Burning Moscow

"What, what? What did you say?" Kosca’s words shocked me. In my memory, the meeting of the Stalingrad Front and the friendly forces is not today, nor is it with the Don Front, but with the Southwest The troops of the Front Army join forces. I was afraid that I had heard it wrong, so I asked him to repeat what you just said, "What you said just now, I didn't hear clearly, please say it again!"

Lieutenant Colonel Corsca thought that I hadn't heard clearly, so he raised his voice and repeated what was just now. Because his voice was so loud, Kirilov and Bantai Lev, who stood by, heard it too.

"Comrade Oshanina," Kirilov came over and asked loudly, his voice trembling slightly due to his excitement, "Lieutenant Colonel Kosca reported that they had joined forces with the friendly forces?... Is it true? ?"

"Comrade Political Commissar, I think it should be true." After I said this to Kirilov, I asked loudly into the microphone: "Lieutenant Colonel Corsica, please tell me more. To be more detailed. Where are you and which unit have you met? Who are the commanders and fighters participating in the meeting?"

Hearing what I said, Lieutenant Colonel Corsca realized that he was overjoyed. He only talked about meeting with the friendly army. He didn't say clearly which unit of the friendly army was meeting. He quickly added: "Comrade 15 division commander, please. Listen to my explanation. When the troops of my regiment were about to seize the high ground, there was a sudden violent gunfire from the north side of the high ground. I was quite puzzled at the time, and quickly asked the deputy commander Major Vatolak: Major, Did you send the troops to the back of the German high ground?

Vatolak shook his head and replied very simply, ‘No. Comrade head. Start from the battle. I will always stay by your side. Never left. ’

I then asked again: ‘what’s the matter with the gunfire coming from behind the high ground? ’

Major Vatolak thought for a while, and tentatively said: ‘Could it be that the German troops who were defeated by the Don Front had retreated here and misunderstood their lives. ’

After thinking about his guess for a while, I shook my head and said, ‘Comrade Major, this is impossible. It is daytime, and the German troops on the high ground will never mistake their troops for our troops. ’That's it. I also expressed my guess, ‘could it be the guerrillas we stayed behind attacking the high ground? ’

Major Vatolak immediately denied my guess and explained his opinion: ‘Guerilla? This is absolutely impossible. If they really had the ability to fortify the German army's strong positions, they would not fail to show up the last time our division went north. ’

When I heard him say this, I was even more puzzled. I thought that the attacking German troops in the northern highlands would not have been sent by Lieutenant Colonel Sergeikov to support our troops, but why didn't he say hello to me in advance. …"

Although Corsgar was talking about the passing of the meeting, he seemed a bit long-winded. But in order to clarify the ins and outs, I did not interrupt him. Instead, listening to his narration quietly.

"...At that time, the third battalion commander Major Godunov came in to report on the work, so I had the idea to give him this task and order him to figure out which unit was attacking on the other side of the German highland. Godu After Battalion Nove left, the deputy commander and I walked out of the command post and watched the battle for the high ground in the trenches.

At this time, the troops of the first and second battalions had occupied the two hills on the left and right, and the troops of the third battalion were making the final attack on the main position on the top of the hill. At this moment, fires and smoke of gunpowder rose from the position on the top of the mountain, and it seemed that a fierce battle was going on.

Major Vatolak, who was next to him, suddenly touched my arm and said excitedly to me: ‘Comrade Commander, do you think it is a unit of the Don Front? ’

Hearing what he said, I quickly raised the telescope and carefully observed the position on the top of the mountain. After watching for a while, I saw that our army's helmets were shaking in the trenches, and at this moment the troops of the third battalion had not rushed to the top of the mountain. In this way, I immediately concluded that the top of the mountain was fighting the enemy. Although not necessarily the commanders and fighters of the Don Front, they must be our friendly forces. …"

Kirilov, who had been listening to my ears for a long time, finally couldn't help it. He snatched the microphone from my hand and yelled at Korska: "Hey, I said Lieutenant Colonel. Comrade, you have been talking about it for a long time, and you haven't mentioned the focus of our concern. I now ask you, which unit did you join with you, and those commanders and fighters from both sides participated in the meeting?"

