Chapter 1181

The reserve troops supplemented by the front army entered our defense area at noon the next day. As the vehicles were busy transporting materials for the troops, they had to march on foot.

As one unit followed another into the area, the combat office, which received and placed the new units, became busy. Akhromeyev's combat office, as a special dispatch office, will send all documents related to the operation and status of the troops directly to them, because the combat office has become the busiest unit in the whole group army.

At noon, Danilov and bezikov and I were studying the best attack route after the attack started. With a tired face, akhromeyev came in, raised his hand and said to me feebly, "Comrade commander, there are too few people in the combat department now. I can't get over these two days. You see, can you lend me some more staff, and I'll let them go back to their original department after they've been busy for a while? "

Before I could speak, Danilov said, "Comrade major, it's very difficult. The German army has just been repulsed by us. There are a lot of aftermath matters to deal with. The staff of all departments are very tight. They may not be able to meet your request. "

When Danilov finished speaking, bizikov also laughed at ahlomeyev and said apologetically, "yes, comrade major, the situation is just like what the deputy commander said. The staff of all departments are very tight and can't be transferred to help you. I think you can only think of other ways."

I saw akhromeyev's disappointed face and quickly stood up and said to him, "major, don't worry. Recently, the work intensity of the operations department is very high, which is in everyone's eyes. Although we can't transfer people for you inside the headquarters of the group army, we can transfer people from other places. "

"Other places?" "Where else can I find the right person besides the headquarters?" asked akhromeyev

Seeing that everyone's eyes are focused on me, I can't wait to know what I can do. I deliberately laughed but did not answer, picked up the phone on the table and dialed the 23rd army headquarters of Jinwei.

After hearing general tavartkilaze's voice, I said to him with a smile, "Comrade General, what do you think after you become the commander of the army?"

Tavartkilaze first laughed twice and then replied, "I feel like I'm tired. I'm busy every day." He is a smart man. He knows that when I call him, I'm sure I won't just ask him how he feels after becoming a commander. So he immediately asks, "Comrade commander, do you have any instructions?"

"How many people are there in the newly established combat division of your army?" I asked briefly.

Tavartkilaze didn't expect that I would suddenly ask this question. He opened his mouth and said the data I wanted to know: "there are 19 people in the combat department, including one director, two deputy directors and one assistant director. They are very capable commanders."

"Good." After hearing what he said, I would save a lot of time, so I said frankly, "in addition to the director, the deputy director and the assistant director, you immediately send the other 15 people to the headquarters. I am short of staff here. I want to borrow them for a few days."

"Comrade commander, you can't do that!" When tavartkilaze heard that I was about to transfer all the staff from the combat Department of his army, he was immediately flustered: "how can we carry out the work of the army if you want to draw so many people from us?"

"Ah?" His answer was in my expectation, so I deliberately pretended to be confused and asked: "Comrade General, if I transfer people from you, it will affect your normal work. Is that right? "

"Yes, yes, that's it." Tavartkilaze said busily“ Comrade commander, as you know, the shelf of our close guard army was just set up yesterday, and there are a lot of things to deal with. If I didn't see that there are not many people in the group army, I would like to borrow some competent commanders from you. "

I secretly scold "old fox" in my heart. It's a master who doesn't scatter Eagles without rabbits. So I pretended to be sorry and said, "well, comrade general, since you don't have enough people there, I won't force you. I'd better call Colonel sivakov, the commander of the 22nd army, and borrow some people from him. "

"Yes, comrade commander." Tavartkilaze breathed a sigh of relief and said with ease: "in this battle, the casualties of the 22nd army are much smaller than ours, and the manpower is certainly richer than ours. If you want someone from him, you must be right."

"Well, since you say so, comrade general, I'll call sivakov and transfer the staff from him." I pretended to follow his meaning and said, "nothing's wrong, so I hung up."

With that, I still put the microphone to my ear to hear if tavartkiraze would react. If he doesn't respond, I'll hang up again.

My attitude aroused the curiosity of tawalter killazer. When he heard that I was going to hang up, he asked curiously, "Comrade commander, what do you want to do with so many staff officers seconded to the headquarters?"

"Yes, Comrade General." I deliberately pretended to be casual and said, "the reserve troops that our superiors have given us have arrived one after another. Major akhromeyev's combat office is responsible for receiving and resettling troops. Because they have to count the casualties of each division before they can calculate the corresponding number of supplementary troops. Finally, they arrange special personnel to take the assigned troops to the divisions they should go to. This work is simple to say, but tedious to do. They have been so busy since morning that they haven't even taken a sip of water. Well, I won't tell you. I have to call Colonel sivakov

"Comrade commander, please don't hang up." Tavart killazer suddenly cried out, "you call me for help, just to cooperate with the group army's combat and to allocate new soldiers?"

"Yes, comrade general, it's for this." Seeing tavartkilaze enter the urn unconsciously, I thought it was funny, but I had to pretend to be worried. "Anyway, you can't get any help there. I'd better call sivakov and ask him to send someone to help. After that, I'll take back the supplementary troops directly."

