Burning Moscow

Hearing the seemingly unintentional words of Pantai Leyev, I couldn’t help but tremble: a man who had to make a rare effort even to master the requirements of the syllabus, just thinking with his toes, knows how much he is. stupid. Is the experience summed up by such a stupid person really applicable? With this kind of association, I remembered that later generations put him in the category of long-lost generals. If he had not won the trust of Stalin, he would have been sent to a military court long ago.

Just as I was holding a notebook full of Yeleumenko’s experience and summing up like a chicken rib, Kirilov came over, patted his old man on the shoulder, and said a few words: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I can’t talk. That said. You know, Comrade Andrei Ivanovich Yereomyenko conducted a lot of schools and training courses, from the early advanced cavalry school and commander training courses to the later academy's long-term system. He had studied at the commander training class and the Frunze Military Academy. His classmates in the Leningrad Cavalry Advanced Commander Training Class, such as Zhukov, Rokosovsky, Bagramyan and others, Now they can be in a high position."

Hearing what Kirilov said, I no longer worry about gains and losses in my heart. No matter how later generations evaluate Yeleimenko, at least he has gone through systematic theoretical studies, combined with his decades of military career experience, and summed it up. The things that come out are still extremely precious, at least it can save me some detours.

I turned my head and saw that Akhromeev was just idle, so I told him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do we have any extra maps? If there are. Take them out and hang them on the opposite wall."

Akhromeyev nodded first, and then said embarrassedly: "Comrade Commander, there is a map. But it has never been used before, and there is no indication of the enemy or our situation."

I waved my hand and said disapprovingly: "It doesn't matter if you haven't used it before. You only need to mark the situation of the enemy and ourselves near Mamayev Hill."

Akhromeyev agreed, and then went to find the map I needed. I asked Pantaiyev, "Comrade deputy commander, during the two days I left, have the enemy attacked Mamayev Hill?"

"No." Bantai Leyev shook his head and said with certainty: "The German forward position in front of the Fourth Regiment has been very calm. Apart from normal patrols, the enemy showed no signs of attacking our division's defense area. There are also horses and horses. On the 107.5 plateau on the west side of Yevgang, the enemy on the plateau attacked Soviet Avenue that night, but as soon as the commanders of the second regiment attacked. They immediately retracted, and they did not notice any movement in the past two days."

"Comrade Oshanina, take a look at this." Kirilov stuffed a document into my hand and added: "It was the latest update brought to us by Commander Yeremenko when he came. file."

I took the file and didn't read it right away. Instead, I looked up at Kirilov and asked curiously: "Comrade political comrade, do you know what the file is?"

Kirilov shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "It is to boost morale. To prevent slipping, a new material reward policy adopted by the Supreme Command is prepared to give certain monetary rewards to officers and soldiers who have performed outstandingly in battle. ."

Give material rewards to outstanding officers and soldiers? When I heard Kirilov say so. I thought I had heard it wrong. In my mind, the Red Army officers and fighters were fighting to defend the motherland and Stalin. They usually dismissed money as much as they valued honor. This can be confirmed by troops with dozens of guards after the battle broke out just one year ago.

I glanced quickly at the title of the document. Knowing what Kirilov said was true. The first column is the reward method for Air Force pilots. The arms involved are: fighter aviation, short-range bombing aviation and assault aviation, airborne troops, and air force aircraft maintenance personnel. What I care about is the Army’s incentives. So I turned directly to the second page and saw the title written above: "Order to Encourage Officers and Soldiers to Destroy Enemy Tanks". The specific provisions are as follows:

"Using an anti-tank gun to destroy an enemy tank, the gunner will be awarded 500 rubles, and the auxiliary operating room will be awarded 250 rubles;

Our tank destroys an enemy tank. The tank commander, tank driver and gunner will each be awarded 500 rubles, and the other crew members will each be awarded 200 rubles;

Destroy an enemy tank with various types of artillery. The gunner and the gunner will each be awarded 500 rubles, and the other personnel of the artillery squad will be awarded 200 rubles each;

Individuals destroy an enemy tank and reward 1,000 rubles. If a group of anti-tank destroyers jointly destroy a tank, the bonus amount can be increased to 1,500 rubles, and each destroyer will distribute the bonus equally. "

When I saw this, I silently calculated it. From the formation of the independent division to the present, it is estimated that we have destroyed two or three hundred enemy tanks. If we follow this latest reward method, we can receive at least nearly twenty. Million bonus.

