10_10414 The reports of the Second and Fourth Regiments were quickly fed back. After the defeat of the German troops attacking the 107.5 heights, they retreated two kilometers and were nervously redeploying their forces in preparation for another attack. The Germans attacking Mamayev Heights, having been repulsed by the commanders and fighters of the 4th Regiment, had all withdrawn to their starting positions.

After listening to the report, I thought that the counteroffensive of the Stalingrad Front had officially begun, and there was no need to be afraid of wolves and tigers, so I decisively ordered Akhromeyev: "Chief of staff, call Major Morozov and ask his artillery to immediately enter the position and prepare for the artillery bombardment of the German troops in front of our position." ”

Akhromeyev happily agreed, picked up the phone, and prepared to call Major Morozov. Unexpectedly, at this time, Kirillov raised his hand to stop him, and then cautiously said to me: "Comrade Oshanina, do you want to wait a little longer and see the situation?" ”

"Comrade Commissar, don't worry." I understood in my heart the reason why Kirillov prevented Akhromeyev from calling, because he was afraid that this counteroffensive would turn into the previous counteroffensive that had paid a huge price but did not achieve any results, so he wanted to be cautious. I already knew the outcome of this counteroffensive, so I comforted him with confidence: "Didn't you see the rockets passing over Mamayev Hill? It was the artillery of the Front firing, and when the fog had completely cleared, our air force should be dispatched. Since air supremacy is in our hands, what is there to be afraid of? Before the Germans could recover their senses, we would have completely blinded them, and when we counterattacked, we would have much less resistance. ”

"But," Kirillov said, still worried, "if when the fog clears, it will not be our fighters in the sky." Rather, it was the German bombers, and then the only remaining artillery units of our division would be completely ruined. ”

"Comrade political commissar, at such a time, we have to gamble." With that, I winked mischievously at him. Then he said: "And my gambling luck has always been good. I believe that when the fog clears, it will be our fighter planes that will appear in the sky. After saying this, I again solemnly instructed Akhromeyev, "Chief of Staff, what are you still doing in a daze." Why don't you call Major Morozov soon? ”

Although Kirillov was not completely convinced by me, he saw Akhromeyev calling this time, but he did not speak, but only let out a long sigh, still with a worried expression.

When Akhromeyev was on the phone, I thought silently in my heart. Since the artillery battalion entered the position in advance, then Major Perstian's tank battalion should also move to the rear of the 106.5 heights in advance, anyway, the major counteroffensive has begun, and I no longer have to worry about the German air attack in the process of mobilization.

After Akhromeyev had finished calling Morozov, I ordered him to call Major Perstin. Let the tank battalion get into the attack position in advance. Perhaps I was too excited to give orders that were not only messy, but even a little inconsistent, but Akhromeyev now played to the fullest of the qualities of a good chief of staff, translated what he understood into orders, and methodically reached the troops.

About half an hour later, after answering a phone call, Akhromeyev reported to me: "Comrade division commander, Major Morozov reports that the artillery battalion is ready. Wait for your command. ”

I glanced at him and gave a brief order: "Immediately open fire, first bombard the German forward positions on the east flank, and then turn around and bombard the German troops in front of the 107.5 heights." ”

Akhromeyev nodded, and then said in a loud voice into the microphone: "The division commander orders." Shoot immediately. First bombard the German forward positions on the east flank, and then turn around and bombard the German troops in front of Heights 107.5. ”

When the rumbling artillery outside sounded, I suddenly had another whim, and said to Kirillov and the others: "Political commissar, deputy division commander, we can't see anything if we stay here, it is better to transfer our headquarters to the observation post on the top of the mountain." What do you think? ”

"I agree with the division commander's suggestion." Pantai Laiev first expressed his support for my Tiyì, and he also helped me explain to the other commanders: "If we all stay here, we will not be able to command the troops according to the changes in the situation on the battlefield, so I think it is very appropriate to move the headquarters to the observation post on the top of the mountain." ”

