The Guards Division Commander couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that there were still surviving commanders and fighters on the Second Battalion's position, and even helped the attacking troops retake the position. The division chief of staff reminded him: "Comrade division commander, I think this good news should be reported to comrade commander."
The division chief agreed to the proposal of the division chief of staff without hesitation and even called Derevyanko himself. As soon as the phone call came through, he reported excitedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I want to report two pieces of good news to you. One is that our counterattack troops successfully recovered their lost positions after a fierce battle."
For Derevyanko, regaining the lost position was an ordinary thing. He was eager to know another good news, so he couldn't wait to ask: "What about the other good news?"
"Not all the commanders and fighters of the second battalion were killed. Some of them were temporarily trapped because the entrance to the air raid shelter was blown down. When we launched the attack, they got out of the hole and assisted the friendly forces in launching front and rear pincer attacks on the Germans, and successfully recovered the Take the position."
There was silence on the other side of the phone. After a few seconds, Derevyanko's voice rang again: "Comrade Colonel, is everything you said true?"
"Of course it's true." The Guards Division Commander said excitedly: "At first, I thought that all the commanders and fighters of the Second Battalion died heroically when their positions fell. I didn't expect that so many people survived."
After showing off this matter, he tentatively asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, my subordinates are currently very motivated. Do you need to continue the attack in order to further expand the results?"
"No, absolutely not, Comrade Division Commander." Derevyanko rejected the other party's proposal without hesitation: "The task of your division is to restore the lost positions and seize the time to repair and strengthen the fortifications to prevent the first possible attack by the Germans. Attack round."
"Understood, Comrade Chief of Staff." The Guards Division Commander said in a low mood: "I will order the soldiers to seize the time to repair and consolidate their positions and prepare for the enemy's attack."
The Guards Division regained its lost positions, and on the landing grounds, the bombardment was nearing its end.
Sokov asked Samyko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there any latest intelligence coming back from the front?"
"No." Sameko shook his head and replied: "The smoke of the explosion blocked the sight of our observers, making it impossible for them to see clearly the movements on the German positions."
"Where are our troops?"
"The three troops at the front, except for a few security troops, are quietly advancing forward while the enemy is under shelling and unable to observe." Sameko replied: "It is estimated that before the shelling ends, , they can reach a position three hundred meters away from the enemy position."
Sokov is very satisfied with the data that Samyko said. Now the heavy artillery regiment is constantly bombarding the enemy's position. If the troops that are the first to launch a counterattack stay too close to the enemy's position, they may be attacked by their own side. The situation of accidental damage from artillery fire.
Seeing Sokov nodding in approval, Samyko continued to ask: "Comrade Commander, General Solomatin asked on the phone if he needed to dispatch the 219th Tank Brigade, three tanks under the brigade. The battalion is equipped with T-34 tanks and is a huge threat to the enemy."
Sokov thought for a while and nodded in agreement with Solomatin's request: "The tanks of the tank brigade can circle around from both sides of the high ground and cut off the retreat of the enemies who escape from the position. In this way, after our infantry takes over the high ground, If you charge further, you may be able to eliminate more enemies."
"Comrade Commander," Sameko said cautiously: "Didn't we order our troops to follow the fleeing enemy and attack the enemy's position before? Do you think we will adopt this tactic this time?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, we understand what you mean." Sokov shook his head and said: "The Germans have suffered several losses from us and have already prepared countermeasures. If such tactics are adopted this time, I am afraid the enemy will not be able to It is better to shoot at the soldiers who fled towards the position without hesitation and kill a few of your colleagues than to have the position broken through by our troops."
"What do you mean?"
"The tanks circled back to the rear of the high ground, cut off the defenders' retreat, and tried to annihilate them all." Sokov's attitude was very firm. Everything went according to plan. As long as he captured the designated position and annihilated a sufficient number of German troops, it would be victory. There was no need for it. Expand the results blindly, lest you bite off more than you can chew, and end up blowing a good hand to pieces.
The Soviet army was about to launch a counterattack in the direction of the landing site. Blaskowitz did not notice this at all. He was still smiling to his chief of staff and said: "Chief of Staff, I was right. The Russians are at the bridgehead. The shelling in this direction is just to deceive others, we must not be fooled."
