Chapter 485

After saluting the two commanders, I went out with nikishev. I know that I can't pass side by side with the chief of staff of the front army, so I deliberately fall behind and follow him.

Before I got to the stairs, three commanders came up face to face. Before I could see the rank of the people who came, nikishev flashed aside and raised his hand against the wall to salute each other. When I saw nikishev, people always saluted him. I immediately realized that he was a person of higher rank than him. He also leaned against the wall, straightened up and raised his hand to salute.

The remaining light of my eyes moved with the three people. In a few seconds, I found that there were three generals. No wonder nikishev had to step aside to salute. The three men came to us and stopped. The round faced and burly lieutenant general in front of us didn't even give a gift. He asked nikishev impolitely, "chief of staff, is the commander in his office?"

"Yes, comrade commissioner. The commander and the deputy commander are in the office. You can see them when you go in. " In Stalingrad's front army, nikishev, as the chief of staff, is also a high-ranking man. But I feel that he seems to have an inexplicable fear of the general, and his voice is a bit out of tune.

The general nodded. Without even looking at me, he turned to the two generals behind him, waved his head and said, "comrades, let's go. General gordoff is waiting for us in his office."

As the fat general walked steadily towards gordov's office, nikishev took a long breath and said to me in a low voice, "commander oshanina, let's go."

I quickly followed nikishev, ready to go up the stairs. Suddenly I heard a familiar voice behind me calling, "Hello, please wait a moment." I looked at the empty corridor ahead and knew it was us, so I stopped, turned around and looked curiously at the three generals opposite.

A shorter general took a step forward and asked tentatively, "Comrade commander, are you o'shanina?"

Hear the other side call out my name, I can't help a Leng, the heart says this is who ah, how does he know me?

With my confirmation, the general stepped in front of me, raised his hand, saluted me and said excitedly, "Hello, comrade division. Nice to see you again. Are you all right? "

Sir, when I heard this address, my first reaction was that the commander of the 35th division of the guards had arrived? Otherwise, how can you call me teacher. So I took a look at his rank and found that he was a major general. I asked politely, "Comrade General, are you the commander of the 35th division of Jinwei?"

When I asked this question, the general was stunned. He was a little confused and said, "the 35th division of guards?! Whose army is that? I don't think I've ever heard of it. "

This time it was my turn to be confused. I asked in a misty way, "Comrade General, didn't you call me division commander just now? I'm the new commander of the 35th division. I thought you were my colleague. I'm sorry. I made a mistake. "

The general stepped back, took off his hat, spread out his hands, and said helplessly: "Mr. division, you really don't know me?" Seeing me shaking his head repeatedly, his face became a little embarrassed. He coughed and said, "think about it carefully. In the battle of Moscow, your plan to attack Taiyangshan city was made in my regiment. I am the head of 1073 regiment... "

"Chisgakov!" When he mentioned the 1073 regiment, I suddenly remembered who he was. I rushed over, grabbed his arms, shook them vigorously, and exclaimed excitedly, "it's you, Colonel chisjakov, the leader of the 1073 regiment."

Chisgakov grinned and said, "it's me, sir."

"General chisgakov, who is this female commander?" The burly general came and asked chisgakov sternly.

I quickly released chisjakov's arm and stepped back. Chisgakov pointed to me and introduced to the lieutenant general, saying, "Comrade General, please allow me to introduce you. This female commander is oshanina, the first division commander of the eighth division of the guards. She was promoted to major general by Comrade Stalin because of her outstanding military achievements. " Then he pointed to the lieutenant general and introduced himself to me: "Comrade division commander, this is lieutenant general Yeliao Menko. He is now the acting commander of the first group army of the guards. "

Although I don't know general yelomienko, I also know that since he can make general nikishev feel scared, he must be a powerful role. I quickly raised my hand to salute him and say hello to him: "Hello, general yelomienko."

Yeliao nodded and said politely, "Hello, comrade commander. I've heard about you. I know that you were demoted because you ordered your subordinates to execute the prisoners who surrendered. " I feel a little embarrassed to hear the other side's understatement of my past in public.

I didn't expect that general yeliaomenko went up and slapped me on the shoulder, almost making me sit on the ground. He laughed brightly and said aloud, "well done, comrade o'shanina. These damned Krauts are not human beings. They're just two legged animals. If it had been me, I would have given the same order. "

Speaking of this, he stepped back a little and asked another general who was born after his birth to introduce him to me, saying, "Comrade o'shanina, let me introduce him to you. This is major general Krylov, chief of staff of Binhai group army. Because of his rich experience in barricade and street fighting, he was sent to the 62nd group army by the supreme command as chief of staff."

"Hello, comrade oshanina. I've heard of you, too. You are really not simple. You can be regarded as the best among the new commanders. "

I dare not claim to be an outstanding person, especially in front of this future boss. I dare not trust him. I said modestly: "Comrade General, you flatter me. I'm ashamed."

