Chapter 507 Rokossov's Right Hook

When I returned to the headquarters, the first thing I saw was a map full of red.

Wang Zhong: "How many positions have been lost?"

Pavlov rolled his eyes at him: "Although it is the truth, don't say it so directly. The impact is too bad. At present, the first line of defense has almost all the positions without reinforced concrete buildings.

“Several support points that rest on the original reinforced concrete building are still resisting and can even be used for phone calls.”

Pavlov said as he picked up the map stick and quickly clicked on the map a few times: "Here, here, and here, a total of three support points. We dismantled most of the KV of the 21st Tank Regiment and put them here. In the lane around three support points.”

Wang Zhong pretended to look at the map, but in fact he had seen the entire terrain clearly from the bird's eye view - of course, when he had not established contact with the frontline troops, he could only look at the terrain. Regardless of whether it was the enemy or friend, it was the unit's logo, which was stuck to the terrain like a plaster. .

Don't tell me, it's quite like a game. Wang Zhong liked to play games like "SGS" before traveling through time. This was the same feeling before zooming in.

Because he couldn't see exactly where the tank was placed, Wang Zhong shouted: "Contact these three support points by phone."

Pavlov: "It's still in contention. I'm afraid you won't be able to adjust even if I call."

Wang Zhong could only give up and change the topic: "Besides the support point, is there no other position to defend?"

"Yes, the unnamed high ground defended by the 510th Division is still in our hands. This highland overlooks our second and third lines of defense, so the 510th Division has invested all its reserves, as well as cooks and division guards. According to them "..." Pavlov stopped and adjusted his expression, "The only ones who can go up are the divisional authority and the division commander himself."

Wang Zhong: "Where are their reinforcements?"

Pavlov's map stick poked the arrow pointing to the unknown highland: "A division of the 56th Infantry Army is on the road, but the equipment of the 56th Army is not very good and the degree of motorization is very low, so it cannot catch up for the time being."

Wang Zhong stared at the map and cut his perspective to look at the actual terrain of the highlands: "In this highland, our vortex can come in handy and send out the vortex troops of the 225th Division. What infantry do we have on hand now that can sit on the vortex and march together? ?"

Pavlov: "The 393rd Naval Infantry Brigade has called for battle for the fourth time."

Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment, but said firmly: "Let the 393rd Brigade get on the vortex and drive over! With the mobility of the vortex, they can be faster than the 56th Army on foot!"

"Yes!" Pavlov immediately turned around and went to call.

At this time, another phone rang. After picking up the phone, the staff officer immediately shouted: "No, you have to resist! It will get dark in three hours. The Prosins are not that strong in night fighting capabilities. We will wait until night!"

Proson relies heavily on long-range firepower, especially the firepower of the machine guns equipped by the squad. It is common knowledge among Ant troops that Proson's combat effectiveness will decrease at night.

Wang Zhong looked at the staff officer and heard him yelling into the microphone: "No! We don't have any troops that can be sent out now. Do you want the troops from the second and third lines of defense to come forward? That would be penetrated by the enemy. Don't you wear it completely? No! No, we can't retreat!

"Too many casualties? There are huge casualties everywhere! You..."

Wang Zhong walked over and stretched out his hand.

The staff officer glanced at Wang Zhong and immediately said into the receiver: "General Rokossov, commander of the front army, wants to talk to you!"

After saying that, he handed the receiver to Wang Zhong and added: "The phone number of the train maintenance plant at the peripheral support point."

Wang Zhong nodded and took the receiver: "I am Rokosov."

"General!" The other side of the receiver shouted quickly, the voice even overpowering the sound of machine gun fire. "The casualties are too great! There are only a few people left in some companies! If we continue to fight, we will kill them all!"

Wang Zhong: "I don't want your casualty figures, I just want support. You want reinforcements, and I'm the only one left. I'll go there myself!"

The receiver suddenly became silent, and only the sound of fierce machine gun fire could be heard.

Wang Zhong: "Hello?"

A dreamy voice came from the other side of the receiver: "I understand, Commander Davarich, as long as there is one of us left, the position will be there. When all of us are sacrificed, we can only rely on you to defend."

Wang Zhong: "I wish you good luck, Commander Davarisi."

"See you in Prosonia, Comrade Commander."

He hung up the phone resolutely.

Wang Zhong: "Who opened the window? The wind is a bit strong."

The staff all looked towards the closed windows, which were rattled by the howling wind.

Wang Zhong looked at Pavlov: "I order you, even if you dig it out, you must dig out the troops and send them to the front line!"

Pavlov: "The current transportation capacity of the railway line can transport three divisions every day. The losses caused by the bombing of the Prosen Air Force are too great. If we want to have enough troops, we need to eliminate the artillery positions and artillery positions of the Prosen on the west bank. The artillery observation post makes the Valdaichu River navigable throughout its basin. "

As he spoke, Pavlov drew a line on the map with a map stick, crossing the entire Valdaichu River.

