Chapter 1201

Soon after the message was forwarded to the divisions, a voice shouting "Wula" came from outside the headquarters. Since some people started first, others naturally followed suit. Later, everyone was shouting in unison. Although it's just a simple word, no one thinks it's wrong to use it to express their inner joy. Instead, the louder they shout, the louder they are.

Hearing the cheers from outside, kirilov said with a smile: "Rita, you may not know that when I saw this telegram from my superior, all my restlessness and tiredness disappeared in an instant, leaving only the excitement and excitement in my heart. What else is more important than the approval of the supreme command? So I think it's understandable for soldiers to revel all night. "

"No problem, comrade military Commissar. Let the divisions leave the necessary troops on guard, and the rest of the troops can revel as soon as possible, even if they drink a little, but only if the fighting tomorrow is not affected. " When I had finished, I got up from my desk and went to the next bedroom. At the same time, I said, "I'll go to sleep first. If there's anything else, please call me."

The so-called bedroom is just a short trench, a broad wooden board on two mounds, and then two captured German overcoats are laid, which makes it a simple bed. Put down the curtain again and it will be a separate room.

Although the cheers of the soldiers outside resounded through the sky, because I was too tired recently, I lay down on the bed and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long I've been sleeping. It seems that I heard someone calling my name out in a daze, so I casually agreed. Then my caller raised his voice: "Rita, are you awake?"

I recognized that the person calling me was kirilov, so I sat up with my eyes half closed and said feebly, "Comrade military commissar, I'm up. What's the matter?"

Kirilov lifted the curtain of the door, stood at the door and said to me, "Rita, come out, something's wrong!"

His words made me wake up immediately, and I asked in a hurry: "what's the matter, comrade military commissar, was there something wrong with the revelry of the commanders and fighters last night?"

"No," kirilov said, shaking his head, "you'd better come out and see for yourself."

I put on my boots and ran out of the bedroom. In the dim light, I saw a lot of people in the room, including bezikov and akhromeyev. I quickly walked up to bezikov and asked curiously, "Comrade chief of staff, you're very early. Where's the deputy commander? Isn't he with you?"

Hearing my question, bzikov unexpectedly lowered his head. I was surprised by his reaction, and I asked, "chief of staff, why do you have this expression? Is there anything else important?"

"Commander, i... I..." when bzikov heard my question, he opened his mouth and spewed out only two or three words. He was too excited to go on.

"Major akhromeyev," may be to see bezikov's gaffe, kirilov turned his eyes to akhromeyev, raised his voice and said to him, "you tell me, what happened?"

Akhromeyev, who was named by kirilov, quickly stepped forward, glanced at bezikov, then turned his head, looked at me squarely and said, "report commander comrade, on the way here, general Danilov's Jeep hit the thunder..."

"Danilov's car hit the thunder?" It was like a bolt from the blue to hear akhromeyev say that, which scared me out of my wits. Before he finished, he grabbed his arm and asked excitedly, "did Comrade deputy commander sacrifice?"

Akhromeyev first shook his head, then said: "Comrade commander, the deputy commander did not sacrifice, but was seriously injured."

It's said that Danilov was just injured and didn't sacrifice. The stone hanging in my heart fell to the ground. I walked a few steps in the headquarters with my hands behind my back, then stopped and asked him, "where is Comrade deputy commander?"

At the moment, bezikov's mood slightly recovered to normal. He quickly took ahlomeyev's words and said, "I think the deputy commander has been seriously injured. He has ordered the health personnel to transfer him directly to Kursk."

I nodded in agreement with bezikov's approach. If the decision he made was not to send Danilov to the rear, but to come here directly, maybe I would scold him. After all, the medical conditions here can't be compared with the military hospitals in the city.

I saw lophoff standing in the room, waved to him, and then asked, "major, can you contact the headquarters directly

"Yes, comrade commander." Lophoff replied briefly.

I ordered him to say, "connect me with the headquarters of the front army, and I will report the news to the higher authorities immediately."

While lophov was on the phone, I turned around and asked bzikov, "chief of staff, tell me how the deputy commander's car hit the mine. I'll report to commander vatukin later."

"Our headquarters started to transfer at 2 a.m., but as soon as we got to the west of the city, the armored vehicle in front of us hit the mine and exploded, and five or six soldiers on the vehicle died on the spot." Bezikov's mood had stabilized, and he began to introduce the incident to me. "Due to the narrow road and the swamps in the forests on both sides, we were unable to get around, so we sent engineers to clear the mine. I don't know when the German army planted the land mines on the road. They are numerous and scattered. Our engineers spent more than two hours, but only two or three kilometers to clear them. The deputy commander felt that the engineers were too slow to clear the mine, and some of them could not wait, so he drove on in a jeep. The result did not see how far, ran over a mine which was missed by the engineer

After bzikov's words, I understood that Danilov's accident had something to do with his quick temper. If he could be more patient and wait for the engineers to clear all the mines before going on the road, it might not happen.

At this moment, lophoff, standing by the telephone, respectfully reported to me: "Comrade commander, the phone is connected with the headquarters of the front army."

I went to him, took the phone, recognized that the person who answered the phone was watujing, and politely said, "good morning, Comrade General."

