When he learned that the leading troops of the 18th Guards Army on the left wing had advanced to a place 18 kilometers away from Uman, Kurishenko became a little bit impatient. He said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, no matter what, , our division is your old army. Now that we have such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, you can’t let us sit on the bench here."
After hearing this, Sokov looked sideways at Shtemenko who was sitting next to him, and then said with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, look, our commanders heard that there was a war, and each one was more active than the other. .”
When he faced Kurishenko again, he said seriously: "General Kurishenko, the attack on Uman has just begun, and there are still many battles to be fought. Don't worry that there will be no battles for you, just hurry up. Rest and recuperate. When you are needed, you can pull the troops out at any time."
While Sokov and Shtemenko were eating at the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division, the 233rd Division of the 57th Army had already approached the town of Golovanivsik and was preparing to launch an attack on the town overnight.
After receiving Chumakov's call, the division commander, Colonel Yesenin, immediately assured him: "Comrade Commander, don't worry. I will deploy an attack immediately, and we can capture the entire town before dawn."
Chumakov firmly believed in Yesenin's statement. Today, he and his friendly troops broke through the four lines of German defense. The enemy who retreated to the town had only two battalions of troops. He used a full division to fight against the enemy. Dealing with them is not a piece of cake. So he smiled and said: "Well, comrade colonel, when the town of Golovanivsik is captured, I will personally ask the commander for credit for your division!"
After Ye Sening put down the phone, he ordered someone to call the leader of the 699th Regiment. He said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the Army Commander has ordered our division to seize the town of Golovanivsik overnight. Your regiment is the vanguard of the entire division. How about it? Do you have confidence?"
It may be that after the troops of the 57th Army entered the battlefield, they fought too smoothly, so that the commanders of each unit had some thoughts of underestimating the enemy. After listening to Yesenin's words, the regiment leader patted his chest and said, "Comrade division commander, when has our regiment ever let you down? Don't worry, our regiment will definitely be able to capture the town of Golovanivsik before dawn." . If you have no objection, after the enemies in the town are eliminated, I would like to lead the troops to continue rushing towards Uman."
In the afternoon battle, thanks to the support of the airborne troops, the Yesenin Division successfully broke through the German fourth line of defense. At this moment, in Yesenin's mind, the German troops in the town were vulnerable. To say that they would be dealt with before dawn would be a bit too flattering to them. If we spend the afternoon as we did in the afternoon, the battle may be resolved in an hour or two. If he can continue to advance towards Uman after occupying the town and achieve certain results, his troops may be reorganized into a Guards Division by the end of the battle.
Thinking of this, Yesenin's head began to heat up. He nodded and said to the regiment leader: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, then I will wait for the good news of your victory."
The leader of the 699th Regiment knew that there were many buildings in the town. If artillery fire preparations were carried out before the attack, the enemy might withdraw from their position and hide in the buildings in the town. Then his troops would have to engage in street fighting with the enemy. . Street fighting is the most time-consuming, and he did not want such a situation to occur, so he rejected Yesenin's suggestion of artillery preparations and planned to use a sneak attack to capture the town of Golovanivsik.
In order to capture the town as soon as possible, the whole regiment secretly approached the town under the cover of night, intending to rush into the German position unexpectedly and annihilate the main force outside the town, so that the next battle would be easier to fight.
Unexpectedly, when they were still more than 300 meters away from the town, the troops that were quietly moving forward were discovered by a German guard post. When he sent the signal, rows of large and small fires suddenly flashed on the position. The commanders and soldiers approaching the fortifications seemed to have hit a transparent power grid, shaking and falling in large pieces.
When he learned that the leading troops of the 18th Guards Army on the left wing had advanced to a place 18 kilometers away from Uman, Kurishenko became a little bit impatient. He said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, no matter what, , our division is your old army. Now that we have such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, you can’t let us sit on the bench here."
After hearing this, Sokov looked sideways at Shtemenko who was sitting next to him, and then said with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, look, our commanders heard that there was a war, and each one was more active than the other. .”
