Chapter 1522

"Wait for me here?" Zhukov's words confused me, and I asked in surprise, "didn't general Antonov call me back to Moscow?"

"We are going to make a new offensive plan, and we need your participation. In order not to attract other people's attention, after my discussion with Comrade Stalin, I feel that if Comrade Antonov comes forward and calls you back to Moscow, it will give people the illusion that you will come back to report your work. " Zhukov said that with a sly smile on his face: "come on, Rita, everyone is waiting for you."

"Everyone is waiting for me." Zhukov's words made me more and more confused. I asked, "Comrade marshal, I don't know who is waiting for me?"

"You'll know when you go." Zhukov can't help but push me out.

"Wait a minute, comrade marshal." Although Zhukov didn't say clearly who was waiting for me, I knew in my heart that there must be Stalin and Antonov among the people I'll see later, so I rushed to Zhukov and said, "please give me a few minutes."

"Give you a few minutes?" Zhukov looked at me with regret and said, "what are you going to do?"

I gave him a smile, then pointed to my face and said, "marshal, I took the train from shepetovka to Moscow for two days. I got off the train and rushed here before I could wash my face. If I want to meet Comrade Stalin, I need to wash my face first. "

After looking me up and down, Zhukov said with a smile: "Rita, if you don't tell me, I really didn't notice. Your face is full of flowers. It's not good to see Comrade Stalin. Come on, wash your face

I walked into the bathroom connected to the office and poured cold water on my face. I suddenly became more conscious. I stare at myself in the mirror in a daze, thinking to myself: "what's the matter, why will I be suddenly recalled to Moscow? Now I'm just a deputy commander of the front army. I don't think it's up to me to tell the supreme command what offensive campaign plans to make. "

When I came out of the bathroom, Zhukov was a little impatient. He waved his head at me and said, "come on, Rita, don't let Comrade Stalin wait."

On the way to Stalin's office, I wanted to talk from Zhukov, but he was walking so fast in the carpeted corridor that I had to trot all the way to keep up with him. I didn't care to ask him any questions.

Boskelebeshev, Stalin's secretary, saw the arrival of Zhukov and me. He quickly got up from his seat and said politely to Zhukov, "Marshal Zhukov, comrade Stalin has been waiting for you. Please come in." Said, he pushed open the closed door, and reached out to do a please gesture.

I followed Zhukov and walked into the office. As soon as I entered, I habitually looked at Stalin's desk. He was sitting behind his desk, smoking and listening to Antonov's report.

Seeing our arrival, Stalin raised his hand and made a sign to Antonov to stop reporting. Then he looked at us with a smile and said, "Rita, when did you get to Moscow?"

Seeing Stalin pass Zhukov and say hello to me directly made me flustered. I stammered: "report to Comrade Stalin, I am... I arrived in Moscow an hour ago. Because I went to the wrong place, I lost some time."

Stalin nodded, put his pipe on the ashtray, picked up the telegram on the desk, dialed a number, and said to the microphone, "OK, let them all come in."

When I saw Stalin's action, I became more and more nervous. It seems that many heavyweights will appear later, which makes me more and more curious about Stalin's real intention of calling himself back to Moscow.

The door opened again from the outside, and several people entered one after another. The first was Voroshilov, who turned his head as he walked and whispered to bujonny, who was following him. Behind them, Kalinin was leaning on crutches, and Molotov was supporting him. In the back was Timoshenko, a tall man, and a tall, thin man in the uniform of an admiral.

I approached Zhukov and asked in a low voice, "Comrade marshal, who is the commander in the Navy Command?"

"Kuznetsov," Zhukov replied in a low voice, "Admiral Nikolay grasimovitch Kuznetsov, the people's commissar of the Navy, is a member of the supreme command."

After listening to Zhukov's introduction, I can't help but shrivel my mouth, saying that the navy is really not valued by the army, and that Kuznetsov, the grand commander-in-chief of the Navy, is only a general.

After everyone was seated at the long conference table covered with green cloth, Stalin suddenly called my name: "Comrade oshanina!"

When I heard that he didn't call me by my nickname, but by my surname, I knew that he must have something important to say. So I stood up from his seat, kept a standing posture, looked up at him, and waited for him to say something later.

