"What?" When the tank brigade commander heard this, his jaw almost hit the ground: "You said that the 98th Guards Division only dispatched two regiments and occupied most of the city?"
"That's right, Comrade Brigadier." The scout replied: "Most of the defenders in the city are Romanian troops and have no combat effectiveness at all. That's why the friendly forces were able to occupy most of the city in a very short period of time."
Knowing that the city was about to be occupied by the 98th Guards Division, the tank brigade commander couldn't help but feel panicked. He immediately summoned several of his battalion commanders to assign combat tasks to everyone.
After the mission was assigned, the first battalion commander took the initiative and said: "Brigadier Commander, although the friendly forces occupy most of the city, I think there should be many enemy anti-tank fighters in the city. Without the cooperation of the infantry, I think we will not be able to defeat the enemy."
Movement inside the city will be very difficult."
The words of the first battalion commander reminded everyone that the field of vision in the tank was narrow. Without the cooperation of the infantry, the tank could easily be destroyed by anti-tank fighters hidden on the roadside. Therefore, everyone suggested to the brigade commander, hoping to get the infantry's help.
support.
"The 195th Infantry Division is near us," the third battalion commander interrupted: "Brigadier Commander, see if you can ask them for help."
The tank brigade commander followed suit and immediately contacted the other party through the radio.
The commander of the 195th Division was like an ant on a hot pot at this moment, anxious. Therefore, the scouts sent had not returned yet, and he had no idea what was going on in the city of Qingselica.
At this moment, the radio operator came to report: "Comrade division commander, the phone number of the tank brigade commander."
The commander of the 195th Division hurried to the radio station, put on his earphones, and raised the microphone: "Hello, I am the commander of the 195th Division."
"Hello, comrade division commander." The tank brigade commander said politely on the phone: "Our brigade is preparing to attack Novoselica, but without the cooperation of the infantry, I am afraid we will not be able to break through the area guarded by anti-tank fighters. So I hope
, could you please send me some infantry to help us attack the city."
"Comrade Brigadier," the infantry division commander did not immediately reply to the tank brigade commander, but asked tentatively: "Do you know the situation in Novoselica?"
"My scouts just came back and said that two regiments of the 98th Guards Division are currently fighting in the city and occupy most of the city." The tank brigade commander said truthfully: "The defenders in the city are almost uniform.
The Romanian army has little combat effectiveness, so I want to put the tank brigade into battle, but it lacks the cooperation of infantry. I hope you can send me some infantry."
Knowing that there were only Romanian troops in Novoselica, the infantry division commander was eager to try. He asked tentatively: "Comrade Brigade Commander, how many troops do you want?"
"A group."
"A group?"
The tank brigade commander said with some lack of confidence: "Comrade division commander, if you feel that one regiment has too many troops, then you can send us a battalion."
The infantry division commander laughed, and then explained: "Comrade Brigadier, you are mistaken. I don't think you want too many people, but quite the opposite. Well, I will send two regiments to go with you.
Try to assist the 98th Guards Division as soon as possible to capture Novoselica."
The tank brigade commander originally only planned to ask for one infantry regiment, but he did not expect the infantry division commander to be so generous and gave him two regiments at once. He quickly thanked the other party: "Thank you, comrade division commander, I really appreciate it. With so many infantry troops,
If we cooperate, I believe it won't be long before we can completely liberate this city."
Half an hour later, under the guidance of the tank brigade, two infantry regiments of the 195th Division launched an attack from the north of Novoselica. In order to resist the attack of the 98th Guards Division, the enemies in the city moved the troops outside the city
After all the troops were mobilized, they were all concentrated in the north of the city to carry out a tenacious resistance.
Facing the sudden appearance of Soviet troops from the north, the remaining Romanian troops could not resist. Seeing the rumble of Soviet tanks approaching, shooting stopped in many areas, and countless white flags stretched out of the trenches.
, surrendered to the approaching Soviet tanks.
The tank brigade commander knew that with the cooperation of the infantry of the two regiments, his attack on Novoselica would be very smooth. But what happened now made him feel like he was in a dream. Often, as soon as the tanks drove past, the trenches would
Many of the enemies there waved white flags and surrendered without even firing their guns.
