Hearing the seemingly unintentional words of Bandeleyev, I couldn't help but chuckle in my heart: a man who has to make a rare effort to even master the requirements of the syllabus, just thinking about it on his toes, knows how stupid he is. Is the experience of such a stupid person really applicable? At such a thought, I remembered that later generations included him in the category of long-defeated generals, and if it were not for Stalin's trust, it is estimated that he would have been sent to a military tribunal long ago.

Just as I was feeling sad in my grip on a notebook full of Yeremenko's experience, Kirillov came over, patted his old fellow on the shoulder, and said a few words: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you can't say that. You must know that he has studied from the early advanced cavalry school and the advanced training course for command personnel, to the later Zhengzhi Academy first-chief commander training class and the Frunze Military Academy. His classmates in the Leningrad Cavalry Senior Commander Training School, such as Zhukov, Rokossovsky, Baghramyan and others, are now in high positions. ”

No matter what later generations say about Yeremenko, at least he has gone through systematic theoretical study, combined with the experience of his decades of military career, what has been summed up is still extremely valuable, at least it can save me some detours.

I turned my head and saw that Akhromeyev was idle, so I ordered him: "Comrade Chief of Staff, do we still have extra maps?" If you have one, take it out and hang it on the opposite wall. ”

Akhromeyev nodded at first, and then said in embarrassment: "Comrade division commander. The map is there. But it's never been used. It has not yet marked the position of friend or foe. ”

I waved my hand and said disapprehantly: "It doesn't matter if you haven't used it, you just need to mark the enemy's position near Mamayev Heights." ”

Akhromeyev agreed, and went to find the map I needed. I turned to Bandeleyev and asked: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, in the two days since I left, did the enemy attack the Mamayev Gang?" ”

"No," Bandeleyev shook his head, saying with certainty: "The forward positions of the German troops in front of the Fourth Regiment have always been calm. Apart from normal patrols, the enemy showed no signs of attacking our division's defense area. That night, the enemy on the high ground attacked the Soviet Street, but as soon as the commanders and fighters of the 2nd Regiment attacked, they immediately retreated, and they did not see any movement from them for two days. ”

"Comrade Oshanina, look at this." Kirillov shoved a copy into my hand and added: "It was the latest document brought to us by Commander Yeremenko when he came. ”

I took the text and didn't look at it right away, but looked up at Kirillov. Curiously asked, "Comrade Political Commissar, do you know what Wen Jiàn is?" ”

Kirillov shrugged his shoulders. Some helplessly said: "In order to boost morale and put an end to desertion, the Supreme Command Xintong Guò has a material reward policy, and is ready to give a certain amount of money to officers and soldiers who are outstanding in battle." ”

Give material rewards to officers and soldiers who are prominent? When I heard Kirillov say this, I thought I had heard it wrong, in my mind, the commanders and fighters of the Red Army fought to defend the Motherland and Stalin, and they usually disdained money and paid more attention to honor. This can be confirmed by the fact that only a year after the outbreak of the battle, dozens of troops with the number of guards have appeared.

I glanced at the title of the article and knew that Kirillov was right. The first column is the incentive scheme for air force pilots, and the arms involved are: fighter aviation, short-range bomber aviation and strike aviation, airborne troops, and air force aircraft maintenance personnel. I was concerned about the incentives of the 6th Army, so I turned directly to the second page and saw that the title written on it was: "Order on Encouraging Officers and Soldiers to Destroy Enemy Tanks", which is specified as follows:

"Destroying an enemy tank with an anti-tank gun rewards the gunner 5oo rubles, and the auxiliary operations room rewards 25o rubles;

If our tank destroys an enemy tank, the tank commander, tank driver and gunner will be rewarded with 5oo rubles each, and the other crew members will be rewarded with 2oo rubles each;

Destroy an enemy tank with various types of artillery, the commander and gunner will be rewarded with 5oo rubles each, and the rest of the artillery squad will be rewarded with 2oo rubles each;

Individuals who destroy an enemy tank are rewarded with 1ooo rubles. If a group of anti-tank fighters destroys a tank together, the prize money can be increased to 15oo rubles, and the prize money is divided equally among each destroyer. ”

When I saw this, I silently calculated in my heart that from the formation of the division to the present, it is estimated that we have destroyed two or three hundred enemy tanks, and if we follow this latest reward method, we can at least receive a bonus of nearly 200,000 yuan.

