Burning Moscow

　　 Our car had just started, and it hadn't been too far, and then there was the roar of the tank's motor. I looked out from the rear window and saw Katukov’s tank approaching us. The hatch on the turret was open, and Katukov peeked out of it, shouting what? I quickly asked Grisa to stop and parked the car on the side of the road to wait for Katukov.

　　The tank quickly drove up to parallel my car. I heard someone calling my name outside. I pushed the car door, poked my head and looked up at Katukov, and asked, "Comrade General, what's the matter?"

"Comrade Lieutenant Colonel," Katukov looked down at me and said loudly: "You go back to the regiment first. After today's battle, the ammunition and fuel consumption is very high, I will take the troops to supplement." Here, he raised his hand to look at the watch on his wrist, and then said: "It is 12 noon, and my troops will arrive at the regiment headquarters to meet you at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and no later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon. "

　　 "Okay!" I promised, waved at him, then closed the car door and told Grisa to drive.

　　 There was no heating in the jeep, and there was ventilation everywhere. Although I wrapped my army coat tightly, when the car stopped in front of the 1073 regiment command department, I felt that I had almost turned into frozen meat just taken out of the refrigerator.

　　 Stepping into the room of the regiment headquarters, I caught a glimpse of two heating stoves in the corner, but I didn't dare to sit directly over it. I was afraid that I would be frozen severely. I ran to an extremely hot place and caused problems. So he walked to the table and sat down, intending to wait for the body to warm up, and then squatted to the stove to get warm.

　　 Kistyakov is not as leisurely as I am. From the time he walked in, he kept calling and giving various orders to the troops below.

　　 Seeing that he is busy, I didn't bother him. After looking around, I found that a staff officer seemed to be doing nothing, so I waved him over. After he walked over, he asked, "Why didn't I see Major Yevremenko of the anti-tank gun regiment? Where did he go?"

　　 The staff member straightened his body and reported: "Comrade commander, just a few minutes before your return, Comrade Major received an order from the group army headquarters and has already rushed to Sun Mountain City."

　　 "What? Sun Mountain City?!" It seemed that Rokosovsky was still stubborn and transferred the anti-tank artillery regiment away. The next thing to be transferred was the tank brigade of General Katukov. Thinking of this, I stood up abruptly, grabbed the staff's jacket and asked, "Is there a way to contact General Katukov's tank brigade?"

　　 "No!" The staff officer shook his head and said, "General Katukov's tank does not have an onboard radio. Unless they are stationed and have a telephone line laid out, they cannot be contacted."

　　 I felt a little relieved when I heard that I could not be reached for the time being. Katukov led his tank to refuel, Rokosovsky may not know, as long as he can't contact the tank brigade, I can continue to dispatch this unit. I let go of the staff's shirt, waved my hand and said, "Go ahead."

　　 Kistyakov, who had just finished the call, didn’t know what had happened, and when the staff officer had gone away, he walked over and asked quietly, "Comrade Commander, what happened?"

　　 I sighed and told him that the anti-tank gun regiment was transferred to Sunhill. He was anxious after hearing this and said, "Comrade commander, the reason why our position was breached so quickly by the enemy two days ago was because we lacked enough anti-tank weapons. Now there is no anti-tank artillery regiment. If the brigade is also transferred, there will be no fighting in the future."

"If there is no tank, there will be no war?!" Although I am dissatisfied with the actions taken by Rokosovsky, I can't complain in front of my subordinates. I can only pretend to be nonchalant, "Even if there is no anti-tank. Weapons, we can also use cluster grenades to explode. We were on the position of the third battalion of the 1075 regiment. Didn’t you also see that Shao Xie Dulin was organizing soldiers to bundle cluster grenades.”

"But..." Kistyakov wanted to say something, but it was stopped by me. I bit the bullet and said in an official tone: "The transfer of the anti-tank artillery regiment is an order of a superior. As for why this is done, the superior has a superior. There is no need to explain the viciousness to us. What we can do is to resolutely execute orders."

　　 Just as I was talking nonsense, the phone on the desk rang, Kistyakov picked up the microphone, and just said a few words, he handed the phone over and whispered: "It's General Zhukov, the commander of the Front Army!"

