Chapter 1695

"Rita, our army has a good tradition. I don't know if you have found it?" When I finished, Zhukov said, "I just like to attack the enemy on important festivals. This time is no exception. "

Just as I was recalling the important festival in February, I suddenly heard sokolovsky carefully ask: "marshal, are you going to launch an attack on the highlands of zelauf on February 23?"

On February 23, I only hesitated for a moment, then I remembered that this was the army day of the Soviet army. It seems that Zhukov planned to attack on this day.

"Marshal, are you going to attack the highlands of zelauf on the day of the founding of the army?" malining asked tentatively

"Yes, that's how I think about it." Zhukov nodded his head and said, "don't you think it's very meaningful to launch an attack on the German army on such an important day?"

I can clearly remember that the day when the highlands of zelauf were attacked in history was April 16th. Now, because of me, it is two months earlier. If our army still breaks through the German defense and arrives outside Berlin in four days, will Hitler live to his birthday?

When Zhukov finished, malining immediately asked him, "do we need to report this to the supreme command?"

"Yes!" Zhukov nodded his head and replied, "also, for the convenience of commanding troops, from today on, we will set up the headquarters of the front army here."

Our new headquarters was built before dark. Zhukov called lieutenant general Anji to the headquarters and asked, "Comrade logistics minister, if we are going to attack Berlin in a month, how can we strengthen the transportation of fuel and ammunition?"

After thinking about it, lieutenant general Anji replied, "marshal, we should set up checkpoints on the road leading to the front line to inspect all vehicles going to and from the front line. Only the materials necessary for the army's operations are released. The rest of the materials are unloaded and stored on the spot."

"Don't you think about building a railway?" Zhukov kindly reminded him that "if we only rely on trucks for transportation, first, there will be restrictions on the quality of roads, and at the same time, our transportation vehicles will consume a lot of fuel."

"To build a railway, professionals must be sent to investigate the road conditions in advance. Without half a year to a year, the railway can not be completed." After speaking of his difficulties, lieutenant general Anji told Zhukov, "in order to save gasoline, half of the empty cars returning from the front line can be towed back. In addition, we need to register all the fuel seized and strictly control the use of the troops.... "

While Zhukov and anjipuko were talking, I sat at the table, browsing the information piled on the table, thinking about how I should find something to do when I was preparing to attack. As a result, I found an unexpected situation after watching it for a long time.

After Anji film division left, I put down the information in my hand and said to Zhukov, "Comrade commander, I have an idea. Can you tell me?"

"Say it!" Zhukov answered casually, then lowered his head and got busy.

I picked up a piece of information I had just read, got up and went over, put it in front of him, and then said, "Comrade marshal, according to the information, there are many scattered German officers and soldiers in the forest near our occupied area."

"The speed of our army's advance was so much faster than the German army's imagination that many of their scattered troops could not be built at all." Zhukov looked up at me and said with disapproval, "if you lose the organic units, you are just a group of lambs to be slaughtered. You don't have to worry about them."

"Marshal, according to our intelligence, there are tens of thousands of German soldiers in the forest near the Oder River." Seeing that Zhukov didn't pay enough attention to the incident, I immediately reminded him, "if we allow so many enemies to stay in the forest, it will be a very big threat to us once the * * officers regroup them."

"Are there so many enemies?" My words finally caught Zhukov's attention. He put down his pen, picked up the information I gave him and scanned it carefully. After reading, he put the information on the table and walked back and forth in the room with his hands on his back, as if thinking about the questions I asked.

After a while, he finally stopped, looked at me and asked, "Rita, how do you think about it?"

I quickly put forward to Zhukov the plan that I had already considered mature: "we can dispatch a troop to the forest to eliminate these enemies, so that they can not escape from the forest area and cross the river to join the enemies in the zelauf highlands."

"Wipe out the enemy!" After repeating what I said, Zhukov shook his head with a smile and said to me, "Rita, these are tens of thousands of enemies. If you want to destroy them, you need at least two guards to have an effect. But our front-line forces are tight. How can we draw so many troops? "

Seeing that Zhukov was looking forward and backward, I quickly stepped forward and said, "marshal, today's German army is no longer 41 years old. Their fighting capacity and fighting will can't be compared with the enemy three years ago. If you can trust me, I'll be in charge of it. I only need two divisions to finish it. "

"Two teachers?" Zhukov frowned and thought, then nodded slightly, "if you really only need two teachers, you can try. Well, I'll leave it to you to take full charge of it. You can go to discuss it with trekov now. "

I left the front command and came to trekov's headquarters. When he came in, trikov was assigning combat tasks to his teachers. Seeing me coming in, he quickly terminated the meeting and asked, "Rita, what's the matter with you here?"

"Well, general trakov." When I told him that there were tens of thousands of German troops hidden in the forest, and when I wanted to dispatch troops from him to clear up the enemy, I asked at last: "I intend to use one of your divisions to carry out this glorious task, won't you object?"

Trikov asked his subordinates, "comrades, you have heard what the deputy commander of the front army has just said. Who is willing to carry out this task, can take the initiative to sign up? "

As soon as he finished, two division commanders took a step forward and said, "Comrade commander, I am willing to lead the troops to carry out this task."

