Chapter 1651

The war report on the liberation of nashersk was reported to the headquarters of the general staff at the first time by malining by telegram.

After listening to marinin saying that the telegram had been sent out, I just let out a whisper, because nasselsk is just a small city in Poland, which is not qualified to salute in red square. Therefore, I don't care at all when or even whether the victory will be reported.

I didn't expect to get a call from Moscow the next morning. The phone call was from vassilevsky, who asked directly, "Rita, have you got those Narcissus?"

"Yes, comrade marshal." Although I think it is inconceivable that vasilevsky called early in the morning for the sake of a small city, after hearing his question, he replied truthfully: "we captured nasselsk from the German in yesterday's battle."

"Strange, it's strange." After listening to what I said, vasilevsky murmured: "I heard rokosovsky say a few days ago that after consolidating the landing site of cerotsk, you will temporarily stop your attack in the north of Warsaw and focus on the two landing sites in the south of Warsaw. How can you suddenly take such a big military action in the North?"

"The marshal and the commander of the front army are currently inspecting the puwai landing site. I will be in charge of all the affairs of the front army for the time being." I listened to what vasilevsky said. I explained to him in detail the motive for launching this attack. At last, I stressed: "because of this attack, I did not ask for instructions from the commander in advance. I am good at advocating. If you want to blame me, I am willing to bear all the responsibilities."

After I finished, there was a silence in the receiver, and then came the Frank action of vassilevsky: "Rita, how do you think we are going to blame for the capture of nasselsk? Let me tell you, because you have decisively captured nasselsk, which is the first and second front forces of Belarus, it is possible to join forces on the West Bank of the narev river. So not only have you done nothing wrong, you should be rewarded. "

"Thank you, comrade marshal." I wait for him to finish, immediately politely said: "to defeat the enemy, is the result of all the officers and men fighting bravely, they should get the corresponding honor."

"When will rokosovsky return to the front command?" Vasilevsky then asked.

"Before leaving, the commander said that he intended to build a solid beachhead on the West Bank of the visva River and try every means to transport technical equipment such as tanks and artillery across the river." "I think it's going to be at least a week before he can get back from the poiwai landing site," I said carefully

"I see." Vasilevsky said: "maybe after a while, comrade Zhukov will come to you. You should be prepared first."

Vasilevsky's words made my heart thump. I thought that Stalin planned to send Zhukov to take over the post of rokosovsky at this time, which was one month earlier than in history. I looked around and saw that the others were a little far away from me. Then I asked in a low voice, "Comrade marshal, would you please tell me whether the Supreme Commander himself intends to let Marshal Zhukov take over the post of commander of the front army?"

But after hearing my question, vasilevsky didn't answer me immediately. Instead, he asked, "Rita, I want to ask you, who put such a strange idea into your mind? Do you think changing the commander of the front army is like promoting a company commander to a battalion commander

"Don't be angry, marshal." I thought it was a mistake of my own judgment, so I apologized to vasilevsky, "I analyze it according to the recent situation. Perhaps I have come to the wrong conclusion based on the wrong information. Please forgive me for my rashness. "

"We are now in a very delicate period. Once the commander of the front army is replaced, it is bound to cause unnecessary confusion." Vasilevsky didn't blame me either. He just said, "well, this matter will stop everywhere. Don't mention it again."

I put down the phone and saw marinin coming in from the outside. I waved to him to come. He came up to me and asked curiously, "what's the matter, Rita?"

"Just now the chief of the general staff made a phone call."

When he heard that there was a phone call from Moscow, malining's face suddenly showed a surprise expression: "I don't know what marshal vasilevsky said on the phone?"

"He praised our fight yesterday." After I finished this sentence, I carefully looked around and saw that the nearest staff officers were all five or six meters away. If malining and I talked in a low voice, they would not hear anything. So I whispered to marinin, "chief of staff, in the conversation with the chief of general staff, I noticed that something big was going to happen."

"Something big is going to happen?" When marinin heard me speak to him in a low voice, he knew that I was going to talk about something important. He also asked me in a low voice, "according to your judgment, what will happen?"

"I think the Supreme Commander himself may have the idea of changing the commander of the front army."

"What?" Malining almost jumped out of his seat when I said this, but he soon realized his gaffe. He looked around and asked me in a whisper, "how do you judge it?"

Of course, I won't tell him that I read it in history books. I can only make a mysterious analysis to him: "the chief of general staff said that Marshal Zhukov would come to us in a few days. You know, since last month, the supreme command has cancelled the representatives sent to all front forces. When Marshal Zhukov comes to our troops at this time, I can't think of any other reason except to replace the post of commander. "

"No," malining said dubiously when I finished saying, "Comrade commander, since the beginning of the Belarus campaign, has made remarkable achievements and has not made any mistakes. How can the Supreme Command remove him as commander? I think you must be mistaken. "

"No mistake, my chief of staff." Seeing that malining didn't believe what I said, I said anxiously, "let me ask you, if our army seizes Warsaw, where is the next direction of action?"

"Don't you need to say that?" Malining replied very decisively: "of course, he pointed directly at Berlin and smashed the old nest of the Communist aggressors."

"If, I mean if." Thinking of what I said next, I was somewhat disrespectful, so I gave malining a preventive injection in advance: "if you were the supreme commander, would you let a Russian command the first front army of Belarus to rush into Berlin, or would you let a foreigner command the army to build meritorious deeds in the enemy's den?"

