"What, it was taken down so quickly?" When Sokov received the report, he was also very surprised that the battle ended so quickly. However, he did not get carried away because of it, but instead warned Ponedelin and Rumyantse
The husband must be vigilant to prevent possible counterattacks by the German army.
After assigning tasks to the frontline troops, Smirnov reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, Lieutenant General Trofimenko and his headquarters will arrive tonight. Do you want to see if we can change to a spacious one?"
place as the new headquarters?"
"Any good recommendations?"
"There is a school two streets away from here." Smirnov said: "I sent people to check it out. The school building is intact and has not been damaged. It is a large place and suitable for us to build a new one."
Command."
"Now that you have chosen a place, move there as soon as possible."
Before relocating the headquarters, Sokov felt it was necessary to report the progress here to Konev so that he could be more targeted when formulating the next combat plan.
When Konev finished listening to Sokov's report, he learned that the two cities of Sokyryani and Murovany Kurilivtsi had been connected as a whole, which was equivalent to the establishment of a city on the right bank of the Dniester.
When he reached the wide and stable landing site, he couldn't help but said excitedly: "Comrade Sokov, you are really great. You have consolidated and expanded the right bank position in such a short period of time. This will be very important for our army's next operation.
It’s very beneficial.”
"Comrade Marshal, due to the shortage of ammunition in the army, if it cannot be replenished in time, it may be very difficult to continue to advance." In order to persuade Konev to provide him with ammunition, he even took the Yakuda Battalion.
For example: "For example, a battalion of the 98th Guards Division inadvertently broke into the German defense area. Although the commanders and soldiers were all veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, due to insufficient ammunition, they could only fight with the enemy with bayonets.
.If I hadn’t urgently mobilized several regiments of troops for reinforcements, I’m afraid the battalion would have been abolished.”
Since the outbreak of the war, Konev has almost been commanding large corps in combat, so he naturally understands the consequences if the troops are short of ammunition. He pondered for a moment and said into the microphone: "Comrade Sokov, I will
Immediately notify the logistics troops and replenish some weapons and ammunition for you first to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the troops is not affected."
"Great, this is really great." Sokov was naturally overjoyed when he heard Konev's statement that he was willing to provide some ammunition to his troops: "As long as the troops have enough ammunition, they are fully capable of continuing.
Push deeper into the German defenses to achieve greater results."
Next, Konev felt that it was necessary to inform Sokov of the current war situation so that he could be well aware of it: "Comrade Sokov, our coordinated attack with the 1st Ukrainian Front has pushed the German army's southern
'Army Group was divided into two parts. Among them, the German 8th Army was cut off from the 1st Tank Army and had to be transferred to Army Group 'A'.
Next, the main force of our front will deal with the German Army Group 'A', cut off the army group's retreat to the other side of the Dniester River, and coordinate with the Ukrainian Third Front to defeat it.
At the same time, the 40th Army, which was attacking westward along the left bank of the Dniester River, was ordered to cut off the enemy's 1st Tank Army's southward retreat, and cooperate with the 1st Ukrainian Front to encircle it near Kamenets-Podolski.
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The 27th and 53rd armies under your command, together with the 52nd army, will launch an offensive from the Transnistria landing site, and together with the 2nd and 6th tank armies that will be assigned to you by the front, they will rapidly advance towards the Prut River."
Sokov stared at the map in front of him and listened carefully to Konev's story. After the other party finished speaking, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Marshal, after crossing the Prut River, we are only one step away from the Romanian border.
Haruka. I want to ask, what should we do then? Should we continue to move forward, or should we stay and wait for the next order?"
"It goes without saying, Comrade Sokov." Konev said on the phone: "Of course we will continue to move forward. I hope that the combat group you command will be the first unit to enter the enemy's territory."
"Understood, Comrade Marshal." Sokov was particularly excited when he heard that his troops might become the first troops to enter the enemy's territory, and said quickly: "We will definitely live up to your expectations."
