Chapter 884

I don't know why, as soon as I heard malining mention the battle of Kharkov, I couldn't help shivering. Xin said that in May last year, the battle of Kharkov under the command of Marshal Timoshenko officially opened the prelude to the battle of Stalingrad. The victory of German forces in crimson and Kharkov exhausted the hard won reserves of the Soviet Union. At the same time, the south wing was seriously weakened, allowing the German forces to regain part of the strategic initiative and temporarily stay in a dominant position. After seizing the balvinkovo bulge, the German army successfully occupied the favorable starting position to attack Stalingrad. Now, just after a super large-scale battle, the participating troops have not been fully recuperated and replenished, so they have to rush into the new battle. Is this really good?

When malining finished speaking, rokosovsky said to wittkov, "Colonel, after the meeting, you and Comrade oshanina will stay together. I have other things to explain to you."

"Yes The reckless vetkov quickly agreed, and then asked in a tone of asking for instructions: "Comrade commander of the front army, may I sit down?"

"Sit down, comrade colonel." Rokosovsky replied with a smile, then turned to trakov and said, "now let's invite Comrade Vasili Ivanovic to speak."

Trakov's speech was very simple. He mainly informed the commanders of the upcoming series of rest and replenishment plans. I didn't listen carefully because my troops would be transferred soon. After finishing his speech, trakov turned to rokosovsky and said, "I'm done, constantinovic."

Rokosovsky nodded after listening, and then said: "since Comrade trakov's words have been finished, then the meeting will be over. Comrades in command can go back to their troops. "

The other commanders (including my group of teachers) got up and walked out, leaving me and Vitkov sitting still.

When the commander who came to the meeting was almost gone, rokosovsky waved to me and said enthusiastically, "Rita, don't sit down here. Come to me."

Vetkov and I got up and went to the table, but instead of sitting down at rokosovsky's command, we stood upright in front of him.

"Rita, you and your troops are about to be transferred to the southwest front," rokosovsky said politely to me. "If you have any requirements, just ask them."

Since it was rokosovsky who asked me to make the offer, I would not be polite. After thinking for a moment, I said decisively, "Comrade commander of the front army, I have two requests. First, my military political commissar, comrade Vasiliev, died bravely because he was sniped by German snipers some time ago. At present, there is no political commissar in the army. In order to strengthen the leadership of the army, I hope the higher authorities can send us a new political commissar. "

After listening to my first condition, rokosovsky turned and asked trakov, "Comrade trakov, what's your opinion?"

"Comrade commander of the front army, comrade oshanina's 79th infantry, is the main force of our 62nd army. I think he should be equipped with a capable deputy." After saying this to rokosovsky, trakov turned to me and asked, "o'shanina, do you have a suitable person?"

"Yes, comrade commander." In fact, not long after Vasiliev's death, I had a suitable candidate, but because I was fighting every day, I didn't put forward it for the time being. Since trakov asked me to recommend a candidate, I said without hesitation: "Colonel kirilov, the political commissar of Bantai leiev division, had been working with me for several months. He is a suitable candidate."

"Let Colonel kirilov be your Commissar. That's right, "trekov reminded me." in this way, the division commissar of bandeleev will be vacant? Who do you think is the most suitable person to take over the post? "

As for the commanders at all levels in the bantaileiev division, I am very familiar with them. When trakov asked who was suitable to take over the post of political commissar of the division, I put forward my plan at one go: "after Colonel kirilov took up the post of political commissar in the army, his vacant post can be filled by lieutenant colonel oberstein, political commissar of the first regiment. Major safchenko, the instructor of the first battalion of the second regiment, is the most suitable political commissar of the first regiment. " Nowadays, political workers have been awarded new military ranks, and their job titles have been adjusted accordingly. When talking about their positions, I feel that they are not as obnoxious as they used to be.

After listening to my arrangement, trikov nodded and said with satisfaction, "Comrade oshanina, you have considered it very comprehensively. I know all the political workers you mentioned. They are very good commanders. I have no opinion about the candidates you proposed. And you, comrade military commissar? " His last word was to guloff.

"I also agree with the candidate proposed by Comrade o'shanina." With a smile on his face, gurov added, "I suggest that Colonel kirilov be put in the army today."

Rokosovsky waved with a smile: "well, Rita, we have passed your first condition. Go on to your second request. "

Because of the second condition that I am about to put forward, and because only rokosovsky can do it, I said to him, "Comrade commander of the front army, my troops lost a lot in the early fighting. Although we had once added new soldiers, with the transfer of general wachuk's close guard 79th division, our troops became weak again, I hope you can give us 8000 to 10000 new recruits. In addition, there are fewer tanks in Colonel berey's tank brigade. It would be better if the front army could supply us with about 100 more. "

After I finished, rokosovsky took a look at trakov next to him. Then he said with a smile, "Rita, you really expect too much from me. But I'm sorry that I can't meet your request. You know, during this period, the entire don front army was only supplemented by 12000 soldiers, and the technical equipment such as tanks, artillery and aircraft were even more limited. "

"But Comrade commander," although rokosovsky refused my request, I still said reluctantly, "you know, after our army is transferred to the southwest front army, we will face one hard battle after another. If our troops and technical equipment are not supplemented, we may suffer a great loss."

