Chapter 1436

The day after the troops left, rokosovsky came to my headquarters and briefed us on the current situation.

Standing by the wall, he pointed to the map with a stick and said: "after a comprehensive summary and military analysis, the supreme command decided to launch a large-scale attack from Leningrad in the north to crim in the south in the winter of 1943 and early 1944. These include: in the southwest, the liberation of Ukraine and Crimea; In the western direction, we should liberate the territory of Belarus as much as possible; In the northwest, it should advance to the borders of the Baltic republics; Break the German blockade of Leningrad and drive them out of Leningrad.

In order to concentrate the superior forces, the Supreme Command concentrated the main forces and technical equipment in the first, second, third and fourth front forces of Ukraine in the winter of 1943 and early 1944, so as to achieve the goal of crushing the German Southern Group and a group in a short time. It is precisely because of the different emphasis that we have only got a limited number of troops and technical equipment.

Today, two marshals Zhukov and vasilevsky are in their respective front forces. Among them, Marshal Zhukov is responsible for coordinating the actions of the first and second front forces of Ukraine, while marshal vasilevsky is responsible for coordinating the actions of the third and fourth front forces of Ukraine.

In December 1943 and early January 1944, the first front army and the second front army of Ukraine launched new campaigns and launched offensive campaigns to liberate Ukrainian territory on the right bank of the Dnieper River. In order to prevent our attack, the German army deployed a quite powerful combat group on the flanks of our two front forces. The group is under the command of German General William steinmerman, with nine infantry divisions, one tank division and one motorized division. Because the German army occupied a protruding part of more than 100 kilometers, it seriously restricted the development of the two front armies to the West... "

After listening to rokosovsky's situation analysis, bzikov was a little unconvinced and said: "the German army has only this strength. Can't our two front forces eat them? You know, we started from zhylobin, and in a few days, we defeated or destroyed the seven German divisions. "

When he heard that, rokosovsky laughed and said nothing. Instead, he threw a meaningful smile at me and motioned for me to say a few words. I gave him a slight nod, then said to bezikov: "Comrade chief of staff, the German forces we are facing cannot be compared with those who are fighting with the two Ukrainian front forces. Under the fierce attack of the troops under the command of the senior general, they have suffered heavy casualties for a long time. Some divisions even have only one battalion and are surrounded by more than a dozen of our divisions. It is inevitable that they will be eliminated. "

In fact, bezikov is very clear about this fact. The reason why he chose to ignore it is that he felt that the Ukrainian side was in a hot fight and Leningrad was also in a big fight. However, more than a dozen of our divisions were confronted with five German divisions in the moziri and kalinkovich regions, resulting in some imbalance in his mind.

"Comrade General, other troops are fighting, but we are here to rest." After I finished, chisgakov asked rokosovsky curiously, "I don't know when the superior will order us to launch a comprehensive attack on the German army?"

"Comrade chisgakov," rokosovsky said to chisgakov solemnly with a smile on his face: "your group army has successfully captured moziri and kalinkovich, successfully restrained the German second and ninth group army, so that none of their divisions can be transferred to the fighting Ukraine. This is a great victory. Do you understand? "

"I see, Comrade General." After listening to rokosovsky's explanation, chisjakov's face showed a relieved expression. He nodded and said: "our group army stationed here forces the German army to leave enough troops to confront us. It is tantamount to supporting other battlefields in disguised form and reducing the resistance of friendly forces in attack."

After we continued to talk about the current situation for a while, rokosovsky suddenly asked, "Rita, is the order in the city back to normal?"

"Yes, comrade rokosovsky." Hearing this question, kirilov answered first: "after a month's efforts, we have basically cleaned up the ruins of the city, and built temporary houses for the residents in the square, so that they can live through the winter safely."

"Nothing's going on now anyway. Let's go to the city and have a look." Rokosovsky then stood up and said to kirilov and me, "let Comrade Rita and kirilov go with me."

On the way to moziri, rokosovsky, who was sitting next to me, suddenly said, "Rita, in a week or two, the Belarusian front army will not exist?"

Although I have known for a long time that the Belarusian front army will be renamed the first front army of Belarus in February, and the second and third front army will be added at the same time, when I heard rokosovsky mention this, I pretended to be very surprised and asked, "senior general, why is this? After the withdrawal of our front army, to which front army are we going to divide the following army groups? "

"Don't worry, your army won't be transferred." Rokosovsky thought that I really knew nothing about the upcoming reorganization of the army. In addition, kirilov, who was sitting in the co pilot's seat, turned around and looked at us curiously, eager to know what happened. He then said: "in order to strengthen our army in Belarus, our current front army will be renamed the first front army of Belarus, The second and third front forces will be added soon. "

"Comrade General," I asked, pretending to be curious, "you are undoubtedly the commander of the first front army; But who are the other two commanders of the front army? "

"I heard from the comrades of the general staff that the commander of the second front army was general kurotchkin; As for the third front army, "rokosovsky said here, pausing for a moment, then continued," the higher authorities mean to appoint general chernyahovsky. "

After listening to rokosovsky's words, I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. I thought that my outstanding performance in the Belarusian battlefield had left a good impression on the Supreme Commander himself, so that I could take up a new position in the two newly established front armies. It turns out that I think too much, and history has not changed at all. The original two generals are still the commanders of the new front army.

