Chapter 1302

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on himself, the curator stood up quickly, shook his hands desperately and said, "no, no, this is absolutely not OK. Although I am proficient in German, if I work with the reconnaissance team, I may become a burden to them. "

Hearing what the curator said, vatujing sighed and said to travkin with some helplessness: "major, the curator is right. If he joins your reconnaissance team, it will not only drag you down in the speed of action, but also easily expose you even if you disguise as a German and have an old man of his age."

There was a look of disappointment on travkin's face, but he quickly adjusted his mood and said to watujing: "Comrade commander of the front army, even if the curator can't go, he should find a knowledgeable person to go with him. In this way, he may get unexpected results while searching for the Amber Room."

The curator seemed very interested in this proposal. After listening to it, he thought for a moment and said, "Comrade commander, if you need someone who understands cultural relics, I think it's OK." Then he said to vatujing with a side face, "the military representative in our museum, who worked in the history museum in Moscow before the war and had nearly 15 years of experience in cultural relics identification, is the most suitable person to accompany you."

"Oh, your military representative, comrade curator?" Watujing asked curiously, "where is he?"

"In Kiev," the curator replied very simply, "he is in the National Museum in Kiev, examining a batch of cultural relics we have just seized. But even if he is informed immediately, it will take at least three or four hours to get here. I'm afraid it will delay the work. "

"Don't worry, comrade curator, you can't miss anything." Then vatukin turned and said to travkin, "well, comrade major, I'll give you ten minutes to gather all your people together, and then come back to Kiev with me."

"But, comrade commander of the front army," said travkin with a embarrassed face when he heard vatukin's command, "if we go to Kiev to pick up the comrade who knows about cultural relics now, it will take at least six or seven hours to get back to the circuit. In this way, I'm afraid we will not catch up with the German convoy."

"Major, do you think that if you set out to chase the German convoy, you will surely catch up?" Watujing asked with a smile: "even if you disguise as a German, it will take a lot of time to cross the enemy's lines. Maybe by the time you leave Zhitomir, the German motorcade will have arrived in Lutsk

"What should we do then?" When trafkin heard this, his forehead was sweating, and he quickly turned to me for help.

I can tell from vatujing's words that he intends to let travkin use other methods to track the motorcade instead of going by car. I frowned and thought about it for a while, and soon thought of a possibility, so I tentatively asked: "Comrade General, if I guess correctly, you are going to parachute them to the enemy's rear, aren't you?"

"Yes, comrade oshanina, you are right." As soon as I finished, watujing gave me a look of approval. "Your mind is so good. I just thought of this method, but you guessed it." With that, he raised his hand and looked at his watch. He called the staff officer who handed him the map to him and gave two orders in a low voice. As soon as the staff officer left, he urged the curator and travkin, "major, it's getting late. We have to prepare for you the documents, uniforms, weapons, etc. you need to use when reconnoitering behind enemy lines. Don't delay. We're going back to Kiev! "

Rokosovsky and I followed behind vatukin and left the war room. As we were walking outside, rokosovsky suddenly asked, "Rita, I seem to have heard that Marshal Zhukov, comrade Khrushchev and even the Supreme Commander himself wanted you to work in the local area, but you politely refused. Is that the case? "

"Yes, Comrade General." I politely replied, "I think it's the best choice to stay in the army with my own personality."

"Rita, our war with the Germans can't go on like this all the time. According to my estimation, the war will be over in one or two years at most. " Perhaps out of his concern for me, rokosovsky earnestly advised: "after all, the army is not a place for women to stay for a long time. Although Russia once had a female Czar, it does not mean that there will be any female Marshals in the future. If you stay in the army, you may stop at the position of Group Commander for life. Well, you'd better think about it. Maybe it's the best place for you to work. "

Rokosovsky's words have shaken my determination to stay in the army. But soon after I was confused for a moment, I thought of Zhukov, the invincible commander-in-chief, and his tragic fate in history. I finally strengthened my confidence in staying in the army.

I looked up at the sincere rokosovsky and said with a smile, "Comrade General, I know you are for my good, but I'm used to the life of the army and I'm reluctant to leave here. If possible, I'd like to work in the army all my life. Since a czar can be born in the era of tsarist Russia, a marshal may not be born in the future. You know, I'm the first female general in the world. "

Seeing that my attitude was so firm, rokosovsky laughed helplessly, and then said, "Rita, since your attitude is so firm, I won't advise you any more."

We walked to the gate of the base side by side. Rokosovsky suddenly stopped and said to me with a side face: "Rita, since Kiev has been liberated, then we will certainly launch an attack on Zhitomir. Have you started to make a battle plan?"

"No, Comrade General." When I heard him ask this question, I was a little embarrassed and said, "you know, our main forces are still in the direction of cherkaser and smira. If there are no other forces to take over the defense, we can't transfer forces to strengthen the troops of korostrov."

"Let me remind you that no matter whether the troops from cherkaser's direction can be transferred or not, you have to work out the plan to attack Zhitomir overnight." Rokosovsky said to me solemnly, "Kiev will be safer only if our outpost moves westward indefinitely. Do you understand? "

"I see, Comrade General." I thought that since rokosovsky used to be the garrison commander of Zhitomir, he must have a good understanding of the situation here. Maybe he can give us any constructive suggestions, so I asked on my own initiative, "I don't know what good suggestions you can give us?"

