Chapter 1340

After talking with them for a while, I asked Yushchenko to take three people to a nearby vacant room to have a rest. After they left, chisgakov said to us, "I don't understand why there is such a foreign army in our organization."

"No surprise, comrade deputy commander." Kirilov said in a familiar tone: "in fact, as early as World War I, the Czar's army had a separate Czech Army to fight with us. At the present stage of the war, after the liberation of the whole territory of Ukraine, we will cross the border to attack the countries occupied by the German army and save the enslaved people from the iron hooves of the Communist Party of China. I think the destination of the Czech brigade sent by the higher authorities is to let the people there have a sense of identity with us when we liberate Czechoslovakia. "

"So it is." After hearing this, chisgakov became more and more curious. He approached kirilov and asked tentatively, "Comrade military commissar, since you worked in key departments, you must know more than us. Can you tell us something about it?"

Kirilov shook his head with a bitter smile and said helplessly: "Comrade chisjakov, you are not embarrassing me. You should know that my previous party and government work involves a lot of secrets. If I can, I will. What I can't say, I can't say a word. "

I was thinking about whether I should come out to help kirilov when the high-frequency phone on my desk rang. When I heard the ring, my first reaction was that the call was from the headquarters of the front army. I immediately grabbed the microphone, stuck it to my ear and said excitedly, "Hello, Hello, I'm o'shanina!"

From the receiver came rokosovsky's hearty laughter: "Rita, I think you must have guessed that I'm calling you, otherwise I won't be so excited."

"Yes, Comrade General." I didn't hide my thoughts from rokosovsky. I immediately gave him a positive reply, and then asked cautiously, "do you have any important instructions when you call at this time?"

"I'll call you at this time. It must have something to do with the counterattack." When I heard rokosovsky mention the great counterattack, I immediately pricked up my ears and wanted to hear what he said later. Unexpectedly, he changed the topic: "you have played well in Zhitomir these days. You have restrained six or seven German armored divisions and infantry divisions and won precious time for the main force gathering."

As soon as he finished, I couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade General, I don't know when the counterattack will start?"

"Don't worry. I'll tell you more about it later." Rokosovsky said leisurely: "at present, the 27th and 40th army groups have been successfully assembled in the cherkaser area and will attack uman and venica; In the direction of Kiev, we have assembled the 18th, 38th and 60th group armies, the 1st group army of close guard, the 1st group army of close guard tanks and the 3rd group army. They will carry out major raids in the central area to smash the German heavy army group and attack berkirchev after meeting with you; And the 13th group army carried out the right-wing support campaign of the front army and attacked koroskin, wallensky new town and other places. "

"Great, comrade general, that's great." As I quickly recorded what rokosovsky said in my notebook, I said excitedly: "the Germans may never dream that we will gather such forces in Kiev in such a short period of time. In the face of our attack, they will soon be defeated. "

"Our attack will be on November 27, two days later." After I finished, rokosovsky began to assign tasks to me: "the first attack will be the German army's mustering of heavy troops, and I hope we can get your cooperation when we attack. If you can send even one division of troops to attack the enemy's rear when our frontal attack is launched, they will be thrown into chaos, so that we can break through their defensive positions in the shortest possible time. "

"All right, Comrade General." I assured rokosovsky with confidence that "when the great counter offensive begins, my troops will certainly launch an attack from the west of fastif to disperse the enemy's defensive forces."

After rokosovsky finished his assignment, I suddenly remembered an important thing and took this opportunity to consult him: "Comrade General, we have a Czech Comrade here..."

Before I finished, rokosovsky said, "Lida, are you talking about general Svoboda, commander of the first Czech brigade? As early as in 1916, during the first World War, he joined the Czechoslovak army formed by the czar. After the Czech Republic was occupied by the German in 1939, he retreated to Poland to organize underground anti Communist forces. Later, after the outbreak of the patriotic war, he and his subordinates joined us and set up the Czech independent battalion to fight side by side with us. The reason why we sent them to you this time is that the first brigade has just been established and lacks battlefield experience. It's just time to train with you... "

After I put down the phone, I called ahlomeyev over and told him directly, "chief of staff, call the division heads and ask them to rush to the headquarters for a meeting after dark."

After I finished, akhromeyev asked, "Comrade commander, do you want to inform all the teachers, or just a few teachers in tomir?"

"All the division commanders in the group army, of course." After I finished commanding akhromeyev, I suddenly remembered that I had just seen only two division commanders, Nekrasov and Lukin, but major general sivakov, commander of the 22nd army of the guards, had not seen anyone. I quickly turned to ask bzikov, "chief of staff, have you seen general sivakov?"

Bezikov shook his head and said, "No. I didn't see it Then he turned to look at chisgakov and asked, "Comrade deputy commander, do you see that?"

"I didn't see it either." "I don't know if something happened to him. I should ask them," he said blankly

Before I could send someone to inquire, Yushchenko came in to take them to rest. He came to me and reported, "Comrade commander, I have sent General sivakov to the infirmary. The military doctors are treating him."