After putting down the phone, Sokov couldn't restrain his joy and said to Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I want to tell you some great news."
"What good news?!" Smirnov was busy arranging the transfer of the headquarters. He really didn't hear the conversation between Sokov and Konev. Seeing Sokov so excited at this moment, he couldn't help but become interested:
"Come on and tell me."
"Comrade Marshal said that the 2nd and 6th Tank Armies will be assigned to us soon, so that our combat group and the 52nd Army can quickly push towards the Prut River and enter Romania." Sokov said excitedly:
"In this way, we will potentially become the first force to enter enemy territory."
"Comrade Commander, if this is really the case, it means that we will be recorded in the annals of history." Sokov's words made Smirnov as excited as a chicken blood. He lowered his head and looked at the map.
After a while, he raised his head and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, in fact, if you want to enter Romania, you don't necessarily have to cross the Prut River by force."
"Oh?!" Sokov asked in surprise: "Is there any shortcut?"
"It's not a shortcut, it's just that the road is shorter." Smirnov pointed to the map and introduced to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, look, this is the city of Wingene in western Moldavia.
85 kilometers to the north is the border between Moldavia and Romania. To be precise, it should be the border between our country and Romania, and we can enter Romanian land from here."
Sokov looked in the direction of Smirnov's finger and said with some surprise: "What, this city is on the left bank of the Prut River?"
"Yes," Smirnov nodded and said, "That's why I said that our troops can enter the Romanian border even without crossing the Prut River."
After Smirnov finished speaking, Sokov began to think in his mind that the first unit to enter Romania would definitely be recorded in history. In order to avoid being robbed of the credit by other units, it is very necessary to speed up the attack.
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Smirnov saw Sokov's thoughts and asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, do you want the troops to speed up the attack so that they can reach Wenger in the shortest time and get ahead of the friendly forces?
Entering Romania smoothly?”
"Yes, that's how I think about it." Sokov pointed to the map and said to Smirnov: "Although our troops are closest to the Romanian border, no one can guarantee that accidents will not happen."
"Accident?" Smirnov asked in surprise: "What accident can happen?"
"For example, when our army was advancing towards Wingene, it encountered strong resistance from the German and Romanian troops, which caused the progress to be slow." Sokov explained to the other party: "On the friendly side, the attack was particularly smooth. Even if
The distance is further than ours, and it is not ruled out that they will arrive at the Romanian border first."
"The idea of speeding up the attack is correct." Smirnov said thoughtfully: "But most of the troops are currently running out of ammunition. Before getting supplements from superiors, even if we order the troops
Continue to advance westward, but before long, our troops will have to stop advancing due to lack of ammunition.
If we are unlucky and the enemy takes advantage of our lack of ammunition to launch a counterattack, let alone continue the attack, whether we can hold the occupied area is a question."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, I have an idea. We can attack on both sides." Sokov said with his eyes fixed on the map: "On the one hand, prepare for the attack and wait for the ammunition to be supplemented by superiors to arrive, then launch an attack on the enemy's defense line;
The second is to mobilize the guerrillas in the Moldavia region to carry out raids on the enemy's rear and destroy their communications, transportation and material storage warehouses, making it difficult for the enemy to persist in the existing area."
"It's a good idea to ask the guerrillas to harass the enemy's rear." Smirnov said: "Just two days ago a guerrilla captain came. I think he must be very familiar with the terrain of Moldavia and can let him
He led people to contact the guerrillas in the area, destroying the enemy's traffic, transportation and material reserves, etc."
Guerrilla leader Blas received the notice and when he came to see Sokov, he happened to see the staff and communications soldiers carrying equipment, and he couldn't help showing a shocked expression on his face.
As soon as he saw Sokov, he couldn't wait to ask: "General Sokov, what's going on? Are you planning to evacuate this city?"
"Lieutenant Brass," Sokov was confused by his question and asked, "Why do you have such strange thoughts?"
