Kislay guessed that this person might be the person he was looking for, so he first revealed his identity to disarm the other party: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Kislay, deputy commander of the 187th Regiment of the 45th Division, and you are in our defense area at the moment.
What's your name?"
"I am Lieutenant Ivanov." The man in a white shirt replied weakly: "I am a company commander of the 114th Regiment of the 41st Guards Division."
When they heard the other party say that his name was Ivanov, which was the same name as the person he was looking for, the surrounding soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that their mission was completed. However, out of caution, Kislay continued to move forward.
Next question: "Your defense area is to the south of the factory, how come you show up here?"
"Our company was ordered to blow up the highway bridge. Because the enemy's firepower was too strong, we could not approach the bridge from the ground." Lieutenant Ivanov explained feebly: "The battalion commander thought of a way, which was to put explosives into gasoline barrels.
, floated along the current to the bottom of the highway bridge and detonated..."
After Ivanov finished speaking, Kisrei confirmed that he was the person he was looking for, then raised his head and said to the soldiers standing around: "What are you still doing? Why don't you hurry up and bring the stretcher over and take Ivan
Lieutenant Nove was sent to the division field hospital."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," when Ivanov was carried on a stretcher by the soldiers, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly begged Kislay: "Please inform my troops that I have been washed downstream by the river.
." His purpose in doing this was because he was worried that the division would treat him as a missing person, which would be detrimental to his future.
"Don't worry, Comrade Lieutenant." Kisrei saw what the other party was thinking and explained to him with a smile: "Your division commander called and asked for our help in finding your whereabouts. Once we return to the field hospital, I will
I will immediately report the news of finding you to my superiors."
Kisrei's words reassured Ivanov, and he lay peacefully on the stretcher and allowed friendly soldiers to carry him to the field hospital northeast of the factory.
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After Chuikov learned that the three road bridges leading to the factory had been blown up, he discussed with Krylov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, now all the road bridges leading to the factory have been blown up by our soldiers. Also.
That is to say, in a short period of time, the Germans cannot send more tanks or assault guns into the factory area, and we can use this precious time to kill all the tanks and assault guns that enter the factory area."
Krylov did not object to Chuikov's plan, but asked cautiously: "Which troop do you think should be assigned this task to complete?"
"Call Colonel Bely," Chuikov thought for a moment and said to Krylov: "After this period of fighting, his tank brigade has almost lost all its tanks, and the few remaining ones are buried in the ground.
It serves as a fixed firepower point. I think he should have enough power in his hands to complete this glorious mission."
"I think it works." Krylov immediately agreed with Chuikov's proposal: "I immediately called Colonel Bely and assigned him a combat mission."
After receiving the call, Bely immediately rushed over from his headquarters. After saluting Chuikov and Krylov, he respectfully asked: "Commander, Chief of Staff, you called me here, what combat mission do you have?"
?"
After Chuikov and Krylov looked at each other, they turned to Bely and said: "Comrade Colonel, I called you here today. There is indeed an important task for you to complete."
Bely has been staying in the Dzerzhinsky factory during this period. He is very clear about the situation in the factory. In order to prevent his two superiors from assigning tasks that he cannot complete, he feels that it is necessary to take precautions in advance.
Needle: "Two chiefs, after this period of fighting in our brigade, except for four tanks whose tracks were blown off and buried underground as fixed firepower points, there are no more tanks. If you want me to tell you
The enemy launched a counterattack, and I can only regretfully tell you: I'm sorry, I can't do it!"
"Don't worry, Colonel Bely." After listening to Bely's complaint, Chuikov said to him with a smile: "I know you no longer have any tanks available. I didn't call you here today to ask you to
I want to lead the tank troops to counterattack the enemy, but I want you to send people to destroy the enemy tanks in the factory area."
Bely looked at Chuikov in surprise and said: "Comrade Commander, my troops do not have long-range anti-tank weapons, whether they are anti-tank guns or anti-tank rifles. If you want us to destroy the German troops in the factory area,
Tanks, I'm afraid our brigade may be wiped out."
