Sokov picked up the map on the table, placed it in front of Beria, pointed to it and said to him: "Comrade People's Commissar, please see, judging from the situation on the map, Model's Ninth Army Going south from Orel, while Manstein's troops went north from the direction of Belgorod, the two sides tried to meet up outside Kursk to encircle our heavy troop group in the Kursk salient."
"This is obvious, Comrade Sokov." As the People's Commissar of Defense and a member of the Supreme Command, it was common for Beria to participate in important military meetings, so he naturally knew the German offensive intentions. He interrupted Sokov's words and said impatiently: "I want to know where the enemy's next attack will focus?"
"I can't say what the situation is like on the northern front. After all, my troops are too far away from there and many situations are unclear." Sokov decided to focus on telling Beria about the war on the southern front: "I'll just talk about the southern front. The situation of the line.
Although our army's artillery bombardment forced the enemy to delay the attack for three hours, their combat effectiveness on the first day still successfully broke through our army's first line of defense. General Vatutin urgently mobilized the front army reserves and launched a counterattack against the enemy. He had two purposes for doing so. One purpose is to restore the first line of defense occupied by the Germans; if this is not possible, use this force to block the enemy from the second line of defense.
But unfortunately, the enemy still opened a gap in his second line of defense, successfully crossed the Pena River, and advanced more than 30 kilometers into our defense. In order to seize the initiative on the battlefield, both the enemy and ourselves dispatched a large number of air forces to compete for air supremacy on the battlefield..."
Beria listened to Sokov's analysis and kept nodding his head to express his agreement with his statement. Lunev, who was standing aside, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Beria's expression remained normal, feeling that Sokov would not be able to get through it easily today.
After talking for a while, Sokov felt a little thirsty, so he took a sip from the tea cup on the table, and then continued: "...the enemy suffered a heavy blow from us in the Oboyan area. Their elite empire The division was almost completely lost. In this case, they would definitely give up the offensive in the Oboyan area and shift the offensive direction to their right wing, that is, Prokhorovka. The terrain there was flat, which was conducive to the German army's attack. The deployment of large-scale mechanized forces. Therefore, the next battle will revolve around this area."
"Your analysis makes some sense." Before coming here from Moscow, Beria had a general understanding of the situation on the front line. According to the collected intelligence, the enemy's armored forces are gathering towards the Prokhorovka area, and the 5th Guards Tank Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army, which are mobilized from the base camp to the Voronezh Front, are also moving towards the above-mentioned areas. Anyone who knows this news knows that the next main battlefield will be around the Prokhorovka area. Beria knows that a lot of the information he possesses is top secret. Not to mention Sokov, the leader of the group army, even Konev, the leader of the front army, and others may not know it. From this point of view, he is indeed a military genius who can analyze the next situation so accurately.
Through the conversation with Sokov, Beria felt that he did not find any flaws. He felt that his previous judgment may have been biased. How could he regard this young man who was trusted by Stalin and many senior commanders as a German? The agent. After chatting for a few more words, he stood up and left. He was eager to return to Moscow and ordered the relevant departments to change their minds and no longer conduct any private investigations into Sokov.
Seeing that Beria was about to leave, Sokov planned to send him out, but he waved his hand and said, "Let Comrade Lunev send me off. I still have something to say to him."
On the way to the airstrip, Beria asked Lunev who was sitting next to him: "Comrade Lunev, you have been partnering with Sokov for a long time. What do you think of his level?"
"Comrade Beria, please forgive me." Lunev has been with Sokov for a while and feels that following him can continue to build meritorious deeds, which will be very helpful for his future prospects. When Beria asked about it, he naturally wanted to put in a good word for Sokov: "If he were not too young, with his military talent, he could compete with Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Rokossovsky and others. Sit on equal footing.”
Sokov picked up the map on the table, placed it in front of Beria, pointed to it and said to him: "Comrade People's Commissar, please see, judging from the situation on the map, Model's Ninth Army Going south from Orel, while Manstein's troops went north from the direction of Belgorod, the two sides tried to meet up outside Kursk to encircle our heavy troop group in the Kursk salient."
"This is obvious, Comrade Sokov." As the People's Commissar of Defense and a member of the Supreme Command, it was common for Beria to participate in important military meetings, so he naturally knew the German offensive intentions. He interrupted Sokov's words and said impatiently: "I want to know where the enemy's next attack will focus?"
"I can't say what the situation is like on the northern front. After all, my troops are too far away from there and many situations are unclear." Sokov decided to focus on telling Beria about the war on the southern front: "I'll just talk about the southern front. The situation of the line.
Although our army's artillery bombardment forced the enemy to delay the attack for three hours, their combat effectiveness on the first day still successfully broke through our army's first line of defense. General Vatutin urgently mobilized the front army reserves and launched a counterattack against the enemy. He had two purposes for doing so. One purpose is to restore the first line of defense occupied by the Germans; if this is not possible, use this force to block the enemy from the second line of defense.
But unfortunately, the enemy still opened a gap in his second line of defense, successfully crossed the Pena River, and advanced more than 30 kilometers into our defense. In order to seize the initiative on the battlefield, both the enemy and ourselves dispatched a large number of air forces to compete for air supremacy on the battlefield..."
Beria listened to Sokov's analysis and kept nodding his head to express his agreement with his statement. Lunev, who was standing aside, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Beria's expression remained normal, feeling that Sokov would not be able to get through it easily today.
