Smolensk, Moscow Central Military Region Command...,

Since replacing Yakir as commander of the Central Military Region of Moscow, Triandafilov tried to make changes. The first change he made was to move the headquarters from Moscow to Smolensk. The reason for the official was to be convenient for command. But only Triandafilov himself knew what the real reason was.

The real reason is to stay away from Tukhachevsky. The chief of staff really likes to interfere in the normal work of subordinates in every detail. If his command center stays in Moscow, he will have nothing to do except quarrel with the General Staff all day long.

Just move the headquarters out of Moscow, so that Tukhachevsky could not make any moves nearby. He was so anxious that Triandafilov would dare to cut off the communications with Moscow directly. At that time, Tukhachevsky could still fly to Smolensk?

On the day the headquarters moved to Smolensk, Triandafilov also issued an order to the commanders of the various fronts under his command, requiring the commanders and political commissars to go to his headquarters to hold an emergency meeting.

The topic of this emergency meeting is to discuss the next stage of combat strategies. Of course, I will also understand the actual situation of various fronts.

As of September 20, the Moscow Central Military Region had three fronts under its jurisdiction, the Baltic Front, the Belarus Front and the Ukrainian Front. In the previous stage of the battle, the Belarus Front and the Ukrainian Front suffered heavy losses, with a general loss of one-third. Especially the Ukrainian Front, if it were not for the Caucasian Front and the Central Front, they would not even stand.

Therefore, Triandafilov must immediately reorganize the army and reorganize the troops whose original structure was disrupted or whose command organization was simply destroyed through mergers and reorganizations.

"The Baltic Front reorganized the four armies that were originally disrupted into three, namely the 8th, 9th and 10th armies. The main task of the 8th army is to cooperate with the friendly forces in East Prussia to defend East Prussia and resist the attacks of the German Northern Army Group. It is necessary to ensure the safety of East Prussia. The remaining 9th and 10th armies immediately went to Lithuania and cooperated with the Belarusian Front to close the route of the German Third Tank Cluster and other troops of the Central Army Group to break into the Baltic Three Kingdoms. Comrade Marchian Mikhailovich (**fu), do you have any other opinions?"

** Husband should be familiar with everyone. This brother Taiwan served in the Far East Red Flag Front Army. He was one of the deputy commanders. After experiencing the fall of Stalin, Tukhachevsky was transferred to him after he served as commander of the Far East Red Flag Front Army. In 1940, ** Husband served as commander of the Baltic Naval Military Region and after the military region was adjusted, he served as commander of the Baltic Front.

**The husband actually had an objection to such adjustments, because in the previous battles, his Baltic Front had not shown much initiative at all. In fact, he acted as the Belarusian Front and the Ukrainian Front reserve. In addition to supporting a large number of living forces to those two fronts, the Baltic Front could only defend the enemy blindly.

No one wants to be a spare tire, and **fu was very dissatisfied with the role of the superiors despising the Baltic Front. Especially Triandafilov's adjustment was actually to use the Baltic Front's vitality to fill the pits of Belarus and Ukraine. However, now he really dared not directly oppose Triandafilov's rectification plan. It's very simple. Triandafilov is too big and represents the intention of the Military Commission. He is just a mere front commander and really has no way to resist.

In addition, from the frontline situation, Belarus and Ukraine are indeed more important. The frontline is relatively stable, and the Baltic Front, which is supported by Jews, must take care of the overall situation.

Of course, the husband who should be fought for will still fight for: "Comrade Vladimir, there are only three armies left in the Baltic Front. Is the power too thin? We don't even have a reserve team!"

Triandafilov also knew very well that what he cared about was not the reserve team at all. He gave him a reassurance: "The situation on the front line is too tense now, and the reserve team can only lean towards Ukraine and Belarus, but the military region will give priority to the 11th Army."

The 11th Army originally belonged to the Baltic Front. During Operation Salefal, it was drawn out to reinforce the Belarusian Front and then suffered heavy damage. At this time, the living forces were drawn out again, which was basically an empty arsenal. At present, Triandafilov meant that the supplementary 11th Army will be returned to the Baltic Front, and you don’t have to speak out.

Sure enough, with this sweet date, **fu had no objection. Triandafilov continued to say: "The 3rd, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14th, the army will be assigned to the Belarusian Front, while the 5th, 6, 9, 19, 22, 26th and the Red Flag Independent Coastal Army will be commanded by the Ukrainian Front. In addition, the remaining 11, 16, 19, 20, 21st are used as military reserves."

Triandafilov left himself with a reserve team of five armies, which seemed a bit exaggerated, but in fact it was not an exaggeration at all, because most of the reserve teams of these five armies were empty. For example, Lu Jin's 16th Army suffered heavy losses in the previous blocking battles, and half of the troops in the army were drawn to fill the gaps in other troops, and in fact, there is only one army's strength left now.

