The combat cluster was disbanded, the 67th Guards, the 23rd and 321st Infantry Divisions were all returned to their establishment, and only the 41st Guards Division and Colonel Bere's tank brigade were left in Mamayevgang.
Sokov, Ivanov, Cydolin and others discussed: "Deputy Division Commander, Chief of Staff, the Battle of Stalingrad has been successfully over, and we may not have much rest and will re-invest in a new battle, so we must seize the time to adjust the organization of the troops."
"Adjustment?" Ivanov asked curiously: "How to adjust?"
"Our division originally had four regiments," Sokov said: "I plan to cancel the reduction regiment and organize all the troops into the other three regiments."
"The commanders and soldiers of the shrinking regiment are all combat backbones." After understanding Sokov's intentions, Sidolin said to Ivanov: "Even if the superiors add us all the recruits, with these combat backbones of each regiment, the troops can quickly form combat effectiveness."
"The original three guard regiments had a large casualty in the recent battle, and they could be supplemented by the commander of the shrinking regiment." After Ivanov and Sokov and Cydollin finished speaking, they expressed their concerns: "How should the regiment commander Lieutenant Colonel Berkin berkin berkin berkin berkin berkin?"
"Ltd. Col. Belkin was the political commissar of the infantry brigade," Sokov said, "I think he will let him go to a regiment and serve as the political commissar of the regiment."
"Well, since you have considered where to arrange him, then do what you said." Ivanov replied: "It just so happened that the political commissar of the 124th Regiment withdrew from the battle due to injury. I think Comrade Belkin will take over his position."
"Comrade instructor," Anisimov, who had no sense of existence, asked Sokov curiously after the three of them discussed the adjustment of the staffing: "I want to ask, where are we going next?"
"Is this a matter of course going west?" Sokov pointed to the map and said to everyone: "Go to teach Manstein's troops a lesson."
"I guess Manstein has a difficult life because of this." Anisimov said confidently: "Now he is being besieged by the Voronezh Front and the Southwest Front. I won't want it for long, and he will follow in Paulus' footsteps and be completely wiped out by our army."
Sokov did not expect that as soon as the Battle of Stalingrad was over, the Soviet commanders and soldiers had the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy. He asked expressionlessly: "Comrade Political Commissar, why do you say that?"
"Comrade Commander, I have some inside information." Anisimov said mysteriously: "The Southwest Front commanded by General Vatutin and the Voronezh Front of General Golikov are attacking Manstein.
The Southwest Front launched an attack from the lower reaches of the Donets River and rushed all the way to the Dnieper River, trying to recapture the Donbas Industrial Zone and cut off the German army in the Caucasus and Ukrainian army.
The Voronezh Front attacked in the west according to the combat plan formulated by Marshal Zhukov."
"Is this news reliable?" Sidolin asked impatiently as soon as Anisimov finished speaking.
"Of course it's reliable." Anisimov nodded, leaned forward slightly, and said to everyone in a low voice: "I know this information through reliable channels."
As the chief of staff, Sidolin was very familiar with the combat map. After hearing Anisimov's words, he immediately leaned over to look at the map in front of him. After looking at it for a while, he raised his head and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, according to my analysis, our army is completely likely to recover Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov in the near future."
Sokov was shocked when he heard Cidolin say this. You must know that he knew what happened next based on the historical information he had. Cidolin was able to analyze the cities that the Soviet army might have captured from the fragmented information Anisimov had. This surprised him.
"Chief of Staff, you are right. The cities you mentioned just now will definitely be recaptured by our army." After Sokov said this, he asked back: "But have you ever thought that our army can defend these cities after it has seized them?"
"Comrade Commander, are you mistaken?" Hearing Sokov's question, Cidolin showed a shocked expression on his face: "You know, Manstein's troops are at most 100,000, but they are still distributed in such a vast area. The two frontal troops of our army are at least several times that of him. Can we still beat him by a few of us?"
"War is not about the number of people." Sokov smeared the map with a pencil: "Look, because our army is advancing too fast, the frontier forces and the supply points in the rear are already far apart. If the Germans discovered this weakness of our army and cut off the supply line, then can the troops that lost fuel, ammunition and food supplements continue to fight?"
"If our army is cut off from the supply line, wouldn't it face the same fate as those Germans who had just been annihilated by us?" Ivanov said thoughtfully: "Comrade Commander, do you see if we need to report this to the leader of the front army?"
"It's useless." Although Sokov is now a division commander, he is still a harsh person in the officers who have never dealt with him. Sokov is still a slutty and incompetent person. Because he clearly realized that even if he issued an early warning at this time, no one would believe him. "First of all, we do not belong to the same unit, and I cannot contact them. Secondly, such things must be reported to the Front Command first. Only after they nodded can they continue to report to their superiors and report the situation of the Voronezh Front and the Southwest Front to the Command."
"Then report it immediately," Anisimov urged: "Comrade Commander, have you had a strong relationship with Comrade Commander? I believe he will definitely believe in your analysis."
"Comrade Political Commissar, this is just an analysis and cannot be reported to the upper level casually." Sidolin immediately stopped Anisimov's risky idea: "If you report it rashly and the actual situation is different from the judgment, things may not be easy to deal with at that time."
"The Chief of Staff is right." Sokov knew very well that he knew many historical processes, and if he said it too early, it would backfire. Therefore, he agreed with Cidolin's safe method and did not report to his superiors for the time being: "Everything is just my analysis. No one knows what will happen. I think we should study it and if the troops' ammunition and military supplies are supplemented as soon as possible."
