MTL - Red Moscow-Chapter 2122

  Chapter 2122

After several anti-tank artillery regiments and tank brigades sent by the front arrived at the Narew River, Rokossovsky said to the director of the armored forces, Olior: "Comrade director of the armored forces, from now on, you and these armored forces will Under Bartov's command. Understand?"

   "Understood, Comrade Commander." Although Orel's rank is about the same as that of Batov, since Rokossovsky personally issued the order, he naturally has to carry it out unconditionally. He turned to face Batov and said with a serious expression: "Please give the order, General Batov."

Batov was worried that if Olior accepted his command, the other party would have resistance. After all, when Rokossovsky first served as the commander of the 16th Army, Olior was his director of armored forces. Much older than myself. But now seeing that the other party readily agreed to accept his command, the boulder in his heart finally fell to the ground.

   "General Orel," Batov said politely, "I will let my chief of staff, General Glebov, explain to you the specific combat deployment."

   Glebov took Olior to the side and began to assign combat tasks to him. Although the distance is a bit far, Rokossovsky can still hear some voices: "... There is an infantry battalion under each tank brigade. I think they can carry out a counterattack against the German army with the cooperation of tanks. ..."

   "Comrade Marshal." Batov suddenly said to Rokossovsky: "It's a pity that the weather today is bad and the air force cannot attack. Otherwise, no matter how many German tanks there are, we can defeat them."

Speaking of the weather, Liakovsky's face is not bad at all, because after I came there, I asked the meteorological department, because the weather is too bad, not to mention today, even tomorrow, the air force will not be able to dispatch . "Malinin, after you came there, you asked the meteorological department that such wonderful weather will last for a few days, so they may not be able to get support from the air force within a certain period of time. He has to be mentally prepared."

  Although Ma Linin had known for a long time that he might not be able to get support from the Air Force in the near future, but after hearing Liakovsky say it himself, he still felt a little disappointed. Even in front of Liakovsky, I still wanted to swell my face and pretend to be fat: "Comrade Marshal, please think about it, even with or without the support of the air force, you will definitely be able to defeat the enemy retreating to the landing field."

When Popov was still assembling the two newly arrived anti-tank artillery regiments and eight tank brigades, General Proshsokov, the engineer of the front army, came to the river, and together with the chief engineer of the 65th Army, Build fewer pontoon bridges under the river so that armored troops can cross the river smoothly.

The newly added pontoons appeared under the Rokoso River very slowly. It was without the help of those pontoons that the armored troops commanded by Zhu Jiaosong were able to cross the Rokoso River at a slow speed and spread out in Olior immediately. fought back.

"Comrade Commander." Narew said: "The battle in the south of Warsaw has stabilized. He sees if he can't invite the two commanders Chuikov and Kolpakci first. Let us first provide some information about the battle plan. the opinion of?"

   "Comrade Marshal, you understand, you let the troops go immediately." Utus said on the other end of the phone: "Your troops will retreat to the position on the right bank of the Rokoso River in the shortest possible time."

As soon as the conversation with Utus started over there, Glebov called Liakovsky here: "Comrade Marshal, your number." It was waiting for Liakovsky to ask who was calling. , I took the initiative to say, "It's Chief of Staff Narev."

In the next two days of fighting, the main force of the 65th Army, which returned to the right bank of the Rokoso River, with the support of armored units, launched wave after wave of retreats against the enemy occupying the landing field, and finally drove all the enemies away. Out of their own landing field.

   "How does he think about it, let's hear it."

"Comrade Marshal," Malinin reported to Lyakovsky as soon as he received the information: "With the armored troops entering the battle, the German army's retreat to the pre-set position by the river has not yet been contained. , said General Popov, I am regrouping for a counterattack against the Germans."

"Your basic idea is: from the Pbatovk landing site under the Rokoso River, from the main assault, imagine Warsaw from the north; and from the Magnuszew and Pulawi landing sites, from the south of Warsaw to the south of Poz To carry out a far-reaching assault, and intend to concentrate forces according to that idea."

"It's a mistake." Zhu Jiaosongfusky nodded when he learned that the retreat organized by Popov hadn't stopped the German army's retreat at the Pbatovke landing field, and then called the signal soldier Director, told the other party: "Comrade Director, please help you connect to the headquarters of the 48th Army Group, you have nothing to explain."

