Captain Karpov, who received the notice, quickly walked into the command headquarters. Due to the rush of time, he was still wearing a German uniform, a German-style large-brimmed hat, but a white towel was still tied to his left arm.

When Chuikov saw him dressed like this, he was stunned for a moment, then greeted him with a smile and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to the other party. During the handshake, he said warmly: "Welcome, welcome, Captain Karpov, welcome back to our unit, from now on, we are comrades-in-arms." ”

Karpov's eyes were red, and he maintained an upright posture and said: "Comrade commander, we have taken a detour in the past, but under your inspiration, we have been able to wake up to the flag, and in the coming days, we will defend our motherland with our blood and life." ”

"Well said, well said. Comrade Karpov. Chuikov's address to Karpov, from a captain just now, to a comrade, expressed his identification with him: "We will fight together until the fascist invaders are all driven out of our homeland." After a pause, he asked again: "Comrade Karpov, where are your troops, I want to go and see them?" ”

"Comrade commander," Karpov hurriedly replied, "I had long thought that you would review my troops, so when I came, I asked several of my company commanders to gather their troops outside the cave, and you can go to review them at any time." With that, he took a playful step back and turned to the side, waiting for Chuikov to go out and inspect his troops.

Seeing that Karpov had stepped aside, Chuikov turned to us and said, "Let's go, let's go outside and see the commanders and fighters of Karpov's battalion." In his mouth. The titles of officers and men of the Eastern Battalion have been replaced by commanders and fighters.

When I walked out. When he saw Lieutenant Colonel Wei Yinlubu, he just smiled at me. But he still stood by Razumeeva's side and didn't move, and I guessed that he might have some mission to stay, so I didn't care about him anymore, and quickened my pace to follow behind Chuikov.

As I reached the entrance of the cave, Chuikov suddenly stopped, and I hit him head-on. I asked a little wolfishly, "Comrade Commander, why did you suddenly stop?" ”

Chuikov pointed to the outside of the cave and said to me with interest: "Comrade Oshanina. You see, the unit sitting on the ground outside looks very well trained. ”

I looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that in the open space outside the cave, there were more than 200 soldiers wearing German uniforms and German steel helmets, and I could not see that they were well-trained. I couldn't help but ask curiously: "Comrade commander, where did you see that they are well-trained?" ”

Instead of answering my words, Chuikov said to himself: "Although they are sitting on the ground, the whole queue is in order, and they are all sitting upright. It's a German-trained unit. It's just not the same with our troops. In time, they will become an elite force with strong combat capabilities. "Finished. He lifted his leg and walked forward.

A group of us gathered around Chuikov to the front of the team, and the commanders and fighters who were sitting on the ground saw a group of senior officials suddenly coming, and they all looked at each other, not knowing what to do next. At this moment, only Karpov was heard shouting: "Listen to me, all - stand up!" ”

Following his command, the commanders and fighters sitting on the ground stood up in unison, all standing upright, standing there with their heads held high. Although it is a queue formed in a hurry, the horizontal and vertical rows are arranged like a straight line. Seeing this situation, I couldn't help but secretly praise Chuikov in my heart for his vision, if it weren't for his training, it would not be easy to line up in such a neat queue.

Chuikov turned his face away, gave me a meaningful smile, and continued: "Comrade Oshanina, how is it, I am not wrong, right?" ”

I nodded, then gestured to Karpov to come to my side and whispered to him: "Comrade Captain, it just so happens that Comrade Commander is here, and you let him speak a few words to the commanders and fighters, which will be very helpful to the morale of the commanders and fighters." ”

"Understood." Karpov agreed, then walked over to Chuikov's side and whispered to him. Seeing Chuikov nodding with a smile, he suddenly became excited, turned around and said loudly to his subordinates: "Brothers, now I would like to ask General Chuikov, the commander of the group army, to give us a few words, everyone is welcome." After speaking, he took the lead in applauding. With his demonstration effect, the commanders and fighters applauded en masse, and even I had to slap a few times as if I had to make a gesture.

Chuikov raised his hands and pressed them down, and when the applause stopped, he took two steps forward and walked closer to the queue and began his speech. Chuikov first made a report on the battle to the commanders and fighters, introducing the excellent situation of a series of victories won by the Soviet army in other theaters, and calling on everyone to put down their burdens and go into battle lightly and make their own contributions to the defense of Stalingrad.

When we returned to the headquarters and saw that there were familiar people around us, I finally couldn't help but ask Chuikov: "Comrade commander, you have been asking about the Mingyu phone call today, what is going on?" ”

Originally, Chuikov was still happy, but when he heard me ask this question, his face suddenly sank, and he shouted without looking back: "Lieutenant Colonel Wei Yinlubu, come here." ”

Hearing his shout, Wei Yinlub, who was standing beside Razumeyeva, hurriedly trotted all the way to us, leaned down and asked: "Comrade commander, I don't know what instructions you have?" ”

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, please tell General Sù Oshanina the details of what happened today."

