Immediately after Osilikovsky returned to the cavalry corps, he began to work on the deployment of the attack on Novostettin. In response to this offensive order, Major General Blicori, commander of the 6th Guards Cavalry Division, asked puzzledly: "Comrade commander, I don't understand, how could Comrade Marshal give us such an offensive order?" Didn't he know that cavalry could only exert its maximum combat effectiveness on the vast plains? ”

"Don't worry, Commander Blicori." Regarding the concerns of his subordinates, Osirichowski comforted him: "Comrade Marshal has already said that in order to assist us in the capture of New Stettin, he will send artillery and air forces to cooperate with us. ”

The commanders of the 5th Guards Cavalry Division and the 32nd Cavalry Division originally wanted to echo Blicori's opinion, but after listening to Osilikovsky's words, they all chose to remain silent. They knew in their hearts that as long as their troops were supported by the air force and artillery, the chances of capturing the city would be greatly improved.

Seeing that the other two division commanders did not speak, Blicori continued to ask: "Comrade commander, I would like to ask, in the attack on New Stettin, did any infantry cooperate with us?" ”

"Nope." Osirichowsky replied very dryly: "The strength of the infantry is also very limited, and we simply do not have any resources, except for artillery and air force." After saying this, he saw Bliccory's depressed look, and added with a smile, "There is one thing I haven't had time to tell you yet. Comrade Marshal said that the task of attacking Novostettin was personally deployed by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief himself, and that as long as the city could be taken, a salute would be fired at us on Red Square in Moscow. ”

What the? The attack on New Stettin was deployed by the Supreme Commander himself? Captured the city, and will also salute us on Moscow's Red Square? Rao is three division commanders are all excellent commanders who have experienced a hundred battles, and after hearing this amazing news, they also became a little uncalm.

Blicori, who was still standing, hurriedly changed his words and said: "Comrade Army Commander, I request you to entrust the task of capturing New Stedin to our division!" ”

Seeing that Blicori was grabbing this main attack task, the other two division commanders were not to be outdone, and said one after another: "Comrade Army Commander, you have handed over the task of the main attack to the 6th Guards Cavalry Division every time, and this time it will be our turn to be the 5th Guards Cavalry Division (32nd Cavalry Division)!" ”

Blikori was deeply afraid that Osirichowsky would hand over this task to the other two divisions, so he hurriedly said: "Comrade Army Commander, it is precisely because our division has always taken on the main attack task that we have more combat experience than other divisions in attacking fortified positions, so I implore you to hand over the main attack task to our division this time." ”

Seeing that the three division commanders under his command were arguing endlessly about who would be the main attacker, Osilikovsky quickly stood up, raised his hand and pressed down, and said: "Okay, you don't have to argue anymore, and then I will start to assign tasks." ”

Hearing that Oslikovsky was going to assign a task, the three division commanders quieted down. "After the end of the shelling and bombardment, the 6th Guards Cavalry Regiment and the 23rd Cavalry Regiment of the 25th Guards Cavalry Division, launched an attack to the east of Novostadin, with the 28th Guards Regiment serving as the second echelon. ”

Seeing that Osirichowsky had indeed given himself the task of the main attack, Blikori could not help but glance at the other two division commanders with a smug gaze, then stood up and replied loudly: "Comrade army commander, please rest assured that our division will be able to successfully complete this offensive mission. ”

"General Blicori, don't worry, my mission isn't done yet." Seeing that he had not finished his words, Blikori could not wait to express his determination, and hurriedly motioned for him to sit down, and continued: "The troops attacking from the front will certainly be stubbornly resisted by the Germans, so we will also send troops to detour to the enemy's flank and rear to strike them hard. 、

Now I declare: the 5th and 20th Guards Cavalry Regiments of the 20th Guards Cavalry Division, attacking from the south of Neostadine, with the 26th Cavalry Regiment as the divisional reserve; The 65th and 86th Cavalry Regiments of the 32nd Division attacked from the north of the city, and the 197th Cavalry Regiment served as the reserve of the whole division. ”

After deploying the mission, Osirichowski looked at his subordinates and asked, "Are the missions clear?" ”

"It's clear!" The three division commanders replied loudly.

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The shelling of Neostadine was not over, and the bomber group of the 4th Army of the Air Force came over the city again, raining countless bombs on the German positions.

Standing in his headquarters, Blicori looked at the city covered in gunsmoke with a telescope, and decisively gave the order: "The 23rd Guards Cavalry and the 25th Cavalry Regiment will attack immediately. ”

"Comrade division commander," the division chief of staff hurriedly reminded him when he heard the order given by Blicori, "Comrade division commander, our army's artillery bombardment and bombardment of the city are still ongoing, and it is a little too early to attack at this time. ”

"Chief of Staff," said Blicori to his Chief of Staff with a straight face, "our starting position is five kilometers from the city occupied by the enemy, and even if the cavalry rushes in at the fastest speed, it will take almost a quarter of an hour to reach the city. If we wait for the end of the shelling and bombardment before attacking, the enemy can use this time to rearrange new defenses against us. ”

After listening to Blicori's words, the chief of staff of the division nodded and said: "Comrade division commander, you are right, we should immediately launch an attack on the enemy. ”

Just as the chief of staff of the division was about to make a call, Blicori suddenly stopped him and said to him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I will personally lead the troops to charge, and I will leave it to you here." ”

"Comrade division commander," the chief of staff of the division was a little flustered when he learned that General Blicori personally led the cavalry to charge: "You are the commander of a division, and your command position is at the division headquarters, not like a company commander to charge." ”

"Chief of Staff, you don't need to be persuaded." Blicori raised his hand to interrupt the words of the division chief of staff, and resolutely ordered him: "Immediately give orders to the troops below and let them follow me to attack." ”

Five minutes later, Blicori, dressed in uniform, came to the front of the procession that was about to attack, raised his hand to salute the two regimental commanders, and then said loudly to the neat queue in front of him: "Comrades, Comrade Stalin orders us to seize the city in front of us and destroy all the enemies in it. Do you have the confidence to win? ”

After a brief silence, one of the regimental commanders took the lead in drawing the saber from his waist, raising it high above his head, shouting: "We have faith!" ”

Seeing that the regiment commander took the lead in pulling out the saber, the commanders and fighters also did the same, pulled out the saber at their waists, raised it above their heads, and shouted wildly with the regiment commander: "We have confidence!" ”

After the shouting in the ranks stopped, Blicori slowly drew the saber from his waist, raised his sword and pointed it to the city in the distance, and said in a loud voice: "Comrades, for the sake of our great motherland, for the honor of our Guards cavalry, advance towards the city where the enemy is entrenched!" ”