Chapter 1094

After making the plan for the ambush, I made a personal phone call to report to watujing.

After hearing my voice, vatujing first asked, "Comrade oshanina, it's the early morning of June 22. Are your troops ready for battle?"

Although I knew that the German army would not launch a battle in Kursk on this day, I still ordered the troops in the front to enter a state of combat readiness. Therefore, when I heard watujing's question at this moment, I immediately replied unequivocally, "report to Comrade commander of the front army that all units of the sixth group army of the guards have started the combat readiness duty procedure."

I didn't expect that after hearing this, watujing asked in a puzzled way, "o'shanina, what is the combat readiness duty procedure? It's the first time I've heard this term

Watujing's words stunned me. My heart said, is there no combat readiness duty system at this time? However, since my immediate superior asked about this, I could only reply with a stiff head: "comrades, the so-called combat readiness duty is a system of commanders, command organs and troops on duty established to prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking and deal with other emergencies.

The commander on duty shall be in the charge of the division commander, deputy division commander, chief of staff and other commanders at the frontier in turn.

The officers of the command organs at all levels shall take turns to be responsible for the duty of the command organs and be responsible for the daily combat readiness and other work. For the affairs that cannot be handled, immediately report to the higher authorities.... "

"Come on, comrade oshanina, needless to say." Without waiting for me to finish, watujing interrupted me and praised: "your method is good. You can consider promoting it in the whole front army. In this way, the commanders and fighters can get enough rest to avoid being exhausted due to the long preparation time. "

I waited for him for fear that he would not finish talking, because as soon as he stopped talking, I immediately said, "senior general, I have an important piece of information that I want to report to you immediately."

After hearing this, watujing asked in a puzzled way, "why, comrade oshanina, didn't you call at this time to report on the preparations of your army?"

I can't laugh or cry at this conjecture of vatukin. My heart says that if I want to prepare for war, can I call you in the early morning? If there is anything, it will be reported directly during the day. I coughed gently, cleared my throat, and then reported to him, "Comrade General, the inspector of the 51st division of the guards, captured a German staff officer near tomarovka and seized a document from him."

"What document?" What I said immediately aroused watujing's curiosity. He asked, "does it mention when the enemy will attack our defense area?"

"Well, that's not true." Vatukin's thinking is really leaping. I just mentioned that he had seized a document, and he immediately contacted that the information would be related to the German army's attack on Kursk. I quickly explained: "this document belongs to a regiment level unit of the German army, and only about the transfer order of the subordinate units of the regiment."

"So that's it." Listen to me, the documents have nothing to do with the German attack on Kursk. When vatukington lost interest, he asked lazily, "Comrade oshanina, are you calling me so late for this trivial document?"

From his tone, I recognized impatience and even a little dissatisfaction. I quickly explained, "senior general, please listen to me. The German army will start from tomarovka in the morning of the 24th, bypass Yakovlev and go deep into the rear of our army. "

"What, what do you mean, the Germans are trying to send troops into the rear of our army?" My words scared watujing. His lazy voice immediately became nervous: "what's the matter, let's hear it!"

Seeing that my words successfully attracted the attention of watujing, I quickly reported to him the ambush plan we had prepared in detail. After the report, I held the microphone and stood there quietly, waiting for his statement.

After a long silence, vatukin began to say, "Comrade oshanina, do you think this is OK. According to the analysis of the supreme command, it is possible for the German army to launch a surprise attack on our defensive positions in the early morning of June 22, 1943. At present, our main energy should be on how to defend against the German attack. "

These words of vatukin are tantamount to indirectly negating our plan. Under such circumstances, I was a little worried, so I said to him in a hurry: "senior general, according to our current reconnaissance situation, the German army has not shown any sign of large-scale assembly in front of our army, so I think it is totally impossible for them to launch an attack today."

When I said this, vatukin sneered twice and asked in a sarcastic tone, "Comrade oshanina, are you Marshal von Kruger or marshal Manstein, saying that if we don't attack today, the German army won't attack?"

When I heard vatukin's query, my mouth twitched violently. For a moment, I really wanted to tell him that the date of the German attack on Kursk was not June 22, but July 5. Our first-class combat readiness in the whole defensive zone is meaningless.

But I finally controlled my mood. When I spoke to vatukin, I tried to make my tone more stable: "senior general, I can't provide you with evidence that the German army will not attack for the time being. But I know that if we don't take the initiative to deal with this German army, they will sneak into our rear and pose a threat to our whole defense line. "

"No, comrade o'shanina, it's absolutely impossible." In response to my request, watujing stubbornly said: "according to the plan you just reported, you need to use at least one artillery regiment, two tank companies and two battalions of infantry to destroy this enemy. Have you ever thought that so many troops left their original defensive zone to ambush the German detachment that we don't know whether it will appear. Once the German army really launches an attack on the defense area of your group army, the strength of individual positions will be weak. I can hardly imagine how they can resist the fierce attack of the German army when their strength and weapons are not dominant. "

"General, please listen to me..."

