No sooner had Malinen and Auenka left the command than Timoshenko called. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hearing that it was Rokossovsky who answered the phone, he immediately raised his voice and said: "Comrade Rokossovsky, did you see the 'secret weapon' I sent to you?" ”

The secret weapon? Rokossovsky couldn't help but flutter for a moment when he heard Timoshenko say this, but soon understood that the marshal was talking about the rocket artillery battalion that had just arrived, so he hurriedly replied: "They have arrived safely, Comrade Marshal." ”

Hearing that the rocket artillery battalion had safely reached the defense area of the 16th Army, the stone hanging in Timoshenko's heart fell to the ground. He continued: "Now that they have arrived, let them behave well and teach the Germans a lesson that they will never forget." ”

"Comrade Marshal." Although Rokossovsky also wanted everyone to see the power of rocket artillery, because the German troops on the other side were changing their defenses, they could not attack the enemy until they had a clear picture of the distribution of German troops, so he truthfully reported to Timoshenko: "The enemy on the west bank of the Wopi River is changing its defenses, and I plan to send scouts across the river tonight to reconnoitre, and after we have figured out the enemy's disposition, I will let the rocket artillery battalion carry out a fire attack on the enemy." ”

"Comrade Rokossovsky, you are doing this, it has been delaying for too long." Timoshenko, apparently dissatisfied with Rokossovsky's reply, said bluntly: "I ask you to open fire on the enemy's defenses within an hour at the latest. ”

"What, fire in an hour?" Rokossovsky was taken aback by Timoshenko's whimsy, and he quickly explained: "Comrade Marshal, we don't know at all about the division of German forces, and if we shoot rashly, maybe all the shells will hit the open field." Please think carefully. ”

"Don't think about it." Timoshenko said in an unquestioning tone: "I just received the reconnaissance report of the air force half an hour ago, and the information on the distribution of the enemy's forces was placed in front of me, and I immediately asked the communications director to send you a copy. Then you carried out artillery strikes on the German assembly areas according to the parameters provided by the Air Force. Do you understand? ”

"It's great that you have information on the distribution of German forces." When Rokossovsky heard Timoshenko say this, he was overjoyed, "As soon as you send the information, we can immediately arrange the shelling of the German army." ”

Immediately after putting down the phone, Rokossovsky called a staff officer and asked him to bring back Malinin and Ounka, who had just left.

When Malinin and Oenka returned to the command, Rokossovsky was reading a telegram handed to him by the communications chief Maksimenko, which detailed the distribution of German forces. Seeing the two coming in, Rokossovsky casually handed the telegram to Onka and asked: "Comrade Captain, I intend to order your rocket artillery battalion to immediately carry out artillery shelling of the enemy's assembly sites, is there a problem?" ”

After reading the telegram, Oenka raised his head and looked at Rokossovsky, and replied in a firm tone: "Report to Comrade Commander, our rocket artillery battalion guarantees the completion of the task. ”

Not everyone was happy about Oenka's statement, at least the head of artillery, General Kazakov, objected. He walked up to Oenka, frowned and asked: "Comrade Captain, you must know that the enemy's assembly area is almost thirty kilometers away from us, can your rocket artillery hit such a distant target?" ”

"Don't worry, Comrade General." Oenka looked at his immediate boss and replied with a smile on his face: "The rocket artillery is all self-propelled, and we can advance the firing position to the Vopi River." After the launch, the position was immediately shifted. ”

"Won't it be detected by enemy planes, or counterattacked by enemy artillery?" Kazakov asked, still uneasy.

"No, Comrade General." "We only need to fire a salvo at the enemy's staging area, and then quickly move our positions so that we don't get caught by enemy planes or artillery," Oenka said confidently. ”

"A salvo?" Kazakov seemed a little dissatisfied with Oenka's answer: "It's too little, isn't it?" ”

"Not a lot, Comrade Kazakov." Oenka said with a smile: "One rocket launcher has 12 rockets, and we have twenty rocket artillery vehicles, which means that a salvo can produce 240 rockets, which is enough to inflict huge damage on the enemy." ”

"Comrade commander," Kazakov waited for Oenka to finish, then turned to Rokossovsky and said, "I want to act with the rocket artillery battalion and see how powerful the rocket artillery is?" ”

"No problem, Comrade Chief of Artillery, you should go and see." After agreeing to Kazakov's request, Rokossovsky turned around and asked Lobachev next to him: "Comrade Military Commissar, let's go and see everything, how about it?" ”

"Since you all blow this kind of rocket artillery to the gods," Lobachev said carefully, "then I will go with you to see if it is as powerful as you say." ”

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On the west bank of the Woppi River, a dozen kilometers from the river, there is a small railway station. In order to quickly transport troops, materials and technical equipment, the Germans quickly repaired the railway after seizing the station and used it as an important material transfer center. In order to prevent the Soviet attack, they not only deployed a battalion of troops here, but also deployed artillery positions not far from the station. As soon as the Soviets attacked here, they would not only be met with stubborn resistance from the defenders at the station, but also under heavy shelling.

Since the Germans had not been attacked by the Soviets since the occupation of the station, the enemy defending the station inevitably became lax. On this day, the infantry unit that had come to take over the motorized division was unloading munitions and supplies from the wagons, and a large number of infantry had just gotten off the train and were lining up at the station.

