After Yegorov finished speaking, he dragged Stalin to the battle map that had been memorized in his mind and said, "Look, the Romanian troops are mainly concentrated on the middle and north lines. Among them, Romania
The Renzhong Road has Kalilovka as its supporting point. Because there is a railway to Kiev, this unit is also the route with the largest deployment of troops, reaching 210,000 troops. It also has the most artillery, machine guns and other equipment.
The 14th Group Army's probing attack on it proved that attacking it was completely undesirable."
After talking about the middle route with the strongest troops, Yegorov continued to talk about the other two routes: "As for the Romanian northern route, because the terrain is less undulating, it is more convenient for us to pass, so the Romanians have 130,000 troops here. If
It is completely undesirable for us to turn here to attack, because it is useless if we have fewer troops, but if we have more troops, the front will be easily penetrated."
After talking about the north, he began to talk about the southern front where Romania has the fewest troops. "And on the southern front, due to the terrain and lush vegetation, Romania only has 70,000 people deployed here. This is the front where they have the fewest troops."
"So you want to attack their southern front?"
Facing Stalin's inquiry, Yegorov said unabashedly: "Yes, the southern front is our only chance."
After speaking, he pointed to the small town called Nemilov, a key point of the Romanian army's defense on the southern front, on the combat map, and said: "Here is the road from Vinnitsa to Uman, and I knew this was a road that could run three parallel roads.
There is a truck road. So as long as we can capture this place quickly, we can go straight to Vinnitsa. At this time, our frontline troops immediately entangle the enemy's middle and northern enemies, creating opportunities for the roundabout troops to capture Vinnytsia.
"
Stalin looked at the location of the small town of Nemilov on the battle map. Will this inconspicuous town really become the key point in determining the outcome of the Russian and Soviet armies? At this moment, he was a little hard to make a decision.
"So how can we approach this town without being discovered by the enemy?"
After thinking for a while, Stalin asked the key point. You must know that Romania is currently being monitored by aircraft in the air at any time. Even in Berdichev where they are located, these nasty Romanian flies come twice a day.
Between the small town of Nemilov and Katotin (the main gathering place of the Western Front), we patrolled back and forth many times a day.
"I have already considered this."
Yegorov pointed to the area marked as woods on the combat map and said: "I plan to rely on the cover of these trees and vegetation and use day and night marching methods. In addition, in order to block possible enemy reconnaissance, we will send three times the reconnaissance force
Troops, clean up this area. The prerequisite for implementing this plan is that it cannot be discovered by the enemy, otherwise the raiding troops will suffer huge losses."
"So how many troops do you plan to send?"
Facing Stalin's inquiry, Yegorov stated his plan. "I plan to send out all the 6th and 9th armies, and strengthen the machine guns and artillery in the front army warehouse to fight them. The success of this raid is
Our only chance is to have an absolute advantage in military strength and increase our firepower."
Of course Stalin also knew about the 6th and 9th armies that Yegorov mentioned. The 6th Army is a relatively famous unit. It participated in defeating Yudenich's attack on St. Petersburg and repelled Denikin's sneak attack on Moscow.
, is definitely a force capable of fighting well. And the 9th Army also performed well in repelling Kolchak's attack.
These two forces combined have nearly 200,000 troops, and they are basically composed of soldiers with rich combat experience and are qualified for this sneak attack task.
However, Yegorov pointed out one of the difficulties: "But if we want to sneak attack on the opponent, we cannot let them find out that we are abnormal. If we lose 200,000 people, the opponent must be alert. If this problem is not solved, the risk we will take
It can’t be lowered.”
After hearing Yegorov's words, Stalin thought for a while and said: "This is easy to handle."
"Two hundred thousand troops is not a small number. No matter how tight our blockade is, the enemy will be able to detect it."
Thinking that Stalin was planning to block the news, Yegorov quickly stopped him and said that this would not work.
Seeing that Yegorov had lost his mind, Stalin said directly: "I also know this. Of course, 200,000 people cannot rely on blocking the news. I plan to add 200,000 people."
"We don't have 200,000 people."
"I know, but the Ukrainian government has it."
Stalin's proposal suddenly opened Yegorov's mind. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Stalin's method was better.
As the Ukrainian Soviet government supported and controlled by Soviet Russia, of course it also wanted to expand its army to liberate Ukraine. Therefore, since occupying Kiev, the Ukrainian Red Army has recruited more than 200,000 people. However, these soldiers are not trained, and
There was insufficient ordnance, so they were not deployed to the front line for combat. This just gave Stalin and others an advantage.
After solving the hidden danger caused by the vacancy, Yegorov discussed with Stalin overnight the issues of supplies, ammunition, and marching routes. After two days of preparation, in the evening, the 6th Army, as the vanguard, took the lead from Cato
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Stalin and Yegorov personally practiced it for them.
"Comrade Sklev, your actions this time will become the key point of this battle. As long as you succeed, the Romanians will undoubtedly be defeated. And I think the only ones who can complete this arduous task are your 6th Group Army and
9th Army."
On a roadside outside Katokin, Comrade Steel spoke earnestly to Sklev, the commander of the 6th Army who was about to set off, about the importance of this mission.
"Please rest assured, comrade political commissar. Our 6th Army will definitely complete the tasks assigned to us. We will not let the motherland disappoint us."
Sklev, dressed in military uniform, assured the two leaders.
"We are waiting for your good news this time."
Yegorov, who felt that he needed to say something, thought that he had already informed them of all his plans, so he could only say some blessings.
"Please rest assured and take care."
He looked at Sklev who got on his horse and marched away with his men.
Stalin turned to Yegorov and said: "They have been sent out now, and we can only wait for news."
"yes."
After Yegorov sighed and replied, he continued: "Currently, there are only 30,000 people in Ukraine rushing to Katotin, which is not feasible. The 9th Army will also set off tomorrow, and there is no one to fill the vacancies."
"I have already urged the Kiev side, and they said that 80,000 people are already on their way. 50,000 of them will arrive tomorrow. As for other troops, they are currently on their way to us."
Stalin's words made Yegorov feel much better. I hope everything goes well this time.