Kirilov yelled at this, Kosca did not dare to speak any more, and quickly replied: "Report to Comrade Political Commissar. We are joined by the tank advance detachment of the 65th Army of the Don Front Army. The leader of the lieutenant colonel is called Sipiyakin. He said that in order to quickly break through the German defense line, General Batov, the commander of the 65th Army, organized several tank assault detachments carrying infantry, and thrust into the German defense from several locations in order to achieve division and encirclement. The goal of the German army."

When Kirilov heard this, he suddenly said to the radio operator: "Comrade radio operator, give me your pencil and paper." When he took the pencil, he began to record, and repeated loudly: "We have... Third battalion commander Major Godunov... First battalion company commander Captain Rosenberg... Sergeant Adil, the Don Front has Lieutenant Colonel Sipiakin... Captain Guzavin. That’s all. Thank you, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. ."

Kirilov put down the microphone in his hand, raised the piece of paper in his hand, and said cheerfully: "We have finally waited for this day. We have joined forces with the Don Front Army!"

After listening to Kirilov’s words, Bantai Leyev immediately suggested to me emotionally: “Comrade commander, I think we should report the good news to the headquarters immediately and report this good news to Commander Cuikov.”

When Cui Kefu heard the news of the meeting, his reaction was stronger than I expected. His excited roar came from the headset: "What, Comrade Oshanina, what did you say? You met with the friendly forces of the Don Front. Is it true? Are you sure you are not joking with me?"

To Cui Koff’s reaction, I answered him very calmly: "Yes, Comrade Commander. The troops of the Third Regiment are on the high ground north of the air. They have joined forces with the advance troops of the 65th Army of the Don Front." Then I picked up the piece of paper Kirilov had put on the table. Read the list of commanders and fighters from both sides participating in the meeting.

I finished the list. Cui Koff suddenly said: "Oshanina, please wait a minute, Comrade Military Commissioner wants to talk to you." Soon, Gurov's voice came from the headset: "Hello, Comrade Oshanina I would like to congratulate you. Congratulations to your troops for taking the lead in successfully meeting with the friendly forces!" At this point, his tone changed suddenly, "According to your report. It is only a member of the friendly army who joined forces with us. Small troops, with your strength, you cannot complete the counter-encirclement of the Germans, so in the next time, you may have to face the crazy counterattack of the Germans who are unwilling to fail. For this, you must remain sober understanding."

I had been muttering in my heart: The three regiments meeting with the advance troops of the 65th Army today, did I inadvertently change history? Hearing what Gurov said, I realized that I was a little too happy. The troops of Lieutenant Colonel Sipiakin, who joined our division, were just a small unit that was lucky enough to pass through the German defensive gap. They can play a role in containing the German army, but their role in the whole battle is very limited. After the meeting. What we can do is to stick to the area we are currently occupying and ensure that it will not be taken away by the Germans before the large friendly forces arrive.

After finishing the call with the headquarters, I immediately set about arranging the defenses of each regiment. In the past two days, the area we occupied has expanded a lot, but the existing forces have lost a quarter in the battle. If it is not carefully deployed, it may suffer a big loss in the next battle.

There are currently two regiments and four regiments in the city of Gorodixe. There are no established German units to the east and south of the city. Therefore, I am confident that the two regiments with limited strength will be divided into two parts and used for the east. , The defense in both directions south. The four regiments with strong troops and horses defended the city with one battalion, while the second and third battalions were deployed in the north and west directions of the city.

In the newly captured Kongzheyi city, most of the buildings in the city were destroyed by the bombing of the Germans, and there were not too many troops in the city, so I asked Sederikov to leave only one battalion in the city, leaving two battalions. The battalion, one is deployed in the hidden camp to the south of the city, and the other is deployed to the west of the city, to build a temporary line of defense as the first barrier to defend the city. In addition to the three regiments of Lieutenant Colonel Corsca, the remaining two battalions and Lieutenant Colonel Sipiakin’s troops were deployed in the rear of the high ground.

