Chapter 2032

Sokov said so, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart. He knew very well that a regiment of the German army had more than 3,000 people. Even if one of the motorized infantry regiments was weakened, the combined strength of the two regiments would be equal About five thousand people.

And the troops dispatched by myself are nominally two divisions and one brigade. Even if they have just added 3,000 soldiers to them, they are still in a dissatisfied state. The total is only more than 15,000 people. 1. Considering that the individual skills of the Soviet army are not as good as those of the German army, this battle is not easy to fight.

  When the staff officer came in to report that the troops had been assembled, Ponedelin stood up and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the troops have been assembled, then I will go first."

  Sokov nodded, and said: "Comrade Deputy Commander, pay more attention to safety, I will wait for your triumphant return."

After Ponegerin left, Sidolin asked tentatively again: "Comrade commander, although the German army has only two regiments, their combat effectiveness is enough to compete with our two divisions. The two divisions and one brigade that went into battle this time, As far as I know, it is already a greatly weakened army. I am afraid that it will be difficult to eat this enemy in a short period of time.

  Once we are unable to eliminate this group of enemies, the enemy may send reinforcements to rescue. At that time, our offensive troops may be flanked by the enemy. "

  Sidolin's words made Sokov a little hesitant. Not long ago, I just said that the strength of two divisions and one brigade is enough to wipe out this German army. But not long after, he sent troops to reinforce him. Isn't that a bit of a slap in the face?

Sidolin may have seen Sokov's hesitation, so he continued: "Comrade commander, I understand your mood at the moment. You are worried that changing the order casually will affect your prestige in the army. But you want to However, we still have a lot of battles to fight, if the two divisions and one brigade are seriously injured in this battle, I am afraid they will not be able to participate in the next stage of the battle."

Sokov was finally persuaded: "Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff, I think what you said is very reasonable. I see it this way, let the 3rd and 109th Infantry Divisions prepare for battle, and once the Deputy Commander Comrade If the situation is not ideal, immediately throw them into battle."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Seeing that Sokov accepted his suggestion, Sidolin was also very happy, and quickly replied: "I will call the two division commanders of the 3rd and 109th Infantry Divisions. Get them ready for battle. Should Comrade Deputy Commander and their offense go against them, the two divisions can be brought into battle in good time."

  But after the offensive battle started, the situation on the battlefield was far beyond Sokov's expectations.

  Pornegelin first commanded the troops to divide the German army, and after being surrounded by two guard divisions, the infantry brigade launched an attack on the divided German army.

  The German commander learned that his troops were under attack and immediately sent troops for reinforcements. Unexpectedly, the reinforcements were attacked by the 28th Army and the 65th Army on the way over. The troops that were originally going to rescue fell into the siege of the Soviet army. They could only rely on the terrain to resist and wait for new troops to come for reinforcements.

  After receiving the battle report from the battlefield, Ma Linin immediately reported to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Commander, there is one thing that is very strange."

   "What's the matter?" Rokossovsky looked at Ma Linin and asked, "Could it be that the enemy has launched an attack on our defense line again?"

   "No, Comrade Commander." Ma Linin shook his head and said: "It is not the enemy who launched an attack on us. On the contrary, our troops launched an attack on the enemy."

   "Our troops launched an attack on the enemy?" Rokossovsky said with some surprise: "Comrade Chief of Staff, when did you give them an order, why don't I know?"

   "Comrade Commander, I didn't issue any combat orders at all." Ma Linin said with some embarrassment: "They organized the attack spontaneously."

   "What, the attack spontaneously organized by our commander below?" Rokossovsky was very surprised, and asked with some surprise: "Where is the battle going on, and which unit initiated it?"

"Comrade commander, please take a look." Malinin pointed to the map and introduced the situation to Rokossovsky: "The battle started near Baranovic. According to the information we have, it was Soko who took the initiative to attack. General Husband's 48th Army, they used two divisions and one brigade to attack the two German regiments entrenched here.

