Chapter 1362

The meeting I arranged was held at nine in the morning. A few minutes later, akhromeyev came to my room and reported to me, "Comrade commander, almost all the commanders of the meeting are here. You can go to the headquarters."

I can tell from his words that not everyone has arrived, at least so far, there are still absentees. So I frowned and asked, "major, who hasn't arrived yet?"

"General sivakov." Akhromeyev respectfully reported that "except for him, all the commanders who have been informed have arrived."

When I heard that sivakov was the only one absent, I felt more secure. I stood up, waved to akhromeyev and said, "come on, major, let's go to the headquarters." With that, I walked out of the room quickly, and akhromeyev, who followed me, closed the door behind me.

My room is on the third floor and the headquarters is on the second floor. As soon as I went down the stairs to the second floor, I saw that in front of the corridor, there were three soldiers walking slowly. The line of three people just blocked the way.

I went to the back of the three people, coughed heavily, and planned to give them a severe reprimand when they turned around. As a result, as soon as they turned around, I saw a familiar face. The man standing in the middle was sivakov, whom akhromeyev had just mentioned to me. Under the bright light of the corridor, his face looked very pale. When he saw me standing in front of him, he immediately squeezed out a smile on his bloodless face: "Hello, comrade commander, I didn't expect to see you here."

"How is your injury?" I asked with concern.

"It's OK," sivakov said casually. "Seven ribs were broken in the car accident, but they're all good now. The military doctor said that as long as you stay in bed for another week, you will be able to recover completely. "

"Major, give me a hand." I called akhromeyev and took the place of the two commanders who helped sivakov. We helped sivakov to the headquarters from left to right.

A few steps away from the headquarters, I heard the loud voice of tawalter killazer in the room: "this music is really exciting. I tell you, I remember the first time when I heard the commanders and soldiers of the song and dance troupe sing "holy war", I felt blood boiling. If there were 100 Germans standing in front of me, I would dare to rush up and fight with them without hesitation... "

Sivakov looked at me in surprise when he heard tavartkilaze's voice and what he said. When I heard the music coming from the headquarters, I knew that loudspeakers had been installed on the streets outside according to the arrangement of kirilov and I, playing songs, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians who took part in voluntary labor on the ruins.

Seeing sivakov's inquiring eyes, I said in a relaxed tone: "Comrade General, on your way here, you must have heard the loudspeakers on the street outside playing all kinds of songs, right? In this way, we want to mobilize the enthusiasm of the army and the people who participate in voluntary labor. "

"So it is." After listening to my explanation, sivakov nodded slightly and said with approval, "Comrade commander, I think this has a good effect. When I heard the songs played on the loudspeaker on the road, I also had a feeling of blood boiling. As general tavartkilaze said, as long as we have the Germans in front of us, not only what kind of troops they have, we will rush forward without hesitation. "

See me and akhromeye help sivakov into the headquarters, the original chaos of the room suddenly quiet down. Major general baksov and Colonel babashin quickly got up from their seats, took over their commander from me and akhromeyev, and carefully helped him to sit in their seats.

After I sat down in my seat, I looked around and saw chisgakov sitting opposite me, kirilov, major general berey and commanders at all levels of the 22nd insp sitting on the right side of the table; On the left are the commanders of bezikov, povsky and the 23rd infantry.

Seeing that all the people were in place, I announced in public, "now that everyone is here, we will have a formal meeting." Then I turned to look at bezikov and said, "first of all, the chief of staff, Colonel bezikov, will announce to you the contents of today's interim meeting."

Bezikov nodded, then stood up and looked around. He said, "comrades commander, it's important to call you here today. We want to announce to you that because our troops were seriously reduced in the early fighting, our superior plans to replenish our troops and weapons and ammunition. The specific supplements are as follows: 45000 to 50000 soldiers, half of whom were discharged from the original group army 30000 new assault rifles... 6000 light machine guns... 1000 heavy machine guns... All kinds of mortars... "

When bezikov began to speak, I noticed that some commanders were still absent-minded. But when bezikov read out the soldiers and weapons that the superior was going to supply to our group army, they all sat up straight, put their hands on the table, tilted their heads and stared at bezikov and the document in his hand.

Due to the absence of the two leaders of the flying regiment, when reading the documents, all of bezikov intentionally omitted the fact that our superior had equipped us with two flying regiments.

After bidzikov finished reading, I put my elbows on the table, crossed my hands on my chin, and asked everyone, "if you have any opinions on the superior's supply plan, you can talk about it."

"Comrade commander, may I speak?" Major general bielei, the acting commander of the fifth tank army of the close guard, who stood up first, looked at me sideways and asked respectfully, "can I talk about the future of the tank army?"

"Go ahead, Comrade General." Bielei stood up and prepared to speak. I didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm at this time, so I nodded at him and said politely, "I just want to hear your opinions."

"At present, our tank army has five tank brigades and one motorized infantry regiment, two of which are friendly tank brigades. However, after repeated battles, its organizational structure is also incomplete." Berey looked at me and said cautiously, "since the superior has added 180 tanks for us, I plan to restore the original 82nd and 101st tank brigades on the basis of the friendly tank brigades. The restored tank brigades will have 90 tanks per brigade, just like the current 20th, 21st and 22nd guard tanks, Thirty armored vehicles and various combat vehicles... What do you think? "

"No problem." I readily agreed to berey's proposal. Then he asked, "who else wants to speak?"

