Unfortunately, neither Baharov nor the chief of staff of the army had ever read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so they naturally did not know the empty city plan. The German army on their front had long become the last of its strength, and their troops and equipment had been almost exhausted in the battles with the tank army.

When two regiments sent by Sokov launched an attack from the southeast of the German defense zone, the German commander quickly mobilized the remaining troops to intercept. In order to prevent Baharov's tank army from taking the opportunity to launch an attack, the German commander set up an empty city plan, using less than one company of infantry, five or six faulty tanks, plus hundreds of soldiers' corpses, formed a confusion formation.

It has to be said that the German commander's move was quite clever. When the 170th Tank Brigade launched an attack, the tanks acting as fixed turrets fired a few shots, and the soldiers who stayed in the trenches fired a few shots, and they frightened the Soviet tanks. They were afraid that the Germans would have any conspiracy, so they could only stop in a distance and stand by, and dared not move forward easily.

The Chief of Staff heard the question raised by Baharov, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Comrade Commander, I don't know what's going on." However, he made a suggestion to Baharov, "Or, let's send a telegram to General Sokov to tell him the situation here and see what he said."

"Good way." Although Baharov had never seen Sokov, he also heard that the other party had many ideas about war. He told him the strange things he encountered. He might be able to give him advice. Thinking of this, he nodded and said to the Chief of Staff: "Chief of Staff, then please send a telegram to General Sokov as soon as possible to seek his opinion."

Sokov received a telegram from the tank army. After carefully browsing the above content, his pupils couldn't help but shrink violently and his blood pressure suddenly rose: Hell, the German commander actually knew how to do empty city plans and use the main force to block the attack of his troops; and on the side of the tank army, he was setting up a suspicion array, which scared Baharov's tank army to not move. He even began to doubt whether the German commander was like him and was also a time traveler from later generations. If this was the case, it would be lively.

"Comrade Commander," Colonel Shechtman, who was standing beside him, saw Sokov staring at the telegram he had just received, but his face was gloomy and gloomy. He didn't know what had happened, and he asked with concern: "What happened?"

"The enemy made a conspiracy, which scared the Tank Army so hard that they dared not move." Considering that Shechtman certainly did not know what an empty city plan was, Sokov took a map, pointed to the combat area above, and explained to him: "Your two regiments are attacking the German army here. In order to block your attack, the German commander should transfer his main forces to the road of your attack. And on the direction of the Tank Army side, their troops became extremely weak. In order to prevent the Tank Army from taking the opportunity to launch an attack, the enemy used the cover of the night to fill the trenches, which gave the Tank Army an illusion that it was a heavy guard..."

"If the trenches were full of corpses pretending to be soldiers, the tank army could find out once they attacked, and the dead would not fire." Colonel Shechtman asked in confusion: "I don't understand, how could they be scared by the enemy?"

"Comrade Colonel," Sokov asked instead of answering the question immediately, "What would you do if you command your troops at night and attack the enemy's positions but there were only sporadic resistance on the enemy's positions?"

After hearing Sokov's question, Colonel Shechtmann thought for a long time and said in an uncertain tone: "If this happens, I will definitely think, how can the resistance on the enemy's position be so weak? Have they set up some traps for us to drill?"

"You are right. If it is during the day, the tank army may organize a force to conduct a tentative attack. But at night," Sokov saw that Shechtman had guessed the truth, and continued: "Because of limited visibility, even if the enemy has any arrangements, it cannot be discovered in time. In this case, a cautious commander will order the troops to stop the attack and send people to reconnaissance. After clarifying the specific situation, decide whether to launch a new attack."

Colonel Shechtmann understood that the German army was bluffing, but he was puzzled by the German army's actions: "Comrade Commander, I don't understand why the Germans did this? You must know that even if they can temporarily confuse our army, as long as there are scouts, they will be able to figure out the truth soon. Wouldn't their deployment be vain?"

"Even if you send a scout, it will probably take several hours to figure out what happened." Sokov explained to Shechtman: "When the scouts figured out the situation and reported it to their superiors, the German army might have repelled our attack and transferred their main force back to the north from the south. In this way, the tank army that hastily launched the attack may suffer a great loss."

After Sokov finished speaking, she thought about it carefully and it seemed that this was the case. According to the tradition of the Soviet army, once the attack failed, it would take at least three or four hours to rest before launching a new attack in the same area. The German army could use this time difference to redirect the troops used for defense on the southern line to the northern line to block the Tank Army's attack. As for the Tank Army, it might be that because of the information reported by the scouts, they would underestimate the enemy and would suffer a great loss.

"What should we do?" Shechtman asked Sokov cautiously: "Would we remind them?"

"Comrade Colonel, ask the radio operator to call the tank army immediately." Sokov ordered: "Just say that the enemy has set up a maze, their main forces have been transferred to the south to block our attack. Please ask the tank army to launch an attack with confidence and boldness." After saying this, Sokov thought about it again and added: "Send another telegram to the two regiment commanders, telling them that if the attack is frustrated, they will temporarily retreat and rest. After hearing the fierce sound of gunfires in the north, launch a new attack."

Shechtmann only took a moment to understand his intention to Sokov's order: "Comrade Commander, I understand what you mean. If gunfire sounds come from the north, it proves that the German army has re-entered their main force to block the tank army, then the forces on their southern positions will become weak. If we launch an attack at this time, we can easily break through the enemy's defense line and attack the enemy with the tank army's troops."

