Chapter 1239

As soon as Xie Liujin's words were finished, nikolasov, the commander of the 52nd division of Jinwei, stood up and retorted. He said indignantly, "Mr. Xie Liujin, your division has taken the lead in raising the red flag in the cities of bergorod and Kharkov one after another. It's not even possible to win the honor of ijum. Do you want to compete with us?" After these words, he turned to look at me and tavartkilaze, and said unconvinced, "commander, commander, I strongly urge you to let our division be the vanguard of the whole army."

After listening to Nekrasov's complaint, I said with a smile to taraze: "Comrade General, the 22nd army of general sivakov's close guard will arrive as soon as this evening or tomorrow morning. I will give you the task of attacking ijum. As for which division will be the vanguard, it's up to you. "

Tavartkilaze, who originally wanted to put the problem on me, hesitated for a long time after listening to me and said, "Comrade commander, the 51st, 52nd and 89th divisions of the guards have been in a tense state of fighting since the beginning of July. Only the 375TH infantry division of general govaruninenko has participated in relatively few battles. I suggest that the division should take the lead. "

As soon as his words came out, apart from the smile on govorunanko's face, the other two teachers were expressionless. Seeing this, chisgakov stepped forward in time and said, "well, it's decided that the 375TH infantry division of general govorunanko will take the lead. Don't be too disappointed, both of you. You should know that there are still many battles ahead, and you have plenty of opportunities to be the vanguard. "

After chisjakov finished, he saw that they were still reluctant and gave a little smile. Then he turned away from the topic and said, "comrades commander, before I set out here, I got a good news. Do you want to hear it?"

After hearing this, nikolasov, who was still sulky, immediately asked curiously, "what's the good news?"

"Go ahead, comrade deputy commander." Although I was eager to know what the good news was, I pretended to be calm and said, "let's be happy."

"At 0 a.m. today, 224 gun salutes placed outside the Kremlin Wall, all firing 20 times, to celebrate the great victory of our army in the liberation of Kharkov."

As soon as chisgakov's words came to an end, tavartkilaze said in surprise: "Comrade deputy commander, this is a big hand. You know, half a month ago, we captured Belgorod, and Moscow only used 120 guns to salute 12 times. "

"Comrade commander, it is more important to capture Kharkov than to liberate Belgorod." Chisjakov said solemnly: "the liberation of Kharkov means that the battle of Kursk started with the German attack in the south of Kursk on July 5, 1943, which ended with the victory of our army and the defeat of the German army."

Although the good news that chisjakov said temporarily diverted the attention of several division commanders, according to my observation, Xie Liujin was still worried that his division could not take the lead. So I coughed gently, looked at him and asked, "Mr. Xie Liujin, are you still depressed that your division can't take the lead?"

"No, no, comrade commander, you must have made a mistake. I'm not depressed." When Xie Liujin said this, he tried to squeeze out a smile that was uglier than crying: "I've always been in high spirits."

"Come on, don't cover it up." After I interrupted him, I said solemnly: "at present, in our army, there are only general govorunanko's troops, not the guard division, but the ordinary infantry division. If we want them to be promoted to the guard division as soon as possible, we must try every means to make them more meritorious so that they can be promoted to the guard division in a short time. If I say so, does anyone have any objection? "

"No more." Listen to me, the emotions hanging on the faces of sherekin and nikolasov are gone. After all, they are lucky to be with Kobe kovaronian. They are commanding the close guard division instead of the ordinary infantry division. The two said in one voice: "let the 375TH infantry division as the avant-garde, we have no opinion."

Seeing that everyone's opinions were finally unified, I thought that the divisions had just arrived at chuhuyev, and there was still a lot of preparatory work to continue, so I waved to several people and said, "well, since you don't have any opinions, go back to your respective divisions."

When there were only me, chisgakov and tavartkilaze left in the headquarters, I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Then I asked chisgakov, "Comrade deputy commander, what time do you think we should advance to Izumi instead?"

To my question, chisgakov thought about it, and then replied, "general trakov only said that they would attack from the southeast of ijum before dawn, but did not say the specific time. I think it's more appropriate for our troops to leave at 9 a.m. for the sake of safety. "

"Can you give me your reasons?" When I heard what chisjakov said, I thought it was too late, so I frowned and said, "will it be too late to start at nine?"

"It's not late at all, comrade commander." Chisgakov confidently said to me: "general trakov, their attack will be carried out in foxiao. With what I know about him, his troops will certainly be able to tear a hole in the enemy's line of defense. As long as they engage in a seesaw battle with the enemy near this breach, the enemy's attention will shift from our southern side, so that when we launch an attack, our resistance will be greatly weakened. "

After listening to chisjakov, I couldn't help thinking. From the heart, his words are very reasonable. Let the friendly forces' fierce attack attract the enemy's attention, and even draw out the troops that come to defend us to fill the breach caused by the friendly forces. In this way, when we attack to the south, the resistance we encounter will be obviously weakened. But is it really good to sacrifice friendly forces in exchange for your own honor?

