To be able to make the conflict that almost led to an all-out martial arts retreat temporarily disappear and be forgotten by everyone, in Malashenko's view, he has achieved his goal. As for the blame that he took the initiative to take responsibility for, that's all.
Just let him be.
Malashenko did not think that this trivial matter could have any real impact on him, especially when people who could see the situation clearly knew the truth.
Seeing that he had successfully missed the focus of the topic, Malashenko, who had formed an invisible tacit understanding with Commissar Petrov, immediately glanced to his left.
Political Commissar Petrov, who understood instantly, knew that now was the time to say something. After thinking for a moment and quickly organizing his words, he blurted out to the audience.
"Let the unpleasantness just now pass, and don't let similar situations happen again in the future."
"We all understand that every comrade-in-arms and commander and comrade around us has experienced a whole day of brutal fighting. It is normal to have some temper at this time. But what I want to emphasize is that everyone should not take out your anger.
Don't use words to slander each other when it comes to your comrades-in-arms. If such things were known to the Germans, they would be too happy to sleep."
Using the same board, two people were beaten fifty boards each. This was the final and muddy solution given by Commissar Petrov.
With Malashenko taking the initiative to take the blame and setting an example, Commissar Petrov's words immediately made Lavrinenko and Korelucci feel ashamed and unable to hold their heads up.
However, for the elders, it is still a bit embarrassing to apologize to each other in front of so many comrades and colleagues, so it is better to wait until the meeting is over and find a place where no one is around to talk about it.
After passing on the unpleasantness just now, the political commissar Petrov changed the topic and immediately brought the focus of the topic back to the main topic.
"As for tomorrow's combat deployment, I will share some personal opinions here. Maybe they are not all correct. You can discuss with each other and point out my mistakes."
"As Commander Malashenko said just now, our current military strength still has a big gap even after the two forces are combined into one, especially for the arduous task of defending the entire train station.
It is also not enough to support a strong counterattack."
"We don't have enough troops now to risk launching a counterattack. If it fails, we may not even be able to hold on to a corner of the train station. The Germans are superior to us in terms of military strength and technical equipment. Therefore, I personally favor Cherchenkov.
The division commander's main tactical idea is defense. If the Germans are repelled by us, we can also consider some limited counterattacks, but the premise is that we must rely on the defensive layout as the basis for subsequent combat plans."
As soon as Political Commissar Petrov said this, it meant that the "main defense faction" headed by Commander Cherchenkov had another powerful general. This made him yell the most fiercely just now, threatening to attack everyone in the station tomorrow.
Lavrinenko, who was evenly pushed by the Germans, looked a little embarrassed.
After finishing his speech, Political Commissar Petrov then handed over the right to speak to the division commander Cherchenkov beside him. This infantry division commander with Siberian Jewish origin was actually more meticulous than he seemed. In terms of tactical logic,
His thinking ability is no less than that of Political Commissar Petrov.
"My point of view remains the same as when I spoke for the first time. I think our main battle plan tomorrow should be to stick to the current actual control area and use some clever tactics and methods to make the Germans attack in front of their positions.
While using energy, it reveals flaws, and then waits for an opportunity to launch a counterattack to try to regain more lost ground."
"By arranging tactics like this, the safety factor will be much better than launching a direct counterattack tomorrow, and it can also minimize our own casualties and inflict heavy damage on the enemy. Even in the worst situation, we can concentrate all our limited defense forces on
The key points of defense will not be scattered and wasted."
"If executing that tactic is most likely to achieve the stated goal of holding the train station, then I think this is the best way."
With the two big bosses, Political Commissar Petrov and Division Commander Cherchenkov, speaking first, even though Malashenko, who was presiding over the meeting and sitting in the first place, had not made it clear which side he supported, people present at the meeting
There are obviously more "defense factions" than "war factions" among the people, and this growing momentum is still continuing.
"The analysis makes sense. Maybe we should do this tomorrow."
"But those Germans will also get support, and maybe more aircraft and artillery. These things will be difficult for us to deal with."
"But we don't have any good solutions now. The enemy still has the initiative..."
Malashenko did not forbid recalling the ongoing private discussions in hushed tones.
The reason for doing this is that Malashenko feels that a freer venue can help diversify collective wisdom and innovative thinking, and there is not much correlation between strict and rigid pre-war meetings and brainstorming.
Keeping the analysis of the scene and the audience in mind, Malashenko turned his head and whispered a few words to Lavrinenko, then turned his head sideways and continued to exchange words with the political commissar Petrov on the other side.
Some opinions.
Political Commissar Petrov, who understood what Malashenko meant, exchanged a few words in a low voice with Commander Cherchenkov beside him, and the final result of this combat meeting was determined.
By the time Malashenko began to deliver his final speech, everyone present and in the audience had basically guessed what the final result would be, and were only waiting for Malashenko's final words of proof.
"Our operational plan and deployment tomorrow is still focused on defense, comrades. The first task is to ensure that the current actual control is not taken away by those Germans, and then we must try to find the weakness of those Germans in the defensive operations in front of the position.
points and breakthroughs, followed by a powerful counterattack to reverse the situation in one fell swoop.”
Seeing that some of the people in the audience were still looking like bored gourds. They didn't understand the specific meaning of what he said and were still staring at him. Malashenko felt that it was necessary to say something more to boost morale. Then he continued to speak.
A firm voice.
"If I were to find an example or way to describe the combat operations we are about to launch, then I personally feel that the Battle of Moscow last year may be somewhat similar to the tactics we will implement now."
"I think everyone knows what to do, comrades, victory will undoubtedly belong to us! It belongs to the great Stalingrad!"