After calculating the income from the elimination of enemy tanks, I went on to look down, and immediately followed by the "Reward Order for Armored Tank Repairers", the reward conditions are as follows:

"Repair a KB tank, reward 350 rubles (minor repair) or 800 rubles (overhaul);

Repairing a T-34, Mk-2 or Mk-3 will be awarded 250 rubles (minor repair) or 500 rubles (overhaul);

Repair a bt type, t-26 type or t-40 type, reward 100 rubles (minor repair) or 200 rubles (overhaul). "

After patiently seeing this newly issued material reward order, I can’t help feeling full of emotions. It seems that the leaders of the Supreme Command also understand that it is difficult to truly and effectively boost morale by relying solely on honors. Therefore, this material reward policy follows. It is out. In this order document on combat rewards, the amount of bonuses stipulated is very high. The bonuses received by the commanders and fighters who have achieved good results are enough to buy a car of their own after the war or buy a building on the outskirts of Moscow. house. I put down the documents in my hand, looked up at Kirilov, and asked curiously: "Comrade political comrade, how will this bonus be paid to the commanders and fighters who do meritorious service?"

Hearing my question, Kirilov couldn't help being stunned. It seemed that he had never considered the details of how his superiors would pay bonuses to the meritorious officers and fighters. After being silent for a long time, he hesitated and said: "I think the superior may directly send the money to the relatives of the commanders and fighters in the rear. We must know that we are on the front line and there is no place to spend money."

When Kirilov finished speaking, Bantai Leyev also said with emotion: "Commander, political commissar, the war we are fighting now is a sacred war, fighting for the defense of our motherland. I believe we are commanders and fighters. They are eager to get honor, not money."

I did not entangle with Pantai Leyev on this issue, because I knew in my heart that even if the superiors could really cash in the bonus, it is estimated that the money would not be in the hands of the officers and soldiers, because everyone was fighting all day, and there was something in their bodies. With such a huge sum of money, is there still a mind-level war? Even sending money to their families is not reliable. Who knows if the families of the commanders and soldiers are still alive. Even if they are alive, they are probably evacuated to the rear. With the poor postal system, it is even more difficult for them to receive this bonus. Different from the Arabian Nights. So I just said lightly: "Comrade political comrades, the next day I will issue this order regarding combat rewards to the regiments so that the officers and men will see it. Maybe it can really boost morale."

At this time, Akhromeyev had hung the map on the wall. I walked over and took a look. The effect of the same map on the wall is really different from that on the table. After staring for a long time, I couldn't help but ask Akhromeyev: "Comrade Chief of Staff, have we sent reconnaissance troops recently to conduct reconnaissance on our enemies in the north and west?"

Hearing my question, Akhromeyev shook his head like a rattle: "Comrade commander, because the enemy’s blockade is too tight, our actions are very limited, so we haven’t sent them out during this period of time. Scout troops."

Although Akhromeyev's answer was as early as I expected, I still said dissatisfied: "Comrade Chief of Staff, why don't you send scouts to conduct reconnaissance on the enemy's position?" Seeing him open his mouth to explain. I hurriedly raised my hand to stop him, and then said: "In order to occupy Stalingrad, the Germans invested three infantry divisions and two tank divisions in the factory area. The city was upset, but here we have been calm. Are you not surprised at all?"

Pantai Leyev walked to my side ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After staring at the map on the wall for a while, he cautiously said: "Comrade Commander, do you think the enemy near us is not moving, is there a hidden conspiracy? Nothing?"

"I think Comrade Oshanina's judgment is very reasonable," Kirilov waited for Bantai Lev to speak, and promptly expressed his own views: "Our face-to-face enemy behavior is very abnormal, and perhaps something is brewing. So we should send scouts as soon as possible to go deep behind the enemy and figure out what the enemy wants to do."

After listening to what we said, Akhromeyev blushed and confessed to me: "I'm sorry, comrade commander, I didn't think about it well. Seeing that the enemy near Mamayev Hill is not moving, I take it lightly. Please. Please. Don't worry, I will make arrangements."

Seeing him about to leave, I specifically stopped him and said to him earnestly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please remember that as a mid-level commander, you cannot see that the enemy is silent and grateful. To figure out why they desperately wanted to take our position in the early stage, but now there is no movement at all? With our existing technology, it is impossible to intercept the enemy's radio communications, so we can only rely on sending scouts to reach behind the enemy Go and figure out what went wrong, so that we can work out a corresponding battle plan based on the specific enemy situation." Seeing him nodding in agreement, I waved at him, "Go, wait until dark. Send out the scouts." (to be continued)