Chapter 173

Rokosovsky's face was unbelievable. He asked back in a loud voice, "what, counterattack? How could the headquarters of the front army order us to launch a counterattack against Taiyangshan city tomorrow? God, the person who gave this order must be crazy. As the commander of the 16th army, I don't know where my troops are. How can I organize this counterattack? "

"Comrade commander," malining replied calmly, "that's what the telegram just received says."

"No way!" Rokosovsky slapped heavily on the table. "It must be a mistake. It must be the translator who translated the telegram wrong."

"The translator checked it twice, and it won't go wrong." Said marinin, setting the telegram on the table.

Seeing the excited look of the commander, I quietly asked leviagin across the street, "Comrade General, can we talk to the headquarters of the front army directly?"

"Yes, sir." Leviagin also replied in a low voice: "we have a new walkie talkie provided by US allies, which can directly communicate with the headquarters."

"What are you muttering about?" The Furious rokosovsky roared so hard that leviakin closed his mouth. I quickly explained, "Comrade commander, please don't get excited. We have a walkie talkie here that can talk to the headquarters of the front army. You can talk to Comrade Zhukov directly to confirm whether this order is correct. "

Rokosovsky listened to me, calmed down a little, looked at leviagin and asked, "where's Rita's walkie talkie?"

"This way, comrade commander, please follow me." Leviakin said and helped rokosovsky to the walkie talkie.

Rokosovsky told the signalman: "get me the headquarters of the front army, move quickly!"

The signalman agreed, and immediately began to make an emergency call. He soon contacted the headquarters of the front army. Rokosovsky took the microphone from the signalman and said, "I'm rokosovsky, commander of the 16th army. Who are you?"

The other party replied, "Hello, Comrade General! I'm general malanjin, director of the combat Department of the headquarters of the front army. What can I do for you

"Just now I received an order that I should attack Taiyangshan city tomorrow. I want to confirm with Comrade Zhukov."

"I know that this order was signed by Comrade Zhukov himself and then sent to you by someone I arranged."

"I want to talk to Comrade Zhukov in person to find out why such an order was given?"

"I'm sorry, Comrade General!" The other side said humbly, "general Zhukov has a lot of work. He may not have time to explain this order to you personally."

"No way!" Rokosovsky also said: "I will talk to him tonight anyway, and tell him about the current situation of the army and the difficulties in carrying out this order."

"Comrade General!..." What else did the other party want to say? At this time, Zhukov's familiar voice came faintly: "general malanjin, who are you talking to?"

"Report to commander comrade. It's general rokosovsky, commander of the 16th group army." Hearing the voice of the other party's report and knowing Zhukov's appearance, everyone present was relieved.

"I'm Zhukov, comrade rokosovsky?" Zhukov's voice soon appeared on the conversation channel.

"It's me, Comrade General!"

"Have you received my counter offensive order?"

"Yes, general!" Rokosovsky quickly asked, "excuse me, did you draft and issue the counter offensive order issued by general malanjin?"

"Of course I gave the order! Do you have any questions about this? " Zhukov's tone was slightly discontented.

"General, please don't get me wrong. I want to verify the authenticity of this order, and then..."

"And then what?" Zhukov tone severely interrupted the words behind rokosovsky, "since the authenticity of the order has been verified, then immediately go to prepare to execute it!"

"But, comrade commander." After hearing Zhukov's words, rokosovsky was a little worried and quickly explained: "you know, our group army headquarters has lost contact with the troops below, and it is impossible to organize enough forces to counterattack the enemy within the specified time."

"What did you say? Say it again I could hear that Zhukov in the distance was on the verge of violence. "Your troops have been scattered? How did all this happen? What about general zaharov, who is in charge of commanding the troops to defend klin, the third cavalry army of dovator, and the troops to defend sun mountain city? You know, you have at least twenty divisions, but where are they now? "

"I don't know. I've completely lost contact with them." Rokosovsky was so angry that he couldn't find a place to vent his anger. Seeing that Zhukov's attitude was so bad, he was not polite, so they began to argue through the microphone and earphone: "the enemy is far stronger than we thought. Many of our troops had to withdraw from the fight after a tough fight. After we withdrew from sun mountain city, the members of the headquarters and I entered a village called peshki in the evening, where we met the investigation team led by general Carmela and general kurkin. At that time, I reported the situation of the group army to them and asked them to give me a few days to gather the troops and form a new defensive zone. "

"The two generals, Carmela and kurkin, must have been delayed by something on their way. They haven't returned to the headquarters of the front army so far, so I don't know anything about your army. I need you to give me a direct answer: can we launch a counterattack against Taiyangshan city at ten o'clock tomorrow morning? "“ Sorry, comrade commander! If it is the day after tomorrow or later, I believe I can organize the counterattack you want to see, but if it is tomorrow, I'm sorry, I can't do that! "“ You should immediately set up a temporary headquarters in peshki village, get in touch with your subordinates quickly, gather as many troops as possible, and prepare for the counterattack work in the daytime tomorrow. "“ Senior general, I don't need you to remind me of this. When general Carmela and they left, we started to set up a temporary headquarters and used various means to communicate with the troops below. "“ You are right to do so, "Zhukov softened his tone, and even changed the name of rokosovsky from" you "to" you ", which is relatively friendly." how many troops have you contacted now“ Sorry, general! I didn't get in touch with any of them! "“ What? " Zhukov asked angrily, "what happened? It's been several hours since the evening. You said that none of the troops were contacted. What's the matter?"“ Please let me explain that we were in contact with the troops when a German mechanized unit suddenly launched an attack on our village. Since there are no troops of our army in the village, and the security forces of the headquarters of the group army have all been sent to the front-line units, there are only some staff officers left. In the face of the enemy's attack, we suffered heavy casualties. "“ Wait a minute, "Zhukov stopped rokosovsky and continued. I heard him asking the people beside him," general malanjin, please check if there are any troops in our army near peshki. " Less than a minute later, the voice of general malanjin's report to Zhukov came over: "I have inquired. There is a infantry regiment and a tank unit in the village. They are dispatched from the general reserve under the command of the supreme commander and are under the direct command of the supreme commander."“ Comrade rokosovsky, "Zhukov asked sternly," did you hear what general malanjin said? There is a regiment in the village. If the enemy does not have the same force as ours, it is impossible to attack the village in a short time. "“ Damn it Rokosovsky scolded fiercely, and explained: "this regiment was transferred out a few hours before I entered the village. As for the tank team, one was left to guard, and the rest of the tanks went to the base to refuel. If it wasn't for Rita who happened to bring a paratrooper unit to the rescue, you'd have to arrange someone to collect the corpses for us. "“ Who did you say led the troops to the rescue? "“ It's Rita Rokosovsky looked at me, then answered Zhukov word by word: "it's lieutenant colonel Lida mushdakova oshanina, the commander of the eighth division of the guards. On her way back from the hospital to the division, she met a paratrooper unit. When she heard that I was in danger, she led the troops to rescue us. After defeating the enemy, the soldiers of the eighth division who came after hearing the news escorted them to the division headquarters of the close guard division. "“ So you are now in the division headquarters of the eighth division of Jinwei? "“ Yes“ Give Rita the microphone and I'll talk to her myself! " When Zhukov said that, rokosovsky handed me the microphone without saying a word. I took the microphone, took a deep breath, and then said, "Hello, general! I'm o'shanina! "