Sokov's words resonated with Samyko: "Comrade Military Commissar, the commander is right. After Paulus's 6th Army fell into our encirclement, our army continued to launch attacks to compress the German army's Living space. When there is only a narrow strip of land left in the place they occupy, most of the supplies dropped by the Luftwaffe will fall into our defense zone."
After Samyko's reminder, Luniev realized that he had made a stupid mistake and quickly admitted his mistake to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I made a mistake. It seems that we must leave our own on the left bank." Troops. And they must be troops with strong combat effectiveness to prevent our main force from being encircled by the German army."
"Then which troops do you plan to use to hold Klementchuk?" Samyko asked.
"Since the city was captured by the 98th Guards Division, let them defend it." After staring at the map for a while, Sokov told Samyko: "Since General Fomenko's troops have arrived at Kle Menchug ordered them to immediately enter the defensive positions of the landing field on the right bank and prepare to resist the German attack. As for the 98th Guards Division, they paid some price when they captured the city, and we need to replenish them as soon as possible."
"But we don't have a reserve team on hand?" Samek reminded Sokov: "How to replenish them?"
"You are wrong, Comrade Chief of Staff. In fact, we have a reserve team."
"We have a reserve team?" Samyko repeated Sokov's words with a shocked expression on his face: "Comrade Commander, do you plan to supplement the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander training company to the near future?" The 98th Guards Division?"
"Is there anything wrong?" Sokov said to Samek: "Half of the members of the 98th Guards Division are sailors, and they are the most combat-effective unit. If we combine the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander All 270 officers and men of the teaching company are assigned to the 98th Guards Division, which is very beneficial to their future growth."
When these two companies were assigned to the 27th Group Army, Sokov planned to assign all the soldiers in the company to the grassroots to serve as company and platoon-level officers, but he had to give up due to opposition from everyone. At this moment, the 98th Guards Division needs to replenish its troops, and it is most appropriate to add these two companies.
At the beginning, Sameko was firmly opposed to dispersing the soldiers of these two companies into grassroots companies to serve as officers. But after listening to Sokov's arrangement, Samyko did not stick to his point of view. Instead, he immediately called the commanders of the two companies and informed them to assemble the troops and be ready for departure at any time.
As the order was issued, the 98th Guards Division continued to clear out the remaining enemies in the city, while the 84th Infantry Division, which had just arrived at Kremenchug, was ordered to move to the landing site on the right bank, preparing to block a possible German attack there. attack. As for the tanks and artillery that arrived earlier, they all stayed on the left bank and were ready to provide artillery cover for the troops on the right bank at any time.
The troops of the third echelon began marching on foot towards Kremenchug without waiting for the train to return. If they meet a returning train on the way, they will take the train to continue to Klemenkoug. Also accompanying the third echelon were the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander training company.
Two hours after the third echelon set off, a staff officer came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the deputy chief of staff of the 53rd Group Army is outside asking for a meeting."
"Deputy Chief of Staff of the 53rd Army?!" Sokov recalled Konev's promise to him that he would send troops from the 53rd Army to help him consolidate and expand the landing site on the right bank. The deputy chief of staff should be the representative sent by the other party. He quickly ordered: "Invite him in quickly."
Not long after the staff officer went out, he came in with an old general with gray hair.
After the old general entered the door, he glanced at Sokov, Lunev and Samyko, and asked politely: "I am Major General Smirnov, deputy chief of staff of the 53rd Army. I don't know who is Soko." Husband General."
When he heard the other party calling his name, Sokov quickly stepped forward, took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party, and said friendly: "Hello, General Smirnov. I am Sokov, nice to meet you."
"Hello, General Sokov!" Smirnov said with some surprise after seeing Sokov looking up and down: "Before coming here, I heard that the commander of the 27th Group Army was very young. At that time, I thought You are a middle-aged officer in your thirties or forties, I didn’t expect you to be so young.”
After shaking hands with Smirnov, Sokov introduced his deputy to the other party. The first person to introduce was Lunev: "This is Lieutenant General Lunev. He comes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is now my military commissar."
When Smirnov heard that Lunev was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch violently a few times, but he still said politely: "Hello, Comrade Military Commissar, nice to meet you."
Then, Sokov introduced Samyko to the other party: "This is my chief of staff, Major General Samyko."
When Samyko shook hands with Smirnov, he stared directly at the other person and refused to let go. Seeing that Samyko's behavior was a bit rude, Sokov was about to remind him when he heard him ask unexpectedly: "General Smirnov, if I guess correctly, you have served as an infantryman in Podolsk before. The principal of the college, right?"
When Smirnov heard Samyko ask this, he couldn't help showing an expression of astonishment on his face: "General Samyko, how did you know? Did you know me before?"
"No, no, no, General Smirnov, actually this is the first time I see you today." Samyko shook his head and said: "The reason why I asked you if you have served as the principal of the Podolsk Infantry Academy is because I recently chatted with cadets at the Podolsk Infantry Academy and heard them mention you.”
"What, you have students from the Podolsk Infantry Academy here?" Smirnov's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Samyko said. He reached out and grabbed Samyko's arms and asked excitedly: " General Sameko, where are they? Can you take me to see them?"
"It's a pity, General Smirnov." When Sokov heard this, he also understood that the elderly general in front of him was the former principal of the Podolsk Infantry Academy. He said in a regretful tone: "You are late. If you had arrived an hour or two earlier, you would have been able to see your former students."
"Then where are they now?"
