Burning Moscow

I looked at Cui Koff in amazement, saying that even if he personally pleaded, I couldn't get the air force assigned to the Stalingrad Front to be dispatched. The Germans just suffered a loss and will definitely not give up. Next, they will definitely increase their offensive strength. If we do not have the air supremacy, it will be a passive end.

Before I could speak, the outside suddenly became quiet, and the noisy guns suddenly stopped. I quickly raised the binoculars and looked outside, and saw that the enemy was slowly retreating towards their starting position, while our commanders and soldiers on the position were busy seizing the time to repair the fortifications, treat the wounded comrades, and lift the remains of the sacrificed martyrs. . Because the pontoon bridge on the river was blown up, the traffic on both sides of the river was temporarily interrupted. In order to restore traffic as soon as possible, the engineering unit of the division began to get busy. I could vaguely see many soldiers pushing oil drums down the **** and pushing them into the river, with ropes and tools to fix them.

"Did the enemy retreat?" Cui Kefu's voice sounded not far away.

I quickly put down the binoculars, and when I was about to answer him, I heard the soldier standing at the window reply: "Yes, Comrade Commander. The enemy's armored forces have retreated, and our artillery stopped shelling."

Although the enemy has retreated, they will never be reconciled to the defeat of this attack. They withdrew only to prepare for the next attack.

"Oshanina," Cui Kefu, who raised his binoculars and looked out the window, suddenly asked me: "What do you think the enemy's intentions are?"

I was stunned by Cui Koff's question. Judging from the German offensive situation, everything is not obvious. Unable to just want to occupy the defensive zone of our army. Advance to the ferry of the Volga River. Completely cut off all ties between the city and the outside world, and made the other group armies a lone army with no food and no reinforcements inside. After eliminating them, they successfully occupied Stalingrad and successfully fulfilled the strategic intent of the German command headquarters. After a moment of silence, I hesitated and said: "Comrade Commander, the enemy's intention is obvious, it is to concentrate the superior forces. Break through the defensive area of ​​our army, advance to the bank of the Volga River, and occupy the east bank. The docks cut off the communication between our army and the outside world.

"What you said makes sense." After removing the telescope from his eyes, Cui Kefu said thoughtfully: "The enemy has assembled so many troops here for the strategic purpose you just mentioned." , He turned around and ordered the operator: "Give me the command of the group army."

After contacting the headquarters of the group army, I saw Cui Kefu say with a serious expression: "Comrade Military Committee, we repelled the enemy's first attack. But judging from the current situation, they will definitely not give up. I guess. Next they will launch an even more fierce attack. What? Air Force?! Unfortunately, no. I just called General Khryukin, and he told me very regretfully that because the enemy’s aircraft controlled our military’s airport, Our air force cannot go to Stalingrad to help us. What do you and Comrade Krylov think about the current situation?... Well, I see, I will return to the headquarters at the right time."

After Cui Kefu finished the call, I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Military Commissioner, do they have any views on the current situation?"

Cui Kefu shrugged his shoulders and said with a sad face: "What else can I think of? After the members of the Military Commission briefly exchanged their opinions, everyone agreed that the situation is already very clear. The Germans put all their efforts into dealing with our country. The 62nd Army. The enemy has an absolute advantage in manpower, technical equipment, and firepower. Their goal is to divide and encircle our 62nd Army, and then annihilate them. At present, the enemy is attacking the Stalingrad tractor factory and the "barricade" factory. The short-term goal is to rush to the Volga River. From the analysis of the enemy’s troops and weapons and equipment, it can be seen that the enemy is doing everything possible to prevent our powerful reinforcements from crossing the Volga River to reinforce the city’s defenders and obstruct the east. The shore delivers ammunition to the defenders. Let’s say that, in the days to come, our 62nd Army will face an unprecedented situation of brutal struggle."

