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    "That's the kind of person he is, he will do it." Rokossovsky smiled sadly, "During the civil war, I saw him more than once, running at the front of the cavalry company That's it.  Come on, let¡¯s clean up our poor family and gather some strength.¡±

    But, time waits for no one.  Take action immediately before the Chinese reinforcements arrive.  First of all, we need to find out how many troops Colonel Lidyukov has.  There are not many left, but there are still a few "T-34" tanks originally transferred from General Alexeyenko's Fifth Motorized Mechanized Corps.  Rokossovsky's reserves included two battalions of anti-tank guns.  One battalion has been allocated to Lidyukov.  There was also a machine gun company and several infantry companies.  The important thing is that General Rokossovsky had already deployed these troops in the dense forest around the village of Pochinka, that is, south of Dorogobuzh.  It is estimated that the Chinese army is likely to launch an assault in this direction in order to reunite the Yartevo and Yelnia groups.  Konstantin Konstantinovich was not wrong.

    In the evening, the liaison officer from the Rokossovsky Command came to the Pochnok area. The army-level reserve team deployed here was not large in number, but it was still some.  These troops were stationed at different distances, and it took a lot of effort to assemble in one place, which was a pine forest east of the Dnieper River, near the village of Solovievo.

    Some of the teams had to pass through muddy field roads, while others relied on compasses to navigate according to the designated direction and walked through patches of undulating grassland, peat swamps and puddles.  When walking through impassable swamps, the infantrymen would take thin branches from poplar, alder and camphor trees, weave them into ski-like "brooms" and tie them to their boots.  A signal soldier saw that everyone came to ask for telephone lines and cut them into sections. He was so distressed that he burst into tears.

    This can be said to be a small invention in war.  People exhausted their last strength, and each team finally arrived at the designated pine forest before dawn and at the designated time to assemble and stand by.

    Colonel Lidyukov sent a messenger to the forest.  The commanders of each unit were summoned to gather at the edge of the forest and met with them to understand the strength and technical equipment of each unit.  Everything was done quickly and neatly, but without panic.  Lidyukov is smart, capable and decisive.  He asked everyone to move in unison.  The call was powerful and these left a deep impression on people.  Before engaging the enemy in battle, one needs to pass through a 3-kilometer-long flooded grassland that is almost completely open.  This meadow is between the pine forest and the Solovievo ferry.  Before that, between machine gunners, riflemen, gunners, mortars and tankers.  Must work together.

    Artillery is inseparable from mules and horses. Therefore, the artillery battalion commander requested that the infantry provide assistance when the horses were shot by the Chinese army.  Lidyukov organized the artillery battalion and the infantry battalion together.  Each infantry squad is equipped with one gun.

    However, the most difficult thing for Lidyukov was to overcome the unfamiliarity among the officers, this "rabble".  The army is like a complex containing many big families. Regiments, battalions, and companies are all big families. Almost all members of these families know each other and trust each other.  If this kind of "family" joins the fight, everyone can work together to help each other.  But now.  Personnel were suddenly drawn from these "families" and mixed with "strange" detachments, and were given a completely unexpected task. Many people did not yet understand the significance of this task, but they understood it.  This mission is extremely dangerous, and many people will never return.

    Lidyukov must go to every corner of the forest to lobby, try to explain the truth to people concisely, and then issue orders to the officers.  The main thing is to make them understand the necessity and possibility of performing this task.  This is to make everyone absolutely trust him, Colonel Lidyukov, and I believe he will also trust everyone.  He openly explained to everyone the danger and difficulty of the task, and then used magical and unpredictable means to remove the barriers between him and everyone. He dispelled everyone's doubts with his simple belief.  He felt happy. Everyone under his command now understood that this battle was the honor of a soldier, because this battle would be a crucial battle that would determine the future of this war. His name would be remembered in history far more than his life.  of survival.  This is the great emotion of soldiers who regard death as home. They know that even if he dies from projectiles and flying shrapnel, even if he falls silently, his comrades will write to tell him before the headquarters issues a death notice.  In his family, it is said that the family's adoptive family, or the future adoptive family, is no longer alive, and that he has been laid to rest on the land of Smolensk while fighting to defend the motherland.

