When Yakov and others left the headquarters, Antonetta asked Sokov with some suspicion: "General Sokov, you sent this colonel to negotiate with Lieutenant Colonel Abrani. Your level is too low."
Right. I think it would be best if a general could be sent to such a negotiation."
"General Antonetta," Sokov interrupted him: "If he is not suitable, there will be no one more powerful than him."
Seeing Antonetta still whining, Smirnov simply revealed Yakov's identity: "General Antonetta, I can only tell you that the last name of the colonel Yakov just now is
Stalin. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Could it be that the colonel just now is the son of our supreme commander?"
"Yes, and he is the eldest son."
This time Antonetta felt relieved. General Smirnov was right, there was no one more suitable to serve as this negotiator than Colonel Yakov.
With a leader like Colonel Kosdyk, Yakov and Koshkin led the guard platoon and successfully entered the Romanian headquarters.
The leader of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Abrani, learned that his old friend Kosdik was visiting, and he was so happy that he came to the door to welcome him. Seeing a Soviet officer standing next to Kosdik, he couldn't help but curiously asked his old friend
: "Kosdik, who is this commander? Can you introduce him to me?"
Smirnov only revealed Yakov's identity to Antonetta after Yakov and others set off. Kosdik naturally did not know Yakov's true identity and simply introduced him: "This is
Colonel Yakov, as General Sokov's negotiator, is here to discuss cooperation with you."
Seeing that the representative negotiating with him was just a colonel, Abulani couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He felt that he had to have a general to show that he valued him. He took the initiative to reach out to Yakov and had a friendly attitude.
Said: "Hello, Colonel Yakov, welcome to Sokyryani."
When Abrani returned to his headquarters with Yakov and others, formal negotiations began.
According to Yakov, it is normal for such negotiations to last ten days and a half. But today's negotiations are extremely smooth. This is mainly due to the measures taken by the 18th Infantry Division.
Let the Romanian soldiers see the dawn of getting out of the war as soon as possible.
If Sokov were here and saw the terms of cooperation, he would find that the content of the agreement signed with the 18th Division was almost the same, except that the unit number changed from General Antonetta's 18th Infantry Division to
The two sides signed the agreement quickly, and then Abrani asked Yakov with some urgency: "Mr. Colonel, when will your troops be stationed in Sokilyani?"
Seeing that the other party was so looking forward to the Soviet troops stationed in the city, Yakov couldn't help but become curious: "Lieutenant Colonel Abrani, why are you so anxious to allow our troops to station in Sokilyani?"
"Mr. Colonel, you don't know something." Lieutenant Colonel Abrani explained to Yakov: "Yesterday, two German battalions arrived at a position five or six kilometers away from the city. If they learn that our two sides have launched a new
If the situation cooperates, I'm afraid they will immediately enter the city and disarm my troops."
"So that's it." Yakov figured out what was going on, nodded, and assured Lieutenant Colonel Abrani: "I will immediately contact the Army Group Headquarters and ask the troops closest to here to rush to Sokiri as soon as possible.
Yanni.”
Yakov knew that time was running out, and he did not dare to neglect. He immediately asked the accompanying telegraph operator to contact the headquarters, and asked the troops closest to the city to come immediately to take over the defense.
After receiving the call from Yakov, Sokov excitedly said to Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, good news, good news. The agreement between Yakov and Lieutenant Colonel Abrani has been signed.
At this moment, the other side asks our troops to enter the city as soon as possible."
"I don't know if Colonel Konev's 3rd Guards Airborne Division has set off?" Smirnov said with some worry: "If it sets off now, it will take at most three hours to complete the 20-kilometer road."
"Then let Colonel Konev speed up the march..." Sokov had just started to say, and suddenly realized that if he really did this, it would be tantamount to overstepping the command. If Afunin knew about it, even if he said it
I don’t say anything, but it will leave a thorn in my heart.
After trying to understand the powerful relationship, Sokov directly called Afunin and said to him: "General Afunin, I have some good news for you. The Romanian army stationed in Soquiriani has reached an agreement with
Our army has launched a cooperation agreement. Now they are worried that the Germans will send troops to attack the city after knowing the intelligence."