"Comrades commander," tavartkilaze's words sobered me from my meditation, and he continued, "I think the deputy commander is very reasonable. If we set out too early, we will certainly arouse the German army's vigilance, and then they will be able to concentrate their superior forces to block us. In this way, we will pay huge casualties every time we go further. Even then, when general trakov's troops attack, they will be blocked by the German troops drawn from other areas, but the resistance we encounter here will not be reduced at all. "

At first, I was a little hesitant about when to send troops. After listening to tavartkilaze's analysis, I felt that chisgakov was very resourceful and even considered such details. So I finally nodded and agreed with the two men's proposal: "well, since the opinions are unified, then our troops will advance south at 9 a.m.!"

At this time, tavartkilaze asked again: "if the headquarters of the front army asks, how should we answer?"

"Yes, comrade commander." Under the reminder of tavartkilaze, chisgakov also thought of this problem. He looked at me with some worry and asked, "if the superior sees that we are delayed in starting, will he think that our division is deliberately delaying and delaying the fight?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Now that I have decided to wait until 9 a.m. to start, I have a clear idea of how to deal with the higher authorities' questions“ I'll tell them when I get there that the troops are very tired after a long march, so they have to rest for a while before they can continue to go south. "

"That's great. Comrade commander's reason is too good." For my response plan, tavartkilaze first clapped his hands and agreed, "I believe that even if the head of the front army listened, there would be no doubt."

"All right, general tavartkiraze." Chisgakov said flatly: "although the troops will not leave until 9 am, as the commander of the army, should you go to all divisions to have a look and boost your morale?"

"Yes, comrade deputy commander, you are right." Hearing what chisgakov said, tavartkilaze quickly laughed awkwardly and said, "I'm going to inspect the divisions."

After tavartkilaze left, chisgakov looked left and right, and saw that major lophov's position was a little far away from us. Even if we said anything, he couldn't hear it. Then he whispered to me, "Comrade commander, how long do you think we can join the southwest army?"

This question confused me. I stared at him for a long time and then asked, "Comrade deputy commander, I don't understand what you mean?"

"Comrade commander, there are only two of us here. I can say something boldly to you." Chisgakov said in a low voice: "in the attack battle of bergorod Kharkov, which just ended, our group army did the best, especially the 89th close guard division, which was the first to rush into the city twice and put the red flag in the commanding height of the city."

I heard this, nodded and said, "that's right. The troops of our group army took the lead to rush into the city and put the red flag at the commanding height of the city. But at the military meeting before the Kursk battle and the counter offensive, the commander of the front army informed the Supreme Command and got approval. "

"I know all that." "It is precisely because we have won the world's attention in a row that your words and actions will become more eye-catching in the future," chisjakov continued

I felt that chisgakov's words seemed to have something to say, so I frowned and asked, "Comrade deputy commander, I don't understand. What are you trying to express when you tell me this?"

"Comrade commander, this is the situation." Chisgakov hesitated and said to me: "according to my colleagues in other units, your recent performance is too eye-catching, which has caused dissatisfaction from some commanders of your level. If we win the attack on ijum, it's a happy day for everyone. If our attack fails or we can't move forward, then some people may have to make small moves in the back

"Nonsense, it's nonsense." After listening to chisgakov's remarks, I got up with a slap on the table and said angrily, "if they are envious of my position, let them be the commander. I'd better be the commander, division commander or even commander of the army."

All the people in the room were shocked by my words. The operators sitting in front of the phones all looked back at me, and lophoff even stood up to walk towards me. Seeing everyone's reaction, chisgakov immediately waved to them and said in a loud voice, "it's OK. It's OK. My comrade commander and I have a little conflict about work. Please continue to work." When lophoff sat down again, the operators began to work again. Kisjakov said to me with a sad face, "Comrade commander, your reaction is too strong."“ I've been bullied by others. Can't I get angry? " Although I'm trembling with anger now, I still say in a low voice for the sake of my image in front of many ministries: "no one can always win without losing. Wasn't Kutuzov, Russia's most famous commander-in-chief, defeated by Napoleon?"“ Don't worry, comrade commander. No matter how we attack ijum, I will firmly stand on your side. " At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I think the military commissar and the chief of staff will stand by you unswervingly and support you." No matter how many people try to plot against me outside, at least my deputy and I can keep the same. That's enough. In order not to let this kind of trouble interfere with my emotions, I took a deep breath, waited for my emotions to stabilize a little, raised my head and said to chisgakov, "Comrade deputy commander, let's discuss how to launch an attack on the enemy. After all, on the way to ijum, the enemy also set up several defense lines, which our troops had to destroy, To get to the bottom of ijum. " Chisgakov's face gave a happy smile when he saw that I was back to normal so soon. After looking down at the map for a while, he said to me, "Comrade commander, I suggest that the 375TH infantry division be divided into three echelons, each with a tank battalion, two kilometers apart. When the vanguard troops enter about three kilometers from the enemy's line of defense, they will launch a battle formation and attack the enemy. "