops on the south have also penetrated into the second line of defense of the German army and are engaged in fortification battles with the enemy. "

After listening to my report, Zhukov did not say any words of approval. Instead, he asked: "Lida, I always listen to you about how the North, East, and South attacks are, but why there is no report on the West. Ah? Which unit was deployed there and why didn't they attack at the same time?"

"Comrade Marshal, it is not that the troops on the west side do not attack." Since I do not deploy troops on the west side, it is my own opinion, so I have not had time to report to Zhukov. Since he asked at this moment, I can only answer truthfully: " It’s that no troops were deployed in that direction!"

"What, you didn't deploy troops to the west?" Zhukov said to me almost in a roaring voice: "Aren't you afraid that the Germans will highlight our defense from that direction?"

I quickly removed the microphone from my ear, and then argued: "Comrade Marshal, please listen to my explanation. If we were to encircle Tarnopol from the beginning, then the city's defenders would desperately resist. Yes, but now we have only surrounded three sides and left the west side. This creates an illusion for the Germans that their retreat has not been completely cut off. Maybe they will take the initiative to abandon the city after being fiercely attacked by our army. , Fled westward..."

"Enough, don't say it anymore." Zhukov interrupted me angrily: "How can you have such a fluke? If the German army inflicts heavy casualties on our army, it adopts alternate cover, from you What should we do to escape from the gap left intentionally?"

After he finished speaking, he didn't even give me a chance to speak, so he asked and answered: "I order you now to send troops to the west of Tarnopol to establish a defensive position to prevent German troops from that direction. Break through. You can't delay my order. You must execute it immediately, understand?"

I put down the phone, smiled bitterly at Rebarko, who was standing next to him, and then said: "Comrade General, Marshal Zhukov ordered us to send troops to the west of the city and use the terrain to build fortifications."

Rebarko was very calm about the order given by Zhukov. He pointed to the map and said to me: “It’s not a problem to build a defense in the west of the city. We can take General Ivanov’s guard tank. The 7th Army was transferred over. With their strength, even if the Germans choose to break through in this direction, they can still be blocked firmly."

After speaking, he pulled the phone I just used in front of him, grabbed the microphone, dialed a number, and said to the microphone: "I'm Rebarco. Get me close to the 7th Guard Tank Army immediately. Look for Major General Ivanov, the commander."

After answering the call, he did not hesitate to greet him, and directly commanded: "Comrade Ivanov, you and your troops have had a day off. Now it is time for you to find something to do."

Hearing what Rebarko said, Ivanov also asked in surprise: "Comrade Commander, are you ready to let our army participate in the offensive?"

"The offense is out of your turn for the time being. Your task is to switch to defense." Rebarko did not give the opponent a chance to speak, so he continued: "You immediately lead your troops to the west of Tarnopol. , Set up a defense there to prevent the Germans from retreating from there when they cannot stop our attack.

"Build a defense in the west of the city?" Ivanov said with some difficulty after hearing Rebarko's order: "Comrade Commander, if we have not had time to build a defense, the Germans will break through from the west. what should we do?"

"What should I do? You, the tank commander, still have to ask me?" Rebarko said dissatisfied with Ivanov’s answer: "Don’t forget, you command a tank army with dozens or hundreds of vehicles. Tanks. If the enemy wants to break through the siege, you line up the tanks and sweep them with a bomber gun. When the enemy is defeated, you can use infantry to charge..."

Ivanov heard that Rebarko was teaching himself strategy and tactics, and before he was finished, he said: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I know how to do it. Don't worry, I will never let one Germans, escape from our defense zone."

Seeing that Rebarko had finished the call, Melnikov was still a little worried and said: "Comrade Commander, is it a bit too late to transfer Ivanov's troops at this time?"

"It's not too late." In order to reassure Melnikov, I explained to him: "Comrade Military Commissioner, according to my observations in the city, General von Neindor, the commander of the German fortress, is a A traditional German soldier, he regards honor as more precious than his own life. If the fortress is lost, he will never run away. Instead, he will live and die with the fortress to defend the honor of his soldiers."

