"What, the German army in the town of Bile has been wiped out by all friendly forces?" Chepurtin was shocked when he heard the vanguard commander's call. According to his experience, it would take as long as one day to eliminate the enemy entrenched in the town, and it was when the enemy could not get reinforcements.

Therefore, he was half-believing and half-doubted about the situation reported by his subordinates: "Comrade Lieutenant Colonel, are you all saying true?"

"Yes, comrade of the division commander, of course they are all true." The vanguard commander thought his troops were moving fast enough, but before they could get to the place, the battle was over. If he hadn't heard the sound of gunfire from the direction of the town with his own ears, he would have thought he was dreaming. "The commander of the friendly army is here with me. Do you need to talk to him?"

In order to figure out what happened, Chepurtin agreed to the vanguard leader's proposal: "Okay, let the commander of the friendly army say a few words to me."

Soon, Chepurtin heard a strange voice coming from his headphones: "Hello, comrade Colonel, I am Lieutenant Geria, the commander of the 5th Company, the 124th Regiment of the 41st Division of Guards."

"Comrade Lieutenant," Chepurtin asked politely: "Have you really wiped out all the enemies in the town?"

"Yes, comrade Colonel," Geria replied proudly, "except those who were killed, the remaining enemies became our captives."

"Comrade Lieutenant, as far as I know, there are thousands of enemies in the town and they are equipped with tanks." Confirm that the enemies in the town of Bile were really wiped out, Chepurin asked curiously: "It is incredible that you have annihilated the enemies in the town in such a short time without the support of the air force."

"Comrade Colonel," Geria did not answer Chepurtin's question, but said cautiously: "I think it is difficult for me to answer your question. You must know that in the battle, I commanded a company, not all the participating troops, and I can only see the area where I am and how the rest of the areas were fighting, and I don't know."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Chepurtin's sigh coming from his headphones. He quickly added: "Comrade Colonel, if you want to know the answer, you can go to Bili Town to see our division commander, where he is waiting for you."

Since the German army in Bile Town has been annihilated, there is no need to mobilize the 379th Division. While asking the Chief of Staff to inform the troops to stop assemble, Chepultin reported to Krelov of the headquarters: "Comrade Commander, the battle in Bile Town has ended, and all the enemies entrenched in the town have been annihilated."

Although Krelov had known that Sokov had taken action to annihilate the enemies in the town, he was surprised that he had wiped out all the enemy in such a short time: "What, the enemy has been completely wiped out? Colonel Chepurtin, can you tell me how this battle was fought? How could he wipe out the enemy in such a short time?"

"Comrade Commander," Chepurtin replied with a wry smile when he heard Krelov's question: "I don't think I can answer your question either. Before my vanguard regiment arrived in Bile Town, I met the liaison officer of a friendly army, and then told them that the battle in the town was over and the enemy was completely wiped out."

"Since the enemy in the town has been completely destroyed, your division will not need to be mobilized anymore." Krelov thought for a while and then said: "If Colonel Sokov agrees, you can let the vanguard regiment enter Bile Town and be responsible for the defense mission there."

"I understand, Comrade Commander." Chepurtin quickly replied, "I will immediately issue an order to the vanguard regiment to take over the defense of the town. I will also rush to Bile town as soon as possible to meet Colonel Sokov."

An hour later, Chepurin rushed to Bile Town and met Sokov in the station dispatch room. After the two shook hands and greeted each other for a few words, Chepurin asked straight to the point: "Col. Sokov, I'm very curious, how can your troops annihilate the enemies in the town in such a short time?"

"Comrade Colonel, please come here." Sokov gave the other party to the table, pointed to the map spread above, and began to explain to him: "After I learned about the situation from a commander who was familiar with the terrain of the town, I learned that the main fortifications of the town were all aimed at the west and south, while there were no decent fortifications on the north and east.

So when I formulated my combat plan, I fully considered these issues. The first step was to send a unit that was good at fighting guerrillas and go up the railway, but destroy the railway, making it impossible for the train carrying German officers and soldiers to continue to enter the Bilibili station.

The second step is to send a battalion to the south of the town and make an offensive posture to attract the attention of the enemy, forcing them to leave some troops to monitor and defend our troops.

In the second step, I used two infantry battalions that were strengthened by the tank battalion, and launched an attack from the northeast and east at the same time.

Since the enemy did not have decent fortifications in our main attack direction, our attacking troops easily broke through the enemy's defense and rushed into the town smoothly..."

After hearing Sokov's introduction, Chepurtin couldn't help but feel ashamed. He felt that if he was the one who commanded the attack, some steps would definitely not be taken, such as sending troops to destroy the railway and preventing the German army from increasing troops; secondly, he would not send troops to attract the attention of the enemy in other directions.

"Col. Sokov," Chepurtin asked tentatively, "What should I do about the defense of this town? Is it your division that stays in the army to stick with it, or will it hand over the defense to us?"

Before Chepurin arrived, Sokov was still having a headache about the defense of the town. You should know that his troops were affiliated with the 62nd Army, the defense area to the south was the 21st Army, and the original defenders in the town were the troops of the Southwest Front.

If the town has been defended by the Southwest Front troops, there will naturally be no problem. But the original troops were basically wiped out by the German army that had been attacked, and it is impossible for the town to defend without leaving troops. Then who to guard will be a headache.

Before Chepurin appeared, Sokov was discussing with Bere. If friendly forces refused to take over this hot potato, which army should he leave to defend. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic when he heard Chepurin's proactive question: "Comrade Colonel, if you want, I can hand over the defense of the town to you at any time."
Chapter completed!