After talking for a while, Sokov felt a little thirsty, so he took a sip from the tea cup on the table, and then continued: "...the enemy suffered a heavy blow from us in the Oboyan area. Their elite empire The division was almost completely lost. In this case, they would definitely give up the offensive in the Oboyan area and shift the offensive direction to their right wing, that is, Prokhorovka. The terrain there was flat, which was conducive to the German army's attack. The deployment of large-scale mechanized troops. Therefore, the next battle will revolve around this area."
"Your analysis makes some sense." Before coming here from Moscow, Beria had a general understanding of the situation on the front line. According to the collected intelligence, the enemy's armored forces are gathering towards the Prokhorovka area, and the 5th Guards Tank Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army, which the base camp has mobilized to the Voronezh Front, are also moving towards the above-mentioned areas. Anyone who knows this news knows that the next main battlefield will be around the Prokhorovka area. Beria knows that a lot of the information he possesses is top secret. Not to mention Sokov, the leader of the group army, even Konev, the leader of the front army, and others may not know it. From this point of view, he is indeed a military genius who can analyze the next situation so accurately.
Through the conversation with Sokov, Beria felt that he did not find any flaws. He felt that his previous judgment may have been biased. How could he regard this young man who was trusted by Stalin and many senior commanders as a German? The agent. After chatting for a few more words, he stood up and left. He was eager to return to Moscow and ordered the relevant departments to change their minds and no longer conduct any private investigations into Sokov.
Seeing that Beria was about to leave, Sokov planned to send him out, but he waved his hand and said, "Let Comrade Lunev send me off. I still have something to say to him."
On the way to the airstrip, Beria asked Lunev who was sitting next to him: "Comrade Lunev, you have been partnering with Sokov for a long time. What do you think of his level?"
"Comrade Beria, please forgive me." Lunev has been with Sokov for a while and feels that following him can continuously build meritorious deeds, which will be very helpful for his future prospects. When Beria asked about it at this moment, he naturally wanted to put in a good word for Sokov: "If he was not too young, with his military talent, he could compete with Zhukov, Vasilevsky and Rokossovsky. Sit on equal footing.”
Sokov picked up the map on the table, placed it in front of Beria, pointed to it and said to him: "Comrade People's Commissar, please see, judging from the situation on the map, Model's Ninth Army Going south from Orel, while Manstein's troops went north from the direction of Belgorod, the two sides tried to meet up outside Kursk to encircle our heavy troop group in the Kursk salient."
"This is obvious, Comrade Sokov." As the People's Commissar of Defense and a member of the Supreme Command, it was common for Beria to participate in important military meetings, so he naturally knew the German offensive intentions. He interrupted Sokov's words and said impatiently: "I want to know where the enemy's next attack will focus?"
"I can't say what the situation is like on the northern front. After all, my troops are too far away from there and many situations are unclear." Sokov decided to focus on telling Beria about the war on the southern front: "I'll just talk about the southern front. The situation of the line.
Although our army's artillery bombardment forced the enemy to delay the attack for three hours, their combat effectiveness on the first day still successfully broke through our army's first line of defense. General Vatutin urgently mobilized the front army reserves and launched a counterattack against the enemy. He had two purposes for doing so. One purpose is to restore the first line of defense occupied by the Germans; if this is not possible, use this force to block the enemy from the second line of defense.
But unfortunately, the enemy still opened a gap in his second line of defense, successfully crossed the Pena River, and advanced more than 30 kilometers into our defense. In order to seize the initiative on the battlefield, both the enemy and ourselves dispatched a large number of air forces to compete for air supremacy on the battlefield..."
Beria listened to Sokov's analysis and kept nodding his head to express his agreement with his statement. Lunev, who was standing aside, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Beria's expression remained normal, feeling that Sokov would not be able to get through it easily today.
After talking for a while, Sokov felt a little thirsty, so he took a sip from the tea cup on the table, and then continued: "...the enemy suffered a heavy blow from us in the Oboyan area. Their elite empire The division was almost completely lost. In this case, they would definitely give up the offensive in the Oboyan area and shift the offensive direction to their right wing, that is, Prokhorovka. The terrain there was flat, which was conducive to the German army's attack. The deployment of large-scale mechanized troops. Therefore, the next battle will revolve around this area."
"Your analysis makes some sense." Before coming here from Moscow, Beria had a general understanding of the situation on the front line. According to the collected intelligence, the enemy's armored forces are gathering towards the Prokhorovka area, and the 5th Guards Tank Army and the 5th Guards Tank Army, which are mobilized from the base camp to the Voronezh Front, are also moving towards the above-mentioned areas. Anyone who knows this news knows that the next main battlefield will be around the Prokhorovka area. Beria knows that a lot of the information he possesses is top secret. Not to mention Sokov, the leader of the group army, even Konev, the leader of the front army, and others may not know it. From this point of view, he is indeed a military genius who can analyze the next situation so accurately.
Through the conversation with Sokov, Beria felt that he did not find any flaws. He felt that his previous judgment may have been biased. How could he regard this young man who was trusted by Stalin and many senior commanders as a German? The agent. After chatting for a few more words, he stood up and left. He was eager to return to Moscow and ordered the relevant departments to change their minds and no longer conduct any private investigations into Sokov.
Seeing that Beria was about to leave, Sokov planned to send him out, but he waved his hand and said, "Let Comrade Lunev send me off. I still have something to say to him."
"Comrade Beria, please forgive me." Lunev has been with Sokov for a while and feels that following him can continuously build meritorious deeds, which will be very helpful for his future prospects. When Beria asked about it, he naturally wanted to put in a good word for Sokov: "If he were not too young, with his military talent, he could compete with Zhukov, Vasilevsky, Rokossovsky and others. Sit on equal footing.”