After a few more greetings, Yeliao myenko waved his hand and said, "well, let's talk about it here today. Two general comrades, we have to rush to see the commander of the front army." Later, he said to nikishev in the stern tone of his superiors to his subordinates, "Comrade chief of staff, there's nothing more to do. Go ahead." With that, he walked steadily towards gordov's office, blind to everyone's eyes.

General nikishev took me to a room on the first floor and said, "Comrade oshanina, this is your temporary division headquarters." Then he pushed the door open and went in.

When I came in, the layout of the room was very simple. There is a rectangular wooden table in the middle of the room. There is a bench on each side of the table, and the single wooden bed in the corner is all the furniture. There is no battle map on the wall and no telephone on the desk. It is more appropriate to say that it is the rest room rather than the division headquarters.

Nikishev probably saw the disappointment on my face, went straight to the table and sat down, and asked me to sit opposite him. Then he said apologetically, "Comrade oshanina, to tell you the truth, it's unknown when the 35th division of the guards will arrive, and which combat direction will be put into after arriving, so the commander arranged you to have a rest here. In order to be afraid of gossiping, it was announced that this is the division headquarters of the 35th division of Jinwei. In fact, you should also understand that from now on until you take office in the division, there are not necessarily reports from your subordinates. "

Listening to what he said, I nodded busily and replied, "yes, chief of staff, I understand. Thank you and the commander of the front army for thinking so carefully for me. " I hope he will leave immediately after listening to me, so that I can have an early rest.

I didn't expect nikishev to sit in the distance and didn't move his nest. Instead, he asked me curiously, "have you seen general yelimenko before?"

I shook my head and said, "I've never heard of his name." Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that nikishev seemed to be afraid of yelimenko, so I asked politely, "what's the matter? Comrade chief of staff, is general yeliaomenko not easy to get along with? "

Nikishev snorted coldly and said, "it's not just that it's not easy to get along with. General yelimenko has always been keen on educating his subordinates."

"Boxing education?" Nikishev's words aroused my curiosity. I couldn't help asking him curiously: "Comrade chief of staff, what's the matter? Let's hear it." I saw him carefully look at the door, and immediately understood what he was worried about. I quickly got up and closed the door. Then I said with a smile, "well, chief of staff, the door is closed. In this way, no one can hear our conversation. You'd better tell me about general yelomienko in detail. Maybe I will deal with him in the future."

Nikishev hesitated for a moment. At last, it was not easy to brush my face, so he gritted his teeth and said, "OK, I'll tell you something about general yelimenko, but you have to promise me that you can never mention it to anyone."

I quickly raised my right hand, palmed forward, swore to him: "I promise Comrade Stalin that I will never tell anyone what general nikishev told me tonight, otherwise, I will be blown to pieces by bombs falling from the sky when I go out."

Nikishev was amused with laughter by my unique way of swearing. After laughing, he said: "at the beginning of the war, general yelimenko was the deputy commander of the Western Front Army, and once commanded the troops to participate in the battle of Smolensk. Then he took up the post of commander of the Bryansk front army, taking on the task of covering Moscow's approach from the southwest.

I was working in the base camp at that time. One day, I saw the complaint written by the military commissar of the 13th group army to Comrade Stalin. He wrote this: on the evening of September 18, 1941, I was in the front position of the front army and returned to the combat team with general yevremov, so as to formulate the next attack plan. The commander of the front army, yeliaomenko, and the member of the Military Commission, magepov, also came here. In front of all the commanders, the following farce was performed. Yelomienko began to accuse the Military Commission of being timid and betraying the motherland. As for his rude accusation, I retorted on the spot that you should not say so much. However, without saying a word, Yeliao Menko rushed towards me with a fist. He punched me in the face several times and threatened to shoot me. I said that he could shoot me, but he had no right to insult the personality of a member of the Communist Party and a representative of the Supreme Council. At that time, yelomienko pulled out his pistol and put it on my forehead. Fortunately, deputy commander yevlemov stopped him in time and didn't let him shoot. After yeliaomenko was stopped, he was extremely unwilling. He pointed to yevlemov and swore hysterically, saying that he would shoot all the commanders in the headquarters. When he calmed down a little, he began to boast that Comrade Stalin agreed that he would beat several commanders of the group army, even if he beat one of them to death. When he sat down to have dinner, yelomienko forced yevlemov to drink with him. But when the latter showed that he didn't want to drink, he began to scold again, saying that yevlemov was deliberately against him and was not qualified to be his deputy, especially because this deputy didn't persuade him at the right time, As a result, he can't hit those army commanders in the face at will. "

After listening to nikishev, I can understand why he is so afraid of yelimenko. It turns out that this general has such a bad record before. Then I asked curiously, "Comrade chief of staff, what did Comrade Stalin do after he received this statement?"

