After Zhukov put down the phone, he picked up what he had just recorded and savored it carefully. Bulganin www.biquge.info, the military commissar of the Front Army, who was sitting opposite him, saw that Zhukov and Rokossovsky had been reading there with a notepad after the phone call, and he couldn't help but poke his head curiously to see what could make Zhukov watch it with such relish.

After he read the contents of the notebook clearly, he couldn't help but read it softly: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, the enemy retreats and I chase, and the odds of victory in guerrilla warfare; Advance and retreat in great strides, lure the enemy deep, concentrate forces, break through each one, and annihilate the enemy in a mobile war. After reading it, he asked puzzledly, "Comrade commander, what is written here?" ”

Hearing Bulganin's question, Zhukov raised his head and looked at him and said: "This is some of the military theories I learned from Rokossovsky, and I don't know whether he summed it up by himself or was told by others, it still seems to have some truth." ”

"Are these theories useful?" Bulganin said in a skeptical tone: "Look, isn't the previous paragraph a guerrilla tactic, does he want to turn our regular army into guerrillas?" ”

"It's not easy to say, whether it has an effect or not, it still needs to be tested by practice." After reading the military theories that Rokossovsky had instilled in him, Zhukov said in an uncertain tone: "However, Rokossovsky is right, these tactics can be tried in his place, and if the effect is good, it is not too late to spread them throughout the front." ”

While Zhukov and Bulganin were chatting, a journalist who had come to the front to cover the news came to Rokossovsky's headquarters. Seeing a middle-aged man in civilian uniform and no hat walking in, Ma Lining immediately greeted him and asked politely, "This comrade, who are you?" How did you just break into our army group headquarters? ”

Instead of answering Malinin's question, the visitor quickly swept around the room with his gaze, and found Lobachev sitting at the table, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he nodded at Lobachev and said: "Comrade Colonel, the political worker sitting there knows me, and you can find out my identity through him." ”

When Malinin asked, Rokossovsky also heard it, he frowned and stared at the uninvited guest who broke in, and when he saw that the other party had a strange face, he was already displeased, especially after listening to what he said to Malinin, he wanted to immediately call the sentry to drive this person out. But at this moment, he saw Lobachev, who was sitting at the table, first stunned when he looked at the visitor, then with a surprised expression on his face, then stood up and walked towards the other party with open arms, while shouting loudly: "Dear Vladimir Stavsky, is that you?" ”

"That's right, Comrade Lobachev, it's me." The man known as Stavsky also opened his arms and gave Lobachev a warm hug, while continuing in his mouth: "We haven't seen each other for two years, and I didn't expect to be able to meet you again in this situation." ”

After the two were separated, Lobachev grabbed Stavsky by the arm, led him to Rokossovsky, and enthusiastically introduced: "Comrade commander, let me introduce you to my old friend Vladimir Stavsky, a journalist for Pravda and a famous writer, who was the secretary of the Soviet Union of Writers between 36 and 38. ”

Hearing that the person standing in front of him was a journalist and writer, Rokossovsky immediately showed enough enthusiasm to stretch out his hands and clasp them tightly with each other, and at the same time said: "Comrade Vladimir Stavsky, you are welcome to us, and I welcome you on behalf of all the commanders of the army group!" ”

"Comrade General," Stavsky said politely after waiting for Rokossovsky to finish, "I heard your name when I was in Moscow, and I knew about the series of victories you had achieved on the battlefield. This time, I knew that the editorial office was going to send a group of reporters to the front line to cover the news, so I took the initiative to apply to the editor-in-chief to come to you and see how tenaciously you fought against the fascist invaders. ”

After introducing Malinin to Stavsky, Rokossovsky said: "Comrade Stavsky, you can stay in our headquarters, what information do you need, you can go to the chief of staff, and he will provide you with the latest battle report." ”

"Comrade General, thank you for your kindness." Unexpectedly, as soon as Rokossovsky's words were finished, Stavsky shook his head and said: "If I only know what happened on the battlefield through war reports, then I can do this by staying in the editorial office of Pravda." In order to keep abreast of the real situation on the battlefield, I beg you to let me go to the most dangerous areas. ”

"Comrade Military Commissar, Comrade Stavsky wants to go to the front, you see." Rokossovsky, out of concern for Stavsky's safety and fearing that he would not be able to persuade him, turned to Lobachev for help.

Lobachev, who understood this, stood up, walked up to Stavsky, and said bitterly: "My old friend, in order to understand what is happening on the battlefield, you don't necessarily have to go to the front. It's so dangerous there, and we're responsible for your safety. ”

"Old friend, I see what you mean." Stavsky raised his hand and patted Lobachev's arm, smiled and said: "Since the soldiers are not afraid of danger and can shed their blood and die in defense of our great Motherland, what do I have to fear?" Besides, as I said earlier, if I am allowed to stay in the headquarters and see the battle report, then I might as well not come. Saying this, he turned his gaze to Rokossovsky and pleaded, "Comrade General, please fulfill this wish of mine!" ”

Just as Rokossovsky and Lobachev were having a headache over Stavsky's stubbornness, they suddenly heard someone say: "Commander, military commissar, just as I am going to the front, let me take Comrade Stavsky with me." ”

Rokossovsky turned his head to look in the direction from which the voice came, and saw clearly that it was Kazakov who spoke, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned. When he was about to ask him what his plans were, he saw that the other party was glaring at him, so he closed his mouth in time and allowed Kazakov to continue: "Comrade Stavsky, I am General Kazakov, the head of the artillery of the group army, and I will go to the 316th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment of the 289th Division later, are you willing to go with me?" ”

When Stavsky heard Kazakov say this, he didn't know how to respond in a hurry, so he turned his head to look at Lobachev and asked him for help with his eyes.

