Chapter 1253

As for the plan put forward by lelushenko, I think the vast majority of people will not hesitate to choose the second one. After all, this kind of play is a combination of Qi and Zheng, which can not only break through the enemy's line of defense and complete the task of forced crossing, but also reduce the casualties of the troops.

But before I could make my choice, I was interrupted by people coming in from outside the tent. When I saw trakov and lelushenko brush the floor from their seats and stand up, I knew it was a big man. Looking around, there are three commanders standing at the door of the tent. The round faced commander standing in the front is carrying the rank of general. As soon as I saw the rank of the other side clearly, I could guess the identity of the other side: the full name of the man was rojion Yakovlev Malinowski, the current commander of the southwest front army.

I quickly stood up, raised my hand to the other side, and then stood in silence. Malinowski walked up to me with a smile, reached out to me and said, "is it Comrade oshanina? I've heard your name for a long time, but I didn't expect to see you for the first time until today. "

"Hello, senior general." I took his hand and said respectfully, "nice to meet you here!"

After shaking hands with me, he leaned slightly to one side, pointed aside, and said, "I'd like to introduce my deputy to you: General gertov, military commissar, and major general korgenevich, chief of staff. They have admired you for a long time."

After shaking hands with Malinowski's two deputies, I sat at the table again because there were too many people to sit down. This time, it was chisjakov and tavartkilaze who gave way. However, they did not leave. Instead, they stood side by side behind me and listened to Malinowski's speech quietly.

"General oshanina, it would have taken us three to five days to get here if your army hadn't occupied ijum in time and launched an east-west attack with us." Malinowski said with emotion: "on behalf of all the commanders and fighters of the front army, I would like to thank you and all the commanders and fighters of the sixth group army of the close guard." Then he stood up and raised his hand to give me a solemn military salute.

Seeing a commander with a higher rank saluted me, I stood up to salute him and said modestly, "senior general, you're over praised. We are friendly forces and should have helped each other."

Malinowski waved his hand, said: "although we liberated Izumi only three or five days earlier, but let us reduce at least thousands of casualties."

I wanted to be modest, but when I heard what he said, I closed my mouth. You know, excessive modesty is not a Russian character. When I was seated again, I thought that my troops would be deployed soon, so I took the initiative to propose to Malinowski: "senior general, according to the order of the superior, the sixth group army of the close guard will be deployed to other areas in the near future. By that time, the ijum will be empty. I don't know which army you plan to send to take over?"

Hearing what I said, Malinowski raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "why is the superior planning to transfer your army to other areas?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I nodded my head and said, "it's OK. In ten days or less, our troops will leave here and move to priluki."

When he heard that we were going to evacuate, Malinowski sighed and said with some regret, "it's a pity. Originally, I wanted to ask vasilevsky, who is in charge of our front army, to allow him to put your army under the command of our front army. As soon as you leave, there seems to be no hope at all. "

Major general korgenevich, chief of staff, looked at the map on the table, frowned and said, "it's more than 300 kilometers from here to priluki. Even if there are all kinds of vehicles, it will take at least a week for your army to reach the designated place under such bad road conditions."

When Malinowski heard his chief of staff say this, he was stunned. After looking at the other side, he was surprised. Then he added: "yes, especially when your troops have just added new recruits, such a long March will disrupt the organizational structure of the troops." Speaking of this, he looked at me and asked sincerely, "Comrade oshanina, don't you really consider staying in my southwest front army? You must know that you used to be a member of the Sixth Army. If you didn't take the risk of exchanging with the German army, it is estimated that the body of haridonov would not have been found

Although I was excited to hear Malinowski mention my experience in the southwest front army, I immediately thought that the front army would be reorganized into the Ukrainian third front army on October 20. Although Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and other countries were liberated successively in the later stage of the war, I did not participate in the major campaign of liberating Berlin, This is a pity. Since I know that there is no possibility to attack Berlin and capture Hitler alive in this front army, if I still choose, I will put the cart before the horse. Therefore, as soon as Malinowski's words were finished, I said politely, "senior general, thank you for your kindness. I will obey the arrangement of the superior. I'll stay in whatever unit my superiors want me to stay in. "

