Burning Moscow

　　 After interrupting the contact with Katukov, I scanned the commanders in the house. There were too many people, and the command post was too small to allow everyone to sit down for a meeting, so I simply stood to hold a pre-war meeting.

I looked at the commanders in front of me and said: "Comrades, tonight we will launch an attack on the German forces occupying Sun Mountain City. The specific deployment is that after the division of the mixed group and the mixed group of students have assembled, they will immediately leave for the sun. Lurking near the mountain city. After the battle begins, General Katukov’s guard tank brigade will carry out an assault on the enemy’s defensive positions. When his troops tore the enemy’s line of defense, the mixed group will follow up in time to break through. expand.……"

　　 "Comrade commander, who will command the mixed regiment?" a famous officer asked below.

I looked at General Leviakin and Colonel Chistyakov standing upright next to him, and pointed to the colonel decisively: "The mixed regiment will be commanded by the commander of the 1073 regiment, Colonel Chistyakov." Here, I looked at Leviakin and said, "Comrade General, you should go back to the division headquarters first. When I am away, you will have full command of the remaining troops of the Eighth Guards Division."

　　 "Yes!" Leviakin agreed without hesitation, and then continued to stand there listening to me set up combat missions.

　　 I gave another order to Kistyakov: "Comrade Colonel, once the mixed group breaks through the line of defense, it should quickly deploy and occupy a firm position to prevent the enemy from counterattacking."

　　 "Yes!" Kistyakov agreed loudly.

　　 Then, Lieutenant Colonel Mladyntsev and Slavkin, the leader of the mixed cadet regiment, came out to accept my order. I saw the two men said: "Two commanders, when the mixed regiment attack starts twenty minutes, your regiment should rush up in time, rush into the enemy's depth, and be sure to disrupt the enemy's deployment. Then. Cooperate with Commander Rokosowski’s reinforcements to drive the enemy out of Sun Mountain City."

　　 "Understood!" The two replied in unison: "Please rest assured, teacher, we promise to complete the task."

　　After the combat mission was set up, I asked the group of commanders in front of me again: "Who has any questions?"

　　 "Yes," the officer who spoke just now asked loudly: "Comrade commander, where shall we start the offensive?"

　　 "Of course, the closer you are to Sun Mountain City, the better, so that you can quickly break through the German defense line." To be honest, I am not familiar with the terrain in this area, so I can only answer him vaguely.

"Report to Comrade Commander, about two kilometers southwest of Sun Mountain City, there is a forest where we can hide the offensive troops." Seeing that it was Captain Lomov who had relieved me, I was secretly grateful. I have a chance in the future. To be promoted to a deputy head of the regiment.

"But it is so close to the enemy's line of defense, the infantry does not matter. When the tank drives past, the roar of the motor will be discovered by the enemy. In this way, our attack will lose its suddenness." It was the one who attacked me. Officer, I looked at his captain's collar with a smile, and said in my heart that I will let you become a sergeant when the battle is over.

"Don't worry about this. Even in the silent night, as long as the distance exceeds 1,500 meters, the enemy will not hear the roar of the tank motor, not to mention that the distance between the forest and the city is far more than this distance." It was Major Durov, the battalion commander of the 1077 regiment who spoke.

　　The captain still asked somehow: "When our army's tank drives into the forest, will it really not be spotted by the enemy in Sun Mountain City?"

　　 "Yes," Major Durov replied very patiently, "I used to be a tank soldier. This is the most basic common sense. You can't get it wrong."

"But..." The captain wanted to say something, but was interrupted coldly by me: "Well, instead of arguing here, you might as well go back to the army immediately and take the soldiers to the starting point of the attack. "

　　 "This is the end of the meeting. Let the commanders return to the troops. Pack up and lead the soldiers to the designated place as soon as possible. Do you understand?" Leviakin stood up and agreed with me to avoid unnecessary quarrels at the meeting.

Leviakin’s prestige in the division is higher than mine. Following his orders, the commanders saluted and turned around and left. Only a few people including me were left in the room. A school-level officer who commands power.