USSR 1941

Chapter 244: Rokossovski

??Chapter 244 Rokossovsky

?? "Why didn't they retreat?" Shulka asked: "Haven't they realized that this counterattack was wrong?"

??The instructor spread his hands and replied: "At least not so far, we have been winning!"

?? Shulka choked at the words.

?? What the instructor said was indeed that the 16th Army regained Volokolamsk and hit Tver, and then severely taught the German army in the Volokolamsk area... This series is a series of victories.

?? In other words, Katukov took the risk of disobeying orders to set up an ambush in Volokolamsk and defeated the German army. This credit went to the Supreme Command in a blink of an eye.

?? "At least, they should also know that this approach is dangerous!" Shulka said: "We have no reserve after the troops are used for counterattack, but the enemy will not easily relax their attack on Volokolamsk!"

?? "Of course!" The instructor replied: "But you have held it, and they believe you can continue to hold it!"

?? This is irony, in other words, Shulka and others have to fail for them to understand how serious the problem is.

?? Sure enough, before the discussion between Shulka and the instructor was over, the German army launched an offensive.

??Although Shulka and the others were on the second line, the roar of artillery shells in front of them and the roar and dive bombing of fighter planes were right in front of them. From time to time, several fighter planes even swooped down to shoot at them.

?? Regarding the direction of continuing the offensive, there are actually differences within the German army.

Kruger, the commander of the Fourth Army, believed that Volokolamsk should be bypassed. This is the most commonly used tactic of the German army... when it encounters a hard nail, it bypasses and surrounds from the rear, while the Soviet army often fails due to lack of mobility or Not flexible enough to be surrounded again and again.

??But this time von Bock denied this approach.

"We can't go around!" Von Bock said to Kruger on the phone: "Because our main enemy is the 4th Tank Brigade, those T34s... Even if we succeed in going around, we will still end up with this unit Face to face. So, we only have to move forward!"

?? From this point of view, von Bock is right.

Although the counterattack strategy of the Soviet Supreme Command was wrong, if one day the German army broke through the Soviet army's second line of defense somewhere and pointed at Moscow, then the Soviet Supreme Command would not be so stupid as to still let the fourth tank brigade Settled in Volokolamsk and insisted on attacking Tver.

??They will use all means, such as the mobility of trains or tanks themselves, to fill in the gaps broken by the Germans.

??So, one day the German army will face the powerful T34 tanks of the Fourth Tank Brigade.

?? That is to say, it doesn't make much sense for the German army to bypass Volokolamsk. It is just a waste of precious gasoline to start a decisive battle with the Fourth Tank Brigade in another place.

During the conversation with Kruger, von Bock also said very seriously: "We all think that the last barrier of the Russians is the Mozhaisky line of defense, and that our greatest difficulties are mud and cold...I don't think so, The last barrier and the biggest difficulty is the Fourth Tank Brigade, as long as this unit is eliminated, our road to Moscow will be unimpeded!"

?? "But how should we deal with those T34s?" Kruger asked: "Our tanks and anti-tank guns simply cannot penetrate them!"

?? "That's what you need to consider!" Von Bock hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

?? This is not that von Bock is evading the problem, but that he thinks such a tactical problem should be considered by them.

??So the remnants of the German 2nd Armored Division, the 5th Armored Division and the 35th Infantry Division that arrived later launched a fierce attack on the defense line of the Su 316th Division.

??Shuerka carefully observed the German fighter planes, and found that in addition to swooping and bombing, they mostly hovered in the sky.

?? Obviously, they were searching for the 4th Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army.

??Shuerka believes that this is the German tactic...Using fighters to deal with the 4th Tank Brigade or to separate the 4th Tank Brigade from the front line.

??Looking at the sky again, the rain has completely stopped as the temperature drops, and all that will fall are snowflakes, which have even begun to deposit on the ground, and even sunlight can be seen in the sky.

??The drop in temperature was a good thing for the Soviet army, but it was also a bad thing, because it increased the visibility exponentially, so the German air power began to play their role again.

?? "This is a big problem!" The instructor also realized this, he said: "Our tanks may just stay in the bunker and can't move!"

?? "Comrade Shulka!" At this moment, a signal soldier called to Shulka who was hiding in the bunker: "Comrade Major wants you to go to the headquarters!"

?? Shulka responded, handed over the affairs of the position to Pukarev, and then followed the signal soldier to the regiment headquarters.

Shulka couldn't help being stunned when he arrived at the headquarters. A large number of officers were crowded in the narrow space in the basement of the regiment headquarters. Among them was Major Zakhakovic, the commander of the 4th Tank Regiment whom Shulka knew. , and several other officers who were unknown, including two major generals.

??Shuerka stepped forward to salute.

?? Major Gavrilov nodded, and then introduced: "This is Comrade Shulka!"

??A major general stepped forward and shook hands with Shulka enthusiastically, saying: "Nice to meet you, Comrade Shulka, I am Rokossovsky, commander of the 16th Army!"

?? Rokossovsky?

??Shuerka couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words... Another legendary figure. Although he is still a major general at this time, he will soon become a man of the same name as Zhukov.

?? "This is Major General Panfilov, commander of the 316th Division!"

?? "Nice to meet you, Comrade Shulka!" Major General Panfilov also shook hands with Shulka very politely.

?? Obviously, this is a regimental meeting, but they seem to want Shulka to participate.

?? Sure enough, Rokossovsky then said: "We have heard a lot about you, Comrade Shulka!"

??He led Shulka to the front of the map and said: "Not to mention anything else, the way of ambushing the Fourth Tank Brigade in Volokolamsk surprised us all!"

?? "Especially the Germans!" said Panfilov.

??The officers of the headquarters all laughed at the same time.

"Yes, especially the Germans!" Rokossovsky said. "It was a beautiful victory. At that time I even thought that the enemy would break through Volokolamsk. I didn't expect you to give them a hard attack." one strike!"

??At this time, Shulka wanted to say... We should withdraw Tver's troops, but in the end he held back his words.

??Because he knew it was meaningless to say this, none of them could make this decision.

?? "Now!" Rokossovsky continued: "We seem to be in trouble!"

??(end of this chapter)