Chapter 1445

For an army of tens of thousands of people, it's not a piece of cake to find several qualified scouts. Besides, every division already has a reconnaissance company, and there is also a reconnaissance battalion in the group army. With the order issued, more than a dozen reconnaissance teams set out overnight and went deep into the enemy's rear.

Since there is no Reconnaissance Office in the headquarters of the group army, and the director of the intelligence office died in the fighting a few months ago, I gave the task of managing the reconnaissance team to the director of operations, major akhromeyev.

Within two days, the reconnaissance teams sent back the reconnaissance reports one after another. After collecting the information, akhromeyev put it on my desk. After reading the bizikov lamp, I also picked up the information and looked at it carefully. After reading it, he said to me thoughtfully, "Comrade commander, it seems that the information we got from the headquarters of the front army is absolutely correct. The enemy only deployed a small number of Guard troops at some commanding heights on the edge of the marsh. This kind of deployment is somewhat similar to the situation when we attacked kalinkovic. "

As soon as besikov finished his speech, chisjakov immediately said: "Comrade commander, since we have made clear the deployment of the German forces, should we take some action?"

"Take action?" After repeating what chisgakov said, I asked, "Comrade deputy commander, I don't understand what you mean. What action should we take against the German army?"

"What else can we do, comrade commander?" Without waiting for chisgakov to reply, bzikov replied excitedly: "since the German defense is weak, we might as well strike them by surprise. Take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the swamp freezes, and use tanks to cover infantry to capture these commanding heights. "

"Yes, comrade commander." Chisgakov expressed his support to bezikov in time: "now that we can advance here from Smolensk in a week, we have captured moziri and kalinkovych. Then, we can replicate this victory and capture the German commanding heights on the edge of the swamp. "

As a person who understands history, I know that the first "Leningrad Novgorod campaign" and the second "right bank Ukraine campaign" of the famous "ten Stalin raids" have all started as scheduled, just like the real history. However, the attack on the German army in Belarus will have to wait until June, which is about five months from now. If we act without authorization at such a time and attack the weak defensive areas of the German army, even if we can achieve certain results, we will expose our future operational intentions to the Germans.

Thinking of this, I asked: "deputy commander, chief of staff, I wonder if you have considered that the German army is far more powerful in Belarus than our army. Even if we capture the commanding heights on the edge of the swamp, can we hold these positions under the frenzied counterattack of the German army? Moreover, more than a month later, the Spring Festival thaw will begin. The muddy swamp will separate the main force of our army from the troops occupying the commanding heights. Without timely replenishment of troops and ammunition, it is easy to be annihilated by the superior forces of the encircled German forces. "

After my words were finished, they closed their mouths and seriously thought about what I said before. After a long time, chisjakov asked: "Comrade commander, our team is launching a powerful offensive against the German northern army group. What do you think we can achieve in the end?"

Even if Zhukov or rokosovsky were to answer these questions, it would take a long time to consider them. However, for me who knows the history of later generations, I came here with open mouth: "although our army broke through the German blockade of Leningrad in 1943, it did not completely lift the German threat to Leningrad, and the city is in danger of being besieged again by the German army at any time. After the victory of this campaign, we can not only completely remove the threat to Leningrad, but also create favorable conditions for our army to further liberate the Baltic coastal areas and eliminate the Finnish bandits in the Karelia isthmus area. "

"It makes sense, it makes sense." After listening to my statement, bzikov nodded repeatedly, and then couldn't wait to ask, "then you are talking about the significance of the right bank Ukraine campaign."

"In order to achieve the goal of delaying the war against our country with strategic defense, it is very important for the German general headquarters to guard the Ukraine area on the right bank of the Dnieper River, because it is not only a huge food and raw material base, but also a cover for the proximity of Crimea and the Balkans. Therefore, they deployed a heavy military group here. The Germans think that whether they can hold on to this area will determine their fate in the whole eastern battlefield. " When I said this, I couldn't help laughing, and then added: "Ukraine has four of our front forces at present. I believe that the German defense line will collapse in a short time under our attack. At that time, our army can not only drive the enemy out of our border line, but also advance to the enemy's territory and separate their defensive areas so that they can not echo each other. "

"That's right, that's right, that's right." After listening to what I said, chisjakov looked at the map in front of him for a long time. Then he could not help but exclaim: "as long as our four front forces have solved the enemy in Ukraine on the right bank, we can go out to the border and transfer the war to the enemy's territory."

When do you think our troops will launch a full-scale attack on the German army

"Comrade chief of staff, at least under the present circumstances, we are unable to take the initiative to launch an attack on the German army." Seeing what he wanted to ask, I quickly added: "according to the intelligence of the headquarters of the front army, the enemy has deployed more than 60 divisions and millions of troops in the whole territory of Belarus. In addition, there are tens of thousands of various types of artillery, thousands of tanks and self-propelled artillery, and more than 1000 combat aircraft."

"Ah, the enemy's strength and equipment are so strong?" Bezikov was startled by what I said, but he probably thought that my information came from the headquarters of the front army, so instead of asking the source of the information, he asked cautiously, "Comrade commander, is this all true?"

