"Victor," Sokov wanted to keep a low profile during his studies, but he was worried that if there were subordinates like Victor in the training class, his identity would not be concealed at all. He asked tentatively: "Except
Besides you, are there any other commanders in the training class who are my subordinates?"
"I'm not sure, Comrade Commander." Victor replied with a wry smile: "Although I am the only one from our division, I don't know if there are commanders from other divisions coming to participate in the training."
Seeing that Victor didn't know anything about it, Sokov felt helpless. After all, he had served as commander of the 21st and 27th Army, and even briefly commanded the 53rd Army. There were countless commanders who knew him. See
If you want to conceal your identity, I'm afraid it will be a difficult task.
Sokov waved his hands at the two of them and said helplessly: "If there is really a commander who knows me, then there is nothing we can do. Anyway, you two just don't reveal my identity."
"By the way," Sokov suddenly remembered an important question: "Do you know how the seats are arranged in the classroom?" He asked this because he was worried that the teacher would arrange him at the back when arranging seats.
"Comrade Commander, you can rest assured about this." Victor said: "Before the formal teaching, you are free to choose your seat. You can sit wherever you want. After the formal teaching, the monitor assigned by the teacher will take your seat.
Write down the seat and report it to the teacher. The seat will be fixed at that time and cannot be changed casually."
"Where are you going to sit?" Sokov asked, hoping that the two of them could sit near him. In any case, with two people who know his details around him, he can safely tell them to go if anything happens.
finished.
Victor and Sukhalev looked at each other, and then Victor spoke: "Comrade Commander, we will sit next to you. Sukhalev will sit in front of you, and I will sit behind you.
.You still have injuries on your legs and have difficulty moving. If you have any questions, please tell us and we will do our best to help you."
Time passed quickly, and new commanders walked into the classroom from time to time. After politely greeting Sokov and others, they began to look for the ideal position.
"Hey, Comrade Captain." At this time, an elderly major walked up to Sokov and said to Sokov: "Please find a seat in the back. My eyesight is not good, so I want to sit here.
.”
Faced with such a rude major, Sokov did not care about him, but smiled faintly, and then said: "I'm sorry, comrade major, didn't you see that I am sitting in a wheelchair? You just have poor eyesight, and I
It’s because your legs and feet are not good and you have difficulty moving. I think you should go to the back and find a seat.”
Seeing that Sokov rejected his request, the major straightened his face and asked rudely: "Captain, don't you know that in the army, you must obey the orders of your superiors absolutely? What I just said is understandable.
Do you understand the order I gave you?"
"I understand, Comrade Major." Sokov deliberately protracted and emphasized: "But unfortunately, I won't let you. You'd better go to the back and find a seat as soon as possible. If you move too slowly, there may be no seats.
"
"Captain Sokov is right." As Sokov's old subordinate, Victor saw his superior encountering a little trouble, so he naturally wanted to help him smooth things over: "He has an injury on his leg. Action
It's inconvenient. Major, I advise you to go to the back as early as possible to find a seat. If it's too late and the seats are all taken away, you will have to stand in class."
If someone else had said this, the major would definitely scold him. But when he saw that Victor had the same military rank as himself, he could only snort heavily, and then quickly walked to the back row, thinking
Find a place of your own as soon as possible.
Not long after, the whole classroom was filled with people.
Fortunately, except for the unreasonable major just now, no one came to say hello to Sokov. It seemed that in this classroom, the only people who knew Sokov were Victor and Sukhalev.
A teacher wearing glasses and wearing the rank of captain walked in from outside and stood directly on the podium.
Seeing the teacher come in, the originally noisy classroom suddenly became silent.
"Hello, fellow commanders!" the instructor standing on the podium said: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Christonia, and I am your instructor. From now on, in the next three months, I will
, we will all study together. In order to facilitate the management of the class, we have arranged a monitor for the class."
The instructor picked up the roster on the table, looked through it, and then looked up at the students sitting below: "Major Krezyow from the 13th Army."
