Chapter 504

After listening to trekov's comments on the German army, I admire him even more. You know, I have heard many commanders' comments on the German army, including the leaders of the group army and the front army, but only trakov can speak so thoroughly. No wonder there are so many commanders who have attended the vorongze Military Academy in the army and have rich combat experience. But in the end, it is rare to become such a world-famous commander as trekov.

When I heard about the Military Academy of fulongzhi, I couldn't help but feel excited. I thought that when the time was right, I should apply to my superior for further study in this Soviet military academy. I have heard others say that the length of schooling in this school is three years: in the first year, I will study basic tactical theory and regiment offensive and defensive tactics; in the second year, I will study division tactics and command; in the third year, I will study group army campaign theory and command; and two or three months before graduation, I will also study front army campaign and other related knowledge. However, this is a time of war, which should be greatly shortened. Maybe I can return to the front line in about half a year. At that time, my campaign, tactics and military technical literacy will be improved. If I become an excellent synthetic army commander with independent thinking ability and problem-solving ability in the eyes of superior leaders, I may be entrusted with heavy responsibilities.

When I was just daydreaming, I suddenly felt that the room became quiet. I quickly waved my head to gather my mind and looked into the room. I saw that all the army officers sitting below were still, staring at trikov standing in front of me.

I was a little curious about how all of us suddenly became like this. I quickly touched the tank brigade commander next to me with my arm and asked softly, "Comrade brigade commander, what's the matter? Why is everyone suddenly quiet? "

The tank brigade commander's eyes were still fixed on trakov, but he just tilted his head and replied in a low voice, "Comrade deputy commander, just received some telegrams, and his face changed greatly after reading them. We all speculate that there may be any instructions from the higher authorities. Now we are waiting for the deputy commander to announce it. "

Trakov, with a telegram in his hand, scanned everyone in the room with cold eyes and said in a loud voice, "comrades, I have just received a telegram from the headquarters of the front army. I have something important to inform you. Here, I'll read it to you

Judging from trakov's expression, something happened that made him unhappy. In addition, he just said that there was an important announcement. We could not help whispering: what's the matter? Our group army has just won a big battle today. Even if the headquarters of the front army does not commend us, it will not send a telegram to criticize us for doing something wrong there.

Trekov coughed heavily, and the whole headquarters was quiet. Trikov picked up the telegram in his hand and read: "according to the latest instructions of the supreme command, from August 13, the former Stalingrad front army was divided into the southeast front army and the Stalingrad front army. The two front armies were under the unified command of general yelomienko. General gordov, the former commander of the front army, was changed to the deputy commander of Stalingrad's front army; General Golikov, former deputy commander of the front army, was changed to commander of the southeast front army. This letter of appointment shall take effect from now on. " After reading the telegram, trakov looked at the people in the room and asked, "if you have any opinions, you can talk about them."

"Comrade deputy commander," as soon as his voice fell, a famous lieutenant commander raised his hand to ask a question. I looked at the other side and found that I didn't know him. Maybe it was the subordinate of the division commander. After getting permission from trakov, he asked in a loud voice, "now it's divided into two front armies, so who is in charge of our group army?"

"Comrade commander," shumilov said slowly, sitting in his position, "according to the newly divided east war sequence, we and the 62nd group army belong to the southeast front army, and are under the command of general yelimenko and general Golikov."

After listening, the commander whispered a few words to the people next to him, and then asked, "how are our defense areas divided?"

Trekov whispered to Ruskin, "Comrade chief of staff, it's up to you to answer this question to the commander." Then he sat down directly.

Raskin went to the map, pointed at it with a stick and said in a loud voice, "Dear commanders, please look at the map. After a month of fierce fighting, to the west of the don, there are no more of our troops. At present, the war in the direction of Stalingrad has moved eastward to the area between the Volga River and the Don river. According to the information we have, the main forces of the 6th group army of Paulus and the 4th group army of Goth tanks of the German army both directed their attacks at Stalingrad. Now, the common task of these two enemy armies is to encircle the troops of our Stalingrad front army and the southeast front army and go out to the Volga River in order to seize Stalingrad. "

This change in the enemy's situation was unexpected. I can see it from their eyes and facial expressions. General biliukov's face was surprised, and his eyes seemed to say: is the enemy coming so soon? His eyes were fixed on the map, and he seemed to be thinking about how to deal with the unfavorable situation. Colonel lyudnikov's eyes were closed, his mouth was moving, and he seemed to be talking to himself. With a smile on his lips, Col. kuropachenko seems to be happy to find an opportunity for his division to be promoted to guard division.

