Chapter 219

I saw that everyone was in place, but there were still a lot of people whispering. A general sitting not far behind Zhukov stood up and announced in a loud voice: "comrades in command, please be quiet! The military conference is about to begin. "

The room suddenly quieted down, and I heard someone next to me asking in a low voice, "who is the man speaking?"

"You don't even know him? This is general sokolovsky, chief of staff of the front army. "

Seeing that no one spoke at the meeting, general sokolovsky continued: "comrades, the purpose of calling you here today is to deploy the Western forces to counter attack the German forces under Moscow." Seeing that someone took out a book and spread it on the table to record, he immediately raised his voice and said, "no recording." In his drink, the commanders immediately put the book away again.

Sokolovsky looked at it. No one wanted to record it any more, so he said in a calm and clear tone, "now let's invite general Zhukov, commander of the Western Front Army, to speak."

Zhukov stepped forward two steps, leaned forward slightly, put his hands on the table, slowly looked around the people at the meeting, and then said with a smile: "Hello, commanders! The purpose of calling you here today is to deploy the counter offensive we are about to launch under the city of Moscow. "

As soon as his voice fell, the audience burst into thunderous applause. After several months of humiliation and retreat, we finally saw the hope to wash away the humiliation. This kind of emotion was immediately expressed through warm applause.

After the applause stopped, he continued: "as we all know, due to the cruel fighting, our troops have been greatly reduced. Not only the ordinary commanders and fighters have a high proportion of casualties, but even the commanders of the group army have been frequently replaced for various reasons. In order to facilitate your cooperation in the new campaign, I would like to introduce the commanders of each group army first." First of all, I pointed to rokosovsky, who I am most familiar with, and introduced to you: "lieutenant general rokosovsky, commander of the 16th group army."

"Lieutenant general govorov, commander of the 5th group army, is a famous artillery commander."

"Lieutenant general frasov, commander of the 20th army."

Every commander who was called stood up and nodded his head.

After introducing the two commanders, Zhukov added: "at present, the 16th group army, as the main defensive force of the front army, is under great pressure. Their defense line is like a western line and is in danger of breaking at any time. Therefore, the front army will deploy on the right wing of the 16th group army and strengthen the 20th group army; The combat effectiveness of the left wing's 30th group army is slightly weaker, so we will put the newly acquired 1st assault group army at the junction of the two groups. "

"Commander of the 30th group army..." when I heard this, I couldn't help frowning. My heart said that the combat effectiveness of this army was so poor that it was vulnerable on the battlefield. If the troops of the 16th group army had not been reinforced in time last time, the defense line would have been broken through by the German army, and their commander would not be much better. Unexpectedly, when the commander of the Group Army stood up, I was surprised that the new commander was general leliushenka.

After introducing the group commanders, Zhukov went to the map and pointed to the map to explain to you: "at present, in this vast front, the German shock groups are too scattered and their iron arms are too long, which makes them spread out their forces too much in the process of the battle in Moscow. In this way, they lost their main breakthrough power in the decisive battle near Moscow. The enemy's supply lines are more than 1000 kilometers long, and they are constantly being attacked by guerrillas. The huge losses of Hitler's army and the fierce resistance of the Soviet army have greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the German army and the strength to continue to break through, "he said with a pause and a slight cough before continuing:" of course, the Soviet army has also suffered huge losses. But they continue to get assistance from the motherland and maintain their fighting capacity. "

With that, he went to the table, pulled out the seat and sat down. After looking around again, he continued: "the headquarters of the western front army is ready to take advantage of the favorable situation formed under Moscow city and the current situation of the Germans. We decided to turn to a full-scale attack on December 6, 1941."

As soon as the words came to an end, all the people who attended the meeting were relieved. Finally, they were looking forward to the day of the great counterattack, so thunderous applause rang out again.

"The task of the counterattack is to smash the German assault group and drive them out from near Moscow." At this point, Zhukov couldn't help standing up again, looking at the people with his back hand, and asked, "how do we attack? General comrades Although everyone was eager to try, no one stood up to speak for the time being. Zhukov reminded us sternly: "please note that although we have been supplemented with the three army groups, the Western army and the enemy did not have any advantage in number. Like the original situation, tanks still have the advantage of technical equipment on the enemy's side, which is the main feature of our counter offensive under Moscow. Now let's hear from you. " Then he sat down again.