The defenders in the city who were fighting hard with the 98th Guards Division never dreamed that a huge Soviet army would appear behind them. Faced with the Soviet army's two-sided attack, the Romanian defenders lost their will to resist.
They all laid down their weapons and surrendered.
When the Shamrich regiment joined the oncoming tank brigade and the commanders and fighters of the 195th Division, it immediately sent a telegram to Sokov to report its victory.
After receiving the telegram, Sokov smiled and said to Samek, Trofimenko and Smirnov: "Comrade commanders, I really didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army was so poor. Our offensive only lasted
After a few hours, they laid down their weapons and surrendered to our army."
"Yes, yes," Samek nodded and said, "I can't believe that the defenders' fighting will was so poor that they surrendered to our army without even putting up any decent resistance."
"That's fine." Trofimenko said: "The sooner the enemy surrenders, the smaller the casualties of our troops will be. I think that in two days at most, our leading troops will be able to enter Romania and push the battle to the end."
To the enemy's territory."
"That's right." Smirnov nodded and said, "When we fight on our soil, the destroyed towns, villages, farmland, and dead and injured people all belong to us. But if we enter Romania, we are fighting against the enemy.
Since we fought on our own land, we don’t have so many worries when fighting.”
"How many more days will it take for our troops to enter Romania?" Gorokhov asked.
"Comrade Military Commissar," Sameko said to him with a smile: "Judging from the current situation, our troops will be able to enter Romania in two days."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are too conservative." Unexpectedly, as soon as Samyko finished speaking, he heard Sokov's voice: "The first troops to rush into Novoselica were Shamrich's troops.
The 296th Guards Regiment, based on what I know about him, after liberating Novoselica, he will definitely lead a force and continue to rush into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
Two days?! I don’t think he can wait that long, maybe he can give us a surprise tomorrow.”
Sokov's conjecture was correct. When Novoselica was completely controlled by the Soviet army, Shamrih immediately contacted Chuvashov: "Comrade Division Commander, with the cooperation of friendly forces, we have successfully liberated Novoselica."
Licha."
"Friendly troops?!" When the Soviet army fought, there was always a lack of coordination between the various troops, let alone two troops that were not affiliated with each other. Therefore, after Chuvashov heard Shamrih's report, he asked in surprise: "
Where did these friendly forces come from?”
Hearing what Chuvashov said, Shamrih was also surprised. Didn't the commander of the friendly forces contact his division commander? But at this time, he was thinking about another important thing, so
He skipped the topic directly: "Comrade division commander, now that the city has been liberated, I think our regiment still has the ability to continue fighting. Do you think you will assign new tasks to us?"
When Chuvashov commanded the troops to liberate Novoselica, he only put two regiments into the battle and left one regiment as a reserve. He planned to wait for the city to be liberated before continuing with the next battle plan. At this moment, I heard
When Shamrih asked, he did not reply immediately, but asked: "Can your regiment still have the ability to continue fighting?"
"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." Shamrih replied in a positive tone: "After the battle, our regiment has more than 1,200 people left, with only less than 800 casualties, and is fully capable of continuing to fight.
.”
"Okay, Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih." Seeing that Shamrih was so motivated, Chuvashov did not want to pour cold water on him, so he directly gave him an order: "Now I will give your regiment a new order.
Combat order: Advance to Chernivtsi immediately and be sure to reach the designated location before dawn tomorrow."
After giving the order, he asked tentatively: "Comrade Shamrih, can you do it?"
Shamrih nodded and replied: "Comrade division commander, please rest assured. Our regiment has captured a lot of buses in the city. We can use these vehicles to transport troops. I am fully confident that we will be able to transport troops before dawn tomorrow."
, arrived outside the city of Chernivtsi.”
After obtaining Chuvashov's permission, Shamrih ordered the already assembled troops to board the captured bus and drive towards Chernivtsi.
After driving for more than two hours, the convoy arrived at the left bank area of the Prut River. At this time, the car in front suddenly stopped, and the cars following it also stopped one after another to prevent a collision.
The bus is equipped with a radio, so without getting off the bus, Shamrih can talk to Yakuda, the first battalion commander who is opening the road ahead, through the radio: "First battalion commander, what happened ahead, why did you stop?"
