The reconnaissance team was very efficient and sent back a lot of reconnaissance information the next night.
Based on this information, Sokov knew that an armored regiment of the Imperial Division was currently stationed in the town of Rojinsik, north of the Red Army Village, and controlled more than a dozen villages around the town; two regiments of the Skeleton Division were stationed in the northwest. Controlled more than twenty settlements and villages.
After listening to the report of the director of the reconnaissance department, Sokov asked: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, according to your reconnaissance, how are the enemies stationed in these places supplemented?"
"According to our reconnaissance," after hearing Sokov's question, the director of the reconnaissance department quickly replied: "The supplies of the Imperial Division come from the direction of Barvinkovo. The supplies of the Skull Division come from the northwest direction of Bav Logler.”
After Sokov knew the supply routes of the two German troops, he nodded slightly and said again: "Go on."
"The Germans' supplies to the left bank of the Dnieper River are transported through two routes." The director of the reconnaissance department pointed to the map and introduced to Sokov and Vitkov: "One is through Dnepropetrovsk. The Nieper River Bridge transports supplies to Pavlograd, and then to Izyum and Barvinkovo. The other one is the Dnieper River Bridge in Zaporozhye, which transports supplies..."
Seeing that Sokov was asking very detailed questions about the German transport lines, Vitkov asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, are you planning to cut off the German supply lines?"
"Yes, because we have insufficient material reserves and not many troops to go into battle, it is unlikely that we will surround the enemy. Therefore, we can only attack the transportation lines to cut off the German army's supplies."
"According to the intelligence we have, due to the major counterattack carried out by our army some time ago, the guerrillas that were originally active behind enemy lines have basically joined forces with the main force and been incorporated into various units." Vitkov reminded Soko Husband said: "Therefore, I think it is unrealistic to use guerrillas to disrupt the German transportation lines."
If the troops were located in Russia, Sokov would still have some qualms about requesting guerrillas to attack the German transportation lines. However, the composition of the guerrillas in Ukraine is complex. Even if you know that there are several guerrilla groups behind the German army, Team, but how do you know whether he is pro-Soviet or pro-German?
Sokov did not want to take risks, so he decided to solve the problem of disturbing the German transportation lines by himself. He said to Vitkov: "Chief of Staff, do our reconnaissance teams deep behind enemy lines carry new rockets?"
"No." Vitkov shook his head and said, "In order to obtain information about the German army as quickly as possible, the scouts we sent were lightly armed and only carried some conventional weapons."
Sokov felt a little disappointed when he learned that the scouts were all lightly armed and carried conventional weapons. This kind of equipment is fine for dealing with lone enemies, but once you encounter an organized enemy, you will have no choice but to run for your life. He thought for a while and told Vitkov: "Chief of Staff, you immediately call the division commanders of the first echelon and ask them to send destruction squads to the enemy with more new rockets to attack the German transportation lines. We cannot allow the enemy to smoothly transport supplies to the front."
"Comrade Commander, the sabotage team we dispatched can only carry a small number of rockets each time, and it is far away from the target area." Vitkov said with concern: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to achieve the desired results."
"Now we can only treat a dead horse as a living horse," Sokov said with a sigh: "In fact, there are better ways to destroy the enemy's communication lines. But in the current situation, we can only think about it, But it’s difficult to put it into practice.”
Lunev, who had remained silent, heard what Sokov said and couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "Comrade Commander, what solution are you talking about? Why don't you tell us. Maybe I have a solution that can solve your problem." There may be no problem.”
Sokov knew very well that even as Runev, it would be difficult to meet his conditions. But it would be worthwhile if I could feed back my thoughts through him. Sokov said: "If the superiors are willing to dispatch the air force to carry out continuous bombing of the German transportation lines, then the German forces confronting us will not be able to obtain sufficient supplies, and it will be very beneficial to attack us at that time. .”
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Witkov retorted: "Comrade Commander, I think it is a waste to send out the air force to bomb the German transportation lines."
"Why?" Sokov asked somewhat puzzled.
"Comrade Commander, think about it, every time our bomber formation attacks, it needs at least three four-plane formations and 12 aircraft, right?" Vitkov said to Sokov: "If it is to bomb a fixed target, then it will consume some Ammunition and fuel are reasonable. But we don’t know when the German transport convoy appears every day or how large it is. If we send out several times in a row and don’t even see the shadow of the enemy transport convoy, I’m afraid you will be embarrassed. We asked Commander Rokossovsky to help us contact the Air Force."
Sokov still strongly agrees with Witkov's statement. He knew very well that unless he accurately provided the location of the German transport team before requesting the Air Force to dispatch, the Air Force could carry out effective bombing. If they just blindly request the other side to dispatch bombers to search for the enemy's transport convoy, although those air force pilots will not disobey the order, they will not be too careful when looking for attack targets.
Just when Sokov was wondering whether he should call Rokossovsky and ask him to help him contact the Air Force, a staff officer came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, there are several Air Force personnel outside. The commander wants to see you."
"The air force commander wants to see me?" Sokov couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard the report. He thought to himself, why did the air force commander come to see him? In order to find out what was going on, he quickly ordered his staff: "Invite them in!"
Soon, four air force commanders came over following the staff officer just now. They came to Sokov, raised their hands in salute, and reported their names, positions and military ranks in turn: "Hello, comrade commander, I am Colonel Nechepolenko, commander of the 202nd Bomb Aviation Division."
"I am Lieutenant Colonel Shalimov, political commissar of the 202nd Bomb Aviation Division."
"I am Colonel Nemtsevich, commander of the 205th Fighter Aviation Division."
"I am Lieutenant Colonel Ananyev, political commissar of the 205th Fighter Aviation Division."
After listening to the reports of the four people, Sokov instinctively raised his hand and returned the salute, and said with some confusion: "Comrade commanders, what are you doing here?"
Colonel Nechepolenko lowered his head and took out an envelope from his satchel, stepped forward and handed it to Sokov, and said with a smile: "Comrade Commander, you will understand what is going on after reading this official letter. "
Confused, Sokov opened the envelope and took out the official letter inside. After seeing the content above clearly, I was stunned. I saw it read: "In order to effectively strengthen the air power of the Sixth Combined Arms Group Army, from now on, the 202nd Bombardment Aviation Division and the 205th Fighter Aviation Division will be Division, assigned to your headquarters command. The name is Deputy Chief of General Staff Antonov."
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