Red Moscow.

Chapter 2808 The commander is barely

"There is one more thing, Comrade Stalin." Although Stalin has made it clear that the personnel appointment power of the Western Front Army is left to Zhukov to be responsible, Zhukov did not dare to make decisions on Romanlov's work arrangements without authorization, and must be approved by Stalin. : "It is about the appointment of another comrade, and Rokosovsky believes that the person can be appointed as deputy commander of the 16th Army."

"Who is it?"

"Major General Romanlov, the former commander of the 172nd Infantry Division, was affiliated with the Western Front and had fought cruel battles with the enemy in the Mogilev area."

Although Stalin was busy with all his time, he could remember the names of each division. At this moment, when Zhukov mentioned Romanov's name, he couldn't help but frown: "Didn't he disappear after the battle to defend Mogilev? Why, where did he emerge from?"

"Comrade Stalin, he was not missing, but unfortunately he was captured by the German army because of his injury when breaking through the siege. He was locked in a prisoner of war camp near Mogilev." Zhukov glanced at Romanlo, who was standing next to him with his back straight. Hu, continued: "This time Major Sokov and the Ministry of Internal Affairs Special Group rescued him in the action to welcome Yakov."

"Has it been reviewed?" Zhukov heard Stalin's question and immediately understood what the other party meant. He was worried that the captured people would be betrayed, so he explained: "I think General Romanlov is completely trustworthy. If If you are worried, I will immediately arrange for a person to review him."

"Comrade Zhukov, since you trust him, then you will be exempted from the review of him." Stalin asked lightly: "Didn't you say that he was captured because of injury? How is his health? He is competent for the deputy commander Is it a job?”

"Comrade Stalin, I have already learned about it." Zhukov replied, "If he had to carry his weapons and charge with the soldiers, it would definitely not work. But I think it would be better to stay in the headquarters and be responsible for the command of the troops. There is no big problem."

Stalin thought about Zhukov's proposal for a moment, feeling that although Romanlov had been a prisoner of the Germans, since Zhukov promised that he had no problems, then there must be no problem with him as Rokosovsky's deputy. . With a decision made, he said to the microphone: "Comrade Zhukov, since you think General Romanlov is suitable for the position of deputy commander, let him take office as soon as possible."

After Stalin hung up the phone, Zhukov extended his hand to Romanov and said with a smile: "General Romanov, congratulations, from now on, he will officially serve as deputy commander of the 16th Army."

After Rokosovsky and others shook hands with Romalov, they also extended their hand to each other: "General Romalov, welcome you to be a member of the 16th Army."

"Thank you, Comrade Commander." Romanlov was very grateful to Rokosovsky. If the other party had not proposed to let him serve as deputy commander, he would not know what fate he would face. You should know that no matter what kind of military achievements you have achieved before, as long as you have been a prisoner of the enemy, you will be thrown into another account and even sent directly to the military court. Rokosovsky's proposal is undoubtedly a rescue Own.

"Report!" Sokov's voice came from the door, and he asked Zhukov in the room, "Can you come in?"

Zhukov nodded slightly: "Of course, of course."

Sokov walked into the office, looked at Zhukov and asked, "Comrade General, my mission has been completed. Can I return to the 5th Army Command?"

"Misha!" Zhukov said with a smile: "You may not be able to go back."

Sokov was startled and asked back, "Why?"

"Rokosovsky intends to let you go to his troops and let you be the leader of the regiment." Zhukov said, "I have agreed."

"Did General Potapov agree?" As soon as Sokov said this, he immediately realized that he was asking this, which seemed to be questioning Zhukov. He quickly explained: "Comrade General, I turned out to be a guard at the 37th Army Command. The company commander of the company, not long ago, General Potapov persuaded General Vrasov to transfer me to his troops. Now, I have not been under his command for long, and I will be transferred to another person again. Force, I'm worried about what General Potapov would think."

"Misha, you don't have to worry about this." Zhukov said, "I will call General Potapov to explain. By the way, General Romanlov you rescued will also go to the 16th Army like you. As deputy commander.”