After listening to his words, I just nodded silently. It seems that the people in the group army headquarters are not eating dry food. They also saw through the German intentions. What they can do now is to try to stop the enemy's offensive. Thinking of this, I inevitably thought of a group. In this situation before me, they have been erased from the independent division's organization.

The enemy's artillery and bombing began again after half an hour. Because the number of cannons and aircraft used by the enemy this time exceeded that of the previous one, the vicinity of the observation post was also affected. The dust raised by the explosive air wave blows our faces, so those of us who stay in the house have to close our eyes and cover our noses, lest the dust fascinates our eyes or pours into our nostrils.

In the sound of the explosion, the ground trembled violently like sieve chaff. In addition to the dust floating in from the window, the sand on the ceiling also fell straight down. As bombs or shells explode in our vicinity, I can't help but worry. I am afraid that an off-center bomb or shell will hit the observation post where we are, causing the danger of collapse.

Because the smoke outside the window covers the sky and even the sun in the sky is blocked, we can only vaguely see a round bright spot hanging high in the air when we are lucky, occasionally throwing a ray of light from the smoke .

After the enemy's plane dropped and emptied the bombs and bullets it carried, it flapped its wings and flew away. Although the enemy’s artillery no longer bombarded the forward positions of our army, they began to extend their fire to bombard the factories in the distant factory area, and the armored units that were already ready to go took the opportunity to rush up.

I don't know if our artillery fired up the shells or moved the position. This time Cui Kefu did not give the artillery an order to fire. Seeing that the German tanks rushed toward the forward position of our army aggressively, followed by groups of armored vehicles and scattered tricycles.

This time, the German tanks learned their lesson. They stopped more than two hundred meters away from the forward position of our army and suppressed the heavy firepower of our army with artillery fire. Cover the infantry coming down from the back armored personnel carrier. Launch an offensive on our army's position.

The enemy's style of play. Obviously out of the expectation of our commanders and fighters. Perhaps because the German shelling has not stopped, there is not much force in the trenches except for a few observation posts. In the face of the swarming infantry, the sporadic firing on the position did not help at all. In less than three minutes, the enemy rushed through the first trench and continued to rush deep.

Seeing the enemy easily broke through our army's position, Cui Koff cursed loudly with anger: "Damn it, **** it. How did the 37th Division of the Guards do it? The Germans actually broke through our defenses so easily, etc. When the battle is over, I will personally send the commander who sticks to this line of defense to the military court."

The Germans who broke through our first line of defense did not rush far. Before they could get close to the Denezhny River, a building that collapsed to only two stories high, suddenly shot out dense bullets, crowding together. The German soldiers who charged forward were immediately knocked down. At the same time, white smoke emerged from two adjacent windows on the first floor at the same time, and I immediately found out that the anti-tank gun concealed inside was firing.

The front sight of these two anti-tank guns was good, and both shots hit the target. A shell hit a forward tank. The shells of the tank were thrown off directly, and the bare body was soon surrounded by fire. And another one. It hit an armored car behind, the front half of the car was blown up, and the remaining half was quickly surrounded by fire.

The number of defenders in the building seemed to be quite large. Seeing that the attacking enemy was suppressed by our army's firepower, they immediately launched a counterattack. Hundreds of commanders and soldiers rushed out of buildings, trenches, and riverside cliffs, holding their weapons, and rushing towards the enemy without hesitation.

When I saw this assaulting force, I found that in addition to soldiers in khaki uniforms, there were also sailors in black navy uniforms, and militias in civilian clothes. The weapons in their hands are also diverse. In addition to the submachine guns, machine guns, and rifles installed in the queue, there are also the old-style rifles with long stabbings used when the October Revolution attacked the East Palace. Many militiamen and sailors simply There is no weapon, just holding an engineer shovel or a grenade, and rushing towards the enemy bravely like this.

