With the liberation of the city of Zhizdra, the troops of the 16th Army opened the passage to Bryansk. Rokossovsky summoned all division commanders participating in the war to his headquarters, and first attacked Soko
After the husband gave some praise, he ordered Ma Lining to assign new combat tasks to everyone.
Malinin pointed to the map hanging on the wall and introduced the situation to the division commanders present: "...With the liberation of Zizdra, the passage to Bryansk was opened. Our next step
The mission is to advance southwestward, liberate Korenevo, Berezino, Fokino and other cities on the way to Bryansk, and eliminate all enemies in this area..."
General Orlov waited for Malinin to finish introducing the situation, and then asked first: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I would like to ask which unit the headquarters plans to order to serve as the vanguard of the entire group army."
"Needless to say, Comrade General." Malinin looked at Sokov and said with a smile: "In view of the outstanding performance of the 31st Guards Division in the battle to liberate Zizdra, this attack will be carried out by them.
Main attack mission.”
Orlov originally wanted to win this main task for his infantry army, but when he heard that the headquarters had arranged for the 31st Guards Division to perform this task, he wisely kept his mouth shut. If it were someone else,
He could still compete for his troops, but the results achieved by Sokov's troops were beyond his reach, and he couldn't compete even if he wanted to.
However, Rokossovsky considered that the infantry army had just been formed, and if there were no results, it would not be easy to explain to the base camp, so he stood up and said to Orlov: "General Orlov, Major Sokov's
The 31st Guards Division, as the vanguard of the entire army, is responsible for the main offensive mission; while your army, as the second echelon, is ready to respond to them at any time."
Orlov knew very well that the mission of the second echelon was usually to enter the battlefield through the gap opened by the first echelon in order to achieve the purpose of expanding the results. Although the 31st Guards Division was responsible for the main attack mission here, he himself
As the second echelon, the infantry corps can get a lot of credit. Therefore, as soon as he heard Rokossovsky's words, he promptly expressed his position and said: "Comrade commander, please rest assured that my infantry corps will be ready at any time."
Be prepared for battle and provide adequate support to the 31st Guards Division when necessary."
After he said these words, he did not sit down immediately, but continued to stand where he was. Judging from the expression on his face, it seemed that he had something else to say to Rokossovsky. Rokossovsky
Sensing his hesitation, he asked: "General Orlov, do you have anything else to do?"
"That's it, Comrade Commander." Orlov glanced at Sokov first and said with a guilty conscience: "I heard that when our army attacked Zhizdra, the commander of the front army, General Zhukov, once said,
Colonel Mamendorf is at the level of a battalion commander. Once the battle is over, he will be sent to the 31st Guards Division as a battalion commander. Did you not know about this?"
When the commanders present heard what Orlov said, they immediately became confused: Demoting a division commander to a battalion commander is a very serious punishment. Is it true? This is the first time Sokov heard this.
When it comes to this matter, he, like everyone else, is confused, not knowing whether it is true or just common gossip.
"Yes, there is such a thing." Before speaking, Rokossovsky glanced at Sokov, then turned to Orlov and said: "How good is Colonel Mamendov's command in the battle?"
, I think not only you, but also other commanders of the infantry army have seen it. Because he used wrong tactics in the offensive battle, our commanders and soldiers suffered huge casualties. If it were not for the close
The 31st Guards Division is trying to turn the tide, but maybe our operation to liberate Zizdra will end in failure again. With such a commander, let alone the battalion commander, even if he is the company commander, I think it is
Not too much at all.”
Just when Rokossovsky was furious, Maximenko, director of the group army's communications corps, came over, handed a telegram to Rokossovsky, and said in a low voice: "Comrade Commander, we just
I received a strange plain coded telegram, please take a look."
Rokossovsky took the telegram and read the contents clearly. He frowned and asked, "Major General Maximenko, do you think the contents of this telegram are reliable?"
"I don't know." Maximenko shook his head and said: "If the intelligence is true, it will never be sent in the form of a clear telegram. Therefore, not only can we understand the content of the telegram, but even the enemy can
Saw the telegram."
"What's going on? Did something happen?" Seeing Rokossovsky and Maximenko whispering, Malinin quickly came over and asked in a low voice.
"Comrade Chief of Staff." Rokossovsky handed the telegram in his hand to Malinin and ordered him: "Read the contents of the telegram to the commanders present."
Malinin took the telegram and read the contents clearly, with a surprised expression on his face. However, he still followed Rokossovsky's order and read the telegram to the commanders present: "According to reliable intelligence, the enemy
In the forest of Kolenevo, an armored division is ambushed. They have a large number of tanks and artillery. Once our troops enter their ambush circle, they will launch an attack."
After listening to the telegram, the commanders began to discuss again. Someone said: "It's really baffling. How could such an important telegram be sent in clear code? I think this must be a German conspiracy."
His statement immediately resonated with the surrounding commanders: "Yes, it must be the Germans who saw that we had liberated Zizdra and opened a gap in their defense line. In order to delay our army's advance, they
That’s why we came up with such a telegram full of loopholes.”
While everyone was talking about it, Sokov was thinking to himself: What is going on? With German character, they will never play such a cheap scam, because it will be seen through by others. But if it is
Why don't the messages sent by our military's intelligence personnel use ciphers instead of using such dangerous clear-coded messages?
After Rokossovsky waited for silence to return to the room, he took the telegram from Malinin, tore it into pieces, and then said: "Comrade commanders, this must be a German conspiracy, we don't need to pay attention to it.
.Next, it is up to Chief of Staff Ma Lining to assign you the next combat mission."