Although Sokov once commanded the 53rd Army, there were many people who were dissatisfied with him. In order to quickly establish his prestige, Sokov decided to start by solving the equipment of the troops. As long as the troops are equipped with sophisticated weapons, their chances of winning battles will be greatly improved. Once a few battles are won, commanders at all levels will completely change their impressions of themselves.
To obtain weapons and equipment, the first person Sokov thought of was naturally Yakov. Although you can get the equipment you want by following the normal steps, the waiting time is very long. The weapons and equipment obtained through Yakov can arm the army in a few days at most.
With the help of the director of the communications corps, the call was quickly connected.
"Yasha, it's me."
"It's Misha." Yakov on the other end of the phone was obviously a little distracted: "I called your home last night, but no one answered. Where did you go?"
"I was at General Konev's headquarters last night."
"Oh, it turns out it's at General Konev's headquarters." After Yakov said this casually, his whole body was shaken, and then he suddenly stood up from his seat and asked in surprise: "What, you At General Konev’s headquarters? I said, why did you suddenly run to the front line quietly?”
"Major General Tarasov, the commander of the 53rd Army, was injured and could no longer continue to command the troops. General Konev applied to the Supreme Command to let me take over the position of commander of the group army." Sokov explained: "Due to the military situation It was urgent. As soon as this appointment was approved by the high command, I flew to the front line."
"I really didn't expect you to return to the front line so soon." Yakov said with emotion: "I thought that even if you finished your studies, you would have to wait a few more months before you could return to the front line. By the way, call me. What’s wrong with the phone?”
After Yakov just asked this question, before Sokov could answer, he guessed the answer: "Misha, why did you call me about weapons and equipment?"
Now that Yakov had guessed his intention, Sokov did not hide it, but truthfully told the other party the current equipment situation of his army, and finally said: "Yasha, you have to help me this time , otherwise my troops will definitely be beaten to pieces by the Germans who broke through. To be honest, I have been fighting for so long, and I have never encountered such a situation where the quality of the soldiers is so poor, and the weapons and equipment are so bad..."
Smirnov next to him heard Sokov talking about his troops, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch violently. He deliberately reminded Sokov not to say this, so as not to damage the image of the troops. But just as he was about to move forward, he was held back by Ponejelin, who shook his head at him and signaled not to disturb Sokov's call.
In order to figure out what was going on, Smirnov pulled Ponedelin aside and asked in a low voice: "Old man Ponedelin, you heard how the commander commented on the troops, couldn't I remind him? , lest the image of the army be damaged?"
"Smirnov, you may have misunderstood the commander." Ponedelin explained: "Although the commander said that the troops are useless, only through this method of selling misery can we get what we want. Weaponry."
"But doing so may affect the image of our army."
"Put him down, Smirnov." Ponedelin said with a smile: "Comrade Commander is not a person who talks nonsense. What he said today, if it weren't for an old friend like Colonel Yakov, would be They won't say it at all. This is just a joke among their friends and will not have any adverse impact on the image of the army."
Smirnov did not know Yakov's true identity, so he was skeptical of Ponedelin's statement: ""Is it really like this?"
"Smirnov, you and I have been old friends for more than ten or twenty years, and I don't want to hide some things from you." Ponedelin asked, "Do you know who Yakov is?"
"Who is it?" Smirnov replied stupidly: "Isn't it a colonel from the Weapons and Equipment Department? You know, the most common people working there are school-level officers."
"But the identity of this school-level officer is not simple." Ponedelin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he lowered his voice and said to Smirnov: "You may not know that he is the Supreme Commander himself. His eldest son Yakov. In the weapons and equipment department, even Comrade Ustinov wants to give him three points. Although he is only a colonel now, he will become a general sooner or later. "
"Ah, the commander is talking to the son of the supreme commander himself?" Smirnov was startled and broke into a cold sweat: "Oh my God, this is simply unbelievable."
"Although Colonel Yakov's identity is not a secret in the Weapons and Equipment Department." After Ponedelin explained Yakov's identity to Smirnov, he specifically reminded him: "But here, we still need to be strict. It’s confidential, so please don’t tell anyone.”
When Ponedelin and Smirnov returned to the table, Sokov had finished the phone call and was sitting at the table in a daze. Ponejelin asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, have all the weapons and equipment problems been solved?"
Sokov looked up at Ponedelin standing in front of him, frowned and said: "Colonel Yakov promised to give me a batch of 75mm artillery, which can be transported to Hill 239 as soon as the afternoon."
"75mm artillery?" Ponejelin said with some confusion: "Our army uses 76.2mm artillery. Where did these 75mm artillery come from? Comrade Commander, Colonel Yakov can't Is the wrong data reported?"
"No, Major Ponejelin." Sokov shook his head and said, "When I first heard about the caliber of this artillery piece, I was worried that he had said it wrong. I asked him specifically and then confirmed that he did not. Wrong."
"But, what the hell is this 75mm artillery piece?" Ponejelin continued: "I have never added artillery pieces of this caliber."
"Comrade Commander," at this moment, Smirnov asked: "Can you tell me the name of this artillery?"
"Scream, shout..." Hearing Smirnov's question, Sokov seemed particularly embarrassed because he didn't remember the name of that artillery at all.
Just when Sokov was in a dilemma, he heard Smirnov ask again: "Comrade Commander, are these 75mm artillery Bofors field artillery produced in Sweden?"
Smirnov's words gave Sokov a wake-up call. He nodded vigorously and continued: "Yes, that's right, that's what Yakov said. Why, Comrade Chief of Staff, what do you think of this kind of field artillery?" Do you also understand?"
