Chapter 1482

After listening to my answer, Zhukov looked at me for a long time, then nodded slowly and said, "well, Rita, since you want to stay, stay!"

He turned to look at katukov with a smile and asked, "general katukov, I heard that in the German counterattack, you used a special way of fighting to defeat the enemy's armored forces. Can you give me a brief introduction to your tactics? See if it can be promoted in the whole front army. "

Katukov laughed and then said, "yes, marshal, when I learned that the German infantry under the cover of tanks launched an attack on the rear side of our army headquarters, they did not send large troops to the enemy's only way to establish a defense line, but adopted the mode of group operation to meet the enemy."

Zhukov took out his pen and book and said with great dignity: "speak in detail."

"Each of my combat teams consists of five snipers, machine gunners and antitank fighters." When katukov saw that Zhukov was ready to record, he slowed down his speaking speed intentionally: "to the enemy's infantry, he fired with machine guns; Tanks, use 40 rocket launchers to deal with; The sniper's responsibility is to take out the German commander. The enemy loses unified command and falls into chaos. Judging from the results of the fighting, it seems that the tactics of using combat teams to block the German army in street fighting is very successful. "

"It's very good. This tactic is very effective in dealing with the big enemy in the city." Zhukov put down his pen, looked up at katukov and said with satisfaction, "according to the information I have, you lost seven combat teams in the battle, but killed more than 200 German soldiers and destroyed more than a dozen tanks." At this point, he stopped, raised his hand, scratched the back of his head, and then asked, "general katukov, can you tell me how you came up with such a tactic? You know, these tactics can't be learned in our military academy. "

Katukov looked at me and said modestly, "to tell you the truth, marshal, I can come up with such a tactic. I also want to thank Rita. When I knew that her troops could achieve the greatest results with the least casualties in urban street battles, I carefully studied the tactics she used, so as to figure out such a set of tactics that can be used in urban warfare. "

When I heard these words, I couldn't help but feel stunned. I said that katukov was really not simple. According to some of the tactics I used, I found out the essence of urban warfare. You know, at the end of the 1990s, the Chechen rebels in Grozny used this tactic to beat the Russian Army full of people and power, Even the commander was killed in the city.

After listening to katukov's words, Zhukov turned his head and looked at it, with a thoughtful expression on his face. After a moment of silence, he asked katukov in a low voice, "is there any quiet place here? I have one thing to ask Rita

Although katukov didn't know what Zhukov was going to talk to me about, he pointed to the room with the door closed by the side and said, "Comrade marshal, it's a quiet room where the priest prays."

Zhukov nodded, then stood up, shook his head at me and said, "Rita, come with me."

I followed Zhukov into the priest's prayer room. After closing the door, I asked cautiously, "marshal, is there anything important you want me to do here?"

Zhukov, who sat down in a back chair, looked up at me and asked unexpectedly, "Rita, you went to Washington last year. It's said that you also participated in the formulation of their plan to open up a second battlefield. Is that true?"

"Yes, comrade marshal, I did provide some offensive ideas to the senior commanders of the US Army." I don't know why Zhukov mentioned it all of a sudden. He replied in a hurry: "but..."

Before I had finished, Zhukov raised his hand to stop what I was going to say later, and said to himself, "I have the authorization of the Supreme Commander himself, so you should report to me as you reported to Comrade Stalin at that time."

When I think of the famous Normandy landing, which was first proposed by my Soviet general and approved by the high-level military circles of Britain and the United States, I feel like I'm dreaming. Maybe it is because of this feeling that I have always been confused about whether my plan to give up Calais and choose the landing site in Normandy to Michelle really happened or a dream of mine.

Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, Zhukov thought I didn't hear clearly, and raised his voice to ask again. Hearing his voice with some dissatisfaction, I asked in some confusion: "marshal, what do you want to know?"

"When and where will the Allies open up a second battlefield?" Zhukov did not beat me around the Bush and asked me the key question directly: "in addition to these questions, I also want to know, will they really open up a second battlefield?"

I never dreamed that Zhukov was concerned about the second battlefield of the Allied forces instead of how to push our front to the border as soon as possible when the battle was at the most critical moment. Although I did not mention the second battlefield after I came back from the United States except when I reported to Stalin, I had to answer Zhukov's question now.

"Marshal, I think the second battlefield will certainly be opened up within this year." I organized some words in my mind, screened out some things that I could say, and then replied, "as for the attack time, I guess I will choose summer."

"And the place?" When Zhukov heard this, he couldn't wait to ask me, "where will the Allies choose the landing site?"

"The Allies first chose Calais as the landing site," I said evasively. "Later, when General Michel asked for my opinion, I suggested that they choose Normandy as the landing site."

Normandy When Zhukov heard the name, he quickly took out a map from his briefcase and unfolded it. With the help of the candlelight in the room, he found the location of Normandy on it. After comparing Calais with Normandy, he raised his head and asked, "Rita, can you tell me why you suggested the allies to land in Normandy?"

"It's very simple." In response to Zhukov's question, I said very easily: "the Allied forces will cross the English Channel and seize a strategic landing site in the north of France, so as to create conditions for opening up the second battlefield in Europe and finally defeating Germany. From the map, there are only two best landing sites - Calais and Normandy.

