"As long as we cut off the enemy's supply line, no matter how large their numbers are, they will not be able to sustain it for long in the face of our powerful offensive." Sokov said to Merkulov: "Wait for the enemy's ammunition and supplies.
When it's almost exhausted, you can put the entire division into battle. Even if you can't completely annihilate this group of enemies, you should still be able to inflict heavy damage on them."
Merkulov was overjoyed when he heard what Sokov said. He quickly said: "Understood, Comrade Commander, I will arrange the troops immediately to launch a feint attack on the enemies in the town of Rojinsik..."
"General Merkulov," Vitkov interrupted: "I remember that your division doesn't seem to have that new type of rocket, right?"
"Yes." When Merkulov answered this question, he looked at Sokov specifically: "This new type of rocket is basically used to equip the 41st Guards Division, and the other divisions do not have it at all."
"Comrade Commander," Vitkov knew in his heart that if he wanted to equip other divisions with new rockets, he must obtain Sokov's consent, so he looked at Sokov and said: "Are you from the 41st Guards Division?"
How about devoting a company with new rockets to assist General Merkulov's troops?"
"No problem." Sokov said, picked up the phone on the table, and asked the communications soldier to connect to the division headquarters of the 41st Guards Division. Sidorin answered the phone and said: "Comrade Colonel, I plan to let May
General Erkulov's troops launched a feint attack on Rodincik and need to borrow one of your companies to assist them in the battle."
"You want a company?" After hearing Sokov's order, Sidorin asked with some confusion: "Comrade division commander, what role can a company play in the battle?"
Hearing that Sidorin was still calling him division commander, Sokov couldn't help but smile lightly, and then said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, if it was just an ordinary infantry company, I would definitely not call you. Now that I have so many troops, don't
Speaking of a company, even a battalion, it can be drawn from other troops at any time. The company I borrowed from you refers to the kind of company that can use new rockets, do you understand? "
"Understood, Comrade Division Commander." Sidorin immediately understood what Sokov meant and quickly replied: "I can immediately send the most elite company to support General Merkulov. But..."
Seeing that Sidorin was hesitant in speaking, Sokov quickly asked: "But what?"
"The German Imperial Division is stationed in the town of Rojinsik. They have fought with our division before and know that we are equipped with a large number of new rockets and can carry out long-range strikes against them." Sidorin reminded Sokov.
: "Once the enemies in the town of Rojinsik discover that they have been attacked by new rockets, they will definitely think that it is our division attacking the town, and they will definitely mobilize more troops from the rear. I am worried that Mel will
The pressure on General Kulov will be very great."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't worry." Sokov comforted Sidorin and said, "I just want the German army to send more troops to the town of Roginsik, so that we can easily eat this enemy.
Make the next battle less difficult."
Sidorin has been working with Sokov for several months, so he naturally knows that he often has many fantastic ideas. Now that he is asked to allocate his own men to assist General Merkulov's troops, he must have his intentions. If
The other party was still the former division commander, so he could ask him for details, but now the other party's identity was the commander of the group army, and he was just a division chief of staff under him, and he was not qualified to ask about many things. Therefore, he did not
When asked about the reason, he said obediently: "I will mobilize the manpower as soon as possible and rush to the defense area of the 67th Guards Division so that they can accept the command of General Merkulov."
After settling the problem of the troops, Merkulov asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, when should we launch an attack on the enemy?"
Now it has entered April, and the sky dawns at four o'clock every morning. Although it dawns early, the Germans still get up at seven o'clock every day. It is precisely because Sokov understands this that after thinking for a moment, he asked Mei
Erkulov said: "Comrade General, your attack will be carried out one hour after dawn. At that time, your commanders and soldiers can clearly see the target of the attack, while the enemy's officers and soldiers are sleeping soundly. If you choose this time period to attack, you can
Catch the enemy by surprise."
After Merkulov left, Sokov felt that although it was just a feint, he was sending troops to attack the enemy's position after all. Once there was a problem in some link, the situation might get out of control, so it was still necessary to report it to his superiors.
Report. Thinking of this, he quickly called the director of the communications corps and ordered him to connect him to the front army headquarters.
The communication line at the front army headquarters was busy. It took half an hour for the director of the communications corps to get through the phone call from the headquarters. After hearing Malinin's voice from the receiver, Sokov quickly straightened his body and spoke respectfully.
Said: "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff, I am Sokov."
"Oh, it's Major General Sokov." Malinen asked in a friendly tone: "You called me, what's the matter?"
"That's it, Comrade Chief of Staff. I plan to launch a small-scale attack on the Imperial Division entrenched in the town of Rojinsik tomorrow morning." Sokov said cautiously: "But I am worried about such a small-scale attack.
, may irritate the enemy's nerves and cause them to retaliate on a large scale, so I want to communicate with you."
"Oh, are you planning to launch an attack on the Imperial Division stationed in the town of Rojinsik?" After checking the map on the table, Malinin found that he only had one regiment, so he curiously asked Sokov: "General Sokov
, how many troops do you plan to dispatch to eliminate the enemies in the town?"
"The troops that entered the battle this time were only an infantry regiment, a company equipped with new rockets, and some artillery." Sokov said to Malinin: "The goal of this attack is only to harass the enemy, not to destroy it.
"
"What on earth is going on?" When Malinin heard Sokov said that he wanted to attack the enemy, he felt ecstatic in his heart. He felt that with Sokov's strength, there was no problem in eating this isolated enemy.
But when he heard that it was just to harass the enemy, not to destroy it, he couldn't help but frowned: "If you send out troops to harass the enemy at this time, what else can you do besides attracting revenge from the Germans?"
