"Misha, are you free now?" As soon as Sokov ended the call with Samyko, Yakov hurried in: "I have something to tell you."
After Tsvetaev saw clearly that the person coming was Yakov, he smiled and nodded to him, then walked to the corner of the headquarters, sat on a bench and lit a cigarette.
"Yasha," Sokov did not expect Yakov to come to him at this time, and asked somewhat unexpectedly: "Why did you come to my place?"
"Misha," Yakov said angrily, sitting opposite Sokov, "I came here to see you for an important matter."
"What's important?" Sokov asked in surprise: "What's important?"
"My hovercraft detachment has suffered some malfunctions after transporting the tank brigade across the bridge." Yakov said dissatisfied: "Now we have to transport artillery and supporting artillery shells across the river. This is the plan for my hovercraft detachment to transport the tank brigade across the bridge."
Is there a pace for complete reimbursement?”
After figuring out what was going on, Sokov felt it was necessary to let Yakov understand that the artillery and a large number of artillery shells were being transported across the river at this moment just to confuse the enemy. He laughed twice and handed the cigarette case on the table to the opponent.
, and said: "Yakov, I'm sorry, I didn't explain the problem clearly. We transported artillery across the river just to confuse the Germans."
"A move to confuse the Germans?" Yakov took the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth, but did not light it immediately. He asked in confusion: "What do you mean, I don't quite understand?"
"That's it, Yasha." Sokov told Yakov in detail about the wrong information that the Supreme Commander himself had reported to the military attachés of various countries, as well as the combat missions assigned to him by his superiors in order to make up for this mistake. Finally,
Said: "...In order to make the Germans think that we are going to choose the breakthrough point in the direction of the left wing landing field, we will use hovercraft to transport artillery in a big way..."
"Wait a minute, Misha." As soon as Sokov said this, he was interrupted by Yakov raising his hand. The latter frowned and asked: "What did you just say, only transport one artillery regiment to the east of the Ude River?"
Establish artillery positions on the shore?”
"That's right." Sokov nodded and asked, "Is there any problem?"
"Of course there is a problem, and it's a big problem." Yakov threw the cigarette in his mouth on the table, stood up suddenly, and said to Sokov: "I'm afraid the artillery and ammunition staying by the river now
There’s more than one division, right?”
"What's going on?" This time it was Sokov's turn to be confused. He turned to look at Tsvetaev who was sitting in the corner smoking, and greeted politely: "Comrade General, please come here."
When he heard Sokov calling him, Tsvetaev quickly threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, crushed it with his toes, and walked over quickly. At the same time, he asked: "General Sokov, what happened?"
What happened?"
Sokov pointed at Yakov and said to Tsvetayev: "Comrade General, Colonel Yakov told me that there are more artillery and ammunition waiting to cross the river than one artillery division. I think
Ask, is there something wrong?"
If someone else had said this, Tsvetaev might have questioned whether the other party’s source of information was reliable, but since Yakov said this, the situation was different. He quickly said politely to Yakov:
"Colonel Yakov, can you tell me the specific situation?"
Yakov was still a little angry at first, but seeing how polite Tsvetayev was to him, he calmed down his anger and replied: "After the hovercraft unit transported an artillery regiment across the river, we are overhauling the ship.
Suddenly a general came and asked us to immediately send all the remaining artillery pieces and matching ammunition to the other side..."
From Yakov's story, Sokov and Tsvetaev figured out what happened. It turned out that an artillery division commander was planning to have Yakov's hovercraft detachment transport all the remaining artillery pieces of the division.
Go to the east coast. Because he was rejected by Yakov, he became furious with him and even threatened to send him to a military court.
"So that's what happened." After figuring out what was going on, Tsvetayev was suddenly startled into a cold sweat. He didn't expect that someone under his command would dare to threaten Yakov. In order to prevent the gaffe from spreading, he took the initiative
Asked Sokov: "General Sokov, leave this matter to me. I can solve the matter in a quarter of an hour at most."
After Tsvetayev left, Sokov asked Yakov to sit down again and asked him curiously: "Yasha, during the battle to liberate Belgorod and Kharkov, how many of your hovercraft units were there?"
It has played a huge role. I would like to ask, how long can these hovercrafts be used?"
"Misha, there are no outsiders here. I can tell you the truth." Yakov heard Sokov's question and showed a serious expression on his face: "Due to the overload of the hovercraft, all the spare parts we brought have been used up.
