When the leading battalion approached the village, the entire village was already wrapped in fire. The scorching air forced the commanders and soldiers to stay a hundred meters away from the village, otherwise they would have difficulty breathing and unable to open their eyes.
"Comrade Commander," the battalion commander called Ma Daqiang and reported what he saw: "The entire village has turned into a sea of fire, and our people cannot get close at all."
Hearing what the battalion commander said, Ma Daqiang couldn't help but feel his heart twisting. According to his experience, under such a fierce fire, there would be no more living people in the village. He hesitated for a moment, and then ordered the other party: "Comrade Major, immediately lead your people around the village and continue to advance towards the city."
"I understand, Comrade Commander." Just as the battalion commander was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly remembered something important and added: "Also, we dropped a large number of bombed tanks and artillery near the village. , and some trucks that are still burning. It seems that when the enemy was about to discard these weapons, they were worried about being engaged by our army, so they chose to blow them up or burn them."
"I understand, Major." Ma Daqiang said, "I will report everything you see to my superiors."
Soon, Ma Daqiang reported the situation encountered by the vanguard battalion to Onupriyenko, who then summarized it to the group army headquarters.
After reading the report of the 6th Guards Division, Sokov asked Ponedelin and Sidorin: "Comrade Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, what do you think after reading the report of the 6th Guards Division?" ?”
After Ponedelin waited for Sokov to finish speaking, he said thoughtfully: "I think the reason why the enemy blew up so many tanks, artillery and vehicles is because, firstly, these technical equipment did not have enough fuel and ammunition; secondly, They planned to retreat into the city and fight with us in the streets. These things were of no use. While discarding them, they were worried about being captured by our army, so they simply blew them all up."
"I agree with Comrade Deputy Commander," Sidorin agreed: "The enemy blows up the discarded equipment to prevent it from falling into the hands of our army and then becoming a weapon to attack them. This shows that the enemy intends to retreat. In the city, fight a protracted street battle with us to achieve the purpose of containing the main force of our army."
Sokov agrees with Sidorin's analysis. Now around Bobruyinsk, three armies with main offensive tasks are contained. If the remaining 28th Army cannot receive support from friendly forces for a long time, If they cooperate, the attack will soon become weak, so the battle in Bobruyinsk must be fought quickly.
"Three of the four armies of our front army that are responsible for the main offensive are all pinned down by the German army near Bobruyinsk. If the city cannot be liberated for a long time, there will be no way to mobilize troops to strengthen the frontal offensive. The 28th Army who attacked alone I'm afraid it won't be long before the group army is forced to stop and recuperate, thus giving the German army a chance to breathe." Sokov said: "In order to avoid this situation, we must liberate Bozhou in the shortest possible time. Bruinsk, destroy the effective German forces in the city."
After Sokov picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, he turned to look at Sidorin and asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff, what is the current progress of the 65th Group Army?"
Sidorin heard Sokov's question and quickly replied: "Two divisions of the 65th Group Army launched an attack on the enemy's outer positions from the south and southwest of the city. After a fierce battle, the defenses on the south The position has been breached, and the troops responsible for attacking in this direction have advanced to the outskirts of the city. The battle in the southwest has fallen into a stalemate, with both sides launching repeated tug-of-wars in order to seize the outer positions."
After hearing this, Sokov nodded and continued: "Let the 6th Guards Division launch an attack as soon as possible to see how strong the German resistance is in this direction, and then decide whether to mobilize troops for reinforcements."
"Comrade Commander, I suggest that no matter what the outcome of the 6th Guards Division is in the next battle, the 3rd Infantry Division should be transferred up first." Ponedelin waited for Sokov's words to come to an end, and then promptly issued his own statement. Opinion: "If the 6th Guards Division goes well, the 3rd Infantry Division can be used to expand the breakthrough; if the attack does not go well, the 3rd Infantry Division can take over their attack."
Sokov would adopt Ponedelin and Sidorin's suggestions without hesitation as long as they were reasonable. After listening to Ponijelin's words, he felt that it made sense, so he nodded in agreement: "Deputy Commander, I think your proposal is good, so I will do as you say. Comrade Chief of Staff, immediately notify the 3rd Infantry Division Division, order them to seize the time to move forward and rush to cooperate with the 6th Guards Division."
