Chapter 1562

In the next few days, all the troops of the front army went well, and they quickly pushed forward to the border of the Soviet Union. Among them, the most dazzling performance is katukov's close guard tank 1st group army.

At noon on July 20, general katukov called the headquarters. He excitedly reported to konev, "marshal, I have the honor to report to you that my vanguard troops have successfully crossed the border of the Soviet Union and are advancing into Poland."

"What, comrade katukov, what do you say?" When he heard katukov's report, konev couldn't believe his ears. He said in a loud voice to the microphone, "repeat what you just said."

In fact, no matter who I am, even sokolovsky and kleinukov, who are standing on one side, have heard katukov's report clearly. At the same time, we approached konev a few steps to listen to katukov's report carefully.

At the other end of the phone, katukov repeated what he had just said aloud: "Comrade marshal, our vanguard troops have successfully crossed the border of the Soviet Union and are advancing into Poland."

"Comrade katukov, I congratulate you." After listening to katukov's report, konev said excitedly, "please thank your subordinates for their tenacious fighting. It is because of their tenacious fighting that we can break through the German defense line so smoothly and advance to the border of Poland."

"Marshal, what is the nearest Polish city to them?" Just when konev was overjoyed, kleinukov reminded him: "if possible, we can concentrate our forces to capture the city first."

Konev nodded at kleinukov's proposal and then asked through the microphone, "Comrade katukov, which city is closest to your troops at present?"

"Haium." Katukov clearly replied, "it's haium, the city of Lublin province in southeastern Poland."

"I see." Konev decisively ordered: "general katukov, the task I'm giving you now is to gather all your forces and take haium down to me. Do you understand? "

"Yes, comrade marshal." Katukov assured: "I will take haium down in the shortest time, you can rest assured."

Konev put down the phone and looked around at us. He didn't speak for a long time. Finally, it was sokolovsky who took the lead in breaking the silence. He asked suspiciously, "Comrade marshal, our troops have reached the border of the Soviet Union and smoothly entered Poland."

Konev closed his eyes, nodded his head, and said in a voice that was a little out of tune with excitement, "three years, our troops have finally returned to the border with Poland."

Military commissar kleinukov suggested to konev: "Comrade marshal, this matter should be reported to Moscow immediately. I believe Comrade Stalin will be very happy to hear such news."

"That's right, comrade military Commissar. You are right. We should immediately tell Comrade Stalin the good news." With that, konev grabbed the high-frequency phone on the desk again, dialed a number and said, "I'm konev, get me Moscow."

After the phone was connected, the first voice from the receiver was Bosque liebeshev's voice: "Hello, marshal konev! This is bosklebshev. What can I do for you

"How do you do, posklebeshev." Konev asked in a friendly voice, "I have something important to report to Comrade Stalin immediately. Can you help me put the phone in?"

I thought bosklebershev would immediately transfer the phone, but he said in embarrassment: "Stalin is talking with comrades from Poland. I don't think it's appropriate to transfer the phone at this time."

"Comrades boskelebeshev, please make sure you transfer the call." Although konev met a soft nail, he said firmly: "I have important news and I want to report it to Comrade Stalin immediately."

Bosklebshev hesitated for a moment, and finally replied, "well, marshal konev, I'll transfer the call for you."

A moment later, Stalin came out of the receiver with a voice of discontent: "Comrade konev, I'm talking with a comrade from Poland. Do you have anything important?"

After Stalin finished speaking, konev immediately said with a smile: "Comrade Stalin, I have a good news to report to you: not long ago, general katukov's first group of close guard tanks successfully broke through the German defense, crossed our national border and entered Poland."

"What, our troops have entered Poland?" Stalin was also shocked by the sudden good news. He asked suspiciously, "Comrade konev, has this news been confirmed?"

As for Stalin's prudence, konev seriously replied, "this was reported to me by general katukov himself. I think it should be true. At present, his troops are advancing towards haium. "

"This is really exciting news, comrade konev." After Comrade Stalin finished his sentence, there was no sound in the receiver. According to my experience, Stalin should have covered the microphone with his hand and was reporting the good news to the Polish representatives in the talks.

After a while, Stalin's voice came from the receiver again: "Comrade konev, please tell general katukov that he must liberate hewum today anyway. Is there any difficulty? " Although katukov's tank army has entered Poland, it is still unknown when it will capture hewum. However, since Stalin had given such an order, konev could only reply with a stiff head: "don't worry, comrade Stalin, I believe we can take haium before dark."“ Well, since you are so confident, I'll wait for your good news. " As soon as konev put down the phone, he immediately told sokolovsky: "chief of staff, call krasovsky, commander of the second group army of the air force, and order him to prepare to send out aviation troops to bomb hewum. At the same time, the other forces that ordered to go out to the Polish border also quickly approached katukov's forces. " Haiwum is just a small city. When I attack with the 1st group army of katukov's close guard tank, I feel like killing chickens with a butcher's knife. If I really transfer a few more divisions, let alone fight, tens of thousands of troops will trample on all the Germans here. But without waiting for us to use these preparatory measures, katukov called again and reported to konev excitedly: "marshal, when my vanguard arrived at haiwum, the enemy outside the city abandoned the city and fled without fighting with us. Now we have successfully occupied the city."“ Great, comrade katukov. That's great. " When he heard the good news, konev's face burst into laughter. A few minutes ago, he was worried that he would not finish Stalin's task and was still arranging the deployment of troops. A few minutes later, we got the good news that the city had been liberated. So he said boldly, "I'm going to honor the first army to rush into haium and give them the honorary title of" haium army. "