At this point, he saw that Sokov seemed to want to say something, so he raised his hand to stop him, and continued, "You might say that there are no spare parts and they can be mobilized from the direction of Moscow. Sorry, this is so far.
Once all the spare parts produced are used up, they cannot be replenished for at least half a year."
"Yasha, judging from your tone, once these hovercrafts break down, we won't have the chance to use them again for at least half a year?"
"That's true." After Yakov answered this question, he couldn't help but ask Sokov: "Misha, can your troops really rush into Kharkov before dark?"
"Yasha, you and I are both friends, and I don't want to hide some things from you." Sokov suppressed the smile on his face and said solemnly: "Although I already have Zhou Xiang's plan, will I be able to do it when I execute it?"
If an accident happens, no one can explain it. I can only tell you that I will do my best."
Yakov can understand Sokov's statement. After all, hundreds of thousands of troops are now fighting fiercely with the Germans in all directions in Kharkov. Sokov is not a god descending to earth, so how can he say a breakthrough?
What if the enemy's defense line breaks through? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but worry about Sokov: "Misha, if you really can't break through the enemy's defense line and rush into Kharkov before dark, will you?
Are you in trouble?"
"Yasha, I have already said that I will do my best." Sokov stated clearly: "Even if we cannot break through the enemy's defense line before dark, we will continue to attack until we complete the orders from our superiors."
Sokov's words were heard by Tsvetaev, who had just returned. He said with some surprise: "General Sokov, you said that even if you can't break through the enemy's defense line before dark, you won't be able to break through after nightfall."
Will the attack continue?"
"Absolutely correct, Comrade General." Sokov nodded and continued: "Since the order given to me by my superiors is to break through the enemy's defense line and rush into the city, then as long as my troops do not lose their offensive power, the attack will be carried out.
It will not stop until the orders from superiors are completed."
After Sokov said this, when he saw Tsvetayev in front of him, he suddenly remembered that the other party was out to deal with the artillery matters, so he changed the subject in time: "Comrade General, how are the artillery matters being handled?"
"General Sokov, Colonel Yakov, please listen to my explanation. This is what happened." When Sokov asked about this, Tsvetayev quickly explained, even though he was calling the two of them by their names.
, but his main purpose was to explain to Yakov: "The commander of the artillery division misunderstood my order and thought that I was going to move his entire division to the east bank, so he pulled all the artillery of the division to the river.
, make preparations to cross the river. When I just communicated with him, he realized that he had misinterpreted my order."
After the explanation, Tsvetayev smiled and said to Yakov: "Colonel Yakov, this is what happened. The fault is all my fault. I am really sorry that you have been wronged."
"It's okay, Comrade General." Seeing Tsvetayev's sincere apology, Yakov naturally couldn't argue with him, so he could only reply politely: "Since it was a misunderstanding, just let it go."
"I have ordered them to return to their original positions immediately. They are preparing to move at this moment..."
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. When Sokov heard what Tsvetaev said, a thought suddenly came to his mind, and he quickly interrupted his next words: "Comrade General, since the main force of the artillery division is staying at the river
, then let them stay there and prepare to cross the river."
After listening to Sokov's words, Tsvetaev showed a confused expression on his face: "General Sokov, I don't understand what you mean, can you explain it to me?"
"Comrade General," Sokov saw that not only Tsvetayev did not understand what he meant, but even Yakov looked confused, so he said to the two of them: "Although we asked our superiors to use the fighter planes of two aviation divisions,
, carried out indiscriminate bombardments on the enemy's defense lines, and established artillery positions at the landing sites on the east coast, posing as if they were preparing to break through from the left wing. But who knows if there are any capable Germans who can see through our plan to attack the east and attack the west.
People, so we must continue to make false moves.”
Tsvetaev could be rated as an outstanding army commander in the Patriotic War by later generations, and he was quite capable. When Sokov said this, he immediately understood the meaning of the other party's tentative expression, and quickly interjected and asked: "Soko
General Fu, do you mean to let our artillery division continue to park on the shore and assume a posture of preparing to cross the river to confuse the enemy?"
"Yes, that's what I mean." Sokov nodded, confirming Tsvetaev's statement: "Such a large artillery unit stayed by the Ude River, preparing to cross the river. As long as the enemy is not
The blind and deaf will definitely discover them. In this way, the enemy will be convinced that we are preparing to break through from the left wing."
