Chapter 886

Thinking that I had never met the current commander of the sixth group army, kirilov and Vitkov had worked in the headquarters of the group army, and kirilov was also from an important department in Moscow. They should know more than me, so I coughed and asked, "political commissar, chief of staff, What do you know about the Sixth Army we are going to visit? "

As soon as the words came out, I found that both of them were looking at me with strange eyes. They did not speak, but looked at each other. Then kirilov slowly rolled up the map and handed it to Vitkov. Seeing that the other side had stuffed the map into his pocket, he asked me: "Comrade oshanina, don't you have time to know about the Sixth Army we are going to join these two days?"

As for kirilov's question, I shook my head and said with embarrassment, "these two days, I've been busy checking the combat readiness of divisions and talking with commanders and soldiers. On the contrary, I've ignored the most important thing."

When I saw kirilov's face, I could not help but feel flustered. However, because of my identity, he gave me a step down. He said to wittkov, who was sitting in the front row, "Hey, chief of staff, I think you've been collecting relevant information these two days. Do you want to take this opportunity to give a good talk to the chief of the army?"

When I heard kirilov say that, I felt warm in my heart. It's better for him to be an old partner and take all the things I didn't expect into consideration. Vetkov nodded, took a stack of papers out of his briefcase, looked at them a few times, and pulled one out of the middle. Before I could put the rest of the documents in my briefcase, I began to read them for me: "the sixth group army was established in Kiev special military region in August 1939. In September, he joined the front army of Ukraine and took part in the battle of marching into western Ukraine. After the outbreak of the patriotic war, he was incorporated into the southwest front army and took part in the wuman campaign. Because of serious losses, his organizational system was withdrawn. At the end of August 1941, it was reconstituted on the basis of the 48th infantry army. It was successively incorporated into the southern front army and the southwest front army, and participated in the battle of dunbas and the battle of balvenkovo lozowaya. In May 1942, he was encircled in the battle of Kharkov, so he abolished his organizational system again in early June. At the beginning of July, the reserve Sixth Army was transformed into the Sixth Army, which was first incorporated into the Voronezh front army and transferred to the command of the southwest front army last month. "

"Chief of staff," after listening to wittkov's reading of the army's information, I asked, "do you have information about the commander of the group army?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Wittkov replied respectfully. Then he took out another document and read to me, "so far, there are four commanders in the Sixth Army. The first commander, lieutenant general Ivan Nikolayevich muzichenko, was a veteran of cavalry. Because of his excellent military quality, he was highly valued by Marshal Zhukov. He was the first successor of the fourth cavalry division under the command of Marshal. He commanded the infantry division in the battle of Karelia isthmus in early 1940, and was appointed commander of the group army six months later. Vashujin, a military and political commissar, liked the young group commander very much. Once he gave him such a comment: "mujichenko is a commander with a bright future. The only drawback is that it's too stiff. He will be a good group commander in wartime. "

When I heard that general muzichenko was a talent valued by Zhukov, I was very surprised that I had never heard of him. So before witkov finished reading, I raised my hand to interrupt him and asked curiously, "Comrade chief of staff, since this general is so famous, why have I never heard of him?"

"Comrade oshanina," without waiting for Vitkov's reply, kirilov next to him said preemptively, "may I ask you a question?"

"Yes, comrade political commissar." I answered without hesitation, "as long as I know, I will tell you the truth."

Kirilov looked at wittkov in the front row and asked steadily, "in September 1941, I don't know where you were at that time?"

Although I was surprised that kirilov heard such a question, I answered him truthfully and said, "Comrade political commissar, at that time I was still in the Leningrad front army, holding the position of platoon leader in the anti-aircraft machine gun company on the polkovo highlands."

"No wonder." Kirilov's face was suddenly enlightened, and then he said for wittkov, "the reason why you haven't heard the name of general muzichenko is that this determined commander was not lucky in the beginning. The 6th army lost a lot when fighting with the German army on the border, fought with the 12th army and retreated to uman. The result did not expect to be encircled by the German army, and the two group commanders were both captured. "

"Alas, it's a pity. If such an excellent commander can get out of danger smoothly, he may have made a lot of achievements in the past two years." After a few words of emotion, I urged wittkov: "chief of staff, what are you still doing? Continue to read."

"The second commander is general rojion Yakovlev Malinowski..."

"Won't you be captured by the German again?" When I heard wittkov read out another very strange name, I couldn't help interrupting again, saying in a sarcastic tone: "if the commander had not been captured or sacrificed, I don't think the unit would have been withdrawn for the second time."

"My God, comrade oshanina, what are you talking about?" I didn't expect that kirilov, who was sitting next to me, was in a hurry as soon as I said, "how can you talk irresponsibly like this?" With these words, he reached out and patted the driver on the shoulder in front of him, and said sternly to him, "I said, comrade driver, it was the commander who was joking just now. If I knew that someone was passing on what she said, I would not say it. You should know what it was."

"Yes, comrade political commissar." Although the driver was driving, he quickly turned back and assured kirilov, "I was driving all the time just now and didn't hear anything."

After listening to the driver's reply, kirilov said coldly, "you just understand that."

The first time I heard kirilov speak like this, I was immediately shocked with a cold sweat. My heart said that I didn't say anything just now, so I jokingly asked the second commander if he was also captured. I didn't expect that he had such a big reaction.

