In the next few days, the situation in Stalingrad suddenly became grim. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the Soviets already felt that the German army attacking Stalingrad was exhausted, they would not launch the same fierce offensive in the short term as before, but this judgment proved to be wrong. After a period of pause, the Germans resumed their fierce attack on the 62nd Army, and with their rapid mobility, they also transferred the troops that had confronted the Don Front some time ago.

Andrei learned from the battle report from the headquarters of the army group that, despite the resistance of our troops, by the evening the enemy had occupied the southern part of the "barricade" factory and advanced from here to the Volga. The situation faced by the 62nd Army was aggravated by the fact that the Volga River began to freeze.

At noon, the Germans threw themselves into reserve, and their infantry and tanks broke the battle formation on the right flank of the 241st Infantry Regiment of the Gorishny Division, advanced 300-400 meters, and advanced 500-600 meters on a frontal to the Volga. For the third time, the army group was divided, and the Lyudnikov infantry division completely cut off all contact with the main forces.

But on other sections of the front, the 62nd Army held its ground. Paulus's superiority in strength was not brought to play, and they did not complete their planned plan. Failed to drive the 62nd Army into the icy Volga.

And from November 7, for the next few days, the fighting between the Soviet and German armies continued in the streets, in buildings, in factories, on the banks of the Volga River, in Mamayev Gang and other places. The various units of the army group suffered heavy casualties and were forced to shrink their forces and hold on to many small "islands" in Stalingrad.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse for his side, Chuikov had no choice but to send a telegram to the headquarters of the Front on the east bank of the Volga for help. Yeremenko, of course, understood the importance of Stalingrad, and he was not going to allow the city to fall into German hands, so they ordered the 64th Army around the city to attack the enemy.

With the 64th Army's counter-assault on November 10 in the area of Kuporosnoye and Green Meadows from the south to the flank of the enemy's attacking forces, the Germans had to withdraw most of their aviation, artillery, and tanks from the troops attacking Stalingrad to resist the 64th Army's attack.

It was precisely because of the decisive counter-assault of the 64th Army that the difficult situation of our army was alleviated and the enemy's attempt to capture Stalingrad was once again crushed. At the meeting that evening, Chuikov said with emotion: "Without the assistance of the 64th Army, then our 62nd Army would not be able to support it, and Stalingrad could also fall into the hands of the enemy." ”

At the division headquarters, Andrei carefully recalled his memories of the past, and the Soviet Southwestern Front and the Don Front switched to the offensive on November 9. The Stalingrad Front switched to the offensive on November 10. But it is planned to implement. However, due to the slow build-up of troops and weapons. The South-Western Front and the Don Front had to be postponed until 19 November, and the Stalingrad Front was accordingly postponed to 20 November.

That is, there are still 10 days to go before the time for the counteroffensive! And suddenly Andrei's mind remembered that Paulus would make the last large-scale attack on Stalingrad on November 11, so he said to Brezhnev and the two chiefs of staff: "Next we have to be on high alert, the Germans certainly do not want to drag it out until winter, after all, they have never been good in the Russian winter!" ”

Brezhnev said: "Yes, the Germans certainly do not want to fight in winter, we should prepare for a decisive battle!" ”

The next day, as in history, at 6:30 a.m. on November 11, the German troops, after preparing for aviation fire and artillery fire, fully switched to the offensive in the defensive zone of the 62nd Army. According to information from the army group headquarters, the Germans who participated in the offensive had five infantry divisions (389th, 79th, 305th, 100th and 295th) and two tank divisions (24th and 14th divisions), reinforced by the engineer battalions of the 294th Infantry Division airlifted from Rosochy and the engineer battalions of the 161st Infantry Division airlifted from Milerovo. The offensive was launched from a frontage about 5 km wide from Volkhovsroyevskaya Street to Bannegro. The German divisions involved in the offensive were replenished, and during the battles their battle formations were highly dense.

By all indications, Paulus attempted to crush the infantry divisions of Lyudnikov, Gorishny, Sokolov and Guryev and advance to the Volga.

For a whole day in the city of Stalingrad, there were unusually fierce battles for every inch of land, every piece of masonry, and grenade battles and white-knuckle battles continued for several hours. At the same time, the troops of the Northern Group of the 62nd Army moved south from the railway bridge at the mouth of the Mechetka River to the south, in the direction of the tractor plant.

Fighting was raging in the city, and fierce fighting broke out in the Mamayev Hill and in the southern area near the Pavlov building.