Rokosovsky listened to me. Instead of speaking immediately, he frowned and thought. After looking at each other, trikov and gurov took the initiative to help and said, "Constantine konstantinovich, I think what Comrade oshanina said is very reasonable. We should find a way to replenish her troops with necessary soldiers and technical equipment."

If I am the only one to make a supplementary request, even if I have a close relationship with rokosovsky, I may be rejected by him. After all, I am about to be transferred from the Don front army, and he can't waste the limited supplement he gets on my army, which will soon not belong to him.

Rokosovsky saw that trakov was also speaking for me, with a hesitant expression on his face. After a moment's silence, he looked at marinin and asked, "Comrade chief of staff, I want to hear your opinion?"

Seeing that the hope of getting supplies fell on malining, I quickly turned my attention to the chubby chief of staff of the front army, staring at the expression on his face. Malining saw that rokosovsky threw the problem to himself, and did not dare to claim it without authorization. He looked at rokosovsky and me, and finally said in embarrassment: "Comrade commander, I know that the supply from the base camp is limited recently, but from the perspective of improving the combat effectiveness of the army, comrade Lida really needs to supplement here. But I don't think she has the final say for her own troops or weapons.

Seeing that malining skillfully threw the problem to himself, rokosovsky finally couldn't help laughing. He stood up and said to me, "Rita, since the chief of staff thinks that your troops should be supplemented, I'll give you a part of it. Chief of staff, record orders. " Seeing that marinin took out a pen and paper from his briefcase, he began to dictate the order, "immediately supply the 79th infantry with 3000 recruits, 10 tanks and five guns. Well, that's all. Comrade chief of staff, it's up to you to arrange this. "

Marinin put away his pen and paper, straightened up, and said aloud, "yes, I'll arrange it right away." Then he turned and rushed to krailov, who was standing nearby, and said, "general krailov, please come with me. The new reserve troops need you to receive them in person."

After the two chief of staff left the headquarters side by side, rokosovsky waved to me again, indicating that I would stand beside him. I knew in my heart that when he asked me to go there, there must be something important to explain. Maybe he explained to me the situation of the enemy and ourselves in Ukraine. So I walked around the table and came to him.

Rokosovsky moved the map on the table towards me, pointed at it with red and blue, and introduced the current situation of enemy and ourselves to me like a geography teacher: "Rita, you see, this is Stalingrad where we are now, and you can reach Donetsk all the way west. This is the position of general vatukin's southwest front army. To the northwest of Donetsk is general Golikov's Voronezh army. According to our reconnaissance, the headquarters of German Marshal Manstein is in zaborosh, an important town at the great gulf of the Dnieper River. "

It aroused my interest to hear that Manstein's headquarters were in zaborosh. However, when I saw that the distance between Donetsk and zaborosh was more than 200 kilometers, I promptly gave up the idea of sending troops directly to the other party's headquarters. In such a long front, we do not know how many insurmountable lines the German troops have laid out. I asked casually, "Comrade commander, I don't know how many troops Marshal Manstein has at present?"

Because rokosovsky was in a different position from us, and he had much more information than us, when he heard me ask about the situation of Manstein's troops, he casually said a lot of important information: "Manstein's" Don River group army group "in order to save our besieged Paulus troops some time ago, We sent the most elite 4th tank group army under the command of general Holt, which broke through our layers of defense and approached only 30 kilometers away from Stalingrad. Fortunately, Paulus was indecisive and did not dare to disobey Hitler's orders. He refused to lead his troops to break through the encirclement. As a result, Hote's rescue operation was on the verge of success.

In this case, the German army's "Don River group" had to fight in three aspects at the same time. One was to save the besieged Paulus's sixth group army, but to protect the German army's transportation lines that were attacking the Caucasus. Another important task was to ensure that they were not eaten by our superior army.

It is precisely because of the loopholes in their defense line and the fact that our army is several times stronger than them and enjoys freedom of movement that we can continue to detour back to the two wings of the German army with large regiments, and Li Qiang can annihilate a larger number of German troops. However, the Germans are very cunning. They have seen through our plan and successfully disintegrated our encirclement and annihilation plan by relying on the ingenious defense of the hollett group army and the 4th tank group army. They have reestablished the defense line between the sea of Azov and the Donets river. "

Rokosovsky's explanation gave me a perceptual understanding of the situation in Ukraine. According to him, German Marshal Manstein's troops were in a situation of being attacked on all sides, and he was able to mobilize only a fraction of our troops. In addition, the collapse of Paulus' army had a serious impact on the morale and morale of the German army, which made the vast number of officers and men have no desire to fight. Therefore, after our army launched the attack, we quickly achieved great results“ Rita, you are against the enemy and ourselves situation in Ukraine. " Rokosovsky saw me staring at the map all the time. He raised his voice and asked, "are you clear?"“ It's all clear, comrade commander. " I quickly straightened my back and replied loudly. Although I have made it clear, I am still unfamiliar with the new battlefield I am going to. However, rokosovsky can only help me. The rest of the information I have to ask watujing or the commander of the 6th army after I go to the southwest front army. After a moment's hesitation, I asked cautiously, "I don't know when my troops will start?"“ When chief of staff malinin and general Krylov have completed their replenishment of your army, they will set out immediately. " With these words, rokosovsky raised his hand, looked at his watch, and then said, "today is February 5. You can start in the morning of February 7. I will ask the Logistics Department of the front command to dispatch 1000 trucks to transport your troops and supplies to Donetsk. "