Chapter 2207

  Yakov, who was staying in the General Staff Headquarters, was walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back like an ant on a hot pot at the moment, anxiously waiting for Rokossovsky's answer to himself. When he proposed to Rokossovsky that he wanted to work with the Belarusian Second Front Army, he was opposed by the other party.

   Rokossovsky said to him: "Yasha, I don't think you are suitable to come to the front."

  Yakov was taken aback after hearing this, and asked, "Why?"

"Because of your identity." Rokossovsky said bluntly: "If someone else wanted to come to the front, I would definitely agree without hesitation. But you are the son of the Supreme Commander himself. If you come Who can take responsibility for what went wrong after you went to the front line? Therefore, I still advise you to stay in the General Staff, and it is not too late to consider going to other troops after the war is over in the future."

   But what Yakov thought was that he and Sokov were as close as brothers. If he wanted to go to the front line, Sokov would definitely welcome him. When I was working in the weapons and equipment department, every time I sent weapons and equipment to the front line, Sokov received me warmly. Now that the war situation has developed in favor of the Soviet army, Misha will definitely welcome his application to go to the front line at this time. It was precisely because of this consideration that he resolutely said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade Marshal, please help me to ask Misha if he is willing to accept me? If he is willing to accept me, I will go directly to him report."

  After several hours of long waiting, Yakov finally received a call from Rokossovsky: "Yasha, I have already asked Misha."

   Hearing what Rokossovsky said, Yakov couldn't help but feel secretly happy, and quickly asked: "Comrade Marshal, how is the situation, did Misha readily agree?"

"Yasha, I think I might disappoint you." Rokossovsky said with a wry smile, "As soon as I mentioned this, Misha strongly opposed it. His opinion is the same as mine, and he thinks you should Staying at the General Staff instead of taking risks at the front, if something happens, no one can afford it.”

   "What, Misha rejected me?" Yakov said in shock after hearing this: "How is this possible?"

"Yasha, how should I put it?" Rokossovsky organized the vocabulary in his mind, and then said: "We let you stay at the General Staff, actually for the sake of your safety. You know, although our army We have achieved an absolute advantage on the battlefield, but the danger still exists. Neither I nor your friend Misha want any accidents to happen to you, so I suggest you stay in the General Staff. You understand what we mean ?"

"Understood." Yakov heard that his going to the front was rejected by Rokossovsky and Sokov. Although he felt very uncomfortable, he still forced a smile and said: "It's okay, since you all If you think I'm not suitable to go to the front, then I'll stay at the General Staff. By the way, Comrade Marshal, if you see Misha, please greet him for me."

   Rokossovsky heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Yakov said that he was willing to stay at the General Staff, and felt that the other party's choice was correct. Don't see that the battle is going smoothly now, but who knows if there will be any accidents, if one day an enemy shell directly hits the headquarters, even as a general or marshal, there is still the possibility of being injured or even killed . As long as the other party no longer asks to come to the front line, then things will be much easier.

But what Rokossovsky never dreamed of was that Yakov hit a snag here. After thinking for a long time, he called General Cherniakhovsky, commander of the Third Front Army: " Hello, Comrade General, I am Yakov."

   "Yakov?!" When hearing this name, Cherniakhovsky was taken aback for a moment, thinking who is this, just give me a real name, how do I know who you are? But since the other party was able to call into his headquarters, which proved that the other party was capable, he could only ask politely: "Hi, may I help you with anything?"

"That's right, Comrade General." Yakov didn't notice the politeness and alienation in Cherniakhovsky's tone when he spoke, and said to himself: "After I returned to Moscow from the front , was assigned by my father to the Weapons and Equipment Department, and was taken care of by Comrade Ustinov; later transferred to the General Staff, and was taken care of by Chief of the General Staff Antonov. I feel that I have lived all these years I am under the shadow of my father, so I have an idea to go to the front and be an ordinary commander. I don’t know if your army can accept me.”

After listening to Yakov's words as if he was talking to himself, Cherniakhovsky suddenly thought of who the other party was, and asked tentatively: "You are Yakov, the son of the Supreme Commander himself, Is it right?"

"Comrade General, I hope you can forget who I am." Yakov did not deny that he was the son of the Supreme Commander himself. Commander, command the troops to fight the enemy face to face. I hope you can grant me this wish."

Regarding Yakov's request, Cherniakhovsky did not dare to refuse, nor did he agree. He could only say euphemistically: "Comrade Yakov, I cannot make the decision on your own. Discuss with other members of the headquarters. When we have the result, I will call you to inform you, do you think it is okay?"

When Cherniakhovsky put down the phone, Lieutenant General Makarov, the military commissar sitting next to him, asked with a smile, "Comrade Commander, I don't know who is calling, and you look helpless." .”

"Comrade Military Commissar," replied Cherniakhovsky with a wry smile, "there is a commander who works in the General Staff and wants to take over our troops as commander, and I am considering whether I should grant his request. "

"It doesn't matter, Comrade Commander." The Chief of Staff Pokrovsky said with a smile; "Our army has always been short of commanders. If someone is willing to volunteer to join, it is really desirable. I think you agree. .”

"Comrade Chief of Staff, the situation is not as simple as you imagine." Cherniakhovsky shook his head and said, "This person has a special status. If there is any problem after he comes to our army, I am afraid no one will be responsible for it." I can't bear this responsibility."

   "Who is it?!" Pokrovsky asked curiously: "What big man wants to come to our army to command operations?"

"How should I put it, he's not a big shot. He's just a major general, and now he's working in the General Staff." Cherniakhovsky said with a wry smile, "But his identity is very special. He's the Supreme Commander himself. eldest son."

