Less than two hours after the 3rd Guards Airborne Division entered Romania, two divisions of the 20th Guards Army under the 4th Guards Army also broke through the joint defense line of the German and Romanian armies from the south of Ungene, swaggering
Crossed the Prut River and entered Romania.
Konev was overjoyed to learn that the troops of the 20th Guards Army had also entered Romania. He said to Zakharov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Romania sent representatives to negotiate with us two days ago to discuss the specialization of Bucharest."
To open the city up for defense. But judging from the negotiation process, they don’t seem to have any sincerity.”
"Why do you see it?" Zakharov asked curiously.
"The condition they proposed is to allow all our troops to withdraw from Romania. At that time, they will officially declare Bucharest an undefended city."
"Nonsense, this is simply nonsense." Zakharov said angrily after hearing this: "If all our troops withdraw from Romania, they will not be threatened at all, even if all cities are set as undefended cities,
What’s the use?”
"That's not true," Konev said: "The German troops can continue to stay in Romania, but our troops have to withdraw completely. They only require us to meet the withdrawal requirements before they will set Bucharest as an undefended city.
It’s just a little trick to deceive yourself and others, so what’s the point?”
"So what do we do?"
"What else can we do?!" Konev said decisively: "Of course we will send more troops into Romania. Then I will see if the Romanian representatives will become honest and sit down to negotiate with us.
."
"This is a good idea." Zaharov nodded and said: "I immediately called the commanders of the 4th Guards Army and the 57th Army and asked them to speed up their advance and capture as many people as possible in a short time.
Area."
"Wait a minute," Konev stopped Zakharov who was about to leave, and said with a serious expression: "You can contact the commander of the 52nd Army Korodeev and ask him what he is doing.
It has been so long and his troops have not yet broken through the enemy's defenses."
Upon hearing what Konev said, Zakharov also felt that he should give Korodeev a beating. The 52nd Army launched the offensive at the same time as Sokov's 53rd Army, and now Sokov's troops have entered
In Romania, Korodeev's troops are still standing still.
"Don't worry, Comrade Marshal." Zakharov nodded and said, "I will truthfully convey your intention to General Korodeev and urge him to speed up the attack."
An hour later, Sokov, who was commanding the troops in combat, received a call from General Korodeyev: "General Sokov, this is Korodeyev. I'm sorry to bother you."
Sokov quickly covered the microphone with his hand, called Trofimenko to him, and said to him: "Comrade Deputy Commander, I want to speak to Korodeev. You will take my command here for a while."
"No problem," Trofimenko replied readily: "I will take care of everything."
After arranging the work, Sokov released his hand covering the microphone and asked curiously: "General Korodeev, I wonder if I can help you?"
"General Sokov, there are so many ways you can serve me." Koroteyev said with a bitter look on his face: "I just received a scolding from Marshal Konev, saying that if I still can't break through the German army
If the defense line is too high, I will be court-martialed."
Sokov was startled when he heard what Korodeev said. Then he asked cautiously: "General Korodeev, what happened? Is it serious enough to require a military court?"
When Sokov said this, he did not pay attention to controlling his volume, so that everyone around him heard what he said and couldn't help but cast curious glances at him.
"General Sokov, the situation is like this." Korodeev explained to Sokov: "Some time ago, my troops and your troops launched a cross-river operation at the same time and successfully established a landing site on the right bank area.
.But during this period, your troops continued to advance by leaps and bounds, and even entered Romania. However, my troops are now less than fifteen kilometers away from the river bank, but they have still been unable to break through the enemy's defenses."
Hearing what Korodeev said, Sokov couldn't help but sneer. You must know that his troops have advanced hundreds of kilometers and even entered Romania, while General Korodeev's troops are still standing still.
No decent results were achieved at all. No wonder Konev threatened to send him to a military court. If it were him, he might have applied to his superiors to replace him with someone else.
"General Korodeev," Sokov asked politely: "If you have any requests, please feel free to ask. If I can help, I will definitely help you."
"General Sokov, I hope you can send troops on the left to attack the flanks and rear of the German troops in front of me, so that they can't see each other from head to tail, so that I can have a chance to break through their defense line."
"Sending troops to attack the flanks and rear of the German army is of great importance." If Korodeev had made such a request to Sokov's troops a day or two ago, he would have agreed without hesitation, but now
The troops had just left the garrison area and were advancing forward. Asking them to turn around and go back to support the friendly forces at this moment would definitely cause unnecessary panic. So Sokov said cautiously: "I will not give a formal reply until I discuss it with the members of the headquarters."
you."
Hearing that Sokov rejected him, Korodeev couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who made his subordinates so unsatisfied that they could not break through the German army after fighting for so long?
The line of defense is simply embarrassing.
However, he still forced a smile and said: "Thank you very much, General Sokov. I am waiting for your good news."
As soon as Sokov put down the phone, Samyko came over and asked curiously: "Comrade Commander, is this the call from General Koroteyev?" Seeing Sokov nodding to confirm, he continued.
, "I wonder what he wants from you?"
"Korodeev said that after his troops broke through the German river defense positions, they stayed at the river and were unable to move forward." Sokov explained to Samyko: "For this matter,
He was scolded by Marshal Konev today and even threatened to be court-martialed."
When Samek heard this, he understood what was going on: "Comrade Commander, I understand. When he called you, did he want us to send troops to attack the German army's flanks and rear, thereby reducing the resistance to their frontal attack?"
"Yes, that's what he meant."
"Hey," Sameko said with regret on his face: "Why didn't he say it a day or two earlier? We would have had enough troops to mobilize at that time. Now that all the troops have moved forward, which troops will be transferred to turn around?