Hearing what Sokov said, Afnin immediately understood what was going on and quickly expressed his stance to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, I will urge the 3rd Guards Airborne Division to let him lead the troops.
Enter Sokiriani as soon as possible and seize the time to consolidate the defenses to ensure that the city will not be occupied by the Germans."
But Colonel Konev received an order from Afunin, asking him to speed up his march and be sure to enter Sokiriani in the shortest possible time to ensure that the city would not be occupied by the Germans.
After receiving the order, Colonel Konev immediately called Lieutenant Colonel Fritzman, commander of the 2nd Guards Airborne Regiment, and told him: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, the Romanian army in Sochiriani has been
Choose to start cooperating with our army. You immediately lead the group to the city and take over the jurisdiction of the city from the Romanians."
After Fritzmann returned to the regiment, he immediately ordered all transportation vehicles to be handed over to the first battalion, who would rush to Soquiriani as soon as possible and take over control of the city from the Romanian army.
The only dozen three-wheeled motorcycles in the regiment were gathered together and handed over to the first battalion and the first company. When half of the soldiers in the company got on the motorcycles, they immediately drove towards the city's defense line as quickly as possible. And there was no
The commanders and fighters who could get on the vehicle trotted behind the motorcycle team.
Three wheels can run faster than two legs. It took less than half an hour for the motorcycle team to reach the outskirts of the city. Fortunately, the garrison was notified first and knew that the battle with the Soviet army was now lifted.
A model of cooperation was established. Therefore, the Romanian officers and soldiers behaved particularly friendly towards the Soviet troops who appeared in front of them.
When he learned that only part of the leading company was coming, the Romanian commander even took it upon himself to send more than a dozen trucks along the road to pick up the commanders and fighters who were behind.
Fortunately, the company commander who led the team was more thoughtful and arranged for two soldiers to accompany him to avoid misunderstandings with his troops.
Facts have proved that the company commander's worries were not unreasonable. When the Soviet troops marching along the road saw more than a dozen trucks approaching them, they all stopped moving and looked for a place to hide nearby.
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The convoy stopped more than fifty years away from them. The driver's door of the two vehicles in front opened, and a soldier jumped out from each and ran towards their location.
With the soldiers in front of him, he immediately recognized the two soldiers running towards him. They were the people who entered the city on motorcycles. Since the motorcade in the distance had stopped and it was his own people who were coming, although everyone was still hiding
His own hiding place, but the weapon in his hand has been put down to avoid accidentally hurting one of his own.
The team leader here is a deputy company commander. He can name two soldiers. After calling them over, he tentatively asked: "What is going on? Why did the enemy truck appear?"
"That's right, Comrade Deputy Company Commander." An older soldier replied: 'Our vanguard entered the city and met the Romanian defenders. They heard that less than half of our company entered the city.
The remaining people were still walking behind, so they took the initiative to send a dozen trucks to pick you up. The company commander was worried about a misunderstanding, so he asked the two of us to come back with the truck. You see, didn't there almost be a misunderstanding just now?
'
After the deputy company commander figured out what was going on, he quickly ordered the soldiers behind him to come out of their hiding places, board the trucks sent by the Romanians one after another, and ride to Soquiriani.
After the leading companies met in the city, the Romanian officers led them to the regiment headquarters. Here, they met not only Lieutenant Colonel Abrani but also Yakov who came to negotiate.
Seeing a colonel here, the company commander hurried forward to report to Yakov and ask for instructions on the next step.
"Comrade Captain," Yakov said to the company commander: "As far as I know, there are German troops stationed in the southwest of the city. Your company's task is to take over the Romanian army's defense area. But I think you have too few people.
It’s a bit over, we still need to add more troops.”
"Comrade Colonel," the company commander said with some embarrassment after hearing what Yakov said: "The troops do not have enough transportation, so it is basically impossible to speed up."
Yakov knew that a Romanian officer had just sent a convoy privately to pick up the Soviet troops marching on foot. Now that the two sides had fully cooperated, it was logical for them to provide transportation to transport the troops behind them.