"Yes!" Weinrubb agreed, and according to Chuikov's instructions, told us what had happened today: "According to the plan of the headquarters, before dawn today, we have two improvised infantry regiments that will attack the German troops entrenched here from the east and west flanks of Orlov, and immediately achieve the goal of completely annihilating the enemy. The battle began within the allotted time, and after a while, the commanders of the two regiments reported to the headquarters that the enemy on the opposite side was very unusually stubborn in the face of our onslaught. Chief of Staff Krylov listened. I felt that something was wrong. The two units were immediately informed by radio station in code to stop the attack.

After the offensive of the two regiments stopped. The fighting in the area also ended. The commanders of the two regiments felt that the situation was not right, and sent scouts to check, but they were surprised to find that it was actually friendly troops who had just exchanged fire with them. And the Germans, whom they were going to exterminate, have long since disappeared.

After repeated searches, a German engineer who was laying mines was caught nearby, and after interrogating him, it became clear that the enemy had intercepted our plain language calls half an hour before the battle began. Having understood the direction of our army's offensive and the distribution of troops, it withdrew from its positions in a timely manner.

When the commanders of the two regiments learned of the situation, they hurriedly reported the situation to the headquarters. General Krylov felt that something was wrong and ordered them to retreat immediately, and when they returned to their starting positions, the enemy's artillery fire covered the area where our troops were concentrated, and the unprepared commanders and fighters suffered heavy casualties in the artillery fire. And the retreating troops of the enemy, also at this time, under the cover of tank armored vehicles, counterattacked. Fight to the end. With the exception of a dozen wounded who escaped, the two regiments were almost completely wiped out. ”

What Weinrubb said. It scared the hell out of us all and gasped. After a long while, Kirillov asked tentatively: "Comrade commander, how did our army's offensive plan leak out, and has the investigation been clear?" ”

Chuikov shook his head and said with a pained expression: "I don't know. According to the judgment of Chief of Staff Krylov, it should be the enemy who eavesdropped on the plain language of our commanders and fighters, so he learned about the battle plan of our army, and skillfully set up a full set, waiting for our troops to jump in. ”

It was only then that I understood why Chuikov was asking our division if he had frequently used the wireless communication system to make plain phone calls, and it turned out that he was worried that the information was leaking out from us. Although there are various indications that this leak has nothing to do with us, there are some things that I would like to take advantage of to say a few words to Chuikov: "Comrade commander, I think that there are too many and too many units under the group army, and that the various units cannot exchange information with each other. To add insult to injury, individual units ignored the communication secrecy system and often shouted openly and openly, with the result that the situation of our army was inadvertently stolen by the Germans. For example, this leak is related to the imperfection of the system in this regard. It is not terrible to lose a battle, but what is terrible is that if you lose a battle, if you don't find out the reason, you will lose again in the future. ”

"Say everything you think at once," Chuikov said, looking at me and saying, "I want to know what you think differently." ”

I nodded, and then said, "I found that many troops attach great importance to battlefield experience and despise the act of summing up experience. Soldiers also rarely pass on battlefield experience to each other. In the end, the lessons learned from each heavy loss are forgotten after a long time, and then the same stupidity happens again. ”

"Yes, this situation does exist. Since you mentioned it, I will do what I can to change this qiē. Speaking of this, he suddenly changed the topic and asked: "How do you think we should use the existing forces to carry out urban warfare in the current situation?" ”

I had already thought about his question, so I opened my mouth and said: "In order to make the most of your own advantages, you must avoid fighting positional warfare if you hold the city." Units of small formations are more suitable for urban operations. The tactics of flanking and outflanking are generally not used, but the tactics of close pressing, which makes it easy for us to detect the weaknesses of the German troops in order to eliminate them in a targeted manner. ”

As soon as I said this, Razumeyeva suddenly shouted: "Hey, Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, a call from the headquarters of the army group is looking for you or Commander Chuikov." ”

Wei Yinlubu looked down at Chuikov, wanting to wait for his order, but Chuikov nodded at him and said, "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, go and answer the phone, maybe Comrade Chief of Staff has found out some clues." ”

When Wei Yinlubu went to answer the phone, the room was silent, and everyone's attention was focused on Wei Yinlubu, who was answering the phone.

After answering the phone, Wei Yinlubu returned to Chuikov's side with a stern expression, bent down and reported to him: "Comrade commander, everything has been figured out. According to the investigation of the Communications Service, the commander of one of the regiments had made an explicit call to his men via the Guò wireless communication system before the attack, and it was probably at that time that the enemy eavesdropped on our plans. And the original deployment was adjusted in a targeted manner. ”

After listening to Chuikov. Slammed his fist on the table. It scared all of us. He angrily scolded, "Damn, just hateful. It was because of a slight negligence on the part of the commander that not only sabotaged the operational plan we had drawn up, but also caused the commanders and fighters of the two regiments that we had managed to piece together with great difficulty to die in vain. If it weren't for the fact that this commander had died in battle, I would have taken him to court-martial. ”

Curse after curse, but the matter has come to this point, no one can undo it, and the plan to flank the German troops in the Orlov area was thus aborted.

