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Hearing my report, Rokosovsky was also taken aback. I heard him asking Malinin next to him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do you know that your superiors sent additional artillery units to the Sixth Guards Army?... No notice! What about the transfer of the Fifth Guards Tank Corps?...Don’t know?! I understand.”

After Rokosovsky inquired about Malinin, he said embarrassingly: "Lida, whether it is the transfer of the tank army or the additional artillery force by you, I don't know at all."

"Comrade Commander," as soon as he finished speaking, I quickly asked: "Although it is difficult for us to use tank units on a large scale in the existing area, the upper-level tank units have all been transferred. Fighting will still have an impact."

Hearing what I said, Rokosovsky was silent for a while before he said: "Lida, we may soon launch a full-scale offensive against the Germans in Leningrad and Belarus at the same time. Put the guards on the tank. The transfer of the Five Armies may be due to the fact that the superiors considered that the army had a large number of new tanks, and when they launched a tank battle with the German armored forces on the open plains, they could gain an absolute advantage. The tank army was transferred away, and I believe it would not be much longer. In time, we will add new tanks to you."

In fact, according to what I have learned, in the north of Mozyri and Kalinković, there are too many swamp areas to deploy too many tanks. The superiors gave us so many artillery, even without tanks, we can still siege cities and land. However, Rokosovsky said that the news of an offensive against the Germans in the near future confirmed my excitement. I tentatively asked: "Comrade General, I can ask, when will our army launch a counterattack against the Germans?"

"Lida, this offensive is mainly due to the coordination of the Leningrad Front and Volkhov Front, the 2nd Front of the Baltic Sea and the Red Flag Baltic Fleet in Leningrad and surrounding areas against the German Army Group North." Unexpectedly, after Rokosovsky heard this question from me, he actually said in business terms: "Because our front army's mission is only to cooperate with friendly forces, there are not many troops participating in the war, and your group army will not participate in this offensive battle. "

"That's really a shame," I heard that this counterattack did not belong to our army, and I was a little disappointed in my heart. I said sourly: "Seeing that we can only hold on to Moziri and Kalinkovic, The confrontation with the Ninth Army of the German Army continued, watching the friendly forces annihilate the enemy."

"Speaking of the Ninth Army of the German Army, I remembered something and I want to notify you. The former commander of the Army Group, Model, was appointed by Hitler as the commander-in-chief of the German Army Group North." Rokosovsky's tone was steady. He said: "As for who will take over the post of commander of the Ninth Army, it is not yet clear, so you have to prevent the German army from giving you a sudden blow after the change of commander."

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Hearing Rokosovsky's concern, I said disapprovingly: "We have been waiting strictly, and the Germans will not come. As long as they come, we will definitely beat them down. ."

When I put down the phone, I found that everyone sitting at the table was focusing on me. Kistyakov asked on behalf of everyone: "Comrade Commander, I don't know what good news Comrade General told you. "

"It's really good news." After I finished speaking, I walked to the wall, picked up the explanation stick and pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Look, everyone, in January last year, the Leningrad Front and the Volkhov Front In the south of Schlusselburg, the troops carried out a campaign to break through the encirclement of the German army and successfully restored the land connection between the city and the country.

After a year of preparations, the Supreme Command is ready to carry out a larger-scale campaign to eliminate the German forces in the area. In a few days, the Leningrad Front will launch a large-scale offensive campaign against the German Army Group North in Leningrad and Novgorod with the Volkhov Front, the Baltic 2nd Front and the Red Flag Baltic Fleet. .

According to my judgment, after the end of this battle, our troops will be able to completely liberate Leningrad blocked by the North German Army, eliminate the entire territory of Leningrad Oblast and part of the territory of Kaliningrad Oblast, and smoothly advance to Estonia. Territory. "

After listening to my remarks, Beloborodov, who was full of doubts, asked: "Comrade Commander, are you really so sure of our New Year offensive? After this round of battle, Can you really achieve the huge, or even brilliant, results you said?"

I was considering how to answer this question of Beloborodov. Bezikov had already smiled and replied: "General Beloborodov, you may not have much time to deal with our commander, so Will ask. You know that even Marshal Zhukov said that she has a strategic vision, and she can give a rough idea of ​​what kind of results can be achieved at the beginning of a battle."

Hearing Bezikov's praise of me, I felt a little bit self-confident. In fact, I just knew a little bit of the course of history. Otherwise, how could it be possible before the start of the defense of Moscow, the defense of Stalingrad, and the battle of Kursk? Tell Zhukov conclusively that our army will definitely win the final victory.

I saw that Bezikov would continue to speak, and quickly raised his hand to interrupt him, and said to Beloborodov: "Comrade General, our army has gradually gained an advantage on the battlefield, although it cannot be done right away. Drive all the enemies away from our country, but every subsequent battle will achieve great results. After consuming a lot of German troops, one city after another will be liberated from fascist rule. ."

Before I finished speaking, the high-frequency phone on the table rang suddenly. I stared at the phone that can make outside calls, and muttered to myself, who will call me at this time? Bezikov was the nearest to the phone, he grabbed the phone casually, put the receiver to his ear and listened for a while, and his expression of joy suddenly appeared, and he kept saying: "Understand, understand, I fully understand!"

After he put down the phone, I asked curiously: "Chief of Staff, who is calling the call?"

"Comrade Commander, the call is from General Malinin, Chief of Staff of the Front Army." Bezikov stood up and faced me and said, "He told me that he had just received a notice from his superior. The superior will send us a new one tomorrow. The infantry army."

"The new infantry army?" When I heard Bezikov say this, I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and quickly asked, "What's the serial number?"

