Is Volkov because he has changed, what is he in real history, Yelena has been collecting all kinds of information in the space since she confirmed that she wants to be with him, she knows in her heart, what he is worried about is not unreasonable, the merits are high, the loss of soldiers in the process of commanding the battle is too large, and Volkov's sensitivity to politics is really worrying. However www.biquge.info Volkov at this time was not what was originally recorded, he had political ideals and ambitions, and his sensitivity to politics had made a qualitative leap because of Long Xindan. Coupled with the elixir, his leadership and deterrence have been greatly enhanced, and his insight and observation, as well as his judgment of the situation, are not the same as before. Of course, his decisiveness has also been greatly improved, you must know that in such a high position, you can still divorce categorically, which is not something anyone can do.

Yelena was called to work before she finished her confinement, which made Yelena very dissatisfied, but there was no way, Soviet women did not have confinement at all, and fortunately, Yelena was in good health. In the hospital, there are a lot of senior generals from various battlefields, Yelena saw that Shilov's original position was the commander of the Front, and he was not the only one at this level, among them was a handsome guy in the Soviet Army, Lieutenant General Rokosov, Yelena had seen his photos, but even if it was a photo, Yelena knew that this was a very charming general, tall, handsome and handsome, it can be said that he was not inferior to Shilov at all. It's a pity that he's almost okay and is about to leave. Of course, it's a pity for the nurses who keep the hara. Yelena didn't have the heart to think about anything else now, and every day in order to let her son eat her own milk, she either secretly went home, or asked someone to bring milk to the family, or asked the guards at home to pick it up. It's just that sometimes because his surgery can't be completed quickly, his son can only drink milk powder.

Yelena wants Volkov to name them, and Andrei drinks Victor back to him safely, and Yelena is content.

At noon, Yelena returned to the office and tried to express milk for her child, so that the guards at home could get it, but as soon as she prepared the thermos bucket, she heard some noisy sounds outside, and soon, someone came to her door, this is the office and naturally Yelena is not alone, because Yelena is still a supernumerary here, not officially a doctor, and like Volkov, where you need to go. She was joined by two other surgeons, one of whom was Caroline Valevskaya, a beautiful young widow whom she knew and with whom she did not get along very well.

Sure enough, as soon as Yelena pulled on her clothes, she came in, and saw that Yelena was not very cold, but rushed over enthusiastically and said, "Do you know? The condolence group is here, it's the stars of the film studio, oh, there are several of my favorite stars! Do you know? Like Surikova and Galperin Wozniacki, they are all the hottest big stars." They have come to comfort the wounded. ”

Yelena frowned and said, "I hope they don't go to those intensive care units, where they are not needed." ”

Valevskaya snorted and said, "Who do you think people are? Everybody will go to see them? They will only look at the generals, the heroes." There are a lot of reporters who come to take pictures!"

"Oh, you're a doctor, maybe they'll interview you, why don't you go and have a look?" Yelena wanted to get rid of this woman,

Speaking of this, Valevskaya lowered her arrogance a little and said, "That...... My clothes don't fit today, can you lend me a set?"

"I'll lend you a set?oh, I've got a change of clothes, but...... If you wear it, I'm afraid you'll lose weight. "Yelena is 165 tall, which can be regarded as a middle-class figure among Soviet women, and Yelena belongs to the kind of person with a small skeleton, with a thin waist and large breasts, so Valevskaya wears her clothes, and the upper body is nothing, but this waist is ......

"It's okay, I'm holding my breath, there's no problem, don't worry, what, are you afraid that I'll break your clothes?"

Yelena looked back at her and said, "You know, in this world, there is no free lunch, how do you exchange this favor?" Take a black tweed dress, the cut is meticulous, it looks very charming, and it is solemn, Yelena also likes it very much, but because this dress has no buttons, only the belt around the waist, as long as you untie the belt, you can pull the clothes, so it is very convenient when milking,

Valevskaya snorted and said, "I won't come back to the office at noon in the future, it's okay, right?"

"Deal!" Yelena immediately agreed, this was what she needed most.

At this time, the war was tense, and there were still people who would have such thoughts, thinking about the people in Leningrad, believing that neither men nor women had the mind and physical strength to do that.

Hort's 4th Panzer Army was returned to Army Group B, and on 1 August 1942 it was ordered to attack northeast along the Kotelnikovo-Stalingrad railway, quickly breaking through the defensive line of the Soviet 51st Army and capturing Montenaya on the same day. On August 3, 1942, Hoth captured Kotelnikovo, and then broke through the defenses of the Soviet 64th Army on the 5th, and advanced to the area of Abuganerovo, but then encountered more and more stubborn resistance and counterattacks of the Soviet Red Army, and Hot had to give up the idea of capturing Stalingrad independently, and went on the defensive on August 9, 1942.

On August 5, 1942, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Red Army decided to reorganize the Stalingrad Front into two fronts, the South-East and the Stalingrad Front, under the unified command of General Vasilevsky. The South-Eastern Front was commanded by Colonel-General Yeremenko and consisted of the 64th, 57th, and 51st armies, as well as the 1st Tank Army, the 13th Tank Army, and the 8th Air Force Army. The Stalingrad Front was still under the command of Lieutenant General Goldov and consisted of the 21st, 62nd, and 63rd Armies, as well as the 4th Tank Army, the 28th Tank Army, and the 16th Air Force Army.

On August 19, 1942, Paulus and Hort resumed their offensive. Paulus's 6th Army attacked southeastward from Trekhostrovkaya, northwest of Stalingrad, broke through the defensive line of the Soviet 62nd Army in the Verbachi and Piskovatka sections on the 22nd, forcibly crossed the Don River, occupied Karachi, and on the 23rd, the 14th Panzer Army advanced to the Yertsovka area on the northern outskirts of Stalingrad, and advanced to the Volga River, separating the Soviet 62nd Army from the main forces of the Stalingrad Front. The 4th Panzer Army of Hort attacked north from the southern area of Abuganerovo and broke through the defenses of the Soviet 64th Army.

