Kisley guessed that this person might be the person he was looking for, so he first revealed his identity to relieve the other party of his guard: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Kisley, deputy commander of the 187th Regiment of the 45th Division. You are in our defense zone at this moment. What's your name?"
"I am Lieutenant Ivanov." The man in a white shirt replied weakly: "I am a company commander of the 114th Regiment of the 41st Division of the Guards."
Hearing the other party say that his name was Ivanov and the same name as the person he was looking for, the soldiers around him all breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that his mission had been completed. However, out of caution, Kisley continued to ask: "Your defense zone is south of the factory, how could you appear here?"
"We were ordered to blow up the highway bridge. Because the enemy's firepower was too strong, we could not approach the bridge deck from the ground." Lieutenant Ivanov explained weakly: "The battalion commander thought of a way, which was to put the explosives into the gasoline barrel and floated down the water to the bottom of the highway bridge to detonate..."
After Ivanov finished speaking, Kisley confirmed that he was the one he was looking for, so he looked up and said to the soldiers standing around him, "What are you still doing? Why don't you carry the stretcher over quickly and send Lieutenant Ivanov to the division field hospital."
"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," when Ivanov was carried onto a stretcher by the soldiers, he suddenly remembered something and immediately begged to Kisley: "Please inform my troops that I have been washed downstream by the river." The purpose of his doing this was to worry that the division would treat him as a missing person, which would be detrimental to his future.
"Don't worry, Comrade Lieutenant." Kisley saw the other party's concern and explained to him with a smile: "Your division commander called us and asked us to help find your whereabouts. Once I return to the field hospital, I will immediately report the news of finding you to my superiors."
Kisley's words relieved Ivanov, so he lay on the stretcher with peace of mind and allowed the friendly soldiers to carry him to the field hospital northeast of the factory.
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After learning that the three highway bridges leading to the factory had all been blown up, Cuirov discussed with Kreilov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the highway bridges leading to the factory are now blown up by our soldiers. That is to say, in a short time, the Germans cannot send more tanks or assault guns into the factory, and we can use this precious time to kill all the tanks and assault guns entering the factory."
Krelov did not object to Cuikov's plan, but asked carefully: "Which army do you think you should hand over this task to complete?"
"Call Bere," Cuikov thought for a while and said to Krelov: "After this period of battle, his tank brigade was almost lost, and the remaining few were buried in the ground as fixed fire points. I think he should have enough power in his hands to complete this glorious mission."
"I think it's OK." Krelov immediately agreed with Cuikov's proposal: "I will call Colonel Bere immediately and assign him combat missions."
When Bereh received the call, he immediately rushed over from his command center. After saluting Trikov and Krelov, he asked respectfully: "Commander, Chief of Staff, you call me over, do you have any combat missions?"
After looking at each other, Cuikov and Krelov turned to face Bere and said, "Comrade Colonel, I call you here today. There is indeed an important task to be handed over to you."
Bere stayed in the Derrensky factory for a while, and he was very clear about the situation in the factory. In order to prevent the two superiors from assigning unfinished tasks to themselves, he felt it was necessary to give them vaccinations in advance: "Two leaders, after the battle of our brigade during this period, except for four tanks with broken tracks and buried underground to serve as fixed fire points, there are no more tanks. If you want me to launch a counterattack against the enemy, I can only tell you regretfully: I'm sorry, I can't do it!"
"Don't worry, Colonel Bie Lei." After hearing Bie Lei's complaints, Cui Kefu smiled and said to him: "I know there are no tanks available in your hands. I call you here today, not to lead the tank troops to counterattack the enemy, but to ask you to send someone to destroy the enemy tanks in the factory."
Be Lei looked at Cui Kefu in surprise and said, "Comrade Commander, my troops do not have long-range anti-tank weapons, either anti-tank guns or anti-tank rifles. If you want us to destroy the German tanks in the factory, we may be able to destroy the entire army."
"Col. Bere, you may not understand the situation yet." Seeing that Berere obviously did not understand what he meant, Cuikov turned to Krelov and said, "Chief of Staff, please introduce him to the situation."
Krelov nodded, called Bere to the map, pointed to the location of Derzhinsky's factory, and said to him: "Comrade Colonel, you can see from the map that Derzhinsky's north, west and south are surrounded by water on three sides. If the enemy's tanks want to rush into the factory, they must use the road bridge on the river to rush into the factory."
"Yes, that's it." After Krelov finished speaking, he nodded slightly and asked in confusion: "But what does this have to do with the tanks that let us destroy the enemy?"
"You have been in the factory area recently. You should know that the German army occupied most of the factory under the cover of tanks and assault guns, greatly compressing the existing defense zone of our army." Krelov pointed to the map with a red and blue pencil and continued to say, "In order to change the unfavorable situation of our army in the factory, we adopted Colonel Sokov's suggestion, which was to send troops to blow up all road bridges. In this way, the enemy's technical equipment and logistics supplies could no longer be sent to the factory. The tanks and assault guns that rushed into the factory during the day, after almost a day of tossing, both ammunition and fuel were short. We only need to send a small force to eliminate these tanks and assault guns that were stuck."
"So that's how it is." When Bere heard that Sokov was giving advice again, he felt inexplicably at ease. He had worked with Sokov for a while, and he knew what the other party's ability was. He even felt that no matter how the situation was against him, as soon as Sokov came on his horse, he could immediately turn decay into magic and turn the situation around in time. At this moment, he learned that the German tanks and assault guns in the factory had become lambs to be slaughtered due to lack of fuel and ammunition: "Commander, Chief of Staff, please allow me to return to the army immediately and draw personnel to complete this task."
