Chapter 1091 There are always unexpected accidents

  A tanker who ran out of the tank alive looked around and immediately found a row of German tanks parked in front of the left. They were shooting at the pursuing Soviet tank as if they were shooting at a target.

The tanker hurriedly waved his hands and ran towards the nearby tanks. While running, he shouted loudly: "Be careful, there are German tanks nearby. Be careful, there are German tanks nearby..." Unfortunately, he The shouts were drowned out by the roar of tank engines, the explosion of shells, and the firing of machine guns.

   Just as he was trying to climb onto a tank that had just stopped, a shell fired by a German tank fell beside him and exploded. The gunpowder smoke dissipated, and the tank soldier covered his back with his backhand, and fell to the ground on his back with pain on his face.

   The tank army chasing the German army came to the artillery attack of the German armored forces. The breakout organized by Rebarco did not go very smoothly. After learning that the attack launched by the infantry who was in charge of breaking out was repelled by the Germans due to lack of sufficient tank cover, he couldn't help asking the chief of staff anxiously: "Chief of staff, where are the tanks of the 15th Tank Corps now?"

   "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff replied with a look of embarrassment: "I lost contact with the 15th Tank Army half an hour ago."

   "What, lost contact with the 15th Tank Army?" Rebalco asked in surprise: "Then have they withdrawn from Valki Town?"

"I don't know, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff said with a wry smile: "Before we started to break out, I sent them a telegram asking them to consider us immediately. But I never received a call back. I thought They are marching on the road, temporarily unable to receive and receive telegrams."

   "Continue to communicate with them." Rebarco said to the chief of staff angrily: "The number of tanks in the 9th Tank Army is too small. Without their cooperation, we would not be able to break through the encirclement of the German army."

  The Chief of Staff immediately followed Rebarco's order and sent another telegram to the 15th Tank Army. But this telegram still went nowhere, and there was no reply at all.

   Seeing that there was no reply from the other party, the chief of staff was a little impatient. He reported to Rybarco in a panic: "Comrade Commander, the 15th Tank Army still can't get in touch. Could something happen to them?"

"An accident, what can happen?" Although Rebalco also had an ominous premonition in his heart, but because he was worried that it would affect the morale of the army, he could only pretend to be calm and said: "They defeated the German headquarters and quickly approached the north. If the Germans can't react at all, what will happen?"

  However, not long after Rebarco finished speaking, a tank lieutenant whose face was blackened by gunpowder smoke came in from outside. He came to Rebalco, raised his hand in salute and said, "Comrade Commander, I'm here to report to you that the 15th Tank Army has been wiped out."

   "What, the 15th Tank Army was wiped out?" Rebarco and the chief of staff were stunned by this amazing news. After a long time, Rybalco asked the tank soldier who reported the news: "Are you telling the truth?"

   "Yes, Comrade Commander, what I said is true." The tank lieutenant said: "We were ambushed by the German army and all the tanks were destroyed."

  " Rebalco felt a chill running down his spine and up his forehead. He asked cautiously, "Where did you get ambushed by the German army? "

   "It's five kilometers south of Valki Town." The tank lieutenant said, "According to their marks, it can be judged that the troops who ambushed us are the German Skeleton Division."

   "I asked you to move closer to the north, what are you doing to the south?"

"I don't know, Comrade Commander." The lieutenant of the tank soldier shook his head and said, "We were ordered to pursue southward, and the fight went smoothly. We wiped out many fleeing enemies along the way. Come out, we were caught off guard."

   When Rebalco heard this, he felt blood rushing to his head, and he felt strangely angry. Obviously, the order he gave to the commander of the tank was to let him quickly lead the troops northward to meet up and participate in the breakout operation. Fortunately, he actually disobeyed the military order and led the troops southward to pursue the fleeing enemy without authorization, which resulted in the destruction of the entire army. He asked angrily, "Where is your commander?"

  The lieutenant of the tank soldier lowered his head and replied: "Sacrificed!"

   "Where's the political commissar?"

   "Sacrificed too!"

   "Where's the chief of staff?"

   "It's still a sacrifice!"

  Rebalco asked several commanders in succession, and the tank lieutenant gave the same answer. These commanders all died in the battle. Now that the culprit had died in the battle, even if Rebalco was full of anger, he had no place to vent it. After taking a few breaths, he said to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, since the 15th tank army has been completely wiped out, we can only find a way to bring the remaining troops back. Immediately issue an order to send the German troops to the army again." When the defense line launches an attack, one must break through the enemy's defense at all costs and jump out of the encirclement."

  The chief of staff glanced at the tank lieutenant who was still standing next to him, and asked Rybalco cautiously: "Comrade commander, what about the 15th tank army?"

   "Let's talk about their affairs after we successfully break through." After saying this, Rybalco asked the tank lieutenant again: "Lieutenant, how many people are left in your army? Who is the highest commander?"

   "Combining the infantry that cooperated with the company, there are more than 300 people in total." The lieutenant of the tank soldier replied, "Now in the entire tank army, I am the commander with the highest rank."

"Very good, Comrade Lieutenant." Rebalco waited for the lieutenant of the tank soldier to finish speaking, and immediately gave him an order: "You immediately take the troops to the north and attack the enemy's defense line together with the infantry. Can we successfully Jump out of the German encirclement, it's all up to you."

   After the tank lieutenant raised his hand to salute, he turned and walked out of Rebalco's headquarters.

   After watching the lieutenant's back disappear, the chief of staff asked worriedly: "Comrade commander, there are not enough tanks now. I am afraid it will not be so easy for us to break through the encirclement of the German army."

"Even if it is not easy, we must try. Otherwise, we can only wait to be wiped out by the Germans." Speaking of this, Rybalko sighed softly, and said helplessly: "General Zhukov has pointed out to us However, in the actual implementation process, our plan failed because of the cleverness of individual commanders. If Comrade General sends a telegram to ask how our situation is, I don’t know how to answer him.”

  (end of this chapter)