When Kazakov glanced at Rokossovsky, Lobachev also saw it, and he immediately guessed that Kazakov had some special arrangements, and now after knowing that he was going to bring Stavsky to a relatively safe artillery position, the big stone hanging in his heart was also put down, so he smiled and said to Stavsky: "My old friend, at present, the 316th Infantry Division is a unit that we are deployed in the forefront, and their artillery regiment is only a few hundred meters away from the forefront. I think you're there and should be able to see everything you want. ”

Stavsky was also an impatient, and when he heard Lobachev say this, he immediately pulled Kazakov and prepared to go out. When Rokossovsky saw that the other party was leaving, he pointed to the samovar on the table and said politely: "Comrade Stavsky, rest for a while before leaving, at least have a cup of tea before leaving." ”

"Comrade General, I don't have the heart to drink tea now, so I just want to rush to the artillery regiment as soon as possible." After Stavsky finished speaking, he dragged Kazakov away with a strong tug.

After Stavsky left, Rokossovsky casually asked Lobachev: "Comrade Military Commissar, you said that Stavsky was the secretary of the Soviet Writers' Association, so who is this secretary?" ”

"Fadeev, Alexandrovich Fadeev." Lobachev replied without hesitation: "He was also a great writer, and he was very much respected by Comrade Stalin. ”

"Fadeev?!" After Rokossovsky pronounced the familiar name twice, he suddenly remembered that this writer was actually the author of "The Young Guard", but now that the war had just begun, and the prototypes of the characters in this book had not yet appeared, the author must not have imagined that he would write a good book that would be widely circulated.

Lobachev General Rokossovsky did not speak, and could not help but ask with some concern: "Comrade commander, Comrade Stavsky will not encounter any danger when he goes to the 289th Artillery Regiment?" ”

"Comrade Military Commissar, you can rest assured." Seeing Lobachev's worried look, Rokossovsky comforted him and said: "Didn't you see General Kazakov going with him?" Kazakov was a commander with a lot of combat experience, and with him by Stavsky's side, the danger could be minimized. ”

"The 289th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment is deployed in the Spas-Lyukhovsky area, where an infantry battalion of the 316th Infantry Division is deployed," Malinin said to Lobachev on his own initiative: "Even if the Germans attacked, General Kazakov would be able to safely bring back Comrade Stavsky." ”

"I hope so." After listening to Malinin's introduction, Lobachev nodded and said helplessly: "I just hope that Comrade Stavsky will be safe." ”

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I don't know whether to say that Stavsky was a man of good luck or a man of bad luck. Soon after he arrived at Spas-Lyukhovsky, fighting broke out.

Since the infantry reported the presence of a large number of German tanks in front of their own lines, Major Yevremenko ordered the entire regiment of artillery to open fire and bombard the German tanks that appeared at the front with artillery fire.

Stavsky and Kazakov stood at the regimental observation post, holding up their binoculars and looking at the flaming section in the distance. But when he saw one German tank after another destroyed by Soviet artillery fire, he couldn't help but applaud.

Rokossovsky had already fallen asleep, but when he heard the report from the staff officer sent by Malinin that there had been a battle in Spas-Lyukhovsky, he immediately rolled over and got out of bed, got dressed and hurried to the headquarters.

When he entered the door, he happened to see Lobachev anxiously circling around the house, so he asked with concern: "Comrade Military Commissar, how is the situation now?" ”

"It's not good, comrade commander." Lobachev said with an anxious face: "After the German tank units were bombarded by our artillery, they sent a large number of bombers to bombard the positions of the 289th anti-tank artillery regiment. ”

Rokossovsky looked around the room and saw that Malinin was on the phone, so he hurriedly walked over and asked Malinin: "Chief of Staff, who are you calling?" ”

Hearing Rokossovsky's question, Malinin hurriedly covered the microphone and replied: "Report to Comrade Commander, I am with Comrade General Kazakov, who are being bombed by German planes there. ”

"Give me the microphone." After Rokossovsky took the microphone from Malinin's hand, he immediately rushed into the microphone and asked: "Hey, comrade artillery chief, how is the situation there?" ”

"Comrade commander, the planes of the Germans are bombing the positions of the 289th Artillery Regiment, and due to the timely transfer of them, only two artillery pieces have been lost so far." After presenting the information, Kazakov knew that Rokossovsky must have something important to ask, so he continued to ask: "I wonder what instructions you have?" ”

"Where is Comrade Stavsky?" Rokossovsky, hearing that the artillery regiment had no losses, seemed much more at ease, and then he asked: "Is his location safe?" ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Hearing Rokossovsky's question, Kazakov said with a smile: "He is with me now, all in the regimental observation post of Major Yevremenko, it is safe here." ”

Although Kazakov had reported his safety to Rokossovsky, the latter still asked uneasily: "What is he doing?" ”

There was a moment of silence in the microphone, presumably Kazakov was turning his head to see what Stavsky was doing, and soon a voice came from the microphone: "Comrade commander, he is counting the German planes that bombed us...... By this time he had counted 27. ”

"Comrade Chief of Artillery, I remind you again." Rokossovsky said in an accentuated tone: "Comrade Stavsky's safety is your sole responsibility. As soon as the battle is over, you will try to bring him back to the headquarters, and you must not let him stay at the front again, it will be too dangerous. Do you understand? ”

"Understood, Comrade Commander. Please rest assured that I will protect the life of Comrade Stavsky. Kazakov heard the other party's concern from Rokossovsky's tone, and hurriedly said in an affirmative tone: "As soon as tonight's battle is over, I will immediately take him back to the headquarters." (To be continued.) )