　　 I was a little nervous when I answered the phone, I don’t know what Zhukov would say to me. I took a deep breath and said, "Hello, Comrade General! I am Oshanina!"

　　 "Good! Lida, you are good!" Zhukov didn't say anything else, he praised me fiercely when he came up, and immediately confused me. I don't know what he meant by this. But he quickly went on to say: "Rokosovsky has already told me about you. Today's two battles, plus the defense in the city of Volosramsk, will be enough to erect you in the guard. The absolute prestige of the Eighth Division allows all the soldiers to understand that you, the division commander, have real abilities, and you didn't come up on the basis of nepotism."

　　 "Thank you for your compliment." Zhukov's words made me feel excited, and I couldn't help but thank him again and again.

"Also," he continued: "The 78th Infantry Division, for its outstanding performance in combat, was also awarded the honorary title of the 9th Guards Division on November 19. The commander, Colonel Beloborodov, I was also promoted to major general due to military exploits. Lida, what I mean by these words to you is to make you understand that although you are still a small lieutenant colonel, as long as you achieve brilliant results in battle, let alone promote you to Colonel, even being a general is possible."

　　 General! ! ! The pie drawn by Zhukov made my eyes bright, and he quickly expressed his determination to him: "Comrade General, please rest assured, as long as I am here, I will guarantee that I can hold the position and I will never let the German devils move forward to Moscow. ."

He finally got back to the subject and talked about the purpose of making this call: "The current offensive and defensive battle in Sunhill City is very difficult. I heard Rokosovsky say that he originally wanted to transfer the tank brigade of General Katukov. Who You know, but you hold on to it. This is not enough. You have to know how to obey the overall situation. The Sunhill City needs more tank troops than you."

"Comrade General, please listen to me." I added what Kistyakov said just now, and told Zhukov a little bit: "The defense of our division was easily breached by the Germans in the first two days, except for the troops. Loss of anti-tank weapons is also the main reason for excessive casualties, disrupted troop formation and other factors. Today I can easily eliminate the two German troops that penetrated the line of defense. The tank brigade played a decisive role. I am not holding on to it. The tank brigade did not let go, but wanted to take advantage of the current favorable situation to launch a limited counterattack from our division's defense zone, to contain the enemy's strength and disrupt the enemy's deployment, and to favorably support Sun Mountain City's counterattack."

　　 My words have bluffed Zhukov, maybe it should be said that the words supported by today's brilliant results have bluffed Zhukov. He thought for a long time before asking: "Tell me about your plan?"

　　 "Do you have a reserve team?"

　　 "No! I don't have a reserve team!" He said these words almost without thinking. Judging from the proficiency of his answers, there are definitely not a few who ask him for the reserve team commander every day.

　　 "I have two plans~www.wuxiaspot.com~ one with a reserve team and the other without a reserve team. Which one would you like to hear?"

　　 "Lida, where do you have so much nonsense, let's talk about it! Let me talk about the one with the reserve team first."

I coughed, cleared my throat and said, "If you can give me a regiment of infantry, I can launch an attack on Sun Mountain City. My idea is: tomorrow morning, I will use the tank brigade as the leader, and I will be entrenched in the sun. The German tank troops in the mountain city launched a surprise attack, and the infantry immediately followed up to expand the results. If our troops that now occupy the three settlements can cooperate in the attack, it is entirely possible to quickly regain the Sun Mountain city."

　　 "What about the second one?" He asked again without comment.

"Because there is no reserve team and the forces that our division can use are effective, I can only consider a small-scale attack on the 23rd German Infantry Division in front of you, and the results that can be achieved are limited." I said simply and clearly. For the two schemes, Zhukov is a sensible person, and he should be able to clearly recognize that I am focusing on the first scheme.

　　 "If I give you a reserve team, are you sure that the attack will succeed?" Zhukov asked in a suspicious tone.

"This," I hesitated, and replied decisively: "Comrade General, please rest assured, the chance of success is very high. Even if you can't drive the enemy out, you can hit them hard and relieve the pressure of our army's later attacks. "I don't say this because I understand in my heart that the sudden cold weather is enough to make the German army lacking in preparation for the winter lose its original combat effectiveness.

　　 Zhukov thought about it again, and then replied: "I will think about it again, and I will answer you later." After that, he hung up the phone.