Hearing this unfamiliar name, Sokov, like ordinary students, looked around, trying to see clearly who the student who was the squad leader was.
When Sokov saw the elderly major standing up, a look of astonishment appeared on his face. He didn't expect that the person who just asked him to give up his seat was actually the monitor of the training class?
"Major Krezhiow," although the instructor's military rank was lower than Krezhiow, he still said in a commanding tone: "As the monitor of the training class, your responsibility is to assist the teacher in managing the class and maintaining normal teaching.
Order. You must be a good communication link between teachers and students. Not only must the teacher's instructions be conveyed to the students' ears in a timely manner, but also the life and learning problems that students encounter in school must be conveyed in a timely manner.
Report to the teacher quickly and easily."
Krezhiow said: "Comrade teacher, please rest assured that I will definitely fulfill my duties and be a good link between teachers and class students."
Sukhalev had a bitter expression on his face when he heard what Krezhiow said. He asked Sokov in a low voice: "Captain Sokov, tell me, will this squad leader wear small shoes for you in the future?"
?”
"What are you afraid of?" Sokov said with some disdain: "He is just a little major, what can he do to me?"
Sukharev thought about it carefully and realized that this was really the case. After all, Sokov was a group army commander. If Krezhiow really wants to put some shoes on Sokov in the future, he can directly express his intention.
As for his true identity, at some point, the expression on Krezhiow's face must be very exciting.
"Quiet, comrades commanders, please be quiet!" Seeing Sokov and Sukhalev whispering, Krezhiow promptly performed his duties as squad leader. Naturally, Sokov was the first to be criticized.
Cove. "We are not new recruits. We have already gone through military training. Don't you understand that classroom order needs everyone to maintain it?"
Sokov is a smart man, and he can naturally understand that what Krezhiow said is directed at him, and that the other party wants to use this method to retaliate for the loss he just suffered.
As a former group army commander and a newly promoted lieutenant general, Sokov naturally would not care about a little person like Krezhiow. He looked at the instructor standing on the podium, guessing what the other person would do next.
What will it do.
"Comrade squad leader," the teacher told Krezhiowf: "After class, please wait for the commanders' seats and then report them to me."
After hearing Krezhiow's affirmative answer, the teacher nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Today is the first day of registration. We will not give lectures for the time being, just chat casually."
After the teacher finished speaking, the classroom fell into silence.
The reason is very simple. Although the instructor said we should chat casually, he did not say what he wanted to talk about. Therefore, the students sitting below remained silent, wanting to wait for someone to speak before expressing their opinions.
The teacher waited for a while, and when no one spoke, he pursed his lips towards where Krezhiow was and said: "Comrade monitor, it seems that the students are shy and embarrassed to take the initiative to speak, so you can say a few words first."
Just say it."
"Okay, comrade instructor." Krezhiow stood up, coughed heavily, cleared his throat, and said: "Comrade commanders, you all know that I am from the 13th Army. In the early stage,
During the battle, our troops did not participate in many battles and were basically used as reserve forces.
But after liberating Kiev, we finally got rid of the fate of being a reserve force. We received orders from General Rokossovsky to advance towards Korosten and assist the 60th Group Army fighting there.
Capture that city."
"Wait a minute, Comrade Major." Hearing this, Sokov couldn't help but interrupt Krezhiow: "If I remember correctly, the troops that liberated Kiev were General Vatutin's Ukrainian troops.
The First Front, and General Rokossovsky is from the Belorussian Front, how could you accept his order?"
After hearing the question raised by Sokov, Krezhiow said proudly: "Comrade Captain, don't you know that Rokossovsky, as a representative of the base camp, was sent to Ukraine for the first time?"
The first army assisted in the command. But not long after he arrived, he took over the command of the army from the original commander."
"This is great!" Sokov couldn't help blurting out after hearing this.
"What's so great?" Kryzhiow asked in confusion.
"I mean, it is very appropriate for General Rokossovsky to command the troops near Kiev." After Sokov explained the reason, he added casually: "General Rokossovsky's command level
, far better than General Vatutin."
