Red Moscow

  Chapter 2071

  The Polish soldiers, who were suppressed by the German firepower and immobilized next to the building, immediately cheered when they saw the Soviet tanks arriving.

  The new Soviet tanks were parked on the street, observing the firepower points ahead. After confirming the position of the German firepower point, he began to slowly rotate the turret, and then the tank body shook suddenly, and a high-explosive bomb came out of the chamber and flew directly to the position of the German firepower point.

  Destroyed the German firepower point, the Soviet tanks continued to drive forward along the street, and the Polish soldiers hiding behind the ruined walls also rushed out of their hiding places and rushed forward behind the tanks.

  When the tankers rushing to the front could already see the iron frame of the Lazienki Bridge clearly through the lookout, a group of strange tanks suddenly appeared in front of them. Strange to say, this kind of tank is only more than half a meter high, and the speed is not fast, they are coming along the street at the moment.

The strange tank seen by Soviet tankers is a Goliath remote control bomb that represents Germany's developed military industry and technological level. This bomb uses a body shape of 150 cm long, 85 cm wide, and 56 cm high to quickly shuttle around battlefield. Then after arriving at the enemy tank or fortification, use the remote control to detonate the remote control tank and blow up the target.

Seeing the strange tank rushing over, the Soviet tank crew wanted to destroy it with a tank gun, but the opponent was too small, and the Soviet tank also had a problem with shooting, that is, the elevation angle was large, and it could even be used as an anti-aircraft gun; but the depression angle Too small, at such a short distance, it is impossible to destroy a target that is only half a meter high.

   There is no way, they can only use machine guns to shoot, hoping that the dense bullets can destroy this strange tank. But the bullets jingled on this small tank, but they couldn't penetrate its armor, and couldn't stop it from approaching its own tank.

  After the small German tank approached the Soviet tank, the German soldiers in the distance detonated it without hesitation. Amidst the huge explosion, the Soviet tank was blown into a ball of fire, and the Polish infantry who followed were also cut down by the flying shrapnel, and there were endless screams for a while.

  The offensive troops that had already approached the Łazienki Bridge were attacked by several small German tanks. As a result, the attack failed and they had to retreat in despair.

After Galitsky saw the setback in the attack, he immediately reported the situation to General Bellinger, and finally said: "Comrade commander, the small German tanks are too powerful. After they rushed into our offensive line, they immediately It detonated and destroyed our army's tanks, and also blew up the infantry who followed the tanks."

Galitsky's report made Bellinger aware of the seriousness of the problem, so he quickly called Rokossovsky and reported to Roko in detail about the setback of his troops' offensive and some things that happened on the battlefield. Sovsky reported.

   After listening to the other party's report, Rokossovsky thought for a moment, and then told the other party: "General Bellinger, since the attack is not going well, stop first and let the commanders sum up the reasons for the failure of the attack."

  After putting down the phone, Rokossovsky wrote down the situation reported by Bellinger on a piece of paper and looked at it carefully. Seeing this, Ma Lining hurried over and asked curiously, "Comrade Commander, what are you looking at?"

"Here, Chief of Staff, look." Rokossovsky pointed to something recorded on the paper, and said to Malinin: "General Bellinger reported that one of our army's tanks was in the process of driving, and suddenly After stopping, the Polish soldiers following the tank did not see that the tank was shot. When they opened the top hatch of the tank to check, they found that all the crew members in the tank had died. After some inspection, they found on the side of the tank A small hole was made, which should be the location where the tank was shot..."

Hearing this, Ma Linin couldn't help interrupting what Rokossovsky said later: "Comrade Commander, didn't you say that the Polish soldiers who followed the tank did not see the tank being shot, and the side of the tank How could there be a bullet hole, and how did the occupants of the tank die?"

  Malinin's series of questions made Rokossovsky smile again and again: "Comrade Chief of Staff, this is exactly what I want to find out."

   Seeing that Rokossovsky could not figure out the reason, Ma Linin cautiously suggested: "Comrade Commander, I think you can ask Sokov, maybe he can figure out what happened."

