The two infantry divisions that attacked the German army from the east and west were equipped with new rockets and rocket launchers. When encountering the enemy's stubborn resistance, they first used the rocket launchers to destroy the enemy's fire points, and then attacked with the new rockets, which could easily destroy the enemy. defense composed of.
The Marine Corps and Infantry Brigades attacking from the north, not to mention the lack of new rockets and rocket launchers, even the assault rifles originally installed are now very few. Therefore, when the enemy occupies favorable terrain for stubborn resistance, their Progress will be greatly slowed down.
But as artillery observers entered the battlefield, the situation began to develop rapidly in a direction favorable to the Soviet army. Once the artillery observers assisting the northern attack discovered that the attacking troops were frustrated, they immediately provided firing parameters to the artillery positions in the rear. With a burst of artillery shells, the enemy's resistance collapsed.
Colonel Chuvashov, who served as the commander-in-chief, quickly figured out that the artillery was not simply providing artillery cover for himself, but was guiding and covering the attack of his own troops, and immediately provided artillery fire cover to the Marine Corps and Infantry Brigades. The battalion commander issued an order for them to direct the troops to attack the artillery firing points.
Soon, the battalion commanders who received the order, once they saw the enemy's defensive positions being attacked by artillery fire, directed their troops to swarm forward and eliminate those German soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed.
When the German 255th Infantry Division was first attacked, although it was attacked on three sides at the same time, the defense on the north was very limited. The Marine Brigade and Infantry Brigade were unable to advance deep into the enemy. But at this moment they received direct support from artillery fire, which defeated the enemy in front of them, making it impossible for the enemy to establish an effective defensive position and had no choice but to flee.
In Chuvashov's headquarters, there is a direct telephone line to Sokov's headquarters. Seeing that the enemy was retreating steadily, he quickly called Sokov to report the good news: "Comrade Commander, our unit is making very smooth progress after receiving strong artillery support. If nothing unexpected happens, it can be solved before dark." fighting."
"Too slow, Comrade Colonel." Unexpectedly, Sokov seemed very dissatisfied with the time Chuvashov told him: "The 84th and 254th Infantry Divisions are progressing very smoothly without artillery cover. , now they have approached the German division headquarters, you have to work hard."
Chuvasov was shocked to learn that the friendly forces had arrived near the German division headquarters. You must know that the first shot in this battle was the infantry brigade now under his command. If the two friendly infantry divisions really defeated the Germans, Military Division, that would be a very regrettable thing.
Thinking of this, Chuvashov quickly expressed his position to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, we will speed up the attack, try to get ahead of the friendly forces, and take out the German division headquarters."
As soon as he put down the phone, Chuvashov called the other two brigade commanders and asked them to come to his headquarters.
After receiving the notice, Chuvasov and Dobrushin hurried to Chuvasov's headquarters.
"Comrades two brigade commanders," Chuvashov said to them with a serious expression when he saw the arrival of the two men: "I just had a conversation with Comrade Commander. He criticized us and said that our progress is too slow."
Hearing what Chuvashov said, Dobrushin argued unconvincingly: "Comrade Colonel, didn't you explain to Comrade Commander that after our two Marine Brigades arrived at the combat site, they didn't even have a rest? I didn't care and launched a counterattack against the enemy. I think it is not easy to achieve the current progress when the soldiers are so tired."
"Yes, Comrade Colonel." Uzakov also agreed: "After a night of fierce fighting, the commanders and soldiers of my infantry brigade were extremely tired. In addition, they lacked heavy weapons to attack the enemy. Therefore, they encountered the enemy's stubborn resistance and made progress. It is understandable to be slow, and I think Comrade Commander should understand this."
"You two go back and tell the battalion commanders that the forwards of the two friendly divisions have approached the German division headquarters. If you don't want the friendly forces to take the lead, order your troops to speed up the attack."
When Uzakov just defended himself, he organized a lot of words in his mind, preparing to speak them out when Chuvashov got angry. But unexpectedly, Chuvashov not only did not get angry, but actually said such words. In this way, the rhetoric that Uzakov had prepared was of no use.
On the contrary, when he heard that the leading troops of the friendly forces had actually approached the German headquarters, he couldn't help but become a little anxious: "Comrade Colonel, no matter what, our brigade fired the first shot in this battle, and now we see that the enemy is about to be defeated." It’s been eliminated, but the biggest credit will be taken away by others, so I can’t explain it to the commanders and fighters in the brigade.”
"If you feel that there is no way to explain to your subordinates," Chuvashov said with a sneer: "The only way is to immediately order the troops to speed up the attack, try to get ahead of the friendly forces, and capture the German headquarters."
Dobrushen looked at the map, frowned and said: "Now the enemy has been compressed by us into a narrow area of less than two kilometers in length and width. It is obviously impossible for them to break out. In order to prevent being wiped out by us, they will definitely fight to the death. Resistance, if we want to seize the German division headquarters before the friendly forces do, we will probably pay considerable casualties."
"It is not impossible to speed up the attack." Uzakov suddenly said: "Now the troops of our three brigades are crowded together to attack, so the enemy will continue to build defense lines in front of us and block our progress. Pace. Although the artillery can continue to use artillery fire to destroy the German temporary defense line, it will inevitably consume a lot of time, thus making our attack slow."
"Then what should be done, Lieutenant Colonel Uzhakov?" Chuvasov heard that Uzhakov seemed to have an idea, and said politely: "You might as well tell him."
"Take the brigade as a unit and divide it into three lines to attack at the same time. This will force the Germans to disperse their forces." Uzakov pointed to the map and said confidently: "As long as any of our lines breaks through, we can send troops to assist the other two. road, and also broke through the enemy's defense. However, although the speed of such an attack has accelerated, it has forced the artillery to interrupt its artillery cover for us."
"The battle has reached this point, and I feel that artillery support is no longer necessary." Chuvashov said: "If the artillery fire continues, the artillery shells may hit the oncoming friendly forces."
Dobrushin said: "Then according to Lieutenant Colonel Uzakov's wishes, divide the troops into three parts and attack the enemy's defense line from three positions at the same time to speed up the advance. At the same time, in order to avoid unnecessary accidental injuries, The artillerymen in the rear can be notified to stop the bombardment."
"Let's take action, two comrades, brigade commanders." Chuvasov said to the two of them: "We now need to race against time to get ahead of the friendly forces, capture the German division headquarters, and win the first victory in this encirclement and annihilation battle. As for the artillery Over there, I will contact them and ask them to stop the shelling to prevent the shells from hitting their own people's heads."
Seeing that Chuvashov agreed to the plan, Uzakov and Dobrushin couldn't help but smile. After saluting him with a military salute, they turned around and left the temporary headquarters and returned to their respective units.
As soon as the two left, Chuvashov ordered the communications soldier: "Communications soldier, help me get through to the headquarters immediately. I have important things to report to comrade commander."
