Chapter 1021

Just then, a few people came in from the door. Before I looked back to see who was coming, I heard a familiar voice: "Comrade commander, you are back!"

"Yes, comrade malining." Rokosovsky replied with a smile: "I just came back from Moscow and brought you an old friend."

"Old friend?" I heard marinin ask in a puzzled voice, "who is it?"

"Who else, of course I am." I didn't wait for rokosovsky to speak, then I turned to malining standing by the door and said with a smile, "Hello, chief of staff, nice to meet you here!"

Seeing that it was me who was talking to him, marinin immediately showed a surprise expression on his face. He quickly extended his hands to me and said, "it's you, Rita. Welcome, welcome to our headquarters. "

"My chief of staff, Rita is not only a guest here." Rokosovsky deliberately explained my intention to malining with a straight face: "she came to check our deployment under the command of the headquarters."

After listening to rokosovsky's words, malining's strength increased a little bit and said more warmly: "since he is the representative of the base camp, he is more welcome."

After our greetings, rokosovsky suddenly waved to a tall and thin general who was still standing by the door and said, "general proshyakov, what are you doing standing there? Come to me. I really have something to discuss with you."

General pushlyakov walked quickly to rokosovsky, kept a standing posture, and asked respectfully, "Comrade commander, what instructions do you have?"

"General pushlyakov," rokosovsky said thoughtfully, "we will fortify the existing defense zone in the next few months, so your Engineering Agency will start to calculate the construction works in the Kursk defense zone. I hope you can work out the project schedule as soon as possible in these two days. Do you understand? "

"I understand!" Proshyakov agreed in a low voice, frowned and thought for a moment, then said to rokosovsky: "Comrade commander, the calculation of fortification works and the preparation of project schedule are a heavy work. It requires taking into account the terrain and determining the number of manpower, building materials, automobile transportation and various machines for construction. If it is to be completed in two days, I need your help. "

"No problem, general proshyakov. I have already chosen the person to assist you in your work. " When rokosovsky said this, he turned his head and said to the nearby jerekin: "Comrade military commissar, from tomorrow on, you will assist general pushlyakov to complete this arduous task. Is there a problem? "

"No, no problem, comrade commander." Jieliejin stood up from his seat and answered in a positive tone: "considering that the enemy's forces for assault must be very strong, in addition to building fortifications in the main defensive zone, we should also build the second and third defensive zones, as well as the defensive zones behind the group army and the front army."

Hearing this, rokosovsky turned his head and looked at the nearby jerekin. After they looked at each other, they both laughed. This smile stunned him. He asked mistily, "commander, military commissar, am I right?"

"No, comrade proshyakov, you are quite right," he said with a strong smile. We laugh not because you said something wrong, but because what you said is exactly the same as what the commander said on our way back. "

After explaining to proshlyakov, jerekin turned to rokosovsky and said, "comrades commander, such energetic and active comrades as general proshlyakov can be completely trusted. I believe that under his command, our construction project can be completed on time with quality and quantity guaranteed. "

As soon as pushlyakov and other jellykin finished speaking, he immediately summoned up courage and said to rokosovsky, "we should not only build fortifications in Kursk, but also set up minefields in many areas in front of the positions. These minefields should be obstacles to the enemy's direct attack on the Kursk line. However, the chief of staff and I just went to inspect and found that we could not collect the necessary amount of mines and explosives from the warehouses under the command of the engineers of the front army or from places where materials could be found. I ask you to apply to your superiors to provide us with the necessary military supplies. "

Unexpectedly, after listening to him, rokosovsky shook his head decisively and replied, "general proshyakov, you should know very well. It is not only our central front army that needs to build fortifications. We have already given you all that can be allocated to you. "

"But, comrade commander." hear; As for rokosovsky's reply, proshyakov stubbornly retorted: "before you went to Moscow, you said that you would go to the base camp to ask for the materials we need. We have to know that in the next battle, we may face both sides of the German attack at the same time. If we don't have enough materials, it will be difficult for us to complete the construction of the whole fortification in the shortest time. " Seeing rokosovsky's expressionless listening to his statement, pushlyakov could not help slowing down his tone, "even if Moscow allocates us a small amount of materials, even if we only give us mines and no explosives, we can accept it."

As for the request of proshyakov, rokosovsky shook his head again and said helplessly: "general proshyakov, I made this request when I met Comrade Stalin in the Kremlin. I'm sorry that my request was turned down. Because we are not the only place where there is war, and there is a more important direction than us, we should give priority to providing these materials to them. And we can only make good use of local resources. "

When he heard what rokosovsky said, he had nothing more to say. He shrugged his shoulders a little at a loss, and then stood in the same place without saying a word.

"Comrade commander, I want to ask a question." Chernyahovsky, who never spoke, suddenly asked in a loud voice, "are there no more tanks you promised to our army?"

