After the other party finished speaking, Sokov said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, let me ask you a question first."
"Comrade Commander, if you have any questions, just ask them."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, do you think it is possible for the enemy to rush into our group army's defense zone? Or, in other words, do they have the ability to rush into us?"
"It's hard to say, Comrade Commander." Sameko said in an ambiguous tone: "In the face of the enemy's attack, our army will carry out tenacious resistance."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, what I want to hear is the truth, not such clichés." Sokov was worried about Samyko's concerns, so he said euphemistically: "We are just friends, discussing a possibility in private.
."
"I think what you said is unlikely." After Samyko finished speaking, before Sokov could ask again, he continued: "The current defense area of our group army is east of Moscow, in our
In front, there are four units of the Voronezh Front, the Southwestern Front, the Western Front and the Central Front, with a total strength of nearly two million. If the Germans really rush to us, it will be unless Moscow has fallen..."
As soon as Sameko said this, he immediately realized that he had made a mistake. He quickly looked around and found that the communications soldiers and combat staff were at the other end of the room. They probably couldn't hear him. He couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are right." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "After the Battle of Stalingrad, the strength of the Germans was greatly weakened. They were simply unable to break through the defense of our two million troops.
Let alone occupy the entire Moscow. Therefore, the possibility that they can rush here is basically zero."
Sokov's words made Samyko a little confused. He asked in confusion: "Comrade Commander, I don't quite understand what you mean."
"My point is very simple. Is it necessary to build the fortifications that our superiors ordered us to build?"
Samek thought for a while and replied: "If the Germans really can't rush here, then we don't need to build any fortifications. After all, these tasks will waste a lot of manpower and material resources."
"I think about it this way too." Although Sokov's proposal hit a snag in front of Konev, after repeated thinking, he still felt that there was really no need to do such a waste of time and money, so he asked Samy
Co said: "I plan to let the troops dig only a few trenches, and there will be no need to repair those strong defense fortifications."
Sokov's words startled Samyko, and he asked nervously: "Comrade Commander, when we do this, we are blatantly disobeying the orders of our superiors. If the superiors investigate, no one will be able to bear this responsibility."
"Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Seeing that Samyko was afraid of wolves and tigers, Sokov comforted him and said: "I am the commander of the group army. Since I made the decision, if the superiors want to blame
If so, I will bear all the responsibilities.”
Sokov was thinking that instead of wasting so much manpower and material resources to build fortifications that were of no use at all, it would be better to concentrate on training so that the troops can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Moreover, building a large number of fortifications will definitely destroy them.
The original terrain made it impossible for the armored forces to move freely.
Thinking of the armored forces, Sokov couldn't help but feel moved, and then asked Samyko: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do we have armored forces in our army?"
"Yes, General Polubyarov's 4th Guards Tank Corps." Samyko introduced to Sokov: "This tank force was established in June 1942, and its original designation was the 17th Tank Corps.
, but because of their bravery and tenacity in the battle and the results they achieved, they were awarded the new designation of the 4th Guards Tank Corps in January this year."
Hearing that there was actually General Polubyarov's 4th Guards Tank Corps in his army, Sokov couldn't help but his eyes lit up. Although he was not familiar with this tank commander, he remembered the future of this tank corps.
In the Battle of Berlin, he was the first to rush into the city of Berlin. He didn't expect that this heroic unit would actually become his subordinates at this moment. This was really an unexpected surprise.
Sokov quickly asked Samyko: "Chief of Staff, can you call General Polubyarov and ask him to come to the headquarters? I want to have a good talk with him."
"No problem." Since Sokov is the commander of the group army, it is natural for him to have a good negotiation with the corps commander or division commander within the group army, so Sameko replied readily: "I will call him immediately
, ordered him to come over as soon as possible."
After Sokov waited for Samyko to finish the call, he continued: "Comrade Chief of Staff, when I came to take office this time, I not only brought a security company of more than 200 people, but also brought 40 people with rich experience.
Commanders with combat experience. Now they are waiting outside, please send someone to resettle them."
Samyko couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that Sokov had brought forty experienced commanders. He said repeatedly: "Comrade Commander, this is great, this is really great. Our army has just been established, and we are in the process of
A large number of officers with command experience are needed to serve as battalion and company level commanders.”
Sokov knew very well that each of the forty officers he brought could be a good battalion commander or company commander, or even a regiment commander. However, when he first arrived, he rashly assigned positions to them.
Afraid of causing misunderstandings, he asked Sameko to place everyone first, and after he got familiar with the division commanders, he would then find a way to place these people in each division to serve as battalion and company level commanders.
Sameko was very efficient in his work. He called two staff officers and told them: "You two are responsible for settling the officers brought by Comrade Commander, as well as the guard company. We must make sure they live well and eat well."
,Understand?"
"Understood, Comrade Chief of Staff." The two staff officers replied in unison.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov said to Samyko after the two staff officers who received the order left, "there is one more thing that I think I need to discuss with you."
"Comrade Commander, what's going on?"
"Is the defense here in Koski a little too lax?" Sokov reminded the other party: "When I went to see the commander of the front army, the convoy was stopped by the checkpoint before it entered the town. The other party's reason was to ensure that the front army
For the security of the headquarters, no outside vehicles are allowed to enter the town before being authorized.
"And what about us here?" Sokov said with some displeasure: "My convoy was not interrogated when it entered the town, and I didn't even see any patrols along the way. Just imagine, what if our convoy was disguised by the German army?
, couldn’t they rush to the door of the headquarters in one go and take down the entire headquarters?”
This chapter has been completed!