Sokov was surprised and relieved when he heard that Romanov would serve as deputy commander of the 16th Army. In this way, Romanov would not have been a flash in the pan like real history. , it disappears into the long river of history.

"Georgi Konstantinovich!" Rokosovsky said, "It's getting late, are we allowed to leave?"

"Go." Zhukov nodded and said, "Be careful on the road!"

When he arrived outside the door, Sokov saw two jeeps parked on the side of the road outside, and several officers and soldiers stood beside the car, probably Rokosovsky's guards.

Seeing Rokosovsky coming out of the headquarters, a second lieutenant quickly opened the door of the rear row and respectfully asked Rokosovsky to get in.

Rokosovsky walked to the car but did not get on the car immediately. Instead, he politely said to Romanov: "Comrade Deputy Commander, please get on the car first!"

After thanking Romallov, he got into the car first.

The second lieutenant standing next to him showed a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't understand where a deputy commander appeared.

Before getting on the car, Rokosovsky turned his head to Sokov standing next to him and said, "Misha, get into the car behind." After that, he got into the car and let the second lieutenant close the door. .

Sokov got on the jeep behind, and a famous soldier in the car asked curiously: "Comrade Major, are you just transferred to our army?"

"Yes, I just transferred."

The warrior asked curiously: "Have you ever fought a war?"

Sokov smiled slightly and replied, "I have fought. I have fought with the Germans in the battlefields of Mzensk and Borodino."

"You have fought in so many places." The soldier said in surprise: "No wonder he became a major at such a young age."

The jeep soon entered the garrison of the 16th Army Command. This is a village, and the people in the village have long been evacuated. Nowadays, people who are active in the village are all commanders and fighters of the 16th Army.

The car stopped in front of a wooden house, and Rokosovsky led the two into the headquarters.

There was a busy scene in the room. Rokosovsky called several main members of the headquarters and introduced them to them, "Comrades, I will introduce you to you. This is General Romanov. It turns out that Commander of the 172nd Infantry Division. From now on, he is the new deputy commander of our army."

After introducing Romanov's identity to everyone, he turned around and introduced the main members of the headquarters to Romanov. The first person was Lobachev: "This is Alexey Ander, a military member of the Army. Comrade Reevec Lobachev!”

"Hello, comrade of the military committee!"

"Hello, Deputy Commander!"

"Chief of Staff, Colonel Malinin, Director of Communications Corps, Colonel Maximenko, Director of Armored Forces, Colonel O'God." After Rokosovsky introduced several other members, he added: "Major General Kazakov, Director of Artillery, Major General Kazakov, Director of Artillery, was added. I went to inspect the artillery unit. When he came back, I will introduce you to you."

"Comrade Commander!" Malining saw Sokov standing aside and couldn't help asking Rokosovsky curiously: "Who is this major?"

"Let me introduce it. This is Major Sokov." Rokosovsky said to everyone with a smile: "One hour ago, he was also an adjutant to General Potapov, the commander of the 5th Army, but since now At first, he was a member of our army and I plan to appoint him as the leader of the regiment.”

Hearing Rokosovsky mention his name to everyone, Sokov quickly took two steps forward and raised his hand to salute and greet the commanders who were familiar to the previous life.

"Comrade Commander," Malining looked at Rokosovsky and asked, "Which regiment do you plan to let him serve as the regiment commander?" The reason he asked was because there was no regiment in the troops under the army. The position of leader of the group appeared vacant.

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After hearing this, Rokosovsky smiled slightly and then said, "I plan to let him go to the independent regiment directly under the headquarters to serve as the leader."

Malining asked a little confusedly: "But, Comrade Commander, our army does not have an independent regiment?"

"Now there is." Rokosovsky finished speaking, turning to Sokov and said, "Major Sokov, from now on, you are the leader of the independent regiment directly under the army."

