Although Rokossovsky is a time-traveler and knows some historical processes, it does not mean that he has the ability to change history, even if he is now commanding tens of thousands of troops, at best, he can only turn some defeats into victories or draws on the battlefield, and he has no ability to change the general trend of the Soviet army's successive defeats in the early stage of the war. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, after hearing Vinogradov say this, he could only smile bitterly, and then said helplessly: "General Vinogradov, I think you may already know that on the first day of the war, the German army carried out air raids on all our airfields, destroying thousands of planes on the runway, many of which were the most advanced fighters. Tell me, our air force has suffered such a huge loss, how can it be possible to provide us with air support in the short term? ”

Seeing Vinogradov's speechless appearance, Rokossovsky sighed softly and said in a slow tone: "If we can reach enough air support, we don't need to build fortifications in one city after another, and we can fight an evenly matched offensive battle with the enemy." You can think about it, the fighters and bombers in the sky that our army cannot see at a glance, and when they launch a ground attack on the German armored forces on the ground, it is a superfluous and magnificent scene. ”

"Koschika," Carmela waited for Rokossovsky to finish, and immediately asked eagerly, "can we see such a day yard?" ”

Rokossovsky could not remember whether Carmela lived to the end of the war, and could only say vaguely: "It should be possible, Comrade Carmela." At least I think that the few of us here should be able to see with their own eyes the day when the enemy is defeated. Although this day is still far away, it will come sooner or later. ”

Early the next morning, Rokossovsky, who woke up from his sleep, washed up and was about to go to the headquarters to see if there was anything going on. Who knew that as soon as he walked out of the door, he heard the roar of the motor of a motorcycle. He turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound had come and saw a three-wheeled motorcycle, driven by the only motorcyclist, driving towards him along the narrow dirt road between the villages.

At that moment, Rokossovsky, thinking that the communications corpsmen had come from somewhere and had sent him urgent information, stopped and stood in place and waited.

The motorcycle stopped only two or three meters away from him, and the motorcyclist rolled over and got off the motorcycle, and the first thing that caught Rokossovsky's eye was the full rise of the chest of the rough military uniform.

Rokossovsky couldn't help but be stunned, he thought he was in a daze, and hurriedly rubbed his bloodshot eyes with his hand and looked at the motorcyclist in front of him again. It just so happened that the other party took off his steel helmet and goggles at this moment, revealing short light yellow hair and a delicate face that belonged to a woman.

Rokossovsky looked at the young and beautiful female soldier in front of him with a dumbfounded eye, and for a moment did not know what to say. He muttered to himself: Where did this female soldier come from? There are definitely no female soldiers in the 38th Infantry Division and the 101st Tank Division, and there are no female soldiers in the mixed detachment of Colonel Lidyukov, could it be that she fell from the sky?

Before Rokossovsky could figure it out, the female soldier raised her hand to salute him and reported to him in a crisp voice: "Hello, Comrade Commander, I have brought your breakfast!" ”

"Breakfast, what breakfast?" Rokossovsky's words made Rokossovsky even more confused, he could not remember what female soldiers were in the kitchen of the headquarters. After a moment of panic, he stabilized his emotions and asked, "Comrade female warrior, you have come here, is there anything wrong?" ”

"What else can I do, of course, bring you breakfast." The female soldier said, placing her military hat and goggles on the saddle of the motorcycle, and turned to get the food box in the straddle bucket.

Seeing the female soldier hand a delicate food box in front of him, Rokossovsky felt like he was in a dream. Instead of reaching for the food box, he continued to ask: "Comrade female warrior, where are you from?" ”

"From the kitchen of the headquarters, of course." When the female soldier heard Rokossovsky ask, she shrugged her shoulders and said somewhat casually: "I was ordered by the chief of the department to bring you breakfast." ”

After Rokossovsky waited for the female soldier to finish speaking, he took the food box in her hand and asked tentatively: "Comrade female warrior, you are a subordinate of General Vinogradov, right?" ”

Unexpectedly, when he asked like this, the female soldier actually nodded again and again, and replied very actively: "Yes, Comrade Commander, I am from the Seventh Mechanized Army, my name is Vanya, and I just arrived here with the cooking platoon last night." ”

"Understood," Rokossovsky nodded after listening and thanked Vanya in a friendly tone: "Vanya, thank you, thank you for bringing me breakfast." ”

Vanya pointed to the food box with her hand and said to Rokossovsky: "Comrade commander, after you have eaten, please leave the box at the door, and I will come back to clean it up later." Good appetite! After saying that, she raised her hand and saluted, put on goggles and a military cap, and left on a motorcycle.

Rokossovsky returned to his room, put the food box on the table and opened it, and saw a plate of dry bread, a plate of sliced sausages, and a stainless steel lunch box. Before he could open the lunch box, he smelled a long-lost fragrance.

"It's the taste of beetroot soup." Rokossovsky said to himself, opened the lunch box, and sure enough, it contained the famous beetroot soup. He picked up the spoon in the food box and scooped it, and found that there were still a few pieces of beef underneath. Since he came to Yaltsevo, he has eaten rusks with his soldiers almost every day, and drank cabbage or carrot soup, which is not much stronger than plain water, and now he can eat a hearty beetroot soup, which is very dear to him.

