Burning Moscow

"Lieutenant Colonel, before the shelling started, you were still a few kilometers away from Kaniv, why did you enter the city so soon?" I asked Sederikov inexplicably, "What is going on, what is going on? "

"Comrade Commander, the situation is like this.> Bayi Middle School ≯Wen≯Net<﹤<≤≦<" Sergeikov reported to me about the capture of Kaniv: "Before the battle started, I remembered In previous battles, you often took advantage of the opportunity when the enemy was being shelled by our army and could not observe the situation, letting the troops approach the enemy's position quietly, and when the shelling was over, you would charge decisively. This usually caught the enemy by surprise. At the same time, it can also greatly reduce the casualties of our army."

"Yes, when the enemy is suppressed by our artillery fire, sending troops to approach the enemy's position quietly. This is indeed my usual tactic." I nodded and said: "The Germans often only stay at this time. The next few soldiers made observations. The rest either hid in the blastholes or retreated to the second line of defense. Why, did you take advantage of the opportunity of the enemy to be bombarded and unable to observe and sneak into the city today? "

"You guessed it right. After our shelling began, the scouts I sent reported to me that the enemy in the city was moving to the defensive positions by the river." Sederikov went on and said, "I just thought. Since the enemy in the city is mobilizing towards the river, the strength of the city will definitely become empty. If we attack the city at this time, we will definitely be able to contain a lot of the enemy’s forces and cover the friendly forces’ operations across the river. The lead troops approached the city quietly.

When I arrived on the outskirts of the city, I sent someone to sneak into the city to conduct reconnaissance, but unexpectedly I found that there were so few defenders in the city that there were only less than one company. Seeing that the defenders in the city were so empty, I knew the opportunity was rare, so I immediately organized troops to attack the city.

Our offensive defeated the defenders in the city. After only ten minutes of fighting, we resolved the battle. Except for a few enemies who were killed, all the others lay down their weapons and surrendered to us. "

"What, after only ten minutes of fighting, the battle was resolved?" If Sergeikov is not a subordinate that I am familiar with, then I will definitely think that he is talking nonsense, lying about the military, and the Germans are not papery. Yes, even when facing a regiment's attack, they would not disarm and surrender after resisting for ten minutes. So I increased my tone and asked, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, is everything you say true?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." Sergeikov apparently heard the suspicion in my tone, and quickly explained: "Although the German army has a company in the city, there are as many as a dozen numbers, so In the face of our sudden attack, it was impossible to organize effective resistance."

"It turned out to be like this." After listening to Sergeikov clarify the reason, I couldn't help but secretly said with emotion that his luck was really good. I thought it would be a fierce battle to conquer Kaniv, but I didn't expect him to encounter it. But it was a mob that ended the battle in just ten minutes and successfully captured Kaniv. However, in order to prevent this lucky regimental commander from underestimating the enemy, I specifically told him on the phone: "Comrade lieutenant colonel, the 52nd Guards Division has not completely occupied the German positions, and the fighting is still going on. You immediately mobilize troops and bring them Send to the river to support the 52nd Guards Division, and strive to eliminate the enemy as soon as possible."

After I gave this order, I was afraid that he would be hot-headed and sent all the troops out. I quickly added: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I remind you that although I order you to send troops to the river to support the friendly forces, but It can’t affect the defense of the city. I don’t want to see a situation where the enemy by the river is wiped out and the city is recaptured by the enemy.”

"Comrade Commander, don't worry." Sederikov said to me confidently: "I will immediately send two battalions to the river to support the friendly forces, and leave the most combative battalion in the city. The enemy will never be allowed to enter Kanevo again."

I put down the phone and remembered that Baksov had sent two regiments to assist the 52nd Guards Division in capturing Kaniv. But now that the Sergeikov regiment has seized the city, it doesn't make much sense whether the other regiment will come or not. On the contrary, they can be used in a more important position.

Thinking of this, I picked up the phone and contacted Baksov who was staying in the 6th game. As soon as I heard Baksoff’s voice, I opened the door and asked, "Comrade commander, how much force do you have?"

Baksov hesitated for a while and replied: "Comrade Commander, I still have an infantry regiment in my hand, and some divisions directly under it, there are about 3,000 people."

"Can you fight immediately?" I asked briefly.

This question of mine silenced Baksov for a long time, and then he asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, I want to know how the fighting situation is going on at Kanivo? Have the two regiments I sent been defeated by the Germans? ?"

"I was defeated?" I heard Baksov’s concern, and couldn’t help but smile and said: "Comrade Commander, where do you want to go. You know that Kaniv is now occupied by the Sederikov regiment, and the other The regiment hasn't gone into battle yet?"

"What, Kaniv was occupied by our army?" Baksov's surprise voice came from the receiver. After a while, he asked me in a puzzled tone: "Comrade Commander, since Kaniv has been taken by me. The army is occupied, so why do you still ask me if the army can immediately go into battle?"

"Although Kaniv is occupied, we will continue to attack Cherkassy." I looked at the blazing river bank in the distance, and then said: "You immediately led the troops down the river in Cherkassy. Lurking nearby, ready to cooperate with the offensive troops sent by me to take the city back from the Germans."

Baksov then asked: "Comrade Commander, what should we do if we play 6 games after our division leaves?"

"Hand over the 6th game to the motorized regiment of General Kravchenko," I said disapprovingly: "Anyway, we have captured Kaniv, and that 6th game is useless."

After Baksov’s call was over, I went to the lookout and asked Nekrasov, who was standing there to observe the battle: "Comrade Commander, how is the situation? Has your division not completely occupied the position by the river?"

"It's coming soon," Nekrasov said with excitement: "Comrade Commander, almost all of our river crossing troops have boarded the opposite bank. I think it can take up to half an hour, or even less, to capture All positions by the river."