"Comrade oshanina," perhaps yesterday's victory made vatujing feel very happy. He asked in a relaxed tone, "are you calling at this time? Do you have any good news to report to me?"

"I'm sorry, Comrade General." I was not confident enough to reply, "what I have brought you this time is unexpected bad news."

"Bad news?" After a moment's silence, he asked hesitantly, "did the Germans rush back into Belgorod?"

"What, the Germans are rushing into Belgorod again?" Before I could speak, I heard Zhukov's unexpected voice in the earphone: "ask Rita what happened. Our seven or eight divisions are in the south of the city. How can we let the Germans rush into the city so easily? "

"Comrade General, please tell the marshal that everything is normal in our defense line. There is no movement from the German on the other side, let alone launch a counterattack against bergerold." I heard that Zhukov and vatukoto misunderstood the bad news I said, and quickly explained to them, "I'm talking about another thing."

"Go ahead, comrade oshanina." Vatukin's voice was full of gunpowder at the moment.

Although I knew that I would be scolded for telling about Danilov's injury, I had no choice but to report it. Because with my understanding of Zhukov's character, if he finds out who cheated him, he will punish him severely. After taking a deep breath, I gingerly reported: "it's my deputy commander, general Danilov. On the way to the new headquarters, his car accidentally hit the mine..."

"What, general Danilov is thunderstruck?" After that, there was an obvious pause. It was estimated that he exchanged an unexpected expression with Zhukov. He quickly went on to ask, "how's Danilov? How did he hit the thunder?"

"It's a serious injury." Fortunately, I have just asked them about the course of the mine. Otherwise, vatukin really asked me. After a brief introduction of the course of the mine, I added: "Colonel bezikov has arranged for the deputy commander to be sent back to Kursk."

"Well, Colonel bzikov is right." "The treatment conditions in the Kursk military hospital are good. As long as general Danilov is sent back in time, I believe his life will not be in danger," said vatujing with approval

"Senior general," I know that there are still many big battles to fight. If there is no deputy commander, the normal work of the headquarters will be affected. So I tactfully put forward to him: "you see, my deputy commander is injured and may not be able to come back to work for a long time. I wonder if you can send me another deputy commander?"

"Do you have the right person?" "It's very difficult to send a deputy commander to you immediately, because the commanders who can take the post of deputy commander all have important positions now," watujing asked in a somewhat embarrassed way

"General, please help me." I begged him to say, "if you don't have a suitable person for the time being, you might as well discuss with Marshal Zhukov to see if he has any person in mind."

"Well, since you say that," watujing said reluctantly, "I'll discuss with Marshal later to see if there is a suitable person to take over the post of deputy commander."

"Thank you, thank you, senior general." After thanking him, I asked, "when will the four divisions and two tank brigades in tomarovka be built?" Although I knew that there were still several artillery regiments and close guard rocket barracks in that area, I didn't say so, so that vatujing would not hear that there were too many troops, which would ruin the return of the troops.

Vatukin waited for me to finish, then remained silent for a moment, and then said, "Comrade oshanina, the fighting in tomarovka area is still going on. Although it's only a matter of time before the encircled German troops are eliminated, if we draw so many troops back at once, our defense zone will become empty. I think so. Your troops will stay in tomarovka for another two days. They will be built after August 9. What do you think? "

"Well, Comrade General." Since watujing has said so, there is obviously no room for further change. I have no choice but to say, "I will obey your arrangement."

When I put down the phone, bzikov couldn't wait to ask, "Comrade commander, what's the situation? Did the commander of the front army say who will be appointed as the new deputy commander

"No, chief of staff." I shook my head and replied, "senior general, there is no suitable person in his hand now. Only after consulting with Marshal Zhukov can he decide who will take the post of deputy commander."

At this moment, kirilov suddenly said: "maybe this time, along with the new deputy commander, there are new members of the Military Council." Kirilov's words surprised all of us. I asked in surprise, "Comrade military commissar, why do you say that?" Kirilov laughed at me and explained, "in fact, with my qualifications and ability, I can't hold the post of military commissar of the sixth group army of the National Guard. The reason why the superior sent me here is that I have been working with you for a long time and have a tacit understanding with each other. " Although I knew in my heart that kirilov was telling the truth, I retorted: "Comrade military commissar, if you have no ability, our cooperation will not be as tacit as it is now. Not to mention that the higher authorities will not send new military commissioners, even if they want to, I will try my best to persuade them to change their mind. "“ Thank you for your kindness, Rita Kirilov got up from his seat, came up to me, raised his hand, patted me on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "according to my observation and understanding of you, you will take on more important positions in the future. The superior will surely accompany you with more capable military commissars. As for me, I think I'm just the material of a political commissar of a division. At best, I'll be a political commissar of a military. How can I be qualified as a military commissar of a group army or even a commander of a higher level? " After kirilov's words, the room suddenly fell into silence. After a while, bizikov suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, comrade commander, I'm busy reporting to you about the deputy commander. I forget that general rojimtev, the commander of the 13th division of the guards, is waiting outside." Bezikov's words successfully distracted everyone's attention. I quickly told him, "chief of staff, what are you doing here? Why don't you invite Comrade General in as soon as possible?"