The other 19, 20 and 21st armies were similar. The three 19th, 20th and 21st armies were in a slightly better condition. They still retained the strength of two armies, and the rest were only one and a half armies at most. In other words, Triandafirov had six armies in hand, combining two armies.

At this time, the German army launched a full-scale attack on the long front from East Prussia to Ukraine. Are there many reserves of the two armies? I'm afraid there are too few, and there are not enough holes to fill in.

Triandafilov also knew very well that relying solely on the little force at hand to stabilize the front line is almost like dreaming in daylight, and he had to wait for the Military Commission to dispatch reserve teams from other military regions to support him.

However, the Military Commission was also very immense. For example, before the war started, there were four fronts on the western front. Now, to be honest, there are only three left. The central front has been drawn, leaving only the 1st and 2nd Army guarding Norway to Leningrad, and the 7th Army guarding the Moscow front line, as thin as a piece of paper.

"The troops must be drawn from the Far East," Fu Longzhi sighed, "firstly draw the 58th Tank Division from the 30th Mechanized Army of the Far East Red Flag First Army. Then draw the 26th Infantry Division of the 26th Infantry Division, and also draw the 202nd Airborne Brigade from the 18th Infantry Army of the Far East. Well, let the 12th Infantry Army of the Outer Baikal Army also contribute an infantry division, and the 65th Infantry Division! The Central Asia Military Region will contribute the 194th Infantry Division..."

Fu Longzhi knew that the slogans were far from enough, and there were only five divisions in full battle. At least he had to gather an army for the Moscow Central Military Region, otherwise there would be no way to fight that battle. He asked again: "What is the situation of the newly formed 220th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 61st Tank Division? Have the training and preparations been completed?"

Tukhachevsky replied with a bitter face: "These two divisions only completed the recruitment of personnel in June, and most of the soldiers completed the most basic training. The equipment was not fully in place, so it would be difficult to go to the battlefield!"

Fu Longzhi sighed and said, "It's a big deal. Merge these two divisions and the 58th Tank Division to form a new mechanized army, draw officers and non-commissioned officers from the 58th Tank Division, lead the new ones with the old, and let them get into the state as soon as possible!"

Tukhachevsky didn't say anything else, because the situation on the front line is indeed quite tense, especially in Ukraine, where the pressure is high!

Soon, the 38th Mechanized Army, composed of the 58th Tank Division, the 61st Tank Division and the 220th Mechanized Division, was transferred to Kursk to serve as the reserve for the Ukrainian Front. In the near future, the division will soon usher in an unprecedented fierce battle.

Where does this fierce battle start? It also starts with the Brest blocking battle. Guderian was disappointed near Brest and was blocked by Lujin's army for more than ten days. Not only did he slid the gap between the third tank cluster in the north, but he even made his attempt to attack Minsk northwards directly failed.

The German army immediately made a round of adjustments. Given the rapid contraction of the Red Army and the construction of a relatively stable defense line on the Minsk line, a rapid breakthrough from Belarus was impossible. In order to take Moscow as soon as possible and eliminate the Bolsheviks, according to Xiaowang's order, Guderian's second tank cluster would advance east along the railway line, take Mozili and Gomel in the north, and cut off the connection between the Belarusian Front and the Ukrainian Front from the north. Cooperate with the main force of the Southern Army Group to conquer Kiev. As for the German Third tank cluster, it was responsible for attacking Minsk.

After crossing Brest's blocking, Guderian's second tank cluster quickly advanced eastward, and basically did not suffer much obstacles along the way. By September 25, he had arrived at the periphery of Mozili. At this time, the 6th Army of Rokosovsky was responsible for guarding this important railway hub. In the previous stage of the battle, Rokosovsky was promoted because of his successful integration of troops and the 16th Army to complete the Brest blocking battle.

The 6th Army at this time was quite interesting, including two mechanized armies (generally one army is equipped with only one mechanized armies), namely the 9th Mechanized Army (Rokosovsky's old army) and the 4th Mechanized Army, which originally belonged to the 6th Army. In fact, if divided in detail, the 6th Army actually has three mechanized armies, namely the 8th Mechanized Army, which suffered heavy losses.

At this time, the Eighth Mechanized Army had actually only existed on paper, and the remaining personnel and equipment were supplemented to the 9th Mechanized Army. According to the Military Commission's supplement (or reconstruction) plan, the army still has to wait.

In addition to the 4th and 9th mechanized armies, the 6th Army also has two infantry troops that were half-destroyed, namely the 6th Infantry Army and the 36th Infantry Army. In the previous battles, these two armies suffered relatively large losses and are in the process of filling up.

The one placed in front of Rokosovsky is a mess. His troops suffered serious losses. Although they have been supplemented for a certain amount of time, the equipment gap is still relatively large. For example, two mechanized armies. Under normal conditions, these two mechanized armies should have more than 2,000 tanks. Now, the tanks of these two mechanized armies have not exceeded 500. Nearly one of them are temporarily found in the warehouse and are about to be scrapped. The T-26 and BT-3, and the T-34 and T-35 plus less than 100 vehicles.