"What? General von Neindor will defend his military honor by coexisting and dying with the fortress?" Melnikov could not help but said dubiously after hearing what I said. They are all people who are greedy for life and fear of death, or why the headquarters of our division-level commanders can be located only 300 meters from the front, while the headquarters of the German army are usually located a few kilometers or even more than ten kilometers. ?"

"Comrade Military Commissioner, I think Lida is right." Rebarko echoed me and said: "Although the Germans are our enemies, there are many traditional German soldiers who do nothing to defend the honor of the soldiers. Not inferior to our commanders. I think since von Neindor did not surrender, maybe he really intended to defend Tarnopol and fight with us until the last soldier."

Although I guessed that von Neindor would not surrender, I did not expect that he might eventually burn the stones and the jade, so I quickly said to Rebarko: "Comrade General, please inform the frontier troops. We can appropriately take a political offensive to disintegrate the German defense, and strive to make the enemy in the fort lay down their weapons to surrender to us.

"What if our political offensive does not work?" Melnikov asked with a worried look: "What measures should we take then?"

"If the enemy does not surrender, we will resolutely destroy him." After I said this decisively, I urged Rebarko: "Comrade General, please give the troops an order immediately."

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After dark, Novikov's tank army and mechanized army completely occupied the second line of defense of the German army. After a short rest, they continued to attack the third line of defense. The two directions of the east and north of the city are also attacking the second line of defense of the German army in that direction.

After the battle lasted three o'clock in the morning, the troops on the South Road finally reached the city of Ternopil after breaking through three lines of defense in a row. After learning the news, I said to Rebarko: "Comrade General, let Novikov's tank and mechanized troops suspend their offensive, stay in place and rest, and wait until dawn before launching a new offensive.

Rebarko was confused by my inexplicable order. He asked inexplicably, "Lida, since our attack is going well now, why should we stop suddenly?"

"Although the outer positions to the south have been cleared, if we continue to attack, the front wall will block the way of our tank troops." Seeing Rebarko's dazed expression, I explained to him, "We still wait. After dawn, let the artillery prepare for fierce artillery fire, and then continue to attack the city."

"Well, since you said that, I will immediately order Novikov to stop the attack." After Rebarko finished this sentence, he asked: "What about the other two directions? Let them stop too?"

"No." I waved my hand and said my thoughts: "In addition to continuing to attack the east and north of the city, the troops in the west of the city will also attack the enemy's position."

"At this time, let the troops in the west of the city launch an offensive?" Rebarko's deployment to me became more and more confused.

"Yes, the west of the city attacked at this time, and part of the German defense force can be transferred." I pointed to the map and said: "We stopped the attack in the south of the city, but the attack in the other three directions is still going on. If the German army wants to hold the fortress, it will inevitably draw troops from other directions. If they can move troops from the south of the city, our attack after dawn will be much smoother."

"Yes~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is a good way." Rebarko is also a vigorous person. After listening to my explanation, he immediately gave the chief of staff an order to notify the troops in the south of the city to suspend the offensive, and the troops in the west The troops immediately shifted from defense to offense.

Maybe it was my unconstrained style of play that confused the German troops in the city. In order to prevent our army from breaking through from the other three directions, they had to mobilize some troops from the south of the city to strengthen the attacked area. This information was obtained from the documents we seized after we occupied the fortress.

After dawn, after an hour of fierce artillery preparation, the tank army and mechanized army south of the city rushed into the city from the opening. Slowly and effectively began to gnaw off one position after another of the German army, retreating the front to the German defense center bit by bit.

In the evening, as troops from the other three directions also burst into the city one after another, the situation became more favorable to our army. Although the Germans were extremely tenacious in defense, after they shot the bullets, they would rush out with their bayonet-mounted rifles and engage in hand-to-hand combat with our army. Even the wounded soldiers who were seriously injured would rush at our soldiers. When we went up, we fired a grenade and died with our soldiers.

However, the German army's dying struggle, under the strong offensive of our army, could not undo their defeat. At seven o'clock in the evening, the gunfire in the whole city finally stopped. Generals Novikov and Ivanov called one after another to report to us the good news that they had successfully seized the fortress.

According to statistics, the five thousand German defenders in the city, except for the more than fifty seriously injured, were all brave soldiers, and General von Neindor also shot himself when he saw that the situation was gone.

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