Chapter 96

I was sitting in the car out of town, cursing the crotchekov in the interior department. A few days ago, when I didn't exist. I just came out for a walk today. I wanted to relax, but I sent someone to look for me. I was led by an acquaintance, the major who sent me to the hotel last time. As soon as he found me, he took me to the black car parked outside the gate of widenham. After getting on the bus, he didn't even return to the hotel and drove directly to the southwest battlefield.

On the way out, I secretly asked aksara how to bring the people from the Ministry of interior to wittenhan? Aksala quickly explained that as soon as your front foot went out, they came in. She said that there were 100000 urgent things for you, so she brought these people to viden Khan.

As I walked towards the gate, I began to think: as big as Witten Khan, if I missed them in the park, wouldn't they go for nothing? When I got to the gate, I found that my idea was wrong. The major of the interior department thought more comprehensively than I did. Before he entered the garden, he put four soldiers at the gate and told them about my dress. In this way, even if I can't be found in the garden, I can be stopped at the door.

Instead of driving today, the major took the co pilot's seat. I asked at the back of his head, "Comrade major, where are you sending me?"

"I have orders to send you to the 16th army headquarters in ustinovo." Without looking back, he said dryly.

"What about aksara? It's not very close from here to the hotel. " When I knew where I was going, I worried about aksara, who was still at the gate of widenkhan.

"Don't worry about that. Our soldiers will send her back to the hotel safely." He still answered me in a cold voice. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Comrade commander, we have just received reliable information from the guerrillas behind the enemy lines. The commander of the 16th group army has been injured and captured."

"Ah?" I'm stunned by the news. Rokowski is captured?! How is that possible? If he was captured, it would be an impossible task to rescue him under the current situation of our army. If he stayed in the German POW camp until the end of the war, how could he become the future marshal of the Soviet Union? Also, if I stay with rokosovsky, will I also be captured by the German army.

After a while, I recovered from the shock and asked the major in a trembling voice, "Comrade major, what did you say just now? The commander of the 16th army was injured and captured? Is that general rokosovsky? "

Hearing this, the major suddenly turned his head to stare at me, looked at me blankly, and asked, "when did I say that general rokosovsky was captured?"

"Didn't you just say that the commander of the 16th army was injured and captured by the German army?" Seeing the blank expression on his face, I couldn't help wondering whether he had hallucination just now.

"Yes, I said just now that the commander of the 16th army was captured. But it's not general rokosovsky, it's general Lukin, the old commander of the 16th army. " His explanation made me feel relieved. As long as it wasn't rokosovsky, it was none of my business that other people I didn't know were not captured. So I leaned back with my submachine gun and began to close my eyes.

Ustinovo is not a city at the moment, but a relatively large residential area. It seems that the major has been here before. Since he entered the residential area, he kept directing the driver to turn left and right, and finally came to a big wooden house. When the car stopped, the major turned to me and said, "here we are, comrade commander."

I said thanks and pushed the door open to get off“ Wait a minute, comrade oshanina. " I stopped and looked at him in surprise. The major reached out to me across the seat and said with a smile, "good luck!" I grabbed his warm hand, squeezed it hard, and said gratefully, "thank you."“ And me, comrade commander. " The silent driver all the way also extended his hand to me.

At the door of the cabin stood a colonel, who saw me go over, looked me up and down, and then asked me, "is it Comrade o'shanina?"

"Yes." I promised and saluted him at attention, thinking who this man is, I've never seen him before.

"I'm Colonel malining, chief of staff of the group army. Go in quickly. The combat meeting will begin soon. The commander is waiting for you."

I went into the room and found that it was a conference room. The long table was full of people. Commander rokosovsky was sitting under a large military map. When he saw me go in, he stood up, waved to me and said in a loud voice, "Comrade Rita, come to me." So I went along the corner with a blush under the gaze of the people, and then sat down in the position left for me.

"We are all here. We have a meeting now. The commanders in today's meeting are from different places and don't know each other. In order to cooperate well in the coming battle, I'd like to introduce them to you. " He first pointed to himself and said, "my name is rokosovsky. I'm the commander of the group army." He stopped for a moment, then said in a sarcastic tone, "who else doesn't know me? Hands up if you don't know. "

His words caused a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere in the room became relaxed.

He pointed to the burly political worker sitting on his right seat and said, "this is Comrade lobachev, political commissar of the group army." Lobachev nodded to the commanders and said, "Hello, comrades!"

"Comrade Romanov, director of the Political Department of the group army." A tall, thin officer to lobachev's right stood up.

"Major general kazakov, artillery commander of the group army." Rokosovsky turned his eyes to me again. The fat general on my right got up from his chair and said hello.

"Colonel malining, chief of staff of the group army, and Comrade Aurel, deputy chief of staff."

Then he looked at me and solemnly introduced to the commanders here: "this is Comrade o'shanina, the only female lieutenant colonel of our army and the special commissioner of the Western army." As soon as his voice fell, there was a burst of applause. I stood up to salute you, and then sat down again.

Rokosovsky then began to introduce the commanders who came to the meeting: "general dovator, commander of the third cavalry army, and his subordinates, major general Iliev, commander of the 50th cavalry division, and brigadier commander of Colonel melinick, commander of the 53rd cavalry division." the handsome young cavalry major general I knew stood up with two other cavalry commanders at the same time.

"Colonel chernenov of the 18th infantry division."

"Colonel katukov, commander of our independent tank brigade, has just been provided by the front army."

"On the basis of the military academy named after the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation, the mixed Cadet regiment is composed of commander mlakintsev and political commissar Comrade slavkin."