The instructor has led many training classes, and it is definitely the first time that Sokov dares to criticize Vatutin's poor command in public: "Why do you say that?"
"I have met the two generals Vatutin and Rokossovsky..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, there was a burst of laughter. According to everyone's thoughts, Sokov must be bragging. How could a mere captain like him manage everything and command hundreds of thousands of troops?
Where is the commander-in-chief?
From the laughter of everyone, Sokov understood that they had misunderstood him and thought he was bragging. However, he did not defend himself, but took the initiative and said: "Comrade instructor, I want to talk about it from a purely military aspect.
I wonder if the battle of Kursk is possible?"
"Just say whatever comes to mind, Comrade Captain." Seeing that Sokov was willing to speak, the teacher naturally wanted to ask for it, so he took the initiative and said: "Even if you are wrong, no one will blame you."
"As we all know, the Battle of Kursk is divided into two directions: north and south. General Rokossovsky is in charge of the north, while Vatutin is in charge of the south." Sokov followed his own ideas and took his time.
He said: "After the Germans launched a fierce attack on our defense line, the area that Vatutin was responsible for was breached by the Germans from the front for about 35 kilometers and was almost penetrated. If Moscow had not promptly deployed 2 troops from Konev's Steppe Front,
A group army helped, and this round was really bad.
In comparison, the defensive pressure carried by Sokorovsky's Central Front was no less than that of the Voronezh Front. However, the Germans tried their best to attack and only advanced about 12 kilometers forward before they could no longer attack.
.The gap between the two people can be seen from this."
Sokov originally wanted to say more, but considering that some things might be leaked, he skipped the analysis of the intelligence: "I have carefully studied the Battle of Kursk. If in the early stages of the battle, General Vatutin
It can stand still and rely on the defense fortifications that have been built long ago to resist the German attack. It can also use the advantages of firepower and terrain to consume a large amount of the German army's effective strength..."
The instructor patiently listened to Sokov's explanation, nodded and said: "What you said makes sense, but even so, we still achieved the final victory." After a brief pause, he asked: "Comrade Captain, you
Tell me, what benefits will the victory in the Battle of Kursk bring to our army?"
"The benefits are obvious, comrade instructor." When he talked about the analysis of the battle situation, Sokov forgot that he was discussing the Battle of Kursk with everyone as a captain, but as a participant.
Gains and losses: "It can be said that before the Battle of Stalingrad, our army was still in the strategic defense stage. Where the battle took place was decided by the Germans. But with the capture of Paulus, the German army
With the destruction of the 6th Army, we changed from the strategic defense stage to the strategic stalemate stage.
Our army's victory in the Battle of Kursk turned our army from the original strategic stalemate stage into a strategic offensive stage. Now, the situation on the battlefield has completely changed, and the attacking side has become our army.
, and the Germans became the defensive side."
"That's right," a smile appeared on the instructor's face. He nodded to Sokov and said with emotion: "Comrade Captain, in which army did you serve as a staff officer before? Otherwise, we are talking about these things.
How can it be possible to cover everything when the time comes?”
"No, Comrade Instructor." Sokov shook his head and replied: "I have never held any staff position. I have always participated in combat in combat units."
The instructor saw Sokov sitting in a wheelchair with one of his feet in a plaster, and thought that what the other person said might be true. If he was a staff officer in the army, the chance of being injured was very small. It seemed true.
He is from the combat unit. He smiled and asked: "Comrade Captain, I want to ask you, what are your plans after the training is over?"
"It goes without saying," Sokov grinned and replied truthfully: "After my injury recovers, I will definitely return to the frontline combat unit and continue to fight tenaciously against the Germans."
"Dear students," the instructor raised his voice and said to everyone: "Let me tell you everything first. After you complete the training, in addition to being assigned to the frontline combat troops, some people will also enter the staff department and work in the staff department.
He serves as a combat staff officer or intelligence staff officer."
