As Ponedelin analyzed, Bogolyubov was a man of his word. After he ended the call with Ponedelin, he directly connected to the office of the field hospital. He said to the person who answered the phone: "I
This is the Chief of Staff of the Front Army Bogolyubov, looking for your dean Kirill."
Soon, Dean Kirill's voice came from the receiver: "Dear Alexander Nikolayevich, do you have anything to do with me?"
"Kirill, we have been old friends for many years. I have something to ask you for help." Bogolyubov said, "I wonder if you are willing to help me with this."
"Look what you said, Alexander Nikolayevich, you and I have been old friends for decades. If you have any questions, please just ask." Dean Kirill said carelessly: "As long as it's me.
I will definitely promise you anything within my capabilities."
"That's good." After hearing Kirill's promise, Bogolyubov directly explained his purpose: "I just received a call from an old friend. He said that the medical staff in their army field hospital is insufficient.
, I hope I can help them find a way to solve part of it.
Old friend, you also know that I am not in the medical system. Where can I find doctors and nurses for him? After thinking about it for a long time, I feel that to solve this problem, I can only turn to you for help. How can I support them?
A group of medical staff?”
Kirill originally heard the call from Bogolyubov, and was secretly happy in his heart. He was about to ask the other party for medicines and medical staff. Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, the other party came to him first and asked for medical staff. He
He said hurriedly: "No, no, this is definitely not possible. You should know that our field hospitals are overcrowded with wounded, and our own medical strength is insufficient. Where can we allocate manpower to support other troops?"
Bogolyubov had already anticipated Kirill's reaction. After the other party finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Old friend, don't you want to know who the person who wants to ask for your help is?"
"Who is it?" Kirill asked angrily.
"Deputy Commander of the 48th Group Army Ponedelin," Bogolyubov said: "He is an old friend of both of us. We can't just sit idly by when our friends need help."
Hearing what Bogolyubov said, Kirill couldn't help but feel a little moved, because during this period he saw the wounded who were discharged from hospital. When receiving their discharge certificates, almost all of them asked to go to the 48th Army. Now the field personnel of the Army need medical personnel.
, it seems somewhat logical.
"Since it is a request made by an old friend, Ponejelin, I naturally cannot ignore it." Kirill thought for a while, and then said a number that he could accept: "Even if I don't have enough manpower here, I can't ignore it."
We will find a way. Let's do this, I will send 30 people to support them, including ten experienced military doctors and twenty senior nurses."
Bogolyubov knew that the number Kirill mentioned should be the limit of what he could provide, so he no longer forced it, but said readily: "Well, when you get the people together, give me a call
, I arranged for a vehicle to send them to the 48th Group Army."
As soon as the phone call was made here, Military Commissar Lieutenant General Subotin came over and said to Bogolyubov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, the Supreme Commander has sent us a company of friendly troops. You think how to arrange them."
"A friendly company?" Bogolyubov asked, "Which front are they from?"
"Not any front army." Suboting replied: "They are guerrillas from Yugoslavia, and they were sent to our troops to learn and train."
Bogolyubov couldn't help but be confused after hearing this: "Why are the Yugoslav guerrillas sent to us for training? You know, the most suitable unit is Tolbukhin's Ukrainian Third Front, and they are now in Yugoslavia.
Fight the enemy at the border."
"I don't know the specific situation." Su Bojing shook his head and said, "The Supreme Command sent people here directly. Now that Comrade Commander is not here, I can only discuss with you to see how to arrange it.
This company is from Yugoslavia."
Bogolyubov also felt a headache for this small Yugoslav unit that had appeared out of nowhere. Since his superiors said that they should come to the army to learn and train, they obviously cannot stay in the units directly under the front army, because these units are fighting
There are not many opportunities and it is not suitable for them.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Seeing Bogolyubov frowning and thinking, Subotin suggested to him: "How about we arrange them to General Sokov's 48th Army?"
"This is a good idea."
Bogolyubov acted immediately, picked up the phone and called the headquarters of the 48th Army.