"What happened to sivakov?" I never dreamed that Yushchenko would report such bad news to me. I quickly asked, "how can I be sent to the medical room?"

"According to general Nekrasov, general sivakov was in a car accident on the way. He is still unconscious because of his head injury." Seeing my anxious face, Yushchenko explained in a hurry, "Comrade commander, you don't know about this? I thought general Nekrasov had already reported to you

I quickly stood up and said, "comrades commander, let's all go to see general sivakov." With that, he was about to take the lead to walk outside, but he was stopped by kirilov.

I stopped, looked at kirilov with some surprise, and asked in surprise, "Comrade military commissar, what are you stopping me for?"

"Don't worry, Rita." Kirilov said in a smooth voice: "don't you hear major Yushchenko say Comrade sivakov is still in the rescue? Let's go now. It's not only useless, it may even interfere with the doctor's work. Let's stay and wait for the news. "

I agree with kirilov very much. We are not doctors. After we go there, we will not only help but also make trouble. So I turned and went back to the table and told Yushchenko, "major, go to the infirmary and report to us as soon as you have any news. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" Yushchenko said, raised his hand to salute me, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.

At the meeting in the evening, the first commander to arrive at the headquarters was askarepov, commander of the 77th division of the guards in korostvev City, in addition to sherekin, who was stationed nearby.

After seeing me, the middle-aged general said in shame, "I'm sorry, comrade commander, I failed to live up to your expectations. Our troops attacked the small town of kanevka for a week and failed to take it from the enemy."

Although I have a lot of dissatisfaction with this general in my heart, others admit their mistakes as soon as they see my face. I can't scold him at this time. He could only comfort himself by saying, "Comrade General, it's not your fault. Your troops have made great achievements in the liberation of Kharkov and Belgorod. It doesn't matter if we don't fight well in this period of time. We can make new contributions in the following battles. "

Listen to me, askarepov lowered his head and raised it again. He assured me: "don't worry, comrade commander, in the next battle, our division's performance will never let you down."

I said to him with a smile, "general askarepov, in two days' time, we are going to attack fastif. I hope your troops will have satisfactory results in this battle. "

"What, attack fastieff?" When I said this, ascalepovton was in a cold sweat. He took off his cap, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and said with some panic, "Comrade commander, I want to remind you that there are at least seven or eight German armored divisions and infantry divisions in the region of fastif. We attack them with one division, which is almost like death."

I waited for him to express his views and said with a smile, "Comrade General, you are not my subordinates for one or two days. When did you see me attack the enemy on my own initiative when my troops were not dominant?"

"However, comrade commander, there are indeed seven or eight divisions of the enemy of fativ, which are better than us..." askarepov said this and suddenly stopped. After a while, he opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise, "it's rare that our great counterattack will begin?"

"Comrade General, your response is too slow. It took so long to understand." To reassure him, I went on: "at that time, the friendly forces will attack from the East, and we will attack from the west at the same time to coordinate the actions of the friendly forces. At present, you have only one division, which is a little less. But don't worry. Before the battle starts, I will send the 89th division of general Xie Liujin's guards. "

"That's great." Askarebov was excited when I said this: "except for general sherekin's troops, if we add the cavalry division and one or two tank brigades in the city before the attack, we will be more confident of winning." I took him to the map hanging on the wall, handed the stick leaning against the wall to him, and said to him with a smile, "general askarepov, tell me something about your side." Askarepov took over the baton and said to them, "since our last counterattack, we have taught the Germans a great lesson that tiger and leopard tanks can't deal with our new tanks. But at the same time, they also understood that the troops stationed in korostvev were limited and could not take the initiative to attack them. So they adopted the strategy of attacking to the East and defending to the West. On the side facing us, they built a lot of fortifications to resist our possible attack. "“ General askarepov, what kind of fortifications have the enemy built to the west of fastif? " After he finished, chisjakov immediately asked, "can you give us a detailed introduction?" Askarepov may not have thought that chisjakov would suddenly ask this question. For a moment, he was a little flustered. He stammered: "the enemy has built anti tank trenches in the west, as well as various fortifications..." "OK, general askarepov, don't say any more. It seems that you don't know about the enemy's defense. " Without waiting for him to finish, I directly interrupted him, and then turned to akhromeyev and said, "major, go and call major basmanov, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, and let him bring the information related to fativ. We will listen to his reconnaissance report here." After akhromeyev left, I saw askarepov standing there awkwardly with his explanation stick in both hands. I laughed and comforted him and said, "OK, general askarepov, don't blame yourself. As for the defense deployment of the enemy, I think we should find a special person in charge of reconnaissance to answer this question, so that we can formulate an effective operational plan according to the actual situation. Are you right? " Askarepov saw that I had given him a step, quickly nodded his head desperately and said, "yes, comrade commander, you are absolutely right. Every time we make operational plans, we make them on the basis of the accurate intelligence improved by the scouts. I think it is most appropriate for the scouts to explain the enemy's deployment. "