Chapter 231

Half an hour later, I received a call from rokosovsky from the sville chkovo settlement by field line telephone, saying that he was out of danger and had entered the defensive area of our army. When he broke through the encirclement just now, chisgakov had given an order to discard all the technical equipment and break through the encirclement lightly. However, major malafeyev insisted on bringing all the anti tank guns with him. When we returned to the residential area, only five of the original 16 anti tank guns were left, and the rest were lost in the process of breaking through.

Because rokosovsky's communication equipment was destroyed by the German aircraft during the transfer process, and the walkie talkie carried by chisjakov could not contact the front army headquarters. After knowing the specific situation, I reported rokosovsky's escape and current situation to Zhukov with the walkie talkie.

After hearing this, Zhukov remained silent for a long time as usual, and then replied, "let him stay there first. I will send someone to send him the supplementary troops and new communication equipment. You have to make sure he's safe before the reinforcements arrive. "

"Yes As a traverser, I know the importance of rokosovsky in later generations better than him, so I made a solemn guarantee to him very decisively: "Georgi konstantinovic, please rest assured that as long as there is a soldier of the eighth division of the close guard in sverchkovo residential area, commander rokosovsky will never be hurt."

At the end of the call with Zhukov, I told sherebriyakov: "Comrade chief of staff, give a call to the deputy division commander, Colonel chisjakov, and ask him to find a way to bring general rokosovsky here and let the commander stay in the residential area. I'm not sure."

"You are right, sir. I agree! Comrade chief of staff, you should carry it out immediately. " The political commissar echoed and expressed his support for me.

When night fell, we finally waited for the arrival of rokosovsky. In addition to him, there is his chief of staff, Colonel marinin, and the guide, chisgakov. As soon as the three men entered the division headquarters, I saw them and said to several commanders around them, "Comrade commander is coming!" Finish saying, then took the lead to welcome up.

I went to rokosovsky, raised my hand at attention and said excitedly, "Hello, comrade commander! Welcome to the headquarters of the eighth division of Jinwei. "

After returning his salute, rokosovsky bent down slightly and grasped my hand. Although his face was still the usual serious expression, I had already noticed the touch in his eyes. Although he was grateful for my help, he whispered in his usual voice, "thank you, Rita." Then he released my hand, straightened his body, looked over me, looked at the other commanders behind him, and said in a loud voice, "Hello, comrades!"

"Hello, comrade commander!" Everyone said hello in unison, and one by one came forward to salute him and shake hands with him.

Although my rank is higher than that of chief of staff malining, I didn't put on airs and ignore him. As usual, I went forward to salute him and shake hands.

After greeting everyone, rokosovsky went directly to the telephone and talked to Zhukov in the distance. The two began to talk more politely, saying that for the sake of the reserves, the two sides quarreled.

I can understand rokosovsky's mood at this time. Seeing the great counterattack coming, not only his troops were defeated one after another, but also his headquarters were almost defeated by the Germans several times, and even nearly taken prisoner. No one would be angry about this. To be honest, rokosovsky's initial decision to withdraw his troops to the Istra area to organize a new defense is completely correct from now on. Originally, the troops of the 16th group army could withdraw to Istra in an orderly and safe way, but the troops who received the order of withdrawal were forced to return to their original defensive positions because of Zhukov's obstruction at the beginning of the operation. After fighting with the enemy for a few days, Zhukov was forced to retreat because he couldn't resist the frantic attack of the German army. When Zhukov passed rokosovsky, he directly gave the order to the retreating troops to counter attack Taiyangshan City, which led to the collapse of the chaotic army command system. However, the participating forces did not belong to each other and fought their own way. They paid a heavy price and achieved few results.

For this reason, rokosovsky has been holding a nameless fire in his heart. Now the troops are suffering heavy casualties and lack of self-protection. How can he participate in the counter offensive? To find Zhukov point reserve to add their own army, but was not polite to refuse, his anger broke out at this time. If a quarrel between two senior generals is spread out, it will have no good influence on anyone. Therefore, except for political commissar yegorov, deputy division commander chisjakov, chief of staff sherebryakov and group army chief of staff malining, I have expelled other people in the headquarters, including the signalmen.

Rokosovsky and Zhukov argued for a long time, suddenly turned off the communication switch, and directly took the initiative to interrupt the contact with Zhukov. Seeing rokosovsky's fierce action, we were even more silent and did not dare to speak casually, so as not to touch his bad luck. There was a dead silence in the headquarters, only the heavy breathing of rokosovsky's anger.

The telephone ring on the desk suddenly rang. We looked at each other. We didn't dare to answer the phone easily. We were afraid that Zhukov would ask for help. I thought the bell would break after two rings, but I didn't expect it to ring tenaciously for a minute or two.

Everyone turned their eyes on me, hoping that I could answer the phone. I secretly glanced at rokosovsky and found that he was still standing in front of the telephone. He was angry and hesitated. If Zhukov calls and I don't answer, I will definitely offend Zhukov; And if you take it, it may become the outlet of rokosovsky. Hesitating again and again, I stepped forward to the table, leaned over, elbowed on the table, picked up the phone with my right hand, and said cautiously: "Hello! I'm oshanina, the eighth division commander of Jinwei. "“ Hello, comrade Rita A familiar Georgia accent came from the earphone: "I'm Stalin!" When I heard that it was the Supreme Commander himself who called, I straightened up and said respectfully, "Hello! Comrade Stalin“ Is Comrade rokosovsky in your division headquarters? " Stalin asked slowly. I held the receiver in my hand, looked at rokosovsky, knew that the phone was from Stalin, his face showed a surprised expression, saw my consulting eyes, nodded slightly, so I answered: "yes, comrade Stalin!" Stalin simply said, "give him the phone."“ Yes I promised, gave the phone to rokosovsky, and then stepped back to stand at attention“ Comrade rokosovsky, "Stalin said sternly," what's the situation in Istra? " After briefly reporting the situation to Stalin, rokosovsky went on to say, "Comrade Stalin, I will now talk to you about our measures against the enemy." However, Stalin mildly interrupted rokosovsky's words, saying: "Comrade rokosovsky, there is no need to talk about measures to resist the enemy. He believes that you will be able to stop the enemy's further approach to Moscow city." At the end of their conversation, Stalin asked, "Comrade rokosovsky, please tell me the truth. Is it very difficult for your 16th army?"“ Yes, comrade Stalin. " Rokosovsky reported the real situation to Stalin: "the troops of the 16th group army have been dispersed. General zaharov, the deputy commander, and the 17th, 126th, 133rd infantry divisions and the 25th tank brigade under his jurisdiction have been repulsed by the enemy from the vicinity of dmitrovo and yahroma, and are retreating to the vicinity of Moscow city." After getting a positive answer, Stalin said in an understanding tone: "Comrade rokosovsky, I understand your situation. Please hold on for a while, and we will help you..." listening to the kind and fatherly voice of the Supreme Commander coming from the earphone, he realized his concern for us, and at the same time encouraged us deeply and doubled our confidence. In the early morning of the next day, the help promised by the supreme commander to rokosovsky - two Katyusha rocket artillery regiments, three anti tank regiments, four Anti Tank Gun Companies and two tank regiments, as well as 3000 recruits came to Taiyangshan City, all of which were added to the fighting sequence of the 16th army.