Chapter 1020

After we got back on the road, in the bumpy jeep, with the permission of rokosovsky, jerekin began to introduce to me the situation of the 60th Army: "the 60th army was formed in November 1941 in the Moscow military region, and was reorganized into the assault 3rd army at the end of December. In July 1942, the third group army of the reserve front army was reorganized after changing its number, and incorporated into the Voronezh front army to fight in defense north of Voronezh on the left bank of the Don river. At the beginning of this year, he participated in the battle of Voronezh kastornoye and the offensive battle of Kharkov. A week ago, it was incorporated into our central front army. Chernyahovsky is the third commander of the group army. The first two are prkayev and antoninuk

I waited for jerekin to finish, and then asked, "I don't know where the main forces of the group army are deployed?"

Jerekin put a map in front of me, pointed to a position next to Kursk and said to me: "at present, the 60th group army is deployed in Kurchatov and ligov areas, facing the second group army of the German army. Their right wing is the 65th and 70th army; On the left are the 38th and 40th army groups. " When he rolled up the map and put it back in the map bag, he specially added, "except for half of the 60th group army, the other four groups army have less than one third of the troops. If the German army doesn't attack, we can still hold the existing defense line. Once they launch a fierce attack, we will gather forces in the Kursk region and fall into a siege. "

Hearing what he was worried about, I laughed and said with disapproval, "Comrade military commissar, you have been over careful. According to my judgment, the German army has no ability to attack our defense area in the short term."

As soon as I said that, it immediately aroused rokosovsky's interest. He asked curiously, "Rita, if I remember correctly, the last time you said the same thing to Comrade Stalin in the Kremlin. I want to ask, "why do you have such confidence?"

Of course, I would not tell him that I learned this from the history books of later generations. I quickly pretended to be serious and said, "Comrade commander, after a long battle, the German army has not only suffered a serious loss of troops, but also a great shortage of weapons and ammunition. Under such circumstances, it is not realistic to launch a large-scale attack."

"But, general o'shanina." After hearing what I said, jerekin said unconvinced, "just two days ago, many of our defensive areas were attacked by the German army. You can't say that the enemy won't attack again in a short time. "

"Yes, Rita." Rokosovsky echoed jerekin and said: "I also think your reason is too far fetched. Manstein's forces were indeed weakened in the battle against the Voronezh front and the southwest front. But the central army group they deployed near Moscow has not suffered much. Once they find that our army is weak, they may launch a new attack on us at any time. "

The problem of rokosovsky really gives me a headache. I can't tell him that I came from later generations. According to the history books, before the battle of Kursk in July, the German army will not launch a large-scale attack at all. In this way, I was either regarded as a madman or sent to an experiment.

When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly heard jerekin murmur in a low voice: "hell, we have come so far, and the road is still so muddy. It seems that we can't catch up with Kursk before dark."

I heard a key word "muddy" from his words, and immediately got an idea. I leaned over to rokosovsky and said, "Comrade commander, I have a basis for saying this. Although the German army's offensive was fierce a few days ago, due to the muddy road, the transportation was inconvenient, and the German army was far away from their supply base, they had little ammunition left, so they could not launch a new attack. "

"When do you think they will attack us again?" Rokosovsky asked as soon as I finished.

I pretended to think for a moment, then said to rokosovsky: "I think the German army should first consolidate the area they occupied, and replenish the soldiers, weapons and ammunition. In terms of their computing power, the German army will not be able to launch a new attack on us until the middle of June. "

"Comrades commander, if it is really like the analysis of general oshanina, I think the Germans will definitely choose a special day to launch an attack on us." After listening to my analysis, jerekin turned to rokosowski and made his own judgment: "for the Germans, the most memorable day in June is the 22nd. Because on this day two years ago, they did not declare war on us, and once they took the initiative in the whole battlefield. "

Jerekin's words, let rokosovsky into meditation, for a long time, he kept frowning posture, seems to be trying to think about something. After he stretched his brows and took a long breath, youyou said, "Comrade military commissar, what you and Rita have said is reasonable. According to the analysis of various signs, if the German army is going to launch a large-scale attack, it will take at least three months to gather forces and accumulate ammunition. The possibility that they will launch an attack at the end of June is entirely there. "

"Then our main task now is to build fortifications near Kursk to resist the possible large-scale German attack." After these words, jerekin said with some embarrassment, "it means thousands of people are needed to build so many fortifications in such a large area. Where should I go to find so many people?"

"As for the construction of fortifications, when you get back to the headquarters, you should go to communicate with major general pushlyakov, director of the engineers of the front army, and ask him to work out a specific schedule as soon as possible." Perhaps in order to let me understand the situation on the front line, rokosovsky assigned tasks to jerekin in front of me: "the fortifications in the main defense zone are built by the army, while the construction of the second and third defense zones, as well as the defense zones behind the group army and the front army, in addition to the army, also requires the active participation of local residents. In all the orders and instructions issued by the headquarters of the front army, it is necessary to build a solid multi-channel defense zone with deep echelon configuration, and to have the most complete engineering facilities in the depth of the whole defense campaign. "

"I see, comrade commander." "When I get back to the headquarters, I'll go to general pushlyakov and work out a detailed construction schedule with him as soon as possible."