"Don't worry, don't Colonel Lei." Cui Kefu said with a smile: "When it's dark, send someone to touch the enemy's tanks or assault guns and kill them with a mooring bottle. If you're lucky, maybe your troops can still achieve zero casualties."
"Comrade Colonel," Krelov asked with interest after handing a cigarette to Bie Lei: "Which company do you plan to send to carry out this task?"
Bere took the cigarette and held it in his mouth. He did not rush to light it. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I plan to let Lieutenant Alitai, the third company commander, perform this task." Seeing Cui Kov handing over the ignition matches, he lit the cigarette with the help of the flames, and then said, "This lieutenant is Misha's old subordinate, who was temporarily seconded to me. I think it is very appropriate for him to complete this task."
"Oh, it's Sokov's old subordinate?!" Krelov said in surprise: "In this way, he must be very familiar with Sokov's tactics. If he leads his team to attack, he will definitely achieve good results."
After taking two puffs of cigarettes, Bere couldn't help but sigh and said to Cui Kefu: "Comrade Commander, almost all the tanks in our brigade have been reimbursed. How great would it be if these German tanks and assault guns could be seized."
"Even if it can be seized, it will be useless." Cuikov shook his head and said, "We can solve the fuel used by tanks and assault guns; but what about the ammunition they need? If there is no ammunition, these tanks and assault guns are a pile of scrap iron. Therefore, you must destroy all the tanks and assault guns during sneak attacks, and you must not let the Germans use it again. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Bi Lei threw the cigarette butt on the ground, straightened his body and replied, "Comrade Commander, are you allowed to go back to the army?"
"Go and go." Cui Kefu nodded and said to him with a smile: "I wish you good luck!"
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Back at the station of the Tank Brigade, Bere immediately ordered someone to call Lieutenant Alitai and said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant, I have an important task to you. I wonder if you have the confidence to complete it?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Alitai replied respectfully, "As long as I have a breath, I will ensure that I complete the tasks you have assigned me."
"I just came back from the headquarters. The commander gave us an important task to blow up all German tanks and assault guns in the factory tonight." Berrey looked at Alitai and said, "I decided to hand over this glorious and arduous task to your company to complete."
"Comrade Brigade Commander." Alitai and Bere said, and replied cautiously: "According to my observation, although the German army had only a dozen tanks and assault guns in the factory, they were scattered in several places, and there were a large number of infantry. It would be difficult to blow them all up."
"The people I trust most in the entire brigade are you and your subordinates." Berley felt that it was necessary to wear a high hat to Alitai and the others willingly perform this task: "When it comes to sneak attacks on the enemy, I am afraid that no one in the army can compare to Colonel Sokov. You are all his subordinates, and I believe that it is the most appropriate to sneak attacks on the enemy."
"Comrade Brigade Commander." Seeing that Believe putting such a high hat on himself, Alitai was really amused and crying. But the order is an order. Since the superior has deployed the task for him, he can only execute it unconditionally. However, in order to better complete the task, he felt that he should still make some requirements: "Can I make a few requirements?"
"What are the requirements?" Belle said rationally: "As long as it is within my ability, I will definitely agree."
"The enemy's tanks and assault guns are scattered in six areas," Alitai hid in the ruins during the day and carefully observed the movements of the enemy's tanks and assault guns. Therefore, he had to carry out sneak attacks. He also knew where the opponent's location was. However, his current staff was insufficient, and he had to attack so many targets at the same time, but he was unable to achieve the strength: "I only have more than twenty people under my command. If I want to attack so many targets at the same time, I'm afraid you need to send me additional personnel."
He was afraid that Bo Lei would disagree, and he emphasized specifically: "If you don't increase my manpower, we can only carry out sneak attacks one target after another. But as long as the Germans are attacked, there will be guarding other places, which will lead to our sneak attacks becoming strong attacks. Not to mention where tanks and assault guns are parked, there are so many infantry, even if there are no infantry, the machine guns in the tank will be enough to smash our sneak attacks."
"The tanks and assault guns you went to sneak attack have consumed almost all the ammunition and fuel after the daylight." Berre explained to Alitai: "They are almost a pile of scrap iron. You just need to concentrate your efforts against the German infantry."
Not to mention Alitai's level, I don't know that the highway bridge outside the factory had been blown up. Even Colonel Bere, it was only when he was explaining his mission to him that the highway bridge was blown up. Alitai said carefully: "Comrade Brigade Commander, the ammunition and fuel of the German tanks and assault guns will be consumed during the day, but when it gets dark, their logistics supplies will be continuously transported into the factory..."
"The Germans will not have any logistics supply." Beret waved his hand and said, "The comrades of the 37th Guards and the 45th Infantry Division destroyed the highway bridges on the rivers outside the factory during the day, and the enemy's supplies could not be transported in. In other words, the tanks and assault guns in the factory have become a pile of scrap iron due to lack of fuel and ammunition. When you go to sneak attack, you only need a molten bottle to completely destroy them. On the contrary, your main energy is to deal with the enemy's infantry."
When Alitai learned that he was blowing up the tank, he mainly had to deal with German infantry, and once again asked Bere: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I beg you again to send you more personnel to ensure the success of the sneak attack."
Seeing that Alitai proposed to send more personnel again, Bo Lei was not angry, but asked calmly: "Comrade Lieutenant, how many personnel do you think I have given you to carry out sneak attacks on the areas where tanks and assault guns are parked in the factory at the same time?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, I plan to use seven people as a combat team. To sneak attacks six areas at the same time, forty-two people are needed." Alitai said to Believe his fingers: "Now I have only about twenty people under my command, and you need to add twenty people to me to complete the compilation of the six combat teams."
Chapter completed!