"Let me say a few words." As soon as bere sat down, tavartkilaze stood up and said, "Comrade commander, you also know that our troops of the 23rd army of the guards suffered serious losses in the battle to defend Zhitomir. Almost every division has been reduced by more than half, and the number of personnel in the 51st division of the close guard of Colonel shejerikov has been reduced by an astonishing two-thirds. I strongly suggest that priority should be given to the 23rd infantry unit of our close guard in this recruitment. "

"The number of divisions in your army has been seriously reduced. Can't we have been seriously reduced?" As soon as tavartkilaze's voice fell, sivakov began to retort. I saw him try to stand up, but as soon as he leaned forward, he bared his teeth in pain and sweated. He had no choice but to sit in his own position and debate with tavartkilaze: "in addition to the 71st division, the casualties of our army were a little smaller, only one third, and the 67th, 77th and 90th divisions of the guards were more than half. If it is not possible to supplement us as soon as possible, I am worried that our troops will not be able to form combat effectiveness before the next battle. "

"General sivakov," tavartkiraze interrupted, "tell me, in the whole group army, is your unit highly effective or mine?"

Although tavartkiraze put forward the hypothesis in a calm tone, he still angered sivakov. He raised his voice and said, "is that true? Of course, the combat effectiveness of our army should be higher. We have four close guard divisions, but only two of your three divisions are close guard divisions. If the group army wants to take part in new battles, it must be our army that will fight the main force. "

Tavartkiraze gasped and stared at sivakov with a sullen look. When I saw the two men at war, I was hesitating whether I should come out to interrupt them. Suddenly there was a sharp alarm outside. As soon as the alarm went off for a few seconds, chisgakov, who was sitting opposite me, suddenly stood up and said in a loud voice, "air raid alarm, all commanders go to the basement immediately."

With his shouts, almost all the commanders got up from their seats and turned to run out. But I sat on the seat all the time, but I clapped my hands on the table. Then I tried to endure the pain from the palm of my hand and said to everyone, "what's the panic? Don't forget who you are. Sit down and continue the meeting. "

"But, comrade commander." The initiator, chisjakov, said to me in a flustered expression: "if this place is bombed by enemy planes, the command system of our troops may be paralyzed. So I suggest that we go to the basement immediately. "

"Comrade deputy commander, please keep calm." For the panic of chisgakov, I was a little dissatisfied and said: "the strength of the enemy now can't be compared with before. Even if they want to bomb our city, the fighters sent out are small formations, and the air defense forces in our city are enough to deal with them." At this point, I turned to akhromeyev, who was standing by, and told him, "major, go and call the air defense headquarters and ask what's going on?"

"Yes Akhromeyev agreed, and he followed my order to call the air defense headquarters.

The air raid alarm went off for less than a minute, and then it stopped suddenly. The commanders sitting in the room all showed surprised expressions on their faces. I heard them ask each other in a low voice: "what's the matter? How did the air raid alarm stop? Did the enemy plane just pass us and fly in other directions?"

"What's going on?" The confused kirilov asked me quietly, "Rita, do you know why the alarm suddenly stopped?"

I shook my head and said softly, "Comrade military commissar, I don't know what happened. But it doesn't matter. We'll know the truth when major akhromeyev comes back from the phone call. "

After akhromeyev finished the call, he came to me and bent down to report to me in a low voice, but I raised my hand to stop him. I looked up at him and said, "major, if you have anything, please report it out loud so that all the commanders can hear it." After hearing my order, akhromeyev stepped back, straightened up and clearly reported to me, "Comrade commander, I just called the people in the air defense headquarters. They said there was a mistake. They thought our fighters were enemy planes. Moreover, the tower also received a report from Colonel bovishchenko and Lieutenant Colonel bliss, saying that the fighter formation they led will pass through Smolensk at low altitude, asking the air defense forces to pay attention to identification, not to say that their aircraft has been shot down. "“ Comrade commander, "as soon as akhromeyev finished speaking, tavartkilaze could not wait to ask," what is the matter? What plane passes through the airport at low altitude? I'm confused. " As soon as his voice fell, a group of people echoed: "yes, comrade commander, what's the matter? We are all confused by you. "“ Well, in order to strengthen the strength of our group army, "I saw that everyone was anxious to know the truth, so I announced to them," two flying regiments were specially sent to us, and they entered the airport in the north of the city during the attack. "“ Come and see, comrades. " With the roar of the aircraft engine coming from the air, tavartkilaze got up and left his seat, went to the window, bent his whole body on the open mouth, looked up at the sky, and announced triumphantly: "our plane is coming." At this time, the engine sound from the sky is more and more clear. At this moment, there is no other sound that can sound like this noise, which excites the commanders here. They stand up from their seats and rush to the open window. I sat in my seat and saw our fighters appear in the air. The regiment is composed of four aircrafts in three groups, flying over Smolensk at ultra-low altitude. Those people who are busy on the ruins will suddenly appear our fighter formation in the sky, and fly at ultra-low altitude, passing through the city at low altitude. They can't help cheering“ Comrades, "after seeing the plane disappear from the sky of Smolensk, bzikov pretended to shout sternly to everyone," let's continue the meeting and continue to discuss how to distribute the soldiers, weapons and ammunition. "