Chapter 1278

"What, commander konev to me?" Hearing the report of akhromeyev, I was a little surprised and said, "we are not fighting with his troops now. What does he want me to do?"

On hearing this question, both chisjakov and bzikov shook their heads in a daze, while kirilov said, "Rita, you can answer the phone if there's anything wrong."

I went to take the microphone in akhromeyev's hand, took a deep breath, and politely said, "Hello, general konev, what can I do for you?"

"Hello, comrade oshanina." Konev heard my voice and said with a smile, "I tell you a good news. My 53rd army is crossing the Dnieper River and is ready to take over clementchug, who was sent out by general Moskalenko. In this way, you can fight side by side with general managarov again."

"Great, that's great." I was overjoyed to hear that I could join hands again with the troops who had fought side by side in Kharkov. I repeatedly said, "senior general, thank you for telling me the good news."

"General managarov, as soon as they take over clemenzuk, they will attack Alexandria and kilovgrad." Konev then said: "I hope your troops can cover his right wing, so as not to be attacked by the German army. Is there a problem? "

"Don't worry, senior general." Staring at the map in front of me, I said: "at present, our army has captured not only kaniv and cherkaser, but also smira and spola, which has connected the whole defense area. The remaining German forces between us are now too busy to take the initiative to attack. "

"If so, that would be great." Konev then added, "Comrade oshanina, do you know? Our present five front forces are gathering on the banks of the Dnieper River and are about to launch a final assault on the enemy. I believe that in a short time, the whole German population in Ukraine will be completely expelled from our territory. "

"Yes, senior general. This is certainly the case." I flattered and said, "we have more than two million troops, and the enemy has so many talents that they will not be able to resist our fierce offensive. Before long, they will be driven out of the territory of Ukraine by us."

After the call with konev, I felt more confident. I said to chisgakov and bezikov, "deputy commander, chief of staff, you have made a plan to capture korostevev in a hurry, so that we can cut off the enemy's traffic line from Kiev to Zhitomir in the shortest time after the battle starts."

Chisgakov nodded and then asked, "Comrade commander, I don't know which army you are going to send to take up the main task of this attack?"

I thought about it, and then said, "the fighting forces are the 71st guard division of Colonel babashin, the 77th guard division of major general askarepov, and the fifth guard tank army of general Kravchenko. Well, with these three troops, I believe they can complete the task of cutting off the Kiev Zhitomir traffic line. "

When chisjakov, bezikov and akhromeyev went to work out the battle plan, kirilov put his head together and said excitedly: "I never thought that we could gather five front forces along the Dnieper River with a force of more than two million. This time, even if Manstein's troops can fight again, it is estimated that he will not be able to stop our five Route Army from attacking at the same time. "

"You are right, comrade military Commissar." I echoed kirilov's statement, and then went on to say: "our army has been constantly trained in the war, and now its combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. In addition, the initiative in the battlefield is gradually in our hands. If we can't defeat the Germans in this way, it's really strange. "

I gave the task of cutting off the traffic line between Kiev and Zhitomir to general sivakov's close guard 22nd army, while general tavartkilaze, commander of the 23rd army of close guard, went directly to the headquarters to ask me for a fight.

In the face of many group army commanders, he said to me with an aggrieved face: "Comrade commander, although our army has suffered a lot in the fighting these days, you can't give the task of cutting off the Kiev Zhitomir road to the 22nd military region of Jinwei to complete, can you?"

Instead of answering his question, I asked, "what are you going to do?"

"Is that true, comrade commander?" When he heard what I said, he admitted that he saw a glimmer of light. Then he said with a smile, "let's leave this important task to our army. I assure you that we will complete the task successfully. "

"No way," I said in an indisputable tone as soon as he finished, "your army lost too much in the early fighting, especially the 375TH infantry division of Lieutenant Colonel Lu Jin, which has just added 3000 recruits. The combat effectiveness of the army has not been formed, so it can't take part in the fighting for the time being."

"Even if the 375TH infantry division can't fight, can the 51st guard division of Colonel chejerikov always fight?" At this point, tavartkilaze said in a low voice, "Comrade commander, I know that Colonel chejerikov is your old subordinate. Don't you give him a chance to make contributions?"

When I heard tavartkilaze say that, I did move the idea of letting sjerykov make contributions, and the order almost blurted out. But when I thought about it, I immediately denied tavartkilaze's request again without hesitation: "no, chejerikov Division has added more than 2000 recruits. I will not consider sending them to the battlefield until they have completed the training and become combat effectiveness."