  After the German army was attacked, they immediately asked for help from their upper peak. When those reinforcements passed through the defense zones of the 28th and 65th Army Groups, they were attacked by these two Army Groups respectively, and were surrounded by our army in a short time. "

Rokossovsky stared at the map in front of him, and said with great interest: "This Misha is quite interesting. Without the assistance of the Front Army Command, he was able to use the strength of three group armies to attack the German army at the same time. Launch the attack."

   "Then what should we do, Comrade Commander?" Ma Linin looked at Rokossovsky and asked: "Do we need to tell them to stop temporarily?"

"No, no." Rokossovsky waved his hands and vetoed Malinin's proposal: "Since the battle has already started, don't let it stop. Besides, the battle has reached the current level, and it is not just one order from us that can make it stop." It stops."

"Comrade Director of the Communications Corps," Rokossovsky stopped him when he saw the director of the Communications Corps just passing in front of him: "Please help me get through to the 48th Army Headquarters, I want to talk to General Sokov call."

   The director of the communications corps who received the order did not dare to neglect, and quickly connected the 48th Army headquarters.

   "Misha," Rokossovsky took the phone and asked Sokov bluntly, "I heard that you sent troops to attack the enemy near Baranovich?"

"Yes, Comrade General." Sokov knew a long time ago that once there was a fight here, Rokossovsky would definitely know about it, so he took the initiative to say: "I saw a German army nearby, and its strength is not strong enough. It is considered too strong, and I feel that I can take the initiative to attack and eat it, thereby weakening the strength of the German army."

  Rokossovsky asked a little displeased after hearing this: "Since you plan to launch an attack on the German army, why didn't you report your combat plan to the Front Army Command in advance?"

"Comrade General," Sokov heard the displeasure in Rokossovsky's tone, and quickly explained to him: "The German army we are attacking consists of two regiments, and the total strength is no more than 5,000 at best. I think There is no need to alert you to such a small battle, so there is no report."

"You think it's a small battle, but it's not a small battle until now." Rokossovsky snorted coldly, and continued: "Now General Luchinsky's 28th Army and General Batov The 65th Army of the People’s Liberation Army engaged in fire with the enemy who came to reinforce them. What you called a small battle has now become a big battle in which all three armies participated.”

  It was Sokov's turn to be surprised this time. He didn't expect that an attack he launched in order to capture more prisoners would actually cause such a chain reaction. He couldn't help but say with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Comrade General, I didn't expect..."

"What didn't you think about?" Rokossovsky interrupted Sokov: "Didn't you think that the German reinforcements would come so quickly? Or didn't you think that so many friendly troops would also participate in this battle?" middle?"

  In fact, since the start of the battle, Sokov has always wondered that the besieged German army was being eaten up bit by bit after being divided and surrounded. Why didn't the German army reinforce it? At this moment, after listening to Rokossovsky's words, I realized that the troops who rushed to the reinforcements were blocked by the 28th and 65th Army Groups, thus saving the two divisions and one brigade participating in the battle from the fate of being attacked by the enemy.

   "Comrade General," Sokov replied with some embarrassment: "I didn't expect that the reinforcements of the German army would be blocked by friendly forces, which relieved the pressure on my attacking troops."

   "Tell me, you just took down Baranovic, and you didn't take the time to rest and reorganize the troops, but rushed to attack the enemy. What is the reason?"

"Comrade General, didn't you ask us to provide German prisoners to the headquarters?" Now that Rokossovsky had asked, Sokov no longer concealed it, but said truthfully: "I found such a group nearby. An isolated enemy felt that it would be no problem to eat them, so he sent two divisions and one brigade to attack them."

   "Misha, it's not been a day or two since you took the position of commander." Rokossovsky asked, "Didn't you arrange special troops to stop the German reinforcements?"

"Ready." Sokov explained to Rokossovsky: "I have arranged the strength of two divisions, and I am going to attack them immediately when the German reinforcements arrive, preventing them from rescuing the besieged troops. I wonder why the German reinforcements have not arrived after the battle has lasted so long, because they were intercepted by friendly troops."

Rokossovsky was silent for a moment, and then continued: "However, your attack this time has played an unexpected effect, effectively eliminating more vital forces of the German army, thus reducing our difficulties in the next stage of combat. to the resistance."

