Chapter 869

"Say, Rita, now, according to your observation, will Paulus surrender?"

After leaving the German position, I asked lieutenant gretka to take the defected captain Danglars and his subordinates back to the site of my army headquarters, and I followed captain Sania to the front army headquarters of rokosovsky. Rokosovsky asked my opinion as he poured tea for me.

I shrugged my shoulders, spread my hands, and said with some helplessness: "it's a pity, Comrade General. According to my observation, although the generals under Paulus are not averse to surrender, Paulus himself can't make up his mind. I think he will ask Hitler for instructions on whether to surrender."

"If you really ask Hitler, it will be a dead end." Malining, the chief of staff who heard me, said with a look of loss: "I thought the German army, which was hungry and cold, would seize the olive branch that we stretched out voluntarily in this desperate situation. I didn't expect that they were still so stubborn. It seemed that they were going to fight against us to the end."

"Comrade chief of staff, the Germans will not surrender so easily." Major general jieliejin, a military commissar of the front army I just met, said: "according to my analysis, in addition to the fact that some officers and soldiers still have a fluke mind about the rescue of the friendly camp, some are afraid of political revenge after being captured, more people dare not disobey their vows. They are bound by their vows. They are afraid that if they break them, they will betray their motherland. No matter they are sentenced to death, even their families in China will be implicated and sent to concentration camps. For a general like Paulus, he has more concerns. In addition to his own life and death and the safety of his family, he also has to consider whether he will be ruined because he ordered to surrender. So he will certainly ask Hitler for instructions so that he can, with permission, declare his surrender to us with dignity, without damaging his reputation. "

"It's a beautiful idea of him." After listening to jerekin, rokosovsky snorted heavily, "in the ultimatum I gave him, I only gave him 24 hours. If he has not let the German troops lay down their arms and surrender to us after this deadline, then I will order the troops to launch a final attack on the besieged German troops. "

While listening to rokosovsky's opinions, I suddenly thought of what captain Danglars said to me. So as soon as he finished, I immediately stood up and said, "Comrade commander of the front army, there is another situation I haven't reported to you. If I report to you now, it may be helpful for the next battle."

"What's the matter?" Asked rokosovsky in surprise.

"Well, comrade commander." So I told captain Danglars all over again. At last, I concluded: "recently, comrade Walter ublish, his anti Communist alliance and the National Committee of" free Germany "kept telling the besieged German officers and soldiers the truth of what happened on the front line and in Germany, It played a certain role in shaking the morale of the enemy. If the German army was not a well disciplined army, and its officers and men were bound by their vows, I think there would have been thousands of soldiers who had surrendered to us. "

After listening to what I said, rokosovsky sat in his seat and did not speak. He frowned and began to meditate. However, major general gilekin said with joy, "great, comrade oshanina, the information you have provided for us is very important. I think as long as we launch a political offensive against the German army at the same time as the military offensive after the final general offensive, their so-called solid defense will soon collapse. "

"Yes, comrade military Commissar." As for the statement of gilekin, chief of staff malining expressed great agreement: "in the past, we only relied on the bravery of the soldiers and the correct command of the commanders in fighting. We never thought that we would have to pay a huge price to win the final victory at the same time of military attack and political attack. Now with the help of this kind of political work, the commanders below generally feel that the attack is easier than before, and the casualties of the troops are also greatly reduced. "

"My chief of staff, political offensive is very important, but it is not a panacea." At this time, the thoughtful rokosovsky raised his head again, took malining's words and said: "if we don't have a strong military strength, we still can't win the final victory." At this point, he stood up and said firmly, "chief of staff, give orders to all units immediately to make them ready for all battles. As soon as the 24-hour deadline is over, we will launch a final attack on the besieged German forces. "

Seeing that malining was ordered to issue an order in the communication room next door, I hesitated for a moment, and finally gathered up the courage to say to rokosovsky: "Comrade commander, I have a request." As soon as I said this, I regretted it in my heart. I secretly said that I would offend the commander of the friendly army if this matter was spread. So I just said one word and I shut up.

Rokosovsky was a little worried when he saw that I wanted to talk and stop. He urged me to say, "Rita, if you have any requests, just ask them. As long as it is within my ability, I will agree. "

With the encouragement of rokosovsky, I finally blushed and said my thoughts: "Comrade commander, I don't know if we can hand over the task of seizing the central department store to our 79th infantry army?" After listening to my request, rokosovsky was stunned, then stared at me for a long time, and then looked at the military commissar jieliejin next to him. Then he nodded and said, "Rita, I can't find any reason to refuse your request. After all, you led a division's forces to carry the four German divisions' repeated attacks at mamayev post. For such brilliant achievements of your division, the reward I can give you now is to give you the honor of capturing Paulus. " Originally, I just had a try to make this request to rokosovsky, but he agreed so readily. I quickly raised my hand to salute him and said gratefully: "thank you, thank you, comrade commander! Thank you for your trust in our army. Thank you for giving us such a glorious task. I assure you that our 79th infantry will live up to your expectations. " When I finished, rokosovsky pushed the map on the table towards us, pointed at it with his finger, and said to me solemnly, "Rita, you see, your army is eleven blocks away from the German headquarters, while the vanguard of general sumilov's 64th army is only five blocks away. Although I gave you the task of capturing the German headquarters and capturing Paulus, if you can't catch up with the friendly forces and approach the central department store, I will give you the task. Do you understand? "“ I understand I have carefully studied why the army that finally captured Paulus was shumilov's 64th group army, not trakov's 62nd group army. The reason is that the latter was seriously damaged in the whole campaign. Apart from holding fast to contain the German forces, he had no ability to launch an active attack on the German forces. But now history has made a little deviation here because of my appearance. Naturally, I will not let go of such a good opportunity. So I confidently answered rokosovsky: "please rest assured, commander. I promise to complete the task." Seeing that my answer was so simple, rokosovsky's face showed a happy smile. He reached out to me and said at the same time, "Rita, since you are so confident, I am here waiting for the news of your victory."