When a convoy of more than a dozen jeeps and five trucks appeared in everyone's sight, Gorokhov's eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my God, why are there so many jeeps? Is it possible that General Konev Come to us in person?"
Smirnov stared at the convoy for a while, shook his head and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, I don't think so. If the commander of the front army is really coming, there should be at least a few armored vehicles in the convoy. But look, They were all jeeps, not even an armored vehicle."
"Who could it be?" Gorokhov said with some dissatisfaction: "This new commander has come to us to take office, and he has to bring so many followers with him. He must be too arrogant."
Soon, the motorcade stopped near the welcoming crowd.
Koshkin, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the second car, waited for the car to stop, immediately opened the door and got out, opened the rear door, then stood straight by the door, waiting quietly for Sokov come out.
When the car first entered the town, Sokov saw Smirnov and Gorokhov standing at the door of the headquarters. After Koshkin opened the door, Sokov bent down and got out of the car, sorting out He took off his clothes and walked towards where the two of them were.
"General Sokov?" Seeing that the person coming out of the car was actually Sokov, Smirnov said in great surprise: "Why is it you?"
While shaking hands with Smirnov, Sokov smiled and asked: "Chief of Staff Smirnov, why can't it be me?"
"I asked the Chief of Staff of the Front Army two days ago. He said that you have not completed your studies at the Frunze Military Academy. I am afraid it will take a long time before you can return to the front line." Smirnov said with a smile on his face. He said happily: "I didn't expect that the new commander would be you. This is really surprising."
"You are right. According to the study plan, I will stay at the Frunze Military Academy for at least half a year. However, because Major General Tarasov was accidentally injured, my superiors made a temporary decision to let me end my studies early and come here to take over. The position of commander of the 53rd Army."
"Hello, General Sokov." Gorokhov stepped forward to shake hands with Sokov. At the same time, he nodded at the trainees who were lining up after getting off the bus and asked: "Those commanders followed you from Moscow. Right?"
"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov nodded and said: "They are all students in the intermediate commander training class of the Frunze Military Academy. They have participated in many battles before enrolling and have rich experience in command and combat. Experience. This time I brought them here, some of them will stay at the headquarters as staff members, while others will be assigned to the units below to serve as regimental commanders."
At this time, Ponedelin and others also came over. Just when Sokov was about to introduce to Smirnov, he saw a look of astonishment on Smirnov's face: "Oh my God, General Ponejelin, is it you or your ghost that I see?”
"Hello, General Smirnov." Ponedelin and Smirnov are old acquaintances, and they were promoted to major generals at the same time, but now his military rank is only major, so after saluting him, he said respectfully Say: "It's a pleasure to see you here. I will work under your leadership in the future."
"General Sokov, what's going on?" After listening to Ponedelin, Smirnov turned to ask Sokov: "Why does General Ponedelin wear the rank of major?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," regarding the issue of Ponedelin, Sokov did not want to discuss it in public, so he said vaguely: "I will tell you about this another time. You first send someone to settle the people behind me." These students.”
Smirnov agreed, called a staff officer, and gave him a few instructions in a low voice. After the staff left, Smirnov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the headquarters first."
Sokov took Ponedelin and the three of them into the headquarters, followed by Smirnov and Gorokhov.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov asked straight to the point as soon as he sat down: "I heard that not long ago, our superiors gave us a large number of additional troops. Is this true?"
"That's right, Comrade Commander." Smirnov nodded and replied affirmatively: "We have indeed added new soldiers to each division of our group army. Today's Guards Division has an establishment of 10,000 people. Ordinary infantry There are also eight thousand people in the division."
Kirillov behind Sokov whispered: "There are so many people."
"Comrade Major," Smirnov didn't know Kirillov and could only address him by his military rank: "You don't know something. After our army broke through the Dnieper River defense line, it exposed the problem of insufficient manpower. . For this reason, we had to recruit local troops in Ukraine. The quality of these recruits was extremely poor and their military morale was unstable, so they could only fill up the numbers."
Sokov had long known that these new recruits were of no use. After Smirnov finished speaking, he asked casually: "Comrade Chief of Staff, where do our new recruits come from?"
"Our recruits mainly come from two places." Smirnov said: "One is Klemenkoug, and the other is Kirovgrad, which was just liberated."
Gorokhov added on the side: "What the Chief of Staff said makes sense. The recruits from these two cities have been under German rule for two years and their sense of identity with us has declined. We still need to spend a certain amount of money." Time will change him."
It was Gorokhov's job to do ideological work for the soldiers. Sokov did not intend to interfere too much. Instead, he turned to ask Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, how is our equipment?"
When a convoy of more than a dozen jeeps and five trucks appeared in everyone's sight, Gorokhov's eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my God, why are there so many jeeps? Is it possible that General Konev Come to us in person?”
Smirnov stared at the convoy for a while, shook his head and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, I don't think so. If the commander of the front army is really coming, there should be at least a few armored vehicles in the convoy. But look, They were all jeeps, not even an armored vehicle."
"Who could it be?" Gorokhov said with some dissatisfaction: "This new commander has come to us to take office, and he has to bring so many followers with him. He must be too arrogant."
Soon, the motorcade stopped near the welcoming crowd.
Koshkin, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the second car, waited for the car to stop, immediately opened the door and got out, opened the rear door, then stood straight by the door, waiting quietly for Sokov come out.
When the car first entered the town, Sokov saw Smirnov and Gorokhov standing at the door of the headquarters. After Koshkin opened the door, Sokov bent down and got out of the car, sorting out He took off his clothes and walked towards where the two of them were.
"General Sokov?" Seeing that the person coming out of the car was actually Sokov, Smirnov said in great surprise: "Why is it you?"
