Chapter 951

Wittkov quietly went to the operator's side, according to my order, to the head of the front army. Kirilov comforted me and said, "don't worry, comrade oshanina. Major Pugachev has gone to verify the information. I believe he will report the correct information to us soon." After these two sentences, he seemed to feel that there was something left to say. He added, "maybe general gurtyev didn't die, but was injured." As for kirilov's feeble consolation, I could not help sighing gently. At the same time, I knew that it was unnecessary for Pugachev to verify it. As commander swilling heard wittkov's last "but", my heart thumped, and my heart said that it was bad. Maybe vatukin gave me a task that could not be completed, and hastened wittkov: "chief of staff, but what? You go on Wittkov continued with a sad face: "commander vatukin told us to divide our army into two groups at the right time and continue to push northward. We need to find suitable fighters to capture the two cities of uman and smira occupied by the German army, so as to show that our army will continue to go north to capture Kiev. "“ Comrade o'shanina, with our present strength, this is an impossible task. " After listening to wittkov's words, kirilov immediately reminded me in a panic: "do you want to report the actual situation here to the higher authorities, so that they can have a clear idea?"“ Comrade chief of staff, you will immediately report the news of the death of general gurdyev to the headquarters of the front army. " After finishing this sentence to wittkov, I hesitated for a moment, and then continued to say: "at the same time, I telegraphed the commander of the front army that our army had met the stubborn resistance of the German army when seizing the above-mentioned three cities, and the divisions suffered heavy casualties. At present, we are unable to continue to expand the results of the war. I request that we be allowed to take a short rest in the existing defensive positions." Maybe it was because I was angry not long ago, so as soon as I finished speaking, wittkov turned to the operator and urged him to send a telegram. Then I turned to Romanov and said, "Comrade deputy commander, the situation of Alexandria is not optimistic. You can go there now to take over the command of the army." Seeing that he nodded to show his understanding, I yelled to the outside, "Captain Yushchenko, come in." Yushchenko may have been on standby. As soon as I called him, he ran in from the door. After standing in front of me and offering a salute, he asked respectfully, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?" I pointed to Romanov with my hand and said, "as general gurdyev died in the battle, the 308th division is now facing a situation of no leader. Therefore, the deputy commander immediately rushed to Alexandria to take over the post of division commander. I now order you to immediately withdraw a platoon from the guard camp, one of which must be a member of the special guard company, who will escort the deputy commander to the 308th division. Do you understand? "“ I see, comrade commander. " Yushchenko agreed loudly, went to Romanov's side, made a please gesture, and then; He said politely, "Comrade deputy commander, please come to me. I'll arrange for you to escort your security forces. " Romanov nodded, stood up straight, saluted kirilov and me, and then walked out of the headquarters behind Yushchenko. Witkov saw the figure of Romanov's leaving, and asked: "Comrade commander, is it really appropriate for the deputy commander to command the 308th division?" I looked at wittkov and replied firmly, "yes, of course. I don't think anyone is more suitable for this position than him. "