Burning Moscow

　　 After completing the relocation of the new headquarters, Konev summoned all commanders, military commissars, and chiefs of staff under the two fronts to a meeting in Rivne to deploy the upcoming anti-banditment issues.

After the meeting began, Konev spoke first. After he greeted the commander of the group army sitting below, he gave the right to speak to the Chief of Staff Sokolovsky, who would read what the front army had just made. Suppress the bandits decided.

Sokolovsky spent ten minutes reading the plan we made to suppress bandits to everyone, and finally asked: "Comrades, do you have any questions?"

As soon as his words fell, a general stood up. I immediately recognized him as the commander of the 38th Army, Moskalenko. He said with a sullen expression: "Comrade Chief of Staff, in the newly liberated In the region, there are some anti-Soviet guerrillas or bandits. This is inevitable. But is it a bit too big to use large troops to eliminate bandits? You know, our regular field troops are not security guards. We His mission is to fight tenaciously with the German invading army, not to deal with those vulnerable bandits."

"Yes, I think Comrade Moskalenko is right." As soon as he finished speaking, a general sitting next to him stood up: "The scale of these anti-Soviet guerrillas is small. There are only a dozen people, no more than two to three hundred people. We use tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops to clean them up, isn't it a bit of a fuss?"

The person who echoed Moskalenko was Major General Marekin, the commander of the 40th Army. He was Moskalenko's successor, and he was always the only one who looked ahead. After the two clarified their views, the leaders of the army groups sitting below also began to whisper.

Hearing a sudden hum from below, Konev slammed on the table with an iron face. When the room returned to silence, he stood up and said angrily: "Comrade commanders, please note that we are holding a meeting of chiefs of the front, not buying vegetables at the vegetable market. What kind of demeanor is this noisy?"

After saying this, he turned his gaze to Moskalenko and Marekin who were still standing. After a moment of silence, he asked: "General Moskalenko, during these months of fighting, What about the casualties of your group army?"

Hearing that Konev didn’t blame the other party and asked a question that seemed irrelevant, I couldn’t help but feel a little surprised, but I immediately understood why Konev asked this question. He passed such a question. Question: The contradiction between the inadequacy of the soldiers of the various armies and the low combat quality of the recruits is cleverly combined.

Moskalenko may be ready to be scolded when asking questions. Unexpectedly, Konev not only didn't scold him. He also asked about the casualties of his troops. He hesitated for a long time before answering: "Comrade Marshal, you should have seen the casualty data reported by our army. Here, I will report to you again. The divisions are in the offensive battle. In China, the casualties exceeded one-third, and the casualties of individual regiments even reached half."

After Konev waited for him to finish speaking, he asked calmly: "Comrade Moskalenko, if you want to launch an offensive campaign again, do you need additional soldiers in your army?"

"Does this need to be said, Comrade Marshal." Moskalenko quickly replied: "A large number of attritions have seriously affected the combat effectiveness of our department. If we do not add new soldiers, then in the next In battle, it may be difficult for our department to complete combat missions in a single direction."

"Comrade Moskalenko, the only soldiers that can be added to you now are recruits who have just been enlisted." Konev asked Moskalenko with a flat expression: "How do you plan to improve the skills of the recruits in a short period of time." How can the tactical level regain the combat effectiveness of the troops?"

In response to Konev’s question, Moskalenko thought for a while and replied: "Comrade Marshal, we can only increase the training intensity of recruits and improve their technical and tactical skills as soon as possible."

"Well, Comrade General." Konev asked sternly: "From the current situation, you only have one or two months to train recruits. How can you ensure that recruits who have never been on the battlefield are hearing With the sound of guns and the personal feeling of shells falling around and exploding, when you see galloping tanks rushing towards you, you won't be panicked. Can you show all the skills and tactics they have learned?"