   Regarding Ma Linin's suggestion, Rokossovsky felt that he could try it. Although he couldn't think of what he would like to do, he might be able to figure out what was going on by brainstorming.

  At the same time, in the 48th Army Headquarters, Sokov was being entangled by Tolstikov, the commander of the 1st Guards Division, who asked Sokov to give their division an order to attack Warsaw.

"Comrade Commander." Faced with Tolstikov's request, Sokov could only politely refuse: "The task given to our army by the superior is to switch to defense on the spot and take the time to rest. As for the task of attacking Warsaw , that is the task of friendly forces."

   "Comrade Commander, we are the 1st Guards Division." Tolstikov said to Sokov: "Even if other troops are resting, we should be assigned combat tasks."

  Ponedelin on the side laughed after hearing this: "General Tolstikov, I really didn't expect that the group army gave you an order to rest on the spot, but you still can't stay idle."

   "Comrade Deputy Commander," Tolstikov immediately retorted after hearing what Ponejielin said: "After our division has been replenished, the fighting enthusiasm of the commanders and fighters is particularly high, and they are ready to fight at any time."

"Okay, Comrade Commander." Sokov didn't want to talk to the other party anymore, so he said bluntly: "Don't you know that you must obey the orders of your superiors? Since we have issued an order to rest and recuperate all the troops belonging to the group army, then What you need to do next is to take the time to rest. Only when you have enough energy can you achieve more brilliant results in the next stage of the battle."

"Comrade Commander," Tolstikov said with a playful smile, although Sokov had already made his words very clear: "Orders are dead, but people are alive. You can't give our division a special arrangement." Is it a combat mission?"

"no!"

  Hearing Sokov say no, Tolstikov took out a square-folded piece of paper from his coat pocket, and slowly opened it.

  Sokov thought it was the letter of invitation from the soldiers, so he asked casually: "Comrade commander, what are you holding? Is it the letter of invitation from the soldiers?"

   "No, Comrade Commander." Unexpectedly, Tolstikov shook his head and said, "This is an announcement issued when the Supreme Command awarded us the honorary title of Guards Division."

Hearing that the Supreme Command made an announcement when it awarded the honorary title to the Guards Division, Sidolin couldn't help but reach out and take the announcement in Tolstikov's hand, and began to read aloud: "...the 100th, 127th, 153rd Infantry He and the 161st Division performed bravely, tenaciously and well-organized in many battles to defend the Soviet motherland and fight against the Communist bandits. Under difficult combat conditions, these divisions severely damaged the Communist German Army more than once and defeated the enemy Terrified, he fled in embarrassment.

Why can these infantry divisions of ours successfully attack the enemy and force the arrogant German army to retreat steadily? The reasons are: first, they do not advance blindly and recklessly in the offensive, but The front has made careful reconnaissance, carefully prepared, found out the enemy's weak points, and strengthened the vigilance of the two wings.

  Secondly, after breaking through the enemy's front, they did not just advance straight forward, but charged towards the enemy's shallow rear and the left and right sides of the breakthrough, trying to expand the breakthrough.

  Third, after they seized the area occupied by the enemy, they immediately consolidated the acquired area, built fortifications in new locations, and at the same time strengthened night security, and sent powerful reconnaissance to the front to find out the situation of the retreating enemy again.

Fourth, after occupying a defensive position, they do not defend passively, but actively defend... Instead of waiting for the enemy to attack and advance, they actively turn to counterattack to find out the enemy's weak points and improve their own positions. Let the regiments be tempered in the process of counterattack and prepare for the attack.

  Fifth, when the enemy's offensive pressure is high. They systematically responded with surprises to the enemy's surprises.

  Finally, the division commanders and political commissars of these divisions are brave and strict leaders who are good at urging subordinates to carry out orders, and can boldly punish those who disobey orders and violate discipline. "

After Sidolin finished reading the announcement, Tolstikov said complacently: "Comrade Commander, have you heard it all? They are brave and strict commanders. Although they no longer serve as commanders of the Guards Division, as their successors, how can we discredit our predecessors? It is precisely because of this that I went to the Army Group Headquarters, I just want to ask you to issue a special combat order for us, so as not to shame the flag of the Guards Division."