"Maybe the figures are not accurate enough," I specially stressed in order to let both of them know. "But the enemy forces must be more than we know, so our main task now is to establish a solid and perfect defense to prevent the German army from carrying out a preemptive attack."

"At present, we have only one front army in Belarus. We are absolutely inferior to the German army in terms of strength and equipment. With such a force, to attack the German army, who stood behind the fortified fortifications, would be a suicide After listening to what I said, chisjakov immediately made a sober judgment: "therefore, if our army wants to gain an advantage in Belarus, it needs at least one or two additional front forces."

"Comrade deputy commander, your analysis is quite correct." After praising chisgakov, I revealed some inside information I knew to them: "this time I went to the headquarters of the front army for a meeting, and I heard some news from the chief of staff that the supreme headquarters was ready to set up one or two more front armies in Belarus at the right time to fight against the German army."

"One or two more front armies?" When bizikov heard what I said, his eyes lit up. He looked at me and asked tentatively, "Comrade commander, if you really want to build a new front army, will the Supreme Command let you command one of them?"

Since the last time rokosovsky told me implicitly that I might take the post of commander of the front army, I have been itching. Every day, I look forward to being informed by my superiors to go to Moscow for a talk, and then take the post of commander of the new front army in Belarus. However, they have been waiting for several days, but there is no news at all. At the moment, when I heard bzikov mention this, I had to laugh and pretend to be modest and say, "Comrade chief of staff, you look up to me too much. We should know that in the army, there are many commanders who are older than our army, senior and senior. When the Supreme Command wants to consider the selection of the commander of the front army, it must first consider them, who can be my younger generation. "

"Don't be modest, comrade commander." I didn't expect that as soon as I finished, chisjakov echoed: "if the superior didn't plan to let you be the commander of the front army, how could the 11th, 61st and 65th group army be handed over to you for unified command some time ago? You know, after taking over the command of these three forces, you liberated moziri and kalinkovich, and destroyed and defeated seven German divisions in just two or three days. I don't think the supreme command can miss such a brilliant record, can it

Although I was elated by what chisjakov said, I still said calmly: "Comrade deputy commander, the reason why the superior gave me the command of the three units at that time was that the strength of our group army was the strongest among the several units, and it was only us who decided the final battle. The higher authorities may have made it difficult for me to act as the temporary commander-in-chief in order to prevent the other two commanders from commanding my troops. "

What I never dreamed of was that while we were chatting here, the general staff in Moscow was discussing the choice of the commander of the Belarusian second front army. As Stalin also attended the meeting, vasilevsky, who presided over the meeting, was somewhat restrained. He looked at Stalin and said, "Comrade Stalin, in order to more effectively combat the German people in Belarus, we are going to increase the organizational structure of the two front forces. The Belarusian front army of general rokosovsky will be renamed the first front army of Belarus; The topic we are discussing today is who will be the commander of the newly formed Belarusian second front army. "

After listening, Stalin raised his hand clutching the cigarette end, waved it, and said, "vasilevsky, I'm here today to attend the meeting as a nonvoting member, only with ears but no mouth. Who will be the commander of the new front army or has the final say? "

First of all, vasilevsky looked at Zhukov sitting opposite him and asked, "Comrade Zhukov, who do you think is suitable to be the commander?"

Zhukov looked around at Stalin, who was smoking his pipe, and then said slowly, "Comrade General Staff, I have been responsible for the coordination between the first and second front armies in Ukraine. I think the comrades in the general staff has the final say on who will be the new commander of the front army.

Vasilevsky sighed when he saw Zhukov kicking the ball back to him. Then he turned his eyes to his deputy general Ivanov and asked, "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, do you have any suitable person in your mind?" Hearing his immediate superior's question, Ivanov quickly stood up, straightened his waist and answered vasilevsky: "marshal, I suggest that oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards, will take up this position in the future."“ O'shanina? " After repeating my name, vasilevsky asked, "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, tell me your reasons."“ Although she is a lesbian and hasn't been in the Army long enough, she is an excellent commander. " Ivanov, who has been familiar with my resume for a long time, said clearly: "since the battle of Kursk, her troops have won a series of victories. Whether it is the liberation of Kharkov or bergorod, her troops are the first to rush into the city, and the first to put the red flag on the commanding height of the city In the liberation of Kiev and the defense of Zhitomir, her troops also achieved brilliant results A month ago, her troops entered the territory of Belarus from Smolensk. In less than a week, they destroyed and defeated seven German divisions, and liberated moziri and kalinkovich in succession... "Zhukov could not help smiling when he heard Ivanov's statement of my great achievements. In fact, he also very much wanted me to be commander of the second front army of Belarus, but considering the close relationship between him and me and the fear of others gossiping, he refused to express his views. At the moment, seeing that Ivanov obviously supported me, and vasilevsky kept nodding, without any objection to my assumption of the post of commander, he secretly decided to vote for me when voting later. After Ivanov introduced my situation, vasilevsky did not immediately express his attitude, but asked lightly: "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, is there any other candidate?"