Burning Moscow

　　 The failure of the counterattack, Zhukov, as the commander of the front army, quickly learned about it. Just after noon, he called to the headquarters to ask questions.

"Comrade Rokosovsky," Zhukov began to furious as soon as the call was connected: "Why did you switch from offensive to defensive? I heard that the Fifth and Thirtieth Army was assigned to your troops. If you are defeated, you are caught in a siege by the German army. What is going on?"

"Comrade Commander, please listen to my explanation," Rokosovsky replied in a loud voice: "The 30th Army was assigned to our 126th Infantry Division, because there were too many reductions in the early battles. They were all recruits without any combat experience, and the overall combat effectiveness of the unit was very poor. After only one hour of fighting, the commander of the division Colonel Maksimov was seriously wounded and retired. The troops that lost command were also defeated by the Germans...."

Zhukov interrupted: "I am not concerned about the 126th Infantry Division, but the cadet group named after the Supreme Soviet assigned to you by the Fifth Army. What about enclosing?"

Rokosovsky said: "I sent the Cadet Corps and the 58th Tank Brigade to the Spas-Liukhovsky area to reinforce the 289th Anti-Tank Regiment that was blocking the German armored forces. I thought the Cadet Corps could be. With the support of the 58th Brigade tanks, they cooperated with the 17th and 20th Cavalry Divisions to destroy the frontal enemy. Unexpectedly, there were only five tanks in the 58th Tank Brigade, which could not provide enough fire support for our troops. The soldiers of the cadet regiment acted very bravely. They cooperated with the cavalry unit to repel the German frontal offensive many times and did not let the enemy move forward. However, according to the news just received, an armored unit of the German army has bypassed our defense line. The rear area cut off the connection between the group army and the Spas-Lyukhovsky area...."

　　 Zhukov roughly interrupted Rokosovsky’s subsequent words: "I don’t want to listen to your explanation. I just want to know, when will your troops re-enter the attack on the Germans?"

　　 "Comrade Commander," Rokosovsky replied with a microphone in his hand, standing upright, "I need a week to redeploy..."

　　 "No, a week is too long. Three days, I can only give you three days, three days later, that is, November 16, your troops must launch a full counterattack against the Germans!"

　　 Listening to Zhukov’s words, I murmured again in my heart: What happened to Zhukov? With his military common sense, it should be clear that with the disparity between the enemy and ourselves in power, the first thing we must consider is how to defend, not how to attack the enemy.

While thinking about it, I heard Rokosovsky calling me, I looked up at him blankly, and saw that he was handing the microphone over to me, and said, "Leda, Comrade Commander wants to speak to you." ."

　　 Zhukov had just scolded Rokosovsky, and suddenly he wanted to talk to me again. Do you want to even scold Rokosovsky? Thinking of this, I couldn’t help my heart beating faster, and anxiously I took the microphone from Rokosovsky’s hand, put it to my ear, and calmed my mind, before I said: "Comrade General, I’m Oshanina, wait. Your instructions."

　　 "Lida!" Zhukov changed a softer tone and said to me: "You are my special commissioner to the 16th Army. I hope I can hear the truth from you."

　　 "Please tell me, Comrade General." Hearing this, I realized that he wanted to learn from me instead of reprimanding me. The big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

　　 "If you want to turn to counterattack again, do you think there is any difficulty?"

Regarding Zhukov’s question, I hesitated and looked at Rokosovsky, hoping to get some enlightenment from him, but he was standing on the other side of the table and moved another phone to him. , Shook the handle a few times, picked up the microphone and said to the inside: "Give me the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, General Dovator." Seeing that handsome Luo couldn't care about me at this moment, I could only honestly say myself. "Comrade General, if we want to switch to a counter-offensive, we will face many difficulties. The first is that we have no air superiority. Under the fierce bombardment of German aircraft, our army has too many casualties when attacking, often after taking German positions. Can't continue to develop in depth."

　　 "Well, I took this down, what else?"