Nikishev shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "after reading this statement, comrade Stalin just told yelimenko the content of the statement and asked him to give an explanation, but his position as commander of the front army remained unchanged. As for the deputy commander yevlemov, he was sent to form a new 33rd army. "

Hearing Stalin's defense of the general, I could not help frowning and asked cautiously, "Comrade chief of staff, according to your understanding, what is the command level of yeliomenko?"

Nikishev snorted again and said with disdain, "before the Kiev war, many senior generals of our army, even general Zhukov, thought that Kiev could not be defended. The flanks of the southwest front army were in danger of being encircled. At this time, comrade Stalin went to yeliomenko and asked him, "if I assign the central front army to you and give you some artillery reserves, can you block goodrian and cover the flanks of the southwest front army?" At that time, yelomienko said with his boundless confidence: I can not only stop goodrian, but also eliminate him. "

"As a result, is goodrian blocked?"

Nikishev frowned and looked at me up and down after hearing this. He said with some displeasure, "Comrade oshanina, you should have been in Moscow at that time. Don't you know if our army blocked goodrian?"

As soon as he reminded me, I remembered that, yes, I had already arrived in Moscow at that time, and I took a small army to sneak into the enemy's rear to carry out the mission. When hundreds of troops were gathered, I once had the idea of leading troops to capture Tolstoy manor and capture goodrian alive. I blushed and said with embarrassment, "I'm sorry, chief of staff. If you don't tell me, I forgot that I had followed general Zhukov to Moscow at that time. Please go on

"Facts have proved that yelimenko's self-confidence is groundless. The blitz of the Bryansk front army led by yelimenko stopped only after more than ten kilometers, which did not cause great obstacles to goodrian. However, goodrian's tank group was directly behind the southwest front army, resulting in our army's disastrous defeat in the battle of Kiev. Six army groups were annihilated and all the commanders, political commissars and chief of staff of the southwest front army were killed. " Nikishev said bitterly, "what's worse is that two weeks after the submission of the military commissar's statement of the 13th army, goodrian led his powerful tank group northward and gathered up the front army of yelimenko in the battle of Bryansk."

I was surprised that Stalin didn't investigate such a serious loss to the army due to the wrong command. This is a miracle. I asked curiously, "how did general yelomienko escape from the siege?"

Nikishev snorted for the third time and said, "he's lucky. While breaking through the encirclement, he was hit by a stray bullet from the enemy and was seriously injured. Comrade Stalin sent a plane to pick him up from the encirclement. On the way, the plane was shot down by the enemy's plane and fell head on to the side of a village. Our commander was saved by the collective farm officials when he was head down and half frozen to death. Perhaps it was because he looked so pitiful that Comrade Stalin did not hold him responsible for his defeat and went to the hospital to see him in person. But a defeat is a defeat, and we have to punish it. When he was discharged from hospital in December, he was officially removed from the position of commander of the front army and appointed as commander of the fourth assault group army being formed. "

After listening to nikishev's story, I have a preliminary understanding of general yelimenko, but also a little more worried.

Nikishev stood up and said to me, "Comrade oshanina, trakov told me privately that you asked him to come out and intercede with Zhukov for the sake of general korpakchi. Trakov said that his relationship with Zhukov was general. Although he asked Zhukov for love for korpakchi, it was not clear whether there was any effect. By the way, the next door is the telecommunication room. I'll go over and say hello to them later. You can use the communication equipment inside to contact General Zhukov. " Then he got up, opened the door and went out.

I knew in my heart what general nikishev was alluding to, that is, asking me to call Zhukov and plead for kolpakchi. Although I have a good relationship with Zhukov, the identity gap is too big. If he doesn't call me, I'm not qualified to call Zhukov. That is to say, people like trakov know that I have a good relationship with Zhukov, so they place their hope of intercession on me. Strictly speaking, not to mention my little lieutenant commander, even if he is a lieutenant general like trakov, if he wants to call Zhukov, he must have something important to do, and he can't call him if he wants to.

Maybe if I contact Zhukov directly to intercede for korpakchi, Zhukov may try to make use of his power in his past friendship and give korpakchi a lighter punishment. But I can't do it. Once I can do it, twice I can do it. But after three or four times, Zhukov will be disgusted. From then on, there will be no friendship between him and me. Zhukov is the deputy commander, and I'm just a commander who makes soy sauce everywhere. I'm not equal to him. Even if Zhukov has always taken good care of me and appreciated me, I can't be without self-knowledge.

I can't make a plea call for colpakchi. Having made up my mind, I got up, went over and closed the door. Just as I was unpacking my belt, there was a knock at the door. At the same time, someone was asking aloud, "is lieutenant commander o'shanina there?" I quickly untied the belt to re fasten, went to open the door. Outside the door stood major general Krylov, whom he had just met upstairs. He looked at me with a smile and asked politely, "commander oshanina, am I not disturbing you?" I was a little surprised by the visit of the new chief of staff of the group army. I quickly put aside my body and made a gesture of invitation: "of course, I didn't disturb you. Comrade general, don't stand at the door. Please come in quickly. "