Burning Moscow

Before the commander could speak, Chief of Staff Ma Lining rushed to speak: "No, no, this is absolutely not possible. Tank brigade cannot be assigned to your division. You must know that our troops are attacking Sun Mountain City. If tanks can cover the attack, we The odds of winning will be much higher."

　　 Rokosovsky listened to Malinin's words, looked at it noncommitantly, then turned his gaze to Katukov, and asked, "Comrade General, what do you think?"

　　 "Since Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina wants my brigade to be attached to her troops, there must be her reason. I want to hear why she wants to do this."

Rokosovsky nodded, and then said to me: "Lida, tell me your reasons. If you can convince us, assign the tank brigade to your division; if the reasons given do not convince us. , The tank brigade should still invest in the direction of Sun Mountain City and participate in our army’s counterattack."

I coughed and cleared my throat before I began to explain my reasons: “As everyone knows, today’s counterattack against Sun Mountain City was decided temporarily by the front army headquarters. They didn’t know anything about the current situation of our group army, so they directly issued an order to the army. This unrealistic counter-offensive order was adopted. Since our army was rushed into the battle and lacked a unified command, there were also big problems in the cooperation between the various units. In this case, even if more troops are invested, At the end of the battle, there will be a stalemate. Even if the tank brigade is put into battle at this time, they can only be used as an auxiliary means to accompany the infantry assault, and will soon be annihilated by the dominant German tanks. If assigned to our division, the tanks can be used intensively and used on a large scale in the combat direction broken by the Germans. With the cooperation of the infantry, the enemy wedged in our division’s line of defense can be eliminated.” I know my reasons are very good. Far-fetched, so he added: "If we take the initiative to attack in the defense zone, we can also contain a considerable number of enemies here, reducing the pressure of the attack in the direction of Sun Mountain City...."

　　 After I finished speaking, I watched nervously at the several commanders in the room who had the right to decide. The first speaker was Katukov. He approvingly said: "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina makes sense. As long as we fight, it is impossible for the enemy to mobilize troops from here to reinforce Sun Mountain City. What we have done here The action also indirectly supported the counter-offensive actions of the group army."

As soon as Katukov finished speaking, Malinin immediately retorted: "This is absolutely not possible. The front army command assigned us the 1st Guards Tank Brigade. The main intention may be to allow them to participate in the counterattack of Sun Mountain City. This kind of force is used in other combat directions."

Rokosovsky said slowly: "I also agree with Lida's opinion that instead of putting the elite tank brigade into Sunhill City to fight attrition, it is better to let them annihilate the turbulence in the defense zone of the 8th Guards Division. Enemy coming in." Then he turned his head and said to Malinin, "Comrade Chief of Staff, you should immediately contact the front army headquarters and report to them our plan to change the purpose of the tank brigade, and see what they mean?"

　　 "Yes!" Ma Lining promised and ran to the walkie-talkie to contact the front army headquarters.

　　Rokosovsky took the lead and returned to the map at the table. He was not polite, and asked Katukov straightforwardly: "Where is your tank?"

Katukov stood in front of the map and looked at it, and then decisively pointed to a place on the map: "It's right here. From the map, it happens to be the arrow where the enemy wedges into our defense line. They did it tit-for-tat."

　　 I looked at the map and found that the place where the tank troops were assembled was at the junction of the three regiments, which means that once a fight broke out, each regiment could send troops to support it in time. If our army does not have a tank, this enemy army is still a bomb that may explode at any time, then at this time, they are a group of turtles in the urn.

At this time, Malinin came over and reported to Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, I reported the situation to the front army. Guess what, General Zhukov personally responded and said: This must be Lida’s idea again, hers. Thinking is unrestricted and unconstrained, just follow her proposal!"

Hearing this reply from the Front Army Command, I was secretly relieved. I stood up straight and said to Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, please allow me and General Katukov to carry out this counterattack together. Mission!"

　　 "No!" Leviakin and Yegorov objected in unison: "This task is too dangerous. You are the head of a division. You must stay in the command post and take care of the overall situation. Let us go."

At the crucial moment, Rokosovsky supported me. He waved to the two of them and said, "Since this suggestion was made by Lida~www.wuxiaspot.com~, let her direct the battle!" He glanced at it. He took a look at me and continued: "Don't you two know her situation? Although every time in the battle, you have been dangerous and even injured repeatedly, but which time is not the end of the day?!" Hear the commander like this. Supporting me, the two had to shut their mouths wittily.

Rokosovsky came over, patted me on the shoulder, sighed and said, "Lida, you know the current situation. I don’t have any reserve team in my hand. I want to give you more help. No. You can only think of ways to make good use of the existing forces in your hands and maximize their combat effectiveness to relieve the pressure on our army in the direction of Sun Mountain City..."

"Report!" A communications officer interrupted Rokosovsky. He handed over a telegram and at the same time reported: "The telegram sent by General Pliyev, after the tenacious battle of our army, The fascist bandits in the settlement were driven out. We have reoccupied the three settlements of Sverčkovo, Selisevo and Multnovo. The troops are building fortifications in the settlements to prevent possible enemy counterattacks. After the follow-up reinforcements arrive, we will officially launch an attack on Sun Mountain City."

　　 "Great!" Rokosovsky glanced at the telegram quickly, then handed it to Malinin, instructing him: "Immediately report this news to the headquarters of the front army, so that Comrade Zhukov is also happy!"

At this time, an officer hurriedly walked in from the outside and reported loudly: "Comrade Reporter Commander, the former commander of the 289th anti-tank regiment, and the current commander of the 280th anti-tank regiment, Major Yevremenko, reports to you Under the order of the Supreme Command, our regiment will be incorporated into the Eighth Guards Division from today, and come to accept your combat orders! Please give instructions!"