"Colonel Bely, you may not understand the situation." Chuikov saw that Bely obviously did not understand what he meant, so he turned to Krylov and said: "Chief of Staff, please introduce the situation to him."
Krylov nodded, called Bely to the map, pointed to the location of the Dzerzhinsky factory, and said to him: "Comrade Colonel, you can see from the map that the north and west of Dzerzhinsky are
, surrounded by water on three sides to the south, if enemy tanks want to rush into the factory area, they must use the road bridge over the river."
"Yes, that's true." After Bely waited for Krylov to finish speaking, he nodded slightly and asked in confusion: "But what does this have to do with letting us destroy the enemy's tanks?"
"You have been in the factory area recently. You should know that the German army, under the cover of tanks and assault guns, occupied most of the factory area, greatly compressing our army's existing defense area." Krylov pointed with a red and blue pencil.
Looking at the map, he continued, "In order to change the unfavorable situation for our army in the factory area, we adopted a suggestion from Colonel Sokov, which was to send troops to blow up all the highway bridges. In this way, the enemy's technical equipment and
Logistics supplies can no longer be sent to the factory. The tanks and assault guns they rushed into the factory during the day, after almost a day of struggle, were short of ammunition and fuel. We only need to send a small force.
We can destroy these squatting tanks and assault guns."
"So that's it." When Bely heard that Sokov was making suggestions again, he suddenly felt at ease. He had cooperated with Sokov for a period of time, and he knew what the other party's abilities were. He even felt that
, no matter how unfavorable the situation is to one's own side, as long as Sokov takes action, he can immediately turn decay into magic and reverse the situation in time. At this moment, it is learned that the German tanks and assault guns in the factory area have become...
As a lamb to be slaughtered, he seemed impatient: "Commander, Chief of Staff, please allow me to return to the army immediately and allocate manpower to complete this task."
"Don't be anxious, Colonel Bely." Chuikov said with a smile: "Wait until dark, then send people to get close to the enemy's tanks or assault guns and kill them with Molotov cocktails. If you are lucky, your troops may still be able to survive.
Zero casualties can be achieved.”
"Comrade Colonel," Krylov asked with interest after passing a cigarette to Bely, "Which company do you plan to send to carry out this mission?"
Bely took the cigarette, held it in his mouth, and did not rush to light it. After thinking for a while, he replied: "I plan to let the third company commander, Lieutenant Alitai, carry out this task." Seeing Chuikov hand over the lit match,
After lighting the cigarette with the help of a flame, he continued, "This lieutenant is Misha's old subordinate and was temporarily seconded to me. I think it is very appropriate for him to complete this task."
"Oh, it's Sokov's old subordinate?!" Krylov said with some surprise: "So, he must be very familiar with Sokov's tactics. If he leads the team in a sneak attack, he will definitely achieve good results.
."
After Belly took two puffs of cigarette, he couldn't help but sigh and said to Chuikov: "Comrade Commander, almost all the tanks in our brigade have been scrapped. It would be great if we could capture these German tanks and assault guns."
ah."
"Even if it can be captured, it is of no use." Chuikov shook his head and said: "We can solve the fuel used by tanks and assault guns, but what about the ammunition they need? Without ammunition, these tanks and assault guns will be nothing.
Pile scrap metal. Therefore, you must destroy all tanks and assault guns during sneak attacks, and you must not let the Germans use it again. Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Bely threw the cigarette butt on the ground, straightened his body and replied: "Comrade Commander, do you allow me to return to the army?"
"Go ahead, go ahead." Chuikov nodded, smiled and said to him, "I wish you good luck!"
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Returning to the station of the tank brigade, Bely immediately ordered someone to call Lieutenant Alitai over and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, I have an important task for you. I wonder if you are confident to complete it?"
"Comrade Brigadier," Alitai replied respectfully: "As long as I have breath, I will promise to complete the tasks you have given me."
"I just came back from the headquarters. The commander gave us an important task to blow up all the German tanks and assault guns in the factory tonight." Bely looked at Alitai and said: "I decided to carry out this glorious task.