A regimental commander of the newly arrived German infantry division, after seeing the Soviet reconnaissance plane flying through the air, specially approached the commander of the guard battalion in charge of the defense of the station and reminded him to pay attention to the air defense signals. As a result, the battalion commander said disapprovingly: "Mr. Colonel, you can rest assured, our air force has taken control of the Russian sky, and all the fighters and bombers of the Russians will be destroyed by our heroic air force, except for a few reconnaissance planes, and the air raid you are worried about will not happen." ”

"Major, even if the Russians can't launch an air strike on us." The German regiment commander had fought in many countries in Europe and had rich combat experience, and when he saw that the battalion commander was so careless, he kindly reminded him: "But you still have to be careful of their artillery, once the reconnaissance planes feedback our position, maybe they will shell us." ”

After listening to the words of the German commander, the major not only did not have the slightest worry, but laughed heartily: "Don't worry, Mr. Colonel, our air force has air supremacy, and there are artillery positions nearby. As soon as the Russians shelled the station alive and dead, our air force and artillery would quickly locate and eliminate them. ”

Seeing that the major was so confident, the German commander did not talk any more nonsense, and after leaving his adjutant in charge of assembling troops, he drove directly to the new garrison with the regimental personnel.

Just when the Germans thought that the station was a safe place and everyone took it lightly, a loud and terrible sound suddenly came from the sky. Immediately after, the arrow-like flames pierced the sky and plunged directly into the station, followed by a terrible rumbling sound.

In a short period of more than 10 seconds, more than 200 rockets smashed into the station like a storm, and in an instant, the entire station became a sea of fire, the train parked here was blown to pieces, a large number of military supplies were destroyed, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing the station full of flames and smoke, stumps and broken arms, and a mess of dead and wounded, the soldiers who were lucky enough to survive screamed in surprise that they scattered in search of cover. The German adjutant, wounded in one arm, stumbled towards the station office with the help of two soldiers, trying to get the guard battalion commander for help. But when they rushed over to take a look, they found that the house where the guard battalion commander was located had collapsed in the explosion just now, and there were countless corpses lying on the ground near the house that was still burning after the collapse, and the major they were looking for was one of them.

The adjutant beckoned his subordinates to the outside of the station to find the communication car and report the situation to the regimental commander, who had just arrived at the new station. When the German commander heard this, he immediately became furious and immediately contacted the division commander and asked the air force for immediate support to find the Soviet artillery positions and destroy them completely.

While the German commander was reporting to his division commander, the artillery positions deployed near the station had already begun to operate, and they returned fire fiercely in accordance with the calculated directions. Ten minutes after the bombardment, the German air force arrived, whistling over the burning station and speeding towards the area where the German artillery was being shelled, in an attempt to completely destroy the Soviet artillery there.

The German artillery commander was directing the artillery bombardment of the exposed Soviet artillery positions when he suddenly received a call from his superiors, in which the other party shouted angrily: "Colonel, where are your artillery firing?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency General." The artillery commander respectfully reported to his superiors: "We are shelling the artillery positions of the Russians, they have just shelled our station, causing considerable casualties to the troops who are gathering in the station. ”

"That's enough, Colonel." The other party shouted angrily: "Order your subordinates to stop the shelling immediately, your shells have all hit the open space." ”

"Major, even if the Russians can't launch an air strike on us." The German regiment commander had fought in many countries in Europe and had rich combat experience, and when he saw that the battalion commander was so careless, he kindly reminded him: "But you still have to be careful of their artillery, once the reconnaissance planes feedback our position, maybe they will shell us." ”

After listening to the words of the German commander, the major not only did not have the slightest worry, but laughed heartily: "Don't worry, Mr. Colonel, our air force has air supremacy, and there are artillery positions nearby. As soon as the Russians shelled the station alive and dead, our air force and artillery would quickly locate and eliminate them. ”

Seeing that the major was so confident, the German commander did not talk any more nonsense, and after leaving his adjutant in charge of assembling troops, he drove directly to the new garrison with the regimental personnel.

Just when the Germans thought that the station was a safe place and everyone took it lightly, a loud and terrible sound suddenly came from the sky. Immediately after, the arrow-like flames pierced the sky and plunged directly into the station, followed by a terrible rumbling sound.

In a short period of more than 10 seconds, more than 200 rockets smashed into the station like a storm, and in an instant, the entire station became a sea of fire, the train parked here was blown to pieces, a large number of military supplies were destroyed, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing the station full of flames and smoke, stumps and broken arms, and a mess of dead and wounded, the soldiers who were lucky enough to survive screamed in surprise that they scattered in search of cover. The German adjutant, wounded in one arm, stumbled towards the station office with the help of two soldiers, trying to get the guard battalion commander for help. But when they rushed over to take a look, they found that the house where the guard battalion commander was located had collapsed in the explosion just now, and there were countless corpses lying on the ground near the house that was still burning after the collapse, and the major they were looking for was one of them.

The adjutant beckoned his subordinates to the outside of the station to find the communication car and report the situation to the regimental commander, who had just arrived at the new station. When the German commander heard this, he immediately became furious and immediately contacted the division commander and asked the air force for immediate support to find the Soviet artillery positions and destroy them completely.

While the German commander was reporting to his division commander, the artillery positions deployed near the station had already begun to operate, and they returned fire fiercely in accordance with the calculated directions. Ten minutes after the bombardment, the German air force arrived, whistling over the burning station and speeding towards the area where the German artillery was being shelled, in an attempt to completely destroy the Soviet artillery there.

The German artillery commander was directing the artillery bombardment of the exposed Soviet artillery positions when he suddenly received a call from his superiors, in which the other party shouted angrily: "Colonel, where are your artillery firing?" ”

"Report to Your Excellency General." The artillery commander respectfully reported to his superiors: "We are shelling the artillery positions of the Russians, they have just shelled our station, causing considerable casualties to the troops who are gathering in the station. ”

"That's enough, Colonel." The other party shouted angrily: "Order your subordinates to stop the shelling immediately, your shells have all hit the open space." (To be continued.) )