Chapter 1343 Race against time

The two infantry divisions attacking the German army from the east and the west are equipped with new rockets and rocket launchers. When encountering the enemy's stubborn resistance, first use the rocket launchers to destroy the enemy's firepower, and then use the new rockets to attack the enemy. composed defense.

The marine brigade and infantry brigade attacking from the north, not to mention the lack of new rockets and bazookas, even the original assault rifles are now very few. Therefore, when the enemy occupies a favorable terrain to resist, their The speed of progress will be greatly slowed down.

   But as the artillery observers entered the battlefield, the situation began to develop rapidly in favor of the Soviet army. The artillery observers who assisted the attack in the north, once they found that the attacking force was frustrated, immediately provided shooting parameters to the artillery positions in the rear. Once the artillery shells hit the past, the enemy's resistance collapsed.

Colonel Chuvashov, who served as the commander-in-chief, quickly saw the way. The artillery was not simply providing artillery cover for itself, but was guiding and covering the attack of its own troops. The battalion commander issued an order for them to direct the troops to follow the artillery's shelling point to attack.

   Soon, the battalion commanders who received the order, once they saw the enemy's defensive positions being bombarded by artillery fire, commanded their own troops to swarm up and destroy those German soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed by the bombing.

  When the 255th Infantry Division of the German Army was first attacked, although it was attacked from three sides at the same time, the defense on the north side was very limited. But at this moment, they received the direct support of artillery fire, and they beat the enemy in the front to the ground, making it impossible for the enemy to establish an effective defensive position and could only choose to flee.

  In Chuvashov's headquarters, there is a direct line to Sokov's headquarters. Seeing that the enemy was retreating steadily, he hurriedly called Sokov to announce the good news: "Comrade Commander, after receiving strong artillery support, our department is progressing very smoothly. If there are no accidents, we can solve the problem before dark." fighting."

"It's too slow, Comrade Colonel." Unexpectedly, Sokov seemed very dissatisfied with the time Chuvashov said: "The 84th and 254th Infantry Divisions are progressing very smoothly without artillery cover. , Now that they are approaching the division headquarters of the German army, you have to work hard."

Knowing that the friendly forces had arrived near the German division headquarters, Chuvashov couldn't help being taken aback. You must know that the infantry brigade under his command fired the first shot in this battle. That would be a very regrettable thing.

  Thinking of this, Chuvashov quickly expressed his position to Sokov and said: "Comrade commander, don't worry, we will speed up our attack and try to get ahead of our friendly troops and take out the German division headquarters."

  As soon as he put down the phone, Chuvashov called the other two brigade commanders and asked them to come to his headquarters.

   After receiving the notification, Chuvashov and Dobrushin hurried to Chuvashov's headquarters.

  "Two comrades brigade commanders," Chuvashov said to them with a serious expression upon seeing the two men coming, "I just talked to the comrade commander, and he criticized us, saying that our progress was too slow."

Hearing what Chuvashov said, Dobrushin argued a little unconvinced: "Comrade Colonel, didn't you explain to Comrade Commander that after our two marine brigades arrived at the combat location, they didn't even have to rest. I didn't care about it, so I launched a counterattack against the enemy. I think it is not easy to make the current progress when the soldiers are so tired."

"Yes, Comrade Colonel." Uzakov also echoed: "After a night of fierce fighting in my infantry brigade, the commanders and fighters were extremely tired. In addition, they lacked heavy weapons for attacking fortifications, so they encountered the enemy's stubborn resistance. It is understandable to be slow, and I think Comrade Commander should understand this."

   "The two of you went back and told the battalion commanders that the forwards of the two divisions of the friendly army had approached the German division headquarters. If you don't want the friendly army to take the lead, order your troops to speed up the attack."

  When Uzakov just defended himself, he still organized a lot of vocabulary in his mind, and he was going to say it when Chuvashov got angry. But I didn't expect that instead of getting angry, Chuvashov said something like this. In this way, the speech that Uzakov had prepared would be useless.

On the contrary, when he heard that the vanguard of the friendly army had actually approached the German headquarters, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious: "Comrade Colonel, no matter what, our brigade fired the first shot in this battle, and now the enemy is about to be killed." If it is eliminated, the greatest credit will be taken away by others, so I can't explain it to the commanders and fighters in the brigade."

   "If you feel that there is no way to explain to your subordinates," Chuvashov said with a sneer, "the only way is to immediately order the troops to speed up the attack, and try to catch up with the friendly troops and take down the German headquarters."

Dobrushin looked at the map, frowned and said: "Now the enemy has been compressed by us in a narrow area of ​​no more than two kilometers in length and width. It is obviously impossible for them to break through. In order to prevent them from being wiped out by us, they will definitely fight to the death. Resistance, if we want to take down the German division headquarters before our friendly forces, I am afraid that we will pay considerable casualties."

"It is not impossible to speed up the attack." Uzakov said suddenly: "Now our three brigades are crowded together to attack, so that the enemy will continue to build up defense lines in front of us and block our advance. pace. Although the artillery can continue to use artillery to destroy the temporary German defense line, it will inevitably consume a lot of time, which will slow down our offensive."

   "Then what should we do, Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov?" Chuvashov heard that Uzakov seemed to have an idea, so he said politely: "You might as well tell me."

"Using the brigade as a unit, divide it into three groups and attack at the same time, which forces the Germans to disperse their forces." Uzakov pointed to the map and said with confidence: "As long as we break through in any route, we can send troops to assist the other two forces." road, and also broke through the enemy's defense. However, although the speed of this attack has been accelerated, it has to allow the artillery to interrupt our artillery cover."

   "The battle has been fought to this point. I don't think artillery support is necessary." Chuvashov said: "If the shelling continues, maybe the shells will hit the oncoming friendly troops."

Dobrushin said: "Then, according to Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov's intention, divide the troops into three parts, attack the enemy's defense line from three positions at the same time, and speed up the advance. At the same time, in order to avoid unnecessary accidental injuries, The artillery in the rear can be informed to stop shelling."

"Let's act, comrades, two brigade commanders." Chuvashov said to the two: "We now need to race against time, rush ahead of the friendly forces, capture the German division headquarters, and win the first victory in this encirclement and annihilation battle. As for the artillery Over there, I will contact them and ask them to stop the shelling, lest the shells hit their own heads."

  Seeing that Chuvashov agreed to the plan, both Uzakov and Dobrushin couldn't help but smile. After saluting him, they turned and left the temporary headquarters and returned to their respective troops.

   As soon as the two left, Chuvashov ordered the communications soldier: "Communication soldier, help me connect to the headquarters immediately. I have important things to report to the commander comrade."

  (end of this chapter)