   Pokrovsky had just picked up his teacup to drink water, but upon hearing what Cherniakhovsky said, he poured almost all the water on his face. He hurriedly put down the glass, without even wiping the water off his face, and asked Cherniakhovsky in a panic: "Comrade Commander, whose son do you say he is? The eldest son of the Supreme Commander himself?"

   "That's right, it's Major General Yakov."

After listening to Cherniakhovsky's words, Pokrovsky wiped his face with his hands, and then said: "Comrade Commander, I don't think I can agree to his request. His status is too special. Now, if something happens at the frontier, neither you nor I can bear the responsibility."

"Yes, Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right." Cherniakhovsky nodded and said, "It was precisely because of this consideration that I didn't agree to him immediately, but said that I would talk to you Let's discuss it."

"There is nothing to discuss." Because of Yakov's special status, Pokrovsky firmly believed that he must not let the other party come to the front line, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble in the future: "I think you still Turn him down."

"No, I can't refuse." Unexpectedly, at this moment, Military Commissar Makarov expressed his opinion: "You are right, if you let him command an army to fight, it must be risky. But What if we let him stay in our headquarters as a staff officer, or even as a deputy chief of staff? This not only satisfies his requirement to come to the front line, but also minimizes the danger. Do you think this plan works?"

   When Cherniakhovsky and Pokrovsky heard this, it was a good way. It did not offend Yakov and showed Stalin a favor, and there was no danger. So the three of them reached an agreement and were ready to agree to Yakov's request to join his army.

  Since you want to invite Yakov to join your army, it is obviously inappropriate for others to call. So Cherniakhovsky dialed the switchboard of the General Staff and asked the operator to transfer the call to Yakov's office.

  After hearing Yakov's voice, Cherniakhovsky said with a smile: "Hello, General Yakov, I am Cherniakhovsky."

"It's you, Comrade General." Hearing that it was Cherniakhovsky's call, Yakov asked anxiously: "I don't know the result of the discussion between you and your deputies. Can you let me go Is it the front line?"

   "No problem, no problem. We have decided after research that we would like to invite you to join our army."

"Great, this is really great." Yakov was overjoyed when he heard that Cherniakhovsky agreed to join the Belarusian Third Front, and said quickly: "Comrade General, thank you so much gone."

"General Yakov, I haven't finished my sentence yet." Cherniakhovsky waited for Yakov to be quiet, and then continued: "However, there are no vacancies for the commanders of our combat units, so you After you come to our army, you can only stay at the front army headquarters and serve as a combat staff officer, do you mind?"

Yakov is now in a hurry to go to the front. As for whether he is a division commander or a combat staff officer of the Front Army Command, it doesn't make much difference to him, so he readily agreed to the other party: "Comrade General, I Resolutely obey your arrangement."

   "Since you have agreed." Cherniakhovsky said politely: "Then please report to our front army headquarters as soon as possible."

   "Okay, Comrade General. No, it should be called Comrade Commander." Yakov said: "After I hand over the work of the General Staff, I will rush to East Prussia immediately."

After putting down the phone, Cherniakhovsky said to Pokrovsky: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I hand over General Yakov to you. You are responsible for protecting his life until the end of the war." Safe, understand?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Pokrovsky assured Cherniakhovsky: "After he comes, I will only arrange for him to work in the headquarters and prevent him from communicating with the outside world." There is no contact, so that he will not be in danger."

   "It seems that this is the only way to go." Cherniakhovsky nodded, and then asked the military commissar Makarov: "Comrade military commissar, do you have any different opinions?"

   "No." The reason why Makarov offered to let Yakov come to his army was because he considered that with the supreme commander's own son here, he would be able to give priority to his own troops in terms of logistics and supplies in the future. He therefore had no objection to Cherniakhovsky's proposal.

"Comrade Commander, I have heard one thing." Pokrovsky said to Cherniakhovsky: "It is said that General Sokov, commander of the 48th Army, and General Yakov are good friends. When the weapons and equipment department produced any new weapons, they gave priority to supplying them to General Sokov's troops. I was thinking, since the relationship between the two of them is so good, why didn't he go to General Sokov's troops?"

Regarding the question raised by Pokrovsky, Cherniakhovsky thought for a while and came up with the answer: "I think it's the same as our initial thought, worrying that after Yakov came to his troops, , I’m afraid you will be in danger. Once something happens, no one can afford the responsibility.”

"That's right, I also think there is such a possibility." After Pokrovsky finished speaking, he couldn't help but start to wonder: "Comrade Commander, tell me, after General Yakov comes to our army, the logistics Can the department resupply us first? With the new weapons that have just been released, can we use them first?"

"It's hard to say." Cherniakhovsky shook his head and said, "As far as I know, the weapons used by General Sokov's 48th Army are similar to those of other troops, and there is nothing special about them. .”

   "Comrade Commander, you mentioned General Sokov, and I remembered something." Makarov interrupted.

"what's up?"

   "It's like this," Makarov said: "General Lunev, the military commissar of the 48th Army, called me two days ago and asked me to help him find someone in the army."

   "Looking for someone, looking for someone?" Cherniakhovsky asked curiously: "Who can alert the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs to go out in person?"

   "It's a tank soldier named Shura." Makarov replied, "It's the younger brother of the heroine Zoya."

   "What, Zoya's younger brother?" Pokrovsky's eyes widened in surprise, "Is the hero's younger brother in our army?"

"Not sure." Makarov said, "You also know that there are too many people with the name Shula. It is indeed not easy to find the person you are looking for among hundreds of thousands of people. things."

"Comrade Military Commissar," although he was just looking for someone, Cherniakhovsky felt that this matter should not be taken lightly, so he reminded Makarov: "Since the other party asks you, if you have time, you should help him find someone." Find it."

  (end of this chapter)