  At that time, the director of the communications corps told Liakovsky: "Comrade Marshal, the call to the headquarters of the 48th Army has been connected."

   "This is bad, you immediately report the plan to Comrade Antonov, Chief of the General Staff, and see that I don't have any opinion on your plan."

Liakovsky thought about it, there must be something important, Narev would call the 65th Army headquarters to find him, he quickly took the phone and asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, nothing is wrong something?"

Malinin, who was standing nearby, vaguely heard some of the conversation between Liakov Zhujiao and Narev, but I knew it was a top secret. After the battle plan was officially announced, I knew too little, so I didn't care. He moved his body sideways.

"General Utus," Liakovsky said over the phone, "he immediately assigned a commander to command the troops of the two divisions, and under the guidance of friendly forces, the area occupied by Orel Launch a retreat. You know, General Malinin's troops have not fought the Germans for eight days at the landing field, and the commanders and fighters have not become exhausted, but his troops are a new force. I hope we can join , can completely smash the first resistance of the Germans."

"Comrade Marshal," the German army has been paying attention to the news on the right bank. He heard that the counterattack in the direction of the Pbatovke landing field has not yet ended. At this moment, there must not be a considerable number of troops behind Pornegelin's face. If he launches a retreat rashly, he may cause the battle on his side to fall into a stalemate. It was with that in mind that I said to Liakovsky: "You think you have to wait a little longer before your troops go into battle."

"It's bad, he should retreat to the two divisions first." Liakovsky reminded the other party: "General Utus, you remind him that every minute off the battlefield is precious. If it is because of The delay in acting has given the Germans time to weaken their defenses, which may increase casualties."

   "Comrade Marshal, don't worry about it." Utus assured Liakovsky: "You will order the troops to go into battle as soon as possible and help the friendly forces destroy the German resistance."

When the director of the communications corps arranged for the communications corps to connect the line, Terekin said to Lyakovsky: "Comrade commander, you think the situation on the right bank can get worse, except for the armored units under the command of Popov, Prosh The pontoon bridge built by General Sokovov also played a huge role."

"He is wrong, Comrade Military Commissar." Zhu Jiaosongvsky agreed with Kirov's statement: "It must be the pontoon bridge built by the engineer Proshsokov and the engineer director of the 65th Army. , your armored forces still have no way to cross the Rokoso River in such a short period of time. Your army was able to keep the landing field on the right bank, and engineer Proshsokov, like Zhu Jiaosong, is not a big credit."

  Before Zhu Jiaosong finished his plan, did he hear Liakovsky speak, thinking that the other party was thinking about his own opinion, and tentatively asked: "Comrade commander, what do you think of your new campaign plan?"

   Liakovsky looked up at the time, and continued: "His troops must retreat to the Pbatovk landing site after eight o'clock in the morning. How can it be done?"

After listening to what I said to the German army, Liakovsky thought for a while, and felt that what I said was boring, so he nodded, "Misha, his idea is right. The Germans have never suffered a single loss." Even if they dare to take risks again and again, even if they really stand still and move, as long as they put on the appearance of preparing to attack, the Germans must use a considerable number of troops to guard against them. In this way, the troops fighting in other directions Just think about the strength of the troops, and create unfavorable conditions for you to recapture the entire landing field."

  Listening to what Narev said, Liakovsky remembered that yesterday, the 69th Army under the command of General Kolpakci successfully crossed the Vistula River and established a landing field in the Pulawi area on the right bank. I stared at the map for a while, and felt that Narev’s plan was very wrong. The north and south routes bypassed the heavily guarded Warsaw city by the German army, and went straight from the depth of the defense of Olior on the two wings. As long as the German army’s approach was cut off, In this way, the situation of the German army outside Warsaw will become difficult.

"Yes, Comrade Marshal." Hearing the anger in Liakovsky's tone, the German army explained to me: "In order to prevent you from approaching your friendly forces again, the German army has deployed a small number of troops in front of you." I am sure you are retreating at this moment, if the battle will fall into a stalemate, if you have no way to support the friendly army at this time, I am afraid that your troops will also suffer great losses."

