Chapter 1529

Hearing this difficult problem, vasilevsky looked at me, but said to Zhukov: "marshal, I remember when I was in Stalingrad, tens of thousands of people were drawn from the Gulag concentration camp into the team to defend the city. One of the infantry divisions, consisting entirely of prisoners, was handed over to Comrade oshanina. "

"Well, comrade chief of the general staff." As soon as vasilevsky's words were finished, Antonov immediately added: "the troops under the command of general oshanina have been staying at the mamayev post, blocking the enemy who is trying to rush to the port, so that the communication between the city's garrison and the outside world has never been interrupted. It can be said that without the tenacious fighting of this army, we will certainly pay a greater price if we want to win the final victory of the battle of Stalingrad. "

After listening to their praise, Zhukov glanced at me. Then he looked at vasilevsky again and asked, "Comrade vasilevsky, do you mean to add the prisoners of Gulag concentration camp to the army again?"

"Yes, comrade marshal." Antonov said: "I think in addition to the prisoners in Gulag concentration camp, the criminals in the prison can also be incorporated into the army. After all, the proportion of women and children in Gulag concentration camp is not small. They can't take up arms and go to fight."

As for Antonov's statement, Zhukov thought for a moment, and then replied, "Comrade Antonov, I agree that the prisoners of Gulag concentration camp have been incorporated into the army. After all, there are successful precedents before; However, I firmly oppose the incorporation of criminal offenders into the armed forces. We must not say that they have no military training or combat experience. If they are incorporated into the armed forces rashly, it will not only affect our combat effectiveness, but also undermine military discipline. Even if we are short of troops, we can't cram these black sheep into our army. "

"But, comrade marshal." I saw Antonov take a look at vasilevsky. After getting permission from the latter, he continued: "in recent years, we have been conscripting troops all over the country, and the soldiers are on the verge of exhaustion. Now, except for the elderly, the women who work in many factories and collective farms are all of different ages."

While several people are studying the question of where to replenish their troops, I am considering what Ivanov just said. If the focus of the next round of attack really continues to be Ukraine, rather than Belarus, will the benefits be greater? At least at the end of the offensive campaign, Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia can withdraw from the German camp and become our allies.

My side is full of imagination, while Zhukov and vasilevsky are on the side, arguing about whether to grant amnesty to criminal offenders and incorporate them into the army. In the real history, in the later period of the war, the Soviet Army incorporated a large number of criminal offenders into the army, which led to the deterioration of the military discipline of the army, and committed countless crimes in Germany.

"Tell me, Rita, how we can solve the problem of shortage of troops." I was just thinking about it when I heard Zhukov's voice. Seeing me looking at him, he quickly added, "I know you are always resourceful. Do you have any good suggestions?"

When Zhukov was also the commander of the first front army of Ukraine, I suggested to him that the rescued prisoners of war should be incorporated into the army after screening. At that time, although he was a little reluctant to listen to my suggestion, after careful consideration, he finally incorporated them into the first and second front army. At this moment, I heard that Zhukov's old story was brought up again, so I again put forward my original point of view: "I think we should consider those prisoners of war who were rescued from the prison camp. If they are screened and incorporated into the field forces, the current situation of insufficient troops can be solved."

"Comrade oshanina," Antonov said with a frown as soon as I finished, "Comrade Stalin once said: we have no prisoners of war, only traitors to our motherland. Are you going to incorporate these traitors into our army? "

Seeing that Antonov, who has always been more easygoing, was so resistant to the reorganization of prisoners of war, I couldn't help crying in my heart that even if my proposal was passed by them, it would have to go through Stalin. I thought they could be my help, but now I find that I think too much, they may become my resistance. I tried to persuade Antonov: "Comrade deputy chief of general staff, although they were captured by the German army, they did not give in to the enemy for such a long time. If they can be incorporated into our army, they will shine brilliantly on the battlefield with their incomparable hatred for the German army and strong vengeance. "

"But have you ever thought that if they were incorporated into the army," Zhukov and vasilevsky said in silence, only Antonov was still debating with me, "what should we do when they lay down their arms on the battlefield and surrender to the enemy?"