What's worse is that Rokosovsky has no time yet. Although Lukin has bought a lot of time for the troops to retreat, the reorganization and supplementation of the troops have consumed these precious time. And Mojiri's defense configuration really has no time to do it. As of the day when Guderian arrived, the 6th Army hurriedly pieced together two incomplete lines of defense.

The main body of the defense line is Karinkovic (the city is located in the north of Moziri, across the Pripyat River from Moziri. The railway line from Brest enters Russia through the city). On Moziri, Rokosovsky only released a few troops to restrain the German army. Of course, if you spoil it in advance, Rokosovsky would regret the allocation of such troops. He did not expect that the important reason why he was defeated by Guderian again was Moziri.

Let’s talk less nonsense, let’s take a look at the battle situation first. Starting from September 26, the vanguards of the second tank cluster began to launch tentative attacks one after another, and the two sides exchanged fire around Kalinkovic’s peripheral positions.

It can be considered that there is a victory or defeat between the No. 3 tank. Although it is not a match between the T-34 and the T-35, it is still relatively relaxed and pleasant to bully the T-26. Especially the batch of T-26s equipped by the 6th Army is an old version, and the car is in poor condition. And the worst thing is that this batch of T-26s generally do not have radio stations, which makes the Red Army commanders who are used to commanding battles through radios very uncomfortable.

"Don't take the initiative. Our tanks are worse than the enemy and lack communication capabilities. Taking the initiative is probably a dead end." Rokosovsky said helplessly, "Please use the t-26 as a mobile turret and firepower point, and use them as a fulcrum on the defense line!"

There is no way, who made the T-26 not powerful? The soldiers implemented Rokosovsky's instructions very well, basically preventing unnecessary active attacks, and even some troops did even more extreme, burying some of the T-26s that were almost on the edge of scrapping, leaving only the turret to shoot outside, and directly used as a fixed fire point.

Of course, just doing this is not a problem. Rokosovsky also urgently responded to the Front Command, demanding more and better tanks, otherwise, it would be empty talk to defend Kalinkovic.

So how did Shaposhnikov answer him? It was simple: "No!"

The T-34 produced by Kharkov was definitely divided up by local troops. After all, Kiev is still besieged, and the German southern cluster has begun to try again after a period of adjustment and rest. It is very likely that it will continue to attack Kharkov, or more simply try to attack in the direction of Moscow again. Compared with the security of Kharkov, Kharkov and Moscow, Kalinkovic is really inconspicuous.

Not only is there no land support, but the air support that Rokosovsky can obtain is also quite limited. Most of the air power is allocated to Minsk and Kiev. Rokosovsky, who are not relying on both sides, really cannot obtain decent air support.

The only thing that could make Rokosovsky feel a little relieved was that Triandafilov promised him that the 16th Army near Gomel was being replenished quickly and could reopen to the battle by mid-October at the latest. All he needed to do was to grit his teeth and wait for Lukin to return to the battlefield. Lukin was also enough to give Rokosovsky face and ensure that the 16th Army would be brought back to the battlefield within 20 days.

Since this was the result, Rokosovsky could only grit his teeth and hold on. When the front line was attacked by the German army, he launched the entire Karinkovic residents' defense line repairs, which was 24 hours a day without a rest. After three days of the battle, he snatched out the other three defense lines and wrapped Karinkovic tightly.

So much so that when Guderian arrived at Kalingovitch to observe the small city with his looking glasses, he couldn't help but feel a familiar feeling. Why did he smell like Brest?

The tank monster was moved by Brest and Lu Jin who made him feel a little embarrassed. If he had the same conditions, he would probably not be able to rely on a miscellaneous army to support for so long. It can even be said that if Lu Jin had not retreated voluntarily, his third tank cluster would have to go around Brest.

With the last lesson, Guderian would never underestimate the enemy again. He asked the staff officer: "Which unit is the defender ahead? Who is the commander?"

"As the 6th Army of the Soviet Army, according to the captive's instructions, the commander was Lieutenant General Rokosovsky."

Guderian has never heard of the name Rokosovsky. After all, Rokosovsky is eight years younger than him, and before the war, Rokosovsky was put on by Tukhachevsky and missed the opportunity to be promoted to commander of the army. For German intelligence agencies before the war, the commanders of the Soviet army level really do not need to pay much attention to it.

"What are the characteristics of this person?" Guderian asked again.

However, the staff officer could not answer this question, because he knew what Rokosovsky's characteristics were. If Guderian hadn't asked about it, he went to search for information temporarily, and I'm afraid even Rokosovsky's name would not have been able to say.

Guderian was a little dissatisfied and solemnly issued an order: "This won't work. Find a way to figure out Rokosovsky's resume. I need to know everything about him!" As he said that, he was still a little worried and added: "You must give priority to this work. I will get the exact information tonight!" (To be continued...)

ps: Bow to thank comrade 1358272 and Juventus!
Chapter completed!