"Comrade leader," Yakuda on the other end of the phone said excitedly, "I found something interesting, and it must be something you want to see."
"Interesting thing, I also want to see it?" Shamrih asked in confusion: "What is it?"
But Yakuda did not tell Shamrih the answer immediately. Instead, he said with a smile: "Comrade leader, I think you will be very happy if you see it. I still recommend that you come and see for yourself. I am at the head
The car is waiting for you here and will take you to see it with your own eyes."
Hearing what Yakuda said so mysteriously, Shamrih couldn't help but become interested. He informed the chief of staff, then called Shapovarenko and went to the lead car together, wanting to see what Yakuda said so mysteriously.
What exactly is the thing that arrived?
Soon, Shamrih arrived at the location of the leading car and asked Yakuda, who was standing beside the car: "Comrade Major, what on earth are you doing to make it so mysterious?"
"Comrade leader, please don't worry, I'll just take you to have a look." After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the river.
Seeing his actions, Shamrih knew that the good things the other party mentioned should be placed by the river, so he quickly followed him.
After walking for a while, Yakuda stopped, turned around and said to Shamrih: "Comrade leader, you are right here!"
"Is it right here?" Shamrich saw a damaged stone tablet in front of him, and asked unhappily: "Major, you called me here just to show me this?"
"That's right, comrade leader." Yakuda said very excitedly: "I called you here, of course, to show you this thing."
"What is this?" Shamrih knew his subordinates well and knew that they would not ask him to see something boring for no reason, so he looked at it carefully. After he saw the words on the stone tablet clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Said: "This, this is the boundary monument of our country?"
"That's right, Comrade Leader, it is indeed our boundary monument." Yakuda pointed to the damaged stone tablet and said: "Look, the two letters on the top of the stone tablet are the abbreviation of the word 'boundary monument', and the bottom is 'CCCP'
, below is the number of the boundary monument, but unfortunately it was damaged and the number cannot be seen clearly."
Shapovarenko took a closer look and immediately came to the conclusion: "Since there is a boundary monument here, it means that we have now reached the pre-war border. As long as we cross this stone monument, we have entered Romanian territory."
"Yes, that's right." Shamrich nodded and said, "The missing numbers clearly show traces of explosives blasting. This shows that after the Germans occupied this place, they tried to destroy this stone monument.
But sadly, they were not successful."
Shapovarenko took out his handkerchief, carefully wiped the damaged stone tablet, and said with tears in his eyes: "Three years have passed, and we have finally returned to our own border."
"Comrade Commander, should you report such an important matter to the division commander immediately?"
Yakuda's words reminded Shamrih, and he nodded and said: "I will contact the division commander and report to him about the discovery of the boundary monument."
The operator was standing not far away. When he saw Shamrih waving to him, he immediately ran over and waited for Shamrih to assign him the task of sending the message.
"Comrade radio operator," Shamrih said to him: "Immediately send a report to the division headquarters, saying that we have arrived at the Prut River and found the boundary monument on the old border. Because the boundary monument was attacked by the Germans
It’s so damaged that we can’t see the specific number of the boundary marker clearly.”
After dictating the message, he waved to the operator and said, "Hurry up and send the message."
The telegram was quickly placed in front of Chuvashov. When he saw the content clearly, he stood up from his seat suddenly, directed at the communications staff who sent the telegram to him, and asked in a suspicious tone: "Is there any telegram?"
Is it wrong translation?"
"No, Comrade Division Commander." The communications staff officer replied in a positive tone: "I have verified it once and there is absolutely no error in the message."
"Great, this is really great." Although the first unit to discover the boundary monument was Lieutenant Colonel Shamrih's 296th Guards Regiment, in any case, they were all affiliated with the 98th Guards Division.
, Chuvashov, as the division commander, was naturally honored. He put down the message and asked the communications staff: "Can we communicate directly with the group army headquarters here?"
"Yes, Comrade Division Commander." The communications staff officer nodded and said, "After we captured Novoselica, we have established contact with the group army headquarters using the existing lines in the city. You can contact the headquarters by phone at any time.