Struggle in Soviet Russia

Yaltsovo, temporary headquarters of the "Rokosovsky Battle Group".

Rokosovsky finally got the mechanized 7th Army he dreamed of. This mechanized force under the command of General Vinogradov is now a real new force. Their arrival not only perfected the vicinity of Yaltsovo Regional defense, at the same time, Rokosovsky’s command has brought precious radio stations.

It was not until this time that Rokosovsky got in touch with the front army command, and from there he got a stunned news: the mechanized 5th army did not appear on the Hermosti defensive belt, they still The assembly was completed on the front line of Yelnya.

This cruel reality not only caused Rokosovsky a great headache, but also caught the front army headquarters by surprise. After reporting to the base camp, Comrade Stalin quickly made three instructions: to the front army communications director Shah Kinsky launched an investigation; ordered the Mechanized 5th Army to launch a counter-assault in the direction of Milleyevo, and must open up contact with the 20th Army; under all unfavorable conditions, be sure to rescue Lukin's headquarters at any cost.

The delayed intelligence and poor communication caused the Soviet army to suffer huge losses during the initial stage of the war. Many of the losses were unnecessary, but this situation has not been reversed until now.

In the headquarters, Rokosovsky frowned as he looked at the map on the table. The legend of the defense of the Hemosti River had been ticked off by him. There was no defense of this line, from Smolensk to Mille. Between Yevo, the thickness of the German encirclement increased to nearly 20 kilometers. The key point is that the Smolensk Soviet army's retreat channel was completely cut off. To break through the German blockade in this direction, it is not enough to rely solely on a mechanized 5th Army. The most important thing is that due to the chaotic order caused by poor communication, the combat effectiveness of today's mechanized 5th Army is worrying, and they lack fuel and supplies. , Many tanks need to be repaired.

In Victor's previous life, when Lukin escaped from the siege of Smolensk, he lay on a stretcher and said something worth thinking: The Sixteenth Army was not crushed, it was just dragged down. Who was dragged down? This answer is a bit ironic.

Of the three orders issued by the base camp, the first one will naturally be executed by the military court, while the second is difficult to execute. The third is quickly handed over to the front air force for execution. But whether it will succeed in the end, it is still It is difficult to determine.

Now, what Rokosovsky considers is that since there is no defense on the front line of the Hemosti River, Yelnya has been directly exposed to the offensive front line of the Germans. When the defense force is not replenished in place, How should the next battle be fought?

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The Hermosti River Defense Line.

Victor, with a bandage hanging on his arm, walked out of the temporary shelter with the help of Nino. The flickering sunlight above his head made his eyes a little tingling. The sun flickering was not because there were clouds in the sky. It is because the billowing smoke will obscure the sun from time to time.

Nino's pretty face has lost its former brightness, and the dust and mud are so full of her face that she can't even see her skin color.

Last night, a small group of German troops raided the location of Victor’s headquarters. After a fierce battle, even though the small group of German troops was annihilated, Victor’s right arm was also injured. Worse still, two volunteers followed him. The incoming staff member died in the battle. As a last resort, he moved the location of the headquarters.

In the trenches outside the bunker, tired soldiers curled up in the corner and dozed off. A tutor was counting the grenades in the ammunition box, and a beautiful female medical soldier was kneeling in a soldier’s arm. Weeping before the corpse. The second lieutenant wearing a blue hat took two soldiers around to pick up flyers scattered on the ground, which were dropped by German fighters.

Seeing Victor appearing in the trenches, some soldiers who were still awake stood up, no one saluted, but paid attention to him. For these deserters who had been scared off by the battle, four consecutive days of brutal fighting have already commanded him. They forgot what it means to be afraid, or that their nerves are numb. As long as the commander is still there, they will fight mechanically until they die.

Standing on the fourth day, Victor's defensive position had been cut into several pieces. Except for judging by the sound of battle, he didn't know what was going on in other places, but he knew that those places were still fighting.

Today, there are less than a thousand soldiers that Victor can directly command. They occupy a position near the river beach and the extension of the bridge foundation, and they have firmly controlled the control of the bridge.

The Germans who besieged them were obviously exhausted by the battle that lasted for several days. They lost 47 tanks and countless soldiers in four days. Since yesterday morning, they have used the method of persuading landing, in addition to the flyers sprinkled by the plane, there are also notices to persuade landing with tweeters.