When he walked into the headquarters, he saw Vinogradov, who was sitting opposite the door, smiling at him. He greeted the other party, and then asked politely, "General Vinogradov, the female soldier who delivered breakfast, was you who sent it?" ”

"That's right, Comrade Commander." Vinogradov nodded and said: "You are our comrade commander, take care of your body, this is a must. If your body collapses, then who will command us to fight? ”

"Thank you, thank you, General Vinogradov." Rokossovsky thanked Vinogradov for his kindness, and then asked Malinin, who was standing next to him: "Chief of Staff, is there anything going on?" ”

"At present, to the west of Yaltsevo, it is still calm, and no signs of an enemy attack have been found." Malinin replied respectfully: "And the tanks allocated to us by the superiors have arrived, and Colonel Lidyukov is taking their men to receive them." ”

"Is the 101st Tank Division's support for the tankmen of the mixed detachment in place?" Although Rokossovsky persuaded Mikhailov yesterday, he was still worried that he would change his mind on the fly, so he said with some worry: "If there are no tankmen, these tanks are a pile of scrap metal." ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Commander." Malinin saw what Rokossovsky was worried about, and hurriedly explained to him: "As soon as I heard that the tanks given to us by my superiors had arrived, Colonel Mikhailov took a hundred tankmen to the defense area of the mixed detachment, and prepared to personally hand over these tankmen with rich combat experience to Colonel Lidyukov under the command. ”

Just as Rokossovsky was secretly relieved, he suddenly heard Malinin add: "Comrade commander, we are now in trouble with something. ”

"What's the matter?" Malinin's words made Rokossovsky's heart hang violently again.

"We don't have much food and ammunition." Malinin said cautiously: "If our superiors don't replenish us immediately, our soldiers and weapons will be hungry." It's okay to be hungry, but if there's no bullet in the gun, it's a burning stick. ”

"Did you report to your superiors?" Rokossovsky asked nervously.

Malinin nodded, then shook his head again and said, "I called the front army headquarters and told them about our situation. But the commander who answered the phone said that Comrade Marshal was not at the command and that they could not call the shots. ”

"Where has the marshal gone?"

"I don't know." Malinin replied briefly: "They only said that Comrade Marshal had left the troops, and it is not very clear which troops they were in. Moreover, they do not know when Comrade Marshal will be able to return to the headquarters. ”

When Rokossovsky heard this, he really couldn't laugh or cry, he knew that many commanders of the Soviet army did not dare to make their own decisions without receiving orders from their superiors. If Timoshenko does not return to the headquarters for a day, then his own troops will not be replenished for a day; If it drags on for three to five days, it is possible that your own defense line will be broken through because of the exhaustion of ammunition and food.

He looked at Malinin and said: "Comrade Chief of Staff, to the north of Yaltsevo, there are several abandoned military warehouses, in which we should be able to find the weapons and ammunition we need, as well as the materials we need. ”

"Comrade Commander, I have already asked Lieutenant Colonel Tarasov to inspect it," Malinin said with a serious expression, "according to his report, there are no other supplies in the warehouse except for military uniforms now. ”

Hearing that there were only military uniforms left in the warehouse, Rokossovsky couldn't help but be slightly disappointed, he thought for a while, and then instructed Malinin: "Chief of Staff, you immediately send people to see that all the military uniforms in the warehouse are shipped out, and you can transport as many as you can." The units currently in the second line of defense will be heavily replenished in the near future, and these uniforms are just right for the recruits. ”

"I see." Ma Linin replied decisively: "I will arrange for people to carry the military uniforms." ”

The Germans did not attack the defensive positions west of Yaltsevo in the morning, and the troops who had been in good positions could not help but be demoralized. The commander of the motorized division, who was sticking to the left flank, called Vinogradov and said in a complaining tone: "Comrade commander, we have allowed the commanders and fighters to enter the position before dawn, but until now, we have not seen the shadow of the enemy......

"Don't be in a hurry, Comrade Colonel. Sooner or later, the enemy will attack. Although Vinogradov was also anxious to see the delay in the German army's attack, when he heard his subordinates complain like this, he comforted the other party and said: "Your task now is to dig more anti-artillery holes in the position, so that our soldiers can hide in it when they are shelled by the enemy." ”

When Rokossovsky heard Vinogradov order his subordinates like this, he immediately remembered something, and hurriedly stopped Vinogradov, who was about to hang up the phone: "Comrade General, let your subordinates not hang up the phone first, I suddenly remembered something and wanted to tell him." ”

Vinogradov said into the microphone: "Colonel, don't hang up the phone yet, Comrade Commander wants to talk to you." With that, he handed the microphone to Rokossovsky.

Rokossovsky put the microphone to his ear and said loudly: "Hey, Comrade Colonel, I have come up with a way to kill the troops in the event of heavy enemy shelling, even without digging anti-artillery holes. ”

"Really, Comrade Commander?" When the commander of the motorized division heard Rokossovsky say this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "I don't know what the method is?" ”

"Comrade Colonel," Rokossovsky, although his command was far from the front line, he still knew the terrain there well, and without even looking at the map, he said directly: "Two hundred meters behind your line of defense, there is a half-dug trench. Since the Germans are not attacking now, then immediately organize your men to dig that trench and use a few more communication trenches to connect your existing positions. ”

"Comrade Commander, I don't understand." Rokossovsky confused the commander of the motorized division, and he asked puzzledly: "Does this have anything to do with what you said about not digging anti-artillery holes, and still reducing the casualties of the troops?" ”

"Of course there is, Comrade Colonel." Rokossovsky raised his voice and said: "When your positions are shelled by the enemy, you will leave only a few observation posts, and the rest will be withdrawn to the newly dug second line of defense. When the enemy shelling stops and the infantry, guided by tanks, attacks your position, you have your commanders and fighters return to their original positions along the trenches to block the oncoming enemy. ”

After listening to Rokossovsky's words, the colonel was silent for a while, and then slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Understood, Comrade Commander, now I understand everything." Rest assured, I'll send someone to the back of the position to fix the unfinished trench. As soon as the enemy began shelling our positions, I immediately transferred my troops there. (To be continued.) )