Yakov heard some clues from the conversation between the two, and asked tentatively: "Then what can my hovercraft team do to continue transporting them across the river?"
"In order to confuse the enemy, you can put on a posture of transporting artillery across the river." Sokov said to Yakov: "There is no need to carry the artillery on the boat, but when you transport it back and forth in the river, you must move slowly to give the enemy
Create the illusion that you are transporting more artillery and soldiers to the east coast."
After Sokov's explanation, Yakov immediately understood. He nodded quickly and said: "Okay, Misha, I will arrange this right away. I will definitely confuse the enemy."
After Tsvetayev waited for Yakov's back to disappear from the door, he turned to look at Sokov and asked: "General Sokov, I think you have a deeper intention in letting the main force of the artillery division stay by the river.
Bar?"
"Your guess is correct, Comrade General." Sokov did not deny Tsvetayev's guess. He said truthfully: "Although we have formulated a strategy of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, we are preparing to attract the enemy's main force to the left wing.
.But by doing so, it is still difficult to ensure that our right-wing troops can complete the predetermined combat objectives and break through the enemy's defense line. Therefore, we must prepare back-ups. Once the right-wing attack does not go smoothly, we can turn the left-wing's feint attack into a real attack.
attack."
"Well, you are very thoughtful." Tsvetaev agreed: "We used two aviation divisions to bomb the enemy indiscriminately, making the enemy mistakenly think that we would choose the breakthrough point on the left wing, and we would definitely draw troops from the right wing.
Strengthen. As a result, their right wing becomes empty. When they find out that they have been tricked, they will transfer the troops sent to the left wing back to the right wing.
At that time, the strength of the left wing will become empty again because the defenders suffered heavy casualties in the air attack and the reinforcements were transferred away. Our unexpected attack may only achieve unexpected results."
"Yes, that's why I let the artillery division stay on the shore." Sokov continued: "Once the attack on the right wing fails, then all the remaining artillery of the artillery division will be transported to the east coast.
Shell the enemy's defense line. I don't believe that the enemy's defense line can block our attack after being subjected to heavy bombing and shelling."
Seeing that Sokov had come up with a backup plan in such a short period of time, Tsvetayev admired him in his heart. He originally thought that he could serve as the commander of the group army at such a young age because he used some connections.
But now it seems that the other party is really capable, otherwise he would not have held such an important position at such a young age.
In order to close the relationship with Sokov, Tsvetaev thought that the other party had the idea of entering the Frunze Military Academy, so he took the initiative and said: "General Sokov, after the battle of Kharkov is over, I will
I will definitely write a letter of recommendation to the dean of the Frunze Military Academy and recommend you to study at the academy."
It has always been Sokov's dream to enter the Frunze Military Academy. When he heard Tsvetayev take the initiative to mention this matter, he knew that the matter was already half successful, so he reached out to Tsvetayev.
, said gratefully: "Comrade General, thank you so much. If I can really enter the Frunze Military Academy, I will never forget your kindness."
The two Soviet aviation divisions' indiscriminate bombardment of the left-wing German defense line, as well as the heroic crossing of the river by Sokov's troops, made the Germans completely believe that the Soviet army would choose a breakthrough here, so not only the reinforcements of the 11th Army
After rushing to the left wing, even the German troops that could be mobilized from other areas also rushed to the area one after another.
Sammeko, who was in command of the right wing, received intelligence from the scouts that the German army was moving troops to the left wing. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He estimated that the troops sent for reinforcements had gone far away and could not be rushed back in a short time, so he decisively
The attack order was given.
Unlike other friendly forces, Sokov's troops generally do not use ineffective artillery preparations before attacking. If they encounter the enemy's strong defenses, they use new rockets and rockets to deal with them. The enemy is already overwhelmed.
Where the fortifications that were riddled with holes could withstand the attack of these weapons, a gap was quickly torn open in the defense line.
After learning that a hole had been opened in the front line of defense, Sameko immediately put the 254th Division in reserve, allowing them to enter the battlefield through the gap and continue to develop in depth.
The Germans never expected that a Soviet force would rush straight into their defenses, and they were caught off guard in a hurry. The leading regiment of the 254th Division took the lead in breaking through the German defenses, rushed into the machinery processing plant in the southwest of the city, and
Quickly occupy an area and establish a solid defensive position.
