Romanov said with his vigorous bass: "Comrades, commanders! The decisive moment has arrived, the time has come to collect blood debts for Kiev, and to punish the enemy for the sufferings of the people of Kiev!

Because of this attack on Kiev, we will proceed at night. So we will directly attack the city without preparing for artillery fire. Now, I declare the offensive line of the divisions in battle. "

Although everyone heard expressions of surprise on their faces before the attack, when there was no preparation for artillery fire, no one spoke, just quietly listening to Romanov's assignment.

"The 22nd tank brigade under the command of Major Perskin will be the vanguard of our army. After you entered Sumska Street from the south of the city, you will carry out an assault along the street to the north to eliminate everything you see along the way. An enemy. When the troops reached the "October Revolution Square" in the center of the city, while the main force continued to rush towards the northern airport, a small number of troops should be left behind and a fortification should be built in the area to prevent the German army from cutting off the back.

The 22nd Division of the Guards of General Pantai Leyev attacked from the east of the city and advanced along the street to the north. In the shortest time possible, occupy the St. Sophia Cathedral, Pechersk Monastery, cave churches, St. Vladimir’s Cathedral and other places, to avoid the German army defeated by our armored forces and hide in these solid buildings. Stubbornly resist.

The 308th Division of Colonel Andryuschenko, along the route of the tank brigade, advanced towards the northern airport and cleared the German troops from the buildings along the way.

As for the 171st Division of Colonel Gorokhov, it launched an offensive from the west of Kiev and quickly detoured back to Voshonod in the north of the city, cutting off the enemy's escape route to the north. "

Seeing that the three infantry divisions and the tank brigade have their own missions. Lieutenant Colonel Cavillin, who had not received the pre-attack artillery preparation order, stood up from his seat and asked loudly: "Comrade Commander, I would like to ask, what is the mission of our artillery regiment?"

Seeing Cavillin stood up and interrupted what was behind him. Romanov said with obvious dissatisfaction: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, I told you that we will launch an attack at night. In order to avoid accidentally injuring the residents of the city, there is no need for artillery preparation before the attack. Your regiment, I won't take part in this battle for now."

"But. Comrade commander." Hearing Romanov said so, Cavillin was a little anxious, and he told: "There are many Ukrainian soldiers in our regiment. Let them stay behind and watch other friendly forces. The troops are fighting the enemy. I am worried that many commanders and fighters will be emotional."

"I think it's you who is in the mood, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." Romanov waited for him to finish, and said unceremoniously: "Since the order has been issued, your regiment will be in Obkoshiv. By the way, get acquainted with the various types of artillery just added to you."

"General Romanov," I saw Lieutenant Colonel Cavillin's face full of disappointment, and hurriedly came out to complete the field. "Although we don't need artillery preparation before the attack. But in street fighting, artillery can still be used. "Then I said to Cavillin, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel. After the offensive begins, you let your artillery advance along with the infantry. When encountering enemy firepower, you will use direct aiming to destroy. Our cannon is also bayoneted, and hit the enemy fiercely at close range."

"Understood, Comrade Commander." After hearing the order I gave. Cavillin replied loudly. Then he looked at me again, and asked a little embarrassed: "Can I sit down?"

"Please sit down. Comrade Lieutenant Colonel." I answered him with a smile, and then said to the commander present: "The commanders who participated in the attack this time. All of them must wear German uniforms so that the enemy will be attacked. When we attacked, we didn’t know exactly what happened. In order to prevent accidental injury, we all tied a white towel on our left arm."

After I arranged the task, maybe out of the desire to boost morale, Kirilov stood up and said loudly to the commanders present: "Comrades, when Kiev is liberated, I invite everyone to the city. In the biggest restaurant, go to Kiev’s most famous cold trout and cream gratin. Are you okay?"

As soon as Kirilov's voice fell, there was a neat shout in the room: "Okay!"