Moskalenko pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head, and said in frustration: "Comrade Marshal, you are right. No matter how well the recruits train on the training field, they will not be able to form combat effectiveness if they have not been on the battlefield." At this moment, he finally realized what a stupid question he had raised and plunged himself into such an embarrassing situation.

"Please sit down, Comrade Moskalenko. By the way, and you, General Marekin, please sit down too." But fortunately, Lord Konev has a large number of them, and Moskalenko took the initiative to admit it. Mistakes, there is no further investigation. After welcoming the two to sit down, they continued: "We marry the recruits and veterans with rich combat experience to wipe out those bandits who are not strong enough to fight, so that our recruits can hear the guns and see the blood. Let them grow up as soon as possible and form combat effectiveness in a short time. Do you understand?"

After listening to Konev's explanation, the commanders here immediately replied neatly: "Understood!"

"Now that everyone understands it," Konev waved his hand and continued: "Next, let the chief of staff announce to everyone the area of ​​responsibility of each group army and the number of soldiers that will be supplied in the near future."

Sokolovsky took out the plan we had drawn up a long time ago, and read according to the text the areas of suppression of bandits that the various armies were responsible for, and the number of soldiers that could be supplied. After reading all the content, Sokolovsky bent down and asked Konev politely: "Comrade Marshal, do you have anything else to add?"

Konev shook his head, then stood up and said, "Comrades, this is the end of today's meeting, and everyone can go back to their troops to make preparations."

After all the commanders who came to the meeting left, Konev turned his head and looked at me and said, "Lida, I want to talk to you."

Sokolovsky and Krenyukov, who were sitting next to them, heard Konev's words, and immediately packed up what was in front of them, got up and left the conference room.

I looked at Konev with a smile on his face, and asked nervously, "Comrade Marshal, do you know anything important about you?"

"When you came from Belarus, did you bring a major with you?" Konev asked.

"Yes, Comrade Marshal." If Konev didn't say anything, I would have almost forgotten Bukov's existence. Now that Konev asked about it, I quickly replied: "Because the road from Belarus is not safe, So I brought a guard to the line, led by Major Bukov, the deputy head of the guard regiment."

"I talked to this major two days ago and know that he has participated in many important battles and made a lot of military exploits." Konev, who had contacted Bukov, said to me in a regretful tone: "So. Excellent commander, don’t you think it’s a bit too wasteful to put him in the headquarters?"

"Comrade Marshal," I agree with Konev's words. When I first met Bukov, he was commanding a destroyer battalion. Although he was a militia, he could tell that he had a certain command. ability. But a few years later, he is still a small major, and his position is just the deputy head of the guard regiment with no real power. Especially after he escorted me to Ukraine this time, he was basically in a state of refrigeration. Hearing Konev's reminder at this moment, I was a little embarrassed to say: "I didn't think well. If you don't remind me, I almost forgot him."

"How do you plan to arrange it?" Konev asked.

"How to arrange for Major Bukov?" Konev's question really caused me a bit of a headache. The security department of the Front Army Headquarters now has no suitable position for Bukov, so he has been in a state of doing nothing: " Now that the Security Department does not have a position suitable for him, if it is not possible, I intend to let him serve as the deputy commander or battalion commander in the army. Comrade Marshal, do you think this is OK?

"I don't think it is appropriate." Konev denied this proposal almost without thinking. Seeing my disappointed expression, he said to himself: "You also said that he has been serving as the deputy head of the guard regiment in your headquarters. He has not participated in the battle for a long time, so he hastily let him go. It’s a bit too obtrusive to go to the army below to take up the position of commander. I think he should be tempered before he is put into the army."

When I heard Konev say this, I immediately understood that he might have already thought about how to arrange Bukov, so I asked humbly: "Comrade Marshal, I don't know how you plan to use him?"

"Aren't we going to carry out the bandit suppression operation soon?" Konev reminded me: "You can ask Bukov to take a force of your guard company and recruits to participate in the bandit suppression operation. As long as he Outstanding performance. In addition to being promoted to his military rank, I can also directly appoint him as the head of the regiment."

