(An hour and a half later, a new chapter is refreshed.) Book friends who go to bed early can read it again tomorrow. Sorry, this is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Flying Fish)

"The 28 soldiers of the 4th Company of the 316th Division, because of their heroic combat and outstanding achievements, carried out a heroic charge against the German positions during the attack at 10 o'clock in the morning of the 21st, killing dozens of enemy soldiers and destroying and damaging 18 enemy tanks, so that our army's offensive momentum was maintained well, and they made outstanding meritorious deeds.

After announcing the news of the merit to the 28 "fake heroes" who had been inexplicably brought to the headquarters to receive commendations, Pu'er Kaev smiled and presented the commendation order to their company commander with the ink in his hand, and congratulated them with a smile: "Now, you are the heroes of the Soviet Union, and we are all proud of you." ”

The company commander, who accepted the commendation order, inexplicably accepted the document, and before he could ask what was going on, he was driven away by Chief of Staff Pu'er Kaev.

"This is the honor that the headquarters has fought for you, and don't make a noise to the outside world. If nothing happens, let's go back to the front line and stand by. ”

After leaving such a sentence, the chief of staff left 28 people, and quickly left the headquarters with two staff officers who came from the conference room, and went to the conference room to attend an emergency meeting.

As for the 28 "fake heroes", Puerkaev has already thought about it. Since Khrushchev and others sent by Moscow cannot be allowed to come into contact with these so-called heroes, it is absolutely impossible to let these fake heroes stay in places where they can be easily found. Thinking about it, sending these fighters to the front line is the best way to hide. As for whether they died or lost contact on the front line in the end, they would hide this risky act for the Southwest Front Command.

The matter of fake heroes is not what worries Pu'er Kaev the most at the moment. He was so worried that he didn't even have time to explain some details before he left the place where the imposter heroes were and rushed to the conference room.

"How?" As soon as he entered the door of the conference room, Pu'er Kaev asked the Soviet Union in Kilponos impatiently.

"Let me answer this question." Colonel Baglamyan, the chief of operations, who was also in the conference room, took two steps forward and said to Puerkaev.

Next, Baglamyan reported to the Chief of Staff the order of the Presidential Command to carry out a concentrated assault on the Lublin area by the 5th and 6th armies, at least 5 mechanized armies and all the aviation units of the Front, to encircle and destroy the enemy group attacking from Vladimir to Krestnopol and to capture the Lublin area by the end of the day on June 24.

And Pu'er Kaev was gasping as he listened.

When Baghramyan began to read the telegram to himself, the chief of staff looked at the other with obvious distrust, then snatched the telegram and read it several times.

Eventually, when the chief of staff finally believed that this bullshit order was real, he looked at Kirponos speechlessly.

"What should we do?" Pulkaev's face turned green: "We can organize a defense on the border, withstand the enemy's counterattack, and block it in a defensive battle, thank God, but now the presidential command is asking us to seize Lublin the day after tomorrow!"

"Moreover, our mechanized army, where is there now a part-time complete that can be used for the offensive? If nothing else, we can't take out the troops called for in this order alone! ”

Kirdanos just listened quietly, then silently reached out and took the document, reading it word for word.

Then, slowly, he made a boo gesture to the crowd, picked up the receiver of the telephone, and said, "Look for Vashukin of the Military Council, and ask him to come to me."

After receiving the notice, Vashukin, a member of the Military Council, quickly walked into the conference room with the same vigor as usual.

Without the slightest hint of superfluous politeness, Kirponos handed him the instructions of the presidential command as soon as he came up.

After a few simple greetings with everyone, Vashukin quickly took the order and looked at it, and then he leaned back on the sofa chair in front of a cadre without paying attention, and looked around at the generals present.

"I know it's difficult, but what can be done? Comrades, when you receive an order, you have to carry it out! Vashukin stood and spoke without a backache.

"That's what I said, Comrade Vashukin." Seeing that the other party didn't realize the danger and difficulty at all, Pulkaev went up directly and said, "But my door is not ready for this kind of yet. For the time being, we can only think about defense, not about continuing to attack. ”

Vashukin bowed to this and did not respond to the chief of staff's explanation.

Pu'er Kaev did not give up, but changed to a more resolute tone and continued: "Let's analyze the situation with a clear mind. Only in the strip between Lyubomli and Sokhali in the Lutsk direction there was a gradual counterattack of the enemy's 10 infantry and tank divisions. ”

Pu'er Kaev paused and asked rhetorically: "How can our army stop them?" As far as I know, the 45th, 62nd, 87th, and 124th divisions, the main forces of our infantry, are now less than two regiments left. Other troops, and even worse.

"Therefore," Pulkaev concluded, "tomorrow we can muster in this direction a maximum of less than seven divisions to deal with the enemy's army of more than 10 divisions, and what is there to talk about an immediate attack?" ”

Vashukin tried to say a few words, but Pulkaev did not let him interject and continued: "Besides, we should expect that the enemy will put the first echelon of forces into the battle today at most, and will undoubtedly increase its forces in the next few days, and much more quickly than ours. You see," Puerkaev poked the map with a pencil: "Here alone, northwest of Ust-Lug, the reconnaissance department of our] discovered at 16 hours that more than 200 tanks of the enemy were concentrating. And this is not the only area where enemy tank reserves have been discovered.

Taking advantage of the moment of silence for Pulkaev to look at the map, the member of the military council asked impatiently: "Have you finished speaking?" Can I talk about it? ”

"No, it's not done!"

Chief of Staff Pu'er Kaev kept his eyes off the map and continued to give full play to his opinion: "The situation of our air force is even worse, and there are almost no border airfields left that have not been destroyed."

"In addition, the only thing that our army can immediately concentrate and launch an offensive against the enemy's main assault group is the 4th and 8th Mechanized Army."

"And we can't help but take into account that our offensive is and will be subjected to non-stop intensive assaults by German aviation. In this case, we have almost no chance of attacking success. In that case, even attacking is pointless. ”

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