The entire conference room was silent, no one said a word, but from the faces of the senior generals present, their attitudes could still be clearly seen. This is what they thought.
After snorting, Timoshenko added: "If you all think so, you are totally wrong."
"Needless to say, at the beginning, my thoughts were exactly the same as yours. I also thought that the high command was making a fuss out of a molehill by so solemnly inviting such a young Chinese comrade to come." At this point, Tiemu said.
Brother Xing deliberately stopped, waited for everyone's attention, and then said, "However, after the initial contact with Comrade Xu Rui, I found that I was wrong, and very wrong. Comrade Xu Rui is indeed very young, but
His military theories, combat experience and even commanding attainments are probably not inferior to those of you here."
The entire conference room was silent, and no one said a word.
Timoshenko is a legendary figure, the military god in the entire Soviet Red Army after Voroshilov and Budyonny, so no one dares to refute him, but the obvious fact is that even these senior generals here do not agree
In his opinion, they never think that Xu Rui's military theory, combat experience and commanding attainments can be compared with theirs.
"I know you will not be convinced when I say this, and I don't want to argue too much with you, because you will understand in the future." Timoshenko added, "Now, it is up to the newly arrived staff to
Director Comrade Xu Rui, come and announce some of my decisions." After saying that, he made an invitation gesture to Xu Rui.
Xu Rui was not polite and walked directly to the big map.
On the way from Moscow to Leningrad, Timoshenko and Xu Rui basically decided on their tactics.
Diana, who was in charge of translating, quickly stood next to Xu Rui. Seeing so many generals, lieutenant generals and major generals staring at the two of them fiercely, Diana was still a little nervous, but when she turned her head, she saw Xu Rui's cloudless expression.
As the wind cleared, he immediately calmed down and began to listen attentively to Xu Rui's explanation.
Xu Rui glanced around with a stern gaze, pointed at the map and said: "First of all, the attack direction will be adjusted as follows. From the previous three roads of North Road, Middle Road, and South Road advancing together, it will be changed to the center road to attack, and the South Road and North Road will be responsible for containment. In view of this
At this time, the troop strength on the southern and northern routes must also be adjusted, leaving two infantry divisions on each side is enough."
As Xu Rui spoke, Diana immediately performed simultaneous interpretation.
Before he finished speaking, the senior generals in the conference room were already excited, because this almost overturned the previous general combat policy. The commanders of several group armies were relatively calm, but those in the front army staff
But all the senior officials looked excited, because Xu Rui's move was a slap in their faces.
At that time, Major General Gao Shen stood up excitedly.
But before Major General Gao Shen could speak, Timoshenko said: "Comrade Gao Lixie, I solemnly declare once again that what Comrade Xu Rui announced was my decision. Do you want to question my decision?"
The Major General Gao Shen was stunned when he heard this, and then sat back depressed.
Xu Rui continued: "The second point is that all aviation units and tank units of each group army will be transferred to the front army, and will be under the unified command of the front army staff."
After listening to Diana's translation, the conference room exploded again.
Now it was the turn of the commanders of each group army to be uneasy. What do you mean? We have to transfer all our aviation units and tank units to the front army headquarters, and just leave a few infantry divisions for me. How can we still fight a bullshit?
You are using our dignified army as a security force. This is really intolerable.
At that time, a general with the rank of general stood up and said angrily: "I object!"
Timoshenko glanced coldly at the Soviet general. The Soviet general immediately lost his momentum. As the legendary military god of the Soviet Red Army, Timoshenko's prestige was by no means an exaggeration. These people here were
The generals were either his old subordinates or the students he taught when he was the director of the Frunze Military Academy.
With a groan, Timoshenko said to the Soviet general: "Comrade Valery, you can reserve your personal opinions, but you must execute the order!"
The Soviet general named Valery responded with a yes and sat back glumly.
Xu Rui continued: "Finally, the front army staff will send twenty-five liaison groups to the division headquarters of each infantry division of each group army. In the future, all combat tasks assigned by the front army headquarters will no longer go through the group army headquarters.
It will be communicated to the division level, and it will be communicated directly to the division level through the liaison group!"
This decision immediately shocked the four army commanders.
Damn it, this is to remove the command authority of our military headquarters!
It’s true that Timoshenko and Xu Rui really want to relieve the command authority of each group army’s military headquarters and centralize the command authority of the twenty-five infantry divisions to the front army headquarters to achieve centralized and parallel command! Because centralized command is the key to fighting
A prerequisite for all-element, all-weather, three-dimensional operations.