    He did it.  Lidyukov is an outstanding person. He understands people's hearts very well. He is proficient in several foreign languages. He is good at persuading those who listen to him with warm and implicit language, concise gestures, and easy-to-understand principles.  They could see the frontline situation clearly as if they were on the scene. He was good at analyzing it, making everyone believe that it was not only extremely necessary, but also possible to reverse the decline, and anyone who contributed to this would definitely be able toReceive due praise.

    Lidyukov is not a breathtaking orator, but he can open people's hearts effortlessly.  He can always find something special to say.

    There is a question: whether to launch an attack after preparing artillery fire, or to attack suddenly based on the nature of the attack.  However, suddenness cannot be achieved.  It was already daybreak. After long journeys and arduous transfers, people were still panting and their physical strength had not yet been restored.  There is an open space of three kilometers in front.  We have to work hard to get through I'm afraid that if we can't do it, the Chinese army will wipe out everyone on the ground near the Dnieper River.

    Colonel Lidyukov selected a shooting position in the overgrown grove next to the forest and decided to prepare for artillery fire.  Such a moment finally arrived. The sun dyed the waves of the Dnieper River red. After bombing and shelling, nearly half of the village of Solovievo was destroyed. Its devastated and pitiful scene could be seen clearly through optical instruments.  Now, the newly dug trenches facing the east of the Chinese army's parapet and some machine gun mounting locations have been drawn on the artillery chart board, and the calculations for firing at these targets have also been completed.  At this time, a small detachment of people good at swimming was formed among the infantry, because the boat bridge crossing on the Dnieper River had been destroyed.  everything's ready.

    With an order, dozens of artillery guns raised their muzzles and spewed out flames.  Just like countless thunder and lightning breaking through the dark clouds and dancing like tongues of fire, they bombarded the west bank of the Dnieper River with a sweeping force.

    The guns were aimed at various targets near the village of Solovievo and bombarded for more than an hour.  A smoke-filled fence rose around the village.  Colonel Lidyukov believed that the time had come. He issued an order and the signal flares soared into the sky.  The attack began across the board.

    In the village of Solovievo, the Chinese army saw clearly the swarming assault troops through the gaps between the willows along the Dnieper River and immediately started shooting.  At this time, we were only 200 meters away from the Dnieper River.  And machine guns.  Mortar.  There was heavy fire from some of the artillery pieces as well as from groups of submachine gunners.  Under the intensive bullets and flying shrapnel of the Chinese army, the Soviet offensive troops suffered more and more casualties.  On the muddy grassland trampled by thousands of Soviet soldiers, there were many casualties.  The explosions of Chinese artillery shells came one after another.  Many Soviet troops fled in panic.

    Colonel Lidyukov ran quickly towards the village of Solovievo with the shock troops. He was full of fear. In the raging war, he could only see a few people around him.  Running behind were some officers from the headquarters.  He felt that the momentum of the attack might soon be exhausted, and the soldiers might lie down, and it would be almost impossible for them to stand up again. In order not to lose the opportunity, he caught up with a light tank in front, regardless of the burning pain of the engine.  With his hands, he jumped onto the armor plate.  Grab the turret handle.

    "Comrades!" he shouted, "Party comrades, you must not smear our battle flag! Move forward! The Dnieper River is right in front of you! Ula!"

    He jumped off the tank again, shouted "Ula!" without stopping, and rushed towards the Dnieper River in front of him.

    He did not remember how he obtained a Chinese submachine gun.  He rushed into the water, believing that the car carrying the pontoon was running behind him, and he would do it at any cost.  Even if he sacrifices his own life, he must ensure that the engineers and soldiers quickly build a boat bridge across the river.  He still believes it.  At least dozens of others followed his example.  He wasn't wrong.  Hundreds of soldiers who could swim followed Lidyukov and rushed into the Dnieper River.  This section of the river is not very wide.  On the west bank of the river, a hand-to-hand battle began.