   Sokov did not speak, but thought silently in his heart: Because the Allied forces landed in Normandy, which posed a serious threat to the German mainland, the German High Command had to transfer some troops from the Eastern Front back. In this way, as long as they wipe out more of the vital forces of the German army, they will lose faster.

   Rokossovsky didn't know that Sokov had lost his mind at this time, and continued to speak according to his own thoughts. When he felt that he had finished what he needed to say, he gave a final warning: "Misha, once the German army is wiped out, remember to report to me in time!"

   "Yes, Comrade General." Sokov replied readily, "I will report to you as soon as I have the latest battle report."

  After putting down the phone, Sokov looked at Sidolin on the other side and asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there any recent progress with the Deputy Commander?"

  Sidorin shook his head and said: "The troops are still attacking the enemies who are divided and surrounded, and there is no latest battle report for the time being."

   "How long did the battle go on?"

  Sidorin raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Four hours and twenty-seven minutes."

   "The fight has been long enough." Sokov frowned and said to Sidolin: "Send a telegram to the deputy commander and ask him to resolve the battle within two hours."

   "Two hours?!" Hearing what Sokov said, Sidolin couldn't help being taken aback. In his perception, it would take at least one or two days to eliminate 5,000 German soldiers, but the time Sokov gave Ponegerin was only six and a half hours. He carefully reminded Sokov: "Comrade Commander, six and a half hours, isn't it a little short?"

"It's not short at all." Sokov said to Sidolin: "The German troops who came for reinforcements were blocked by the 28th and 65th armies, and there was no chance to come to rescue the besieged troops, so we have to make a quick decision. Get this fight over as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll send a telegram to Comrade Deputy Commander immediately." Now that Sokov had issued such an order, Sidolin would naturally not argue with him, but walked behind the operator and sent the drafted telegram Handed it over to the other party, and ordered: "Send this telegram to Comrade Deputy Commander immediately."

  Pornegelin, who was directing operations at the front, was a little surprised after receiving the telegram, so he called two division commanders and a brigade commander to his temporary headquarters to convey the headquarters' decision to them.

"Speed ​​up the attack speed?!" Tolstikov frowned after waiting for Ponedelin to finish speaking, and said, "It's easy to say, but we must not reserve some reserves to wait for the enemy's reinforcements to arrive. , to deal with enemy reinforcements."

"The enemy's reinforcements will not come." After Pornegerin finished speaking, seeing everyone staring at him in surprise, with puzzled expressions on his face, he explained to them: "Before the attack started, we Let the troops leave reserves, which are to be used to deal with German reinforcements. However, in the telegram from Comrade Commander, it is specifically mentioned that the troops that the Germans came to reinforce are being attacked by the 28th and 65th Army Groups, and even There are also troops caught in the encirclement.

  In this case, it doesn't make much sense for us to continue to keep the reserve team. The purpose of my calling you here is to put the reserve teams of various ministries into battle as soon as possible, so as to achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy. "

Since it was Sokov's instruction, Victor first expressed his support, and after thinking for a while, Tolstikov and Onuprienko also decided to obey Sokov's order and prepare to send their reserve team They are all put into battle, thereby speeding up the process of the entire battle.

  With no troops to worry about, after putting all the reserves into the battle, the progress of the whole battle suddenly accelerated. Originally in many areas, due to the German army's stubborn resistance relying on fortifications, and the Soviet army's lack of troops, after several consecutive offensive failures, the battles in many areas were a bit powerless.

Now, following the order of Ponegerin, all the troops have put all the reserves into battle. The Germans, who were already struggling to support, could not hold on. breakthrough.

   Seeing that the line of defense had been breached, some officers and soldiers who knew current affairs were outstanding officers and soldiers, knowing that it was pointless to continue to resist, they decisively raised their hands and surrendered to the charging Soviet army.

  At the end of the battle, two thousand German troops also became prisoners of the Soviet army. After counting the results of the battle, Ponegerin immediately called Sokov and reported: "The two regiments of the German army were completely wiped out by us, and 2,000 people were captured. I have ordered the troops to turn to defense on the spot. And take the time to rest and recharge your batteries for the next stage of the battle."

  (end of this chapter)