"That's right, that's what it means." Sokov nodded slightly and ordered Shechtman: "Col. Please inform the radio operator quickly. We don't have much time left."

Just after sending the phone number to the two regiments on the left, the right wing called Colonel Shechtmann, who launched an attack on the armoured grenade regiment of the Skeleton Division, and reported to him: "Comrade Commander, our regiment has successfully broken through the German defense. Please indicate the next task."

Colonel Shechtmann held the microphone without speaking, but cast a look at Sokov beside him for help, hoping to hear new instructions from him.

Seeing that the other party turned his eyes to him, Sokov understood what he meant and quickly issued a new order: "After ordering them to defeat the enemy, drive them to the position of the Flag Guard Division, and then they follow and chase after him."

"Comrade Commander," Colonel Shechtmann's eyes lit up when he heard Sokov's order. He knew that if he really followed the defeated Skeleton Division and advanced to the position of the Flag Guard Division, the defenders of the Flag Guard Division were too dark, and when they saw a group of people coming over, it was difficult to distinguish between the enemy and me, they would definitely not dare to fire easily. His own troops could break through the enemy's defense without a single shot and one bullet, and quickly replied: "I will convey your order immediately."

After about half an hour, Baharov sent a telegram to Sokov again, which read: General Sokov, after receiving your telegram, I immediately put all my troops into the attack. Now, my troops have broken through the German defense line without any casualties and are moving towards depth. Please inform your officers and soldiers to pay attention to night identification so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Sokov did not expect that Baharov was so courageous. With his own telegram, he dared to order the entire army to attack the German defense line at the same time. But this would be fine. The tank army that was put into battle would become the last straw that defeated the camels. The German army near the October Farm would probably be destroyed before dawn.

He handed the telegram in his hand to Shechtmann and said to him: "Comrade Colonel, send a telegram to the commander of the left wing, saying that the tank army opposite had launched a comprehensive counterattack against the German army, and asked them to pay attention to the recognition at night so as not to misunderstand."

Colonel Shechtman ordered his radio operator to send a message to the two regiment commanders on the left, and asked Sokov cautiously: "Comrade Commander, do you think we can destroy the Skeleton Division?" Although judging from the current progress of the battle, everything is developing in a direction that is beneficial to him, Shechtman is still uneasy. After all, with the strength of the Skeleton Division, he can deal with a group of Soviet troops. Now his own division has defeated the other side, which is like a fantasy.

"Comrade Colonel, it is indeed easy for us to defeat the Skeleton Division. This is related to some of the preparations we did in the early stage." After Sokov said this, he saw Shechtmann's confused look and explained to him: "The Guards Tank Army and the troops deployed in the middle are constantly attacking the German transportation lines, resulting in the interruption of the supply of the Skeleton Division. I believe they are now facing the situation of exhausting ammunition and food. In this case, if they cannot defeat them, your troops will have to be transferred to the rear for retraining."

"Comrade Commander, please rest assured." Shekhtmann couldn't help panic when he heard Sokov say this: "I promise you that my troops will destroy the German troops near the October Farm before dawn."

The German army near October Farm was attacked by the 354th Division and the Tank Army, and could only shrink the defense line step by step. The German commander never dreamed that the strategy he had come up with was discovered by the Russians in such a short time. Facing the Russians who were pressing over from both directions at the same time, he had no intention of fighting any further, so he changed into the uniforms of ordinary soldiers in his command post to facilitate the escape when the situation was dangerous.

The battle was at 2 a.m., when the Soviet troops attacked from two different directions had successfully joined forces, surrounding the remaining Germans in a narrow area. With a second assault, they could be completely wiped out.

The news of victory was immediately transmitted to Sokov and Rotmistrov by telegram. Seeing the battle report of the 18th Tank Army, the chief of staff of the army tentatively asked Rotmistrov: "Comrade Commander, this is an amazing victory. Do we need to report to General Vatujing immediately?"

"No," Rotmistrov shook his head and said, "For this victory, we are not qualified to report in front of Comrade Sokov."

Seeing his chief of staff with a question mark on his face, Rotmistrov asked again: "Chief of staff, I'll ask you, if Comrade Sokov's troops did not cooperate, could our tank army destroy the enemies near the October Farm?"

The Chief of Staff only thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "General Baharov's troops have occupied the farm for more than two days, but they were blocked by the German army. Although they fought several fierce battles, they could not expand the occupied area."

"You are right." Rotmistrov echoed the Chief of Staff's statement and continued: "If Sokov's troops were not taking the initiative to attack the enemy tonight, I am afraid that after dawn, our tank army would have to engage in a cruel positional battle with the enemy. It is still an unknown time to break through the German defense."

"You are right, Comrade Commander." Since Rotmistrov has already said this, if the Chief of Staff insists on taking the lead in reporting to Vatujing, he will be very ignorant. He hurriedly said: "General Sokov should be asked to report this exciting result to General Vatujing first."

As for Sokov, he was focusing on the battle near the 252.2 highlands, and he did not expect that the enemy near the farm should be destroyed. He reported to Vatutin, who was anxiously waiting in the Front Command. He was giving instructions to Shechtman: "Comrade Colonel, concentrate all the artillery fire of the artillery regiment and bombard those enemies who are still stuck in the trenches. They must drive them out of the trenches in the shortest time.
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