    This is exactly what the Chinese soldiers want.  They are best at hand-to-hand combat.  After a fierce battle, the Soviet troops retreated along the steep slope of the vegetable garden. They ran towards the only remaining houses, but there was no way to escape.

    However, they still pinned their hopes on their air force and the pincer offensive of large groups of tanks.  But the Chinese counterattack had already begun. A large number of Chinese aircraft flew in, destroyed a large number of Soviet tanks, massacred Soviet infantry, and the Soviet defense line collapsed.

    On the front line, when the situation is unclear and often in an atmosphere of expectation, the commander who is anxious and thinking hard always makes one or another decision based on the strength of the enemy and our troops, the enemy's actions and the deployment of our army.  The determination to fight is just like solving problems according to mathematical theorems. This is a "rule" that must be followed.  A mediocre commander recognizes this convention and only follows it.  Although true generals also follow this rule, they are good at using their brains to find out the enemy's information and find strategies to defeat the enemy.

    As a commander, if you can get rid of "conventions", or to be precise, if you can break this ideological shackles, you can relax your hands and feet, cope with it easily, decide on the most necessary and appropriate decisions, and easily do what your subordinates do.  Understanding the determination to fight.

    But the complexity of the matter means there are not many options to choose from.  As a commander-in-chief, you should not forget this. You should also know that the enemy generals are also very cunning. Based on analyzing the troop deployment of both warring parties, they will definitely predict which "chess" our side will make. Therefore, before making up their minds.??, we also need to have "ingenious tricks" to surprise the enemy, or further maneuver and direct firepower, or use reserves, or invest the main force to attack the enemy in a direction that has not yet been noticed.

    Marshal Timoshenko is talented and proven.  His "ingenious plan" of using five army-level clusters to simultaneously attack the enemy from five directions and implement a joint offensive campaign was approved by the base camp.  After this battle, the Chinese army may lose the opportunity and be unable to maneuver its main group and reserve forces.  The Reserve Front has assigned twenty Red Army divisions to Timoshenko's command.  With such a large force in his hands, he felt much more at ease.  At the same time, the 16th and 20th armies trapped in the "Smolensk Encirclement" are still constantly attacking the enemy, which should also be taken into account.  Everything seemed to be arranged and ready.  The marshal's confidence increased. He not only wanted to drive the enemy out of Smolensk, but also followed Stalin's instructions to drive the enemy eastward across the Dnieper River.

    However, the Eastern Front Army did not complete this task.  Neither the base camp nor the front headquarters expected that heavy rains would continue in the near future, causing roads to be washed away.  Coupled with some other reasons, the Soviet divisions failed to gather at the attack starting area on time.  The main reason was that they did not foresee that the Chinese army would seize Moscow and important Soviet cities around it.  A number of new troops were also deployed to the country.

    War is a struggle of strength.  At dawn on June 1, after a long period of artillery bombardment, the Chinese army launched a counterattack in the direction of Roslavl.  A tank corps and two infantry corps recently transferred from the Chinese army also entered the battle.  At about 5 p.m., about 500 Chinese tanks and motorized infantry marched along the road leading to Roslavl.  Rush towards Zvinchatka.  Hundreds of Chinese aircraft continued to bomb Kachalov's troops.  On the evening of June 3rd.  The Chinese army completed the battle encirclement of the Kachalov Army-level cluster.  The next day, Kachalov's headquarters was surrounded.  There really is no more heroic scene than this.

    General Kachalov¡¯s command post is located in the forest near the village of Stodolishe.  He took measures to rescue the headquarters from the encirclement and ordered the 149th Infantry Division to use a regiment to break through the enemy's encirclement in the village of Rysovka, allowing the headquarters personnel to break out of their cages.  The regiment delayed its arrival in the assigned area.  A fierce battle began with the Chinese troops stranded in the village.  The Chinese army was repulsed.  A team of personnel from the headquarters braved artillery fire and followed the march of the regiment.  But was blocked while heading southeast.  A fierce battle broke out immediately, but the strength of the troops was not as good as that of the enemy.  The officers of the headquarters, headed by the military commissar and brigade-level political commissar Kolesnikov, charged towards the Chinese skirmisher line that launched the attack.