Then they began to study some trivial things in the front army. After listening for a while, I was confused, so I simply leaned against the back of the chair and closed my eyes. Although I closed my eyes, I didn't fall asleep. My mind kept thinking: before the outbreak of the Kursk battle, the defense focus of the Soviet army was in the northwest of Kursk, which was far away from the defense direction deployed at the moment.

However, on second thought, rokosovsky and his colleagues only deployed defense zones based on the information they obtained from the battlefield. It is inevitable that the focus of defense deviated. In any case, as long as the Kursk battle does not break out one day, they will always have the possibility to adjust the deployment of their forces, and there is no need for me, an outsider, to worry about nothing.

It was about seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived at the central front army. Fortunately, chernyahovsky, who is waiting for rokosovsky here, has not left yet, which gives me a chance to meet this legendary young commander-in-chief.

When he finished his salute to rokosovsky, I stepped forward to salute him regardless of his rank, and politely said, "Hello, general chernyahovsky!"

Chernyahovsky was startled by the sudden appearance of me. While looking up and down at me with strange eyes, rokosovsky had introduced us: "Comrade chernyahovsky, you may not know her yet. Let me introduce you. This is lieutenant general o'shanina

"It's you, comrade o'shanina." When chernyahovsky heard my name from rokosovsky's mouth, he immediately showed a surprise expression on his face. He stretched out his hands and said excitedly: "Hello, Hello! I've heard a lot about you before. I didn't expect to see you here. I'm so lucky. "

Chernyahovsky's praise to me aroused rokosovsky's curiosity. He asked chernyahovsky in surprise: "Comrade General, I don't know what kind of legends you have heard about Rita?"

Hearing rokosovsky's question, chernyahovsky shrugged his shoulders and replied, "there are many legends about the youngest female general in our army. First, in the battle of Stalingrad, she commanded a newly formed independent division, which blocked the German army at mamayev post for several months; The second is that not long ago, she commanded the troops to move around behind the enemy, not only inflicting heavy losses on the enemy and effectively containing the forces of Manstein, but also successfully recovering Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, greatly boosting the morale of our army. "

Seeing that chernyahovsky had signs of continuing to speak, rokosovsky quickly raised his hand to stop him and asked in advance: "general chernyahovsky, you can continue to praise Lida later. What I want to know now is that you rushed to the headquarters of the front army and waited for me for several hours. Is there anything important? "

"This is the situation, comrade commander." Upon hearing rokosovsky's question, chernyahovsky immediately ignored me and solemnly reported to rokosovsky: "I found a problem when I was studying the map, so I came to consult with you to see if it is necessary to adjust our military deployment immediately."

"Adjust the deployment of troops?" Rokosovsky frowned again when he heard chernyahovsky say so, but instead of expressing his opinion, he asked, "general chernyahovsky, I want to know why you have such a strange idea in your mind?"

"Comrade commander." Although rokosovsky's tone was a little bad, chernyahovsky replied humbly: "I think our defense direction is wrong. If we don't make large-scale adjustments, we are bound to pay a heavy price when we are attacked by the German army."

"Tell me, how should we adjust our forces?" After listening, rokosovsky asked without expression.

"Comrade commander, please have a look." Chernyahovsky called rokosovsky to the table, pointed to the map on the table and said: "our current defense focus is on the German 2nd army in the sheyim River Basin west of Kursk. However, according to the intelligence analysis I have, what we should defend is the north of Kursk, where the 9th group army, the 2nd group army of tanks and the 6th air force of the German army are deployed in the Orel and Bryansk regions. " When I stood by and heard chernyahovsky's analysis, I couldn't help nodding. No wonder he became an excellent commander and looked at problems more comprehensively than other commanders. I know that the defense focus of Kursk battle lies in the north and south, because I learned all this from the history books, while chernyahovsky pointed out the wrong direction of our army's defense focus based on the limited information he had. After listening to chernyahovsky's explanation, rokosovsky didn't express his opinion. Instead, he turned to me and asked, "Rita, how do you think of chernyahovsky's judgment?" I didn't expect that rokosovsky would suddenly ask for my advice, and I was stunned. But a moment later, I came back to myself and answered decisively, "Comrade commander, I think general chernyahovsky's judgment is quite accurate. At present, apart from Kharkov's and bergorod's Manstein troops in the south, the only direction we want to defend is the German Orel group in the north of Kursk. The enemy forces in the South were confronted by the Voronezh front army of general vatukin; And the main German force we are going to deal with should be in the north“ O'lear group After repeating this word, rokosovsky couldn't help laughing: "Rita, your expression is very accurate. It's quite accurate to call the German army a group in terms of the German troops assembled near Orel."