"The early fortifications of Zhitomir were mainly to prevent the attack from Poland, so they were concentrated on the west side of the city. As for whether the Germans have built a solid defense system in the east or in the other two directions after they came, I'm not sure After a brief introduction to the situation, rokosovsky specially told me, "send more people to the direction of Zhitomir for reconnaissance, and find out the German forces and deployment as soon as possible, which is very helpful for your next attack."

After listening to rokosovsky's words, I was just about to express my thanks to him when I heard watujing in the distance shouting: "Hello, comrade rokosovsky, we are going to start. Hurry up and get on the bus!"

"I'll be right there!" After that, rokosovsky turned and held my hand. After a moment's silence, he said softly, "Rita, although we have won a series of battles in succession, the next battles will be more cruel. You should be prepared for this. Good luck With that, he let go of my hand, turned around and walked quickly forward.

Kirilov came up to me, looked at rokosovsky's back and asked, "Rita, do you think our group army will be the main force in attacking Zhitomir?"

"Yes, comrade military commissar, I think this is for sure, so we must make preparations in advance." After I had said this, I turned around and called basmanov, who was far behind me. I told him, "major, go to the communication room immediately and send a telegram to the deputy commander and chief of staff. In addition to the 52nd and 375TH guard divisions, the 67th and 90th guard divisions will arrive here with the group army headquarters."

Hearing a series of orders from me, kirilov could not help getting worried: "Rita, while commander vatukin is still here, please let him know about the transfer, so that he won't say that you deliberately hide him in the future."

As kirilov suggested, I was going to report to vatukin. After two steps, I saw that his armored car had turned around and headed for a distance. I stopped, turned to kirilov with a wry smile and said, "comrades of the military commissar, they have already left. We'd better report to him about the troop mobilization when we report the battle plan."

As soon as it was dark, chisjakov and bzikov arrived with all the members of the headquarters. After a brief exchange of greetings with chisjakov, I asked, "Comrade deputy commander, I don't know when our troops will arrive?"

"Although we have carried out emergency mobilization, it took us a lot of time to gather the troops of the two divisions just because they were too scattered." Chisgakov said helplessly: "I think it will be as soon as dawn before the two guards can get here."

"Comrade deputy commander, while the comrades in the headquarters are deploying a new headquarters, let me show you around." Kirilov, in order to ease the tension in the room, took the initiative to propose to chisjakov: "let's show you the good things we have seized."

"Great, that's great." As soon as kirilov's voice dropped, bzikov said, "I also want to see the seized * * gold and the works of art they plundered."

Kirilov pointed to the busy officers and men in the room and asked, "chief of staff, if you leave, who will be responsible for arranging the headquarters?"

"Akhromeyev!" As soon as kirilov finished speaking, bezikov immediately called the war chief ahlomeyev in front of him and told him: "Comrade major, you will be fully responsible for the work here later. After the headquarters is set up, send someone to us. Do you understand? "

"I see, chief of staff." Akhromeyev replied respectfully.

"Well, comrade military Commissar." "Now you can show us around," said bezikov, with a smug look on his face

Kirilov shook his head with a wry smile, nodded at him with his fingers, then turned to chisgakov and said, "come on, comrade deputy commander, Rita and I will show you two around." Although chisjakov and bezikov knew from the telegram that we had seized gold and a large number of works of art in the German base, they were still amazed when they saw these things. Bezikov said indignantly, "look how many things these damned Communist aggressors have taken from our motherland. Sooner or later, we will let them return with interest." At three o'clock in the morning, the 67th and 90th divisions of the guards began to arrive in the forest area one after another. While the headquarters was busy arranging for these troops, I received a call from vatukin. Originally, I thought he had heard the news from somewhere and knew that I had mobilized my troops without authorization and had come here to ask questions. Unexpectedly, he said in a heavy voice, "Comrade oshanina, I have bad news for you." When I heard that there was bad news, I couldn't help but feel a thump in my heart. What's the bad news? Is it to transfer me or is the German army going to launch a counter offensive after dawn? I took a deep breath, and then said, "Comrade General, please say it!" Vatukin did not make a sound, but kept silent. He may be thinking about how to tell me the bad news in a euphemistic way. I didn't dare to disturb him. I could only wait awkwardly for him to go on. After a while, he finally said, "Comrade oshanina, I have bad news for you: we have lost contact with major trafkin's reconnaissance team." Hearing this, the stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground. In a relaxed tone, I said, "don't worry, senior general. Maybe the reconnaissance team didn't find the airborne backpack with radio station after parachuting; It is also possible that the radio station has been broken. Anyway, various objective factors have made it impossible for them to get in touch with us for the time being. "“ It's not what you think, comrade oshanina "According to the reports of the relevant departments, our plane was found by German anti-aircraft fire before it got close to the airborne area," said vatukin sternly. Before losing contact with the plane, the pilots reported that their plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and was planning to make a forced landing somewhere. " At this point, watujing was silent for a while, and then continued to say, "I'm afraid that the reconnaissance team crashed with the plane before it could parachute. In that case, our plan would be a complete failure." I was dumbfounded when I heard that.