As soon as Sidorin gave the order to the 3rd Infantry Division, he received calls from several other division commanders. Everyone knows that the 109th Infantry Division, which temporarily participated in the battle, actually annihilated the German 35th Army with the cooperation of friendly forces, and even captured its commander. Seeing that the friendly forces had made such military exploits, the other division commanders could not hold their composure and called the headquarters one after another, all eagerly requesting their superiors to allow them to participate in offensive operations.
Facing the enthusiasm of the division commanders, Sidorin was a little bit unbearable. He said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, you have seen it. The fighting enthusiasm of these division commanders is unprecedentedly high. They all asked me to fight. I I don’t even know how to answer them.”
"This is easy to handle." Sokov said: "We will see how the 6th Guards Division and the 3rd Infantry Division perform later, and then decide whether to adjust the offensive plan."
After the mission was assigned, Sokov sat down and drank tea in peace, quietly waiting for the latest battle report to arrive. At this moment, I suddenly heard a staff officer shouting: "Catch it, catch it, catch it quickly..."
As the shouts rang out, the staff and communications soldiers in the entire headquarters were in chaos. Anyone who was not working stood up from their positions and looked down at something on the ground.
Seeing the chaos in the headquarters, Sokov couldn't help but frown and asked loudly: "What's going on? What are you doing?"
"Cat! Comrade Commander, it's a cat." A female communications soldier shouted excitedly: "A cat just ran in from outside."
"Oh, a cat ran in?!" This was the first time Sokov encountered a cat running into the headquarters, and he couldn't help but get excited. He lowered his head and searched quickly on the ground: "Where is it?"
"Here!" shouted a staff officer not far away: "Under the table where the radio is playing!"
"Everyone, be quiet, stop making noise." Sokov raised his hands and shouted loudly: "If the cat is frightened and it runs around and breaks some of our lines, it will be in trouble."
Upon hearing Sokov's shout, everyone in the command center fell silent and looked at the table with the radio station on it.
Sokov walked slowly over, bent down and looked towards the table, and sure enough he saw a gray cat with a round face. He asked with interest: "Is this a blue cat?"
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"No, Comrade Commander." The female signal soldier who just screamed replied: "This is an Achaean blue cat, also called a Maltese cat. It is an expert at catching mice. There used to be a family in our village who raised three of these cats. As for cats, there are no traces of mice or birds within a three-hundred-meter radius of his house, all of which have been caught by this cat.”
Sokov squatted down at the table and carefully looked at the dodging cat. He found that it had obvious physical characteristics of a Russian blue cat, with a short and wedge-shaped head, a flat forehead, a straight nose, and a very handsome appearance. The body is slender, and the tail becomes increasingly tapered from the root to the tip, harmonizing with the body shape. The ears are long and pointed, the soles of the feet are small and round, and the walking posture is like walking on toes. Coupled with its silver-blue shiny short hair, it looks like an elegant lady.
Although Sokov has never raised a blue cat in his later generations, has he never eaten pork and seen a pig run away? He stood up and said in a positive tone: "I think this is a blue cat."
Before the female signal soldier could refute, Sidorin said from the side: "Comrade Commander is right. Although this kind of cat was first called Achaian blue cat, and later it was also called Maltese cat, but last year, there were more and more I gave it a name. It’s the Russian blue cat that the commander calls it. It’s not an ornamental cat, but is specially used to catch mice. With this cat, the mice here in our headquarters may disappear.”
"Really, Comrade Chief of Staff?" the female signal soldier asked Sidorin curiously: "Is this cat really called the Russian Blue Cat now?"
"It's true." Sidorin nodded and said, "I also heard what a friend who works at the zoo said when I went back to visit relatives last time. It shouldn't be wrong."
Sokov was thinking: Although the blue cats that everyone is familiar with in later generations are all British short blue cats, compared with Russian blue cats, Russian blue cats are handsome and British short blue cats are naive. It can be said that each has its own merits.
British Shorthair people are bold, curious, lively and active by nature. It has strong adaptability and will not change due to changes in living environment. It does not like to lose its temper, bark and scratch things, and will be very gentle towards its owner.