Although Sokov once commanded the 53rd Army, there were many people who were dissatisfied with him. In order to quickly establish his prestige, Sokov decided to start by solving the equipment of the troops. As long as the troops are equipped with sophisticated weapons, their chances of winning battles will be greatly improved. Once a few battles are won, commanders at all levels will completely change their impressions of themselves.
To obtain weapons and equipment, the first person Sokov thought of was naturally Yakov. Although you can get the equipment you want by following the normal steps, the waiting time is very long. The weapons and equipment obtained through Yakov can arm the army in a few days at most.
With the help of the director of the communications corps, the call was quickly connected.
"Yasha, it's me."
"It's Misha." Yakov on the other end of the phone was obviously a little distracted: "I called your home last night, but no one answered. Where did you go?"
"I was at General Konev's headquarters last night."
"Oh, it turns out it's at General Konev's headquarters." After Yakov said this casually, his whole body was shaken, and then he suddenly stood up from his seat and asked in surprise: "What, you At General Konev’s headquarters? I said, why did you suddenly run to the front line quietly?”
"Major General Tarasov, the commander of the 53rd Army, was injured and could no longer continue to command the troops. General Konev applied to the Supreme Command to let me take over the position of commander of the group army." Sokov explained: "Due to the military situation It was urgent. As soon as this appointment was approved by the high command, I flew to the front line."
"I really didn't expect you to return to the front line so soon." Yakov said with emotion: "I thought that even if you finished your studies, you would have to wait a few more months before you could return to the front line. By the way, call me. What’s wrong with the phone?”
After Yakov just asked this question, before Sokov could answer, he guessed the answer: "Misha, why did you call me about weapons and equipment?"
Now that Yakov had guessed his intention, Sokov did not hide it, but truthfully told the other party the current equipment situation of his army, and finally said: "Yasha, you have to help me this time , otherwise my troops will definitely be beaten to pieces by the Germans who broke through. To be honest, I have been fighting for so long, and I have never encountered such a situation where the quality of the soldiers is so poor, and the weapons and equipment are so bad..."
Smirnov next to him heard Sokov talking about his troops, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but twitch violently. He deliberately reminded Sokov not to say this, so as not to damage the image of the troops. But just as he was about to move forward, he was held back by Ponejelin, who shook his head at him and signaled not to disturb Sokov's call.
In order to figure out what was going on, Smirnov pulled Ponedelin aside and asked in a low voice: "Old man Ponedelin, you heard how the commander commented on the troops, couldn't I remind him? , lest the image of the army be damaged?"
"Smirnov, you may have misunderstood the commander." Ponedelin explained: "Although the commander said that the troops are useless, only through this method of selling misery can we get what we want. Weaponry."
"But doing so may affect the image of our army."
"Put him down, Smirnov." Ponedelin said with a smile: "Comrade Commander is not a person who talks nonsense. What he said today, if it weren't for an old friend like Colonel Yakov, would be They won't say it at all. This is just a joke among their friends and will not have any adverse impact on the image of the army."
Smirnov did not know Yakov's true identity, so he was skeptical of Ponedelin's statement: ""Is it really like this?"
"Smirnov, you and I have been old friends for more than ten or twenty years, and I don't want to hide some things from you." Ponedelin asked, "Do you know who Yakov is?"
"Who is it?" Smirnov replied stupidly: "Isn't it a colonel from the Weapons and Equipment Department? You know, the most common people working there are school-level officers."
"But the identity of this school-level officer is not simple." Ponedelin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he lowered his voice and said to Smirnov: "You may not know that he is the Supreme Commander himself. His eldest son Yakov. In the weapons and equipment department, even Comrade Ustinov wants to give him three points. Although he is only a colonel now, he will become a general sooner or later. "
"Ah, the commander is talking to the son of the supreme commander himself?" Smirnov was startled and broke into a cold sweat: "Oh my God, this is simply unbelievable."
"Although Colonel Yakov's identity is not a secret in the Weapons and Equipment Department." After Ponedelin explained Yakov's identity to Smirnov, he specifically reminded him: "But here, we still need to be strict. It’s confidential, so please don’t tell anyone.”
When Ponedelin and Smirnov returned to the table, Sokov had finished the phone call and was sitting at the table in a daze. Ponejelin asked tentatively: "Comrade Commander, have all the weapons and equipment problems been solved?"
Sokov looked up at Ponedelin standing in front of him, frowned and said: "Colonel Yakov promised to give me a batch of 75mm artillery, which can be transported to Hill 239 as soon as the afternoon."
"75mm artillery?" Ponejelin said with some confusion: "Our army uses 76.2mm artillery. Where did these 75mm artillery come from? Comrade Commander, Colonel Yakov can't Is the wrong data reported?"
"No, Major Ponejelin." Sokov shook his head and said, "When I first heard the caliber of this artillery piece, I was also worried that he had said it wrong. I asked him specifically and then confirmed that he did not. Wrong."
"But, what the hell is this 75mm artillery piece?" Ponejelin continued: "I have never added artillery pieces of this caliber."
"Comrade Commander," at this moment, Smirnov asked: "Can you tell me the name of this artillery?"
"Scream, shout..." Hearing Smirnov's question, Sokov seemed particularly embarrassed because he didn't remember the name of that artillery at all.
Just when Sokov was in a dilemma, he heard Smirnov ask again: "Comrade Commander, are these 75mm artillery Bofors field artillery produced in Sweden?"
Smirnov's words gave Sokov a wake-up call. He nodded vigorously and continued: "Yes, that's right, that's the name Yakov said. Why, Comrade Chief of Staff, what do you think of this kind of field artillery?" Do you also understand?" Smirnov's words gave Sokov a wake-up call. He nodded vigorously and continued: "Yes, that's right, that's the name Yakov said. Why, Comrade Chief of Staff, you Do you also know about this kind of field artillery?"