Rokosovsky may have noticed that I was a little depressed. He raised his hand and patted me gently on the back twice, comforting me and saying, "what I just said is just the list set by the higher authorities. I don't know if there will be any new changes when the new front army is established. Maybe you'll still have hope. "

Rokosovsky's last words, let my heart again lit up hope. It is true that the two new front armies have not yet been formed. It is still unknown who will be the commander of the front army. I still have a glimmer of hope. What's more, even if he can't be a commander now, there's nothing to worry about. Isn't general chernyahovsky, commander of the third front army, killed in the later battle? Maybe I can take over his post then.

The jeep we took entered the city of moziri. Rokosowski no longer spoke, but turned to look out of the window and looked carefully at the city which was not long liberated by our army. Kirilov, who was sitting in the front row, turned to rokosovsky and said, "Comrade commander, you see, we have basically cleared up the ruins on both sides. After a simple repair, we have arranged for the residents to live in the houses that have not collapsed. At the same time, we have also provided each family with a stove for heating, which can ensure that they can survive this cold winter safely. "

"A stove for heating?" When rokosovsky heard kirilov say this, he immediately asked two questions: "Comrade kirilov, I don't know where these stoves were obtained from? What do the residents rely on to burn for warmth? "

"These stoves were found in the German warehouse. After they were given to the residents, they had to pick up wood from the ruins to make a fire. Later, with Rita's consent, we provided them with coal. " When kirilov said this, he turned to look at me, and then went on to say, "coal for heating, when they get food, they can get the same day's coal through their own ration card."

On hearing this, rokosovsky nodded and said to me with a smile, "Rita, you are very thoughtful. Since these residents did not die in our fight to liberate the city, we should let them live well when we become the masters of the city. "

As for rokosovsky's praise, I said awkwardly: "Comrade commander, the military commissars have always been responsible for the reconstruction of cities and the resettlement of residents, and I have not helped much."

"Comrade kirilov," rokosovsky said, then turned to kirilov and asked, "I don't know how many factories in the city have resumed production?"

"Comrade rokosovsky," kirilov replied politely, "nearby moziri is rich in timber, and it is an important timber processing and export center of Belarus. At the same time, there are agricultural machinery factories, automobile repair factories and soil improvement machinery factories in the city. But when we went to the city, we got the wrong direction, thinking that the pillar industry here is animal husbandry processing. So far, only two animal husbandry processing plants have resumed production. "

Hearing this, I whispered in my heart: "what animal husbandry processing plant is just two slaughterhouses. Every day's work is to slaughter the pigs and sheep transported from the rear and sell them to local residents. "

"What, comrade kirilov, what do you say?" To his surprise, rokosovsky asked, "you just said that two animal husbandry processing plants have resumed production?"

"Yes, comrade rokosovsky." Kirilov nodded his head and gave him a positive answer.

"That is to say, the residents of moziri already have meat supply?" I didn't expect rokosovsky to pay so much attention to people's livelihood. I thought he only cared about how many enemies we defeated and how many cities we liberated. He then asked, "I don't know how much meat each resident can get every day?"

"At the beginning of the ration card, we could only provide 600 grams of bread to each resident." As soon as kirilov talked about his job, his words became endless: "but with the improvement of the situation, every resident can get one kilogram of bread and five kilogram of coal every day; You can get 100 grams of sugar and 100 grams of salt every two days; You can get 50 grams of pork or mutton every three days... "

Rokosovsky listened with great interest to kirilov's talk about the situation in the city, and kept nodding his head and saying yes.

The jeep stopped at the gate of the garrison headquarters in moziri unconsciously. I looked at beloborodov and his group of subordinates who were standing outside to meet us. I had to interrupt them and said to rokosovsky, "senior general, we have arrived at the garrison headquarters. We'd better talk inside. It's too cold on the bus." After I reminded him, rokosovsky found that there were 20 or 30 commanders with different ranks standing in front of the building outside the car. He said to kirilov with a smile, "Comrade kirilov, I was fascinated by your introduction of moziri. I didn't find that I had arrived at the garrison headquarters. Let's go. We'll talk again when we get to the headquarters. " Then he pushed the door open and got out of the car, shaking hands with major general beloborodov. When we were walking towards the headquarters, I whispered to rokosovsky, "Comrade General, the garrison commander of moziri was originally general sivakov, commander of the 22nd army of the close guard. As his troops are now moved to the north of the city, I let major general beloborodov, commander of the 2nd army of the close guard in the city, take over the post of garrison commander." Rokossovski did not say what different opinions he had on the personnel adjustment I made. Instead, he said, "since you are all your subordinates, you has the final say to appoint who to serve as the commander of the garrison." We all came to the meeting room. As soon as we entered the door, I felt a rush of heat coming towards me, and I felt much warmer. Beloborodov explained to us: "I think the senior general will definitely call you to meet here and give us some instructions, so we specially have two stoves installed here, so that the whole conference room won't look too cold during the meeting."