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Abrani learned that the Soviet army was advancing towards the city and showed unusual cooperation: "Colonel Yakov, there are more than 30 trucks and 70 or 80 buses in the city. These can be used to transport troops.
Yes, if you need it, I can send these vehicles to pick up your people."
"Great, this is really great." After hearing Abrani's statement, Yakov said excitedly: "In this way, the troops can enter the city in a short time and race against time to consolidate the fortifications to fight against
Possible German attack."
In this way, more than fifty trucks and seventy-eight taels of buses formed a mighty army and headed to the banks of the Dnieper River to meet their troops.
Worried that the convoy might misunderstand the oncoming troops, Yakov ordered someone to prepare a red flag and tie it to the rearview mirror of the first truck. In addition, the deputy company commander also traveled with the vehicle and was ready at any time.
Communicate with the troops behind.
It was precisely because of the active cooperation of the Romanian army that Colonel Konev's 3rd Guards Airborne Division was all stationed in Sokiriani in less than two hours.
When Sokov received a call from Afunin and learned that the 3rd Airborne Division had entered Sokiriani and successfully took over the defense of the Romanian army, he was still shocked: "What is a soldier?"
The actions of the 3rd Airborne Division can only be described as the speed of soldiers."
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Smirnov was also impressed by the rapid marching speed of the 3rd Airborne Division: "Based on the distance, they should have just reached the halfway point at this moment. I really didn't expect that Colonel Yakov actually
We will think of ways to requisition transportation in the city to transport our troops, thus greatly increasing the speed of the march."
"Now that the 3rd Airborne Division has entered the city, the marching speed of the 4th Division can be slowed down a little." Sokov said: "Even if the Germans find something is wrong at this moment and launch an attack on the city, with the combat effectiveness of the 3rd Airborne Division, they should be able to carry it for a day.
There is no problem."
"What about the tank brigade?" Smirnov asked: "Does it also need to be deployed to Sokiriani?"
"No hurry, no hurry." Now that Sokiriani has been captured, there is little chance of a battle in a short period of time. Therefore, Sokov has no plans to deploy the tank brigade in that direction for the time being, but is concentrating his efforts on dealing with it.
Enemies in the upper reaches of the Murovani Kurilivtsi area. "Our tank brigades are limited in number and cannot be dispersed into the battle. We should first assist the Ponejelin troops to capture the city."
When it comes to Ponejelin, Sokov naturally thinks of Murovani Kurilivtsi. As long as this city is captured, the combat group under his command will form a new one in Moldavia.
The protrusion posed a greater threat to the German army.
"Did Mulovani Kurilivci's attack go well?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander, it went very well." Smirnov reported to Sokov: "Lieutenant Colonel Ponedelin, according to your instructions, when the troops enter the city and encounter a counterattack by the German army, they will immediately
Exit Chengcheng City and use artillery fire on the outskirts to destroy the enemies who rush out of the city."
"This method must have been effective at the beginning." Sokov was worried that Smirnov was underestimating the enemy, so he specifically explained to him: "The Germans are not fools. If they suffer losses twice in a row, they will see our troops again.
When we retreat, we won't rush out stupidly. Then, we will have to fight with them in street battles."
Speaking of street fighting, Sokov realized that the next battle would be difficult, and quickly added: "Remember, there are tens of thousands of residents in the city, so when fighting street fighting, you cannot bombard the city with heavy artillery to avoid causing casualties to the residents.
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"Comrade Commander, if we don't use heavy artillery, what should we do once we encounter a strong German firepower point?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff, let me remind you." Sokov said to Smirnov: "I just said that heavy artillery cannot be used, but not all artillery fire cannot be used! Facing those solid firepower points, artillery can use cannons
The tactic of attaching a bayonet is to carry out direct shooting at the enemy's fire points within the range of sight."
"This is a feasible method." After listening to Sokov's words, Smirnov nodded and said, "I will call Ponejelin right away and tell him the tactics you just came up with."
"Without further delay, let's fight quickly." Sokov was worried that his troops would suffer losses if the delay was too long, so he urged: "We must end the battle in Murovany Kullivci before four o'clock in the afternoon.