Rokosovsky nodded with a bitter smile and said with difficulty, "yes, comrade chernyahovsky. I know that there are no tanks in your group army's tank brigade, so I sincerely ask Comrade Stalin to give us 100, even 80, newly developed tanks. However, he once again refused my request unequivocally, saying that only six new tanks have been produced, and that it is impossible to train a large number of troops in a short period of time. "

As an insider, I can only feel in my heart what rokosovsky said. Although the secret base obtained the detailed design concept, drawings and parameters of the T-72 tank selflessly provided by florin, it is not easy to train troops in a short time.

First, Kharkov, the main research and production base of tanks, is still under the control of the German army, and the production capacity of tank factories in other areas is very limited. In addition, there is not enough special steel for the new tank, so it is difficult to make the new tank come out ahead of time.

"What shall we do?" Although chernyahovsky is good at using tank regiment to fight, he doesn't have a tank in his hand now. It can be said that he can't make a meal without rice. In the face of the enemy's assault, he is helpless, so he can't help but take a trace of anger when he speaks: "if there is no tank, after the battle starts, We can only use tank soldiers as ordinary infantry, which is not only a waste of troops, but also a crime. "

For chernyahovsky's complaints, rokosovsky did not get angry, but comforted him after a long sigh: "Comrade chernyahovsky, don't worry. Although we don't have tanks now, it doesn't mean we will never have tanks. Maybe in a month or so, the newly produced T-34 tank will continue to supply energy to the army. "

"What should we do before the new tanks arrive in the army?" Although rokosovsky made a promise, chernyahovsky asked reluctantly, "what if we still can't get the tank supplement in a month's time?"

Seeing rokosovsky's embarrassed expression, I said decisively, "general chernyahovsky, please don't worry. Before your tank brigade is supplemented by tanks, the possibility of German attack is very small. What you need to do now is to urge the commanders and fighters at all levels below to build solid and reliable fortifications in the existing defensive areas as soon as possible to fight against the possible German attack. "

Chernyahovsky looked at me and asked puzzledly, "general oshanina, I want to ask you, how do you judge that the German army will not attack our defense area in the short term?"

"Intuition, I rely on my intuition." I don't want to be entangled in how to judge from the enemy's intelligence that the German army will not launch an attack in the short term. Instead, I said straightforwardly: "you may think it's ridiculous, but I tell you that women's intuition is very accurate. It is with this intuition that I have commanded the troops to defeat the enemy many times. "

Chernyahovsky probably didn't expect me to give such a reason. After a while, he said with a smile instead of anger: "well, since you can command the troops to win the battle according to your intuition, we still need the scouts to detect the enemy's situation. Just find some female soldiers and let them judge the enemy's next move according to their intuition."

"Well, comrade chernyahovsky, please stop saying that." Rokosovsky suddenly interrupted chernyahovsky and went on to talk. He came out to help me out: "Lida and I have known each other for more than a year, nearly two years. I agree with her intuition. If she didn't have this intuition, I would not be in this world. "

All the people present, even me, were shocked by the words that rokosovsky suddenly said. We all focused on him, waiting for him to go on. When he saw that all of us were waiting for his answer, he coughed softly and said, "I heard Comrade Stalin say it himself. He said that during the Moscow defense war, Rita once went to see him and said she dreamed that I would be in danger somewhere. Although Comrade Stalin was dubious after hearing this, he mobilized an army to set up a garrison near the village. I didn't expect that a few days later, as soon as my headquarters and I withdrew to the village, we were besieged by the enemy. Fortunately, with the support of troops deployed there in advance, we managed to escape from the encirclement of the German army. "

At this point, he looked at chernyahovsky and said solemnly, "Comrade General, after hearing this, do you still doubt that Rita's intuition is unreliable?" Chernyahovsky finished listening to rokosovsky, looked at me, then shook his head and said, "Comrade commander, since you say so, then I would rather believe it is true." Then, he gave me a smile and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, comrade oshanina. I dare not doubt you. Please forgive my recklessness." As soon as chernyahovsky's words were finished, malining interrupted: "Comrade commander, I almost forgot to tell you something. This afternoon, I received a phone call saying that Marshal Zhukov is inspecting the defense area of the 70th group army today and will come to our front army headquarters at noon tomorrow. Do you want to stay in the headquarters and wait for him“ Well, now that it's over, don't mention it any more. " After listening to malining's words, rokosovsky came out again to help us out. He said to chernyahovsky, "Rita was sent to us from the base camp to inspect. Originally, I wanted to take her to the troops below. But if the marshal is coming tomorrow, I can only give you this arduous task. You can take her to the infantry division and tank brigade below and talk to the commanders and fighters. I believe it will be very helpful to improve the morale of the commanders and fighters. " Now that rokosovsky had spoken out, chernyahovsky would not object. He nodded and said, "well, tomorrow I will personally accompany general oshanina to my troops. Besides asking her to check our deployment, I can also ask her to say a few words to our soldiers, Let's get to know our outstanding female general. "