Napoleon once said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Sokov's goal is not just to be a general, he even has a dream to become a marshal of the Soviet Union one day in the future. Although this dream is very slim and distant, he never gives up, just in case it comes true one day.
When Sokov was distracted, he suddenly heard Samek calling him, turned around and asked: "Chief of Staff, what's the matter?"
"Commander Konev wants to speak to you." Samyko said, handing over the microphone in his hand.
Sokov quickly stood up and took the microphone from the other party's hand, put it to his ear, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander of the Front Army, what are your instructions?"
Konev's displeased voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Sokov, didn't I tell you that once the losses of the German 8th Armored Division are calculated, you will report them to me immediately? How long has it been? , why haven’t you reported it yet?”
Faced with Konev's accusation, Sokov did not dare to defend himself. He quickly covered the microphone with his hand and asked Samyko in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, have the losses of the German 8th Armored Division been calculated?"
"I just received the report from the reconnaissance office, and I haven't had time to report it to you yet." Samek said, passing a piece of paper in front of Sokov: "This is the loss of the German army."
Sokov took the paper, quickly read through the contents, released his hand covering the microphone, and reported to Konev: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, according to the statistics of our reconnaissance team, the bombing before dawn destroyed 21 German Panzer IV tanks were destroyed, 4 survived; 51 Panther tanks were destroyed, 29 survived; 19 assault guns were destroyed, 11 survived. In addition, German armored vehicles and trucks were destroyed..."
"Okay, no need to say more." Konev interrupted Sokov before he could finish. "Except for German tanks and assault guns, I have no interest in other vehicles."
"Comrade Commander of the Front Army," Sokov said, he was very satisfied with the results of this bombing. The 8th Armored Division originally had 135 tanks and assault guns. After this round of bombing, 91 tanks and assault guns were lost, accounting for 67.4% of the total. Such a record is quite gratifying: "The effect of this round of bombing by the Air Force against the German army was very obvious. The German 8th Armored Division had less than half of its tanks and assault guns left. In the following battle, they basically It won’t have much effect.”
"Comrade Sokov, does such a small victory make you complacent?" Konev said on the phone: "You know, when our bomber group bombed the German tanks and assault guns, these battles The vehicles were parked in place, almost like targets, but our bombing still failed to wipe them all out, which is really a shame."
Konev's words made Sokov dumbfounded. The German 8th Armored Division only had a total of 135 tanks and assault guns, and now 91 of them have been destroyed. You are not satisfied with such a result. Do you really want the entire German army to be annihilated? ?
However, Sokov did not argue with Konev on this matter, but followed his intention and said: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, after this bombing, I feel that to defend the landing site, we really cannot do without the support of the air force. . As long as they can provide us with air cover at any time, the enemy will never think of taking the landing site from our hands."
"How much air force do you think I should provide you with?"
"I think there are at least two aviation divisions." Sokov replied without hesitation: "One is the bomber aviation division, and the other is the attack aircraft aviation division. The former is artillery and infantry for bombing the enemy, and the latter is specially used to deal with German tanks. .”
"Okay." What Konev was thinking was that as long as Sokov's troops could hold the landing site and ensure that his main force could successfully cross the Dnieper River, it would be worthwhile to give him more support: "If I give What you want, can your troops hold the landing site?”
"It's hard to say if only one of our armies holds on." Sokov said resolutely: "Now there are two armies on both sides of the Dnieper River. We are enough to block any large-scale German attack."
"Very good, very good!" Konev was very satisfied with Sokov's answer: "Do you have any other requirements?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander of the Front Army." Could it be that when Konev asked him to take the initiative to make conditions, Sokov would not let it go easily: "Can you allow us to establish direct contact with the Air Force, so as not to When we need air support, we need to ask for instructions at all levels, which leads to delays in fighter aircraft."
As soon as Sokov mentioned delaying the fighter plane, Konev realized the seriousness of the problem. He frowned and thought about it, and felt that what Sokov said made sense: according to normal procedures, when Sokov needed air support, he must first call himself or Zakharov for instructions. Harov gave orders to Goryunov of the Air Force. After Goryunov received the order to attack, he ordered the fleet to prepare. At least half an hour passed after this back and forth. Every minute on the battlefield was precious. If the commanders and fighters who stood firm did not receive support from the air force for a long time, they might be repulsed by the enemy.
Thinking of this, he said to Sokov: "Comrade Sokov, I will inform General Goryunov to contact you as soon as possible, and the two of you will discuss air-ground coordinated operations."
As soon as Sokov put down the phone, he excitedly said to Managarov and Samyko: "The commander of the front army has just informed me of my request, allowing us to establish direct contact with the air force. In this way, as the defender of the landing site, When the army needs air support, we can immediately contact the air force to attack, and we no longer have to report to the layers like before." Napoleon once said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Sokov's goal is not just He wanted to be a general, and he even had a dream to become a marshal of the Soviet Union one day. Although this dream is very slim and distant, he never gives up, just in case it comes true one day.
When Sokov was distracted, he suddenly heard Samek calling him, turned around and asked: "Chief of Staff, what's the matter?"
"Commander Konev wants to speak to you." Samyko said, handing over the microphone in his hand.
Sokov quickly stood up and took the microphone from the other party's hand, put it to his ear, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander of the Front Army, what are your instructions?"
Konev's displeased voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Sokov, didn't I tell you that once the losses of the German 8th Armored Division are calculated, you will report them to me immediately? How long has it been? , why haven’t you reported it yet?”