After calculating the benefits of destroying enemy tanks, I continued to look down, followed by the Order on the Reward of Armored Tank Repairers, which was awarded under the following conditions:

"Repair a KB tank with a reward of 35o rubles (minor repairs) or 8oo rubles (major repairs);

Repair a T-34, MK-2 or MK-3 with a reward of 25o rubles (minor repairs) or 5oo rubles (major repairs);

Repair a BT, T-26 or T-4O and reward 1oo rubles (minor repairs) or 2oo rubles (major repairs). ”

It seems that the leaders of the Supreme Command also understand that it is difficult to truly and effectively boost morale by relying on honor alone, so this material reward policy was released. In this decree on the rewards of the war, the amount of money stipulated was very large, and the bonuses received by the commanders and fighters who had achieved great results were enough to buy a car of their own or a house on the outskirts of Moscow after the war. I put down the text in my hand, looked up at Kirillov, and asked curiously: "Comrade Political Commissar, how will this bonus be paid to those commanders and fighters who have made meritorious contributions?" ”

Hearing my question, Kirillov couldn't help but be stunned, it seems that he had never thought about the details of how his superiors would pay bonuses to meritorious commanders and fighters. After being silent for a long time, he said hesitantly: "I think the superiors may send the money directly to the relatives of the commanders and fighters in the rear, you must know that we are on the front line, and there is no place to spend money at all." ”

After Kirillov finished speaking, Bandeleyev also said with emotion: "Division commander, political commissar, the war we are fighting now is a sacred war, a battle to defend our homeland. I believe in the consciousness of our commanders and fighters, and what they want is honor, not money. ”

I didn't dwell on this issue with Bantai Laiev, because I knew in my heart that even if the superiors could really cash in this bonus, it was estimated that the money would not reach the hands of the commanders and fighters, because everyone was fighting all day long, and there was such a huge amount of money on them, so would there still be a mental level to fight? Even if the money is sent to the family members, who knows if the families of the commanders and fighters are still alive now, and even if they are alive, they are estimated to have been evacuated to the rear, with Lao Maozi's bad postal system, it is tantamount to fantasy for them to receive this bonus. So I only said lightly: "Comrade Political Commissar, another day, I will give this order on combat rewards to all regiments and let the commanders and fighters see it, maybe it can really play a role in boosting morale." ”

By this time, Akhromeyev had hung the map on the wall. I walked over and looked at it, and the same map really looked very different on the wall and on the table. After staring at it for a long time, I couldn't help but ask Akhromeyev: "Comrade Chief of Staff, have we recently sent reconnaissance units to reconnoiter the enemy to the north and west of us?" ”

Hearing my question, Akhromeyev shook his head like a rattle: "Comrade division commander, because the enemy's blockade is too tight, our actions have been greatly limited, so no reconnaissance units have been sent during this time. ”

Although Akhromeyev's answer was already expected by me, I said with dissatisfaction: "Comrade Chief of Staff, why not send scouts to reconnoiter the enemy's positions?" Seeing that he opened his mouth to defend himself, I quickly raised my hand to stop him, and continued: "In order to occupy Stalingrad, the Germans put three infantry divisions and two tank divisions in the factory area. Aren't you surprised that the city has been turned upside down, but here we have been calm? ”

Bandeleyev walked up to me, stared at the map on the wall for a while, and then said cautiously: "Comrade division commander, do you think that the enemy in our vicinity is holding his troops and is hiding some conspiracy?" ”

"I think Comrade Oshanina's judgment is very reasonable," Kirillov said in time as soon as Pandeleyev spoke: "Our actions in front of the enemy are very abnormal, and perhaps there is something to hide, so we should send scouts as much as possible to go deep into the enemy's rear and find out what the enemy wants to do." ”

After listening to our words, Akhromeyev confessed his mistake to me with a red face and said: "I'm sorry, comrade division commander, but I didn't think it through. Seeing that the enemy near Mamayev Hill did not move, he took it lightly. Please rest assured, I will arrange it. ”

Seeing that he was leaving, I deliberately stopped him and said to him in a serious tone: "Comrade Chief of Staff, please remember that as a middle-level commander, you can't secretly rejoice when you see the enemy not moving, but find out why they tried to seize our position in the early stage, but now there is no movement at all. With our current technology, we cannot intercept the enemy's radio communications, so we can only rely on sending scouts to go deep behind enemy lines to find out what is wrong so that we can draw up a corresponding battle plan according to the specific enemy situation. Seeing that he nodded in agreement, I waved at him, "Go ahead, and when it gets dark, send the scouts out." (To be continued!)

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