At the division headquarters, the sound of shell explosions in Andrei's ears was already deafening, and he shouted to Plavia: "What is the situation in Mamayev Hill and the settlements to the south?" ”

At this moment, Brezhnev looked at the Mamayev post, the German army attacked frantically again, and the two sides directly met again in close combat, although the Luftwaffe still had an advantage in the sky, the Soviet Air Force fighters appeared again in a bloody battle with the Germans.

Heaven and earth are already purgatory on earth, here Plavio roared: "I am the chief of staff of the first and fourth regiments, how is the situation?" Asked about the situation, Plavia said: "The division commander German troops have rushed to the positions to the north. ”

Andrei yelled: "Tell the troops, don't retreat a single step, drive the Germans down for me, or I'll shoot them!" ”

Then Andrei said to Brezhnev: "Ilyich, let's go to the observation post together, whoever dares to retreat, all of them will be disciplined on the battlefield!" ”

So the two took Yushchenko and a platoon of guards to the observation post, but fortunately, the German attack was blocked by the desperate interception of the guards soldiers, and at night Andrei personally went into battle with his troops to attack at night and regain all the positions of Mamayev Height.

During the night, the Volga flotilla opened the way with icebreakers and smoothly escorted a convoy to Stalingrad, where Andrei sent two battalions to assist the army group in carrying supplies.

But that night, Andrei received a call from Khrushchev, and he scolded him for his head: "Andrey, you actually went to participate in the night attack in person, are you a commando leader or a division commander!" Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were killed or wounded by the commander of the troops? So many company commanders and platoon commanders, you actually went to the night attack in person? ”

This scolding caught Andrei by surprise, he didn't dare to offend this potato politician, so he had to say: "Comrade Khrushchev, the situation is critical now, what is the difference between cadres and fighters!" ”

When Khrushchev heard this, he directly scolded angrily: "What, then why did I let Comrade Yanayev be the deputy division commander?" I now officially inform you that you have been suspended, immediately transfer command, and give me tomorrow to come to the east bank, this is an order from Moscow! ”

"What!" The Battle of Stalingrad is about to end, and he is actually leaving the battlefield, as soon as he hears the news, Andrei is simply like a mourner!

And Brezhnev on the side fell into thought, his officialdom experience is much richer than Andrei, he understands that Andrei is a brave and passionate commander, this time even if he leaves the front line with the relationship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he will still be promoted and reused, you must know that the current excellent commander is very popular, this time Khrushchev made such a big fire, completely out of love, Andrei did go too far this time, because the Germans did not hit the division headquarters, You are a general who actually goes to the front line with a gun like a commando leader, this really needs to be polished.

Brezhnev looked at Andrei and said: "Andrey, don't be upset, you are suspended or dismissed, you must know that you are a commander of the superiors, and you will still have your own stage in the future, don't be depressed!" ”

Listening to Brezhnev's words, Andrei was also a little more comfortable, but after all, this is a great battle feat, so he was still very frustrated, but he still said to Brezhnev: "Ilyich, this will be handed over to you next, and then we will expand the army to prepare for the next round of battles!"

In this way, he said goodbye to the people in the division headquarters, especially in Anna's reluctant eyes, Andrei sadly took Yushchenko and the people of the special guard company to the dock together and came to the headquarters of the front again that night, and as soon as he entered, Yeremenko and Khrushchev had an unusually good attitude towards Andrei, and they said: "Andrei will sit down and have a cup of tea first." ”

And Khrushchev said: "Andrey, do you know that the news that you personally went up to attack at night made the Supreme Commander and Comrade Beria furious, you are a high-ranking commander who actually went to fight the Germans face to face, this is a serious dereliction of duty, and your value is greater than that small victory!" ”

Andrei was completely stunned, "What, the ears and eyes around me are too powerful, Stalin actually knew the news so quickly, the efficiency of this Ministry of Internal Affairs is really high!" ”

And Yeremenko said even more seriously: "In the years of the revolutionary war, it is true that the commanders of our army respected the front-line command, but Andrey, you have to understand that as a senior commander, you must understand your position, you should be in the command headquarters to take charge of the overall situation, not to be a commando leader!" ”

Then Khrushchev took out a piece of paper and said: "This is an order from Moscow, Andrey, take a closer look!" Andrei took the telegram and took a closer look, so it was, the above demanded that Andrei be immediately transferred from the front line, and do a good job in the reception of prisoners of war in the later stage of the campaign and the rear review of these internal affairs departments, this is an order issued by Stalin himself, and at the same time there is an order sent by Beria, it seems that he has played a big game on a whim this time!