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"The last one I introduced is Comrade romanchenko, director of the Moscow police. He has brought us a well-trained and well-equipped police detachment." This time, one of the farthest officers in police uniform stood up to salute.

"Well, all the commanders have finished the introduction. Next, let's ask the chief of staff, comrade malining, to explain to you the upcoming battle of skilmanovo." When the commander said this, I scanned the whole room again, but I still didn't see Mr. Panfilov and political commissar yegorov. It seems that the 316 division was not arranged to take part in this counterattack.

Malining went to the front of the big map, pointed with a stick and explained to everyone: "at the end of October and the beginning of November, the German aggressors captured several settlements on the right wing of our army, including skilmanovo. From the south, the Hitler elements threatened the wolokoramsk Istra highway. They could not only bombard the highway, but also cut it off at any time and enter the rear of the main group of our army in this direction. In order to eliminate the threat of being encircled by the German aggressors, the headquarters of the front army ordered us to launch a campaign against the German aggressors immediately. "

Marinin stopped for a moment, as if to make everyone think about what he said. Then he went on to say: "the attacking forces are divided into two echelons. The first echelon is Iliev's 50th cavalry division, chernenov's 18th infantry division and katukov's tank brigade. The second echelon consists of the 17th, 20th, 24th and 44th cavalry divisions from Central Asia, the 58th tank brigade, and the 78th and 44th infantry divisions of Colonel beloborodov from Siberia. Before the attack, several artillery units and guard mortar battalions will prepare for the fire. In addition to our group army, the 5th and 20th group armies will also cooperate with our attack. The total strength of our army in this campaign is 11 divisions. "

After listening to marinin's words, the commanders in this room couldn't help exclaiming that almost all the eleven divisions are new forces. If they are to deal with the exhausted German army, they will win the battle.

Eleven divisions? Hearing this number, I immediately associate with the campaign that President Lin mentioned that day. It seems that everything he said is true. According to the records of later generations, although the German offensive has weakened at the moment, its combat effectiveness has never declined to such an extent that it can not resist the Soviet counterattack. Moreover, these counterattack forces were all improvised, and their cooperation and combat effectiveness were not satisfactory. To launch a hasty counterattack at this moment, apart from slowing down the German army's march to Moscow and paying unnecessary casualties, is simply not worth the loss.

The chief of staff pointed out the direction of the main attack to everyone. "We'll carry out the assault here," he drew a circle with the explanation stick, which included skil manovo. "The attack will start on November 11, tomorrow. After our artillery preparation, the 50th cavalry division of Iliev launched the first attack; Chernenov's 18th infantry division followed. When the infantry and cavalry split the German line of defense, katukov's tank brigade attacked again to expand the breakthrough. "

After listening to the chief of staff's introduction, rokosovsky stood up and asked the commanders present, "do you have any questions?"

Major general Iliev, the commander of the cavalry division who took part in the main attack, stood up and said in a loud voice, "Comrade commander, can I express my personal opinion?"

"Say it! Comrade General. " Rokosovsky nodded at him.

"Comrade commander, as far as I know, the cavalry from Central Asia have not yet replaced their winter horseshoes. Near Moscow, the land has been frozen, and ice debris has appeared in many swamps, which makes it difficult for the horses to move. And the commanders and fighters of these cavalry still lack the experience of operating in ravines and forest swamps

"I see. I will arrange the relevant departments to change the horseshoes for their horses as soon as possible. As for the lack of experience, we can only explore it slowly in the battle. Now we have no time." With these words, rokosovsky scanned the room again, and then asked, "is there any other question?" After hesitating for a moment, I summoned up the courage to stand up and said to him, "Comrade commander, I want to say a few words."“ Well, let's listen to Comrade o'shanina's new views. " Then he sat back in his chair. I took a deep breath and then said in a loud voice, "I think we'll make a big sacrifice if we let the cavalry and infantry take the lead." At the end of the speech, the whole audience was in an uproar, and some people even said loudly: "in order to protect the great motherland, we are not afraid of sacrifice."“ be quiet! be quiet! Let's hear what the commander said Rokosovsky stood up in time to relieve me, and then turned to me: "tell us your reasons."“ As we all know, the positions between our army and the German army were frozen, which made it difficult for the horses to move. As a result, the cavalry could not move quickly. At best, they were only infantry on horseback. On the open plain, the infantry and cavalry were packed together, which was a good target for the German army to shoot. They would kill us all like hunting. Tanks without infantry cover will be killed one by one by the enemy's anti tank hands, even if they rush to the position. "“ What should we do then? " The chief of staff for this interview“ Before the end of our artillery fire, the tank brigade was used as the guide to launch the attack. The tanks slow down and keep the triangle attack formation. At the same time, order the infantry attacking with the vehicle not to leave the 60 degree acute fan of the vehicle, so as to avoid casualties. When the tanks and infantry break through the enemy's position, the cavalry will attack again to expand the breakthrough. " After I finished, I nervously looked at the commanders on the scene to see what reaction they had. The commanders listened to me and began to talk to each other. Vaguely heard someone say: "before the artillery preparation is over, start to attack. Is that ok? It won't cause unnecessary casualties, will it The idea of infantry attacking with vehicles is quite novel, but I don't know whether it works or not“ be quiet! Comrades, be quiet Rokosovsky stood up again to speak for me: "I think the plan put forward by Comrade oshanina is very good. Just do as she said. Do you have any objection? " The commander made a speech, who dares to say no, so the people below answered with one voice: "no!"“ Well, since there are no different opinions, the meeting is over. "