Calais is the closest to Britain, only more than 30 nautical miles away, and close to the German mainland, it seems to be the best landing point. However, the Germans also took this into consideration, so their defense force here is the strongest, not only the defenders are elite troops who have experienced many battles, but also have a perfect defense system. There is neither a large port nor an inland transportation line nearby, which is not conducive to the deep development of the Allied forces after landing. If we really choose this area to land, we will repeat the same mistake of DIEP landing. "

After listening to me, Zhukov frowned and thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Rita, you mean the landing of Dieppe in July 1942 when the British sent commandos to Dieppe, France?"

Fortunately, I still know something about this period of history, so as soon as Zhukov finished, I immediately added: "yes, according to the information I learned when I was in Washington, the situation of safflower girl in the Soviet German battlefield was extremely severe at that time. The German vanguard troops had arrived near Stalingrad. Our country strongly demanded that Britain and the United States launch landing operations in Europe, To contain the German forces and reduce the pressure on our army. Under such circumstances, Britain hastily sent a shock force composed of 6000 people to carry out landing operations in Dieppe, France. As a result, under the attack of the German army, almost all the troops were destroyed. "

In order to make what I said more convincing, I specially added: "when I chatted with General Marshall and General Patton, I heard them mention that Britain insisted on delaying landing on the European continent on the pretext of the failure of DIEP landing and the complexity and danger of large-scale amphibious landing, which must be carried out with caution."

Zhukov nodded and urged me to say, "go on and tell me why you chose Normandy!"

"There are three reasons why I chose Normandy: first, Normandy is far away from England. The German army did not expect that the allies would land in this area, so their defense would not be too tight; Secondly, Normandy had an open terrain, which allowed the deployment of 20 or 30 divisions at the same time; Third, it's also an important reason. It's only 80 kilometers away from the largest port in northern France, Cherbourg. "

After I said this, Zhukov got up from his seat and walked back and forth in the small room with his hands on his back. While I took advantage of his thinking, I went over what I had just said in my head to check if there was anything wrong.

After Zhukov stopped, he hesitated and asked me, "Rita, you are a general of the Soviet Union. How can Britain and the United States let you participate in the formulation of such an important battle plan? Is there any conspiracy? Is it not the deliberate smoke of the United States and the United States? Maybe they have no plan to open up a second battlefield in Europe, do you think

Zhukov's series of questions stunned me. I asked myself, how can I participate in the formulation of Operation Overlord? If I don't know the real history, maybe I will have the same idea as Zhukov, thinking that this is a conspiracy between Britain and the United States. They deceived the Soviet army to fight against the German army on the ground of opening up a second battlefield, and then they would take advantage of it.

I took a deep breath and said to Zhukov, "marshal, I think Britain and the United States are really ready to open up a second battlefield in Europe. Otherwise, once our troops enter Europe first, they will become very passive politically and militarily."

After listening to my analysis, Zhukov sat back in his chair, picked up the map in his hand and looked at it repeatedly, digesting everything I just said.

After a long time, Zhukov stood up again, folded the map and put it into his briefcase. At the same time, he said to me solemnly, "Rita, I will tell you what you said to the Supreme Commander himself. However, I remind you that the conversation between us must not be known to a fourth person. Do you understand? "

"I see, comrade marshal." I raised my hand, touched the sweat from my forehead, and answered with relief, "as soon as I get out of this room, I will immediately forget everything I just said."

"Good, good." Zhukov nodded with satisfaction to my answer. Then he put his hand on my shoulder, took me and walked out, and said, "well, next, we should discuss with general katukov how to get our troops to the Romanian border as soon as possible." Katukov, who was sitting at the table studying the map, saw Zhukov and I come out of the prayer room and quickly stood up from our seats. Katukov respectfully asked, "marshal, are you finished?" Zhukov nodded, took his hand away from my shoulder, waved to everyone and said, "everyone, sit down. Let's talk about how to push forward to the border." After we sat down again, katukov pushed the map on the table to Zhukov, and confidently said to him: "marshal, if the German army does not increase its troops, I can send the mechanized 8th Army of guards to rush to the Romanian border quickly along the road. In three hours at most, our flag can be re planted on the border." Compared with katukov's impassioned enthusiasm, Zhukov is much calmer. After hearing this, he just nodded a little, and then said, "general katukov, you are right. If our troops advance to the border line immediately, they will be able to stand on our 1941 border line before dark. But there is no decent defense there. Once the German troops arrive and counter attack our troops, our troops without fortifications will be defeated by the enemy in a short time. " Seeing that his proposal was rejected by Zhukov, katukov's face showed disappointment. After a short silence, he asked Zhukov carefully, "do we really need to defend the south of chernofse for a period of time before we can launch a new attack on the frontier?"“ Yes, that's how it is. " Zhukov saw the dejected look on katukov's face, comforted him and said, "don't worry, general katukov. I know you are a famous offensive general, but it's not a bad thing to defend properly. You can take advantage of this time to rest your troops. At the same time, your superiors will give you additional troops and weapons. When the fourth group army of tanks and the third group army of close guard tanks arrive, you can concentrate your superior forces and attack the enemy no later. You must tell the soldiers that today's defense is to prepare for tomorrow's attack. "