Stalin continued: "at the Munich Conference on November 30 last year, US President Roosevelt told me personally that the Allied forces would open up a second battlefield in northern France in May 1944."

Stalin's words puzzled me. As far as I know, the Normandy landing took place on June 6, 1944. Why did Roosevelt tell Stalin that it was in May? Did my arrival make some important history deviate? While I was thinking, Stalin continued, "but three days ago, I received a private letter from Roosevelt saying that the opening of a second battlefield in northern France would be delayed for various reasons." He stopped not far from me, pointed at me with his fist clutching his pipe, and asked, "I called you back from Ukraine just to ask your opinion. Will the Allies really open up a second battlefield in France?" Stalin's words made people around the conference table have doubts. I can see that many people are mastering each other. If Stalin wasn't here, they would be whispering about what's going on. Stalin, perhaps to dispel everyone's doubts, added, "when you and Comrade Molotov went to the United States last year, they participated in the formulation of the Allied plan. Whether they will open up a second battlefield or not is up to you." After Stalin's words, except for Zhukov and Antonov, other people's faces showed a clear expression. They all focused on me and wanted to hear how I answered. At the moment, I understand that Stalin could not recall me because he wanted to reconfirm whether the Allies really had the possibility of opening up a second battlefield. Although he was suspected of being ill and rushed to hospital, I just knew the answer and the exact landing location of the allies. However, in order to avoid arousing their suspicion, after Stalin finished speaking, I pretended to ponder for a long time, and then slowly said, "Comrade Stalin, I think the reason why the Allies delayed the opening of the second battlefield may be that the landing conditions are not mature. In June at the latest, they should open up the second battlefield promised to us in the north of France. "“ Comrade o'shanina, "as soon as I finished, gallinin, who was sitting opposite me, asked," I wonder why you are so sure that the allies will keep their promise and open up a second battlefield in the north of France? "“ That's right, that's right. " As soon as Kalinin's words were finished, voroshlov asked, "they said it was May. Now it's June. Who knows if they will continue to push back after June?"“ I don't think so. " As I recalled the information about the Normandy landing that I would read later, I said slowly: "as far as I know, it is a complex problem for the Allied headquarters to determine the specific date and time, because their various services and arms will put forward different requirements according to their own needs: for example, the army requires landing at high tide, so as to reduce the exposure time of troops on the beach; The Navy requires landing at low tide in order to minimize the damage of landing craft by obstacles; The air force requires moonlight for airborne troops to identify ground targets, etc. If June is over, there will be no more days to meet such landing conditions, so we can only wait for next year. " After I said these words, I saw people's faces showing different degrees of disappointment, and immediately guessed that they thought that the Allies did not have the possibility of opening up a second battlefield this year. Then he explained with a smile: "because our army has won a series of huge victories in the right bank of Ukraine, the United States and the United States have found that if we do not open up a second battlefield, the future Europe will be under our rule, which is obviously not in the interests of the United States and the United States. Therefore, I boldly assert that the Allied forces will certainly open up a second battlefield in June."“ I agree with Comrade oshanina. "First of all, Admiral Kuznetsov gave me his support. He swung his head to the left and right. Finally, he focused on Stalin:" as a naval commander, I know more about landing operations than you do. I think the situation just mentioned by general oshanina is very complicated, It's all real. The reason why the allies are unable to land in May may may be due to inadequate preparation or the influence of climate conditions. June will be their last chance. " After Kuznetsov's words, Molotov also said unexpectedly: "some people say that war is the continuation of politics. I think this is very reasonable. In order to fight for the post-war interests in Europe, the United States and the United States will definitely enter these countries and regions ahead of our army. In that case, they will have to open up the promised second battlefield. " After listening to everyone's speech, Stalin went back to his position, sat down, gently knocked off the ash in his pipe on the ashtray, and said without hesitation: "since the Allied forces have opened up a second battlefield, it is beyond doubt, then we should discuss the main attack direction of the offensive campaign in the summer of 1944." When I heard that I was going to discuss the main attack direction of the summer offensive campaign, I admitted that my level was too low to be qualified to sit in here, so I quickly stood up again and politely said to Stalin, "Comrade Stalin, will you allow me to leave?"