"You are right, Your Excellency, Commander." The Chief of Staff finally found an opportunity to flatter Blaskowitz, but he was not willing to give up easily. He kept saying: "The Russians just want to attract me through shelling in the direction of the bridgehead. The enemy's attention was drawn to them, trying to buy them precious time to deploy troops on the left bank and build up defenses."
He pointed his hand at the chief of staff and ordered: "Call the two division commanders at the front and order them to ignore the Russian shelling. Once the Russians have fired all the shells, they will stop bombarding the bridgehead." .”
Originally, according to the tradition of the German army, every time they were bombarded by the Soviet army, they would leave a small number of observation posts to closely monitor the Soviet army's movements. But now there are several orders from the chief of staff of the group army, saying that the Russian shelling is to divert attention and reduce the pressure on the troops on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
The two division commanders who received the order only ordered the troops to retreat to avoid the artillery fire. They did not arrange observation posts to monitor the movements of the Soviet army. As a result, they did not discover that the large Soviet army was quietly moving under the cover of artillery fire. Approaching German defensive positions.
When the artillery fire stopped, the German officers and soldiers who retreated to avoid the shelling were lazily preparing to return to their defensive positions. They were shocked to find traces of Soviet troops on the positions where the smoke had not yet dissipated. Before they could react, the other side opened fire first, catching the unprepared Germans by surprise.
Seeing their companions falling in pieces, the rest of the Germans realized something was wrong and figured out that the Russians in the smoke were not their hallucinations, but real existences. They even fired at them first, allowing them to Many companions lost their lives as a result.
Just when the Germans were preparing to organize resistance, the Soviet commanders and fighters rushed out of the smoke like tigers descending from the mountain, charging with assault rifles and shooting wildly, beating the Germans to a rout.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the surviving German officers and soldiers rolled and crawled back. Unexpectedly, not far away, a shell suddenly fell on the queue and exploded. A dozen soldiers near the explosion point were immediately blown to pieces. The Germans took a closer look and saw that it was Soviet tanks blocking their retreat, firing wildly with tank guns and vehicle-mounted machine guns.
The Guards Division Commander couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that there were still surviving commanders and fighters on the Second Battalion's position, and even helped the attacking troops retake the position. The division chief of staff reminded him: "Comrade division commander, I think this good news should be reported to comrade commander."
The division chief agreed to the proposal of the division chief of staff without hesitation and even called Derevyanko himself. As soon as the phone call came through, he reported excitedly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I want to report two pieces of good news to you. One is that our counterattack troops successfully recovered their lost positions after a fierce battle."
For Derevyanko, regaining the lost position was an ordinary thing. He was eager to know another good news, so he couldn't wait to ask: "What about the other good news?"
"Not all the commanders and fighters of the second battalion were killed. Some of them were temporarily trapped because the entrance to the air raid shelter was blown down. When we launched the attack, they got out of the hole and assisted the friendly forces in launching front and rear pincer attacks on the Germans, and successfully recovered the position."
There was silence on the other side of the phone. After a few seconds, Derevyanko's voice rang again: "Comrade Colonel, is everything you said true?"
"Of course it's true." The Guards Division Commander said excitedly: "At first, I thought that all the commanders and fighters of the Second Battalion died heroically when their positions fell. I didn't expect that so many people survived."
After showing off this matter, he tentatively asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, my subordinates are currently very motivated. Do you need to continue the attack in order to further expand the results?"
"No, absolutely not, Comrade Division Commander." Derevyanko rejected the other party's proposal without hesitation: "The task of your division is to restore the lost positions and seize the time to repair and strengthen the fortifications to prevent the first possible attack by the Germans. Attack round."
"Understood, Comrade Chief of Staff." The Guards Division Commander said in a low mood: "I will order the soldiers to seize the time to repair and consolidate their positions and prepare for the enemy's attack."
The Guards Division regained its lost positions, and on the landing grounds, the bombardment was nearing its end.
Sokov asked Samyko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there any latest intelligence coming back from the front?"
