Chapter 482: There's a big problem at the front
"Oops! There's a big problem at the front! The Germans began to attack us with rockets and missiles! The troops along the Dnieper have already suffered a lot of casualties, especially those of the Southwestern Front! ”
At this time, the commander of the Front, Vadutin, Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, who had not yet arrived at the operational command for an operational meeting.
During the Great Patriotic War, he served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, and in March 1943 Vatutin again became commander of the Voronezh Front and was promoted to general, commanding the Voronezh Front in the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of the Dnieper.
However, in the Battle of Zhytomyr, this person was counterattacked vigorously by Manstein again, so his troops suffered heavy casualties and were almost disabled, so Stalin, who was furious, immediately ordered Rokossovsky to his headquarters to teach him how to fight, and even Zhukov, the representative of the base camp, felt that he had disgraced himself.
"Don't make a fuss! It's not the first time that the Germans have used missiles to bomb us, as well as air strikes on us! I'll go to the front right away and see what the situation is! ”
Hearing this, Marshal Zhukov also trembled in his heart, and immediately replied with a worried frown.
"I'll go with you!"
As soon as the words fell, Marshal Rokossovsky was also worried.
He had tried Chen Yanlong's unexpected and powerful new weapons and equipment, and this was how the commander of the Soviet 13th Army, Commander Bukarov, and the 13th Army under his command were annihilated by Moder's troops.
Marshal Rokossovsky never forgot this hatred and always remembered it.
"I'll go too, I don't want to sit back here and sit back and wait for the battle ahead!"
After Marshal Rokossovsky's statement, the Chief of the General Staff, Vasilevsky, also responded not to be left behind.
Immediately, General Konev, General Malinovsky, and General Tolbukhin also hurriedly offered to follow the past front line and observe.
In particular, General Malinovsky, who commanded the Southwestern Soviet Front, jumped out even more anxiously and agreed.
Because the main target of the German army now is his Southwestern Front, he doesn't want his troops to be completely annihilated.
Because once his troops were annihilated by the Germans, then he would have no good end, I am afraid that Stalin would definitely purge him, and even his family would be purged together.
He was convinced that Stalin would do so, so he was now very worried about the situation of his troops.
Because in the First Battle of Zaporozhye, not only the 5th Guards Tank Army was destroyed by the Germans; Even his Southwestern Front had wiped out half of its troops, and he was almost stunned by such a huge loss of troops.
Especially after he received Stalin's murderous telegram of warning, he had not slept for a day and a night.
"No! We can't all go to the front line to observe the situation of the battle, and if so many of our high-ranking generals are all killed by German rocket missiles, or air strikes, and new weapons and equipment that we have not yet expected, then what will happen to our more than 3 million troops? Who will command them to fight, or to evacuate? ”
Seeing that all the marshals leading the army were vying to go to the front line to observe the enemy situation together, Zhukov decisively refused.
"Comrade Vasilevsky, Chief of the General Staff, can go with me, and you all immediately return to your own units, while directing your respective troops to evacuate and dodge the menacing rocket and missile attacks of the German army!"
"I will convey the situation on the front line to you as soon as possible, you don't have to worry too much about the news of the situation on the front line!"
Zhukov did not wait for the others to object, and continued to tone his voice.
In this regard, although Marshal Rokossovsky did not agree much, they did not object much, because they knew that what Zhukov said was right.
Because if all of them were to die on the front line, then their rear and all the front armies would immediately fall into a state of leaderlessness, waiting to be severely damaged, or annihilated.