After Pandereev's words were finished, both Akhromeyev and Commissar Shcherbina expressed their support in a timely manner, and Kirillov saw that everyone had the same opinion, so he had to nod helplessly. Then he expressed his opinion: "Since we want to move the division headquarters to the observation post on the top of the mountain, then I will move the radio station as well, so that we can command the troops through the radio station." ”

Next, the headquarters began to move, and in order to facilitate the command, not only had to move a walkie-talkie up the mountain, but even the telephone line had to be pulled up, so that it could keep in touch with the headquarters. And Kirillov, when we were starting to get busy, said to me: "Comrade Oshanina, I have something to do, so I'll leave for a while, and I'll look for you at the observation post on the top of the mountain later." ”

When I heard Kirillov say this, I was surprised, and thought that at such a time, there could be something more important than moving the new headquarters, but after thinking about it, since he had to leave at this time, it proved that what he had to do was still very important, so I nodded very happily and agreed.

I stood at the lookout of the observation post at the top of the hill and saw the shells coming out of the high ground whizzing down on the German columns in the distance.

At eleven o'clock, Morozov's artillery battalion stopped shelling, and at this moment both the forward positions of the German troops and the German units assembled in front of the 107.5 heights suffered heavy losses. Just when the enemy was in a dilemma, fighters of our army appeared in the sky. Our fighters in a four-plane formation swooped down from a high altitude, dropping bombs and strafing at them, making the German army, which had already suffered heavy losses, even worse.

Akhromeyev walked up behind me and reported to me in a loud voice: "Comrade division commander, the walkie-talkie has been installed, and communication with the regiments is unimpeded, please give the order." ”

My eyes were always on the German troops who had been scattered and fled by our warplanes. Without looking back, he instructed Akhromeyev: "Chief of staff, immediately get in touch with all the regimental commanders, I will personally give them the order to attack!" ”

Akhromeyev agreed, walked to the walkie-talkie money, grabbed the microphone. shouted in high spirits: "I am the teacher, I am the teacher!" A clump, a clump; 2nd Regiment, 2nd Regiment; …… Listen carefully, the teacher will speak to you, the teacher will speak to you! ”

Akhromeyev was heard liaising with the regiments. I lowered my binoculars and slowly walked over to him. After contacting the rest of the regimental commanders, Akhromeyev handed me the headphones and microphones, and at the same time reported to me in a low voice, "All the regimental commanders are connected." ”

I grabbed the microphone and said loudly in a voice that was a little out of tune with excitement: "Comrade commanders. Our division has had enough of the Germans in the past few months at Mamayev Heights, and now it's time for us to pay them for their blood. Comrades and brothers, for the sake of our great Motherland, for our great commander Stalin, for the sake of Stalingrad, for the honor of our Red Banner Independent Division, advance! ”

Not long after the order to attack was given. I suddenly heard the melody of "Holy War". At this moment, I thought it was my hallucination, but when I saw Kirillov standing outside the door of the observation post, smiling, I immediately understood that it was not a hallucination, he had installed a tweeter on the position before, but he had never used it, and he had just left to use it.

At the same time, on the Mamayev Heights and the 107.5 Heights. A red flare was raised, a flare representing an offensive signal. Then the tsunami-like shouts of the mountains came to my ears, and thousands of commanders and fighters appeared on the hill that had been empty, shouting "Ula! He rushed out of his hiding place with his weapon in hand.

The commanders and fighters of the 1st and 4th regiments rushed like a tide over the top of the hill on the high ground to the north, and then rushed quickly towards the foot of the mountain. The warriors rushed forward straight. Trying to rush into the enemy's forward positions as much as possible, mortars and heavy machine gunners dragged their equipment and followed closely behind the charging troops.

In the face of the flood of our troops, there was silence in the forward positions of the German army. However, when our commanders and fighters were only more than a hundred meters away from them, the enemy on the position opened fire and returned fire. The fighters who rushed to the front were caught off guard and fell down a lot, and the remaining fighters hurriedly lay down on the spot and fired back with their guns on the crater. And the mortar gunners and heavy machine gunners seized the time to choose their positions and suppressed the German troops in the trenches with artillery and machine-gun fire.