Although the enemy's tank was only a few hundred meters away, but seeing the counterattack unit quickly stranded with his own soldiers, he was afraid of accidentally injuring his own people, so he didn't dare to fire any more. The German soldiers, who had lost the cover of artillery, were beaten into embarrassment under the unexpected counterattack of our army, and had to fight and retreat, retreating to the first line of defense they had just broken through.

Because the Germans rushed so fast, they did not consolidate their defenses in the first trench at all. This defeat made it impossible to defend, and they could only retreat into the tank formation in the distance. The commanders and militiamen of the Guards hurriedly entered the trenches, relying on their familiar fortifications, opened fire on the retreating German soldiers.

The second German attack was repelled again, but they did not withdraw very far. They only withdrew five or six hundred meters and then stopped. I just thought that when the Germans did this, it might be because of some conspiracy that the original extended fire artillery shrank back and landed on the forward position of our army again.

Seeing this, Cui Koff became relaxed. He put down his binoculars and said disapprovingly: "Comrade Oshanina, don't see the enemy's aggressiveness, but their style of play is too rigid. It is impossible to bomb the plane with artillery first, and then There are tanks to cover the infantry charge." At this point, he pointed to the battlefield where the smoke was billowing in the distance, and confidently said: "There are now bricks and rubbles and large and small craters. The mobility of German tanks is limited, so They can only charge with infantry. I believe our commanders can stop the enemy."

Cui Koff's judgment was very accurate. In the next few hours, the German attacks on the tractor factory were all repelled.

I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was one o'clock at noon, and from morning till now, I have been groaning with hunger. Hesitated again and again, and finally summoned the courage to say to Cui Kefu: "Comrade Commander, now the enemy's offensive has stopped. Then they will shell and bomb our army's positions. It is better to go back to the headquarters and rest for a while. Come back with something to eat?"

Hearing what I said, Cui Kefu also raised his hand to look at his watch, nodded in agreement, and said, "You are right, it's getting late, I should also go back to the headquarters to find out how the battle is going on in other areas."

When we were going out, he said apologetically: "Comrade Oshanina, you are starving. I wanted you to go to Hogarski to eat Tula's specialties in the morning, but he was surprised by the Germans. It's a mess. Now, while the enemy has stopped the attack, let's go back and eat something and come back later."

When I walked out of the building, I saw a lot of people standing in the traffic trench across the road from a distance. Seeing us coming out, one of them suddenly waved at me desperately. I fixed my eyes. It turned out to be my guard battalion commander Basmanov. He and the soldiers of the guard platoon are now in the traffic trench across the road.

The entrance of the traffic trench is only seven or eight meters away from the exit of the building, and you can walk there in a few steps. When I was about to go forward, suddenly someone called Cui Kefu from behind: "Comrade Commander, please wait a moment." I turned my head and saw that the operator just ran out of the building, and he walked to Cui Kefu's side. Later, he leaned close to his ear and whispered something, Cui Kefu nodded while listening.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted not far away: "Air strike, air strike!"

Hearing the shout, I quickly raised my head and looked into the sky~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I saw an enemy dive bomber hovering above us. I stared nervously at the enemy plane in the air, and at the same time shouted to Cui Kefu loudly: "Comrade Commander, there is an enemy plane, hide it."

Cui Kefu looked up and said lightly, "It's okay, just an enemy plane, we won't find us." After that, he continued talking to the operator.

The German pilot didn't know if it was a blind cat that killed the mouse, or he discovered that there were two big targets below. After circling two times in the air, he suddenly dived down towards us.

Seeing the enemy plane's dive, I was so frightened, I grabbed Cui Kefu and pulled out, and at the same time shouted in a panic: "Commander, the enemy is coming, run!"

Cui Kefu also seemed to have noticed the enemy's dive, and after I ran for two steps, he passed me. But he still held my hand tightly, pulling me towards the traffic trench not far away.

Almost the moment we plunged into the traffic trench, there was an earth-shattering explosion behind us. (To be continued...)

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