"They have followed the third echelon and moved towards Kremenchug." Sokov's words resonated with Samyko: "Comrade Military Commissar, the commander is right. Paulus's first After the 6th Army fell into our encirclement, our army continued to launch attacks to compress the German army's living space. When there was only a narrow area left in the place they occupied, most of the supplies dropped by the German Air Force would fall. Enter our defense zone."
After Samyko's reminder, Luniev realized that he had made a stupid mistake and quickly admitted his mistake to Sokov: "I'm sorry, Comrade Commander, I made a mistake. It seems that we must leave our own on the left bank." Troops. And they must be troops with strong combat effectiveness to prevent our main force from being encircled by the German army."
"Then which troops do you plan to use to hold Klementchuk?" Samyko asked.
"Since the city was captured by the 98th Guards Division, let them defend it." After staring at the map for a while, Sokov told Samyko: "Since General Fomenko's troops have arrived at Kle Menchug ordered them to immediately enter the defensive positions of the landing field on the right bank and prepare to resist the German attack. As for the 98th Guards Division, they paid some price when they captured the city, and we need to replenish them as soon as possible."
"But we don't have a reserve team on hand?" Samek reminded Sokov: "How to replenish them?"
"You are wrong, Comrade Chief of Staff. In fact, we have a reserve team."
"We have a reserve team?" Samyko repeated Sokov's words with a shocked expression on his face: "Comrade Commander, do you plan to supplement the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander training company to the nearby ones?" The 98th Guards Division?"
"Is there anything wrong?" Sokov said to Samek: "Half of the members of the 98th Guards Division are sailors, and they are the most combat-effective unit. If we combine the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander All 270 officers and men of the teaching company are assigned to the 98th Guards Division, which is very beneficial to their future growth."
When these two companies were assigned to the 27th Group Army, Sokov planned to assign all the soldiers in the company to the grassroots to serve as company and platoon-level officers, but he had to give up due to opposition from everyone. At this moment, the 98th Guards Division needs to replenish its troops, and it is most appropriate to add these two companies.
At the beginning, Sameko was firmly opposed to dispersing the soldiers of these two companies into grassroots companies to serve as officers. But after listening to Sokov's arrangement, Samyko did not stick to his point of view. Instead, he immediately called the commanders of the two companies and informed them to assemble the troops and be ready for departure at any time.
As the order was issued, the 98th Guards Division continued to clear out the remaining enemies in the city, while the 84th Infantry Division, which had just arrived at Kremenchug, was ordered to move to the landing site on the right bank, preparing to block a possible German attack there. attack. As for the tanks and artillery that arrived earlier, they all stayed on the left bank and were ready to provide artillery cover for the troops on the right bank at any time.
The troops of the third echelon began marching on foot towards Kremenchug without waiting for the train to return. If they meet a returning train on the way, they will take the train to continue to Klemenkoug. Also accompanying the third echelon were the second lieutenant training company and the junior commander training company.
Two hours after the third echelon set off, a staff officer came in and reported to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, the deputy chief of staff of the 53rd Group Army is outside asking for a meeting."
"Deputy Chief of Staff of the 53rd Army?!" Sokov recalled Konev's promise to him that he would send troops from the 53rd Army to help him consolidate and expand the landing site on the right bank. The deputy chief of staff should be the representative sent by the other party. He quickly ordered: "Invite him in quickly."
Not long after the staff officer went out, he came in with an old general with gray hair.
After the old general entered the door, he glanced at Sokov, Lunev and Samyko, and asked politely: "I am Major General Smirnov, deputy chief of staff of the 53rd Army. I don't know who is Soko." Husband General."
When he heard the other party calling his name, Sokov quickly stepped forward, took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party, and said friendly: "Hello, General Smirnov. I am Sokov, nice to meet you."
"Hello, General Sokov!" Smirnov said with some surprise after seeing Sokov looking up and down: "Before coming here, I heard that the commander of the 27th Group Army was very young. At that time, I thought You are a middle-aged officer in your thirties or forties, I didn’t expect you to be so young.”
After shaking hands with Smirnov, Sokov introduced his deputy to the other party. The first person to introduce was Lunev: "This is Lieutenant General Lunev. He comes from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is now my military commissar."
When Smirnov heard that Lunev was from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch violently a few times, but he still said politely: "Hello, Comrade Military Commissar, nice to meet you."
Then, Sokov introduced Samyko to the other party: "This is my chief of staff, Major General Samyko."
When Samyko shook hands with Smirnov, he stared directly at the other person and refused to let go. Seeing that Samyko's behavior was a bit rude, Sokov was about to remind him when he heard him ask unexpectedly: "General Smirnov, if I guess correctly, you have served as an infantryman in Podolsk before. The principal of the college, right?"
When Smirnov heard Samyko ask this, he couldn't help showing an expression of astonishment on his face: "General Samyko, how did you know? Did you know me before?"
"No, no, no, General Smirnov, actually this is the first time I see you today." Samyko shook his head and said: "The reason why I asked you if you have served as the principal of the Podolsk Infantry Academy is because I recently chatted with cadets at the Podolsk Infantry Academy and heard them mention you.”
"What, you have students from the Podolsk Infantry Academy here?" Smirnov's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard what Samyko said. He reached out and grabbed Samyko's arms and asked excitedly: " General Sameko, where are they? Can you take me to see them?"
"It's a pity, General Smirnov." When Sokov heard this, he also understood that the elderly general in front of him was the former principal of the Podolsk Infantry Academy. He said in a regretful tone: "You are late. If you had arrived an hour or two earlier, you would have been able to see your former students."
"Then where are they now?"
"They have already followed the third echelon and moved towards Kremenchug."