However, the situation was better than I imagined. In the afternoon, the German army only dispatched a few small units to counterattack Xiangkong Nianyicheng. But as soon as their offensive started, they were bombarded by our air force, and their offensive eventually fell apart in the bombing.

On the second day, November 22, until noon, we did not see the German attack on our division. Pantai Leyev was surprised by the enemy’s abnormal behavior. He stared at the map for a long time, and finally suffocated one sentence: "Comrade Commander, why didn’t the enemy attack us? Don’t they want to take back these two seats? Lost city?"

I chuckled and said lightly, "My deputy commander, do you think the Germans don’t feel sorry for these two cities? Seeing that we have seized the cities and seized their inventory, the German commanders probably felt their heart. Bleeding, I dream of wanting to return to these two cities more. But they are powerless now, even if they want to counterattack us, they can't mobilize enough troops."

"Comrade Oshanina is right." Kirilov said in an interface: "Since our three fronts counterattacked the Germans from different directions at the same time, at this moment, the Germans' defense zones are overwhelming. Deploy troops to capture such two meaningless cities."

"Is that so?" Bantai Leyev asked with some uncertainty.

"Of course this is the case." Kirilov continued: "From the information we have, this counterattack went smoothly. The German army was embarrassed by us, and the command system even fell into chaos. In this way Under the circumstances, how can their troops fight, and how can they fight?"

"The political commissar was right." When Kirilov finished speaking, I echoed him in time and said: "Comrade deputy commander, our main task now is to hold on to the existing defense zone and wait for the main force of the Don front to move south to make peace. We will join forces to completely encircle Paulus’s troops, and wait for time to encircle them."

On the morning of November 23, the German troops around our defense area still showed no signs of attack. At noon, Lieutenant Trafkin, who led the team out for reconnaissance, came back and reported to us that the German army was shrinking its forces and building defensive positions, and it seemed that it was planning to fight a protracted battle with our army.

Regarding the report brought back by Travkin, Bantai Leyev first expressed his opinion: "The commander and political commissar, according to the intelligence returned by the reconnaissance company, proved that our army’s counterattack in several directions is progressing smoothly, otherwise it has always been good at fighting. The Germans in the offensive war will definitely not honestly huddled in a region to build fortifications. This situation is very important and needs to be reported to the superior immediately."

And Akhromeyev, who just returned today, habitually sang a counter-tune with him: "Comrade deputy commander, I think we should verify this situation again, and rashly before we know the German intentions. Reporting the detected enemy situation, in case there is any deviation, it will affect the normal decision-making of the headquarters."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Bantaiyev said unceremoniously to Akhromeyev, "I believe Lieutenant Travkin, he is an experienced scout, and I think he is reporting the situation. It must be real..."

Although most of the disputes between the two revolved around work, it always made me feel upset. At this moment, seeing that the two of them were about to pinch up again, they quickly stood up and rounded it off: "Okay, okay, just to be safe. For the sake of it, I think it is better to send out scouts in several directions at the same time to confirm that the enemy is shrinking troops to build fortifications."

Seeing me stand up and say, UU reading www.uukanshu. Both of them stopped arguing, and both nodded and agreed with me. In this way, Lieutenant Trafkin, who had just rushed back to the headquarters, took a group of scouts and dispersed to various areas to perform reconnaissance missions.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Lieutenant Trafkin and his men continued to return, and the results reported to me were still that the German forces everywhere were shrinking their forces and building fortifications nervously, as if they were going to fight a protracted battle with our army.

After the information brought back by Lieutenant Trafkin was confirmed, I called Cuikov again and reported the results of the reconnaissance to him. After listening to Cui Kefu, he hummed twice, and said faintly: "I know this situation." Just when I thought he would not say anything, he suddenly said: "By the way, Comrade Oshanina, something almost happened. Forgot to tell you. At 16:00 this afternoon, the Southwest Front Tank 4th Corps commanded by Major General Kravchenko and the Stalingrad Front Mechanized 4th Corps commanded by Major General Volsky joined forces in the Soviet and Karachi regions and formally formed. To encircle the German army." (To be continued.)

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