Colonel Bere's words startled us all. Chuikov hurriedly asked with concern: "Comrade Colonel, the tank was destroyed, you are not wounded, right?" ”

"Thank you Comrade Commander for your concern, I'm fine." After reporting his safety, Colonel Beray also took the initiative to report the ins and outs of the incident to Chuikov: "I was talking to you just now when I suddenly felt a sudden shock to the car, and then I stopped moving. My driver pulled the lever a few times hard, but there was no response. Since my current radio station was also out of order, I decisively ordered the car to be abandoned. After leaving the tank, I ran with several crew members to the place where the tanks of our army were concentrated. As a result, before he could take a few steps, the tank that was hit by a shell and broke down was hit by another shell. The open turret was instantly overturned by the shells, which ignited the remaining shells in the car, causing a violent explosion on the body, and the tankmen who were following me were knocked down by the flying shrapnel. By the time I got into a tank and looked at my car, it was surrounded by flames. ”

Chuikov asked with a stern expression: "Where did the shells fly from?" Was it fired by the enemy's anti-tank guns, hidden in the rubble? He asked this not without purpose, if the enemy had anti-tank gun positions nearby, it would pose a serious threat to our tank units involved in the counterattack.

Just when I was also worried about the possible anti-tank artillery positions of the enemy, Colonel Bere promptly answered Chuikov's question: "Comrade commander, my tank was not hit by enemy anti-tank guns, but by a tank that blew up its tracks. The enemy in that tank is cunning. But after being shot in the body, the tanker inside did not immediately escape from the burning body, but continued to stay in the tank. Patiently look for fighters. In addition to my tank being destroyed, one tank was damaged. However, the enemy did not please him, and after being exposed, their tank was hit by more than a dozen shells and turned into a pile of burning scrap metal. ”

Chuikov breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak, when Krylov walked up to his side. A note was handed to him. Chuikov took it and looked at it, then said into the microphone, "Colonel Berey." Now that our infantry is attacking the tractor factory, your troops must rush over and provide them with the necessary fire support. He spoke to Colonel Bere as he handed me the note.

I took the note and looked at it. It read: "Two battalions of the 1st Regiment have attacked the tractor factory and are currently engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy occupying the factory." Because the writing was too brief, my heart was very unsteady, so I walked to the walkie-talkie where Krylov had just received the newspaper, bowed my head and said to the operator: "Comrade operator, please help me contact the commander of the first regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov." ”

When the operator heard me say this, he did not act immediately, but looked up at Krylov and waited for his order. Krylov glanced at me. He nodded at the operator. Seeing that the chief of staff had agreed to contact the troops at the front, the operator began to call Shedelikov's unit.

When the radio operator reported to me that he had been in contact with Sederikov. I hurriedly snatched him from Sedjerikov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, how is the situation, where have the troops of your regiment advanced?" ”

Sederikov didn't expect that the person who spoke to him would be me, he was stunned for a moment, and after a moment he quickly reported to me: "Report to the division commander." Half an hour earlier, the 3rd Battalion had launched an attack on the enemy positions besieging the tractor factory. Due to the enemy's fire was too fierce. The commander of the third battalion was unfortunately shot and wounded and withdrew from the battle, and now he was replaced by the commander of the ninth company, Captain Grakov. ”

"The second battalion, what about the second battalion?" As soon as I heard him talk about the situation of the third battalion, I could not wait to ask about the second battalion under the command of Captain Serebryanny, after all, there was a group of officers and men who had just finished anyway, and if something happened at the critical moment, our risky counterattack might fail.

"I ordered the 2nd Battalion to set up a blocking position to the north of the tractor plant in order to block German reinforcements in the direction of the tractor plant." Speaking of this, he suddenly changed the topic and asked anxiously: "Comrade division commander, I don't know when the tank unit to support us will arrive?" You must know that we lack effective anti-tank weapons, so the fighters have to carry cluster grenades and rush forward to die with the enemy's tanks. A company of Captain Karpov, after repulsing two charges of enemy reinforcements, remained less than half of them. Captain Sherebryanny had just sent his most combat-ready company to replace them, and they would not have lasted long without the support of anti-tank guns or tank units. ”