Faced with Konev's accusation, Sokov did not dare to defend himself. He quickly covered the microphone with his hand and asked Samyko in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, have the losses of the German 8th Armored Division been calculated?"
"I just received the report from the reconnaissance office, and I haven't had time to report it to you yet." Samek said, passing a piece of paper in front of Sokov: "This is the loss of the German army."
Sokov took the paper, quickly read through the contents, released his hand covering the microphone, and reported to Konev: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, according to the statistics of our reconnaissance team, the bombing before dawn destroyed 21 German Panzer IV tanks were destroyed, 4 survived; 51 Panther tanks were destroyed, 29 survived; 19 assault guns were destroyed, 11 survived. In addition, German armored vehicles and trucks were destroyed..."
"Okay, no need to say more." Konev interrupted Sokov before he could finish. "Except for German tanks and assault guns, I have no interest in other vehicles."
"Comrade Commander of the Front Army," Sokov said, he was very satisfied with the results of this bombing. The 8th Armored Division originally had 135 tanks and assault guns. After this round of bombing, 91 tanks and assault guns were lost, accounting for 67.4% of the total. Such a record is quite gratifying: "The effect of this round of bombing by the Air Force against the German army was very obvious. The German 8th Armored Division had less than half of its tanks and assault guns left. In the following battle, they basically It won’t have much effect.”
"Comrade Sokov, does such a small victory make you complacent?" Konev said on the phone: "You know, when our bomber group bombed the German tanks and assault guns, these battles The vehicles were parked in place, almost like targets, but our bombing still failed to wipe them all out, which is really a shame."
Konev's words made Sokov dumbfounded. The German 8th Armored Division only had a total of 135 tanks and assault guns, and now 91 of them have been destroyed. You are not satisfied with such a result. Do you really want the entire German army to be annihilated? ?
However, Sokov did not argue with Konev on this matter, but followed his intention and said: "Comrade Commander of the Front Army, after this bombing, I feel that to defend the landing site, we really cannot do without the support of the air force. . As long as they can provide us with air cover at any time, the enemy will never think of taking the landing site from our hands."
"How much air force do you think I should provide you with?"
"I think there are at least two aviation divisions." Sokov replied without hesitation: "One is the bomber aviation division, and the other is the attack aircraft aviation division. The former is artillery and infantry for bombing the enemy, and the latter is specially used to deal with German tanks. .”
"Okay." What Konev was thinking was that as long as Sokov's troops could hold the landing site and ensure that his main force could successfully cross the Dnieper River, it would be worthwhile to give him more support: "If I give What you want, can your troops hold the landing site?”
"It's hard to say if only one of our armies holds on." Sokov said resolutely: "Now there are two armies on both sides of the Dnieper River. We are enough to block any large-scale German attack."
"Very good, very good!" Konev was very satisfied with Sokov's answer: "Do you have any other requirements?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander of the Front Army." Could it be that when Konev asked him to take the initiative to make conditions, Sokov would not let it go easily: "Can you allow us to establish direct contact with the Air Force, so as not to When we need air support, we need to ask for instructions at all levels, which leads to delays in fighter aircraft."
As soon as Sokov mentioned delaying the fighter plane, Konev realized the seriousness of the problem. He frowned and thought about it, and felt that what Sokov said made sense: according to normal procedures, when Sokov needed air support, he must first call himself or Zakharov for instructions. Harov gave orders to Goryunov of the Air Force. After Goryunov received the order to attack, he ordered the fleet to prepare. At least half an hour passed after this back and forth. Every minute on the battlefield was precious. If the commanders and fighters who stood firm did not receive support from the air force for a long time, they might be repulsed by the enemy.
Thinking of this, he said to Sokov: "Comrade Sokov, I will inform General Goryunov to contact you as soon as possible, and the two of you will discuss air-ground coordinated operations."
As soon as Sokov put down the phone, he excitedly said to Managarov and Samyko: "The commander of the front army has just informed me of my request, allowing us to establish direct contact with the air force. In this way, as the defender of the landing site, When the army needs air support, we can immediately contact the air force to attack, and we no longer have to report to the layers like before." Napoleon once said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier." Sokov's goal is not just He wanted to be a general, and he even had a dream to become a marshal of the Soviet Union one day. Although this dream is very slim and distant, he never gives up, just in case it comes true one day.
When Sokov was distracted, he suddenly heard Samek calling him, turned around and asked: "Chief of Staff, what's the matter?"
"Commander Konev wants to speak to you." Samyko said, handing over the microphone in his hand.
Sokov quickly stood up and took the microphone from the other party's hand, put it to his ear, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander of the Front Army, what are your instructions?"
Konev's displeased voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Sokov, didn't I tell you that once the losses of the German 8th Armored Division are calculated, you will report them to me immediately? How long has it been? , why haven’t you reported it yet?”
Faced with Konev's accusation, Sokov did not dare to defend himself. He quickly covered the microphone with his hand and asked Samyko in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, have the losses of the German 8th Armored Division been calculated?" Sokov He quickly stood up and took the microphone from the other party's hand, put it to his ear, and said respectfully: "Hello, Comrade Commander of the Front Army, what are your instructions?"
Konev's displeased voice came from the receiver: "Comrade Sokov, didn't I tell you that once the losses of the German 8th Armored Division are calculated, you will report them to me immediately? How long has it been? , why haven’t you reported it yet?”
Faced with Konev's accusation, Sokov did not dare to defend himself. He quickly covered the microphone with his hand and asked Samyko in a low voice: "Chief of Staff, have the losses of the German 8th Armored Division been calculated?"
