Chapter 1149

It seems that the German army's attack on oboyan was repulsed by katukov's troops, and the big stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground. At this time, even if katukov doesn't turn me out, I will take the initiative to leave. After all, there are many things waiting for me to deal with in the group army headquarters.

I reached out to katukov and said in a friendly way, "Comrade General, it seems that you are safe here for the time being, so I should go back to my headquarters."

When he shook hands with me to say goodbye, katukov specially asked, "do you want me to send troops to escort you back?"

"No, Comrade General." According to my experience in these trips, the more vehicles there are, the easier it is to become the target of German aircraft or sporadic troops. I politely refused his kindness: "my guards can protect my safety."

An hour later, when I reappeared in my group headquarters, the first thing I saw was kirilov walking back and forth like an ant on a hot pot. Seeing me back safely, he was relieved, and then asked, "Rita, what's going on with general katukov?"

"The German attack was repulsed." After I gave a brief answer, I turned around and asked bzikov, who was standing beside me, "chief of staff, what's the situation in our defense area?"

Bezikov nodded and replied, "in the jurisdiction of several divisions, the German attacks were repulsed by our troops. According to the reconnaissance, they have all returned to their original starting point of attack and are reorganizing their troops. It seems that they want to launch a new attack. "

"It's no big deal," I said confidently after listening to bzikov's report. "Since we can beat back their first attack, we can also beat back their second and third attacks." I don't say that with blind confidence, but because I know that the allies will launch the Sicilian landing on the night of July 9. The forces in Manstein's hands were the German strategic reserves. When there was a shortage there, Hitler would certainly draw forces from here to prevent the Allied forces from expanding their achievements. If Manstein is not strong enough, he will still be beaten to the ground by us.

Although I say that, I am still not sure about the divisions on the front line. I am deeply afraid that the proportion of casualties in their troops in the recent battle is too large. In that case, it will be more difficult to fight in the next battle.

After calling the 51st, 52nd, 67th and 90th divisions of the guards in turn, I knew that the proportion of casualties among the commanders and fighters of each unit was still within an acceptable range in the recent battle, and I felt a lot more at ease.

While I was complacent, akhromeyev, who was on the phone by the wall, suddenly covered the phone and called me. Seeing my eyes looking at him, he nervously reported to me, "Comrade commander, your phone number."

As I walked towards him, I asked casually, "who's calling?"

"The call was from the Deputy commander-in-chief." Akhromeyev was deeply afraid that I didn't understand him. He specially emphasized: "it's Marshal Zhukov!"

Marshal Zhukov?! When I heard the name, I couldn't help but be stunned. My heart said, does he have anything important to ask me? Otherwise, how can he go over watujing and call me directly?

I took the phone, took a deep breath, and said to the microphone with a little guilty: "Hello, marshal!"

"Rita, are you back from katukov?" Zhukov asked directly.

Zhukov is far away in Kursk. How can he know that I went to oboyan? Is it someone in the headquarters who informed me. When I searched the room with suspicious eyes, the people who were swept shook their heads, shrugged their shoulders, spread their hands, and looked innocent.

I looked at all the people, but I didn't see who was like the "informant". I had to put the matter aside and respectfully asked Zhukov, "marshal, do you have anything important to call me?"

"Are you familiar with Romanov?" Zhukov asked coldly.

Romanov, when I heard this familiar name, my first reaction was that he had died. Otherwise, how could Zhukov suddenly ask him. Thinking that the comrade who once fought side by side with me might have died, my heart suddenly became heavy. I asked tentatively, "Comrade marshal, why did you suddenly ask him. Did he have an accident when he was commanding the guerrillas? "

"Who said he had an accident? He's still alive. " Zhukov didn't beat me around the Bush either. Instead, he directly pointed out: "do you think he will lead a mutiny?"

"Leading a mutiny?" When I heard Zhukov say that, I almost hit my chin on the ground. I asked in surprise, "Comrade marshal, I don't know this speculation. Where did you hear it?"

"You don't care where I heard it from," Zhukov said to me in a rare stern tone. "You just need to tell me if he has the possibility of defecting and delivering it?"

"Comrade marshal, this is absolutely impossible!" As for Romanov, an excellent commander who died in the war and was posthumously named "Soviet hero" by the Soviet Union's ZF, I would never allow anyone to tarnish his reputation, so I couldn't help raising my voice and saying to Zhukov, "I guarantee with my own life that general Romanov will not mutiny to the enemy under any circumstances."

Maybe my voice was so loud that it startled all the people in the room. Kirilov and Romanov have a good personal relationship. Hearing me saying Romanov's name in a loud voice, kirilov came to me and asked in a low voice, "Rita, what's the matter?"

I quickly covered the microphone, turned to kirilov and said, "Marshal Zhukov is asking me: is general Romanov likely to mutiny and join the enemy?"

"Nonsense, it's nonsense." Kirilov was furious when he heard me say that. He said angrily, "I don't know who made the rumor, but he slandered our excellent commander like this." Then he looked at me and said to me in a pleading voice, "Rita, people don't know Romanov, don't you? Please ask the marshal what's wrong. "

I nodded, released my hand covering the microphone, and asked carefully: "marshal, I don't know where you heard such a ridiculous lie, but I can tell you responsibly that general Romanov will never surrender to the invaders even if he sacrificed his own life."

"It seems that you still trust him." When Zhukov saw that I was firmly defending Romanov, he said in a sarcastic tone, "but I just got the news from the Ministry of the interior that at the end of May, he ordered people to give all the 800 kilograms of gold they took from Kiev to the Italians."