When I looked closely, the two teachers who were talking were major general Kuragin of the 35th division and Colonel marchenko of the 39th division.

Trekov turned to look at me, gave me a wry smile, and then said, "Rita, do you see that? These two teachers are willing to carry out this glorious task with you. Look, who are you going to choose? "

When I looked at Kuragin and marcenzo, they both took a step forward and looked at me with eager eyes, hoping to get my permission.

I learned from the map that the area of the forest was so vast that it took at least two divisions to complete the task. Just now, I told trakov that he only needed one. I was worried that he would be stingy and find a reason not to give me troops. At the moment, when I saw that the two division commanders were going to cooperate with me in carrying out the task, I pretended to be helpless and said to trikov, "general trikov, since these two division commanders are willing to carry out the task with me, then give them all to my command?"

Trekov hesitated, nodded and said reluctantly, "all right, Rita. Since you say so, I will give you the command of the 35th and 39th divisions of the guards. But the irony is that we are going to attack the German army's zelauf heights next. You can't let my troops lose too much! "

"Don't worry, general trakov." Seeing that it was this incident that trekov was worried about, I immediately calmed down. He said, "the German army hidden in the forest has long lost its organizational system and has no combat effectiveness. I believe that with the strength of two close guard divisions, it is not difficult to eliminate them."

In order not to affect trikov's meeting, I called the two division commanders to the side and discussed with them the contact information of the troops in the forest and the materials they needed to carry.

Malchenko asked me with some worry: "Comrade deputy commander, our two divisions have only ten thousand men, can we deal with tens of thousands of German troops?"

"Comrade Colonel," Kuragin criticized malchenko as soon as he said, "you have not heard the deputy commander say that the enemy has lost its organizational system and has no combat effectiveness. What else can you worry about?"

"Yes, general Kuragin is right." I agreed: "although the number of German troops is larger than ours, it is not the number that decides the outcome on the battlefield. The enemies who have lost their organizational system have fled into the forest and are short of food and clothing. They have almost consumed all their ammunition. What combat power can they have left? Maybe when they see our soldiers go by, they will raise their hands and come out of the hiding place

When I finished, Kuragin immediately asked, "what level of troops should we use to fight alone after our troops enter the forest area?"

"Since the enemy has little combat power, it is unnecessary for us to adopt the scale of large forces." I said carefully: "I think we should take the battalion as a unit and push forward into the forest to eliminate the enemy. To facilitate communication, each battalion should be equipped with at least two communication equipment and a sufficient number of whistles. In this way, the troops can communicate with each other through radio and whistle

"Comrade deputy commander, I have another question." "Are we going to use a purely military offensive, or a combination of a political offensive and a military offensive?" malchenko asked

In fact, even if marchenko does not ask this question, I will talk about it next: "the enemy is now in a state of fear. When they see our troops appear, they will hide and wait for a while, and then decide whether to surrender to our troops or continue to flee to the depths of the forest. So we need to equip each battalion with loudspeakers to shout to the enemy and urge them to lay down their arms and surrender to our army. "

After I finished, kulagin asked with a smile, "Comrade deputy commander, can we mention your name when we shout to the enemy?"

"Mention my name?" Kuragin's words made me confused, and I asked, "why do you want to do this?"

Kuragin and marchenko looked at each other and said to me, "Comrade deputy commander, in the battle of liberating Poznan, you and Comrade commander once called out to the defenders in the city. The commander's shouting had no effect. After you said the same thing, the enemy came out of the hiding place in droves and surrendered to our army. I think the enemy will surrender to you. If your name is mentioned to the enemy in the forest, maybe they will put down their arms and come out to surrender. "

If I had not experienced the scene of Poznan's persuading me to surrender, I would not have known that I was so famous in the German army. As soon as I gave my name, hundreds of enemies would lay down their arms and surrender. In this case, when you enter the forest tomorrow to wipe out the enemy, you can draw gourds according to the ladle and use my name to scare the enemy. Thinking of this, I nodded my head and said: "Comrade Kuragin, you are very reasonable. My name seems to have a little deterrent effect on the German officers and soldiers. When persuading the Germans to surrender, you must tell them that I promise them that as long as they lay down their arms and surrender to our army, I will guarantee their personal safety, and when the war is over, They will be sent home to reunite with their families. "“ I see, comrade deputy commander. " "You can rest assured that our commanders and fighters will never let you down," Kuragin said excitedly Seeing that the destination of my visit had been reached, I ordered them to say, "well, two division commanders, we have all talked about the things we should talk about. You should return to the army as soon as possible, gather the commanders at the battalion and regiment level to hold a meeting, and deploy to them the clean-up and suppression operation to be carried out tomorrow." After the two teachers agreed loudly, they raised their hands to salute me, turned and walked out of the room. When I returned to trekov's headquarters, I saw that his meeting had ended, that the division commanders had all left, and that there were only a few group leaders left. When he saw me coming, he asked curiously, "Rita, have you talked to them all?"“ Talk about it I nodded my head and replied, "I intend to use a combination of persuasive political offensive and tough military offensive to eliminate the enemy hiding in the forest. If they do not surrender, we will decisively wipe them out. " After listening to me, trikov stood up, reached out his hand to me, and said sincerely, "Rita, I wish you success and eliminate the enemy hidden in the forest in the shortest time."