"Comrades commander," tavartkilaze was a little worried when he saw that his other proposal was rejected by me. "Although our troops paid a great price in the battle, our combat effectiveness has not been affected. After all, there are still so many backbone fighters left behind. If you let them fight, I believe their performance will not disappoint you. "

"Comrade commander, I feel that since the general is so eager to fight, we can't let him chill." Perhaps seeing tavartkilaze pleading with me, chisgakov could not see it any more. He also helped the other side and said: "although we have sent two close guard divisions and a tank army outside, although the troops seem to be quite a lot, they are a little weak if we want to go deep into the enemy's rear. So I suggest that the 51st division of the close guard be included in the attack list

"What's your opinion, chief of staff?" I asked, looking at bezikov.

Bezikov looked at me, then turned his eyes to tavartkiraze, who was worried. After thinking for a moment, he replied, "Comrade commander, I agree with the deputy commander. Let the 51st division of the guards also take part in this battle?"

"Major ahlomeyev." After listening to bzikov's statement, I still did not express my opinion, but turned my eyes to ahlomeyev next to me: "how do you think about it?"

"Comrade commander, my opinion is the same as that of the chief of staff," akhromeyev replied without hesitation: "you should know that the Kiev Zhitomir line is after all the lifeline of the German army. Once attacked, it is estimated that there will be German soldiers coming from all directions to encircle our raiding troops. If we are strong enough, we will not have to worry about the siege and wait for reinforcements when we patiently deal with them. "

Seeing that everyone's opinions were agreed, I didn't insist any more. Instead, I pushed the boat forward and said, "well, general tavartkilaze, since everyone agrees that the 51st division of the guards will take part in this battle, you should go back as soon as possible and inform Col. shijerikov, so that he can seize the time to train his troops and strive for more meritorious deeds in this battle."

"Yes, comrade commander, I will certainly convey your message to him." After tavartkilaze said these words excitedly, his expression returned to normal: "will you allow me to go back to the army?"

"Go I waved to him to let him go.

After tavartkilaze left, I said to chisjakov, "if we want to transfer three close guard divisions this time, the deployment of troops in the defense area may have to be adjusted appropriately."

"Of course, it should be." Chisjakov took over and said, "now that the defense area of the grassland front army is bordering on us, we don't have to deploy so many troops in the south. The extra troops just fill the vacancy after the 51st division of the guards left, so that the Germans won't find our difference."

"Commander, deputy commander." Akhromeyev said to us cautiously after chisgakov finished his speech: "I think we should send more reconnaissance teams to carry out uninterrupted reconnaissance in Kiev Zhitomir area to prevent accidents."

"Accident?" On hearing akhromeyev say so, chisjakov could not help but sneer, and then said contemptuously, "Comrade major, what do you think will happen?"

Hearing such a tricky question from chisgakov, akhromeyev looked at the other side and said, "Comrade deputy commander, although we have gathered more than two million troops along the Dnieper River, there are many German defenders near Kiev, and there are many armored divisions among them. If we don't know the location of these armored divisions in advance, I'm afraid that even if our troops occupy korostwev, it will be difficult to keep there. "

"Can't our elite close guard tank army defeat several incomplete German armored divisions?" "You think too much," chisjakov said contemptuously about akhromeyev's worries

I was stunned by the sudden argument between them. My heart said that I just asked you to make an attack plan together. How could there be such a big difference now? Thinking of this, I quickly raised my hand to stop them, and then said, "well, deputy commander, major, don't argue any more."

After the two men were quiet, I said to chisjakov: "Comrade deputy commander, I think the major is right. We must send a large number of reconnaissance teams to investigate the situation of the German army, so that we can have a clear idea when we are in action."

Then I turned to ahlomeyev and said, "major, in order to find out the distribution of the enemy's forces as soon as possible, we should not only send out the reconnaissance battalion of Tel avin, but also let the divisions send out their own reconnaissance troops. The information detected should be fed back to the headquarters of the group army in time, and I'll leave it to you to be fully responsible for it. "

Akhromeyev knew that I was resolute and resolute. After accepting the order, he immediately called the division commanders and asked them to send a reconnaissance team to the northwest to detect the German movement. After everyone got busy again, kirilov said to me with emotion, "Rita, when I broke through Kiev with the army, I never dreamed that I could fight back so soon. At that time, when we broke through the encirclement, we were fighting and withdrawing at the same time, so that we didn't have time to bury the bodies of many dead officers and soldiers. I hope that after the liberation of Kiev, their remains will be collected and buried well. "“ Don't worry, comrade military Commissar. " When I heard kirilov mention those comrades who died, my heart was blocked. If I had not been transferred back to Moscow at the beginning, I might have been able to bring more commanders and fighters to stand out when the German army besieged Kiev again“ When Kiev is liberated, I will send someone to do it. We must let all the bones of the heroes be buried. "