"Comrade commander, comrade commander." As soon as tavartkilaze heard what I said, he was in a hurry and pleaded with me: "please, we'd better transfer our troops."

"Forget it, Comrade General." when I said this, Danilov and kirilov, who were sitting around the table, were already laughing, but I still wanted to finish the play, so I pretended to be serious and said, "as soon as the shelf of your army is put up, there are not enough people. I won't force you."

"No, not at all." Tawalter killazer patted his chest and assured me, "don't worry, comrade commander. No matter how many people are sent to the headquarters to help, my work here can be carried out normally. Fifteen people must be a little less. Let's do this. I'll send some more staff members from the division's headquarters to gather 40 people for you. I don't know if that's enough? "

I forced myself to smile, and tried to say in a smooth tone, "well, comrade general, since you insist like this, I will decide to agree to your request. Can the 40 staff officers you mentioned arrive at the headquarters within an hour? "

"No problem, no problem." Although I can't see tawalter killazer's expression, I can guess that he must be nodding and bowing to the microphone at the moment. "In an hour, they will arrive. You can rest assured."

When I put down the phone, kirilov pointed at me with a smile and said, "Rita, I've known you for so long. I didn't expect you to have such a humorous side. In a few words, general tavartkilaze willingly sent his most capable staff to the headquarters of the group army to help."

I grinned, turned my head and asked akhromeyev, "Comrade major, is there enough manpower?"

"Enough, enough." Akhromeyev nodded again and again and said, "no matter how many people there are, the newly built house of the combat department will not be crowded." With that, he restrained his smile, straightened up and asked me, "will you allow me to go back to work?"

"Go, comrade major." I waved to him and told him, "it's the most important task of your combat department to replenish the troops. Other things can be done temporarily or by other departments."

As soon as akhromeyev was sent away, vatukin called. He said solemnly, "Comrade oshanina, I have just received an order from the supreme command."

When I heard that he wanted to convey the order of the supreme command to me, I could not help but feel a thump in my heart. My heart said that Stalin would not see that the most dangerous stage of Kursk had passed, and that he would ask me to settle for the sacrifice of general apanashchenko. My legs trembled slightly at the thought.

He continued: "the supreme command has decided to hand over the task of frontal attack on bergorod and Kharkov to general konev's Grassland front army, while the sixth group army of the guards is responsible for covering his right flank, while the seventh group army of the guards is responsible for covering his left flank."

When I heard that it was not for apanashchenko's sake, I felt a lot more at ease. After watujing simply passed on the orders from his superiors, I quickly asked, "do we have anything to do before the attack?"

"After my discussion with marshal vasilevsky, we intend to adjust the existing defense area of your group army." After listening to watujing's suggestion that we should adjust our defense area, I quickly pulled the map in front of me and picked up a red and blue pencil to prepare to record his orders“ The defense area of your group army moves westward as a whole. Apart from keeping Yakovlev, all the rest of your troops will be transferred to the grassland front army, while you will be transferred to the area west of the bergorod Kursk highway to prepare for the attack in the construction area. "

After staring at the map for a while, I asked, "Comrade General, bhuttovo is still in the hands of the Germans. Before the offensive campaign begins, do we need to take action to drive the Germans out there?"

"Not to drive them away, but to wipe them out." "As the starting point of your group army's attack is in that area, not only butovo should be recovered as soon as possible, but also tomarovka and klukovo should be taken together," watujing said clearly. Otherwise, you will have to spread out your forces and launch attacks in areas full of swamps and forests. As far as I'm concerned, you'll definitely pay a lot of casualties. "

"I see." I know that watujing is not a alarmist. I have been to that area several times. I can't deploy armored forces at all. I have to rely on infantry to fill it with human life. "I will take these three places down in the shortest time."

"Comrade o'shanina, then you must hurry up." "It's better to take these three places down within a week, and build a solid defense in the area, so as not to let the Germans take them back again," he told me. In this way, at the beginning of the offensive campaign, you will have a reliable starting point for the offensive. "

At the end of the call with watujing, I said solemnly to several people around the table: "comrades commander, the higher authorities have new instructions. Let's give up all areas except Yakovlev and hand them over to friendly forces. After that, the main force of the group army moves westward as a whole and recovers butovlev and batovlev in the shortest time The triangle of tomarovka and cleukovo will become the starting point of our offensive campaign. " After what I said, bzikov looked up at me from the map and said, "Comrade commander, I think our move should be carried out step by step. The friendly forces arrive at one place, and we will transfer the defense after we transfer it. Remember not to move all at one time, which is easy to cause confusion and give the Germans an opportunity to take advantage of. "“ That's right, "Danilov continued." I think the replacement of the 52nd division should wait until all areas in the rear are finished. At the same time, we should send troops to strengthen Yakovlev of the 51st division. The German army saw that we had strengthened our forces in the front line, and even if they knew that we were changing our defenses, they did not dare to act rashly. " After listening to Danilov and bezikov's thoughts, I nodded my head and said, "you are very considerate. Do as you say. After the completion of the transfer work, we will begin to prepare for the attack on butovo. In order to find out the enemy's strength and deployment, we must start to collect intelligence from now on. "