In the rear of the battlefield, in the city of Voroshilovgrad, Chen Dao held a telegram and stood next to the large combat map with Lieutenant General Vlasov, and compared the place names on the telegram, first found the Kalitva River on the map, and then found the two small towns of Rossohi and Olikhovatka in the middle and lower reaches of the Kalitva River.

"One, two, three, four, five." Chen Dao's fingers circled around the town of Olihotka, and he was surprised to find that there were five roads on the map that converged on the town.

Chen Dao's gaze turned to the town of Rossohi to the east.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, there are six roads converging in this town, we occupy these two places, the Russians are sending south, the shortest road is blocked, they have to take a long detour, General Schumacher is really a god in a position, a god is in a position, and now, the Russians are going to be uncomfortable."

"In one day and one night, General Schumacher's troops were able to drive nearly 200 kilometers behind enemy lines, which is worthy of Scud." Lieutenant General Vlasov complimented.

Chen Dao was very useful, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Speaking of the speed of the march, I still have a lot of confidence in General Schumacher. ”

Lieutenant General Vlasov continued: "General Schumacher not only marched fast, but also launched a deadly attack, even caught the command of Marshal Timoshenko, captured a group of staff officers, and killed the chief of staff of the Southwestern Command, Lieutenant General Bogin, so that the enemy's command was temporarily paralyzed, and Stalin knew that he would definitely drop his glass again." ”

Chen Dao said with a smile: "Speaking of the matter of smashing the wine glass, I think we should use General Schumacher's victory to make Stalin's anger more vigorous, so that he will break the wine glass even more, preferably with the wine bottle." ”

"Your Excellency, what are you going to do?" Lieutenant General Vlasov asked.

"The reporters from Deutsche Welle should have arrived, you go for an interview first, I have to think carefully about how to use General Schumacher's god-like position to make some trouble for Stalin."

Lieutenant General Vlasov went for an interview, and Chen Dao stayed alone in the command headquarters to think about countermeasures.

After staring at the map for a long time, Chen Dao suddenly said: "First prepare the cannons, and then come with a round of mouth cannons, so that Stalin can often taste like the god of war." ”

A flurry of orders for the transfer of troops was issued from the city of Voroshilovgrad.

The first to receive orders was the 4th Group under the 101st Special Air Service Regiment of the Luftwaffe.

After receiving the order to be pulled, Major Recht, the commander of the 4th "Black Iron" Brigade (Battalion), excitedly rushed into the office and dialed the telephone in the barracks.

"Gentlemen, let's go to the airport in the village of Marchivka. What, where is the village of Markiivka? How do I know, immediately go to the map and find it and tell me. ”

Putting down the phone, Major Recht ran to the side of the map and was the first to begin to search for the location of the village of Markivka.

About an hour later, southeast of the city of Artyomovsk, there was a loud roar at the airfield dedicated to the 101 Special Air Service Regiment, and dust was flying on the ground.

FI-382 "Black Hawk" helicopters took off one after another, and in groups flew first to the east, then to the western outskirts of Voroshilovgrad and then to the airfield in the village of Markiivka to the north.

To the north of Voroshilovgrad, about 70 km north of the town of Bilovodsik.

Captain Rabin, commander of the 1st Regiment, 1st Battalion, 2nd Company of the 1st Infantry Division of the "Honorable Jew" Infantry Corps, looked up at the large group of helicopters flying overhead, and did not bow his head until the group turned into a black dot in the northern sky.

"Quick, hurry up and get in the car, we can take the car and go, we should be happy."

After Captain Rabin finished speaking, he climbed onto the roof of a No. 3 assault gun with both hands and feet.

More soldiers followed his example, climbed into the No. 3 assault gun parked on the side of the road, and turned from infantry into "armored knights".

Yesterday, Captain Rabin and his men were on the road all day, and in one day, eating countless dust, the troops marched nearly sixty kilometers.

After a night's rest in the field, the troops continued their march early the next morning, and as soon as they arrived in the town of Bilovodsik, they received an order from the battalion headquarters that a convoy would come to pick them up, and the troops were on standby.

First the No. 3 assault gun directly under the division headquarters, then the trucks of the anti-aircraft battalion pulling the anti-aircraft guns, all kinds of convoys poured into the transportation town of Bilovodsik.

The No. 3 assault gun was roof filled with infantry, and each truck with anti-aircraft guns was crammed with a few infantrymen, and the overloaded convoy then drove north in the direction of the Kalitwa River.

