Burning Moscow

During the meal, General Shumilov, who had been taciturn, said slowly: "General Kolpakic, I would like to ask, how many troops can the 62nd Army put into the counter assault in the early hours of tomorrow morning?" After the question, he smiled. He looked at Kolpakchi, waiting for his reply. .

After listening to what he said, Kolpakchi put down his knife and fork, and replied slowly: "General Shumilov, Comrade Cuikov, there is one thing I want to tell you, the counterattack tomorrow morning, the 62nd Army Maybe you can’t participate. When you just came in, I was calling Commander Golddorf to explain why I couldn’t participate in the counterattack.”

The smiles of Shumilov and Trikov froze on their faces, and I looked at Kolpakchi in a puzzled manner, wondering why he had such courage to resist the orders of his superiors. It was absolutely lifeless. .

After a while, Cuikov asked with a stern face, "Vladimir Yakovlevich, I want to know the real reason why the 62nd Army did not participate in the counterattack."

Kolpakic sighed and said helplessly: "I received a call today from General Nikishev, Chief of Staff of the Front Army. He informed me that at two o'clock in the morning tomorrow, our army and your ** army will jointly launch a confrontation with the enemy. But I quickly discovered that the troops were not ready yet. The ammunition was consumed in the early stage of the battle, and the ammunition that was supplied to us has not yet arrived. What’s more serious is that the tanks of General Moskalenko’s First Army Group Has fallen into a very difficult situation, completely lost the ability to assault. In addition, the enemy's air force holds absolute air supremacy, and the assembly operations of the 4th Army Group of Tanks of General Kryuchonkin and the operation of crossing the Don River ended in failure. Comprehensive current According to the analysis of the situation, the anti-assault plan has been unable to be implemented."

"General Kolpakchi, you are a defeatist argument. After other troops have fought tenaciously with the enemy, there are also insufficient ammunition and insufficient strength, but they still carry out everything ordered by their superiors. Order." Shumilov completely ignored the level of Kolpakchi and himself, and said unceremoniously, "I think you were scared by the enemy."

Kolpakchi slapped the knife and fork on the table hard, stood up abruptly, leaned forward, supported the edge of the table with both hands, glared at Schumilov with fire-breathing eyes, and said furiously: " What?! I’m a coward!!! Comrade General, do you know how many enemies my army has fought in the Don River Basin in the past half a month? Although they have broken through our army’s defenses several times, every time Furthermore, they will have to pay a huge price. The soldiers who stood by our positions completely fought to the last person. It can be said that the enemy only barely occupied our positions by stepping on the corpses of our soldiers."

Seeing Kolpakchi getting angry, I turned my side slightly so that when he lifted the table, I could quickly escape to a safe area. But fortunately, Cuikov promptly stopped the conflict between the two who might continue, and did not make the worst case that I had envisaged. He said to his superior with a serious expression: "General Shumilov, I know Kolpak. Comrade Qi has been for nearly twenty years. He will definitely not be a coward who is greedy for life and fear of death." Then he turned his eyes to me and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, you used to be an adjutant to General Kolpakchi. , Do you think I am right?"

When I saw Cui Kefu throw the conversation to me, I couldn't help feeling a little flustered, thinking that there was a conflict between your commanders, what is my business, do I need me to comment? This is really a shot while lying down. But now that Cui Kefu has asked so, I have to talk about my views. I coughed, and after attracting everyone’s attention, I said: "Three comrades commanders, let me just say a few words. If you say something wrong, please don’t take it off. You must know that it was only ten days ago, if Who mentioned the construction of fortifications on the Don River, which is equivalent to saying that the enemy may almost penetrate into the hinterland of the motherland and approach the city named after the Supreme Commander himself. Then, to put it better, this is a ridiculous idea; If it doesn’t sound good, it’s a manifestation of defeatism."

After listening to my vague words, Trikov murmured: "I'm asking you to evaluate General Kolpakchi, not for you to talk about these useless nonsense." Then he turned his head and said to Kolpakchi: "Ko Comrade Erpakchi, I think you made a lot of sense. When you reported this idea to the commander of the front, how did he reply to you?"

Kolpak smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said: "Commander Golddorf scolded me before I could finish my thoughts, and then warned me that if I can't attack on time tomorrow morning, he will Removed the position of commander of our group army and sent me to a military court."

Cui Kefu asked again: "How do you think about it?"

Kolpakchi replied without hesitation: "Since I have determined that this counter-assault plan cannot be implemented, I will stick to my opinion and let the troops stay in their original positions. There is no hope for not participating. Our original defensive position is insufficient. If we continue to use this hopeless counterattack in vain, we will be unable to resist it when the enemy re-launched its offensive."

After listening to Cui Koff, he pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said to Shumilov: "Comrade Commander, let's go now and go back to the headquarters of the group army."

"Back to the headquarters of the group army?" Shumilov asked in surprise: "Why, we didn't look for the two separated troops?"

"No more." Cui Kefu was a decisive person. In this case, he said without hesitation: "We searched for so long, but only found a brigade of the 23rd Tank Army. From what we saw Judging from it, they are not ready for any battle at all. Even if they find all their troops, they will not be able to complete the assembly under the enemy's fierce air strikes, which will increase unnecessary casualties."

"But..." Shumilov wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Cuikov. He said flatly: "Comrade Commander, I will take you back to the headquarters of the group army and meet everyone to get to know each other. It is convenient. You will direct the battle from now on."

Hearing what Cuikov said, Shumilov nodded helplessly and said, "Well, let's go back to the headquarters." After speaking, he stood up and reached out to Kolpakchi, squeezing his face hard. With a smile on his face, he said politely: "Comrade General, we are leaving. Thank you very much for your hospitality."

Kolpakic also reached out and shook his hand politely, and then shook hands with Cui Koff. The two of them held their hands tightly together, shaking vigorously, without saying a word, but they were communicating with each other with their eyes.

The two commanders are leaving, and I can't sit and eat lunch anymore. Since Cui Kefu didn't tell me to return to the 62nd Army, I can only leave with him. The sumptuous lunch on the table, I had to put it down after only a few bites. I was really unwilling to look at it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ While the three of them were not paying attention, I quietly grabbed two pieces of sausage and stuffed it into my mouth. .

In the end, before I swallowed the meat sausages, Kolpakic had reached out his hand to me, smiled and said: "Comrade Oshanina, if you want to come back someday, just say it, I will let Cui Kefu Comrades will let you back right away.” At this point, he turned his head to look at Cui Kefu, and said jokingly: “I said, old man, you can’t let go of people then.”

Hearing what Kolpakchi said, I regretted it in my heart. You said I was not driven by bad luck. I don’t eat early or late. It happens to be eating at this time, my mouth is full of things, and I can’t even speak. . Otherwise, I would take the opportunity to propose that I want to stay in the 62nd Army, and then it would be logical to leave and eat the rest of the lunch.

Cuikov and Shumilov said nothing, and walked quickly to the jeep parked outside the village. I followed the two of them, recalling what Kolpakchi had just said in my heart, and asked myself, although the counter assault formulated by the front army headquarters was a bit out of date, if I changed my position in Kolpakchi, I would refuse like him. Should the higher-level deployment or recklessly execute the wrong order from the higher-level?

Before I could come up with anything, we had already walked to the jeep. Cui Koff patted me on the shoulder and asked displeasedly: "Oshanina, what are you in a daze? Get in the car quickly." To be continued.)