After greeting the driver, kirilov turned to look at me and said solemnly, "Comrade oshanina, maybe your time in the army is too short, so you don't know general Malinowski. I won't worry about you this time, but this time alone, if there is another time, you will bear the consequences independently. "

I don't know why kirilov made such a frightening remark. He just nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "don't worry, comrade political commissar, I will never say such irresponsible words again. By the way, what kind of person is this general Malinowski? Can you tell me? "

Seeing my sincere attitude, kirilov's face softened. He then told me about the experience of the second Commander: "after the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, when our troops one after another fell into siege in the great German offensive, general Malinowski suddenly emerged, He quickly became one of the few generals in the Red Army who had the ability to command the army; The three divisions under his command at that time were all heavily understaffed infantry divisions. In the face of the fierce Blitzkrieg attack of the German army, they set up a front along the Prut river. According to the practice at that time, the senior commanders of the troops generally hid in the rear of their own troops to command operations; But Malinowski is not. He usually goes to the critical front-line fan-shaped battlefield to accompany the soldiers and encourage their morale. Because of the great disparity between the enemy and us, our army was unable to stop the German army which was superior in quantity and technology and had rich experience in combat. So general Malinowski led the remnant troops to flee along the black coast. The German army tried several times to encircle and destroy Malinowski's troops, but they all failed. In the end, although the German army successfully surrounded his troops, general Malinowski quickly led the troops to break through the enemy's encirclement and to garrison in Dnepropetrovsk.

In August, he was sent to the defeated sixth group army of the Red Army as chief of staff, and soon he was promoted to commander of the group army. He successfully blocked the German army's fierce offensive on the front line, and was promoted to lieutenant general. Later, the army was forced to retreat to dunbas, and Malinowski led the sixth and 12th army to join the defensive war, repelling the German army from leaving the defensive area again; In December 1941, he was appointed commander of the southern front army of the Soviet Union by his superior. Under his command, there were only three broken army groups and two armored forces with only tank divisions. Under the condition of insufficient personnel and equipment, Malinowski even directed his troops to launch a fierce attack on the defense depth of the German defense line.

At present, general Malinowski, as the commander of the southern front army, is engaged in a fierce battle between the Rostov area command troops and the German army of Manstein. "

After listening to kirilov's introduction, I finally realized what a stupid joke I had made. If kirilov and vetkov were not the people who heard this, maybe my future would be destroyed because of this sentence. You know, a few years later, Kulik, who once served as a marshal, was sentenced to death because of a few private complaints.

After kirilov's introduction, wittkov asked carefully, "commander, commissar, can I read on?"

"That's to say," kirilov estimated that he was choking and could not get angry with me at the moment, so when he spoke to Vitkov, his voice was a little louder: "of course, he continued to read."

"The third commander was lieutenant general avikshenti Mikhailovich gorodnyanski." When witkov read this, he stopped for a moment and looked at me specially. He was afraid that I would interrupt him. Seeing that I had no response, he continued to read: "in the second battle of Kharkov in May 1942, the 6th army suffered a great sacrifice. Among the senior generals killed in the battle were the commander, lieutenant general gorodnyanski, the commander of the 47th infantry division, major general matikin, the commander of the 337th infantry division, major general Vasilev, the commander of the 21st tank army, major general Kuzmin, the commanders of three tank brigades under the 21th tank army and the 23rd tank army, and the commanders of a motorized infantry brigade, Col. dimidov, Col. gorchikov Colonels delozdorf and kagamanov were also killed. Major general zusmanowich, the logistics director of the group army, was captured by the German army on the way to lead the army to break through the encirclement. "

After listening to a series of tragic fates of the 6th group army, my heart became heavy. I waited for wittkov to finish reading and asked casually, "who is the current group army commander?"

"The current commander is lieutenant general haridonov. He joined the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik) in 1918 and joined the army the following year. He took part in the civil war. He graduated from the senior Infantry School in 1931 and served as the head of the regiment. He graduated from the advanced training class for senior leaders of the Military Academy of the general staff in 1941. At the beginning of the Soviet German war, he served as deputy chief of staff (major general) of the southern front army. He was commander of the ninth group army since September 1941, and participated in the battles of Donbas and Rostov. In July 1942, he was transferred to the commander of the sixth group army, participated in the battle of Stalingrad, and was promoted to lieutenant general in December 1942. "“ Thank you. Thank you, chief of staff. " After learning about the Sixth Army, I expressed my gratitude to Vitkov. At this time, my heart became more and more heavy: the troops had been withdrawn twice; Two of the three former commanders were captured or killed. When I think about the 6th group army of Paulus, which was just annihilated by our army in Stalingrad, I feel a little afraid of the 6th group army. No wonder the Russians hate the number "6" most and think it is the code name of the devil. Judging from the final fate of the troops of the same number in two countries, it's really no nonsense. Perhaps seeing that I was silent all the time, kirilov asked with concern: "Comrade oshanina, why don't you speak? What are you thinking?"“ Comrade political commissar, do you know where the headquarters of the sixth group army is? " Since the base camp has assigned our army to the command of the 6th group army, it is impossible to change this order. The only thing we can do is to stay away from the headquarters of the group army so as not to get into their bad luck. So I asked calmly, "do we need our army to send troops to protect the headquarters?"“ It doesn't work, "vetkov said, shaking his head." as far as I know, the headquarters of the sixth group army and the headquarters of the front army are both located in Donetsk. There are also three infantry divisions and a tank division stationed nearby. We don't have to worry about their safety. "“ What, is the headquarters of the group army in Donetsk? " Although I was overjoyed when I heard the news, I still pretended to be depressed on the surface. "We are so far away from the headquarters. When the battle starts, will the commanders and their troops be affected?"“ I don't think so. " Witkov didn't find out my sinister intention, but answered me honestly: "we can keep in touch with the headquarters through the wireless phone."