"Chief of Staff," I couldn't help but yell, seeing this, "immediately ordered Morozov's heavy artillery to open fire and destroy the resistance of the German troops." ”

Bantai Leev, who was standing beside me, hurriedly stopped my impulsive order and explained: "Comrade division commander, you can't open fire, our fighters are too close to the enemy, and once they give the order to the heavy artillery of the artillery battalion to fire, they will accidentally injure their own people." ”

I had given such an order on the spur of the moment because I saw that the offensive of my troops was blocked, and when I heard that Bandereev was very reasonable, I no longer insisted on my opinion, but turned my telescope in the direction of the 107.5 height.

In my imagination, the battle on Heights 107.5 would be much more brutal, so I would equip them with tank battalions in advance. I didn't expect that at this moment, the situation was completely different from what I had imagined. A dozen tanks of the tank battalion drove the road in front, followed by an equal number of armored vehicles, and then dozens of trucks full of fighters.

The enemy in front of the 107.5 heights has long been crushed by our artillery fire and bombardment. The most morale-threatening thing on the battlefield is fear, and when fear hangs over German officers and soldiers, no matter how strong their will, they cannot avoid the fate of collapse. Seeing our armored troops rushing towards them in a sea of overwhelming force, the morale of those surviving officers and soldiers was suddenly wiped out, and hundreds of routed soldiers threw down their weapons and spread their feet and fled frantically northward, which completely doomed them to their fate.

It didn't take long for me to see the battle of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments going on, but I imagined that the battle was going on based on the rumbling of artillery in the distance and the columns of black dirt and white snow that rushed high into the sky.

Turning around again, the 1st and 4th regiments attacking the German forward positions saw that the fire in the German trenches had weakened considerably under the suppression of our mortar and heavy machine gun fire. Some of the commanders and fighters who were close to the trenches also bravely crawled out of the craters where they were hiding, and they braved the enemy's bullets and bullets, crawling forward for a while, rolling and jumping for a while, and quickly approaching the German trenches.

Seeing that our soldiers were about to rush into the German trenches, suddenly I felt someone pulling at my sleeve, and when I turned my head, it turned out to be Akhromeyev, who saw me turn around and shouted at me: "Comrade division commander, your phone. ”

I thought it was the commander who called, so I put the earpiece close to my ear and shouted loudly: "Hey, I'm Oshanina, who are you?" ”

"It's me, Comrade Oshanina." I heard Chuikov's voice coming out of the earpiece, "How's your situation there?" ”

"The 2nd and 3rd regiments have completely routed the German troops in front of the 107.5 heights, and the battle is currently unfolding in the depth of the German army. The 1st and 4th regiments were attacking the forward positions of the German army, and it was estimated that it would not be long before they could seize the positions of the German troops and develop further in depth. ”

"Comrade Oshanina, I have just spoken on the phone with the commanders of friendly forces, and according to them, the progress of the units is going very smoothly. Since most of the troops of our group army are currently reduced in strength and unable to launch a decent attack on the enemy, we have no choice but to hand over this important task to your division. Again, whichever unit is the first to storm the city of Gorodishe, I will name the battalion after its commander, and I ask you to convey my words to the fighters. ”

Hearing Chuikov's old words again, I hurriedly expressed my attitude to him: "Please rest assured, commander, I will definitely convey your words to every commander and fighter." ”

When I finished the call with Chuikov, I turned around and instructed Akhromeyev: "Chief of Staff, please get in touch with the regiments immediately and repeat what the commander said last night: Whichever unit rushes into the city of Gorodishe first, then the order will be given in the name of the battalion commander." ”

As soon as I finished speaking, Kirillov and Bandereev cheered from the lookout: "Great, really wonderful, our commanders and fighters have taken the forward positions of the German army." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Biquge www.biquge.info to vote for recommendations and monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )。