The appearance of Sokov immediately gave the commanders present a backbone.
Originally, Koida was worried that even if his superiors sent someone to direct the battle, he would have to pay a huge sacrifice if he wanted to capture the city. But now the appearance of Sokov has made the stone hanging in his heart fall to the ground. For him, Qi Jilin is already in his pocket. It is only a matter of time to capture it, and the casualties will be controlled to an acceptable level. scope.
"Comrade Commander," thinking of this, Koida couldn't help but feel eager to give it a try. He asked Sokov: "I wonder which division you plan to let take the lead?"
"General Fomenko's troops suffered certain losses when they withdrew from the city. It is obviously unrealistic to continue to serve as the main attack." Sokov knew everyone's heart and wanted to know which troops he planned to arrange to fight. The main attacker smiled lightly and said unhurriedly: "I think the 188th Division of Koida will be responsible for this task."
Koida couldn't help but rejoiced when he heard that the main attack mission had indeed fallen on him, while Gritsenko, who had not received the mission, looked depressed. If someone else had arranged this, he might have argued a few words, but since it was Sokov who gave the order, he could only choose to remain silent.
What Sokov said next shocked everyone: "Before the attack begins, we no longer prepare artillery fire, but directly attack the city..."
"Comrade Commander," Koida became a little anxious when he heard this: "If we cancel the artillery preparations before the attack, won't we incur huge casualties when we break through the enemy's defense line?"
"Colonel Koida, you are worrying too much." As soon as Koida finished speaking, Fomenko continued: "There are no fortifications that can be deployed from our place to the south of the city. You can rest assured of this. If you With good luck, we can even rush into the city before the Germans come to their senses."
"It's easy to rush into the city, but what about entering the city?" Sokov said unexpectedly: "If the Germans set up firepower points in the buildings on both sides of the street, add barricades, and use cross fire to block your advance Roads. How are you going to deal with them?"
If it were in the past, there would have been commanders who would have said without hesitation: "If the first attack is unsuccessful, we will launch a second and third time until we capture the enemy-controlled neighborhoods."
But in front of Sokov, if anyone dares to say that, it will be a trivial matter to get scolded. They may send you to the sidelines and let someone else take over your command.
However, Koida's division would be responsible for the main offensive mission. He felt that if he did not ask clearly, he might cause huge casualties to the troops, so he tentatively asked: "Comrade Commander, what should we do?"
"Colonel Terenga," Sokov turned to face the artillery division commander and said: "Deploy a 76.2 mm artillery regiment to follow the 188th Division of Koida. If you find the enemy's firepower point, destroy it with artillery fire without hesitation. it."
As Sokov's old subordinates, everyone naturally knows that Sokov likes to use the trick of mounting bayonets on cannons and letting the artillery regiment follow the 188th Division, just to repeat the old trick. But after careful consideration, it seems that when encountering the situation Sokov mentioned in the city, using artillery to deal with them is undoubtedly the best way.
After Sokov finished instructing the artillery to accompany the 188th Division in attacking, he turned his attention to Koida: "Comrade Colonel, which regiment do you plan to let take the lead?"
"Lieutenant Colonel Majevo's 562nd Regiment," Koida replied: "Their regiment is now fully equipped, and the officers and soldiers are full of fighting enthusiasm. If they take action, they will definitely teach the Germans a lesson."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded with satisfaction and said: "It is good to have fighting enthusiasm, which is very beneficial to defeating the enemy. But at the same time, I must also tell Lieutenant Colonel Majevo to fight steadily in the battle and never be in a hurry. Success, don’t underestimate the enemy. You must know that the combat effectiveness of the city’s defenders exceeds our imagination.”
"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Koida said: "The bite of an injured beast is also very painful. I will tell my subordinates that even if they have all the advantages, they must not underestimate the enemy."
Sokov raised his hand and looked at the time and asked: "The battle will start in one hour. All commanders should return to their respective units, make all battle preparations, and be ready to attack at any time."
"Comrade Commander," Gritsenko, who had been ignored by Sokov for a long time, asked loudly, "I would like to ask, what is the mission of our division?"
"Same as the 84th Division, as a reserve." Sokov said to Gritsenko: "I will put your division into battle at the appropriate time."
As a reserve team? ! Hearing what Sokov said, Gritsenko felt bad: "Comrade Commander, I think if our division is also put into battle, it may be possible to shorten the time to liberate Chigilin."
"General Gritsenko," Sokov said slowly after the other party finished speaking: "If at the beginning of the attack, we will put all the main forces into the attack. If there is a stalemate with the defenders in the city, German reinforcements have arrived, what force should we use to deal with them?"
In order to completely convince Gritsenko, Sokov even gave an example of what happened yesterday: "General Gritsenko, you must know that the 84th Division was attacked by the German army last night and was forced to withdraw from the city, right?"
"Yeah. I know."
"Now that you know it, you should know very well that the German Viking Division only dispatched a grenadier regiment and an assault artillery battalion and defeated one of my main divisions." Sokov said seriously: "If I send all the troops If our army is unable to capture the city and new German reinforcements arrive, what force will we use to stop and destroy them?"
Sokov's words silenced Gritsenko. If the defenders in the city were other troops, there would be nothing to worry about, but the reinforcements they were about to face were Viking divisions, and their nature was completely different. He asked himself that even if he had a superior force, it would be very difficult to block the Viking division's attack, let alone take the initiative to attack the opponent.
Seeing that Gritsenko was silent, Sokov waved his hand to him and said, "General Gritsenko, you go back to the army first so that you can deal with various emergencies in a timely manner."
Now that Sokov had said so, Gritsenko knew that there was no point in staying here anymore, so he raised his hand to salute Sokov, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.
But when only Sokov and a few division commanders of the 84th Division were left in the headquarters, Fomenko curiously asked Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I wonder how the 7th Guards Army plans to cooperate with us? "
Sokov considered that in the coming days, he might send out to coordinate with the troops of the 7th Guards Army, namely Fomenko's 84th Division, so he did not hide it, but truthfully reported that the 7th Guards Army was planning to force the crossing. On the Dnieper River, a landing site was established on the right bank, but the lack of equipment for crossing the river and materials for building bridges was explained to those present.
After hearing this, Belkin sighed softly and said: "Misha, it's a pity that we are downstream of the 7th Guards Army, and there is nothing we can do about their problems..."
Sokov seemed to hear something from Belkin's words, and quickly asked: "Colonel Belkin, wait a minute, do you want to explain something?"
Seeing that Sokov heard the implication, Belgin nodded and continued: "If we are upstream of the 7th Guards Army, then we can help them build a batch of rafts, and then float them down the river to let them downstream. Receiving these rafts will solve the problem of river crossing equipment.”
"It's a pity that we are downstream of them." Sokov thinks that the method mentioned by Belkin is good. Unfortunately, his troops are stationed downstream of the 7th Guards Army. Even if he wants to provide them with materials, it is impossible. : "Otherwise, you can try this method."
"Comrade Commander," Fomenko saw that there were no outsiders here, so he took the opportunity to say to Sokov: "Our division suffered a lot of casualties in yesterday's battle. When do you think you can give us more troops?"
"Don't worry, General Fomenko." Sokov doesn't want to replenish the 84th Division, but now he is too clever to make a living without rice. Most of the troops planned to replenish the 73rd Infantry Brigade are still in the field hospital. To recuperate his body, he could only say helplessly: "When the battle is over, I will find a way to replenish it for you."
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