When he faced Kurishenko again, he said seriously: "General Kurishenko, the attack on Uman has just begun, and there are still many battles to be fought. Don't worry that there will be no battles for you, just hurry up. Rest and recuperate. When you are needed, you can pull the troops out at any time."
While Sokov and Shtemenko were eating at the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division, the 233rd Division of the 57th Army had already approached the town of Golovanivsik and was preparing to launch an attack on the town overnight.
After receiving Chumakov's call, the division commander, Colonel Yesenin, immediately assured him: "Comrade Commander, don't worry. I will deploy an attack immediately, and we can capture the entire town before dawn."
Chumakov firmly believed in Yesenin's statement. Today, he and his friendly troops broke through the four lines of German defense. The enemy who retreated to the town had only two battalions of troops. He used a full division to fight against the enemy. Dealing with them is not a piece of cake. So he smiled and said: "Well, comrade colonel, when the town of Golovanivsik is captured, I will personally ask the commander for credit for your division!"
After Yesenin put down the phone, he ordered someone to call the leader of the 699th Regiment. He said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the Army Commander has ordered our division to seize the town of Golovanivsik overnight. Your regiment is the vanguard of the entire division. How about it? Do you have confidence?"
It may be that after the troops of the 57th Army entered the battlefield, they fought too smoothly, so that the commanders of each unit had some thoughts of underestimating the enemy. After listening to Yesenin's words, the regiment leader patted his chest and said, "Comrade division commander, when has our regiment ever let you down? Don't worry, our regiment will definitely be able to capture the town of Golovanivsik before dawn." . If you have no objection, after the enemies in the town are eliminated, I would like to lead the troops to continue rushing towards Uman."
In the afternoon battle, thanks to the support of the airborne troops, the Yesenin Division successfully broke through the German fourth line of defense. At this moment, in Yesenin's mind, the German troops in the town were vulnerable. It would be too flattering to say that they would be dealt with before dawn. If we spend the afternoon as we did in the afternoon, the battle may be resolved in an hour or two. If he can continue to advance towards Uman after occupying the town and achieve certain results, his troops may be reorganized into a Guards Division by the end of the battle.
Thinking of this, Yesenin's head began to heat up. He nodded and said to the regiment leader: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, then I will wait for the good news of your victory."
The leader of the 699th Regiment knew that there were many buildings in the town. If artillery fire preparations were carried out before the attack, the enemy might withdraw from their position and hide in the buildings in the town. Then his troops would have to engage in street fighting with the enemy. . Street fighting is the most time-consuming, and he did not want such a situation to occur, so he rejected Yesenin's suggestion of artillery preparations and planned to use a sneak attack to capture the town of Golovanivsik.
In order to capture the town as soon as possible, the whole regiment secretly approached the town under the cover of night, intending to rush into the German position unexpectedly and annihilate the main force outside the town, so that the next battle would be easier to fight.
Unexpectedly, when they were still more than 300 meters away from the town, the troops that were quietly moving forward were discovered by a German guard post. When he sent the signal, rows of large and small fires suddenly flashed on the position. The commanders and soldiers approaching the fortifications seemed to have hit a transparent power grid, shaking and falling in large pieces.
When he learned that the leading troops of the 18th Guards Army on the left wing had advanced to a place 18 kilometers away from Uman, Kurishenko became a little bit impatient. He said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, no matter what, , our division is your old army. Now that we have such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, you can’t let us sit on the bench here."
After hearing this, Sokov looked sideways at Shtemenko who was sitting next to him, and then said with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, look, our commanders heard that there was a war, and each one was more active than the other. .”
When he faced Kurishenko again, he said seriously: "General Kurishenko, the attack on Uman has just begun, and there are still many battles to be fought. Don't worry that there will be no battles for you, just hurry up. Rest and recuperate. When you are needed, you can pull the troops out at any time."
After receiving Chumakov's call, the division commander, Colonel Yesenin, immediately assured him: "Comrade Commander, don't worry. I will deploy an attack immediately, and we can capture the entire town before dawn."
Chumakov firmly believed in Yesenin's statement. Today, he and his friendly troops broke through the four lines of German defense. The enemy who retreated to the town had only two battalions of troops. He used a full division to fight against the enemy. Dealing with them is not a piece of cake. So he smiled and said: "Well, comrade colonel, when the town of Golovanivsik is captured, I will personally ask the commander for credit for your division!"