Obviously, the reason why the German army used the method of persuading surrender was because they were beaten up, or they could not spend precious time, and this also meant that Victor's persistence was meaningful.

In addition, in the first two days, the German offensive frequency was very high. Six or seven offensives per day made the Soviet soldiers exhausted and exhausted. Now, their offensive has almost stagnated, and it is not always a day. There were so two or three times, and the attack intensity was not as good as before.

Victor, who was almost mortal before, now has a glimmer of hope. He thinks that the rear of the Germans may have been attacked by the Soviet army, or that they have now turned their attention to other directions, thus ignoring this side. fighting.

It was midsummer and the weather was very hot. The dead bodies were displayed on the front of the battlefield. Some had begun to decay. A gust of wind came and the air was filled with disgusting stench.

Victor, supported by Nino, walked to a dirt slope, leaned in front of the bunkers in the trench, and spied towards the German position with the telescope in his hand.

There is a misty mist in the telescope's field of vision, which is the steam brought by the sun's scorching ground. At a farther place, the Germans' positions are rising from cooking smoke. They should be preparing lunch.

Victor licked his lips and swallowed forcibly. His troops have been without food for a day. There is no shortage of water here, but there is a lack of food, weapons and ammunition. Seriously, they are not far from running out of ammunition and food.

"Om..."

The faint motor sound suddenly alarmed his ear drums. Victor turned around subconsciously and looked towards the sky behind him. The soldiers in the trenches also began to commotion. The sleeping soldiers were awakened, looking for a place to hide in the air defense. Their intuition is that the enemy's plane is coming, and perhaps a new battle is imminent.

The buzzing motor sound is getting closer, but the shadow of the plane cannot be seen in the western sky.

"It's our plane, it's our plane!"

Suddenly someone shouted loudly in the trenches.

Victor froze for a moment, then turned around abruptly, raising his binoculars and looking towards the eastern horizon.

Sure enough, just where the naked eye could see, three fighter planes passed over the jungle and flew in the direction where Victor and them were. The Soviet fighters that appeared in the sky came down.

The cheers of Soviet soldiers sounded from the positions on the river beach, and some even jumped out of the trenches and waved their military caps at the flying fighter planes.

Three fighter planes flew past the German position, and then flew over the Soviet position. Just after they passed the river and continued to fly west for a while, one of them suddenly circled and turned towards the Soviet Union again. Flying in the direction of the military position.

The cheers on the Soviet army's position grew louder. Victor watched the fighter plane braving the German gunfire, hovering in the air for a while, and then sprinted westward, and the whole person suddenly felt moved with tears in his eyes. .

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Beleiyi, the headquarters of the Western Front.

The bald-headed Brother Timuxin slammed a fist on the table in front of him, and his gray face was full of unexpected surprises.

It didn’t take him to give an order. As the chief of staff of the front army, Major General Tupikov quickly picked up the drawing pen, marked the position on the battle map, and said to the correspondent: “Where is the position confirmed by the aviation force? ?"

"From the Orekier Ferry to the Kalgasok Bridge," the communicator said excitedly, "A line of defense of about two kilometers is still in our hands. Major Berekov has confirmed there twice. Circumstances, there is no problem."

"Which troop is that, can you get in touch with them?" Gemu Xin asked blurted out.

The correspondent did not answer. Obviously, so far, no one knows which unit is fighting where, and no one can get in touch with them.

"Give an order, Comrade Commander," Major General Tupikov drew this sudden additional line of defense on the map. After careful inspection, he said, "Since the line of defense here is still in our hands, then the Germans The depth of defense in the Milejevo area is much weaker than we thought. With a depth of less than eight kilometers, we can strike through it in a surprise attack."

Timoshenko stared at the defense line along the river on the map, and he thought for a while and said: "Order Comrade Kurochkin to launch a breakthrough operation towards the Orekier Ferry before 4 o'clock tomorrow morning. Tell him, Ferry Both the bridge and the bridge are in our hands, and the mechanized 5th Army will launch assault operations in the Mileyevo area to respond to them and protrude the encirclement."

Immediately, he said to Major General Tupikov: "You must make a plan as soon as possible and submit it to Moscow. In addition, order the front air force to drop flyers on the troops fighting at the ferry, telling them that if you stick to it, the reinforcements will soon be available. Will arrive."