Chapter 1075

Dornikov, who was sitting on one side, said faintly, "Comrade General, I congratulate you on your promotion. Please accept my respect." Then he got up from his seat, leaned forward slightly and stretched out his hands to me.

I reached out to shake him and asked him to sit down.

In the next 30 plus hours, our activity space is in this small train box. If we sit around all the time, we will be bored to the extreme. So after a moment of silence, I took the initiative to start a conversation and chatted with them.

I said thoughtfully: "although the higher authorities appointed me commander of the sixth group army, because the troops were newly reorganized, I estimated that the remaining infantry divisions, except the guard division, were empty numbers with few soldiers."

After what I said, Yushchenko and dornikov could not help looking surprised. After they looked at each other, dornikov said, "Comrade General, don't you know that our army has a backup plan to reorganize the annihilated troops in a very short time?"

"What, do we have a backup plan for quickly forming troops?" Dornikov's statement surprised me. I turned my eyes to Yushchenko next to me. Seeing that he also nodded to confirm, I suddenly remembered that both of them were from the Ministry of internal affairs and must know many secrets I didn't know. In order to find out what happened, I asked curiously, "I don't know what kind of plan it is, Captain dornikov. Can you give me a detailed introduction?"

My seemingly simple request made dornikov feel embarrassed. He turned to look at Yushchenko next to him and seemed to want to ask if he could tell me the backup plan. Yushchenko was also a smart man. Seeing dornikov turning his eyes, he knew what he meant. He nodded his head and said, "Captain, comrade commander may not really know this plan. Please give her a good introduction." He was deeply afraid that dornikov would not say anything. He added, "even if you don't, Marshal Zhukov or Comrade belia will explain her after she returns to Moscow."

Yushchenko's words relieved dornikov's worries. Regarding this mysterious "backup plan", he told me: "Comrade General, you also know that in wartime, the formation of troops mainly depends on personnel and equipment, among which the formation of command organization is the most important. With the power of an ordinary infantry division, there are two deputy division commanders in the division. One is responsible for assisting the division commander in carrying out his daily work, while the other has a secret duty, reserve division commander, in addition to participating in normal training and combat readiness; There are also two deputy chief of staff of the division, one of whom is the Reserve chief of staff of the division; By analogy, this is true of regiments, battalions, companies and even platoons. In other words, each division has a complete set of command as a backup.

Once the war broke out and the infantry division was ordered to go to the front line, it would bring a deputy division commander, that is, the deputy division commander who assisted the division commander in carrying out his daily work, while another reserve division commander remained at the station. In the same way, the backup command organizations of the whole division from regiment to class are also left behind. In the shortest time, the additional soldiers will be formed into a new infantry division. "

It's the first time I've heard about this backup plan of the Soviet army, but it gives me a good impression that a new army can be set up in the shortest time with only one set of command organization. However, what kind of combat effectiveness such a newly formed army has is still open to question, so I can't help but interrupt and ask: "Comrade captain, although we have a perfect command system, the military quality of recruits is generally not high. Can such a newly formed army have combat effectiveness?"

"Comrade General, you are right." Dornikov politely replied, "this new infantry division is certainly not as effective as the division that just left for the front line, but it is a division after all. The new division commander is a well-trained and experienced commander who has been serving in the army for many years and is competent for the important task of the division commander. The commanders under him who served as commanders, battalion commanders and face commanders are also active commanders. They usually deal with our commanders and fighters and weapons and equipment of various divisions, have participated in strict military training and exercises, have excellent personal military skills, and have rich management experience. In addition, the new division, from the division commander to the next platoon leader, has worked together for many years and is very familiar with each other, which ensures the efficient operation of the new command organization. "

When dornikov finished, I asked curiously, "Captain, although the troops have been set up, where do their weapons and ammunition come from? It's not the same as the command system. Even weapons and ammunition are backed up, right

"Comrade commander, I'll explain this to you." Yushchenko took over the topic with a smile and said to me, "the new troops are all old-fashioned weapons. For example, when the original troops are reloaded, the obsolete weapons and equipment will not be melted away as scrap metal, but will be temporarily sealed up for the use of the newly formed reserve forces in the future. Because they are all old-fashioned equipment, the maintenance expenses are limited. But at the critical moment, these troops with old weapons can reinforce the well-equipped troops. It is precisely because of such a backup scheme that our army can always maintain a continuous supply of troops to supplement the front-line forces in the war. "

The story of dornikov and Yushchenko suddenly made me realize. No wonder at the beginning of the patriotic war, the Soviet army suffered so serious losses. When millions of officers and soldiers were captured, it still maintained its abundant strength. Originally, it all benefited from this perfect backup plan. At the beginning, during the battle of Stalingrad, when I looked at the supplementary troops from the other side every day, I wondered why the Soviet army could organize so many troops in such a short period of time. Now I finally understand what happened.

After a day on the train, we arrived at lower lovegorod. Seeing the train stop on the platform and start replenishing coal and water, dornikov stood up from his seat. Without waiting for me to ask, he took the initiative to report to me: "Comrade General, I plan to go to the military representative room at the station."

"To the military representative office?" I don't know why he said that, so I asked in surprise, "Comrade captain, what are you doing in the military representative office?"