Before Malinin finished speaking, Rokossovsky, who was looking at a map at the side, grabbed the microphone and asked in a stern tone: "General Sokov, please tell me, what is your purpose for doing this?
"
Sokov did not expect that in just a moment, the person who answered the phone changed from Malinin to Rokossovsky. He replied in a panic: "Report to Comrade Commander of the Front Army that I sent troops to harass the enemy.
It’s just to let the enemy send more troops to the town of Rojinsik.”
"To make the enemy increase their troops?" Rokossovsky asked puzzledly: "Why do you do this?"
"Comrade Commander of the Front Army, the aviation division affiliated to our group army dispatched a bomber squadron today to attack the German transportation line from Pavlograd to the Skull Division defense area, destroying nearly forty trucks, allowing the enemy to
Within this period, supplies cannot be provided to the Skeleton Division..."
"What I'm asking is, why did you send troops to harass the town of Roginsik?" Before Sokov could finish speaking, Rokossovsky interrupted him and asked impatiently: "You sent
What does the air force’s attack on the enemy’s transportation lines have to do with this?”
"The connection is very strong, Comrade Commander of the Front Army." Seeing that Rokossovsky did not guess his intention, Sokov explained to him: "Since we can use the air force to destroy the supply line of the Skull Division, then the supply line of the Imperial Division
, we can also send the air force but cut them off. But now there are too few enemies in the town of Luojinsik, so it would be a bit wasteful to send the air force but cut off their transportation lines. Therefore, I want to harass the enemy and force the enemy to attack Luo Jinsik.
Kinsik increased its troops. After their troops in this area increase, they will send the air force to cut off their transportation lines.
Think about it, if the enemy's supply line is cut off by our air force, no matter how many troops they have, it may be difficult to resist our attack. In this way, we may be able to eliminate more effective forces of the German army during the attack.
.”
"Well, Misha." After hearing Sokov's words, Rokossovsky changed his name from his surname to his nickname: "I don't deny that the air force can destroy the enemy's communication lines, but
It’s impossible to completely cut it off.”
"For example, the German army needs forty trucks of supplies every day." Seeing that Rokossovsky still had questions, Sokov further explained to him: "But under our air strikes, the supplies they can obtain are only
There can be half or even less. Without enough supplies, they will not dare to attack us easily, but we can take the initiative to attack in our hands and attack whenever we want, making the Germans unable to defend themselves.
.”
"Your idea is good, but if the Germans find that their transport convoy will be attacked by air raids during the day, and adjust the transport time to night. What will you do?" Rokossovsky reminded Sokov.
: "You know, our air force is not very effective at bombing moving targets at night."
Regarding Rokossovsky's worries, Sokov quickly explained: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, I have already considered the issues you are worried about. Now we have sent many sabotage teams deep into the enemy's rear.
Carrying new rockets, it can attack enemy transport convoys from a long distance. In a word, no matter whether the enemy is transporting supplies during the day or at night, they are all within our attack range. We can use all means to reduce the supply the enemy receives.
to the lowest level.”
After listening to Sokov's statement, Rokossovsky was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Misha, your tactic is very novel. It attracts the enemy to concentrate a large number of troops on the front, and then sends the air force and
The sabotage team came to cut off their transportation lines, leaving them facing the dilemma of running out of ammunition and food. I think if the plan succeeds, a large number of enemies can be incapacitated in a short period of time."
"Comrade Commander of the Front Army, I have a request." Sokov thought that he would send the air force to cut off the German supply lines. Even if the number of aircraft dispatched each time was small, the ammunition and fuel consumed would not be a small amount, so he
He politely asked Rokossovsky: "I wonder if it would be possible to give priority to the two aviation divisions of our army group to provide fuel and ammunition supplies?"
"If you can really achieve the desired results." Rokossovsky did not give Sokov a clear answer, but said seriously: "Even if you don't make this request, I believe that Moscow's logistics department will
We will also proactively provide you with priority supplies.”
After a pause, he continued: "Misha, I got news not long ago. Yakov has developed a new type of transportation vehicle that can travel at high speed on muddy roads when fully loaded.
If he is willing to use this kind of transport to transport ammunition, fuel and supplies for you, it will be enough to support you in a long battle."
When he learned that Yakov had developed a new type of transportation, Sokov couldn't help but feel itchy. He asked curiously: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, do you know what kind of transportation it is?"
"I don't know." Rokossovsky answered simply. "I heard this news from an old friend who came to the front occasionally. Since this kind of transportation is still top secret, so
Not many people know the inside story. I know that Yakov and you are good friends. If you ask him directly, maybe he will give you a satisfactory answer."
Seeing Sokov hanging up the phone, Vitkov, who heard only a few words on the side, couldn't help but curiously asked: "Comrade Commander, what kind of transportation is what General Rokossovsky is talking about? What is it?"
What kind of transport can drive at high speed on muddy roads?"
When Sokov heard Vitkov's question, he shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, and replied with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Comrade Chief of Staff, I don't think I can answer this question. Unless I see the real thing, otherwise I will
I don’t know what new form of transportation Yakov is researching.”
Lunev came over and said to the two of them: "Are you talking about the new type of transportation developed by Yakov?"
"That's right." Listening to Lunev's taste, Sokov seemed to have some understanding of this new type of transportation, so he asked curiously: "Comrade Military Commissar, have you seen this new type of transportation?"
"No." Lunev shook his head and replied like a rattle: "This kind of transportation is top secret. At my level, I am not qualified to know about it."