While shaking hands with Smirnov, Sokov smiled and asked: "Chief of Staff Smirnov, why can't it be me?"
"I asked the Chief of Staff of the Front Army two days ago. He said that you have not completed your studies at the Frunze Military Academy. I am afraid it will take a long time before you can return to the front line." Smirnov said with a smile on his face. He said happily: "I didn't expect that the new commander would be you. This is really surprising."
"You are right. According to the study plan, I will stay at the Frunze Military Academy for at least half a year. However, because Major General Tarasov was accidentally injured, my superiors made a temporary decision to let me end my studies early and come here to take over. The position of commander of the 53rd Army Group."
"Hello, General Sokov." Gorokhov stepped forward to shake hands with Sokov. At the same time, he nodded at the trainees who were lining up after getting off the bus and asked: "Those commanders followed you from Moscow. Right?"
"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov nodded and said: "They are all students in the intermediate commander training class of the Frunze Military Academy. They have participated in many battles before enrolling and have rich experience in command and combat. Experience. This time I brought them here, some of them will stay at the headquarters as staff members, while others will be assigned to the units below to serve as regimental commanders."
At this time, Ponedelin and others also came over. Just when Sokov was about to introduce to Smirnov, he saw a look of astonishment on Smirnov's face: "Oh my God, General Ponejelin, is it you or your ghost that I see?”
"Hello, General Smirnov." Ponedelin and Smirnov are old acquaintances, and they were promoted to major generals at the same time, but now his military rank is only major, so after saluting him, he said respectfully Say: "It's a pleasure to see you here. I will work under your leadership in the future."
"General Sokov, what's going on?" After listening to Ponedelin, Smirnov turned to ask Sokov: "Why does General Ponedelin wear the rank of major?"
"Comrade Chief of Staff," regarding the issue of Ponedelin, Sokov did not want to discuss it in public, so he said vaguely: "I will tell you about this another time. You first send someone to settle the people behind me." These students.”
Smirnov agreed, called a staff officer, and gave him a few instructions in a low voice. After the staff left, Smirnov said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is not the place to talk. Let's go back to the headquarters first."
Sokov took Ponedelin and the three of them into the headquarters, followed by Smirnov and Gorokhov.
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Sokov asked straight to the point as soon as he sat down: "I heard that not long ago, our superiors gave us a large number of additional troops. Is this true?"
"That's right, Comrade Commander." Smirnov nodded and replied affirmatively: "We have indeed added new soldiers to each division of our group army. Today's Guards Division has an establishment of 10,000 people. Ordinary infantry There are also eight thousand people in the division."
Kirillov behind Sokov whispered: "There are so many people."
"Comrade Major," Smirnov didn't know Kirillov and could only address him by his military rank: "You don't know something. After our army broke through the Dnieper River defense line, it exposed the problem of insufficient manpower. . For this reason, we had to recruit local troops in Ukraine. The quality of these recruits was extremely poor and their military morale was unstable, so they could only fill up the numbers."
Sokov had long known that these new recruits were of no use. After Smirnov finished speaking, he asked casually: "Comrade Chief of Staff, where do our new recruits come from?"
"Our recruits mainly come from two places." Smirnov said: "One is Klemenkoug, and the other is Kirovgrad, which was just liberated."
Gorokhov added on the side: "What the Chief of Staff said makes sense. The recruits from these two cities have been under German rule for two years and their sense of identity with us has declined. We still need to spend a certain amount of money." Time will change him."
It was Gorokhov's job to do ideological work for the soldiers. Sokov did not intend to interfere too much. Instead, he turned to ask Smirnov: "Comrade Chief of Staff, how is our equipment?"
When a convoy of more than a dozen jeeps and five trucks appeared in everyone's sight, Gorokhov's eyes widened in surprise: "Oh my God, why are there so many jeeps? Is it possible that General Konev Come to us in person?”
Smirnov stared at the convoy for a while, shook his head and said: "Comrade Military Commissar, I don't think so. If the commander of the front army is really coming, there should be at least a few armored vehicles in the convoy. But look, They were all jeeps, not even an armored vehicle."
"Who could it be?" Gorokhov said with some dissatisfaction: "This new commander has come to us to take office, and he has to bring so many followers with him. He must be too arrogant."
Soon, the motorcade stopped near the welcoming crowd.
Koshkin, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the second car, waited for the car to stop, immediately opened the door and got out, opened the rear door, then stood straight by the door, waiting quietly for Sokov come out.
When the car first entered the town, Sokov saw Smirnov and Gorokhov standing at the door of the headquarters. After Koshkin opened the door, Sokov bent down and got out of the car, sorting out He took off his clothes and walked towards where the two of them were.
"General Sokov?" Seeing that the person coming out of the car was actually Sokov, Smirnov said in great surprise: "Why is it you?" "I asked the Chief of Staff of the Front Army two days ago, He said that you have not completed your studies at the Frunze Military Academy, and I am afraid you will have to wait a long time before you can return to the front line." Smirnov said with joy: "I really didn't expect that the new commander It’s really surprising that the member of staff is you.”
"You are right. According to the study plan, I will stay at the Frunze Military Academy for at least half a year. However, because Major General Tarasov was accidentally injured, my superiors made a temporary decision to let me end my studies early and come here to take over. The position of commander of the 53rd Army Group."
"Yes, Comrade Military Commissar." Sokov nodded and said: "They are all students in the intermediate commander training class of the Frunze Military Academy. They have participated in many battles before enrolling and have rich experience in command and combat. Experience. This time I brought them here, some of them will stay at the headquarters as staff members, while others will be assigned to the units below to serve as regimental commanders."