"Comrade Commander, when it comes to replenishing military supplies, I remembered an important thing." Cidolin said.
"What's the matter?"
"If I remember correctly, all the officers and soldiers of the reduction regiment used German weapons." Sidolin reminded Sokov: "If they were broken up and organized into the regiments, they would probably have to change their clothes."
"What you said makes sense." Sokov said in a good manner: "A force equipped with two different weapons will cause trouble for logistics supply."
"What should we do?" Cidolin asked tentatively: "Do you replace all the German weapons in the hands of the soldiers with standard weapons of our army?"
"From the current situation, this method can only be used." Sokov emphasized: "Only by using unified standard weapons can the entire division reduce the logistics supply pressure. By the way, how many people do we have in our division?"
"There are more than 6,300 people, including the wounded."
Sokov was shocked when he heard the numbers Sidolin said. He did not expect that after such a cruel battle, there were so many people in the entire division. In other words, as long as Rokosovsky could replenish himself three thousand troops, he could get tens of thousands of troops.
"After these few months of battle, the commanders and fighters were exhausted." Sokov said to everyone: "Without the fact that there is no major battle, let them take turns to rest. Be sure to return to their best condition in the shortest time."
"Comrade Commander," Ivanov couldn't help but smile and asked, "Do you really think our division will be in the battle soon?"
"Comrade Deputy Division Commander, although we annihilate the besieged Paulus group, the battle with the enemy has not stopped yet." Sokov knew very well that in half a month, the German army would launch the Kharkov counterattack, and with a population of 100,000, the Soviet army was full of teeth. "We need to prepare in advance so that we can enter the battle at any time. We must let the soldiers establish the belief that 'use me for the first battle, and I will win' so that they can be invincible in the battle with the enemy."
"I will win the first battle with me, and I will win." Sidolin said excitedly when he heard Sokov's words: "Comrade Commander, your slogan is good, and it sounds exciting."
Hearing Sidolin's praise for him, Sokov couldn't help but blush and quickly changed the subject and asked: "Chief of Staff, have you sent someone to search for the remaining German officers and soldiers in the ruins?"
"Comrade Commander, not only should we search for hiding straitors, but also some missing people." Anisimov said to Sokov: "Based on the information we have, many residents fell into the hands of the Germans and were detained in some ruins that the Germans once occupied. I think we should seize the time to search for their whereabouts, and it would be too late if we do not take action."
When Sokov heard Anisimov say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He thought to himself: The Germans had no food when they were besieged. Imagine that even the Germans would not have enough food. They would take out excess food and distribute it to the civilians in the controlled area.
Thinking of this, Sokov nodded and said to Anisimov: "Comrade Political Commissar, since you proposed this matter, you must have already had a complete set of treatment plans. From now on, I will give you full responsibility for this matter."
"Comrade Commander," while several people were discussing work, Maxim called Sokov in the corner: "Comrade Commander, General Cui Kev, the commander of the army."
Sokov walked over and picked up the phone. Sure enough, he heard Cui Kov's voice coming from inside, and quickly said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?"
"Instructions? What instructions can I have?" Cuikov said with a laugh, "I called you just to chat casually, after all, we have fought side by side for so long."
Sokov knew that Cuikov would not chat with him for no reason. He must have heard something related to him, so he called him. Thinking of himself not long ago, he had just discussed changing equipment for the reduction team with Cidolin, so he said to the microphone: "Comrade Commander, I happen to have one thing to ask you for help."
"Is there something important to ask me for help?" Cuikov repeated what Sokov said and asked, "What's the matter?"
"That's right. We just made a decision to abolish the establishment of the reduction regiment and divide all the commanders and fighters into three guard regiments." Sokov said to the microphone: "Now the problem is here. This regiment was equipped with all German weapons. In order to reduce the burden of logistics supply, I plan to replace the original German equipment with our army's standard equipment."
"Col. Sokov, I support your decision." Cuikov learned that Sokov was just asking for some very ordinary equipment, so he said readily: "Some time ago, the East Bank sent us a batch of guns, and you can allocate some from them to equip your troops."
"That's really great thank you, Comrade Commander."
"You're welcome." Cuikov said mysteriously on the other end of the phone: "Col. Sokov, I've heard something, and I plan to say hello to you in advance."
"Comrade Commander," Sokov realized that something might be important and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"It's a good thing." Cuikov said on the other end of the phone: "I heard General Malining reveal to me that the superiors are preparing to combine your Guards 41st Division, as well as Guards 37th Division and Guards 39th Division to form a Guards."
"It's a good thing to form a guard." Sokov smiled and said, "I don't know who the superiors are going to let him serve as the division commander?" He asked because the other two division commanders had fought side by side in the battle to defend Stalingrad. No matter who of the two division commanders was to command, it was very suitable.
"Some people say that Guriyev, the commander of the 39th Division of the Guards, is suitable for the position of commander; others say that General Rulejev, the commander of the 37th Division of the Guards, is an ideal candidate." Cuikov said carefully: "But it is said that after the appointments of these two people were reported, they were directly rejected by their superiors."
"What, the superiors directly rejected the lives of the two division commanders?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Why are they planning to airborne a commander?"
"It is definitely impossible to airborne commander. You are not unaware that the commanders in each unit are seriously vacant, so where can we draw ideal staff to serve as commander of the Guards." Cuikov explained to Sokov: "So, you are the most ideal candidate for the new commander."
"Choose me?" Sokov asked with disbelief: "It's not true. You know, I'm just a colonel, how could I command two generals? What's more, they are excellent commanders who have served in the army for more than twenty years and have rich combat and command experience."
Chapter completed!