Chapter 1178 The old partner takes office

The troops trapped in the 813 Factory, under the command of Bronnikov, after a fierce battle, successfully broke through the siege of the Imperial Division. More than 400 of the more than 2,000 commanders and fighters were successfully withdrawn to the north. On the left bank of the Donets River, where it joins the main force.

  Not long after the Soviet army lost Kharkov, Belgorod was also occupied by the Great Germanic Motorized Rifle Division. The main force of the Voronezh Front had to choose to retreat repeatedly under the attack of the German army.

   Fortunately, the troops of the 6th and 21st Army launched a feint attack in the direction of Barvinkovo, and the troops of the Southwest Front Army also actively feinted towards Igyum, forcing the Germans to stop their pursuit. In this way, the Voronezh Front, which had retreated across the North Donets River, could establish a new defensive position along the river bank in the Oboyan area south of Kursk.

  Sokov is now a member of the Steppe Front Army, and even the commander of the Front Army is not favored by his superiors, let alone a commander of a small army group. Because it was a week later that he learned the news that the Voronezh Front Army had withdrawn to the left bank of the North Donets River.

   After understanding this information, Sokov couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't expect that the correction of history is so strong. It was thought that after severely injuring Hausser's SS, the fate of Kharkov-Belgorod's fall could be avoided, and this enemy-friend situation could be maintained until the Battle of Kursk began.

   Who knew that as soon as he was transferred from the Sixth Army, Manstein re-launched the attack on Kharkov-Belgorod and succeeded, which he never expected.

   But regardless of whether Kharkov is in the hands of the Germans or the Soviet army, it has nothing to do with Sokov's half a kopek. His main energy is now focused on training troops. Only by training a strong soldier in a short period of time can he make more achievements in the next two years.

  Sameko saw that Sokov was sitting at the table in a daze after answering a phone call, so he asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, what are you thinking, I see you are sitting here in a daze."

   "Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov looked up at Sameko and said with a wry smile, "I just got the news that Kharkov-Belgorod has fallen into the hands of the enemy again."

"What, Kharkov-Belgorod is lost?" Sameko said in surprise: "We are near this area. We don't have so many troops. How could the Germans easily take our city?" ?”

   Sokov didn't know how to answer Sameko's question for a while. In fact, he was also quite puzzled. According to the real history, the German troops who captured Kharkov were the three SS divisions under the command of Hausser. Not long ago, these three divisions suffered a devastating blow from themselves. , How could it recover so quickly and even regain the city?

  Just as Sokov was thinking about how to answer, the phone on the desk rang. Sameko picked it up and listened for a moment, then said, "I see, I will report to Comrade Commander immediately."

  Sokov heard Sameko mentioning himself and didn't know what happened. As soon as the other party put down the phone, he immediately asked, "Comrade Chief of Staff, what happened?"

  "The checkpoint on duty outside the town reported that General Susaikov, the military commissar of the Front Army, had arrived."

   When he learned that the Military Commissioner of the Front Army had arrived, Sokov was surprised: "Chief of Staff, what's going on? Why didn't you tell me in advance that the Military Commissioner of the Front Army is coming?"

"Comrade Commander, you are blaming me." Hearing Sokov's criticism of himself, Sameko said with aggrieved face: "I have not received any notification at all, and I don't know why Comrade Military Commissar of the Front Army will come."

"What's going on, we'll investigate later." Seeing that Sameko didn't know about Susaikov's coming, Sokov guessed that a duty officer from the headquarters might have answered the call, but he forgot to notify Himself and Sameko. Now I can only finish receiving Susaikov, and then slowly pursue the matter: "Let's go out to meet Comrade Front Army Military Commissioner first."

After the three jeeps parked at the entrance of the headquarters one by one, the passenger door of the car in the middle opened, and a major came out from inside. After getting out of the car, he immediately opened the rear door and held the roof of the car with his hand to prevent the inside from entering. people bump heads.