    But it¡¯s no use.  At that time, General Kachalov rode a command tank and rushed towards the site of the fierce battle.  On the edge of the village of Starlinock.  The Chinese artillery shell penetrated the tank armor and exploded inside All crew members died, including Lieutenant General Vladimir Yakovlevich Kachalov.  The divisions belonging to this cluster suffered heavy losses.

    The other clusters continue to engage in encounter battles.  The divisions commanded by Rokossovsky never stopped attacking, but with little success.  The various groups of generals such as Khomenko, Kalinin, and Maslennikov only pushed back the Chinese army a few kilometers.  This shows that the air force support is weak, the number of tanks and artillery is insufficient, and the preparations for the battle are too hasty.

    The Soviet troops in the direction of Smolensk are exhausted.  On June 7, the Chinese army completed its plan to capture Moscow.

    In the evening, almost all members of the Politburo came to Stalin's underground bunker.  Daytime.  Zhukov told him in no uncertain terms that the counterattack of five Soviet groups would achieve due progress.  Stalin, who was injured under the bombing of the Chinese army and had not yet recovered, was even more depressed.

    Although the Chinese army was driven out of their positions in many places and suffered serious losses, from a combat point of view, they did not suffer a fatal blow.  The scary thing is.  The Chinese army has invested a large number of reserves in some areas, and it is obvious that it has an advantage General Kachalov's group has been surrounded, and I am afraid that not many people can break through the enemy's blockade.  The rumor that Kacharov seems to have been captured is unbelievable.  Who saw it with their own eyes?  He seems to be an adjutant.  Someone else.  Kolesnikov, the military commissar and brigade political commissar, and Colonel Tereshkin, director of the army's political department, were summoned to report to Stalin, they told Mekhlis.  It is simply unimaginable that General Kachalov would be willing to be a prisoner.  Mehlis criticized them as "politically naive"

    So, the Politburo passed a resolution, notifying the combat troops and condemning General Kachalov¡¯s treachery

    ¡° But this does not help the predicament on the front lines.  Stalin was in a heavy heart. He thought over and over again and considered taking measures to adjust the duties of military commanders.  In mid-June, he suggested to Zhukov that Lieutenant General Malankin, Chief of Staff of the Eastern Front, should be removed from his position and replaced by Deputy Chief of General Staff Sokolovsky, with Malankin acting as his deputy With the new Chief of Staff taking office, it seemed possible  It is hoped that the command effectiveness of the troops will be improved, and the connection with the General Staff and the base camp can also be strengthened, but this is not enough Stalin often thought of Timoshenko, and gradually strengthened hisFrom my own perspective, it seems that he can no longer handle this important task.  As if he was looking for an answer to this question that troubled him, he scanned the faces of the Politburo members, then turned towards the open window and looked at the forest surrounding the villa.  Then, he asked questions aimlessly, his thoughts were confused and his voice was filled with sadness: "If we bring Comrade Timoshenko back from military training in the west, maybe the situation there will be better?"

    "Who will take over?" Kalinin was the first to answer.

    "We should discuss this with Zhukov." Molotov suggested.  "Soldiers may see it more accurately."

    So, Timoshenko was called to the General Staff Headquarters to study the frontline battle situation.  After he received a call from Boskrebyshev, he came to this secret location with Zhukov.  They walked in and reported their arrival to Stalin.  Stalin shook his plastered arm and said softly in a tone that was obviously not fully grasped: "That's it The Politburo discussed Timoshenko's work when he was the commander of the Eastern Front Army and decided to remove him from his post.   It is recommended that Zhukov take over What are your opinions on this?"

    Timoshenko¡¯s carefully shaved, tired face was slightly pale, his eyes became gloomy, and the corners of his mouth trembled.  He wanted to say something, but he hesitated, his eyes showing displeasure.

    ps: Ordinary people like us have simple desires, joys, sorrows, and joys. Although our lives are mediocre, they are sacred and inviolable.  The differences between people are actually very small, so there is no reason to have a preaching attitude and let others change their lives.  In fact, everyone can only be changed by life, and other people's words are irrelevant.

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