After Yesenin put down the phone, he ordered someone to call the leader of the 699th Regiment. He said to him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the Army Commander has ordered our division to seize the town of Golovanivsik overnight. Your regiment is the vanguard of the entire division. How about it? Do you have confidence?"
It may be that after the troops of the 57th Army entered the battlefield, they fought too smoothly, so that the commanders of each unit had some thoughts of underestimating the enemy. After listening to Yesenin's words, the regiment leader patted his chest and said, "Comrade division commander, when has our regiment ever let you down? Don't worry, our regiment will definitely be able to capture the town of Golovanivsik before dawn." . If you have no objection, after the enemies in the town are eliminated, I would like to lead the troops to continue rushing towards Uman."
In the afternoon battle, thanks to the support of the airborne troops, the Yesenin Division successfully broke through the German fourth line of defense. At this moment, in Yesenin's mind, the German troops in the town were vulnerable. It would be too flattering to say that they would be dealt with before dawn. If we spend the afternoon as we did in the afternoon, the battle may be resolved in an hour or two. If he can continue to advance towards Uman after occupying the town and achieve certain results, his troops may be reorganized into a Guards Division by the end of the battle.
Thinking of this, Yesenin's head began to heat up. He nodded and said to the regiment leader: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, then I will wait for the good news of your victory."
The leader of the 699th Regiment knew that there were many buildings in the town. If artillery fire preparations were carried out before the attack, the enemy might withdraw from their position and hide in the buildings in the town. Then his troops would have to engage in street fighting with the enemy. . Street fighting is the most time-consuming, and he did not want such a situation to occur, so he rejected Yesenin's suggestion of artillery preparations and planned to use a sneak attack to capture the town of Golovanivsik.
In order to capture the town as soon as possible, the whole regiment secretly approached the town under the cover of night, intending to rush into the German position unexpectedly and annihilate the main force outside the town, so that the next battle would be easier to fight.
Unexpectedly, when they were still more than 300 meters away from the town, the troops that were quietly moving forward were discovered by a German guard post. When he sent the signal, rows of large and small fires suddenly flashed on the position. The commanders and soldiers approaching the fortifications seemed to have hit a transparent power grid, shaking and falling in large pieces.
When he learned that the leading troops of the 18th Guards Army on the left wing had advanced to a place 18 kilometers away from Uman, Kurishenko became a little bit impatient. He said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, no matter what, , our division is your old army. Now that we have such a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, you can’t let us sit on the bench here."
After hearing this, Sokov looked sideways at Shtemenko who was sitting next to him, and then said with a smile: "Comrade Deputy Chief of General Staff, look, our commanders heard that there was a war, and each one was more active than the other. .”
When he faced Kurishenko again, he said seriously: "General Kurishenko, the attack on Uman has just begun, and there are still many battles to be fought. Don't worry that there will be no battles for you, just hurry up. Rest and recuperate. When you are needed, you can pull the troops out at any time."
While Sokov and Shtemenko were having dinner at the headquarters of the 41st Guards Division, the 233rd Division of the 57th Army had already approached the town of Golovanivsik and was preparing to launch an attack on the town overnight.
Chumakov had no doubts about Yesenin's statement. Today, he and his friendly forces broke through the four lines of defense of the German army. The enemy who retreated to the town had only two battalions of troops. He used a full division to defeat them. Dealing with them is not a piece of cake. So he smiled and said: "Well, comrade colonel, when the town of Golovanivsik is captured, I will personally ask the commander for credit for your division!"
It may be that after the troops of the 57th Army entered the battlefield, they fought too smoothly, so that the commanders of each unit had some thoughts of underestimating the enemy. After listening to Yesenin's words, the regiment leader patted his chest and said, "Comrade division commander, when has our regiment ever let you down? Don't worry, our regiment will definitely be able to capture the town of Golovanivsik before dawn." . If you have no objection, after the enemies in the town are eliminated, I would like to lead the troops to continue rushing towards Uman."
