Burning Moscow

As soon as the meeting ended, several division commanders stood up, raised their hands to salute me and Vitkov, and then turned around and walked out of the headquarters. After taking a few steps, Pantai Leyev heard it suddenly. He turned to me and said, "Comrade Commander, I almost told you something. According to the confession of the German prisoners captured by the raid squad last night, they all received it. A strange command."

"Strange order?!" Bantai Leyev's words aroused my interest, and I hurriedly asked: "Comrade Colonel, hurry up and tell me, what is a strange order?"

"According to the prisoners' confession, the commander ordered them to fire only when they were attacked by our army."

Hearing what Bantai Leyev said, there was a smile on Vitkov's face standing next to me. He turned his head and said excitedly to me: "Comrade Commander, so to speak, the German ammunition is currently in a serious state of insufficient ammunition. "

"Exactly correct, my chief of staff, comrade." To Vitkov's judgment, I nodded in agreement and said in agreement: "It may not only be ammunition, but under our siege, it is estimated that their food is also insufficient."

"Comrade Commander, you guessed too accurately." Bantai Lev said triumphantly: "The captives said that they were eating less and less. Each person only had one piece of bread a day, and 15 soldiers shared one kilogram. Potatoes, only drinking water is not difficult, because some of it is snow." When he said the last sentence, he shrugged his shoulders exaggeratedly.

When I sent Pantailev out of the headquarters, I suddenly thought that when he was the deputy commander, he often clashed with Akhromeyev. Now that he is the commander of the division, then Akhromeyev is the chief of staff. It is possible to be suppressed by him, so I specially reminded him: "Comrade Colonel. Although there were a lot of conflicts between you and Akhromeyev in the past, they are all about work after all. There is nothing between you. Private grievances, you must pay attention to unity."

At my reminder, Bantai Leyev nodded. Obediently said: "I understand, comrade commander, I will have a good relationship with the Chief of Staff Akhromeev."

At this time, I suddenly remembered another thing, and suggested to him: "Comrade Colonel, there is one more thing I almost forgot. Captain Dragan, the battalion commander of the 3rd Regiment and 3rd Battalion, turned out to be the 13th Guards. The company commander of the 1st Battalion, 1st Company, 42nd Regiment of the Division. He once led the troops to defend the Central Railway Station. He should be familiar with the terrain there. This time the attack on the railway station, he can also participate.

"Understood, Comrade Sergeant." Bantai Leyev nodded and told me what he thought in his heart: "If this is the case. Then I will let the third group take the main task of attacking the railway station."

Three groups? ! I originally thought that he would transfer Captain Dragan from the third regiment to the regiment responsible for the main attack, but I didn't expect that he actually intended to directly let the third regiment act as the main attack. Thinking of the unsatisfactory performance of Lieutenant Colonel Corsgar, the commander of the third regiment, in the past two months, I almost wanted to reject his plan immediately. Just about to open my mouth, I suddenly remembered that Pantai Leyev was the commander of the 150th Division at this moment. As the commander of the army, I could not interfere with his command too much, so I promptly changed the subject: "Comrade Colonel, how long are you? After time, can you launch an attack on the train station?"

"Gather the three regiments together. Together with the transfer of the tank battalion, it will take at least two hours." Bantai Leyev thought for a while and told me: "In other words, we will attack the railway station no earlier than One p.m."

"Comrade Colonel. We must take into account all the unfavorable factors that may occur in the battle." When I saw him speaking, I felt a little disapproving. I was afraid that he would underestimate the enemy and lead to defeat. I also specially reminded him: "Finally, from the first and fourth regiments. Each team draws a powerful battalion as the second echelon. Once the three regiments fail in an attack, they can be immediately thrown into the battlefield."

"Yes! I resolutely obey your orders." Bantai Leyev agreed to my reminder very readily. Then he asked carefully: "Can you leave?"

I nodded, and then reached out to him. At the same time, he said, "Goodbye, Colonel Bentaiyev. I wish you good luck!"