Sokov heard from the conversation between Malinin and Rokosovsky that the regiment did not exist at all, so he asked Rokosovsky with a wry smile: "Comrade Commander, I wonder how many troops this regiment has?"

“So far, you are the only one.”

When Sokov heard this, his heart suddenly became cold and said that he was the commander of the regiment, but in the end he was a commander who was alone. There was no other person in the regiment except himself.

Looking at Sokov's bitter face, Rokosovsky laughed: "Major Sokov, although you are the only one now, I will replenish you some troops soon, but the number will not be too large. , probably looks like a company. As for the remaining soldiers, you can only find a way to solve them yourself."

"Comrade Commander, can you send me to a regiment with incomplete system and serve as the leader?" For Sokov, if it is better to form a regiment by his own strength than to directly reach the regiment with incomplete system and the organization is not as good as the regiment directly It is easy to be the leader of the regiment. Just like in the stock market, it is easier to go public than to go public through a backdoor listing.

"Sorry, Major Sokov." Rokosovsky shook his head and said, "I don't have an incomplete regiment in my hands at the moment, so you can only form a regiment yourself."

"Major Sokov," said Malining, "two months ago, when Comrade Commander was appointed as the commander of the combat cluster, the Front Command gave him only one staff team to the Yarcevo area. To contain the defeated troops and organize combat clusters to block the enemy in the area. It seems impossible to complete the task, but the commander quickly accommodates the scattered troops in the area with his staff team and in the shortest Within time, a new line of defense has been built."

After Malining reminded him, Sokov immediately remembered that Rokosovsky's memoirs did mention this matter. With a team of more than a dozen staff members, he formed a unit of tens of thousands in just a few days, and followed the orders of the Supreme Command to build a new line of defense in the Yarcevo area. Now Rokosovsky promised to give himself a company of troops and to form a new regiment based on this, which is probably a test for him.

Thinking of the hundreds of thousands of troops that were trapped in the German siege in the Viazima area, some of them will soon be able to break through the siege. If you take these troops into your own, then let alone form a regiment, even if you form a division, you may not have one. What a big problem.

After understanding this question, Sokov nodded vigorously and replied loudly: "Comrade Commander, Comrade Chief of Staff, I accept your appointment. I will form the independent regiment in the shortest time and form it as soon as possible. Combat power.”

Hearing Sokov say this, Rokosovsky showed a gratified smile on his face: "Major Sokov, I believe you have such ability. I hope you will achieve more brilliant results in the next battle. .”

Malining also said, "Comrade Major, I will take you to the guard battalion commander and ask him to draw a guard company to your command."

When Malining took Sokov out of the command center, O'Rioer asked Rokosovsky: "Comrade Commander, what is the origin of this major? It seems that he is not old, so why did he become a major? ? ”

O'Goer's doubts make sense. In the Soviet army at the beginning of the war, people who had to be at least over thirty years old and had been in the army for about ten years could become majors. Sokov looks like he is in his early twenties. Maybe he can become a major because he is a background.

"Col. Ozol," Rokosovsky saw that Ozol questioned Sokov's rank, so he explained to him specifically: "The reason why Comrade Sokov was able to obtain the rank of major at a young age was that he could obtain the rank of major. , it was entirely because of his ability and his military achievements. "As he said, he told the story about Sokov in detail to everyone in the room.

After listening to Rokosovsky's story, everyone suddenly realized that Sokov was able to obtain the rank of major because of his background, but because of his ability and performance on the battlefield, he was able to obtain the rank of major. It's just reasonable.

After Romainlov and Rokosovsky finished speaking, he suggested, "Comrade Commander, I want to form a unit of hundreds or even thousands of people in a short period of time, with Major Sokov's ability. There shouldn't be much problem. But he doesn't have any commander in his hands. It's probably not easy to make the troops develop combat effectiveness."

"Comrade Deputy Commander, don't worry." Rokosovsky said: "When his regiment has a certain number of troops, I will send a group of commanders to his regiment to assist him in his work, and you will relax. Heart. ”

(End of this chapter)