I remember when I saw in the film that the first one who responded to Zhukov was lelushenka, so I turned my attention to him. He looked around for a moment, then stood up with his hand on the edge of the table, looked at Zhukov, and politely asked, "may I speak?" Seeing Zhukov nodding, lelushenka straightened up, looked at the commander on the spot, and then said, "in order to offset the German superiority in technical equipment, I suggest attacking at night! Considering that our infantry are fighting against German tanks during the day, it's not good for us. The enemy's tanks will easily bring down our infantry, but in the dark, it is difficult for the enemy to judge the situation. The important thing is that the German army will lose its advantage in tanks and air force. They will not be able to take part in the battle. Our infantry will approach the enemy by surprise attack, forcing them to engage in close combat, using machine guns, rifles, grenades, submachine guns, and even white-edged combat. In a word, night is an ally of courage and wisdom. " Lelushenka constantly expressed his own views, coupled with a variety of corresponding body language, which aroused everyone's emotions. As soon as he spoke, several generals echoed his views and made some supplements. When lelushenka was about to sit down, Zhukov, who had been listening to him, suddenly asked, "general lelushenka, I want to ask you a question. How do you get directions in areas you're not familiar with at night? " Everyone's eyes turned to lelushenka to hear how he answered the question. With a smile, he lowered his head and asked frasov, who was sitting beside him, "Comrade General, do you have a lighter?"“ Yes, "said Vlasov. He took out the lighter and handed it to him without hesitation, though he didn't understand what he wanted. Leiliushenka took his lighter, took out his lighter from his trouser pocket, and started it one by one at the same time, demonstrating to everyone: "at the rear of each offensive camp, we light two bonfires. The bonfires must be on the baseline of the direction of action, and the distance between them is one kilometer. If the commander turns around and sees two firelights on the same line, the direction of action is right; If he finds that the campfires are separate, it means he's off course. " Then he put out the lighter and gave it back to Vlasov. After listening, Zhukov nodded thoughtfully and said in a low voice, "so, OK! Good, I agree. " Turning to the chief of staff next to sokolovsky, he said, "Comrade chief of staff, you should write this down and convey it to the commanders of the troops participating in the attack." Just then, the door of the house that had been closed was pushed open, and general Carmela walked straight to Zhukov, holding a roll of narrow electronic newspapers in his hand. When he got to Zhukov's side, he bent down, approached Zhukov's ear and said in a low voice, "Comrade Zhukov, we have received an urgent telegram. The enemy has just broken through the central part of the front line." Zhukov grabbed the telegraph, glanced at it, then stood up and announced to everyone, "the enemy suddenly broke through our defense line in the middle of our defense line, at the junction of the 5th and 33rd army, and pushed along the road to Kubinka. The commanders of all the army groups immediately returned to the army and immediately eliminated them, "he said, rubbing the telegraph paper into a ball, throwing it on the table and saying firmly," this is their last assault. Comrades and generals, the date of our comprehensive counter offensive remains unchanged, that is, December 6. " At the end of the meeting, everyone stood up and walked out. Rokosovsky stayed in his position. When I passed him, I suddenly said, "Rita, you will go back to the army with me immediately. The position of Taiyangshan city is very important and must be kept at all costs. " I glanced at Zhukov, who was still standing at the table, and saw that he also nodded in agreement with rokosovsky's opinion. I immediately replied, "yes! Comrade commander, I will go back to the group army with you immediately. Please rest assured that as long as there is a soldier of the eighth division of guards in Taiyangshan City, the city will never be taken over by the enemy. " I followed rokosovsky and walked out. Within two steps, Zhukov stopped me behind him. He thought for a moment and said, "Rita, I know that it's very difficult for the eighth division of the guards to defend the city with its existing strength. Well, I'll ask Comrade sokolovsky to transfer two infantry battalions and an artillery regiment from the reserve team to supplement you immediately. " At this point, he sank his face and said solemnly, "only by guarding the sun mountain city can we ensure the safety of the flanks of our counter attack troops. Do you understand? "“ I understand, Comrade General. " I straightened up, saluted him respectfully, and then asked, "may I leave?"“ Go Zhukov patted me on the shoulder and said with concern, "pay more attention to your safety on the battlefield."“ Yes With a promise, I turned and went out to pursue rokosovsky.