Although before leaving, Pantai Leyev told me that the troops would start the offensive at about 1:00 in the afternoon, it was not until two o'clock that I received a call from Bantai Leyev. He briefly reported to me: " Comrade commander, the troops have entered the starting position and are ready to go into battle at any time."

After listening to Pantai Leyev’s report, I immediately shouted into the microphone: "Go ahead, Comrade Colonel, immediately order the troops to attack the train station."

When I put down the phone, I turned my head and said to Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the battle to attack the railway station is about to start. Let's go ahead and have a look." After finishing speaking, before he could express his opinion, I rushed to just come back. Vasilyev’s political commissar said apologetically, “Comrades, when we are away, you will temporarily be in charge of affairs in the army.”

After arranging for Vasilyev to stay, I took Vitkov, Yushchenko and a platoon of the guard company to watch the battle near the railway station where the battle was about to be fought. In order to facilitate communication with the troops, I also brought a special report. Members and a radio station.

After we left the army headquarters, we passed through the defense zone of Colonel Vachuk's troops, passing by the soldiers who were in the trenches or firepower points. These trenches and firepower points were still owned by the German army a few days ago, and now the enemy's corpses have been removed.

As he was walking forward, suddenly there was a intensive gunfire in front of him. Hearing such a movement, I knew that the offensive of the third regiment had begun. While speeding up, I urged Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, move quickly. The fight has already started."

We walked two or three hundred meters further and entered a building with only two floors left. When I came to the second floor, I found that the field of vision was good. I could clearly see the train station in the distance and the troops that were attacking forward.

Just about to raise the telescope, I heard Vitkov next to me asking: "Comrade Commander, is that your foot tanks working together?"

I quickly looked in the direction of his fingers, and saw that on the open ground in front of the train station, the four tanks of the 150th Division were lined up, covering the commanders behind the car and charging forward. I nodded and answered Vitkov: "Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, this is the coordinated battle of the original independent division. The tank opened the way to destroy the German firepower; and the infantry who followed was responsible for eliminating those. The anti-tank rushing out of the roadside."

The German troops standing by the station saw our army launch an attack and immediately started blocking and shooting. Under the intensive firepower of the enemy, he followed the soldiers around the tank. People were shot repeatedly and fell to the ground. Seeing the enemy's fierce firepower, the advancing tank stopped, aimed at the enemy's firepower point or machine gun position and fired a shot, and then slowly drove forward.

Seeing our tank getting closer and closer to the sculpture of "Six Young Pioneers dancing around a crocodile" in the middle of the square in front of the train station, I was whispering to myself, saying that this tanker wouldn't be stunned. There was such a wide road next to him, but he had to hit the sculpture head-to-head. We must know that in the previous months of fighting, thousands of shells and bombs fell around the sculpture and exploded, but the sculpture was like an impenetrable protective clothing, which was always safe and sound. If my subordinates drive a tank and crash this sculpture. Maybe after the battle, I will be criticized by my superiors for this.

Fortunately, my worries were unnecessary. The tank that rushed in the front suddenly made a big turn, bypassed the sculpture, and continued to rush forward. Just as I was secretly relieved, behind the broken wall of the sculpture reservoir suddenly a machine gun began to shoot, knocking down the soldiers following the tank by half. A German soldier jumped out from behind the broken wall and quickly rushed towards the moving tank. Putting something he was holding on the body of the tank, pulling the lead with a hand, turned and ran back. Just before the broken wall, he took a leap and flew in. Then there was a loud noise, and the turret of the tank flew aside in the flames and smoke.

"Damn it!" shouted Vitkov next to him: "The Germans use magnetic mines, which are better for tanks than our anti-tank mines."

The commanders who followed the other tanks and charged forward saw that the open tank was destroyed, and they couldn't help stopping. The machine gun behind the broken wall turned its muzzle and swept toward the dazed commanders, knocking down a dozen more in an instant. Seeing the comrades around him fall down one after another, the soldiers panicked. When I saw someone backing off, they all backed off immediately. Only a few tanks were left rushing forward alone.