"No, comrade deputy chief of the general staff." Seeing Antonov's stubborn attitude, I can only continue to tell him the truth: "after being captured, some of our officers and men were shot on the spot by the Germans, some died on the way to the prison camp, and the rest were kept in the prison camp by the enemy, suffering from inhuman torture. Even so, they did not turn to the Germans. Now that they have the chance of revenge, I believe they will cherish it. "

"Well, we won't discuss the issue of soldiers for the time being." After interrupting Antonov and I, Zhukov looked at vasilevsky and said, "let's make a plan for the battle of Belarus as soon as possible."

Several people gathered around the map and began to discuss nervously. Zhukov and vasilevsky alternately expounded their thoughts on the campaign, while Ivanov became a recorder, constantly recording what they said one by one.

After the draft of the attack plan came out, it was evening. Vasilevsky raised his hand and looked at his watch. He tentatively asked Zhukov, "marshal, it's time for dinner. Would you like to deal with it in our officers' canteen first? To make it, the food in our canteen is not bad. "

"No," Zhukov waved down vasilevsky's suggestion and said to himself, "we'd better get to the Kremlin as soon as possible and hand over this plan to Comrade Stalin."

Zhukov's proposal was echoed by vasilevsky. He nodded his head and said, "yes, we should pass this plan to Comrade Stalin as soon as possible to see if he has any objection."

Reporting to Stalin certainly did not require all the heads of the General Staff Headquarters to come forward, so the only people who went to the Kremlin by car were me, Zhukov and vasilevsky.

Seeing the three of us coming together, boskelebeshev quickly stood up, walked around the desk to us, bowed slightly and asked politely, "two marshals, do you want to see the Supreme Commander himself?"

Zhukov nodded and politely said to boskelebeshev, "yes, we have something urgent to see Comrade Stalin. Please go and report it."

Bosklebshev nodded, turned, pushed open the side door, went in, and closed the door behind him. After a while, he opened the door and came out. He said to Zhukov, "two marshals, please come in."

I heard that boskhlebeshev did not mention my name, so he did not follow Zhukov to meet Stalin, but stayed in the room outside.

Bosklebshev pointed to the empty chair and said politely, "don't mention it, comrade oshanina. Please sit down. The two marshals reported to the supreme commander that they could not get out for an hour or two. "

Seeing me sit down, he poured me a cup of hot tea and put it in front of me. Then he sat down and chatted with me. The topic revolved around this trip to Belarus. Although he is Stalin's secretary, there are some things I can't tell him without permission. So I just talked with him about some unimportant things without mentioning anything confidential.

Talking about Belarus, I suddenly thought of Valentina, who had just lost her father, and asked pokskelebeshev curiously, "Comrade pokskelebeshev, do you know the leaders of tutayev?"

When he heard my question, posklebershev didn't speak, just a smile. His smile made me understand that I asked a silly question. Since he was Stalin's secretary, what does it matter if he doesn't know the leaders below? To do something, he just needs to make a phone call, and those people have done it for him.

Thinking of this, I hastened to give a general account of the situation of Valentina's family to boskelebeshev. Finally, he asked nervously, "Comrade boskelebeshev, do you think local leaders can take special care of the child's family?"

"Comrade oshanina," bosklebshev asked politely and distantly, "what's the relationship between this child named Valentina and you? Do you have any relatives? "

I shook my head and answered honestly, "I didn't know this little girl before I went to Belarus. I want to help her because it's so pathetic to see her

Bosklebshev looked at me for a moment, then opened a small book on the table, picked up the pencil and asked, "what's the child's full name? How old are you? Where does her mother work? "

After hearing these questions, I knew that boskelebeshev was going to help me. He quickly poured out everything he knew: "the child's full name is Valentina frakimirovna Tereshkova, seven years old. I don't know her mother's name. She's just a weaver

After boskelebeshev finished recording what I said, he closed the book, looked up and said to me, "don't worry, comrade oshanina. I will call the leader of tutayev at the right time."

