Yevlov was not very interested in Fomin's logic. He emphasized: "We are the 63rd Army under the Southwest Front Army. What we need is the order from the Southwest Front Army Headquarters!"
Fomin insisted on his attitude and continued to explain: "But! We must give priority to the execution of the orders of the guerrilla movement headquarters! It was Comrade Ponomarenko who sent the telegram first!"
"Perhaps, Comrade Timoshenko will give us combat orders in a few hours!" Yevlov shot back.
Seeing that the two were on the verge of quarreling, Yang Mingzhi did not believe that Fuming could explain clearly to a rough guy like Yevlov.
He knew Yevlov too well, and even understood why he was so anxious now.
Yang Mingzhi suddenly asked coldly: "Comrade Yevlov! Do you want to attack Kiev so badly?"
"Aren't you?"
Yang Mingzhi was stunned and said slowly: "Your question is very good! I really want to attack Kiev, but as a general, how can I disobey orders? Now we are ordered to liberate a small city on the left bank of the Dnieper River called
Slavdzic, go and meet the comrades of the 17th Partisan Brigade. It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, we have no choice!"
"But! I still want to attack Kiev!" Yevlov knocked on the table and said in a more serious tone: "Berekov, your rocket launcher is already capable of actual combat! If you ask me, you might as well give me some of your troops.
I took the rocket launcher to occupy Chernobyl, build a launcher here, and fire at Kiev! I think that if we fire at Kiev at this time and install the high-energy fuel warhead, as long as one rocket explodes in the city, we will achieve the goal.
Isn’t it extremely significant?”
Yang Mingzhi was startled. He quickly glanced at Fu Ming and noticed the man's furrowed eyebrows.
He quickly rejected Yevlov's proposal and said: "I am the military commander-in-chief, and I have the final say in everything! Even if we once regarded Kiev as the next attack target and actively prepared for it. But the same is true for Chernigov.
A secondary offensive target?”
Yang Mingzhi knew that he had to find a way to ease Yevlov's mentality. The reason why he wanted to attack Kiev was to gain significant political influence. As long as an equivalent structure could be obtained, attacking elsewhere was also feasible.
Just a few dozen minutes before the arrival of these officers, Yang Mingzhi was already actively preparing a combat plan and had a preliminary plan after reading the telegram.
These things cannot be explained clearly with just one word, and it is not as easy as a map.
There would have been a map on the table where everyone was sitting around. Now, Yang Mingzhi ordered everyone to take away all the teacups and ashtrays, and the rolled-up regional map was laid out again.
Yang Mingzhi had already marked some points on the map with a pencil. He also took out some small carved wooden blocks from the wooden box and placed them on the map to mark the location of the troops.
All the officers raised their heads and listened to the commander's explanation. Yevlov was not surprised.
With a trace of anger, he stared at the wooden stick in Yang Mingzhi's hand and listened carefully to the explanation.
Gradually, this anger gradually subsided, and Yevlov gradually became happy.
"Berekov, aren't you a man who is also disobeying Ponomarenko's order? We cross the Dnieper River, occupy the forest with Slavdich, and then pick up the guerrilla brigade, and the mission is completed. But
It would be better for you to bombard the city of Chernihiv directly!"
"Of course! Will you give up this battle?" Yang Mingzhi speculated with a smile: "I estimate that Marshal Timoshenko may not have any intention of letting us participate in the attack on Kharkov. Our group army is not worthy of its name.
And it is too far away from becoming the main force! It is likely that the superior leaders used mediation, and in the end the guerrilla movement headquarters gained the upper hand.
The information in the telegram was rather vague. We were going to bring the 17th Guerrilla Brigade back to the Guerrilla Republic. I guessed that this unit probably suffered huge losses and had to shift its strategy. We must save them.
However, if we just complete the task, it seems that we have not done much, which is not glorious at all.
The Southwest Front Army has not disclosed the attack to us, and the possibility of keeping it secret is very high. They may launch the attack in a few days, and then of course we have reason to cooperate with the main force! Because we are also a member of the Southwest Front Army!
What should we do? Yes! It is to bomb the big city of Chernihiv. We have reason to believe that once the battle breaks out, the German army will definitely gather troops in the direction of big cities like Sumy and Chernihiv, and even they have already
Doing it.
In this way, with just a few long-range rocket launchers, we can achieve huge results!"
It is not a good idea to hold a meeting at three o'clock in the morning. Yang Mingzhi had reason to do so because the time given by his superiors for the troops to operate was very strict - May 18th.
The superiors did not say whether the lower limit of the troop dispatch was the morning or evening of the 18th. The superiors should have sent follow-up telegrams. At least at 4 o'clock in the morning, the telegraph operator did not receive any new ones.
Daylight begins in the North Pole from the vernal equinox. Belarus has a very high dimension. After spring, the daytime becomes shorter and shorter. The sky will turn blue at around 4 o'clock in the morning, and the sun will rise soon.
As the commander, Yang Mingzhi planned to bombard Chernigov with rocket launchers. He was the commander of the group army, and no one could stop him. What's more, the attitude of these officers was completely unified. Even if they had a plan to beat the Germans hard, they would pursue them fiercely.
.Even if Fuming intentionally appealed to everyone not to be occupied by the fighting spirit, only Yang Mingzhi appreciated his kindness.
Most of the officers obeyed no one but their commander. The so-called staff of the group army, those staff officers are just handymen at best. They plan small-scale battles at best. When it comes to large-scale military operations, the commander himself has to make the plan.
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Yang Mingzhi set the ultimate goal of this battle to bombard Chernigov, and the previous tasks were to make systematic planning.
He simply divided the battle into five parts:
1: The army organized two regiments of troops and crossed the Dnieper River with equipment. The crossing point was set at Misi Ferry.
Two: After completing the river crossing operation, the troops quickly entered the forest and liberated Slavdzic.
Three: The troops are temporarily stationed in Slavtich, waiting for the transferred 17th Partisan Brigade, and starting to transport its personnel back to Novgomel.
Four: Set up a launcher and fire at Chernigov.
Five: The troops set up defenses around Slavdzic to prepare for possible German attacks.
It was impossible for Yang Mingzhi to set detailed combat objectives dozens of minutes after seeing the telegram. Each of the five combat tasks he set should be studied carefully.
So the meeting continued until the sky turned blue and the sun rose.
Most of the soldiers were not aware of the order from their superiors, and their thoughts were on the resumption of training that started this morning. Regardless of whether they were new recruits or veterans, they ate a lot of potatoes during the rainy days, and everyone gained a lot of weight. The extra fat
It is by no means a burden. Soldiers will be more solid and have more energy to devote to training.
The meeting was not disturbed at all by the sudden sound of the morning bugle, which at most only reminded everyone that it was morning. Everyone's stomachs growled with the sound of the bugle, and after a while, it would be breakfast time.
No one wanted the meeting to be suspended suddenly, because just the first part of the combat mission encountered great resistance - the troops wanted to cross the Dnieper River! This big river is not the Pripet River, it was said to be crossed