Chapter 1102

When I heard that I could arrange suitable posts for the commanders and fighters who broke out according to my wish, I couldn't help but feel ecstatic. I clearly know that those who can escape from the enemy's heavy encirclement have no problem in loyalty, and they have accumulated rich combat experience through cruel fighting. No matter they are commanders or ordinary soldiers in the future, they can become the backbone of the army.

Thinking of this, I turned to kirilov and asked, "Comrade military commissar, do you know where the other comrades are?"

"In a military camp nearby." When kirilov answered me, he took a special look at bzikov, who had never said a word since I came in, and said gratefully, "it was the chief of staff who personally arranged for us."

I took a look at bzikov by accident and said that he was very reliable in his work. Before I gave orders, he thought of going ahead of me. So I said to him with a smile, "chief of staff, you have done a good job. Thank you."

Bizikov laughed and said, "Comrade commander, this is what I should do. Besides, kirilov had said hello to me many times before when he was on the Central Committee. He is also an old friend of mine. "

Although Danilov recognized the meaning of my refusal, he was not easy to retort when he heard what I said so grandiose. He could only brazenly promise: "well, since that's the case, I'll stay in the headquarters."

It's only ten minutes from the position of the headquarters to the barracks, so I didn't take a bus, but walked there. On the way, I asked akhromeyev who was walking beside me: "major, the commander who broke out with you, and who else, when they were in four neat rows, the duty officer turned and ran back. After standing at attention and saluting in front of me, he loudly reported: "Comrade commander, the troops have assembled. Please give us your instructions!"

I nodded and laughed at the officer on duty, then raised my legs and walked towards the officers and men who had finished the formation. I came to this group and spent more than a month in the enemy's rear. I finally came back to our defense area. After stopping, I raised my hand to salute them. At the same time, I sincerely said: "Hello, comrades!"

"Hello, comrade commander!" Since I was the commander of the Dnieper campaign cluster when I left Kiev, these commanders used to call me commander.

"Comrades, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the 6th group army, welcome back." With these words, I stepped forward and shook hands with the commanders and fighters in the queue.

After a long journey, the commanders and fighters were exhausted, but they still tried to stand upright in the queue. When I shook hands with them, although most of the faces I saw were strange, I saw many people I knew: Lieutenant travkin, deputy battalion commander of reconnaissance battalion; The members of the guerrillas are the survivors of the 22nd tank brigade of the former Russian special military region, Capt. shamrih, political instructor saberwalenko, and lieutenant yakuda, deputy commander of the tank company.

When I shook hands with all the people one by one and returned to the queue, I asked akhromeyev, "Comrade major, are all the people here?"

Akhromeyev looked into the queue, then turned to me and said, "Comrade commander, 139 of us have successfully broken through the encirclement. There are only 125 here, including me and the military Commissar. As for the remaining 14 people, they were arranged by Colonel bezikov to stay in other places, together with a commander, Lieutenant Colonel shejerikov, and the commander of the guard battalion, major basmanov. "

I'm even more overjoyed to hear that xiejerikov has also successfully broken through the encirclement. You know, among the heads of the independent division, he is my favorite. Anyway, all divisions in the group army are short of commanders now. I can arrange for him to take the post of commander in one of the units.

After calling the four men from the line, I ordered the rest of the officers and men to go back to their dormitories and have a rest.

As soon as I got back to the headquarters, I asked bzikov to call berey and ask him to come immediately, saying that I would arrange some assistants for him. On the way back, bezikov had heard of the origin of several people in shamrih, so when he heard my order, he immediately made an unambiguous phone call.

While bizikov was on the phone, I announced to you in front of Danilov: "comrades, I have known you for quite a long time, and I know more or less about you, so I intend to assign work to you according to your abilities. Do you have any objection? "

I know that my last sentence is a bit superfluous. In such a high-level Soviet army, if the superior said something, the subordinate only obeyed it. How could they bargain. The reason why I say this is to attract their attention.

"No Several people standing in front of us answered in unison.

"Well, since there is no objection, I will start to distribute the work." After that, I began to call the roll: "major akhromeyev."

"Here it is Akhromeyev agreed loudly and took a step forward.

