Chapter 1216

Sivakov, under the command of a group of loggers and carpenters selected from the army, started the construction of the new headquarters two or three hundred meters away from the observation post. Originally, I thought it would take at least until dark for this wooden house to take shape. When I was going to go to the scene to have a look, kirilov and bezikov arrived with a group of people from the group army headquarters. I had to give up the idea of going to the scene to supervise the work, and took them back to the headquarters of baksov's division to learn about the situation of the follow-up troops first.

As soon as we had lunch, sivakov rushed in from the outside and reported to me with pride, "Comrade commander, the headquarters has been built. You can move in at any time."

"So soon?" I raised my hand and looked at my watch. It was only more than four hours since I gave the order. Unexpectedly, they built the temporary headquarters. So I gave sivakov a thumbs up and said, "good job, comrade commander, you and your soldiers are good." Then I turned to kirilov and said, "Comrade military commissar, let's go to the new headquarters."

As our group came out of baksov's division headquarters and walked along the traffic ditch towards the wooden house that had just been repaired in the distance, there was the sound of motor cars in the distance. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a convoy of five or six jeeps and three trucks full of soldiers coming towards us.

Kirilov stood there, squinting for a long time, and then asked me, "Rita, are you from our army?"

"It's general managarov. They're here." "Comrade commander, let's go out to meet them," chisjakov said excitedly to me With these words, he climbed out of the traffic ditch with his hands and feet and faced the motorcade.

When kirilov and I left the moat and headed for the convoy. The motorcade has stopped 50 or 60 meters away, and the people in the car have got off the car one after another. I recognized managarov from the crowd at a glance.

I walked quickly towards the Group Commander, and from a long distance, I raised my hand to greet him: "Hello, general managarov, I didn't expect that we would meet here!"

I didn't expect that managarov actually came to attention. After saluting me, he respectfully reported to me: "Comrade General, managarov, commander of the 53rd group army, reports to you. I'm leading the 53rd group army to report to you. I'm waiting for your order. Please give me instructions!"

I raised my hand, pulled it off his forehead, shook hands and said, "general managarov, we are all old acquaintances. We don't need to be so polite." I looked at him with a serious expression, knowing that he must have been temporarily assigned to me to direct this matter, but I was depressed. I quickly cut off the topic and asked, "why didn't I see your troops?"

"Report to Comrade General." "The troops are still marching on the road. It's estimated that they won't get here until dark," managarov said. But I'll take the commanders of the group army headquarters and come to accept your orders first. "

"Come on, general managarov. Let's go to the headquarters first." With that, I guided him to the new headquarters.

The new headquarters is very spacious. There is a rough table in the middle of the room. A few tree trunks with bark removed are fixed on the remaining stumps and become simple benches. After seeing the furnishings in the room, I said to managarov with some embarrassment, "Comrade General, the environment here is too simple. Don't blame it."

After listening to this, managarov just gave me a faint smile, and then said to me, "Comrade commander, can you see that this is just built?"

"Yes, general managarov." "This temporary headquarters was built just before you arrived, and it's our first time to come in," chisjakov said

"I'm so lucky. As soon as the house was built, I became one of the first people to enter." "Comrade commander, do we need to open the champagne to celebrate?" managarov asked jokingly

I chuckled, then turned to the group following me and said, "come on, comrades commander, drink champagne. After we liberate Kharkov, we can drink as much as we want. Now let's talk about how to eliminate the German army in the forest. "

Due to the limited seats, except for the commanders of the army and the group army, the remaining ten or so division commanders were all around the wooden table, quietly waiting for me to give orders.

I looked left and right, and then asked managarov: "Comrade General, you'd better talk about it first. After all, you've been dealing with the Germans recently."

"Comrades commander, we need to know that we have an advantage in our military strength. This battle will be much easier to fight." Although managarov's attacks to the north of Kharkov ended in failure, he did have some skills. Hearing my question, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "there's no need to spend more brain cells. It's just artillery preparation, tank infantry covering forward movement, and flanking at the same time. When the extended artillery fire comes to an end, the infantry will be deployed to lure the enemy's fire points to expose, and exert their own advantages to suppress and clear them. Then concentrate on the other side, forcing the enemy to mobilize their forces... And finally drive them out of the forest, or annihilate them all. "

After managarov finished, I turned around and asked the teachers around me, "do you have different opinions? They are free to speak. " When I heard this, all the teachers shook their heads in order and answered with one voice: "no, comrade commander. We are at your command. "“ Well, since everyone has no opinion, I'll give the battle order. " Since all of you are my only leader, I pointed to the map and said to povsky, "Comrade artillery commander, please immediately mobilize no less than two artillery regiments to bombard the German positions in the forest area for one hour." At my command, povsky quickly got up from his seat and answered loudly, "yes!" I turned my eyes to bielei again: "general bielei, when our shelling is over, your tanks will cover the infantry and attack the forest area. Do you understand? "“ Understand Bielei also stood up and replied loudly“ As for the infantry. " As I said this, I glanced at the teachers and then said, "it's still up to captain babashin's 71st guard division. The 90th division of general Chernoff's guards, as the second echelon, launched an attack on the North Bank of the UD River after the enemy in the forest was cleared. "