With Rokosovsky's support, not only the 21st Army provided Sokov with 200 trucks, but even the infantry army living in the northeast handed over the sixty trucks under its name to Sokov.
The 124th Guard Infantry Regiment, which had been completed, began to board the bus one after another as soon as the truck arrived. 260 trucks sounded a lot, but in the end they were only carrying 4,000 officers and soldiers and their weapons and equipment. After completing the loading, the vast convoy marched towards the town of Khaltsky at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour.
This battle is of great importance, and Sokov could not stay in his command center, so he handed over the command to Vitkov, and he took an armored vehicle to operate with the 124th Regiment.
Halfway through, Starcha and Belkin also got into the armored vehicle and commanded the troops with Sokov. Sokov asked: "Do you have any information on the activity team behind enemy lines?"
"Some." Berkin replied first: "According to the report of the activity group that was mixed into the city, the German army had a regiment in the city of Donetsk, but this regiment was severely weakened after the battle. The regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Federman was also injured in the battle and lay in his command every day and basically did not go out."
"Oh, the seriously weakened infantry regiment." Sokov couldn't help but lit up after hearing Belkin's report: "Did you figure out how many enemies are?"
"More than five hundred people." After Bell King Kong finished speaking, he realized that he had not expressed clearly enough, and added: "To be precise, among the more than two thousand defenders in the city, there were only more than five hundred Germans, and the rest were Romanian and Italian troops."
For Sokov, the Romanian army and the Italian army were all clouds and had no combat power at all. One company of his own could defeat an opponent's battalion. He was afraid that the deployment of troops in the city might be different from those who had mastered in advance, so he quickly asked again: "Have you all figured out the distribution of the enemy's troops?"
"I figured it out," the answer was Colonel Starcha. He pointed to the map Sokov had spread on his knees and said to him: "There is a German company in the east of the city, with about a hundred men, and a Romanian battalion. The position is composed of two fronts, and the Romanian army guards the front position, and the Germans behind it."
There are only more than 600 troops deployed in the east, and it is very difficult to block the attack of 4,000 people with high morale. Moreover, the first line of defense is the defense of the Romanian army with low combat effectiveness. Not to mention sneak attacks, even if it is a strong attack, it can easily break through the enemy's defense.
Sokov was confident in breaking through the enemy, but he wanted to hear Stalkia's thoughts and asked, "Comrade Colonel, tell me, you plan to destroy the frontal enemy."
"Comrade Commander," Starcha quickly replied, "Since we do not have artillery or tanks, before the attack, I want to use the new rockets I carry to cover the enemy's positions with firepower. After the two rounds of bombs, it is estimated that there are no living people on the positions, and our regiment will be able to launch a comprehensive attack by then."
Sokov's heart was in pain for Starcha's reply. Although there are many new rockets equipped with troops now, they are not wasted like this. It is easy to cover the German positions with firepower, but if the enemy retreats to the second line of defense before being bombarded, wouldn't these rockets be wasted?
Sokov did not answer, but looked at Belkin and continued to ask, "What about you, my political commissar, what do you think?"
Belkin and Sokov have been partnering with each other for almost a year and naturally have a very good understanding of Sokov's character. He knows that Starcha's approach is a traditional Soviet approach. But such a tactic obviously cannot satisfy Sokov. He quickly said: "I think we should use sneak attack tactics to secretly approach the enemy's positions, and then use hand-to-hand combat to eliminate the enemies hiding in fortifications."
Seeing that Belkin understood his intention, Sokov smiled again. He also emphasized specifically: "If the Romanian army is defeated, they will definitely flee to the Germans' positions. At this time, our soldiers should not shoot at them."
"Don't shoot at the Romanian soldiers?" Starcha's face showed a shocked expression: "Comrade Commander, why is this?"
"Comrade Commander, have you not understood what the commander means yet?" Berkin explained to Starcha: "We can follow the fleeing Romanian soldiers and rush towards the German positions. The Germans found that our people were following the Romanian soldiers, and in order to protect themselves, they had to shoot at the Romanian army. In this way, there would be fire between the two sides, and our commanders and soldiers could take the opportunity to rush into the enemy's positions."
"It turns out that the battle can be fought like this." After hearing Belkin's explanation, Starcha's face showed a sudden realization: "Then when I arrive in the town later, I will convey the order to the soldiers."
"And," Sokov told Starcha, "remember to leave troops in the town so that the Germans will not be able to seize our way."
"Don't worry, comrade of the division commander." Starcha promised Sokov: "I will leave the most elite troops to stick to the town, and will never give the Germans the chance to get close to the town."
After the commanders and soldiers of the 124th Regiment arrived in the town, they rested on the spot for half an hour, ate some food, drank some water, and continued to move towards Donetsk.
At one o'clock in the morning, Sokov, who was staying in the town, received a call from Starcha: "Comrade Commander, the most advanced soldier in our regiment is only fifty meters away from the enemy, and you can even hear it when you sneeze."
"How is the enemy's alert?"
"I observed for a while and only found a few sentries. As for whether there were secret sentries, it is unknown." After the report of Starcha, he also asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, I wonder when we will start the attack?"
"Since the enemy is not very vigilant, send the soldiers to touch it quickly." Sokov said to the microphone: "As long as we kill the sentinel, our people can easily enter the city without being noticed."
"I understand." Starcha quickly replied: "I immediately ordered the commanders and soldiers of the first battalion to quietly touch the enemy's positions and eliminate them all in their sleep."
Chapter completed!