   Seeing Tolstikov speak so forcefully, Sokov really couldn't laugh or cry. If you want to criticize the other party, he came to the headquarters specifically to request a combat mission, and he is not passively avoiding the battle, so even if you want to criticize, you can't do it.

   Just when Sokov was in a dilemma, Sidolin answered a phone call, and then shouted at Sokov: "Comrade Commander, your call is from Comrade Marshal."

Tolstikov, who was still stalking Sokov, heard that Rokossovsky called Sokov, so he became more honest and restrained, and let Sokov pick him up obediently. Telephone.

   "Hello, Comrade Marshal." Sokov asked respectfully, "Do you have any instructions?"

   "Misha, when the troops of the Polish 1st Army attacked Warsaw today, they encountered two strange things." Rokossowski said on the phone: "You help me analyze and find out what's going on."

   "Please tell me!"

Rokossowski told Sokov in detail how the 3rd Polish Division encountered Soviet tanks that were destroyed inexplicably and encountered small German tanks during the offensive, and finally said: "Misha, What do you think is going on?"

   These two things may be a headache for Rokossovsky and others, but for Sokov, they are nothing more than ordinary things. After Rokossovsky finished speaking, he said: "Let's first talk about the fact that our tank was suddenly destroyed by anti-tank fire while driving. As far as I know, the Germans have developed a new What is the name of the anti-tank weapon, Iron Fist? It is similar to our rocket launcher, and it is specially used to deal with tanks."

"What, the anti-tank weapon called Iron Fist is similar in shape to the bazooka used by our army?" Rokossovsky urged while recording what Sokov said in his notebook, "Go on. "

"This anti-tank weapon is disposable, and its range is limited, only about 30 meters." Sokov continued: "I guess the German anti-tank fighters hid on the side of the road, taking advantage of our tanks coming from his When passing by, the armor-piercing projectiles were fired secretly. If the tanks were accompanied by infantry on the left and right sides, the enemy would not dare to fire such anti-tank armor-piercing projectiles at the tanks at such a short distance, and it could also prevent some tanks from suffering unnecessary losses. "

"As for the small tank, I have heard of it. It is a remote-controlled bomb vehicle of the Germans, which is specially used to deal with our army's tanks or fortifications. However, this small tank has strict requirements on the terrain. If the ground is uneven or there are many obstacles, they will not be able to drive normally at all, and they will not be able to achieve the effect of attack."

   Rokossovsky asked some more details before hanging up the phone.

  As soon as Sokov put down the phone, Tolstikov came over and said to Sokov with a playful smile: "Comrade Commander, what do you think I should do about what I just said?"

   "Chief of Staff," Sokov ignored him, but turned to ask Sidolin: "Is there any movement from the enemy in the north of our army defense area?"

   "They are building fortifications, and it seems that they intend to confront our army." Sidolin replied: "There is no sign of attack."

   "Comrade commander, have you heard everything?" Sokov turned to Tolstikov and said, "The enemy is laying out fortifications. Do you think you can break through the German defense with the strength of a single division?"

Although Tolstikov was eager to fight, he also had self-knowledge. When he heard Sokov's question, he immediately shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, it's okay if it's a small fight. Let me go with a division. Breaking through the German defenses was simply an impossible task."

"Since you can't break through the German defense, then stay in your defense zone honestly." Sokov said with a smile: "Don't think about it all day long, anyway, you think too much. In a short time, we will Nor will it attack the Germans."

Seeing the disappointment on Tolstikov's face, Sokov quickly added: "Comrade commander, although we do not take the initiative to attack the German army, we cannot guarantee that the enemy will not attack us. So you go back to your unit Finally, we still need to hurry up and build fortifications, I think we will stay in the area we control now for a long time."

Sidolin couldn't help being taken aback when he heard what Sokov said, and then asked: "Comrade Commander, aren't the troops of the 2nd Tank Army and the 1st Polish Army attacking Warsaw? Also, General Cuikov's near The Eighth Guards Army has now established a landing field south of Warsaw, and if we attack from two directions at the same time, I believe it will not take long for our army to capture Warsaw from the Germans."

  (end of this chapter)