My statement made Malinowski understand that his plan to pry the corner of the wall failed. However, he was very generous, so he did not continue to tangle on this matter. Instead, he turned to korgenevich and asked, "chief of staff, which army do you think is more suitable to replace ijum's defense?" Korgenevich immediately replied without thinking: "Comrade commander, I think we should let the Sixth Army of lieutenant general shlieminkulishev take over the defense of ijum." He looked at me with friendly eyes, and then said, "I believe that all the officers and men of the group army are very willing to take over the defense of ijum from general oshanina." Considering that we are going to move to priluki soon, it is meaningless to leave the main force of the group army in ijum, so at the end of the meeting with the senior commander of the southwest front army, as soon as I returned to ijum, I gave orders to all the troops stationed near ijum to withdraw, and asked them to return to chuhuyev within three days. Shortly after I gave this order to the troops, bzikov called me from chuhuyev and asked curiously, "Comrade commander, why do you want all the troops to withdraw from chuhuyev? You know, we've captured ijum. How can we hand it over to other troops, even if they are our friends? "“ Comrade chief of staff, a few hours ago, I received a call from general watujing. " My order was so hasty that it was not even conveyed to bezikov by vatukin. At the moment, he hastily added: "he informed me that after a short rest, the troops would move to the priluki area. Anyway, Izumi will be handed over to the friendly forces sooner or later. What's the difference between a few days earlier and a few days later? " After hearing what I said, bzikov was still reluctant to say: "but, comrade commander, just like this, we handed over the ijum, which we captured only after a bloody battle, to the friendly forces. I'm afraid the soldiers below will have emotions..." "OK, chief of staff, don't say any more." I was deeply afraid that he would say something unpleasant if he went on, so I interrupted him in time and said to myself, "this is the end of the matter. No one should mention it any more. Besides, it's not a bad thing that all our troops are concentrated in chuhuyev. At least when we get supplies from our superiors, it will be much easier. " When I said this, bezikov no longer complained, but asked me about my next deployment: "Comrade commander, since our troops do not need to push further south, can all the scouts sent in that direction be withdrawn?"“ Yes I readily agreed with this proposal of bezikov, and then said, "send these reconnaissance units to the west to scout the road to priluki, so as to ensure the safety of the main forces of the group when they leave." After I put down the phone, chisjakov, who had been standing beside me, asked me, "Comrade commander, the order has been given to all divisions. Shall we go back to the headquarters of the group army now?"“ Yes, comrade deputy commander, we'll pack up and set out immediately. " Having said this to chisgakov, I turned to tavartkilaze and said to him, "Comrade commander, you will take a division to stay in ijum for the time being and be responsible for the transfer of defense to the friendly forces."“ Don't worry, comrade commander. " Tavartkirazebo assured me that "I will complete the handover with friendly forces as soon as possible." On the way back to chuhuyev, chisjakov, who was sitting next to me, asked, "Comrade commander, when do you think we will launch an attack on Kiev?" I was just about to answer this question of chisgakov, but I was surprised to find that the driver turned his head slightly towards us and seemed to be listening carefully to our chat. He immediately called out to him: "Comrade driver, don't look around, drive with the spirit of the center!" Seeing that the driver turned his head and drove with all his attention, I turned to look at chisjakov and said, "deputy commander, we have just fought with the Germans for two months. Although we have won and recovered a lot of lost ground, you should also see that our casualties are not small, and our weapons and ammunition are almost consumed. Under such circumstances, if we launch an all-round attack on the enemy, we may repeat the mistakes we made at the beginning of this year. " Although I didn't say that it was the defeat in the battle of Kharkov at the beginning of the year, chisgakov understood what I was going to say. He nodded and echoed: "yes, after a series of victories, our troops not only suffered heavy casualties and almost exhausted ammunition, but also exhausted their commanders and fighters. It's going to take a period of rest before they can get back into a new fight. "