"Well, Comrade General." Dornikov truthfully reported to me: "because we left in a hurry and didn't have time to report to Moscow, even when we arrived, it was a trouble for so many of us to go back to our respective places. So I'm going to make a phone call and report back to them about our return to Moscow. "

Hearing this, I hastened to urge dornikov: "in this case, comrade captain, please contact your superiors as soon as possible, and ask them to prepare their vehicles and wait for us on the platform. I'm going to Marx square in the afternoon for a celebration. If I don't have a car, I'm afraid I'll be late. "

"Don't worry, Comrade General." Dornikov patted his chest and assured me, "I'll do it right. When you get off the train, you'll see the car that will pick you up."

When dornikov left, Yushchenko said to me with a smile, "Comrade commander, I find that your attitude towards captain dornikov is becoming more and more friendly."

As for Yushchenko's statement, I didn't refute it. Instead, I followed his meaning and said: "yes, Captain Yushchenko, although I had some misunderstandings with captain dornikov before, after this period of time, I also found that he was a very good young man, and his attitude towards him naturally changed."

After about half an hour, dornikov returned to the car again. As soon as he got into the carriage, he reported to me, "Comrade General, I've made sure that our train will arrive in Moscow on time at 11:30 a.m., while Colonel bezikov and his men will wait for you at the station."

When I heard dornikov say "arrive on time", I can't help thinking of a paragraph, that is to say, no matter how late the Russian plane is, it can arrive on time. Thinking of this, I can't help smiling. Dornikov didn't expect that I just laughed at the thought of a paragraph. He thought I was satisfied with his report, and his face also showed a proud expression. After sitting in his seat, he chatted with Yushchenko.

But after the train entered the Moscow railway station, the conductor, who had never been seen, appeared at the door of my box and said to me respectfully, "Comrade General, Moscow station is here. I'll arrange for you and your men to get off first. "

For the good intentions of the conductor, I naturally will not object, I nodded and said to him with a smile: "thank you, thank you, comrade conductor."

Thanks to the care of the conductor, we got off the train first. As soon as I got to the platform, I saw Colonel bzikov, who had been waiting here for a long time. After he stood at attention and saluted, he said to me with a smile, "Rita, it's hard work." Then he reached out to me.

I took the Colonel's hand and said gratefully, "Hello, Colonel bzikov. Thank you for coming to meet me in person. I hope my return has not brought you any inconvenience. "

Bezikov said with a smile, "Rita, we're all so familiar. Don't talk to me like an adjutant. Get on the bus. The celebration should start in half an hour. If you don't leave, we'll be late. "

I got into the car driven by bezikov himself, while Yushchenko, dornikov and the rest of the soldiers sat in the truck behind.

After the car started, I turned to the driver and asked him, "Colonel, what's the news in Moscow recently?"

"There can be any news." Holding the steering wheel and concentrating on driving, bzikov said without looking back: "the biggest news is that you, the female general, are the commander of the 6th army."

When I heard that I became a commander, it has become the headlines in Moscow recently. I can't help but ask curiously, "what do you think of this?"

Bzikov frowned and thought for a moment, then replied, "there are both supporters and opponents. The people who support you, needless to say, you should have guessed, are Marshal Zhukov, chief of general staff vasilevsky, commander of the central front army rokosovsky, young people's commissar Comrade Ustinov and so on; Those who oppose you are mainly local cadres. Their reasons for opposition are very simple. They think that as a woman, it may be more suitable for you to work in the local area than in the army. "

I really don't care what other people think. I only care how the person who can decide everyone's fate thinks about it. So I went on to ask, "what did Comrade Stalin say?" Don't zikov said with a bitter smile: "Rita, you may not think that the person who first proposed to let you take up the post is the Supreme Commander himself, and those cadres who opposed you to take up the post of group army commander would try their best to oppose you to take up the post of group army commander only after pondering Comrade Stalin's idea."“ Since there is a lot of opposition, how was my appointment approved later? " I can't help but feel very strange to hear that from bzikov. Under such circumstances, my appointment is usually put on hold, but it is passed. It's really hard to understand“ It's very simple. " Holding the steering wheel in both hands, bzikov turned his head and looked at me quickly. Then he continued to look ahead and said, "after discussing with vasilevsky, Marshal Zhukov called on Ustinov, khrusholev, rokosovsky and others to find Comrade Stalin. After repeated statements, Comrade Stalin finally agreed not to think about letting you work in the local area, and appointed you commander of the Sixth Army. " I really didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in my appointment. It seems that it's not a bad thing to have a good relationship with the big men in the army. At least at the critical moment, they can help me. When our car passed through Golgi street, I saw that the street where the tank columns were originally parked had become empty again. When the residents of the city could walk freely on this street again, it seemed like a dream to see those tank columns that could not be seen at a glance last time. I coughed and asked, "Colonel, have the tanks of the parade started to line up?"“ The tank for the parade Bezikov was stunned at first, and then he understood what I was saying. He quickly waved his head and said, "if we want to install the troops first, we may wait until June at the earliest. At present, production has not officially started." When I heard him say this, I thought to myself that the battle of Kursk will begin in July, and the troops will be deployed in June. There will be more than a month to prepare. By that time, the commanders and fighters should have fully mastered the use of new equipment.