Chapter 215

After listening to my answer, Zhukov did not speak. He sat down with a teacup in his hand and looked down at the map in front of him. Because he didn't ask me to sit down, I stood upright at the table.

I stood for a while and found that Zhukov's attention had not yet shifted from the map in front of him. I knew that he was considering a new combat deployment and was thinking about whether to say goodbye to him. At this time, a telephone on the desk suddenly rang. Zhukov, who was still in deep thought, woke up, grabbed the phone and said in a loud voice, "I'm Zhukov."

"Comrade Zhukov!" Because of the close distance, I heard Stalin's deep and slow Georgia accent clearly in the microphone.

"Hello! Comrade Stalin Zhukov suddenly stood up, because the action was too big, and his military uniform fell to the ground. I quickly walked around the table, picked up the army coat on the ground and put it on Zhukov.

Stalin on the other side of the phone still said without hesitation: "I just talked with marshal Shaposhnikov and decided to subordinate the first assault group army and the 10th group army, as well as Comrade Vlasov's 20th group army, to the Western Front Army from November 29 today, all under your command."

"Well," Zhukov didn't have many surprises. Maybe the acquisition of these troops is far from his expectation: "with these troops, we can carry out counter attack against the German army."

They talked a few more words. Suddenly, I vaguely heard Stalin mention my name. I couldn't help but prick up my ears to hear what it was. He was a little unhappy and asked: "what's the matter with o'shanina? What's she doing when she doesn't command the troops to defend in the sun mountain city? The leader of the municipal Party committee sued her in front of me. "

"Comrade Stalin, please listen to me. This thing is like this... "Zhukov looked at me, and then told Stalin in detail what I had just reported to him. Finally, he added: "thanks to Comrade oshanina's prompt decision to organize militia and tank troops to attack in time, all the German troops stationed in the Himki settlement were wiped out, blocking the enemy's advance to the Kremlin."

After listening to Zhukov's explanation, Stalin asked slowly, "well, what are the positions and ranks of bunyachenko and bukov who participated in the attack?"

Zhukov put his hand over the microphone and looked at me. I quickly replied, "lieutenant general bunyachenko is the chief of staff of the 389th tank division, and captain bunkov is the commander of the militia annihilation battalion." After listening, Zhukov released his hand covering the microphone and repeated my words to Stalin.

"Immediately, the 389th tank division was added from the reserve, and bunyachenko made him the division commander and promoted him to the rank of colonel. As for captain bukov, he was promoted to the rank of major and made a battalion commander of the eighth guard division of oshanina. " In a few words, Stalin arranged the future of the two commanders who took part in the Himki offensive. After that, he hung up the phone.

Zhukov put down the phone, looked up at me, sighed softly, and said earnestly, "Rita, as your superior and elder, I want to say something about you. Soldiers should take obeying orders as their bounden duty. No matter right or wrong, as long as they give orders, you must carry them out. You can't doubt them or change them casually. We should know that the nature of violating the orders of the superior is very bad. Even if we win in the end, we may be sent to a military court. Do you understand? "

I know what he said was that I changed the Soviet operational order in the northern region without authorization, although I always thought that it was right to adjust the operational plan according to the changes in the situation on the battlefield. When he heard that Zhukov had said this, he could only bow his head and admit his mistake: "I'm sorry, comrade general, I'm wrong."

He got up, walked around the table to me, patted me on the shoulder and said, "don't worry, comrade Stalin. I've explained it for you just now. Forget it this time. Next time you encounter such a situation, please let me know and let me deal with it in person. "

Listening to what he said, I knew that he was trying his best to defend me. He quickly replied, "I see. Thank you, Comrade General! " When I said this, I was fluke in my heart. If Zhukov didn't protect me, I don't know what fate would be waiting for me now.

Just then, the telephone on the desk rang again. This time, it was the commander of a certain group army below. He reported that his front-line enemy was attacking fiercely, and the lines of defense in some areas had been broken through by the enemy. On hearing this, Zhukov was furious and yelled at the other side: "I order you to organize troops to carry out counter assault immediately, and you must take back the positions occupied by the enemy, otherwise you will wait to go to the military court."

There is more than one such phone. Before we put it down, several other phones on the desk ring one after another. The contents of these calls were similar. They all said that the German army suddenly launched an attack in a certain area, and the enemy, who had a huge advantage in technology and equipment, forced our army to retreat and quickly occupied a certain area. When I saw Zhukov angrily angry at the commander on the other side of the phone, I felt particularly embarrassed. At the same time, I was glad that I had good luck. It was so easy for me to attack Taiyangshan city and Himki.

When he put down all the phones and sat down at his desk and stopped talking, I stepped forward two steps and asked cautiously, "senior general, I don't know if you have sent me to the headquarters. Do you have any tasks to assign?" Hearing my voice and looking at the map in a daze, Zhukov seemed to think that there was still a number one like me in the room. He looked up at me and said slowly, "I'm calling you back from the front because there will be a military meeting tomorrow to set up a counterattack plan against the German army. Present at the meeting were commanders of various army groups, as well as division commanders of several guard divisions. You're going to take part, too. " I don't think it's a good thing for me to stand here, so I immediately asked, "what's my task now?"“ Your task now is to have a good rest. I know you haven't had a good rest these days in order to direct the battle. So I've arranged a room for you upstairs. You can go and have a good sleep and come back at the meeting tomorrow. " Then he called to the door, "Comrade captain, come in." With his shouts, the door was pushed open, and the captain appeared at the door. Zhukov said to him, "take Mr. oshanina upstairs to have a rest." After saluting Zhukov, I followed the captain out of the room. After going out, the captain planned to take me directly upstairs to find my room, but I saw that he was alone here. If he left, there would be no one on duty at the door, so he politely declined his kindness, asked the number of his room, and planned to go to the third floor by himself. When I got to the corridor where the communication room was located, I suddenly heard the captain calling me from behind. I stopped and looked back. The captain asked aloud, "Comrade division commander, I'll have your new uniform sent to your room later."“ Well, I'll trouble you! " Then I went back. As soon as I turned around, my body banged lightly, and my elbow seemed to hit a soft silk ball. I fixed my eyes on it. It turned out to be a young female soldier. Maybe I hit her a little too hard just now. I was frowning and rubbing my chest with my hands. Although the other party was just a soldier, I apologized to her immediately: "sorry, comrade soldier! I walked carelessly, didn't I hurt? " Just as he wanted to say more, he suddenly felt that he was a little familiar and looked up and down. He immediately remembered that this was Nina, the soldier who accompanied me shopping two months ago. He immediately patted her on the shoulder and said excitedly, "Nina, it's you! Do you still know me? I'm o'shanina! " Nina looked up at me carefully and recognized me. Her eyebrows jumped up and she hugged me with a smile. She exclaimed excitedly, "remember, Rita CHICKA, I'm so glad to see you here again!"“ be quiet! Please be quiet Hearing us yelling excitedly, the staff sergeant sitting on duty in the corridor immediately stood up and made a voice to stop our gaffes. Nina spat out her tongue, made a face at the sergeant, and then pulled me out.