"Needless to say, it's natural to choose Russians. But no one here is foreign... And so on... "Half of what malining said suddenly stopped. He looked at me in surprise and said," Rita, you mean commander rokosovsky will lose the qualification to command the army to capture Berlin because he has half Polish blood. "

"You are right, chief of staff." I nodded my head and said, "I think that should be the case."

"Who do you think will come back to take over the post of commander?" Before I could speak, marinin asked himself, "is it Marshal Zhukov? This is ridiculous. "

"It's not ridiculous at all, my chief of staff." I solemnly said to malining, "the chief of general staff just told me on the phone that when Marshal Zhukov was coming, he hinted at me to be prepared. If it's just a general inspection, does he need to hint at me like that? "

"So it's a matter of time before the commander changes?" Malining looked at me with a confused expression on his face: "if Marshal Zhukov is really the commander of the front army, where should marshal rokosovsky go?"

"I think the supreme command has already made arrangements for his whereabouts. We'd better not worry about him." I casually pointed twice on the map and pretended to say, "anyway, he must be sent to the army in the auxiliary direction to take the post of commander of the front army."

After staring at the map for a long time, malining finally stood up and said to me, "judging from the distribution of troops on the map, in addition to our front army, there are also the first front army of Ukraine of Marshal konev and the second front army of Belarus of general zaharov.

Marshal konev's qualification is much higher than that of commander, so he can not be replaced, so he can be excluded. The remaining general zaharov has been the deputy of Marshal rokosovsky since the start of the Moscow defense war, and he is likely to be replaced. But once his position is replaced, where will he be transferred? It's a headache. "

After a headache, malining asked me carefully, "Rita, do you think we need to tell the commander about this?"

"Forget it, I still don't need it." I'm worried about the deviation of history here. If we tell this so-called analysis to rokosovsky, Stalin is on a whim and doesn't want to change the choice of commander of the front army, then my wrong judgment will lose points in rokosovsky's mind“ After all, it's just my analysis. What's the situation like? We can only find out when Marshal Zhukov arrives here. "

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Rokosovsky stayed on the West Bank of the visva river for a week before returning to the front command. He confidently said to me and malining, "I've seen both the landing sites of magnushev and pwawi these days, and finally I think pwawi landing site is the best place for our army to attack..."

He was talking on and on when the high frequency telephone on the desk suddenly rang. I was closest to the phone, then I grabbed the microphone and stuck it to my ear: "Hello, this is the headquarters of the front army. Where are you?"

"It's me, Rita." Suddenly, Stalin's voice came from the receiver: "is Comrade rokosovsky here?"

Hearing Stalin's voice, I quickly got up from my seat and replied respectfully, "Hello, comrade Stalin. Yes, the commander is right next to me

"Give him the phone!" Stalin ordered briefly. I politely handed the phone to rokosovsky and listened to the conversation between him and Stalin“ Hello, comrade Stalin Rokosovsky said to the microphone with a smile on his face“ Comrade rokosovsky, I have an important thing to announce to you. " After Stalin heard that the person who answered the phone was rokosovsky, he said solemnly: "after the study of the supreme command, it is decided to formally appoint you as commander of the second front army of Belarus." Rokosovsky's smile froze on his face, his hands holding the microphone tightly, and his breathing became rapid. After hearing Stalin's words, malining and I looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes“ Comrade Stalin, "after a long silence, rokosovsky suddenly raised his voice and asked indignantly," why, why is this? Did I do something wrong? Why do you want to change me from the main direction to the secondary direction? " I thought Stalin would be furious when he heard rokosovsky talking to himself in such a tone. Unexpectedly, he said with a kind face: "Comrade rokosovsky, you have wronged me. We have not transferred you to the secondary direction. You should know that there are three front forces fighting in the main direction, namely, the first front army of Ukraine, the first front army of Belarus and the second front army of Belarus. If we want to defeat Germany, it depends on the close cooperation among the three front armies. Therefore, the Supreme Command attaches great importance to the selection of commanders. " When he heard Stalin say this, rokosovsky unexpectedly kept silent and didn't argue with each other any more. Stalin also felt guilty about changing rokosovsky's position at the critical moment, so after hearing that there was no voice in the microphone for a long time, he took the initiative to make friends with rokosovsky: "it's Zhukov who takes over your position. What do you think of this candidate? "“ Comrade Stalin, "anger returns to anger. Since he heard Stalin's question, rokosovsky truthfully replied," Marshal Zhukov is undoubtedly the best candidate. I believe that with his arrival, the morale of the first front army will be greatly boosted. "“ Do you have anything else to say? " Stalin asked“ I want to ask, "rokosovsky asked cautiously," after I went to the second front army, what should the former commander General zaharov do? "“ During our discussion, some comrades suggested that zaharov should be transferred to the first front army as deputy commander. " Stalin said slowly on the phone, "but since Rita has already taken the post, let zaharov stay in the second front army as your deputy."“ Let me ask one last question, "rokosovsky asked." when will Zhukov arrive in Lublin to take over my post? "“ He is preparing for the October Revolution Day parade, "Stalin replied by telephone." so he can't get to Lublin until mid November at the earliest. When he doesn't arrive, you can continue to be the commander of the first front army, or you can give the troops to Rita