   Soon, a person got out of the car. It was General Susaikov whom Sokov knew. He hurried forward with Sameko, raised his hand to salute each other, and reported in accordance with the regulations: "Comrade Military Commissar of the Front Army, Major General Sokov (Sameko), commander of the 27th Army, reports to you, welcome to our army inspect."

  Susaikov shook hands with the two, smiled and said to Sokov: "General Sokov, I brought you an old friend."

   "Old friend?" Sokov asked in surprise, "Who is it?"

  Susaikov smiled and did not answer, but turned his head and said to the car: "Get down."

  When the people in the car appeared in the sight of everyone, Sokov couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "General Lunev, so it's you?"

   "That's right, Comrade Commander." Lunev grabbed Sokov's hand and said with a smile, "I'm looking for you again."

   Sokov looked at Susaikov who was a little puzzled, trying to figure out what was going on. Susaikov smiled and explained to Sokov: "General Sokov, after Comrade Lunev's application and the serious consideration of his superiors, he has decided to formally appoint Comrade Lunev as the military commissar and political commissar of your army."

   Knowing that his superiors let Lunev continue to serve as a military commissar for himself, Sokov couldn't help being overjoyed. A few days ago, he was still worried that his superiors would send someone who didn't know the details to serve as his military committee member, and there might be unnecessary conflicts due to the concept of military training. But now the military commissioner appointed by the superior is actually his former partner Lunev, which immediately made Sukov let go of a huge rock in his heart.

   "Hello, Comrade Military Commissioner." Sameko raised his hand to salute Lunev, and then introduced himself, "I am the Chief of Staff of the Group Army, and we will fight side by side together in the future."

   "Hello, Comrade Chief of Staff." Lunev held Sameko's hand and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you."

   "Since everyone knows each other, please come in." After the simple greetings were over, Sokov greeted everyone and said, "Let's continue talking inside."

The four came to the headquarters, and after sitting down, Susaikov looked at Sokov and said: "General Sokov, my task today is to send Comrade Lunev to take up the post. The introduction can be avoided.”

"General Susaikov," Lunev said to Susaikov with a smile, "Although Comrade Sokov and I have not been partners for a long time, we get along very well. If we can live in harmony, there will be no problems in the 27th Army now."

   As soon as Lunev finished speaking, a staff officer brought tea and pastries. After the staff put all kinds of pastries on the table one by one, Sokov greeted Susaikov and Lunev: "You two, please drink tea and eat."

Seeing all kinds of pastries in front of him, Lunev said with some surprise: "Comrade Commander, it seems that you have a good life here. I have been in the Sixth Army for so long, but I have never I saw you greeted friends with pastries."

"Comrade Military Commissar, this cannot be compared." Although Sukov knew that Lunev's complaint was tinged with ridicule, in order not to misunderstand Susaikov, he still explained: "We are stationed in the In the Red Army Village, it was more than a thousand kilometers away from the supply base in the rear. But here, it is the outskirts of Moscow, and a lot of supplies destined for Moscow have to pass through our defense zone, so our supplies will naturally be much more abundant than before gone."

   "The supply of materials is sufficient." Lunev was eager to know the situation of the troops, so he took the opportunity to ask: "What about the replenishment of weapons and ammunition? Can you still get the original equipment?"

Sokov knew that the weapons Lunev mentioned referred to the new rockets and bazookas equipped in the army before, so he shook his head and said, "Comrade military commissar, the superiors have not equipped us with the equipment you mentioned yet. .But I believe it won't be long before the equipment we are familiar with will continue to be supplied to our troops again."

   "What are you two talking about?" Susaikov who was on the side heard the two talking non-stop like a riddle, and asked in surprise, "Why can't I understand anything?"

"General Susaikov, let me explain this to you." Lunev turned to Susaikov and said, "The reason why we have repeatedly defeated the German army and achieved brilliant results in the past is that apart from proper command, In addition to the bravery of the commanders and fighters, there are also two new types of weapons that have something to do with it."