"It is the 103rd Infantry Corps, which has jurisdiction over the 29th and 270th Infantry Divisions," Bezikov replied, "There are also two tank brigades and two tank regiments."

When Kistyakov heard this, he interjected and asked: "Where are the names of the tank brigade and tank regiment?"

Bezikov turned his head to Kistyakov and said: "Guards 34th Tank Brigade and Guards 2nd Tank Regiment, 143rd Tank Brigade and 47th Tank Regiment."

"Then the superior said that in addition to the Fifth Guards Tank Army, which troops should be transferred away?" I asked.

Bezikov looked at the two commanders of the Guards sitting opposite him and said: "General Sivakov’s 22nd Guards Corps, in addition to retaining the 90th Guards Division, added the 47th and 51st Infantry Guards. Division; and the Guards Army of General Tavartkilasze retained the 51st Guards Division, joined the 67th and 71st Guards Divisions of the original army, and transferred the 52nd Guards Division and the 375th Infantry Division. "Speaking of this, he turned his head and looked at me and continued, "At the same time, the ninth division of the guards of General Xie Liujin, who is directly under the group army, was transferred."

After listening to him, I calculated it in my heart, and then said slowly: "The chief of staff, that is to say, in addition to the transfer of the Fifth Guards Corps of General Beelei, the superiors have to transfer them. Our 52nd Guards Division, the 77th Guards Division, the 8.9th Guards Division, and the 375th Infantry Division, right?"

Bezikov heard me asking this, he calculated for a moment, and then replied: "Yes, Comrade Commander, that's it. The superior immediately transferred four of our infantry divisions and one tank corps."

"Although we were transferred four infantry divisions, the superiors have added two armies and five infantry divisions for us." Kistyakov saw Bezikov's face pale and stood up in order to enliven the atmosphere. He smiled and said: "In this way, our strength has not been weakened, but has been greatly strengthened."

"But, Comrade Deputy Commander." Bezikov said unconvincedly: "With the infantry division transferred together, there is also General Bely's tank army, which still has a great influence on our ability to attack fortresses. "

"Chief of Staff, I think you are worrying too much." Kistyakov said with a relaxed expression: "You must know that in the northern areas of Mozyri and Kalinkovic, it is impossible to use large-scale tank forces at all, so Only when the superiors move away the tank corps, they will replenish us with a large number of artillery troops. With so many artillery troops, I believe that we should not be a problem in capturing cities heavily guarded by the enemy."

Perhaps seeing the atmosphere in the room become a bit tense, Beloborodov suddenly said: "Comrade Commander, I have a request. I ask you to let our army take part in the battle to liberate Belarus as the main force."

As soon as his words fell, Sivakov next to him was a little unhappy: "General Beloborodov, why should your troops be responsible for the attack on Belarus? Let us leave this task to our army. ."

Seeing that Sivakov was going to compete with himself, Beloborodov smiled and proposed a compromise solution to the other party: "General Sivakov, do you think this will work, we two At the same time, the army launched an offensive against Belarus, to see whose unit first put the red flag on the roof of the municipal building."

When I heard Beloborodov say this, I couldn’t help but curiously asked: "General Beloborodov, why did I put the red flag on the roof of the municipal building?" According to my idea, as long as the troops rushed When you enter the city, it is a great victory to put a red flag on the roof of any tall building.

Unexpectedly, Beloborodov looked at me and said strangely: "Comrade Commander, don't you know that Belarus is a city built in the Middle Ages?"

Beloborodov’s words made me more confused, and I asked inexplicably: "Putting the red flag on the roof of the municipal building does not seem to have any connection with whether the city was built in the Middle Ages?"

"According to medieval tradition," Beloborodov patiently explained to me: "As long as the flag is placed on the roof of the city's municipal building, it represents the occupation of the city."

I turned my head to look at Kirilov, and asked in a low voice, "Comrade Military Commissioner, is there such a tradition?"

Kirilov nodded slightly, then smiled and said to Beloborodov: "General Beloborodov, our commander is still young, and she doesn’t know much about traditional things. So I don’t know the tradition of putting a flag on the roof of a municipal building whenever a city built in the Middle Ages is captured."

After Kirilov finished speaking, I asked tentatively: "Comrade Military Commissioner, I have a question. Is it possible to put the red flag on the roof of the municipal building, even if the battle in the city has not yet been determined. , Are we considered as occupying this city?"

"Yes, that's it~lightnovelpub.net~Kirilov smiled and nodded, and gave me an affirmative answer.

After listening to his explanation, I seemed to understand something. No wonder that when the Battle of Berlin was still in full swing, some commanders organized a special team to plant the red flag on the dome of the Reichstag. It turned out to be because of this tradition.

After seeing me clarifying the meaning of planting the flag in the municipal building, Kirilov suddenly changed the topic and said to me: "Lida, many of our troops will be leaving in the next few days. All division-level commanders convened for a meeting and practiced it for them by the way?"

In fact, if Kirilov doesn’t say anything, I will also gather the teachers who are going to leave. After all, after fighting together for so long, they get along very harmoniously with each other. It is very necessary for them to practice. . Therefore, I nodded and said: "I agree with Comrade Military Commissioner that it is very necessary for our comrades in arms to practice before they rush to the new battlefield."

After finishing speaking, I told Bezikov: "The chief of staff, the four infantry divisions that are about to be transferred from the higher level will not leave until the new troops arrive here to take over. So the practice ceremony held for them can be Push it back a little bit. And General Bere will lead his troops to withdraw from our defense area tomorrow. I think we should give him and the commanders of the tank army at all levels to practice it." (To be continued.)