Wang Zhong: "Very good, this is what we are going to do. The investigation results are here."

He took out the map board from his arms: "The photos are being developed and should be ready in the middle of the night. I found three places on the entire West Bank where landings can be made, and one of them is very suitable for setting up a pontoon bridge. The naval infantry can use the pontoon bridge after landing. Send the 51st Tank Corps over and use the tank troops to maneuver quickly to clear the enemy artillery positions on the river bank."

Wang Zhong gestured on the map.

"These are the locations of the artillery positions and observation posts I discovered." He used a pen to draw several more circles on the locations marked on the map.

Pavlov: "You are so good at reconnaissance. I suddenly have absolute confidence in defeating the enemy - even though we don't have enough troops now."

As soon as he finished speaking, a staff officer muttered: "Obviously our military strength is almost the same as that of the enemy, but why do we still feel that our military strength is insufficient?"

Wang Zhong: "The enemy is of higher quality than us. Don't worry, veterans are non-renewable resources. Once we wipe out a large number of the enemy's veterans and force Proson to start general mobilization, we can use the same number of troops to beat them."

Staff officer: "How long will it take?"

Wang Zhong: "You can see it next year, I mean, in some places."

"You..." the staff officer said with a look of reverence, "Have you seen the entire context of the war?"

Wang Zhong poked the staff officer on the shoulder with the map board in his hand: "You are not serious about reading. As long as you have read the pamphlet I wrote, you will understand."

"I have read it!" Yakov suddenly interrupted, "Indeed, after reading it, my whole mind brightened up and I was suddenly full of confidence in the future."

Yakov has almost become a professional salesman of the pamphlets written by Wang Zhong. He always carries three sets of pamphlets with him, one to read himself, one to give away, and a spare set.

Wang Zhong was a little embarrassed by the praise and could only force himself to turn to the map: "Anyway, let's start the right hook fight quickly. Let's call the commander of the river fleet and the commander of the naval infantry division. The pontoon troops are also ready. Prepare."

Pavlov: "The pontoon bridge troops have been preparing to build bridges. We have also imported large-scale bridge-building equipment from the United States. Now they practice bridge-building on tributaries every day without any chance of practical operation.

"In addition, there are actually car ferries. We have tested them before. As long as one ferry only carries two tanks, it can be transported there."

Wang Zhong shook his head: "We still need a floating bridge. The ferry is too slow and is easily attacked by enemy bombers."

As soon as he finished speaking, the commander of the river fleet and the commander of the naval infantry division came in.

"Why did you come so fast?" Wang Zhong was surprised.

"We heard that you came back from reconnaissance and came directly here. We also brought a staff officer who is good at organizing landing plans." The commander of the river fleet pointed to the staff officer behind him, "If the sailing distance is not far, we can land tomorrow. Of course. If we want to land more than 100 kilometers upstream, it will be more complicated. We need to organize transport ships... In short, we can launch a landing within three days. "

Wang Zhong: "Can three days be enough?"

"Yes, after all, it is just an inland river landing. The tides and other things are relatively simple. We are also familiar with the conditions on both sides of the river." The commander of the inland river fleet said, "But the Prosins have fortified themselves in places suitable for landing."

Proson did not spread out his troops in a long line, but focused on fortifying places where it was easy to land, and set up artillery positions to block the river.

Wang Zhong: "Come and take a look, the landing point is here."

At this time, the staff officers had marked all the locations marked by Wang Zhong on the big map.

Wang Zhong pointed to these points: "After my personal reconnaissance, I selected a landing point where the enemy's strength is weak and where it is easy to attack the artillery positions on the shore."

"Here." The commander of the river fleet shook his head. "There are sunken ships here. The water flow is relatively fast and it is difficult to land. It may be because of this that the enemy did not set up defenses here."

The commander of the Marine Infantry Division immediately said: "I think we can give it a try and take it by surprise. If the landing craft runs aground, we will wade ashore. Anyway, we all know how to swim. We can even swim armedly in the wave conditions of the inland river without the need for a landing craft."

Wang Zhong: "We still need a landing craft. The enemy will have heavy firepower after landing."

"We can seize the enemy's heavy firepower." The division commander said very confidently, "We can all operate the enemy's artillery tanks and armored vehicles."

Wang Zhong was so envious that everyone in the division could drive tanks, half-tracks, and artillery. What kind of infantry are you supposed to do? Why don't you become a technical soldier for me?

How many tanks can a 15,000 skilled tanker drive?

But then he thought about it. Really reliable tanks have not yet been built, and elite tankers are now using T34 and KV just to deliver food, so he immediately calmed down.

Wang Zhong: "Anyway, I have done the reconnaissance and can get the photos in the middle of the night. You should complete the plan as soon as possible and try to launch the landing operation before the 25th. The muddy period will begin at that time, and it will be more difficult for the enemy to counterattack the landing."

"Yes!" The two senior navy generals saluted together.