Colonel Raskin continued: "the current task of our group army is to build positions and fortify fortifications overnight in the area recovered today, and to establish a defense system along renok spardanovka orlovka, so that the defense positions temporarily organized by the villages become an insurmountable obstacle for the enemy."

"But Comrade chief of staff, the soldiers are very tired after fighting in the daytime. If they are allowed to repair fortifications overnight, I'm afraid they will not be able to bear it." A lieutenant commander, who did not know which unit, expressed his concerns directly.

"Comrade commander," said trikov solemnly, sitting in his seat, "if the enemy launches a crazy counterattack against us tomorrow, do you think the commanders and fighters without solid fortifications can block the enemy's attack?" At this point, trikov could not help but stand up, pointed to Colonel sarren, and looked at the lieutenant colonel. He continued: "the combat effectiveness of the 229th division of Colonel sarren is among the best in the group army. When they entered the battlefield, they were forced to retreat because there were no fortifications under the attack of the enemy tanks. Comrade commander, do you think your army's equipment and combat effectiveness are better than that of the Colonel's army? "

The lieutenant commander waved his hand and replied with embarrassment: "there is a big gap between our troops and those of Colonel sarren. I'm sorry, comrade commander. I'm wrong. As soon as I got back to the army, I immediately arranged for the soldiers to repair the fortifications. "

Trekov didn't talk to him, just nodded silently and sat down again.

Raskin, after explaining the current situation of the enemy and ourselves, went to trakov and shumilov. After talking with them in a low voice, he stood up straight and said to everyone in a loud voice, "comrades commander, what problems and difficulties do you have? You can take the time to raise them. If Comrade commander can solve it for you, it will be solved immediately. "

Maybe trekov's words about the commander were so heavy that no one dared to answer after Raskin finished. I looked around and saw that all of us were sitting in a serious state, not talking and laughing. I was afraid that I would become an outsider. Seeing that no one was speaking, I stood up and said aloud, "Comrade chief of staff, I have a problem."

Even trekov and shumilov were surprised to see that I stood up, not to mention Raskin. "What do you want to say, commander oshanina?" asked Colonel Ruskin curiously

"Two comrades in command, chief of staff, all the commanders present here, Hello After politely greeting the people present, I went on to say my theme: "apart from the shortage of ammunition, communication is still a weak link in our army, and the communication equipment of each army is pitifully scarce. Just like the two divisions of Col. lyudnikov and Col. kuropatenko, there are only two radio stations. On the other hand, the radio station of lyudnikov division was lost during the March due to the enemy's air attack, so that they lost contact with the group headquarters for a period of time.

All German troops have been equipped with radio stations, while our army still relies on wired telephone. The telephone often breaks down, so we have to send officers to contact us everywhere. It is very difficult to command the troops scattered on the open grassland in this way.

Under the increasing pressure of the enemy, our army was forced to retreat. Often, when orders printed with the word "urgent" were sent to the army, the villages and towns required to be guarded in the order were lost; Sometimes even the troops assigned to carry out the orders are dead in name..

There is another thing that I think general trakov and the commander of the 208 th division, Col. vosliboynikov, are very aware of. At that time, the division's troops were alighting from the military train at the chilekov railway station when they were accidentally bombed by our plane. Because the telephone we carried was destroyed by the bomb and we lost the means of communication with the air force, we could only watch our army's planes dive, drop bombs and strafe at our infantry comrades, but there was nothing we could do. "

When I said that, Colonel vosliboynikov, commander of the 208 division, turned red in his eyes and began to sob in spite of his image. His face was pale and his voice trembled. "Comrades commanders, Lieutenant Colonel oshanina is right. Our army's aircraft sent out two nine aircraft formations, formed a circular formation, and began to dive and strafe at our division's commanders and fighters. How many Red Army soldiers were killed or wounded by their own planes as soon as they came to the front line without seeing the enemy When the soldiers asked me why I was attacked by my own planes, I couldn't explain to my subordinates the reasons for these unnecessary sacrifices. " At this point, he finally could not help crying.

Trekov stood up again and said with some helplessness, "what lieutenant commander oshanina said is what I saw with my own eyes. It's true. Later, after reporting to the headquarters of the front army, we learned that the reason for this incident was that the unloading area just arrived was not covered by air, and the headquarters of the front army neither guaranteed the smooth implementation of the operation nor informed the air force, which led to this tragedy. "

At first, I thought that most of the commanders here knew about it, so when talking about the communication equipment, I mentioned it by the way. Unexpectedly, it was the first time that everyone heard about it, and there was another uproar at the scene. Some people even cried out: "comrades commanders, the fighting blood of our infantry should not be shed in vain. We should send all those damn airmen and their commanders to the military court."