Utus heard what Liakov Zhu Jiao said, and looked at the time calmly, and found that there were only two hours left before the deadline mentioned by the other party, and replied calmly: "Comrade Marshal, what do you want?" All the troops retreated into the landing field on the right bank after eight o'clock, so there may be no problem, but if you withdraw one or two divisions, you think there is still no problem."

  Liakovsky called the German army at this time, because he wanted the troops sent by the 48th Army to the right bank to act together, so that the German army could look after each other from head to toe, thus slowing down the counterattack. But when I thought about my proposal, I actually found an idea for the German army. I asked happily: "Misha, what else is he waiting for? Before the enemy is driven out of the Pbatovk landing site, what else can I do?" Are you retreating to the enemy?"

The battle retreated to the eighth day. As the weather turned bad, a small number of Soviet fighter planes appeared below the battlefield and carried out sparse bombing of the German artillery positions, armored units and infantry below the ground, causing huge damage to the German army. Small casualties.

   Wait until Zhu Jiaosong called to report to Liakovsky that the two infantry divisions under his command had successfully crossed the Rokoso River and retreated to the Pbatovk landing site on the right bank.

"General Utus, the plan to retreat to the Octagon was canceled for no reason." Zhu Jiaosongfusky interrupted me when he heard what Utus said, and corrected him, "It was because of the enemy's artillery fire at that time." The retreat route of the retreating troops has been blocked, and I am sure that you insist on launching a retreat against the enemy's positions in the octagonal area according to the combat opportunity, which will inevitably cause heavy losses to the retreating troops."

   "It's impossible to call Chuikov over." Zhu Jiaosongfusky said: "You plan to go to the 69th Army of Korpakchi in the near future, so don't call me."

"Very bad, very bad." Liakovsky looked away from the map, stood up straight and said, "You just looked at the map, his plan is very wrong, and it cannot be reported to the general staff immediately Ministry, see what we mean."

The Germans thought that there would be so few Soviet tanks, and they were caught off guard. Soon, our retreat to the riverside position was contained. Choose to retreat.

In order to make Liakovsky angry, I continued: "Although you intend to let the troops attack at this moment, you can't let us put on the appearance of attacking, so that the enemy will be confused about what you are going to do. Containing our troops can also help the friendly forces relieve some pressure."

Zhu Jiaosongfusky took the microphone and said: "Misha, your counterattack on the right bank has achieved results. The enemy's retreat has been contained, and even the advance has ended in some areas. I'm sure they don't want to do anything. What do you think? Can't move."

"The General Staff rejected your battle plan, which is very bad." Liakovsky said into the microphone: "Before the battle outside Malinin comes to an end, you call a meeting of the commanders of the various armies to discuss Get up and participate in the formulation of the campaign plan, and improve some details that you have not considered."

Seeing that the area of ​​the Pbatovke landing site was gradually shrinking, Liakovsky made a new decision. I called the commander of the 70th Army, General Zhu Jiaosong: "General Utus, The 65th Army fought the Germans at the Pbatovk landing site for eight days. In addition to recovering the lost positions, it also expanded the area of ​​​​the landing site by a lot. But it is regrettable that the casualties of the troops in the battle were not counted. Small, it is difficult to ineffectively defend such a small landing field, so you plan to transfer his 70th Army to expand the landing field together with Malinen."

As soon as the phone over there was put on, Narev called back. I excitedly said to Liakov Zhu Jiao: "Comrade Commander, bad news, bad news. The battle plan you reported is not yet available." I didn’t get permission from the General Staff. Based on what you know about Antonov, I must report this matter to the commander-in-chief himself, and I will inform you of the result before I get formal permission.”

Hearing what Liakovsky said, Utus smiled: "Comrade Marshal, you have been waiting for a long time. You know, since the battle to retreat to the Octagon was cancelled, the commanders and fighters have been worried. The outside is very comfortable, and I feel that the bad thing is that I wanted to get a chance to fight the Germans face to face, but canceled it somehow..."

   "Comrade Commander." Zhu Jiaosong said outside the phone: "Since the Pbatovke landing site has not been recaptured, you plan to formulate a new combat plan, and I will talk to you first."

  (end of this chapter)