As soon as the shouting stopped, Bantai Leyev, who had a particularly good relationship with Kirilov, stood up, smiled and said to him: "Hey, I said, old man, everyone has been eating dry bread for so long. You can't Just use two dishes to kill us. At least Ukraine’s most famous salo and red cabbage soup can’t be missed.”

"Yes, yes, Comrade General is right." As soon as Bantai Lev finished speaking, someone immediately answered, "There are many famous dishes in Ukraine, including potato cakes, chicken liver, cucumber and mustard pancakes. None of these things can be missing."

Kirilov turned his head and glanced at me, then smiled and said in the direction of the voice: "No problem, as long as Kiev can be liberated, no matter what you want to eat, Comrade Commander and I will satisfy your wishes. You. Say yes, Lida?"

"Yes!" I couldn't help drooling when I heard the list of names of dishes reported by Kirilov and the commanders. When Kirilov asked me, I must have said to everyone quickly: "It's like a political commissar. By the way, as long as Kiev is liberated, everyone can eat whatever they want. I will let everyone eat enough at a time."

Romanov waited until everyone was almost upset, and then solemnly announced: "Comrade commanders, the mission has been clear. I will inform you of the specific attack time when the time comes. It's all right now, and I will go back to each other. Let the troops go."

After all the commanders had left, Kirilov, who was standing behind the telegraph operator with me, raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said to me: "Comrade Commander, as long as the scout finds out that the German army in Kiev has Without reassigning troops to Kiev, we could determine the timetable for the offensive."

"Hey, I said, anyway, the scouts haven't sent back the enemy's reconnaissance, so don't stand by the radio to influence the operator. Come on, let me show you something." Kirilov at the table probably thought that the two of us left him in the cold, so he greeted us loudly.

When Romanov and I returned to him, he looked up at me and said mysteriously: "Lida, General Romanov. I will show you something." He took the party out of his pocket. The certificate, opened in front of us, and took out a small orange-red piece of paper sandwiched in the middle.

I took the rough-cut piece of paper in his hand, and saw that it was filled with words, so I looked it up curiously. Looked for a moment. I recognized this as a ticket to a football match. After I handed the ticket to Romanov, I asked Kirilov confusedly: "Comrade Political Commissar, what are you doing to show us this ticket for the game?"

Before Kirilov could speak, Romanov, who had just received the ticket, suddenly exclaimed: "My goodness, Comrade Political Commissar, isn't this the ticket for the Khrushchev Republic Stadium? The date is June 1941. 22nd. It happened to be the day when the war broke out.” As he said, he handed the ticket back to Kirilov, and asked inexplicably: “What the **** is going on, you have confused me. "

And Vitkov, who was sitting next to Kirilov, reached out and took the ticket. After reading it, he handed it to Kirilov and said: "Yes, it was the ticket for the Khrushchev Republic Stadium on June 22, 1941. Comrades, what is the origin of this ticket? Let's talk about it."

Kirilov took the admission ticket and carefully clipped it back into the party card. He raised his head and said to us: "Lida, Romanov, Vitkov. You may not know that, after the reconstruction of the new stadium in Kiev two years ago, it was renamed the Khrushchev Republic Stadium. In order to celebrate the completion of the stadium. , Scheduled to hold a grand football match at the opening ceremony on June 22, 1941. Since I was on a mission in Kiev at the time, I was fortunate to also get an admission ticket. I wanted to participate in this expansion. In the future, it will cover an area of ​​800,000 square meters and can accommodate 50,000 spectators. This is only the Moscow Stadium and the Leningrad Stadium. The opening ceremony of the third largest stadium in the Soviet Union. Unexpectedly, the opening ceremony of the stadium was held on the day. The war broke out... "

Kirilov's words came to an abrupt end here. Romanov sighed softly. He comforted him and said: "Comrade Political Commissar, don't be sad. We are now near Kiev. We will be able to liberate this city that has been occupied by the enemy for nearly two years. At that time, I will accompany you to visit the stadium. ."

