The counteroffensive of the Red Army continued.

Suvolovo's tactics of encircling three and one achieved great results. The mines laid along the road greatly slowed down the enemy's westward evasion, and the German troops who escaped from the city, without a neat organization, all ran aimlessly along the snowy road. The pursuing troops of our army followed behind and fought fiercely, and the German army, which had already been demoralized, could not form any combat effectiveness at all. After sporadic exchanges of fire, their improvised resistance collapsed, with the exception of a few infantry who risked their lives and fled into the knee-deep snowy forest, while the rest were either killed or captured.

In order to quickly escape from the pursuit of our army and preserve its vitality, the Germans threw away the things that hindered the escape while fleeing during the retreat. Therefore, our pursuing troops often encounter the enemy's abandoned technical equipment and various items along the way. There really is everything: hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, tractors, artillery pieces of various calibers, thousands of cars of all kinds, ammunition boxes. When the battle is over, these things naturally become our trophies.

After this joyful victory, Vlasov became more convinced of Mr. Lin's military talents, and even confidently handed over the command of the troops to him, and he retreated into the background and willingly became his deputy. In the ensuing battle, all the operational plans of the group army were formulated and commanded and implemented by General Lin himself.

When all the forces of the Western Front were transferred to the offensive on all fronts, our army group had cleared all the enemy east of Volokolamsk and began to take the lead in launching an offensive to the west.

The frontal enemy of our army was Reinhardt's 3rd Panzer Group and Hepner's 4th Panzer Group, and our attack was 20 kilometers wide, and everyone knew that this would be a tough battle. However, General Lin boldly shortened the offensive area to eight kilometers and concentrated the main forces of the group army here, including: more than 70% infantry, 87% of artillery and mortars, and 100% of tanks, thus ensuring that the troops formed a 2-3 times superiority over the enemy in the main direction.

The troops of the 20th Army under the command of General Lin and the 1st Guards Cavalry Army under the command of General Belov have repeatedly performed miraculous feats, becoming two powerful striking forces in the counteroffensive stage, and are known as the two iron fists of the Soviet army. The troops under the command of him and Belov were invincible and invincible, and the strategic points of the German army, Kalinin and Yeritz, repelled the enemy 90-100 kilometers to the west, drove them to the area along the Rama River and the Ruzha River, and recovered many residential areas, successfully completing the tasks assigned by the Soviet high command. During the battle, the troops also captured a large amount of weapons and equipment and various military supplies from the Germans.

Ehrenburg, as a correspondent with the army, remained in the headquarters of the army group, and it can be said that he was the first to know of every victory we had won. Through his pen, our victories were reported in a steady stream. However, when he wrote the report, perhaps he didn't want a foreigner to steal the limelight from his compatriots, so he directly ignored Mr. Lin, who actually commanded the battle, and instead gave all the credit to Vlasov.

Speaking about Vlasov in the newspaper Red Star, he wrote in a rather lyrical tone: "The fighters looked at their commanders with affection and trust, because Vlasov's name is closely associated with the offensive. The general is 1.90 meters tall and has the eloquence of Suvorov. ”

The Supreme High Command spoke highly of the 20th Army, saying: The experience of this offensive has enriched the Soviet tactics of warfare, that is, the concentration of troops and weapons in large numbers in the main directions and the skillful use of them in winter operations. The tactics used by Mr. Lin were also grafted onto Vlasov by Ehrenburg, and the real hero Mr. Lin was completely ignored by him.

With this Red Star, I went straight to the room where Ehrenburg lived. Pushing open the door, he slapped the newspaper on the table, and when he saw him raise his head, he said to him with some displeasure: "Comrade Ehrenburg, I would like to remind you of a little attention. As a journalist, it is your duty to report the truth and defend journalistic fairness, and you should write a report that truly reflects what happened. You have been staying in the group army headquarters for half a month, and you should know better than anyone who has the final say in the headquarters and who is in command of all the battles. But in this newspaper, I saw that the cart was turned upside down, but Commander Vlasov, who served as his deputy, became the protagonist of your news report, and the real hero, Deputy Commander Lin, did not see you mention even one word. ”

Ehrenburg gave me a cold look at my attack and said lightly: "Comrade Chief of Staff, I am writing a manuscript, and I don't want anyone to disturb me, so please come out." ”

Ehrenburg's attitude made me angry, but I couldn't do anything about him, so I snorted fiercely, picked up the newspaper on the table, turned around and left the room, and slammed the door on the way out.

Leaving Ehrenburg's room, I went to Mr. Lin again, complained to him, and was upset by the unfair treatment he had received. After listening to my words, Mr. Lin just smiled faintly, didn't say anything, and buried himself in studying the map again. Seeing his attitude, I also understood in my heart that for him, as long as he could command the large corps to fight, he would be satisfied, and as for whether he could get the honor or something, it was all floating clouds, so I obediently shut up and didn't mention the matter again.

The skirmish with Ehrenburg, which I quickly forgot about because of my busy schedule. But I didn't expect that this little conflict would cause a big problem in the near future.