At this time, Volkov was directing an offensive campaign in the Loye-Gorodisher region of Bogolie when he received a call from the Kremlin. Volkov knew the general situation, and the day before, on August 26, the National Defense Committee had studied the situation in the south and adopted a decision to appoint Volkov as assistant to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, which was tantamount to making him a man of more than 10,000 people under one man in the wartime Soviet Union. And in view of the situation on the Stalingrad side at this time, both the Supreme Commander and Stalin were very worried about where the senior members of the Supreme High Command had gone, but it was clear that this was not enough.

Soon the Supreme Commander-in-Chief spoke directly to Volkov on a high-frequency telephone. After inquiring about the situation of the 100 armies on the Western side, he said: "You must immediately come to the Supreme High Command and leave the chief of staff to act as your agent." Then he added. "Please consider who will be appointed to replace you as commander of the Front. ”

And so the call ended. Stalin did not talk about appointing Volkov as assistant to the High Commander-in-Chief. Apparently, he wanted to announce it in person when he met with Volkov. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief generally talks only on the telephone about what is urgently needed at the time. He urged all generals to pay close attention to telephone calls, especially in areas where troops do not have confidential telephone equipment.

Volkov flew directly to Moscow without returning to the front command. After dark, he went straight to the Kremlin officer. Stalin was in his office. Several members of the National Defense Committee were also there. When Volkov arrived, he was immediately summoned.

Stalin said that the situation in the south was unfavorable and that it was possible for the Germans to occupy Stalingrad. In the North Caucasus, the situation is also not so good. The National Defense Committee had decided to appoint Volkov as assistant to the Supreme Commander and to send Volkov to the Stalingrad region. Study the situation with the rest of the Supreme High Command who were in Stalingrad at this time and resolve it as soon as possible.

Stalin asked: "When can you depart?"

Volkov replied that I needed to spend a day and a night studying the situation, and on the 29th I would be able to fly to Stalingrad.

"Good!" Stalin asked again at once. "Aren't you hungry? ”

Volkov, of course, could not refuse, and over tea, Stalin briefed me on the general situation on the battlefield at 20 o'clock on August 27. After a brief account of the situation in Stalingrad, he said that the Supreme High Command had decided to allocate the 24th Army, the 1st Guards Army and the 66th Army to the Stalingrad Front.

General Kozlov commanded the 24th Army, Moskalenko commanded the 1st Guards Army, and Malinovsky commanded the 66th Army. General Moskalenko's 1st Guards Army was to be immediately transferred to the area of Yeh in the province of Lodz, and on September 2 it was scheduled to launch a counter-assault on the enemy group approaching the Volga River and meet with the 62nd Army. Under the cover of Moskalenko's army group, the 24th and 66th armies were to enter the area of departure and quickly go into battle. Otherwise, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief said, Stalingrad would have been lost.

Everyone understood that the Battle of Stalingrad was of extremely great military and political significance. As soon as Stalingrad falls, the enemy high command will be able to cut off the southern and central parts of our country, and we may lose the Volga, the most important waterway lifeline for transporting large quantities of supplies from the Caucasus to the north.

It was impossible to draw up a specific plan for a counteroffensive in a single day, but one thing was clear: the main assault should be carried out on the flank of the enemy Stalingrad group, which was covered by the Romanian army. Rough calculations indicate that a counteroffensive will not be launched until at least mid-November. Volkov believed that the Germans were no longer able to fulfill the strategic plan it had set for 1942, and that their forces and weapons were not enough to achieve their goals in the North Caucasus or in the Don and Volga regions. It was on these circumstances that Volkov came up with his ideas.

The troops that the Germans were able to deploy in the Caucasus or Stalingrad area, already exhausted, will undoubtedly have to go on the defensive. The Soviets also knew that the famous German Borlius 6th Army and the Gothic 4th Tank Army, as a result of the bloody battles in which they were dragged into the Stalingrad area and drained their forces, were already capable of taking the city.

Volkov was confident that for the Soviet side, the future was bright. The formation and training of the strategic reserve of the Soviet army is nearing completion. These units will consist of large tank units and mechanized units equipped with medium or heavy tanks. The General Staff (on the basis of intelligence materials from various armies) studied the strengths and weaknesses of the German, Hungarian, Italian and Romanian armies. Compared with the German army, the servant ** team was poorly equipped, inexperienced, and even lacked combat effectiveness in defense. And the main thing is that the soldiers of these armies, and many officers, did not want to be killed by Hitler, Mussolini, Antonescu. Horti and other fascist chieftains were sent to distant Russian soils to work for foreign actors.

The situation of the Germans was aggravated by the fact that in the Volga and Don regions, the Germans had only a small campaign reserve, no more than six divisions in total, and they were scattered over a wide front. Bringing them together to form a fist is impossible to do in a short period of time. The layout of the front was also beneficial to the Soviet troops: the Red Army units occupied positions on both flanks, forming an encirclement posture, which made it easier to strengthen the bridgehead in the area of Serafimovich and Kretskaya.

Yelena knew that the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was of great political and military significance. This victory made a decisive contribution to the fundamental turning point in the Great Patriotic War for the Soviet Union and even in the entire Second World War. The outcome of the Battle of Stalingrad enabled the Soviet army to seize the strategic initiative from the Germans, which it maintained until the end of the war, and at the same time it inspired the peoples of all countries to wage a more resolute struggle against the fascist occupiers.