When I heard this, I was shocked. After a moment of astonishment, I said to the microphone, "marshal, although I know nothing about it, I think there must be something inside. Just a moment, please. I'll ask the other commanders who hold Kiev to the end with general Romanov. "

"All right." Although Zhukov agreed to my request, he urged me: "I can only give you five minutes. If you still can't give a reasonable explanation, I will agree with Comrade Beria's decision to send someone to arrest Romanov."

"Comrade marshal, please wait a moment." After I said this, I quickly covered the microphone again, called kirilov and akhromeyev who had been in Kiev to the front, quickly repeated what Zhukov said on the phone to them, and then I asked, "what do you think about this?"

Kirilov frowned and thought about it, then said thoughtfully, "I'm still impressed by what you said, Rita. At that time, before breaking through the siege, Romanov sent people to load all the gold in the bank vault and transfer it to the northwest. I think what Marshal said is this gold. "

"It seems that all this gold has now fallen into the hands of the Italians." Akhromeyev continued: "if Romanov is going to rebel, even if I am shot, I will not believe it. What we need to find out now is why general Romanov gave the gold to the Italians? "

"Yes, the major is right." Danilov didn't know when he came to me. After hearing akhromeyev's words, he began to analyze for us: "if general Romanov wants to rebel, he can only surrender to the Germans. How can he bow to the stupid Italians?"

Danilov had said it casually. The speaker didn't mean to hear it, and the listener meant it. These words are really enlightening to me. I suddenly thought of a possibility, so I tentatively asked the commanders around me, "if you were general Romanov and had this batch of gold in your hands, how would you control it?"

"Now it's war. With so much gold, it will affect the speed of the troops." From his own point of view, bezikov explained his disposal of gold: "if it was me, I would certainly find a hidden place in the forest to bury this batch of gold and dig it out after the war."

"Yes, if it were me, I would do the same." Both kirilov and Danilov share the same view as bezikov.

But when I turned my eyes to akhromeyev, I found that he was still frowning and pondering, so I asked him with a smile: "Comrade major, we have all talked about our own disposal methods. How do you think about it?"

Akhromeyev was awakened from his meditation by my words. He said to me carefully: "Comrade commander, I think that with the character of general Romanov, since he did not find a place to hide the gold, he would not give it away for nothing. I'm sure he'll do something with this gold. "

I couldn't help smiling when I heard what akhromeyev said, because I also thought about it. I didn't expect that among so many people, only akhromeyev's view was close to mine.

Kirilov looked at me strangely and asked, "Rita, do you agree with major ahlomeyev?"

"Yes, comrade military Commissar." I nodded my head and said with certainty, "I think the truth of the matter may be true, as major akhromeyev has guessed, that he gave the gold to the Italians in exchange for something."

"What kind of benefits can we get from the Italians?" Danilov disdained to say: "if you encounter the Italian defensive area, with the combat effectiveness of our troops, as long as a few charges can kill a bloody road. Unless it's spending money to buy their weapons from the Italians... "

Danilov's words came to an abrupt stop before he finished, for he found that his conjecture was a little too bizarre. When he opened his mouth and looked around, biezikov raised his hand and patted his forehead. He said with chagrin, "hell, why didn't I think of this possibility?" Then he said to me, "Comrade commander, please wait a moment. I'll call my colleague in Moscow and ask him something."“ Come on, chief of staff. " After he left, I immediately put the receiver close to my ear again and said to the microphone, "are you still there, marshal?" After hearing Zhukov snort heavily, he asked, "what's the matter? Have you got any results?"“ Yes, comrade marshal. " Although bezikov is still calling his colleagues in Moscow, I think the possibility just deduced exists in my heart, so I definitely replied: "according to our analysis, the reason why general Romanov gave the gold in his hand to the Italians is not for surrender, but for other purposes."“ Other purposes? " Zhukov puzzled to ask: "don't play the key, quickly say to listen to."“ Comrade marshal, this is the situation. " In order to buy more time for bezikov to call, I repeated what I had just said and added: "if Romanov wants to sneak attack, he must choose the German. How can he choose the weak Italian? So he gave the gold to the Italians to get what he needed. "“ Rita, you've been talking for a long time, and I don't understand what evidence you have to prove that Romanov won't rebel. " Zhukov's tone became more and more severe. He almost growled: "the time I've given you is up. Now I'll call belia and ask him to sign the order to arrest Romanov himself." I was about to say a few more words of apology when I saw that bezikov came to me in a hurry and handed me a note. But I saw the above content clearly and was overjoyed. I rushed to the microphone and said, "marshal, I've got it all figured out. The reason why general Romanov gave the gold to the Italians was to buy the weapons and equipment needed by the guerrilla army from them. "“ What? " Zhukov was stunned by what I said. After a long time, he asked suspiciously, "is there any evidence for what you said?"“ Comrade marshal, my chief of staff, Colonel bezikov, has just called his comrades in arms in Moscow. " In order to convince Zhukov, I quickly told him the whole story: "after verification, in addition to abandoning a large number of weapons that could not be carried, the Italian army also sold some weapons to the guerrillas along the way. I absolutely believe that Romanov's gold may be used to buy weapons and equipment in the hands of Italians. " After listening to my explanation, Zhukov was relieved and said to me, "in this case, I'll call belia and ask him to send someone to verify it. I hope we won't be wronged."