"Thank you, Comrade Marshal." After listening to Konev's consideration, I quickly stood up and offered to extend my hand to him. At the same time, I said gratefully: "On behalf of Major Bukov, I thank you!"

Konev and I shook hands, then let go, and then said to me casually, "Lida, anyway, there is nothing to do right now, so you can talk to Major Bukov and arrange for him to suppress bandits. Mission."

After thanking Konev again, I left the meeting room and found Bukov who was sleeping in the officer's quarters in the basement. I pushed Bukov while he was sleeping, and when I felt his eyes were about to open, I said in a mocking tone: "Hey, Comrade Major, it's only a few hours before you start to sleep. I am not afraid that I will not fall asleep after dark."

Bukov opened his eyes and saw that it was me who was standing in front of the bed. He immediately jumped off the bed, stood barefoot on the ground, raised his hand to salute me, and said in amazement: "Comrade Commander, how are you? coming?"

I walked to the table, found a chair and sat down, looked at him and said, "It seems that I haven't seen you for more than a month, so I came to see you specially today."

Hearing what I said, Bukov let out a disappointed look on his face. From his reaction, I knew that all the time spent on him was left unused and he was aggrieved. In this case, if he were to lead the troops to suppress the bandits, it would surely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.

I pointed to an empty chair next to me, and asked kindly: "Comrade Major, how are you doing?"

"It's not good." He complained to me with an agonizing voice: "Comrade Commander, when we were in the Guards of the Sixth Army, we used to be able to win battles. Now here, we ate and slept every day. Nothing to do all day. Brothers all said, if we were like this, we should forget how to fight."

After he complained, I smiled and asked, "Major, I am here today to find you, and I am going to deploy combat missions for you."

"It's going to fight?!" When he heard me say this, his eyes suddenly brightened, but after a while, his eyes dimmed again, and he said weakly, "At present, the army has turned into defense. There will be no battle in the short term. You can fight."

Seeing him so frustrated, I quickly comforted him and said, "Major, although we will not engage in large-scale battles with the Germans in the short term, there are still battles."

"Comrade Commander," he rekindled hope, and asked curiously, "Are you going to send me to lead a company of guards to go behind the enemy line to perform special tasks?" Before I could speak, he stood up and patted his chest. He promised, "Don't worry, we must upset the German rear."

"Major, I want to assign you combat tasks, but not against the Germans." At this point, I stood up and looked at him, spitting out a word: "Suppress the bandits!"

"Suppress the bandits?" Bukov was completely confused by what I said, and asked with a dazed expression: "Where can I suppress the bandits?"

Because of the suppression of bandits ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, so far, it is only known to senior commanders, and commanders like Bukov have no way of knowing. So I explained our plan to suppress bandits briefly to him, and finally said: "Major, I will give you five hundred recruits to form a reinforced battalion, and you will be the commander of the battalion. The guard company will leave a platoon. Outside of your personal command, the remaining troops are mixed with recruits. The original fighters serve as squad leaders, the squad leaders serve as platoon leaders, and the platoon leaders serve as company commanders. The new recruits’ combat effectiveness will be rapidly improved by means of combat power training."

"Why should I leave me with a guard platoon for direct command?" Bukov only didn't understand my arrangement. "Can't they also be mixed with the recruits?"

"If all the guard companies are mixed with recruits, the combat effectiveness of the troops will be sparse." In order to prevent Bukov from disobeying my orders, I deliberately explained the relationship to him: "If we leave behind a strong guard Platoon, when encountering difficult enemies in battle, they can turn the situation around, understand?"

"Understood, Comrade Commander." With a joyful expression on Bukov's face, he then asked: "Where should we accept these recruits?"

"You set off tomorrow morning to Shepetovka, southwest of Rivne, to receive recruits. There are a large number of military warehouses, and all the weapons and uniforms you need can be replenished there."

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