Burning Moscow

According to my guess, Zhukov would certainly not have a good face to Konev, who came to take over, and he might even ridicule him. I thought to myself in my heart, should I come forward to persuade in this situation, or should I remain silent and sit on the sidelines?

When Konev and another general walked into the command post, the whole room suddenly became quiet. Zhukov got up from his seat and greeted Konev. Sokolovsky and I also hurriedly followed.

When Zhukov and Konev were two or three steps apart, they invariably stopped. Neither of them spoke, but just stared at each other silently. Seeing this scene, I couldn't help but panic. I said Zhukov would not punch Konev directly, although I have not heard of the senior commander. There have been fights between the staff, but there are some things that are not afraid of ten thousand and are afraid of accidents. In case Zhukov really loses control of his emotions, everything is possible.

"Hello, Marshal Konev!" Just when I was worried, Zhukov suddenly said: "Welcome to the Ukrainian First Front." After speaking, he took the initiative to extend his hand to Konev.

"Hello, Comrade Zhukov!" Konev quickly took Zhukov's hand and said with a smile: "I am ordered to take over your position!"

The two men held their right hands tightly. After shaking for a few times, the two suddenly came to a big hug, and they both used their free left hands to constantly pat each other's back.

Seeing the two's intimate behavior, I knew that I was thinking too much, Zhukov's heart was much broader than I thought. If there was a trace of melancholy when he heard Stalin's removal from his post, then he had completely put the matter down at this moment.

After the two separated, Zhukov began to introduce his deputy to Konev in accordance with the usual practice: "Comrade Konev, this is my military commissioner Krenyukov."

"Hello, Comrade Marshal!" Kreinyukov waited for Zhukov to finish, and hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Konev.

After Krenyukov and Konev finished shaking hands, Zhukov pointed to Sokolovsky and said, "You know my chief of staff, so I won't introduce it."

"Hello, Comrade Sokolovsky." Konev had served as the commander of the Western Front twice, and he was naturally familiar with the former Chief of Staff of the Western Front. He shook hands and said, "I can't think of us. We're going to be a partner again."

Konev let go of Sokolovsky’s hand. Before Zhukov could finish speaking, he took the initiative to hold my hand and said with a smile: "Hello, Lida, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Okay?"

"I'm fine, Comrade Marshal! Thank you for your concern." I quickly took Konev's hand extended and said with a big smile, "It's nice to see you here!"

"By the way, Comrade Konev." Seeing Konev shaking hands with me, Zhukov suddenly interrupted and asked: "After you take over my position, I don't know how to arrange Lida, so that she will return to Moscow with me. , Or are you going to arrange her to work elsewhere?"

Konev let go of my hand and said to Zhukov, "Comrade Marshal, the order I received is to come here to take over your position. As for Lida," he said, after taking a look at me, he continued. Said, "Since the superior hasn't explained it, I don't think it is inappropriate for her to continue to serve as the deputy commander of the front army."

"Well, that's fine." Zhukov nodded in satisfaction with Konev's answer, and said: "Lida used to be in the following army groups and knows the situation of the front army very well. She will cooperate with you, I believe Your future work will also be much easier."

"Yes, I think so too." Konev smiled and said to Zhukov: "Lida is a very capable commander. With her assistance, I believe that we will be able to carry out the next stage of work. Better." After saying these two sentences, he suddenly remembered the commander who followed him in. Before he could introduce him to everyone, he turned and pointed at the general and said, "This is my Chief of Staff Zakharov. will."

"Hello, Comrade Zakharov." Zhukov shook hands with Zakharov and said to Konev, "I knew Zakharov since he was the deputy commander of the 16th Army. He is an excellent commander with a very fighting spirit. He once organized the Klin-Solar Mountain defense battle in the defense of Moscow.

Klin——The defensive battle of Sun Mountain City? Zhukov’s words reminded me that a few years ago, when I was the commander of the Eighth Guards Division, I successfully liberated Sun Mountain City from the Germans with the cooperation of the Katukov Tank Brigade.

As soon as I thought of this, I heard Zhukov saying: "Comrade Konev, do you remember? During the defense of Moscow, I took Lida to replace your position as commander of the Western Front. I didn’t expect it to be today again. It's really an interesting cycle for you to take over my position."

"Comrade Marshal, do you remember this incident?" Konev suddenly showed a bright smile when Zhukov brought it up. If Zhukov hadn't appeared in time at that time, he might have been killed by Voroshilov and Mo Lotov was brought back to Moscow, and was sent to a military court, and then fell to the same fate as General Pavlov. He turned his head to look at me and said to Zhukov: "Lida was a witness when I handed over command to you. Unexpectedly, a few years have passed, and today it is my turn to take over your duties. Lida is still a witness. people."

"Yes, yeah, this is really interesting." Zhukov's mood became more and more relaxed at this moment: "She was an ordinary commander back then, and now she has become an accomplished general."

"According to the prisoner’s confession, I heard that some German commanders would be secretly grateful if they knew that the troops they were facing were not under Lida’s command. It seems that in two more years, her reputation will completely overshadow us. These old guys." After complimenting me a few words, Konev changed the topic: "Comrade Marshal, do we immediately hand over? We must know that the plane to take you back to Moscow is still waiting for you at the airport."

"Pick me back to the plane in Moscow?" Zhukov asked unexpectedly: "Why don't I know about this?"

"That's it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Seeing Zhukov seems to have no idea about the matter, Konev explained to him: "The pilot from Moscow sent me an order to take over your command. He also has an order to send you back to Moscow today. "

"Comrade Konev, let's start the handover now!" After Zhukov finished this sentence, he pointed his finger at Sokolovsky and Zakharov, and asked tentatively: "The two of them Is there a handover too?"

"This is not necessary," Konev waved his hand and said: "Although the Supreme Command intends to merge Ukraine's first and second sides, in a short period of time, it will retain two sets of command systems. The work of the First Front, Lida and Sokolovsky are still in charge, so they don’t need to handover for the time being."

After Zhukov figured out the situation, he immediately pulled Konev to his desk and began the formal handover.

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