"What, you are the commander of the Siberian Volunteer Division!" Yanayev was directly shocked, and seeing Yanayev's reaction, Andrei said: "Yes, since September, my troops have been holding the Mamayev Gang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Great, Comrade General, not only the commander under me, but I am also willing to join your troops!" Yanayev said excitedly! Seeing that Yanayev was suddenly so excited, Andrei was a little incomprehensible and asked: "Comrade Yanayev, you also want to stay?" ”

Yes, Yanayev said: "You probably know that after the Germans crossed the Don River, the General Staff conducted war games."

Before Yanayev could finish speaking, Andrei immediately picked up, "Yes, Comrade Deputy Commander told me that according to the results, Mamayev Gang will turn into a flesh and blood mill, and both sides will run out of 5 to 8 divisions!" ”

Yanayev said: "However, at that time, I thought that the Mamayev Gang would be lost quickly, but you held it, you must know that the probability of making a mistake in the war games is very low, otherwise the General Staff would not have used this method." The reason why Mamayev Gang is still under the control of our army has a lot to do with you, the division commander. I decided. As long as my superiors allow it, I will lead these commanders under me to join your division. I hope you can agree. ”

Seeing Yanayev in front of him with a brainless look, Andrei was also full of emotion, you must know that the war game deduction is very important, in the case of accurate information, it has played a great role, for example, after the defeat of the Battle of Midway, the Japanese army in August 1942 arranged for the repatriated naval attaché in the United States to serve as the US military in the war game deduction to study the war game in the next two years. As a result of the overly pessimistic conclusions of these deductions, records of the deductions were destroyed and the results of the deductions were strictly ordered not to spread. In fact, the accuracy of these calculations may be high, as the U.S. troops later landed in the Philippines only about three weeks short of the results.

In early 1941, Zhukov and Timoshenko organized several war games to study the problem of war against Germany. Since the General Staff of the Soviet Army had accurate information on the mobility capabilities of the German army, Zhukov and Timoshenko came to conclusions; The German blitzkrieg was suitable for Poland or France, where the space of the battlefield was relatively narrow, but it could not take advantage of the vast territory of the Soviet Union, and the coordination between infantry and armored troops could easily be disrupted. In addition, the German General Staff discovered similar problems when formulating the Barbarossa Plan, where a war game led by Paulus showed that the German army did not have the strength and supply capacity to defeat the Soviet Red Army and occupy the territory of the Soviet Union in a limited campaign. Of course, the deduction is a simulation after all, it can't judge everything 100% accurately, such as the current Mamayev Gang, and in Shangganling, many deductions were occupied by the coalition forces, but in fact it has been under the control of the Volunteer Army, wargame deduction not only includes defeating the enemy, but also defensive deduction, mainly to make combat plans, respond to various situations and make plans, to avoid the situation that the battlefield commander is at a loss and does not know how to deal with it. If you can't win the exercise, you have to find a way to defend, and the deduction can examine whether the battle plan and combat objectives are reasonable, otherwise the battle plan that pats your head is completely out of touch with reality............

The limitation of deduction is that it is not possible to simulate all battlefield situations.

And Andrei turned around in his mind before he remembered Yanayev, so he said: "Great, Comrade Yanayev, on behalf of the Siberian Volunteer Division, I welcome you. ”

At this time, I saw a small army running quickly along the road in this direction, and Yushchenko, who was using a telescope on the side, observed and said: "It's strange that this unit is all commanders!" ”

"Commander?" Andrei suddenly reacted that it would not be the second lieutenant training team or the junior training company, he was just holding the idea of giving it a try, and he had forgotten it a long time ago, could it be that the superiors really transferred them?

Andrei was about to walk over, but saw that the captain and an instructor who took the lead had already trotted over here, so Andrei and the others stood in place and waited for them to see that it was really Captain Akhromeyev, although he and his subordinates had gone through a long journey, but they were still in good spirits and quickly lined up, and after standing up and saluting, he reported to me in a loud voice: "Comrade General, Captain Akhromeyev reports to you that I was ordered to lead the Volkhov Front Second Lieutenant Training Team to Mamayev Post and listen to your orders, Please instruct! ”

"Please take a moment, Comrade Captain." Looking at the future Marshal of the Soviet Union standing in front of him, Andrei didn't know what to say for a while, just stared at him intently.

Colonel Yanayev next to him said: "It's a second lieutenant training team, this is a seed unit!" ”

Andrei broke the silence after recovering and asked, "Comrade Akhromeyev, how many people are there in the second lieutenant training team at the moment?" ”

"Comrade division commander, please allow my instructor to report to you." Instead of answering my question right away, Akhromeyev sideways gave way to the political instructor who was standing behind him. After seeing Andrei nodding in agreement, the instructor also stepped forward, straightened his body, and respectfully reported: "Report to Comrade Division Commander, after the first two months of fighting, there are only 82 people left in the second lieutenant training team. This time, he was ordered to be transferred to the Mamayev post to be placed under your command, and Commander Meretskov transferred 40 cadets from the junior commander's teaching company to supplement it, and now there are 122 members in the second lieutenant training team. "Well, 122 is not much, but it can make up for the lack of commanders.

Then Andrei said: "You immediately rest with the vanguard regiment of the new division, and we will cross the river together at night, you stay first, I still have something to ask you, and the placement of the team members will be handed over to the instructor." ”

Then, Andrei said to Yushchenko: "Captain Yushchenko, arrange for someone to lead the way for the second lieutenant training team." ”

"Yes" The two immediately turned around and left, organizing their team members to go to rest under the leadership of Yushchenko, and Yanayev said: "I didn't expect this seed unit to come to the Siberian Volunteer Division, Comrade Division Commander doesn't have to worry about the grassroots commanders now!" ”

"Yes, we are more confident in this battle!" After saying goodbye to Yanayev, Andrei once again tilted his head to Akhromeyev himself, there was originally a Yazov, and now there is another one, and there are two future marshals of the Soviet Union under him, when he is about to speak

At this time, there was a captain next to him, he ran over out of breath, the guard went over to stop him, the captain relieved his breath and said: "Report to Comrade Division Commander, the commander of the anti-tank company Valennikov has now recovered from his injuries and asked to return to the team!" ”

"What, Valennikov", Andrei suddenly thought that it could not be such a coincidence, so he took a breath and asked: "Comrade Captain, may I ask what your patronymic name and real name are?" Valentnikov said: "Valentin Ivanovich Valentnikov" What is really you, Andrei is now going to be stunned and a historical celebrity, the future Soviet general, deputy minister and commander-in-chief of the army! (To be continued.) )