Russian blue cats are quiet and shy by nature. They are afraid of strangers and don’t like to go out. They trust their owners very much and will often please their owners. But if the owner is too affectionate to it, it will also cause inexplicable pressure on it, so feeding Russian blue cats requires keeping a certain distance and being patient.
"Comrade soldier," Sokov knew that the headquarters was not suitable for keeping cats, so he said to the female signal soldier beside him: "This blue cat will be left to you. You must raise it well, do you understand?"
"Really, Comrade Commander?" When the female communications soldier heard what Sokov said, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Do you really want me to keep this cat? That's great. Don't worry, I will definitely keep it." The cat was raised to be chubby.”
After saying that, the female soldier squatted down, stretched out her hand to the blue cat curled up in the corner, and said softly: "Cat, be good! Come to me, and I will take you to eat delicious food!"
The blue cat seemed to understand the female soldier's words, and actually walked out slowly from the corner, and kept nudging the female soldier's feet with its head. When the female signal soldier took out a headband from her pocket and tied it around its neck, it didn't struggle at all and acted extremely cooperative.
After the female signal soldier tied her head rope, she took out a handful of bread crumbs from her pocket, put it in her hand and stretched it out in front of the blue cat. The little guy put his nose to it and smelled it, and then began to lick it quickly. The crumbs in the female signal soldier's hand were rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Lena!" Sidorin said from the side: "Cats are not allowed in the headquarters. You can take it out later and find a place to lock it up."
"Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff." The female communications soldier, known as Lena, waited for the blue cat to finish eating the crumbs in her hand, then reached out and picked up the cat, preparing to get up and leave the headquarters.
At this moment, Ponedelin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly called Lena and said to her: "Comrade Lena, give this cat a name."
"Yes, yes," Ponedelin's words reminded Lena, and she nodded and said, "This cat should be given a name." But the next moment, she became worried about the name: " But, what should we name it?”
Seeing that Lena didn't know what name to give the cat, Sidorin smiled and said to Ponedelin: "Comrade Deputy Commander, it seems that our Lena can't think of a name for the cat for the time being. Otherwise, you can give it a name." What’s a name for this cat?”
However, Ponedelin returned the matter to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I think it's up to you to choose the name."
"Lena," Sokov knew that if he didn't name the cat, no one else would, so he reluctantly accepted the task. But before choosing a name, he first asked Lena: "Is this a male cat or a female cat?"
Lena dragged the blue cat by its armpits, lifted it up to take a look, and then replied: "Comrade Commander, it is a female cat."
After learning the cat's gender, Sokov began to think about what to name the cat. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "What do you think of Yin Linna? The meaning of this name is 'peace and tranquility'. The Patriotic War that we are going on will end sooner or later. All the people who survive will live in peace." era and enjoy a peaceful life.”
"Good name, good name." As soon as Sokov finished speaking, Ponedelin said loudly: "This is a good name. This war will end sooner or later, and those of us who survive will live in peace. era and enjoy our peaceful life."
"Yin Linna, Yin Linna." Liena brought the blue cat close to her face and touched the blue cat's nose with the tip of her nose. This was a sign of friendship between cats. Then she asked the cat: "You will be called this name from now on. You Like it?"
After the blue cat waited for Lena to finish speaking, he meowed, seeming to agree with Lena's statement, and the entire command center suddenly burst into cheerful laughter.
After Liena left with the cat named Yin Linna, Sidorin clapped his hands several times. After everyone's attention was focused on him, he said to everyone: "Comrades, the leisure time is over. , everyone go back to their respective posts, we still have a lot of work to do. Only after defeating the German invaders can we return to the peaceful era and enjoy our peaceful life."
After hearing what Sidorin said, all the staff officers and communications soldiers in the headquarters returned to their posts one after another to continue their work.
After Sokov returned to the table, he asked Sidorin: "Comrade Chief of Staff, is there any latest news on the arrival of the 6th Guards Division?"
"Not yet, Comrade Commander." Sidorin shook his head and said, "But I think it will be soon. It won't be long before they can bring us good news."
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