Chapter 1511

During the Moscow defense war, I witnessed konev hand over the command of the Western army to Zhukov. Now Zhukov handed over the Ukrainian "Medal of victory" to konev Khrushchev was stunned for a moment when I said this. Then he laughed and said in a relaxed tone: "it turns out that he went back to Moscow to receive the medal of victory. It seems that I am worried about it."

Khrushchev gave a dry smile and said to me, "by the way, Rita, I have another piece of good news for you."

"Good news?" When I heard what Khrushchev said, I knew that it must be exciting good news. I urged, "Comrade Khrushchev, I don't know what the good news is. Please tell me."

"According to the information we just got, because the breakthrough of Hube's troops violated Hitler's order to defend Ukraine, Manstein, who was directly responsible for this incident, was severely reprimanded by Hitler and dismissed from his post. And with him was marshal klester Khrushchev said excitedly: "Manstein, the most talented German marshal, was dismissed by Hitler. For our army, it is tantamount to losing a strong opponent."

"You're right. It's great news for us that Manstein has been dismissed." As I digested the sudden good news, I continued to ask, "I don't know who will take their place?"

"Hitler renamed the two army groups in Ukraine as the North Ukraine army group and the south Ukraine army group, and appointed marshal Modr and general schelner as commander respectively. It seems that Hitler placed great hope on them, believing that they could be competent for this position, and that they would be more resolute in carrying out their own orders and fighting with our army tenaciously. " Khrushchev said this with a heavy snort, and then added with disdain: "we will prove to Hitler by action that his two commanders will fail even worse than their predecessors."

"You are right." I agree with Khrushchev's statement that "the German army without Manstein is like a toothless tiger. In the face of our powerful attack, any resistance they make will be futile."

Just when I thought Khrushchev would hang up, I heard him saying, "by the way, Rita, I have one more thing to ask you."

"Go ahead, comrade Khrushchev." Listening to him speaking to me in this tone, I said politely: "I can't ask for advice. As long as it's something I know, I will tell you truthfully."

"Today, when you came with Zhukov, I wanted to talk about it with you. As a result, I was so upset about vatukin that I forgot it." Khrushchev said hastily, "there is a problem in our recruitment work. There are 20 recruitment centers in the city. As a result, no more than 50 people sign up every day. Do you have any good way to solve this problem? "

I surmised in my heart that Khrushchev might have been ruled by the Germans for several years, and the Ukrainians still had some resistance to the Soviet army. Although they would not confront the Soviet Army openly, it was still possible to make a small move in private. In order to resolve this contradiction, it is not good to rely on propaganda alone. We can only find another way to find other ways.

After thinking about it for a long time, I think that by learning from some of the policies of the Chinese nation towards soldiers, we may be able to improve the current unfavorable situation. Thinking of this, I said to the microphone, "Comrade Khrushchev, I think we can do both. One is to put up "military dependents" in the homes of soldiers who join the army; The second is to improve the food ration standards of military families, such as giving 100 grams of bread more every day. In doing so, the enthusiasm of the residents to join the army should be greatly enhanced. "

The first reason why I put forward these two suggestions is that both Russians and Ukrainians attach great importance to honor. If the glory card of "military dependents" is hung, families with relatives in the family who serve as soldiers will appear extremely glorious in front of others. Secondly, after the liberation of Kiev, the rationing certificate has been implemented. Each family rationed food according to the population. Military families can raise the quota standard, which is also a great temptation to those young people of the right age. When I finished, I waited quietly for Khrushchev's reply.

"That's great, Rita. That's a great suggestion you've made!" After thinking for a while, Khrushchev applauded my proposal. He repeatedly said, "I'll put up a notice at the recruitment station early tomorrow morning to publicize the two kinds of military treatment you mentioned. I don't believe in such conditions and can't recruit new soldiers."

As soon as I put down the phone, konev walked into the headquarters from the outside. When he saw me standing at my desk talking to someone on a high-frequency phone, he frowned slightly. "Rita, where's the call from?"

"Report to marshal. It's comrade Khrushchev calling from Kiev." I stood at attention and reported to konev.

"What did Khrushchev say?" Konev walked quickly up to me and asked nervously, "is there any accident?"

I didn't understand what konev meant by the accident, but I still truthfully reported what Khrushchev said to him. When he heard that Manstein had been dismissed, he couldn't help laughing. Then he turned to sokolovsky and said to them, "comrades commander, although the doctor warned me not to drink, I think it's worth a drink for such good news."

"Comrade marshal, there's good wine in the headquarters. I'll send it here." Sokolovsky said and yelled out: "come on!" With the shouting, a soldier came in from the door, faced sokolovsky and asked, "chief of staff, what instructions do you have?"“ You go to my room at once Sokolovsky went up to the soldier and said, "bring me the bottle of good wine I put in the cupboard. Do you understand? "