Seeing that our tanks and infantry were completely out of touch, the German army in the train station unscrupulously pushed two anti-tank guns to the front. A volley of fire was reimbursed for a tank of our army. Then, the German anti-tank guns carried out the second and third volleys, killing the remaining two tanks of our army one by one. Without the cover of the infantry, the tanker who escaped from the tank did not escape very far and died under the random guns of the German army.

Seeing this scene, I suddenly poured blood on my head. I put down the binoculars, walked quickly in front of the operator, and told him loudly: "Get me 150 divisions immediately."

As soon as the call was made, I shouted at the microphone in anger, "Hey, Colonel Bantai Leyev, what the **** is going on? It's not the first time you have used the tactics of coordinated battles in the city. Why was it so badly beaten by the Germans? There were no remaining four tanks and all of them were killed by the Germans."

Obviously, the news of the offensive failure has not been fed back to the division headquarters, so Bantai Leyev’s reproach to me was confused. After I finished speaking, he asked carefully: "Comrade Commander, what is this? What's the matter? I'm confused."

I took a deep breath, and when my mood stabilized a little bit, I repeated what had just happened to him, and pointed out specifically: "The ability of coordinated combat between the three regiments' troops and tanks is simply not good. During the operation Fighting separately, I can’t think of effectively cooperating with the armored units, so that the armored units without infantry cover are exposed to the enemy’s anti-tank guns. Tell me, when did our units become so heart-warming? Is it just that we have more recruits? Can an independent division with a glorious history become so unbearable? I order you to immediately withdraw the third regiment and move up the second echelon composed of the first and fourth regiments. Take it down from the train station."

When I ended the call with Pantai Leyev, Vitkov asked me cautiously: "Comrade Commander, will it cause chaos if I change a new unit to participate in the attack at this time?"

"There is no way, we have no choice." I said with a sullen face: "Anyway, the commanders of the first and fourth regiments have much better combat experience than the third regiment. They are the main attackers, and I feel at ease. ..." Having said that, I turned to the outside and looked at the three regiments that were regrouping, and then said decisively: "Our forces are limited, and we cannot fight a war of attrition with the Germans here at the train station. Otherwise, even if we seize the station, we will have a terrible victory."

Before the second echelon consisting of a group of four groups was in place, Cui Kefu's phone came after him. He hurriedly asked in the receiver, "Hey, Comrade Oshanina, are your troops attacking the train station?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." I did not conceal Cui Kefu's question at all, but honestly replied: "The third regiment of the 150th Division just launched an assault and was beaten back by the Germans." I just said. When I finished, I heard Cui Kefu's "Um". I knew he was expressing dissatisfaction. I quickly added: "But I have already transferred the second tier up and am ready to charge again. These commanders have rich combat experience. I I believe they will be able to **** the train station from the enemy soon."

"Since this is the case." Seeing that I was so clear, Cui Kefu couldn't say anything, so he could only say vaguely: "Well then, I will wait for your news in the headquarters."

I understand in my heart that ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If you rely solely on tanks to cover the infantry charge, the battle will take a long time. Only by transferring the artillery can the battle process be accelerated. So after finishing the call with Cui Koff, I told the operator: "Success to me Colonel Tai Leyev."

When I heard Bantai Leyev’s voice from the receiver, I immediately told him: "Comrade Colonel, immediately transfer Major Morozov’s artillery battalion and let them bombard the German positions with heavy howitzers and rockets. We can’t blow them all up, at least we must drive them away from the ground outside the train station.”

When I walked back to the window again, Vitkov asked worriedly: "Comrade Commander, I heard that you are going to use heavy howitzers to bombard the German positions. Are you afraid of hurting yourself at such a close distance?"

"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't worry." Seeing Vitkov's look on his face, I quickly comforted him: "The division artillery battalion has used heavy artillery in street battles many times. There will be no problems, so don't worry. To be continued)

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