For example, in later generations of the US military, the campaign headquarters can even directly command individual soldiers, bypassing commanders from the division and brigade level to the company and platoon level. This greatly shortens the reaction time. Otherwise, it would have to wait until all levels of command.
It was passed down one by one from one official level to another. On the ever-changing modern battlefield, the day lily has long since become cold.
In fact, the reason why the Soviet army suffered a disastrous defeat in the first stage of the Soviet-Finnish war was not only the ignorance of the Finnish army's combat readiness, but it also had a lot to do with the Soviet army's disordered command and slow response.
This situation did not fundamentally change until the full-scale Soviet-German war broke out, eventually leading to a shocking defeat. More than five million Soviet Red Army troops were annihilated in a short period of time under the German blitzkrieg offensive!
Therefore, after Xu Rui took office, the first thing he had to do was to centralize command authority and issue military orders from the front army headquarters directly to each infantry division. In fact, what Xu Rui wanted was to directly give them to each infantry regiment, but this was not suitable for
The requirements of the front army headquarters are too high. It is impossible without a large group of high-quality staff officers, so we can only give up for the time being.
After a long while, several group army commanders finally came to their senses. General Valery stood up again. This time he stopped yelling at Xu Rui because he knew it was useless, so he asked Timoshin directly.
Brother said: "Comrade Timoshenko, the command of each infantry division has been concentrated in the front army headquarters, so what should we do?"
Timoshenko said: "Comrade Valery, if you have any questions, you can ask Comrade Xu Rui."
Valery had no choice but to turn his gaze to Xu Rui and ask the question again.
After listening to Diana's translation, Xu Rui said coldly: "The mission of the Army Headquarters is very simple. It just needs to do its best to provide logistical support for each infantry division under its jurisdiction."
Xu Rui separated the logistics and command of each infantry division under each group army. Logistics is still under the control of the military headquarters of the group army, but the operational command power belongs to the front army headquarters.
The commanders of several group armies looked at each other in confusion. Good guy, in a blink of an eye, the commander of the army turned into the head of logistics.
Although they were dissatisfied, no one dared to raise objections, because Timoshenko had already declared it, and what Xu Rui announced was his decision. Unless they could overturn Timoshenko's decision, they would not have to speak out.
, as for overturning Timoshenko's decision, they didn't even dare to think about it. How could it be possible?
Seeing that no one had objections, Timoshenko stood up and said, "Then let's go back and prepare ourselves."
The senior generals who attended the meeting left one after another, and soon only Timoshenko, Xu Rui, and, oh no, Diana, the full-time translator, were left in the conference room.
Timoshenko said: "Comrade Xu Rui, you will be extremely busy after dawn. Otherwise, while we still have some free time, let's take a break and have a few drinks first?"
"I'm afraid we don't have time." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "I want to go to the Third Flight Regiment first to check the situation."
The most critical factor in the success or failure of this war against Finland was the Soviet Air Force, because the Wolf Fang Brigade could only provide the Finnish army's troop deployment and defense situation, but it could carry out targeted precision strikes against Finnish army facilities.
It is the aviation regiment under the Northwest Front Army!
Without a powerful aviation force, the Wolf Fang Brigade would just run to death and be exhausted, which would be useless.
As far as Xu Rui knows, the performance of the Soviet Air Force in the first phase of the Soviet-Finnish War was extremely bad!
According to historical records, in the first stage of the Soviet-Finnish War, the Soviet Red Army dispatched a total of more than a thousand aircraft of various types, while the Finnish Air Force on the opposite side had less than 200 aircraft of various types, but the final result was shocking.
, by the end of the first phase of the war, the Finnish Air Force had almost no losses, while the Soviet Air Force had lost more than 300 aircraft of various types! Of course, a considerable number of these combat aircraft were shot down by the Finnish army's anti-aircraft firepower.
However, such a disparity in battle damage ratio is enough to illustrate how bad the combat effectiveness of the Soviet Air Force was.
If this situation cannot be reversed, then the Soviet-Finnish offensive in the second phase of the war will definitely not go smoothly.
Therefore, the second thing Xu Rui will do after taking office is to inspect the Air Force to see where the problem lies?
Xu Rui proposed to inspect the Third Flight Regiment, which surprised Timoshenko. However, Xu Rui's professionalism still made him admire him. As an international friend, Xu Rui can be so dedicated, so when he is serving his country
One can only imagine what kind of mental state this nation is in when it fights.
For this reason alone, he is a professional soldier worthy of admiration.
At that moment, Timoshenko nodded happily and said, "Okay, let's go to the Third Flying Group to have a look."
After finishing speaking, Timoshenko called his adjutant Andrei in again and asked him to prepare the car.