I waited for the anger on Chuikov's face to subside a little. Only then did he softly persuade him: "Comrade commander, since something has happened, it is useless for you to be angry. Otherwise, readjust the deployment and organize troops to launch a new offensive. ”

"Organize troops?!" Chuikov rolled his eyes at me and said dissatisfiedly: "I am now overstretched with troops, where can I still draw troops to organize a new attack?" ”

"Comrade Commander," Kirillov said, "you may wish to listen to Comrade Oshanina's opinion, and perhaps she may have something good to say." ”

Hearing Kirillov say this, Chuikov turned his gaze back to me and said weakly: "Okay. Comrade Oshanina, I would like to ask you. If you were a commander and I asked you to attack a city defended by the enemy, how would you command your troops? ”

"Comrade Commander, if I were the commander," I may have been weak when it came to attacking fortified positions, but it was not a big deal for me to carry out guerrilla warfare in the city, so I confidently said: "In the battle to defend the city, the defender is in an advantageous position as a whole because of its familiarity with the terrain. In order to seize the city areas occupied by the enemy from the hands of the enemy, we must have a careful plan, and the tactics of using piecemeal tactics instead of forcible assault will be adopted, and I tend to gradually eat away at small groups of the enemy in small settlements or in the ruins of cities, so that there will be less confusion in the execution of our troops in the course of their combat missions. ”

Chuikov nodded: "That makes sense, is there anything else to pay attention to?" ”

"Of course, logistical supplies are relatively important, food and ammunition must be supplied, and there must be no situation where the soldiers have food in their stomachs and no bullets in their weapons.

Strictly strengthen the management of telecommunications equipment to prevent the occurrence of leakage of secrets. All units must resolutely obey the command of the group army headquarters and enhance coordination among units and air-ground coordination. Instead of trying the infantry's close combat, it will be replaced by aviation fire and heavy artillery, although this style of play may not have a good effect, but it can improve the survival rate of our commanders and fighters.

Instead of the reckless style of play, it will be replaced by slow and forceful action.

The troops first maintained contact with the enemy, and immediately retreated after calling for heavy fire support.

We should make effective use of the few elite snipers that our army has at hand and go to various areas to snipe at the enemy.

Replacing the original crowd tactics with powerful firepower can effectively reduce the casualties of our army. ”

I thought of where I spoke, and before I knew it, I said a lot. When I saw that whether it was Chuikov, Weinrub, Kirillov and Bandereev, they all took out their notebooks and carefully recorded what I had just said, and I realized that I was talking to their hearts, and I couldn't help but feel complacent.

"Yes, that's a very good point." After Chuikov praised it, he asked meaningfully, "Is there anything else?" ”

"I believe that the subjective initiative of front-line commanders should be strengthened, and in addition to fierce positional battles in a few key areas, our troops should be broken into parts and fought in small formations, so that the efficiency and survival rate of the troops can be improved."

After Chuikov wrote down my words in his notebook, he looked up and said to Wei Yinlubu: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, Comrade Oshanina's experience is very valuable, and I will find a way to come in the army and vigorously promote it in the future." ”

The two of them sat here for a long time, and after almost emptying all the theoretical instructions in my stomach, Chuikov stood up and said with satisfaction: "Comrade Oshanina, it seems that we have come to you today in vain, not only to get the good news of the success of the Karpov battalion, but also to learn a lot of new theories of urban warfare from you. It's a worthwhile trip. After speaking, he raised his hand to look at his watch, and said to me again, "It's not too early, I still have something to do in the headquarters, so I won't continue to stay here." I wish you the best of luck! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to me, shook it and then released it, shook hands with the other three division leaders one by one, and then turned to leave.

After Chuikov left, Bantai Leev looked at me with admiration and said excitedly: "Comrade division commander, I really admire you so much, I didn't expect you to have so much experience in how to carry out urban warfare. Although it doesn't sound like a big deal at first, after careful consideration, I found that your theory is really suitable for the current battlefield shape. ”

"Comrade division commander," and after Pantai Laiev finished speaking, Akhromeyev also asked: "Since you have a whole set of theories on how to conduct urban warfare, what about us here?" How can we better fight the enemy here? ”

As soon as Akhromeyev spoke, I suddenly remembered the position abandoned by Serebryanne, and hurriedly asked him: "By the way, Comrade Chief of Staff, I just forgot to ask you, Captain Serebryanny After they withdrew from their positions, did the enemy enter the positions?" ”

Akhromeyev nodded and said with certainty: "Yes, shortly after the withdrawal of Captain Sherebryanny, German troops poured in from both directions from the north and west and recaptured this forward position. According to the reports of the observation posts of the 2nd Regiment, the enemy is constructing new fortifications and laying minefields. (To be continued......)

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