Chapter 1510

According to my guess, Zhukov will not have a good look at konev, who will take over his post. Maybe he will make a few sarcastic remarks. I thought to myself in my heart, if this happens, should I come forward to persuade or keep silent and look on coldly?

When konev and another general entered the headquarters, the whole room was quiet. Zhukov got up from his seat and met konev. Sokolovsky and I followed.

Zhukov and konev stopped two or three steps apart. Neither of them spoke, but they just looked at each other silently. Seeing this scene, my heart could not help but panic. My heart said that Zhukov would not give konev a punch directly. Although I have never heard of a fight between senior commanders, some things are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. In case Zhukov really loses control of his emotions, everything is possible.

"Hello, marshal konev!" Just as I was worried, Zhukov suddenly said, "welcome to the first front army of Ukraine." Then he reached out to konev.

"Hello, comrade Zhukov!" Konev quickly took Zhukov's hand and said with a smile, "I have been ordered to take your place!"

They held each other's right hands tightly. After shaking for a few times, they gave each other a big hug and patted each other's back with their empty left hands.

Seeing the intimacy between them, I knew that I was thinking too much. Zhukov's mind was much broader than I thought. If there was a trace of melancholy when he heard that Stalin had just removed him from his post, he had put the matter down completely at the moment.

After the separation, Zhukov began to introduce his deputy to konev in accordance with the usual practice: "Comrade konev, this is my military commissar kleinukov."

"Hello, comrade Marshal!" As soon as kleinukov and Zhukov finished speaking, they quickly came forward to shake hands with konev.

After kraniukov and konev shook hands, Zhukov pointed to sokolovsky and said, "you know my chief of staff, I won't introduce you."

"Hello, comrade sokolovsky." Konev once served as the commander of the Western Front Army twice. Naturally, he was familiar with the former chief of staff of the Western Front Army. He shook hands and said, "I didn't expect that we would be together again."

Konev loosened sokolovsky's hand. Before Zhukov finished, he took the initiative to hold my hand and said with a friendly smile: "Hello, Rita, long time no see. How are you recently?"

"I'm fine, comrade Marshal! Thank you for your concern. " I quickly took konev's hand and said with a smile, "nice to meet you here!"

"By the way, comrade konev." Seeing konev shaking hands with me, Zhukov suddenly interrupted and asked, "after you take over my post, I don't know how to arrange Rita. Do you want her to come back to Moscow with me, or are you going to arrange her to work in other places?"

Konev released my hand, faced Zhukov and said, "marshal, I have been ordered to come here to take your place. As for Rita, "he said after looking at me," since the superior has not explained, I don't think it's inappropriate for her to continue to be the deputy commander of the front army. "

"Well, that's fine." As for konev's answer, Zhukov nodded his head with satisfaction and said, "Lida has been in several army groups below. She knows the situation of the front army very well. With her cooperation, I believe it will be much easier for you to carry out your work in the future."

"Yes, I think so too." Konev said to Zhukov with a smile: "Rita is a very capable commander. With her help, I believe our work in the next stage will be better carried out." After these two words, he suddenly remembered the commander who followed him. Before he could introduce him to you, he turned to the general and said, "this is my chief of staff, general zaharov."

"Hello, comrade zaharov." While shaking hands with zaharov, Zhukov turned to konev and said, "I knew zaharov as early as when he was deputy commander of the 16th group army. He was an excellent commander with fighting spirit. He once organized the defense war of klin Taiyangshan city in the defense war of Moscow."

Colin: the defensive battle of sun mountain city? Zhukov's words remind me that a few years ago, when I was the commander of the eighth division of the guards, with the cooperation of the katukov tank brigade, I successfully liberated Taiyangshan city from the German hands.

As soon as I thought of it, I heard Zhukov say, "Comrade konev, do you remember? During the Moscow war, I took Rita to take over the post of commander of the Western army. I didn't expect you to take over my post today. It's an interesting cycle. "

"Comrade marshal, do you remember that?" When konev heard Zhukov mention this, his face suddenly showed a bright smile. If Zhukov didn't show up in time at that time, he might be taken back to Moscow by voroshlov and Molotov, and sent to the military court, and then he would end up like general Pavlov. He looked at me and said to Zhukov, "when I handed over the command to you, Rita was a witness. I didn't expect that a few years later, today it's my turn to take over your post. Rita is still a witness. "

"Yeah, yeah, it's so interesting." Zhukov's mood became more relaxed at the moment: "when she was an ordinary commander, now she has become a famous general."“ According to the prisoner's confession, I heard that some German commanders, knowing that the troops they were facing were not under Rita's command, would secretly congratulate themselves. It seems that in two years' time, her name will completely surpass those of us old guys. " After praising me for a few words, konev changed the topic: "marshal, are we going to take over immediately? We need to know that the plane that will take you back to Moscow is still waiting for you at the airport."“ The plane to take me back to Moscow? " Zhukov asked unexpectedly, "why don't I know about this?"“ Well, "konev explained to Zhukov as if he didn't know anything about it," the pilot from Moscow has sent me an order to take over your command. He also has an order to send you back to Moscow today. "“ Comrade konev, let's start the handover now! " When Zhukov finished his sentence, he pointed to sokolovsky, then to zaharov, and asked tentatively, "are they going to hand over, too?"“ There is no need for this, "konev said, waving his hand." although the Supreme Command intends to merge the first and second aspects of Ukraine, it will still retain two command systems in a short period of time. The work of the first front army is still in the charge of Rita and sokolovsky, so they don't need to take over for the time being. " After Zhukov found out the situation, he immediately pulled konev to his desk and started the formal handover.