Captain Rabin was sitting on top of the No. 3 assault gun, passing by a village with a road sign at the entrance of the village that said Markiivka, when he saw the sky on the other side of the village, where groups of planes lined up to take off and land.

The convoy passed through the village and continued northward, with trucks and armoured vehicles coming out of the airfield outside the village and marching north behind Assault Gun No. 3.

On the road, trucks and armored vehicles were coming head-on, passing by the No. 3 assault gun.

After passing through the village of Markiivka, the convoy drove about 40 kilometers through a small town called Kandemirovka, where Captain Rabin saw a large number of soldiers in camouflage uniforms moving around the city, seemingly digging trenches.

The convoy drove less than 10 kilometres through Kandemirovka to a village called Zuravka, north of the city, where it stopped in the centre.

Captain Rabin was the first to jump out of the car and shouted: "Our terminal has arrived, get off, get off." ”

The soldiers of the second company jumped off the No. 3 assault gun one after another, and each of them, led by officers and non-commissioned officers, searched for their station.

Captain Rabin stood in the east of the village and carefully examined the terrain in the east of the village, and had a general idea of his mission.

The village of Zuravka and the city of Kandemirovka to the south guard a road junction with four branches, and the instructions given by the higher authorities were to focus on the road to the east.

Captain Rabin also noticed that the convoy continued to move north and south on the road in the village.

Most of the cars going south were empty, and the cars going north were basically full and even overloaded, which was a transfer of troops to the north.

Captain Rabin's guess was accurate, and he saw the convoy going back and forth between the front line on the Kalitva River and the airfield in the rear, quickly transporting the airlifted units of the German 1st Parachute Corps to the front line to reinforce the "Reich Marshal" Panzer Division, which was fighting on the front line.

Receiving a new order from Chen Dao, Major General Schumacher knew about his next mission.

With the two locations of Rosohi and Olihotka, establish a defensive line along the Kalitva River to the north to intercept any enemy attempting to move south from here.

Air reconnaissance showed that a large number of enemy armored units were moving south, but they were intercepted by the ground attack aircraft of the Fourth Air Force, which slowed down the enemy's march.

The Panzer Division of the Reich Marshal had to take advantage of this precious opportunity to build defensive lines, replenish fuel and ammunition, and at the same time allow the troops to rest and, if possible, to conduct fire reconnaissance in the Don Valley to the east.

After receiving the order, Major General Schumacher urgently made a new deployment of the troops.

Units of the 1st Parachute Division under the 1st Parachute Army were defended to the north, along the Kalitva River, from west to east, from the town of Olikhovatka to the village of Malazovka, east of Rosohi.

The main force of the "Imperial Marshal" Panzer Division withdrew to the south of the Kalitwa River for rest, after all, yesterday it was almost a day and a night of marching and fighting, the troops were very tired, and fuel and ammunition needed to be replenished.

In the interval between the rest of the troops, a convoy was sent to the rear to transport the troops of the 1st Paratrooper Army from the rear airfield to the front, which is what Captain Rabin saw, the convoy between the north and the south.

The units of the "Honorary Jew" Infantry Corps, using trucks and No. 3 assault guns in various divisions, as well as mechanized reconnaissance battalions and other troops' vehicles, allowed some infantry to increase their marching speed and rush to the battlefield first, taking over the villages and towns previously occupied by the "Imperial Marshal" Panzer Division along the way, and liberating the troops of the "Imperial Marshal" Panzer Division from the defensive state.

The armored teachers and students came to attack, and squatting in the trenches was what the infantry should do, which was the opinion of Chen Dao and Major General Schumacher.

Let the troops rest for a day, march at night, and attack in the early hours of the next morning, trying to seize one or two more airfields of the Russians in the east.

This is what Major General Schumacher intended.

Major General Schumacher was also forced out of the strategy by the battlefield situation, and above his head, the Russian air force was like crazy, and the air battle did not stop fighting from the early hours of the morning.

The anti-aircraft battalion of the Panzer Division of the "Imperial Marshal", as well as the anti-aircraft companies directly under the three regiments, did not stop fighting for a whole day.

When the troops march at this time, it is easy to be exposed to the vision of the enemy's air force, so that the enemy can predict the direction of their advance, and it will also attract the enemy's air attack, after all, the "black death" of the Il-2 attack aircraft is everywhere.

Wait until it gets dark, everything will be fine after dark, Major General Schumacher thought.

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