The person who answered the phone was Ponedelin. When he heard Bogolyubov's voice, he thought that the other party was about recruiting medical staff, so he gave himself a concrete answer. He took the initiative and said: "Old man, I'm asking you to do this."
, if it embarrasses you, just take your time and don’t rush.”
"The matter of the medical staff has been resolved. Kirill, the commander of the front army field hospital, has promised to send you 30 medical staff, including 10 military doctors with rich clinical experience and 20 senior nurses."
"Great, this is really great." After hearing this, Ponejelin said gratefully: "I really don't know how to thank you for everything you have done for us."
"We'll talk about gratitude later." Bogolyubov said, "I'm calling you for another thing."
"whats the matter?"
"The superiors sent us a guerrilla group and asked them to come to our army to learn and train." Bogolyubov continued: "After research, the Military Commissar and I decided to send them to your army."
When he learned that Bogolyubov planned to send a guerrilla force over, although Ponedelin found it strange, he readily agreed: "Old man, send them over as soon as possible, and we will settle them down.
"
Sokov, who was talking to Sidorin, vaguely heard the content of the conversation between Ponedelin and Bogolyubov. After Ponedelin put down the phone, he tentatively asked: "Comrade Deputy Commander, Bogolyubov
What did the general say about guerrillas on the phone?”
Ponedelin was most concerned about when the medical staff to support the field hospital would arrive, so he did not ask Bogolyubov about the origin of this guerrilla group. When Sokov asked about it at this moment, he could only say vaguely
: "Perhaps they are guerrillas operating somewhere. Not long after they returned to the army, they were sent to our group army to learn and train."
"I don't know how many people there are in this guerrilla group and what battles they have participated in." Sokov saw that Ponedelin was vague and did not pay attention to it. Instead, Sokov said: "When they come, they can be assigned to any division.
Just go inside."
A few hours later, a staff officer came in from outside and reported to Sokov and others: "Comrade Commander, a unit has arrived from the front headquarters and is now at the door."
Sokov guessed that it might be from the guerrilla group Bogolyubov mentioned, so he said to Ponedelin and Sidorin: "Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff, let's go out and see what this guerrilla group looks like.
.”
The three of them came outside and were stunned when they saw the troops lined up neatly.
These officers and soldiers who arrived were wearing boat-shaped hats with five-pointed stars on their heads, and the military uniforms they wore were neither the Soviet army nor the Polish army. Sokov couldn't help being stunned. He turned to Ponje next to him.
Lin: "Comrade Deputy Commander, where did this army come from? How come the military uniforms they are wearing are neither from the Soviet army nor the Polish army?"
"I don't know either." Ponejelin shook his head and said, "Bogolyubov told me that there was a friendly guerrilla unit assigned to us."
After saying that, he took a step forward and asked loudly to the team in front: "Which of you is the commander?!"
A man who looked like an officer came out of the queue, raised his hand and saluted Ponijelin, and said respectfully: "Hello, comrade general, I am Captain Velimir, from the Yugoslav guerrillas."
"I said man!" Ponejelin was secretly surprised when he heard that the other party was from Yugoslavia, but he still pretended to be calm and asked: "Why did you come to us?"
"We were ordered to study and train in the Soviet army." Velimir replied: "And my company was honored to be assigned to your heroic team."
Sokov asked Sidorin to arrange for these guerrillas in military uniforms, and then said to Velimir: "Captain Velimir, please come and sit in my headquarters. I want to talk to you."
Among the three people Velimir just saw coming out, Ponedelin was the oldest. He thought he was the commander with the highest position, so he went out to salute him. At this moment, he saw a military officer with a higher rank than Ponedelin.
A young officer appeared, and Velimir couldn't help but have a look of astonishment on his face. He didn't know who was the supreme commander here.
Fortunately, Ponejelin saw his doubts and explained to him: "Captain Velimir, let me introduce to you. This is Colonel Sokov, commander of the 48th Group Army, and I am the deputy commander.
Lieutenant General Ponedelin, and the one next to him is Major General Sidorin, Chief of Staff."