"Two new weapons?" Since the new rockets and bazookas have only been equipped with Sokov's troops so far, not many people know about them. Although Susaikov is the military commissar of the Front Army, he has insufficient authority. Naturally, it is impossible to know this new weapon: "What new weapon, why have I never heard of it?"

Lunev went on to say: "One is a new type of rocket, which is launched by a launcher. Since the launcher and the rocket are not large in size, they can be launched in any terrain, and the lethality is huge. It can be said that German nightmare.

  Secondly, it is the bazooka used to hit the tank. Within a range of 120 meters, all German tanks except the Tiger can be destroyed, so that we don't need to exchange the lives of a few, a dozen or even dozens of soldiers for an enemy tank. "

  Susaikov frowned, and asked in surprise, "But why have I never heard of these two weapons?"

   "This is a newly developed weapon and it is still in the testing stage." Lunev explained: "It has not been deployed to the troops yet, and it is normal for you not to know."

   "Since there are no troops," Susaikov looked at Sokov and then at Lunev with puzzled eyes: "Then why can your troops get these two weapons?"

"The reason is very simple." Lunev said with a smile: "Because these two weapons were invented by Comrade Sokov, it is only normal to put the weapons testing work in their troops. "

Lunev's words aroused Susaikov's great interest. He turned to look at Sokov and asked, "General Sokov, do you have that new weapon in your army? I want to see what it looks like, go back To report to General Konev."

"I'm sorry, Comrade Military Commissar." After listening to Susaikov's request, Sokov said apologetically: "Although the 41st Guards Division I originally commanded was equipped with such weapons in large quantities, it is regrettable that However, these two new types of weapons do not exist in today's troops."

Susaikov came to the 27th Army this time, just to send Lunev to the post, not to understand any new weapons. Since Suskov said that the current army does not have any, he did not force it. After chatting for a while, he went Get up and say goodbye.

After Susaikov left, Sameko asked Sokov in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, I saw that there are a small number of new rockets and rocket launchers in the guard company commanded by Captain Seryozha. Why don't you let them go?" Comrade Military Commissar of the Front Army, how about you take a look?"

"Comrade commander, what is going on?" Lunev heard what Sameko said clearly, and couldn't help asking curiously: "Since you have those two weapons in your army, why didn't you let General Susaykov How about a look?"

"Comrade Military Commissar, you should remember that when I left the Sixth Army, I took a small amount of new rockets and bazookas with me. These equipment saved my life on the way. When I arrived here, the remaining quantity There are only a handful of them." Seeing Lunev and Sameko's puzzled looks, Sokov explained to them, "If General Susaikov sees new weapons, he will definitely ask me to hand over a batch of them." Give it to him, take it back to the front army headquarters for the commander to see. In this way, we will lose all the equipment in our hands, what should we do if we encounter a fierce battle next?"

   Lunev expressed his understanding of Sokov's statement. After he paused for a moment, he asked cautiously: "Comrade Commander, have you contacted Colonel Yakov? Did he say when will you be able to equip your troops with a large number of new rockets and rocket launchers?"

"Originally, based on my relationship with Yasha, there would be no problem for him to immediately supply me with new rockets and rocket launchers." Sokov smiled wryly and said to Lunev: "But now my troops do not have any combat operations." task, if these two new weapons are suddenly equipped, other troops will definitely be jealous, and if this causes conflicts, that would be bad. However, Yasha told me that once a large-scale battle occurs, he will immediately supply us in large quantities."

   Lunev asked: "Comrade Commander, do you think there will be a large-scale battle in a short period of time?"

"It's the beginning of May," Sokov said slowly, "both we and the enemy need a period of recuperation after months of bitter fighting. Therefore, I dare say that before July , the Germans will not take the initiative to launch any offensive against our army."

"Comrade Commander, on the way here, I carefully observed the surrounding environment and found it suitable for planting vegetables." Lunev looked at Sokov and asked: "May is the season for planting, and there will be no war anyway. Happened, do you want to order our soldiers to assist the local residents in planting vegetables? In this way, we will be able to eat fresh vegetables in September."

  (end of this chapter)