Chapter 434

Seeing the anxious appearance of general Moskalenko, gurov, who was sitting beside him, said with a smile: "I didn't expect that our tank general was an acute man. Don't worry. First sit down and have a cup of tea, and then listen to the introduction of the commander."

Kolpakchi echoed: "yes, comrade Moskalenko, you've come all the way here. You don't even have a cup of tea, so you have to go to work. If it's spread, people will think that after listening to kolpakchi's introduction, Moskalenko's face is relatively relaxed. He looks me up and down, My eyes focused on the position of my rank and medal again. I put the teapot on the table and said leisurely, "I can't see, comrade commander, you are really not simple. You have made so many contributions and won several medals." His words sound like praise, but there is a trace of irony in his tone.

With a stiff smile, I turned back to the wall and scolded the tank general in my heart. I didn't know you, let alone offend you. I took the initiative to pour you tea. I didn't say it, but it also attracted your sarcasm.

Looking at this black haired tank general who is studying the map with kolpakchi, I feel vaguely familiar, and his name sounds familiar. It seems that I have seen him somewhere before.

It was very quiet in the room, and kolpakchi's voice clearly floated into my ears: "Comrade General, the bridge you came to is at this position, five kilometers north, where we set up the floating bridge. The pontoons are one kilometer apart. Although they can pass tanks and heavy equipment, for the sake of safety, I suggest that your heavy tanks pass through the pontoon in the middle, because I ordered Zhouqiao battalion to set up a pontoon that can pass tanks in advance. This pontoon is undoubtedly the strongest. "

Moskalenko asked, "where will the tanks assemble after crossing the river?"

Colpakchi pointed to a point on the map and said, "Comrade General, after crossing the river, some of your tank group troops will stop in the woods near our headquarters and stand by. The rest will be divided into two routes. They will respectively go north and south around our highland and enter the line of defense of the 192nd division here."

"When will the battle begin? In what direction will our group army carry out the assault after the attack? " Although Moskalenko was very angry with me, he was very serious when discussing the battle plan with kolpakchi.

"The attack will start at five o'clock tomorrow morning. When the rocket artillery group bombards the enemy's position for an hour, your tank army will attack the area. According to our scout's report, the enemy's defensive section in this area is 17 kilometers wide and 30 kilometers deep. The task of your tank group army is to attack from the east to the west to defeat the enemy in this area, and then our infantry will rush up to encircle and annihilate them. "

"All clear, comrade commander. Next, you will arrange a guide who is familiar with the road for me to meet the tank troops coming here with my adjutant. "

Colpacci nodded and said, "no problem. I'll arrange for someone to do it right away." At this point, he waved in our direction. I thought he was calling me. I was just raising my legs to get there. I didn't expect that he was really calling shamikov: "Hey, comrade captain, come here."

I can't help laughing bitterly when I look at the captain walking towards colpakchi. Since the last time I proposed to him that we should cooperate with each other, I was gradually marginalized in the headquarters. Perhaps for kolpakchi, an obedient subordinate is far more attractive than a competent subordinate, not to mention that this obedient subordinate has some abilities.

Captain shamikov came to him, stood at attention and asked respectfully, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?"

"Comrade captain, I'll give you a task now. You and the adjutant of general Moskalenko will meet our tank troops, guide them to cross the Koska River smoothly and enter the attack position of tomorrow as soon as possible. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade commander. I promise to finish the task."

When he heard that kolpakchi had arranged the guide, Moskalenko also called his adjutant to come, but he was very strict with his subordinates: "Comrade major, I remind you that all the tanks of the whole army must enter the position before 3 a.m. tomorrow, otherwise, I will shoot you. Do you understand? "

Moskalenko's words startled all the people present, and the orders he gave were too severe. When the Group Commander like kolpakchi warned his subordinates that they could not complete the task, he just wanted to send them to the military court or remove them from their posts. However, the tank general did not hesitate to choose the third one, shooting.

However, the major seemed to be used to Moskalenko's way of doing things. He agreed lightly: "I understand, comrade commander, I promise to complete the task."

When Captain shamikov and major left, I suddenly had an impression of this general who spoke rudely and acted impulsively. In 1953, he actively participated in the crackdown on belia group, broke into the meeting with a gun, subdued the arrogant belia personally, and took charge of it, And then sent his men to shoot general Moskalenko, belia's Moscow air defense commander? In 1957, when Khrushchev overthrew Marshal Zhukov, he acted as Khrushchev's pawn and, together with konev, demoted Zhukov to pieces. He even listed the evidence of Zhukov's military conspiracy, marshal Moskalenko, commander of the Moscow military region?

The general's resume in my mind is all history books from later generations. His comrades in arms once commented on him, saying that he was a tough man and famous for his explosive temper. He was often angry when commanding battles. He not only cursed the enemy, but also threatened to shoot the weak officers. Sometimes he even called the timid "the enemy of the people". In addition, there is a tendency to hate civilian personnel, which is a typical Russian warrior. It's no wonder that when there are female officers like me in the headquarters, they will sneer. After discussing the details of tomorrow's battle, korpakchi and Moskalenko picked up the phone, called general gordov and reported to each other, "Hello, comrade commander of the front army. I'd like to report to you that general Moskalenko, commander of the 1st tank army, has arrived at my headquarters. At the just concluded military meeting, we discussed the specific details of the counter attack to be carried out tomorrow, believing that such a counter attack can be successful. " Perhaps because of gordov's praise, kolpakchi had a rare smile on his tense face. After he put down the phone, he went back to the table, held his hand on the edge of the table, and said to everyone, "comrades, our counterattack plan has been approved by commander gordov. He also promised to provide the necessary air support to our offensive forces tomorrow. "“ That's very good, comrade commander. " Today, general walshin, who has tasted the benefits of air to ground cooperation, said excitedly: "as long as the air supremacy of the battlefield is in our hands, the anti assault implemented tomorrow will surely win." Taranzev then confidently said, "yes, comrade commander, as long as we have the air supremacy over the battlefield, then the Germans opposite our army should not be worried."“ Please rest assured that we will complete the counterattack task tomorrow. " The other teachers agreed. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, I know what's going on. Although the other division commanders were not present in the afternoon's counterattack except general walshing, they must have learned how the battle was won through their own channels, so they are full of confidence in the anti assault to be carried out tomorrow. Kolpakchi looked at his subordinates with a smile. After they all expressed their opinions in turn, he said, "I'm relieved to see that everyone is full of confidence in tomorrow's battle. It's late now. You should go back to the army to prepare. It's over With his voice, several teachers stood up together, saluted him, turned around and walked out of the headquarters.