"Yes! Blood can't be shed in vain, blood must pay for blood!... " In the case of excitement, if someone takes the lead, the scene will soon get out of control. Seeing everyone in a noisy mess, I was at a loss. I didn't know whether to let them go or stop them in time. At this time, only listen to the "bang" sound of a gun, in the room noise appears particularly crisp. Everyone was quiet, and his eyes turned to the location where the gun rang. He slapped a pistol with smoke at the muzzle on the table and said angrily, "look for yourself, are you still like an intermediate commander in the army? I think you all look like shrews swearing. Watching my subordinates die, don't I, the deputy commander, feel sad? Even if you go and shoot all those airmen now, can those dead soldiers survive? " Seeing that the room was completely quiet, he reinserted the pistol into the holster and told Raskin next to him: "chief of staff, give them assignments." I have seen trakov pull out his gun twice these days. The first time he pulled out his gun and killed the cannibal commander. The second time he just shot in time to stop the chaos in the headquarters. It can be seen that he is a very decisive man. Raskin went back to the map and began to lay out defense areas for the divisions: "the 214 division was responsible for building fortifications in the renok area, and the 229 division was responsible for building a second line of defense five kilometers behind the division; The 154th marine brigade and the 29th Infantry Division in the spartanovka area built defensive positions that could resist the enemy's attack by relying on seven or eight small villages and large forests; The 70th guard division, the 157th infantry division and the 66th marine brigade built two lines of defense in the orlovka area. As a unit directly under the group army, the 208 th Division continued to maintain its original base. The above is the defense deployment of divisions and brigades. Please start the defense deployment as soon as you get back to your troops. " When Raskin finished speaking, shumilov stood up, scanned the whole room, and then said, "the task has been explained. Comrades, all of you, go back to your respective units and make arrangements. It's over With his "end of the meeting", the commanders present stood up, raised their hands to salute him, turned around and walked out of the headquarters one after another, and rushed back to their troops to deploy new defenses. When the commanders who came to the meeting were almost gone, trikov came to me, sighed and criticized me: "Comrade oshanina, who let you say that the 208 th division was mistakenly bombed by our army plane. You see, it almost won't end today. "“ I'm sorry, comrade commander. I'm wrong. " I knew that I was a little too reckless in doing this today, so I quickly bowed my head to trikov to admit my mistake. Trekov waved his hand and said, "forget it, just say it. You'll know sooner or later. However, you should remember that you must not make similar mistakes in the future. Next, you will accompany me on a special mission. "“ Comrade general, may I ask what it is? "“ Let's talk about it in the car! " With that, trakov lifted his legs and walked out of the headquarters. When we got on the jeep and saw that only the driver and herald sidtorin and trakov, besides us, were on the jeep, he said to me, "we are ordered to remove lopagin this time."“ General lopagin? Commander of the 62nd army? " When I heard the name, I was surprised and asked, "he has long been dismissed from his post, and the headquarters of the front army has temporarily sent General kolpakchi to take his place?" With a wry smile, trakov replied, "korpakchi took over the command of several new and cutting-edge divisions under the command of the Political Department of the group army. And the original troops are nominally under the command of general lopagin. "“ A group army now has two commanders. In this way, the command system of the army will fall into chaos, and the commanders and fighters will have no idea what to do and who to listen to. " After listening, I said anxiously“ It's very chaotic now. " Trekov said melancholy“ In order to ensure that the 62nd army will not be defeated by the German army, I think the commander should be replaced immediately. " When I said that, I found that what I said was nonsense. Trekov just said that we were going to carry out the task of removing the command of lopagin“ According to the intelligence transmitted by the front army, the situation of the 62nd army is very bad. In addition to the part of the army under korpakchi's command still fighting tenaciously with the Germans, the original 62nd army has been basically defeated. In the process of retreat, the troops were constantly scattered and gathered again, and gathered and scattered again. If we go late, I think these divisions will be cancelled. "“ Where is general lopagin's headquarters at the moment? " I asked, taking the map out of the bag that hung on the front back and spreading it out on my legs. Trekov looked at it with a gloomy face for a moment, then pointed to a place and said with certainty, "here it is, the village of welgach. According to intelligence from the front army, general lopagin's temporary headquarters is located here. "