"But, I saw your men were carrying supplies." Blas replied: "Other than that, I can't think of any other reason."
"Lieutenant Brass, the situation is like this." Smirnov explained to him: "When it gets dark, there will be a group army headquarters that will move in to work with us. In this way, the place here will be
It seems too crowded, so we need to move to a larger place to continue working. The new headquarters is just two blocks away from here."
After Brass said oh, he asked curiously: "Comrade General, I wonder if you asked me to come here. Is there anything important?"
"Lieutenant Blas, our main force is about to advance westward and intends to enter Romania north of Wingene." Sokov said to Blas: "In order to better implement this strategic goal, we need to use Moore
The guerrillas in Davia harassed the enemy's rear, destroyed their communication lines, blew up roads and railway bridges, and burned their material warehouses, forcing the enemy who had lost their material supplies to abandon their existing positions.
Retreat to the rear."
"So, our main force plans to enter Romania from the north of Wingene." Blas said thoughtfully: "As far as I know, there are about twenty guerrilla groups operating in these places.
.The large number is three to four hundred people, while the small number is only seventy or eighty people."
After learning that there were so many guerrillas in the area about to break through, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed: "There are actually so many guerrillas?"
"Yes, Comrade General." Blas nodded and said: "Judging from the number of guerrillas, there are indeed a lot, but many guerrillas are poorly equipped and have no combat effectiveness at all. What they can usually do
, that is, ambushing the German signal soldiers delivering messages, or taking advantage of the darkness to put slogans on the walls.”
Sokov did not expect that the combat effectiveness of the guerrillas was so poor. He was a little disappointed, but he still asked with a sense of luck: "How many guerrillas can cooperate with our actions?"
Blas thought for a moment, then stretched out a slap: "No more than five."
"Although five groups are a little less, it is still enough to cause some trouble to the Germans." Just after Sokov said this, he remembered a key question: "By the way, what is the composition of these guerrillas?"
"What is the composition of the guerrillas?!" Blas replied with a confused look on his face: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"That's it, Lieutenant Brass." Smirnov explained to him: "The guerrillas operating in Ukraine are generally divided into three types: one is the pro-Soviet guerrillas, who usually have our troops beaten.
The second type is composed of scattered troops; the second type is the pro-German guerrillas, who are the minions of the Germans; the third type is the guerrillas who want to fight both our army and the Germans."
After clarifying the three classifications of guerrillas, Brass immediately assured Sokov and Smirnov: "Comrade generals, I assure you that the guerrillas operating in Moldavia are basically all
It belongs to our camp, and absolutely no one will support the Germans."
"That's good." After confirming the nature of the guerrillas, Sokov said to Brass: "Comrade Lieutenant, I will now interrupt the task of contacting these guerrillas and leave it to you to complete. How about it, I have confidence.
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But after hearing Sokov's words, Brass said with an expression of embarrassment: "Comrade General, even though I am commanding more than 700 guerrillas now, some guerrilla captains had higher positions than me before the war.
, I can’t mobilize them.”
When Sokov heard this, he immediately understood that Brass was just a lieutenant when the war broke out. Although the guerrillas under his command had grown to more than 700 people, after all, there were many people who were not convinced by his rank.
Now, he really couldn't complete the task he gave him.
"Comrade Brass, from now on, I will officially promote you to major." Sokov used his authority to promote Brass to major, and said solemnly: "Your mission is to go to the guerrillas immediately.
area where the troops operate, establish contact with them, and launch a series of sabotage operations behind enemy lines."
Then he called a student from the Frunze Military Academy and said to Brass: "This major will serve as your deputy and go with you to the guerrillas to assign combat tasks to those guerrillas."
Although Sokov promoted Brass to major, he still lacked confidence. Seeing Sokov sending another major to assist him in his work, he suddenly became confident: "Comrade Commander, please rest assured, I
I will never live up to your expectations of me, and I will definitely complete the tasks you give me."
This chapter has been completed!