Several people returned to the headquarters. After Sidorin poured Velimir a cup of tea, he curiously asked: "Captain Velimir, which part of the Yugoslav guerrillas do you belong to?"
Hearing Sidorin's question, Velimir quickly put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and replied: "Comrade General, I am originally affiliated with the 3rd Assault Division."
Everyone knows that although the Yugoslavian resistance organization is called a guerrilla, their organization is no different from that of the regular army. The 3rd Assault Division is a relatively powerful unit among the guerrillas.
"I remember that during the Battle of Kursk, in order to break the fifth German encirclement and suppression campaign, you launched the Battle of Sutjeska." Sokov also remembered some information about the Yugoslav guerrillas at this time, and asked tentatively.
: "I said that right, right?"
"No, Comrade Commander, you are right." Velimir nodded and said: "When the Battle of Kursk broke out, the German army was launching the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign against our guerrillas. After all the hardships, we finally finally
Jumped out of the German encirclement and won the final victory."
"As far as I know, the 3rd Assault Division is the most powerful unit among the guerrillas in combat." Ponedelin added on the side: "But in the Battle of Sutjeska, it was also the unit with the heaviest casualties.
Captain Velimir, can you tell me what is going on?"
Hearing Ponejelin's question, Velimir fell silent. After a long time, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice and said: "Comrade General, you are right, our 3rd Assault Division is indeed the most powerful fighting force among the guerrillas."
The strongest unit. The reason why the captain suffered a heavy loss in the Battle of Sutjeska was mainly because we accepted a difficult task."
"A difficult task?" Sidorin couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Captain, can you tell us what a difficult task it is?"
"Okay." Velimir nodded and said with a serious expression: "The task our division received at that time was to carry 4,000 wounded people and evacuate them safely."
As soon as Velimir said that the 3rd Assault Division had received the task of covering the evacuation of the wounded, Sokov realized that the problem was not simple. When Liu Bei escaped from Xinye and retreated to Jiangxia, if he had not brought hundreds of thousands of people with him, he alone would have
With thousands of troops under his command, Cao Jun had already been chased away without a trace. As a result, the presence of the common people slowed down the marching speed of the troops, causing him to be overtaken by Cao Jun at Changbanpo.
No matter how elite the troops are, if they are transferred with thousands of wounded, they will become helpless and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. If they want to successfully jump out of the enemy's encirclement, they will inevitably pay a more painful lesson.
"Four thousand wounded?!" Ponejelin was also shocked by the number of wounded Velimir said: "Taking so many wounded people into action will not only slow down the marching speed of the troops, but also require the deployment of enough manpower.
, to protect the safety of the wounded. In this way, the combat effectiveness of the troops will be weakened invisibly. I believe that in the subsequent breakout operations, you will suffer huge losses."
"You are right, Comrade General." Velimir nodded and said: "At that time, the troops of the 1st Division had already opened a breakthrough in the enemy's encirclement, but in order to wait for our 3rd Assault Division, which was carrying the wounded, they
They and another unit stood firm on the breach to prevent the Germans from closing the breach. Facing the enemy's crazy attack, they suffered heavy casualties, but they never allowed the Germans to close the breach.
This move by the friendly forces gave the Germans the illusion that the troops that broke through the encirclement were just an insignificant small force, and that the 3rd Assault Division carrying the wounded was the main force of the guerrillas, so they gathered heavy troops to fight against them.
We not only carried out encirclement and suppression, but also dispatched a large number of aircraft to bomb us indiscriminately. So that when we reached the breakthrough, more than half of the troops had been killed and wounded, and even the division commander unfortunately died in the battle."
"You finally broke through the German encirclement and successfully jumped to a safe area. This is really amazing." Ponejelin gave the other party a thumbs up: "The comrades of the Yugoslav guerrillas are all good.
"
"Captain Velimir," Sokov said to Velimir: "You must be very tired after traveling such a long way. You go back and have a good rest first. After you have regained your energy, we will talk to you again.
Next arrangements.”
After hearing this, Velimir agreed, raised his hand to salute Sokov and others, then turned and walked out of the headquarters.
