Burning Moscow

Kirilov has always supported me unconditionally. I heard that this decision was made by me, so naturally I will not express any objections. Even Bezikov, seeing that Kistyakov was supportive of my opinion, said in passing: "Since this decision was made by Comrade Commander, then I firmly support it."

Then, our topic shifted to the equipment of the troops. I asked Bezikov: "Chief of Staff, during this time we received 10,000 rifles, 2,000 light machine guns and 100 mortars from our superiors. How did you distribute them?"

"Because the supplies currently in place are only about one-third," Bezikov took out his notepad from his bag, opened it, and read: "So I give priority to Tavart Kiradze. Guard the Infantry Corps."

"Why?" Kistyakov asked incomprehensibly as soon as he finished speaking.

Bezikov coughed, smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said: "Comrade Deputy Commander, this is how I think about it. There are only three divisions in the First Army. It is easier to add, so it can be added first. etc. After their replenishment is complete, they will replenish the 22nd Guards Infantry Corps of General Sivakov."

Regarding Bezikov’s far-fetched reason, I smiled silently, and then said to Kistyakov: "Comrade Deputy Commander, since the supply of the troops, we have handed it over to the Chief of Staff. , He has the final say in the arrangement of the supplementary order."

After I said these few words to Kistyakov, I turned my attention to Bezikov, "Chief of Staff, how do the troops react to the new assault rifle?"

"Does this still need to be said?" Bezikov heard me asking, and immediately said emotionally: "The commanders who have used this assault rifle say that this assault rifle has good shooting performance, is solid and durable, and has a low failure rate. The range of the ruler is At 800 meters, the effective range is 400 meters, which is much stronger than the sand submachine gun, which has almost no accuracy after 100 meters."

"Are there any shortcomings?" Kistyakov asked curiously, who had never used an assault rifle.

Bezikov thought for a while, and then replied: "Yes, according to some infantry comrades, when the assault rifle is firing continuously, the muzzle jumps more seriously, which will affect the shooting accuracy to a certain extent."

"Chief of Staff, do you think that if all our troops are equipped with this assault rifle, will it lead to an increase or decrease in the combat effectiveness of the troops?" Kistyakov continued to ask.

"This..." Kistyakov stopped Bezikov's question, and he was speechless for a long time.

"Comrade Deputy Commander, let me answer your question." I saw Bezikov's embarrassed look, and I couldn't bear it, so I took the initiative to relieve him: "In fact, this kind of assault rifle, early During the defense of Moscow in 41 years, I began to equip troops in a small amount. I had an assault rifle numbered 7 at the time, but it was a pity that it was destroyed by German artillery when I broke through the Liuban."

"What, this kind of assault rifle existed as early as 1941?" This time it was Kistyakov's turn to be surprised. "Why haven't I heard of it?"

I will certainly not tell them that the reason why this kind of light weapons that appeared in 47 years to be deployed in troops appeared in 41 is because an engineer from the future military factory said vaguely: "This is A new type of weapon developed by the Technical Equipment Department at that time, for the purpose of confidentiality, only a small part of it was produced to test the performance of the weapon."

After hearing this, Kistyakov nodded thoughtfully, "So it's like this."

I remember that when my superiors equipped me with an assault rifle, Kistyakov was one of my subordinates. As for whether he had never seen a new assault rifle, or completely forgot about it, I did not go into it, but continued. He continued: "After actual combat tests, the relevant parties felt that this kind of weapon could be installed in our army to bring the overall combat effectiveness of the army to a higher level. So it increased the productivity and began to equip various guard divisions in large quantities. Before the Battle of Kursk, we had several divisions equipped with this assault rifle."

"That's right," Bezikov waited for me to finish and echoed: "The reason why the troops of the 51st and 52nd Guards Division can still hold on to the Yakovlev region under the onslaught of the enemy. To a large extent, it is related to the equipment being equipped with this weapon. In some key battles for battles, the assault rifle is also indispensable. This is a company weapon that is very suitable for close combat."

Hearing Bezikov's words, Kistyakov couldn't help but bring up the question he just asked: "If all our troops are replaced with this assault rifle, the combat effectiveness of the entire army will be improved. Steps?"

Among those present here, only I know that this assault rifle will be equipped with a wide range of equipment in the future. In addition to the Soviet army, the troops of more than 30 countries are also equipped with this weapon, and some countries have even carried out Imitation or licensed production. There is a saying that more people died under the muzzle of an ak47 assault rifle than a nuclear bomb.

"Comrade Deputy Commander, it is only a matter of time before all the troops are equipped with this assault rifle. I believe that with the completion of the change, the combat effectiveness of our army will rise to a higher level." After I said these few words, I turned my head. Instructed Bezikov: "Chief of Staff, you must supervise these changed troops to adapt and train. Never show up that soldiers are holding new weapons in their hands, but because they are unfamiliar with firearms, their combat effectiveness will decline. Appears. Do you understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander." Bezikov stated to me: "I will go to the divisions to check the use of new weapons at any time~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to ensure that all commanders can adapt to the use of new equipment as soon as possible. ."

With the restoration of the Smolensk-Moscow Highway, the superiors speeded up the transportation of materials to our group army. Zhukov promised to give us all the weapons and equipment in place before December 2o.

But after hearing Bezikov report to me that all the equipment supplemented by the divisions were in place, the rock hanging in my heart finally fell to the ground. I told him to say: "The chief of staff, the current work of the group army is mainly in two aspects: first, let the troops strengthen recruits and adapt training to new equipment; second, let the divisions send reconnaissance teams to fight Kalinkov. Reconnaissance was carried out in the two areas of Qi and Mozili to find out the enemy's strength and deployment."

Bezikov listened to me asking him to arrange manpower to scout Kalinkovic and Moziri. He raised his eyebrows and asked a little unexpectedly: "Comrade Commander, did you get any news when you gave this order? , Is the superior really ready to let us attack these two cities?"

"Chief of Staff," I said to him expressionlessly, "I don't know anything. I just based my own judgment, I think the next targets of the Belarusian Front should be Kalinkovic and Mozyri. A city. Okay, you don’t need to say any more, and immediately convey my order.” (To be continued.) 8