"At present, there is a great lack of commanders at all levels in the group army. In order to command the operations, I appoint you as the chief of operations of the group army to assist the chief of staff, Colonel bezikov." The appointment of akhromeyev as the chief of operations will be very helpful for me to command our troops in the future. Then, Captain travkin was appointed by me as the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the group army. The order I gave him was very simple, that is, to carry out reconnaissance activities against the German army as soon as I got familiar with the troops. After I gave the appointment of akhromeyev and travkin, I stopped and did not continue to arrange the posts of shamrih and others. After they looked at each other strangely, they all turned their eyes on me. As I planned to send the three men to the 33rd tank army, I did not announce their appointment to them until the arrival of Colonel berey. Pretending not to see the three men's eyes, I turned to kirilov and asked, "Comrade military commissar, I don't know who other leaders of the independent division, apart from xiejerikov, are standing out with you?" Kirilov thought for a moment, raised his head and asked akhromeyev, who was standing beside him, "major, in addition to middle school xiejerikov, do you see other commanders break through?" Akhromeyev shook his head and replied, "Comrade military commissar, have you forgotten. At that time, we, together with the 1st regiment, 4th regiment and one of general wachuk's troops, held fast to the east of Kiev. When the German army occupied the bridge over the Dnieper, we were cut off from the main force. When breaking through the encirclement, lieutenant commander Gaidar took the initiative to lead his four regiments to stay behind and block the pursuit of the back door for us. "“ What about the second and third regiments? " As soon as akhromeyev finished speaking, I could not wait to ask, "there are at least five or six thousand of them in the two regiments. They will not be destroyed so easily by the German army. How many of them will rush out?" When I asked this, I felt a little lucky. But akhromeyev's reply disillusioned me: "Comrade commander, I understand what you mean. Although there are many troops in the second and third regiments, it's a pity that most of their officers and men are replenished by our army when they are wandering behind the enemy's lines, and their combat effectiveness is limited. In the face of the fierce German attack, their defense area was first occupied by the German army. " Although akhromeyev's words are not pleasant to hear, I know what he said is true. At that time, I led the 79th infantry army around behind the enemy. In order to make up for the war losses, I added a large number of soldiers in several large cities. These cities fell down one after another soon after the war, so the rest of the new recruits, except for a few who had experience as militia, had no military attempts. It was OK to fight with the wind. If they wanted to fight brutal positional warfare, they would be a little weak. With a sigh of regret, I turned my eyes again to the neglected shamrih and others. I looked at them and said, "you used to be tank soldiers. Although you have been guerrillas for several years, I think if you have the chance, you may still want to go back to your old business and continue to be tank soldiers." After hearing what I said, shamrih and others looked at each other for a few minutes, and their faces were full of joy. Shamrih stepped forward and said to me in a loud voice, "Comrade commander, you are absolutely right. We all dream of going back to the tank troops. As long as you can let us be tank soldiers again, even as ordinary soldiers, we are willing to“ Yes, comrade commander. " After hearing shamrih's statement, sabervalenko and yakuda echoed: "we are willing to start with soldiers." I was very satisfied with the attitude of the three of them. I replied with a smile, "three commanders, if you just want to be soldiers in the tank army, I won't agree." At this point, I deliberately stopped until I saw that the expression on the three faces was dim. Then I said, "with your ability and rich combat experience, even if you want to be a tank battalion commander, it's not a problem. Why do you have to start from a soldier?" They all laughed in shame when I said that. After laughing, shamrih scratched the back of his head and said to me, "Comrade commander, you may not know our feelings for the tank troops. Although we have been working as guerrillas for one or two years, there is not a day when we do not want to go back to the tank troops. You say, "is that so?" His last words were aimed at them“ Yes, the company commander is right When they heard this question, they immediately called it out without hesitation“ Since all three of you are willing to go back to the tanks. " As I said this, I stood up and announced to them, "it's just that Colonel berey's newly formed 33rd tank army is short of commanders. You can go to his army."“ "Captain berey?" When he heard me say the name, shamrih frowned and thought for a moment, then exclaimed with a sudden surprise: "I didn't expect that we could be his subordinates again. That's great. "