Support may cause unnecessary confusion."
"Comrade Chief of Staff, you are right." Sokov said with some embarrassment: "The reason why I did not immediately agree to General Korodeev's request is that I had the same considerations as you."
Trofimenko also came over and said tentatively: "Comrade Commander, if we deploy troops to support the 52nd Army at this moment, it will disrupt our original combat plan and cause a series of unpredictable adverse reactions.
So I personally think that it is best not to reinforce General Korodeev, at least in the past few days. Even if we want to rescue him, we need to wait until the situation on our side stabilizes."
"I agree with Comrade Deputy Commander," Samyko echoed: "I also think it is the most appropriate choice to wait until our situation stabilizes before sending troops to support Korodeev."
Although Trofimenko and Samyko had the same opinion, Sokov did not immediately adopt it. Instead, he turned his attention to Smirnov, who was sitting aside and continued to work even though he was injured: "Comrade Chief of Staff, your
What’s your opinion?”
"Comrade Commander, I just want to ask you a few questions." Smirnov looked up at Sokov and said slowly: "Is that okay?"
"Of course!" Sokov replied very readily.
"If we don't help the 52nd Army break through the German defense line, then there will always be a German and Romanian coalition force on our left flank." Smirnov asked: "Am I right?"
"Yes, you are right." Sokov nodded and said in a positive tone: "If we do not eliminate this group of enemies, then our left wing will always be threatened by the enemy."
"The reason why our enemies on the left cannot currently pose a threat to us is entirely because General Korodeev's 52nd Army is containing them. Right?"
"Absolutely correct." Sokov strongly agreed with Smirnov's statement. If General Korodeev's 52nd Army did not contain the Germans on the flanks, preventing them from freeing up their hands to attack their flanks, I am afraid that
He still had to mobilize a considerable amount of troops for defense. How could he let part of the troops enter Romania in such a short period of time?
Seeing that Sokov recognized his statement, Smirnov did not continue to ask further questions, but simply said: "I have finished what I have to say. It is up to you to decide how to decide."
After listening to Smirnov's two questions, Sokov understood his intention, nodded and said: "I understand, Comrade Chief of Staff, you think we should send troops to support General Korodeev...
…”
"Comrade Commander," Samyko interrupted before Sokov could finish his words: "If we send troops to reinforce General Korodeev now, it will disrupt our original combat deployment.
"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov looked at Samyko and said, "The combat deployment has been disrupted. Let's just readjust the plan. But if we don't support Korodeev, he will be trapped here by the German army for a long time.
In some areas, once his troops cannot attack for a long time, their morale and morale will inevitably be hit. If the German army takes the opportunity to launch a counterattack, his troops may be defeated.
If the 52nd Army is defeated, our left wing will be completely exposed to the enemy. Once the Germans take the initiative, they can launch attacks on our flanks at any time, leaving us with no time to respond. Therefore, in order to eliminate the attacks on our flanks as soon as possible,
Threat, I think it is completely necessary to send troops to support General Korodeev."
"So, you are planning to allocate troops to support Korodeev?" After Samyko said this, seeing Sokov nodding in affirmation, he continued: "Then which troops should be allocated to support?"
When Sokov was considering whether to mobilize his own troops or Trofimenko's troops, he heard Smirnov say: "Comrade Commander, I think we can mobilize from General Melekhov's 49th Army.
Troops, such as Colonel Stilitz’s 116th Infantry Division and Colonel Surodenko’s 130th Infantry Division.”
"I agree." Since Smirnov had already proposed the troops that could participate in the battle, Sokov agreed without hesitation: "In accordance with the opinion of the chief of staff, let Colonel Stilitz's 116th Infantry Division
and Colonel Surodenko's 130th Infantry Division, rushed to support General Korodeyev's troops, assist them in breaking through the enemy's defense lines, and encircle and annihilate the retreating enemy."
"Understood, I'm going to contact General Melekhov." After writing down what Sokov said, Samyko turned to the communication area, picked up a phone on the table, and prepared to contact Melekhov.
Let him mobilize two divisions and return to support General Korodeev's troops.
Melekhov's reaction was as expected by Samyko. When Melekhov learned that two divisions from his own army would be transferred to support Korodeev, he immediately became anxious: "Staff Staff
Comrade Commander, according to the original plan, all my troops will enter Romania within two days. If we really go to support General Korodeev, I am afraid that we will not be able to reach the designated location for a week."
"General Melekhov," Samyko said calmly: "Since the plan has changed, the original order to enter Romania within two days has been cancelled. You first mobilize the 116th and 116th infantry units from the army.
The 130th Division ordered the two division commanders to immediately take their troops south and rush to reinforce General Korodeev’s troops.”
"Okay, Comrade Chief of Staff." Since Samyko has made the order so clear, if Melekhov still does not carry out the order, he may be directly dismissed from his post. He does not want to have such a reputation, so he still humbles himself.
He shook his head and said honestly: "I immediately mobilized two infantry divisions, ordered them to quickly prepare for battle, and rush to reinforce friendly forces as quickly as possible."
After making the call, Samyko came back and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, I have contacted General Melekhov, and he has promised to dispatch troops and rush over as soon as possible to support the friendly forces."
"Very good." Seeing that Samyko had done what he had ordered, Sokov nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "As long as we cooperate with friendly forces to eliminate the enemies on our left, our front will be completely connected.
You no longer have to worry about your flanks being attacked by the enemy."
He pointed at the map and said to everyone: "After General Korodeev has eliminated the enemies in front of them, he can quickly advance into Romania. By that time, our troops entering Romania will be as many as seven
A group army. I think with the current strength of the German and Romanian armies, it will be very difficult to block our attack."