The arduous task is left to your company to complete."
"Comrade Brigadier." Alitai waited for Bely to finish and replied cautiously: "According to my observation, although the German army has only a dozen tanks and assault guns in the factory area, they are scattered in several places, and there are
There are a large number of infantry, and it may be difficult to blow them all up."
"The people I trust most in the entire brigade are you and your men." Bely felt that in order for Alitai and others to willingly carry out this task, it is necessary to give him a high hat: "When it comes to sneak attacks on the enemy, I am afraid that the entire army
No one can compare to Colonel Sokov. You are all his subordinates, so you must be familiar with his tactics. I think it is most appropriate for you to sneak attack on the enemy."
"Comrade Brigadier." Seeing that Bely put such a high hat on himself, Alitai was really dumbfounded. But an order is an order. Since his superiors have assigned him a task, he can only carry it out unconditionally. But for the better.
To complete the task efficiently, he felt that he should still make some requests: "Can I make a few requests?"
"What's the request?" Bieley said reasonably: "As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely agree."
"The enemy's tanks and assault guns are scattered in six areas," said Alitai, who hid in the ruins during the day and carefully observed the movements of the enemy's tanks and assault guns. Therefore, if he wanted to carry out a sneak attack, he also knew where the opponent was. However, he knew very well where the enemy's tanks and assault guns were.
He currently has insufficient manpower and is unable to attack so many targets at the same time: "I only have more than 20 people under my command. If I want to attack so many targets at the same time, I'm afraid I need you to send me more manpower."
He was deeply afraid that Belly would disagree, and he emphasized: "If you don't give me more manpower, we can only carry out sneak attacks one target after another. But as long as one place of the Germans is attacked, then other places will be attacked."
There will be precautions, which will cause our sneak attack to turn into a strong attack. Not to mention the place where the tanks and assault guns are parked, there are so many infantry, even if there is no infantry, the machine gun firepower in the tanks is enough to crush our sneak attack."
"The tanks and assault guns you went to sneak attack have almost used up their ammunition and fuel after the day's toil." Bely explained to Alitai: "They are almost a pile of scrap metal. You just need
Just concentrate on dealing with the German infantry."
Not to mention that Alitai’s rank didn’t know that the road bridge outside the factory had been blown up. Even Colonel Bely only found out about the bombing of the road bridge when Chuikov and Krylov handed over the task to him. Alitai said cautiously
: "Comrade Brigade Commander, even if the ammunition and fuel for the German tanks and assault guns are exhausted during the day, their logistics supplies will be continuously transported into the factory as soon as it gets dark..."
"The Germans will not have any logistical supplies." Bely waved his hand and said: "The comrades of the 37th Guards Division and the 45th Infantry Division blew up the road bridge over the river outside the factory during the day. The enemy's supplies are unable to
In other words, the tanks and assault guns in the factory have been turned into a pile of scrap metal due to lack of fuel and ammunition. When you go for a sneak attack, you only need a Molotov cocktail to completely destroy them. On the contrary, you
The main focus is to deal with the enemy's infantry."
After Alitai learned that when he blew up the tank, he mainly had to deal with the German infantry, he once again asked Bely: "Comrade Brigadier, I beg you again to send you more manpower to ensure the success of the sneak attack."
Seeing that Alitai once again raised the issue of sending more manpower, Bely was not angry. Instead, he asked calmly: "Comrade Lieutenant, how many manpower do you think I have given you to carry out a sneak attack on the area where tanks and assault guns are parked in the factory area at the same time?"
"Comrade Brigadier, I plan to form a combat group of seven people. To attack six areas at the same time, we will need 42 people." Alitai said to Bely with his fingers: "Now I only have about twenty people under my command.
, I still need you to add twenty more people to complete the formation of six combat groups."
"You only need twenty people?" Belei originally thought that Alitai would at least ask for a company from him, but now when he learned that the other party only needed twenty people, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and replied readily: "I've never asked for one company."
I will assign twenty soldiers from my own security company and give them to you to command."
This chapter has been completed!