"No." Sameko shook his head and replied: "The smoke of the explosion blocked the sight of our observers, making it impossible for them to see clearly the movements on the German positions."
"Where are our troops?"
"The three troops at the front, except for a few security troops, are quietly advancing forward while the enemy is under shelling and unable to observe." Sameko replied: "It is estimated that before the shelling ends, , they can reach a position three hundred meters away from the enemy position."
Sokov is very satisfied with the data that Samyko said. Now the heavy artillery regiment is constantly bombarding the enemy's position. If the troops that are the first to launch a counterattack stay too close to the enemy's position, they may be attacked by their own side. The situation of accidental damage from artillery fire.
Seeing Sokov nodding in approval, Samyko continued to ask: "Comrade Commander, General Solomatin asked on the phone if he needed to dispatch the 219th Tank Brigade, three tanks under the brigade. The battalion is equipped with T-34 tanks and is a huge threat to the enemy."
Sokov thought for a while and nodded in agreement with Solomatin's request: "The tanks of the tank brigade can circle around from both sides of the high ground and cut off the retreat of the enemies who escape from the position. In this way, after our infantry takes over the high ground, If you charge further, you may be able to eliminate more enemies."
"Comrade Commander," Sameko said cautiously: "Didn't we order our troops to follow the fleeing enemy and attack the enemy's position before? Do you think we will adopt this tactic this time?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, we understand what you mean." Sokov shook his head and said: "The Germans have suffered several losses from us and have already prepared countermeasures. If such tactics are adopted this time, I am afraid the enemy will not be able to It is better to shoot at the soldiers who fled towards the position without hesitation and kill a few of your colleagues than to have the position broken through by our troops."
"What do you mean?"
"The tanks circled back to the rear of the high ground, cut off the defenders' retreat, and tried to annihilate them all." Sokov's attitude was very firm. Everything went according to plan. As long as he captured the designated position and annihilated a sufficient number of German troops, it would be victory. There was no need for it. Blindly expand the results of the victory to avoid biting off more than you can chew, and eventually destroying a good hand.
The Soviet army was about to launch a counterattack in the direction of the landing site. Blaskowitz did not notice this at all. He was still smiling to his chief of staff and said: "Chief of Staff, I was right. The Russians are at the bridgehead. The shelling in this direction is just a way to deceive others, we must not be fooled."
"You are right, Your Excellency, Commander." The Chief of Staff finally found an opportunity to flatter Blaskowitz, but he was not willing to give up easily. He kept saying: "The Russians just want to attract me through shelling in the direction of the bridgehead. The army's attention was intended to allow them to deploy troops on the left bank and buy them valuable time to establish defenses."
He pointed his hand at the chief of staff and ordered: "Call the two division commanders at the front and order them to ignore the Russian shelling. Once the Russians have fired all the shells, they will stop bombarding the bridgehead." .”
Originally, according to the tradition of the German army, every time they were bombarded by the Soviet army, they would leave a small number of observation posts to closely monitor the Soviet army's movements. But now there are several orders from the chief of staff of the group army, saying that the Russian shelling is to divert attention and reduce the pressure on the troops on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
The two division commanders who received the order only ordered the troops to retreat to avoid the artillery fire. They did not arrange observation posts to monitor the movements of the Soviet army. As a result, they did not discover that the large Soviet army was quietly moving under the cover of artillery fire. Approaching German defensive positions.
When the artillery fire stopped, the German officers and soldiers who retreated to avoid the shelling were lazily preparing to return to their defensive positions. They were shocked to find traces of Soviet troops on the positions where the smoke had not yet dissipated. Before they could react, the other side opened fire first, catching the unprepared Germans by surprise.
Seeing their companions falling in pieces, the rest of the Germans realized something was wrong and figured out that the Russians in the smoke were not their hallucinations, but real existences. They even fired at them first, allowing them to Many companions lost their lives as a result.
Just when the Germans were preparing to organize resistance, the Soviet commanders and fighters rushed out of the smoke like tigers descending from the mountain, charging with assault rifles and shooting wildly, beating the Germans to a rout.