Several of us were talking and laughing, and the telegraph operator hurried over and handed a telegram to Romanov. Romanov only glanced at it, and then he continued to applaud the case. Then he handed the telegram to me and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, the situation is really the same as your judgment. After the enemy noticed that our troops were approaching Blauvari, they really mobilized the troops in the city. , To reinforce Brovari."

"How many troops are there in the city?" I didn't read the telegram, but handed it to Vitkov, and asked Romanov straightforwardly: "Are the enemy's tank troops also going to reinforce it?"

Romanov nodded vigorously, and replied affirmatively: "According to the scout's report, the enemy has not only mobilized a large number of troops from the city, but also a lot of tanks."

Hearing Romanov's general answer, I asked a little dissatisfied: "Did the scouts provide a specific number?"

Hearing my question, Vitkov, who had just read the telegram, immediately replied: “According to the report provided by the scout, there is currently one German regiment and two tank companies left in the city.” After finishing the specific data, , He couldn't help but said with emotion: "Such a big city with such a small amount of force is about the same as an empty city. As soon as our tank brigade and three infantry divisions rush in, the enemy's defenses will immediately fall apart."

"The chief of staff, never underestimate the enemy." Seeing that Vitkov looked a little complacent, I quickly reminded him: "Not to mention that there is a regiment of thousands of people in the defending army in the city, and two with more than ten tanks. For a tank company, even if there is no enemy, we can’t take it too lightly. Underestimating the enemy will suffer a big loss.”

After hearing what I said, Vitkov nodded repeatedly and proactively confessed his mistake to me: "Comrade Commander, I underestimated the enemy, and I will pay attention to it in the future." After saying this, he solemnly again. Ask me, "Since we have discovered that the enemy has increased troops to Bruvari, do we need to report this information to General Rebarko so that he can also prepare in advance."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are very thoughtful." I immediately agreed with Witkov's proposal, and at the same time said: "The deployment of German troops in the city of Brovari, General Rebarko may have all I figure it out, but I would never think that the enemy would deploy such a force overnight to reinforce Brovari. Once they fight, they may suffer a big loss. Don't waste time, go and report quickly."

Less than half an hour after the telegram to remind Rebarko was sent, the call came back. Rebarko wrote in the telegram: "Our Ministry has readjusted the deployment of troops in accordance with the enemy’s increase in troops, and appropriately strengthened the offensive force in the direction of the 15th Tank Army. Please rest assured, the commander, our Third Tank Army and The three infantry divisions will be able to honorably and successfully perform their responsibilities to the motherland. After turning into a decisive offensive, they will resolutely crush the enemy forces resisting in front of us and quickly advance to Kiev~www. lightnovelpub.net~Liberate this great city under the iron hoof of the fascist invaders."

As soon as Kirilov finished reading the telegram, his emotions became excited again. He repeatedly said: "It seems that General Rebarko's subordinates are in high spirits. The small city of Blauvari cannot stop them at all. The pace of progress. If they are going well, it is estimated that they will be able to reach the city of Kiev tomorrow night."

After listening to Kirilov’s emotional remarks, Romanov turned his head and asked me cautiously: "Comrade Commander, if the troops of General Rybalko will advance to the city of Kiev in the afternoon, our offensive plan requires In advance?"

"General Romanov, this is not necessary." Regarding Romanov's question, I explained to him: "We are still dozens of kilometers away from Kiev. If we march during the day, we are prone to encounter air strikes by enemy aircraft. And even if we Successfully reach the city of Kiev, the defenders in the city will also be prepared, that way, our sneak attack will become a force attack. In the absence of artillery preparations, launch an attack on this well-defended city, we will Pay more casualties than expected. No matter how General Rebarko and the others will fight tomorrow, we must execute as planned and wait until dark before the whole army advances to Kiev."

After that, I told Vitkov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, call General Rebarko back and wish him victory!" (to be continued)