Seeing that it would be a matter of time to eliminate the enemy by the river, I began to consider the next action plan. After staring at the map in front of me for a while, I looked up and asked Guttman: "Comrade General, are there any units in your tank army that can erect floating bridges?"

Guttman walked over from the lookout, nodded and said, "Yes, our army has a pontoon bridge battalion. After General Nekrasov’s troops have eliminated the defenders by the river, I can adjust the pontoon bridge. The battalion came to erect a pontoon bridge."

"Comrade General, come and take a look." I pointed to the map and said to him: "I want your pontoon battalion to build a pontoon bridge here as soon as possible, one that can pass tanks."

"Isn't Kaniv already occupied by us?" Hearing what I said, Guttman asked in a puzzled manner: "Even without my tank unit, you can enter the city smoothly?"

"Although we won Kaniv, this is not enough. Then we have to attack Cherkassy." I introduced my next action plan to him: "Look, your tank brigade After crossing the river from here, you can go down the highway and head straight to Cherkassy 30 kilometers away. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity for the enemy to recover, cooperate with the 67th Division of the Guards hiding there to quickly seize the city."

After looking at the map for a while, Guttman said with some embarrassment: "Comrade Commander, please be forgiving. Your plan may be difficult to implement."

"Why?" I asked, frowning.

"Think about it, even if we seize the position on the opposite bank, let the pontoon bridge battalion drive over to build the bridge. Even if the bridge is built at the fastest speed, it will take at least two hours to complete a pontoon bridge that allows tanks to pass." Guttmann shook his finger at me for possible difficulties: "The tank brigade crosses the pontoon and is assembled on the opposite bank. It will take at least an hour. Then add the infantry assembly and the trucks that are ready to carry troops. This also has to be done before and after. A delay of one or two hours. By the time we arrived in Cherkassy on the long journey, it is estimated that the Germans would have been prepared for defense long ago."

Hearing that he was worried that we were delaying too long, so that the Germans would be aware of our actions and prepare for defense accordingly, my frowned brows stretched out, "Don't worry, Comrade General. I plan to wait for you. After the tank crossed the river, it rushed along the road towards Cherkassy."

"What, let our tank rush towards Cherkassy?" Guttman was surprised when he heard me say this. He opened his eyes wide and asked, "Don't you need the cover of the infantry?"

I shook my head and replied, "Comrade General, the enemy’s defense system is full of loopholes. They never imagined that we would immediately turn around and rush south to Cherkassy after we just captured Kaniv. So even without the cover of infantry. , You can also rush to the city of Cherkassy smoothly."

Guttman stared at me intently, as if trying to see if I was joking with him. In the face of his engrossed gaze, I didn't turn my eyes to another place, because that would be considered a sign of guilty conscience by him.

After staring at me for a while, he sighed, nodded heavily, and replied: "Well, Comrade Commander, since you said that, then I will inform the Pontoon Camp to come over as soon as possible."

When Guttmann used the telephone to communicate with his Pontoon Battalion, I received a call from Kistyakov from the headquarters: "Comrade Commander, the 375th Infantry Division of Lieutenant Colonel Lukin has arrived. I need to take them. Sent to Kanivu to support you?"

"No, Comrade Deputy Commander." Then I remembered that I had not had time to inform Kistyakov of the news of the occupation of Kaniv. I quickly added: "Kaniv has been occupied by our army. The troops will attack. The target is Cherkassy downstream. Let’s take Lukin's troops from the occupation of General Kravchenko to cross the river for 6 times, and go down the river to participate in the battle for the capture of Cherkassy."

"What, Kaniv has been occupied by our army?" Hearing this news, Kistyakov couldn't help exclaiming: "My God, you just went to the river for a few hours, and you actually gave it to us. Bringing such amazing news. Is it true, did our army really occupy Kanivu?"

Hearing Kistyakov’s incredible tone, I smiled and replied: “Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov wanted to lead his regiment and harass the defenders in the city. , To relieve the pressure on our river crossing troops. I didn’t expect that there was only one company’s defender in the city, and it was pieced together by a number of independent units. Such troops have no combat effectiveness, so they only used a dozen. Minutes, he successfully occupied the city."

"Were all the German positions on the riverside occupied by us?" Kistyakov asked tentatively.

"It's a pity, Comrade Deputy Commander, the fighting on the riverside is still going on." I once again looked at the battlefield that was still fighting in the distance, and then said: "But I have ordered Sergeikov to send troops from the enemy. I believe that it won’t take long ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that the enemies on the Kaniv River will be wiped out."

"By the way, Comrade Commander, there is one more thing that I forgot to report to you." Kistyakov continued: "The commanders of the divisions marching on the road sent telegrams saying that they might be before 12 noon. Hurry up to us. I don't know how you plan to arrange them?"

"The troops marched overnight and walked this long way again. They must be very tired." Considering that even if these troops are dragged directly to the river, they may not be able to participate in the battle temporarily. On the contrary, they will become chaotic here. Decisively ordered: "Let them rest in the city. After four o'clock in the afternoon, we will decide where to deploy them based on the situation."

As time went by, the sound of guns by the river gradually stopped. I saw through the telescope that some of the German soldiers who survived, seeing that there was no point in resisting, they walked out of their hiding place with their hands high and surrendered to our soldiers.

At this moment, the commander of the tank 1oo brigade Colonel Villadre hurried in. After he raised his hand to salute me and Guttmann, he reported excitedly: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Commander, Under the cover of our brigade’s artillery fire, the friendly forces successfully boarded the opposite shore and wiped out all the enemies. I came here to ask, what is the next combat mission of our tank 1oo brigade?” (To be completed Continued.)