　　 "In the face of the strong armored forces of the German army, our army lacks enough anti-tank weapons..."

"Wait a minute," Zhukov interrupted me suddenly, and said: "I understand what you mean, but I don't have any artillery or tank reserves anymore. The last few mortar battalions and Katyusha The battalion, I have been equipped to the 16th Army a few days ago."

"Comrade General, I do have an idea. I can easily deal with German tanks without having to add artillery to the 16th Army." A thought suddenly popped into my mind, but I was afraid of being rejected by him when I said it. I couldn't help but hesitate. When I was struggling, Zhukov urged me impatiently: "Just tell me if you have anything, don't hesitate."

　　 "We can consider using well-trained animals to blow up German tanks."

　　 "A well-trained animal?!" Zhukov listened to my proposal and asked with interest: "What animal?"

"Military dog!" I hesitated to say this word again and again. If in China, it is suggested to use military dogs to blow up tanks, I can say it lightly, but in Russia, a country where everyone loves dogs, it takes enough to say this. I was afraid that Zhukov would interrupt me, so I continued to say in one breath: "You can send military dog ​​trainers, carry trained military dogs, and hide in the trenches. When the German tanks approached, the trainers quickly removed The explosive was fixed on the back of the military dog. After the ignition cord of the explosive was ignited, the general dog released it, allowing the dog to rush over and die with the enemy's tank." Zhukov fell into deep thought after listening to my proposal. Coming over, I thought he had put down the phone, and hurriedly shouted into the microphone: "Comrade General, are you still there?"

　　 "Yes!" The other side answered dryly, and then there was no sound. Rokosovsky, who was standing opposite me, also finished the call and was looking at me with strange eyes. At this time Zhukov spoke again: "Lida, I will report this suggestion you made to the Supreme Command to see what Comrade Stalin's opinion is." After speaking, he directly hung up the phone.

The opposite Rokosovsky waited for me to put down the microphone, and immediately asked me, his tone was full of reproaches: "Lida, why would you suggest this to Comrade General? You must know that dogs are our human friends. How can they be allowed to perform such a dangerous task?"

Facing Rokosovsky’s reproach, I didn’t refute it. His attitude was completely as I expected. Russia is a country that loves dogs. To say that dogs are human friends is not just talking, but A deeply rooted tradition. I remember when I first came to Russia in the winter of 2002, a set of data was published in the newspapers every day, reporting how many people died in the streets last night; but one day ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ suddenly all the newspapers used The headline of the bulletin reported that two stray dogs were hunted and killed by people on the edge of the forest, and it was full of condemnation of the killer of the dog. This shows that the Russians love dogs. In order to ensure the interests of dogs, the Russian government has even introduced laws declaring that all dog owners must go out and walk their dogs every day, otherwise it will be illegal and will be punished heavily.

　　 The political commissar came out to make a round for me and said: "Comrade Commander, don't worry, Lida must have her reason to say this. You might as well listen to her reason."

　　 "Go ahead, I want to hear what's going on?" Rokosovsky angrily sat down on the opposite side.

"Comrade Rokosovsky," I answered solemnly to the commander of the group army: "In the previous stage of the battle, our artillery suffered a lot. In the face of the ferocious German tanks, if we wanted to stop them, The soldiers can only use flesh and blood to blow up these tanks...."

　　 As soon as I said this, the phone on the desk rang very closely, avoiding possible disputes between me and the commander of the group army. Rokosovsky picked up the phone, and Zhukov's voice came from the microphone: "Comrade Rokosovsky, I just talked to Comrade Stalin on the phone, and he has agreed to Lida's suggestion. I didn't expect it. Yes, Comrade Stalin had the same idea a long time ago. He had already formed four anti-tank army dog ​​companies as early as August. Tomorrow the command will send one of them to your group army."

　　 Hearing Zhukov’s words, I couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that my suggestion was very timely. As long as I was affirmed by the Supreme Commander, other people would stop accusing me.