Not long after the division commanders left, Chuikov walked into the headquarters with a commander.

Seeing Chuikov walking towards him with a smile, Korpakic, who was talking to Moskalenko, hurriedly stood up and greeted him very warmly: "Comrade Chuikov, you are here!" He took a few steps forward. Gurov and Moskalenko, who had their backs to the door, heard that it was Chuikov who was coming, and they also stood up and greeted him politely.

After shaking hands with Kolpakchi, Chuikov walked up to Moskalenko, shook his right hand, shook it vigorously, and said: "Welcome, General Moskalenko. With the support of your troops, tomorrow's counterattack will yield great results. ”

Moskalenko obviously knew Chuikov, and he also smiled and said: "When our tanks attack, we still need the cooperation of your infantry." It is important to know that when breaking through the enemy's defensive positions, our tanks could not cross the trenches without infantry, where German anti-tank men were usually in ambush. ”

Chuikov turned sideways, revealing the commander behind him, and introduced: "General Moskalenko, let me introduce you, this is the head of the artillery of my army, General Browder. Hearing his introduction, the major general smiled and saluted Moskalenko and said politely: "Hello, General Moskalenko. ”

Moskalenko shook hands with the other party and said politely: "Hello, General Browder. ”

After a brief greeting, Chuikov and General Browder also sat down at the table. I hurriedly poured two cups of hot tea and put them down in front of the two of them. When Chuikov took the teapot, he smiled at me and said, "Comrade Oshanina. I've heard you're doing pretty well here. When directing the troops to counterattack the other day. Also personally blew up one of the enemy's firing points. ”

I knew in my heart that to talk about my performance in battle on such an occasion would make people feel like boasting, and it would cause some disgust among several other commanders. So I just smiled politely at him, didn't speak, and retreated to the wall.

Since the commanders here knew each other, they spoke much more casually. Moskalenko said: "General Chuikov, our tank army will mainly cooperate with the 62nd Army to counterattack tomorrow. After the artillery preparations of the army group were over, we would quickly attack from the positions of the 192nd Division and penetrate into the depth of the enemy's defenses. Your troops are deployed on the left flank of the 62nd Army, and judging by the reports of these two days, the enemy has discovered the junction of your two armies and has made this an important breakthrough. I wonder if your troops will be able to hold their positions if the enemy launches another fierce attack on that area after the counterattack begins tomorrow? ”

The question is asked very sharply, and it is almost questioning Chuikov's ability. The disgust in my heart for Moskalenko couldn't help but add a little more. Cui Kev, who became the focus of everyone's attention, his face became cloudy. The people around him didn't speak, and the room suddenly became silent.

After a long time, Chuikov said slowly: "General Moskalenko, please rest assured, although the defense line of the 229th Division has been frequently attacked by the Germans in the past two days, and has been broken for a time, we have taken the necessary measures to strengthen the defense of this section. I have ordered the 112th Infantry Division of Colonel Sologub to cross the river overnight, and I have given them the task of occupying the defensive area from Stara Maksimovsky along the Chir River to its mouth and holding on to a favorable position. The junction of the 62nd and 64th armies must be quickly and reliably protected to stop the enemy's surprise attacks on the flanks and rear of the 62nd Army. At the same time, a part of the 66th Marine Brigade was transferred to the northwest of Nizhny Chilskaya as the second echelon of the 229th Infantry Division. ”

After listening to Chuikov's deployment, without waiting for Korpakichi and them to express their opinions, Moskalenko nodded and said: "Judging from your deployment, it is still possible to block the German attack in a short period of time and contain their forces, and buy precious time for our counter-assault. ”

When I heard Moskalenko say this, I couldn't help but despise him even more, and said in my heart, aren't you the commander of a tank army, what's there to do? It is said that it is to cooperate with the 62nd Army in the counteroffensive, but in fact, it is under the command of General Korpakchi, what qualifications do you have to dictate the deployment of a commander of the level of Chuikov. I leaned my back against the wall and took a deep breath, trying to calm my emotions so that I wouldn't be tempted to rush up and slap the general.

Actually, it wasn't just me, but even General Browder and Gusev, who were sitting next to Chuikov, had a bad face, but because they were discussing the details of the counter-assault that was to be carried out tomorrow, it was not good to get angry at Moskalenko.

Kolpacchi inadvertently looked up and saw me standing by the wall, probably afraid that he would not let me see such an embarrassing scene, so he ordered me: "Lieutenant Colonel Oshanina, there is nothing for you to do here, you go and rest." ”

To tell the truth, I want to get angry when I see Moskalenko now, and since Kolpakchi asked me to leave, I didn't stay any longer, and after saluting a few people, I turned around and walked out of the headquarters.

Walking out of the headquarters, I looked at the sky, although it was not early, but it was just getting dark. There are a few houses nearby, all of which are subordinate to the 192nd Division, and they will definitely not find an empty room, so if you want to rest, you can only go back to the jeep to sleep.

I walked slowly towards the location of the jeep, and when I was about to reach the position of the jeep, I suddenly heard the faint sound of a man and a woman talking. I quickly stopped and listened carefully.

I only heard the man say: "Dear Nadani, you are my sky, you are my moon, you are my indispensable air......"

Then the woman said, "My sea soul, I love you!" You are my sea, you are my sun, you are my ......"

Hearing such a fleshy other party, I can't help but get goosebumps all over my body, I'm about to go to war, you are still hiding here and talking about love, it's just playing the piano randomly. Thinking of this, I coughed heavily.

As I coughed, the woman let out a soft cry, "Oh no, someone's coming." My dear, I'll go first, and I'll contact you another day. Then I saw a hygienist running out of the back of the jeep, running away without looking back.

I took two more steps forward and asked in a stern tone, "Who's behind the car?" ”

A soldier in a sailor's uniform and a beanie came out, walked up to me with his head bowed, and said with some embarrassment: "Comrade commander......"

Before he could finish speaking, I interrupted his later words and said coldly: "Comrade sailor, it's not too early. There's still a battle tomorrow, so you should go back and rest early. The sailor, who had thought he would be criticized by me, was stunned for a moment, then happily agreed, and ran briskly in the other direction.

I looked at the sailor's back in the distance, smiled and shook my head, pulled the door and got into the jeep. (To be continued......)