"Don't say anything, I don't want to hear it," he said angrily, tired of my constant entanglement. "No one in the position is allowed to move without my permission. Do you understand? "

Vatujing is angry. I'm also angry. It's hard to find a fighter plane. I didn't expect that he would not allow us to fight. I won't watch the enemy go around our position without taking any measures. When I heard the last sentence of watujing, I felt hopeless. While I was thinking about whether I should agree to him, I heard a familiar voice in the receiver: "Comrade commander, who are you angry with?"

"Oh, it's comrade Khrushchev. Are you and Comrade deputy commander back from Moscow?" Vatukin didn't hang up or cover the phone, so I could hear him clearly.

Khrushchev's distinctive laughter came from the receiver: "Comrade vatukin, who are you angry with?"

"Who else?" Watujing replied, "oshanina, commander of the sixth group army of the guards. She clearly knew that I had ordered all the troops of the front army to prepare for the possible attack of the German army, but she did not hold her position well, but she had to send troops to ambush a small German army that was trying to bypass Yakovlev.... "

"Comrade commander, you can't say that." When Khrushchev heard what vatukin said, he unexpectedly said something nice for me: "Comrade oshanina and I met in the war of Stalingrad. Although we didn't have much time to contact with her, I know that she is an excellent commander with strategic vision. Maybe it is because of this that the superior appointed her as the commander of the group army

Vatukin hesitated when he heard Khrushchev saying good things for me. He tentatively asked, "Comrade military commissar, what do you mean?"

"Let me ask her." After I heard a rush of footsteps, Khrushchev's voice became loud: "Hello, is that Rita?"

Because he just said a good word for me in front of watujing, my favor for him soared by 200 percent, because when I answered him, I was respectful: "Hello, comrade military Commissar."

"I've heard everything from the commander," Khrushchev asked frankly instead of going around the circle. "I want to hear what you can do to get the best of both worlds, so that you can hold your position and send troops to ambush this small German army?"

After listening to Khrushchev's question, I pondered for a moment, and then replied, "Comrade military commissar, commander vatukin does not agree with my ambush plan because he is worried that individual defensive areas of our group army will become weak because of the deployment of troops."

"Yes, that's why." Khrushchev asked steadily, "do you have any good solutions?"

"Comrade military commissar, I think so." In order to achieve the purpose of persuading vatukin, I truthfully explained my consideration to Khrushchev, who was fond of me: "according to the analysis of the supreme command, it is possible for the German army to launch an attack on our defensive zone today. Based on the analysis of the latest reconnaissance, I think that it is impossible for the German army to launch an attack today, because there is no sign of German troops moving in our broad front. Therefore, I consider that the troops involved in the ambush will not move for the time being. This afternoon, if there is no movement from the German army, I will arrange the relevant troops to prepare for the ambush. "

After listening to my plan, Khrushchev said with a smile: "Comrade oshanina, I know you have many ghost ideas. I'm sure you can come up with a good way to get the best of both worlds. Just a moment. I'll talk to the commander to see if he agrees with your plan. Comrade vatukin. " His last words were to watujing, who was standing beside him.

"Well, comrade military Commissar." Vatukin may have heard the dialogue between Khrushchev and me, and said with tolerance, "since general oshanina has a comprehensive solution, do as she says. If the German army did not attack, her troops could enter the ambush and dig the fortifications after 3 p.m. But, "he suddenly accentuated," if the German attack, she must hold the position firmly for me, not a step back. "

After vatukin's words, Khrushchev picked up the receiver and said to me with a smile, "oshanina, I think you may have heard what the commander said. Just follow what he said." I put down the phone and found that several commanders sitting at the table, whether Danilov or bezikov, or povsky and tavartkirazer, were looking at me nervously, as if they were still worried about me. I laughed at them and explained to them, "at the beginning, comrade commander was worried that the deployment of too many troops to the nearby areas would weaken the defensive forces of individual areas, so he did not hesitate to deny our request." Seeing the disappointment on the faces of all the people, I went on to say: "fortunately, comrade Khrushchev, the military commissar, said a few good words for me, and commander watujing agreed to our fortification plan. However, his only condition is that only when the German army does not attack us before three o'clock today can they send troops into the ambush area to build fortifications. " When you heard what I said, your face became relaxed. I immediately gave an order while the iron was hot: "after three o'clock tomorrow, general tavartkilaze will send a battalion to build necessary Fortifications on the hillside. Remember to fake it and go there. Don't be found by the enemy's reconnaissance plane."“ Don't worry, comrade commander. " Tavartkilaze assured me: "the air defense alarm mode adopted by our division today is still your original creation. I will send out the guard in the direction of enemy aircraft. Once the enemy plane is found, it will fire a warning gun, so that the officers and men who are building fortifications can hide. " I can only smile bitterly at tavartkilaze's statement. If the German reconnaissance plane really flies over, even if all the soldiers are allowed to hide, the trenches they dig will still be discovered by the enemy. In this way, our ambush plan will face the possibility of destruction. However, if we can succeed or not, we can only let fate decide. Then I exchanged views with bofsky and bere on the heavy artillery and tank forces. After reaching a consensus, I waved the meeting over and asked them to return to their respective units.