"Thank you, thank you! Comrades boskhlebeshev After I took boskelebeshev's hand, I said gratefully, "I thank you on behalf of my child. In the future, my child will be grateful to you when he grows up."

Just then the telephone on the desk rang. As soon as he picked up the phone and listened to it for a moment, bosklebshev immediately stood up, straightened up and continued to listen. From his reaction, I can guess that Stalin in the house must have made this call. A moment later, I heard him say out loud, "I see, comrade Stalin!"

After he put down the phone, he made a gesture to me with a smile and said, "Comrade oshanina, comrade Stalin wants to see you, you go in!" After thanking him again, I went into the door he had pushed open. As soon as I entered the room, I saw Stalin and Zhukov sitting at the other end of the conference table far away from the door, and hurried over. When I came to Stalin, I stopped. Instead of saluting, I stood at attention, straightened my back and said respectfully, "Hello, comrade Stalin, I have been ordered to come. Please give me instructions!" Stalin pointed to an empty seat beside Zhukov and said, "Rita, sit down." After I sat down, he stood up, clutching his iconic pipe, walked back and forth behind his vacant chair, and said slowly, "Rita, just now Zhukov and vasilevsky reported to me the draft of the offensive campaign in Belarus, and also talked about a proposal you put forward. You said that you intend to integrate all the prisoners of war who have been rescued into our army, right When I heard Stalin's question, I immediately stood up from my seat and replied respectfully: "yes, comrade Stalin, I think these prisoners of war are soldiers. As long as they are carefully screened out and removed, the rest can fight immediately after they are incorporated into the army..." "don't you know that I said: 'we don't have prisoners of war, Only traitors of the motherland? " Stalin stopped, put his hands on the back of his chair, and asked: "if they were incorporated into the army, what would the commanders and fighters who are loyal to the motherland and the people think?" My heart beat faster when I saw the sign of Stalin turning over again. But I didn't turn back. Since I have mentioned this topic, there is absolutely no reason to give up halfway. So I repeated what I just said to Zhukov and vasilevsky, and finally added: "as far as I know, the Germans are recruiting defectors in various prison camps, preparing to form an army to cooperate with the German army. If we continue to discriminate against these prisoners of war and do not give them the opportunity to commit crimes, then they will stand on our opposite side. "“ Such an army is nothing to worry about, "Stalin said after hearing what I said." our army can easily defeat them. "“ Even if this army supported by the German army no longer has any combat effectiveness, they will also contain our army? " Seeing Stalin's obstinacy, my voice was discontented and impatient: "if they have 100000 people, we can at least use the same or more troops to defeat or destroy them..." "enough, don't say any more." Stalin put his hand on the back of the chair and threw it to the ground. When I heard the loud crash of the chair, I knew Stalin was angry, so I closed my mouth. At the same time, I seemed to hear the sound of opening the door behind me. It was as if bosklebshev had pushed the door in to see what was going on in the room“ There's nothing to do here. Go out first. " Stalin waved behind me, then came up to me and said in a teachable tone, "Rita, do you know, I can take you to the military court just by what you just said."“ Comrade Stalin, I think what Lida said... "Seeing that Stalin was angry, Zhukov quickly stood up and prepared to say a few good words for me“ Come on, comrade Zhukov, you don't have to say it. " Stalin interrupted Zhukov, pointed to the door with his hand and said to me, "you can go. You are not allowed to enter the Kremlin one more step without my order. " Seeing that Stalin gave me an expulsion order, I gave him a wry smile, raised my hand and saluted him, then turned and strode out of the room. Outside, Persian klebshev looked at me and did not speak. He just looked at me sympathetically. He might have guessed that I was driven out because I angered Stalin.