Sederikov's words reassured me, it seems that Karpov's troops have fought stubbornly in the face of the surging Germans, and even suffered heavy casualties, and it seems unlikely that they will rebel in the near future. Hearing Sederikov's incessant complaints, I hastened to respond to him by saying: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, you must hold on. In a few minutes at most, Colonel Bere's tank unit will be driven along the road from the 'barricade' factory to the tractor factory, and as soon as they arrive, the threat posed by the enemy's armored forces will be greatly reduced. ”

"Yes, Comrade Division Commander. We will hold out until the tank troops arrive. ”

Before I put down the headphones and microphones, I suddenly remembered one more thing, and hurriedly told Xederikov: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, although our troops have a large number of people, their equipment is still inferior compared with the Germans. In the next battle, you have to know how to use your forces wisely for offense and defense. Only by preserving yourself can you destroy the enemy in battle. Also, you have to be quick to attack the enemy in the tractor factory, otherwise it will be difficult to eat the enemy in front of you when the enemy plane appears at dawn. ”

"I understand, Comrade Division Commander." Sederikov said to me in a firm tone: "Before dawn, I will already destroy all the enemies who occupy the tractor plant." ”

After I ended the call, after reporting the situation reported by Sederikov to Chuikov and Krylov, I took the initiative to put forward my own proposal: "Commander, chief of staff, now the tank units of Colonel Bere and Lieutenant Colonel Weinrubb are in one place and are rushing along the road to the tractor factory, and Lieutenant Colonel Shederikov's troops are also attacking the German troops in the factory. You see, can the troops who are stuck in the factory properly launch a local counterattack to cope with the offensive actions of the peripheral troops? ”

"It's difficult!" As soon as Krylov finished listening to my advice, he frowned and complained: "At present, there are only a few hundred people left in the 37th Guards Division trapped in the tractor factory, and the 112th Infantry Division that cooperates with them is less than six hundred, plus Lieutenant Colonel Ilya's troops, although there are more than a thousand people, but how much combat power is left, it is difficult to say, let them carry out a counterattack, it is a bit unrealistic." ”

"No matter how difficult it is, you have to fight!" Chuikov waited for Krylov to finish speaking, and then decisively expressed his opinion: "This is our only chance to drive the enemy out of the tractor factory and retake it." Comrade Chief of Staff, you should contact the troops of the factory and ask them to launch a counter-charge against the enemy in the factory at the appropriate time, and cooperate with the troops of Lieutenant Colonel Sederikov to clear the remaining enemy in the factory area. ”

Seeing Chuikov's resolute attitude, Krylov had no choice but to nod and obediently call. At this time, the commander of the 37th Guards Division, General Ruoludev, came to our side and asked with a worried brow: "Comrade commander, I would like to ask, if in the night battle we recaptured the tractor factory, but in the coming days, where should we draw our troops to hold it?" ”

As soon as I heard Ruoludev ask this question, I secretly complained in my heart, saying that Chuikov would definitely not express his position directly, but would push this problem to me. Sure enough, after a moment, Chuikov turned to me and asked, "Comrade Oshanina, tell me, how to hold the tractor factory after our army recaptures it?" ”

For Chuikov's practice of chasing ducks to the shelves, I can only eat coptis dumbly, and after thinking hard, I solemnly said: "Comrade commander, I think so. In addition to the construction of new fortifications in the factory area, it is also necessary to deploy anti-tank artillery units, so that our commanders and fighters do not have to use their own flesh and blood to die with the enemy's tanks in the event of an attack by the enemy's armored forces. In addition, as a result of the enemy's prolonged artillery bombardment and bombardment, almost all the buildings on both sides of the road from the enemy's position to the factory area were destroyed, and I thought that Colonel Bere's tanks should be hidden in these ruins, so that when the enemy's armored units passed in front of them, they could strike at the enemy at close range. ”

"Comrade Oshanina's deployment is quite decent," Krylov, who had finished the call, stared at the map for a while after listening to the proposal, and first expressed his opinion: "In addition to the deployment of anti-tank artillery units in the factory area and the tanks that ambushed our troops on both sides of the road, I think that minelaying should be carried out on the road to delay the advance of the German army. When their large forces are gathered here, waiting for the sappers to open a passage for them in the minefield, General Khogarsky can let the rocket artillery battalion cover the area with fire. ”

"Yes, such a deployment is very well thought out, and I have no opinion." After listening to the opinions expressed by me and Krylov, Chuikov nodded his head again and again in agreement, and specially told Krylov: "Chief of Staff, after the recapture of the tractor plant, the defense of the plant will be done as you say." Don't forget to write this plan into a memo later. (To be continued)

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