Andrei picked up the microphone and heard Chuikov say: "Colonel Yakov, Comrade Chief of the General Staff wants to speak to you!" ”

Then I just heard what was being said, "Is it Colonel Yakov?" I'm Vasilevsky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as I heard it, it was Vasilevsky's voice, and I quickly replied: "It's me." Comrade Chief of the General Staff, it's been a long time, how are you? ”

"I'm fine," Vasilevsky said kindly, "I'll call you today." You're surprised, aren't you? ”

"Yes, Comrade Chief of the General Staff." I replied with sincere trepidation: "I thought you had returned to Moscow." After saying this, Andrei remembered that a few days ago he had heard Chuikov mention that Zhukov would come in a few days, and Vasilevsky would leave Stalingrad, but why hadn't he left yet.

"I heard that your Siberian Volunteer Division fought very well today. In the battle four days ago, three enemy attacks were repulsed, and a German regiment was also eliminated. The night attack at night was even more brilliant, not only defeating the German 29th Motorized Rifle Division, but even capturing the division commander alive. Judging by today's battle, your command skills are quite good. I am very optimistic about you, you have to keep working hard, and one day, you will become a general. ”

When he heard the rank of general, Andrei's heart was full of blood, you must know that the generals of the Soviet Union in World War II are still very golden. Unlike the later generations, the national army was only a few thousand people, and it could be crowned with several generals, and even the rank of generalissimo' The grass platform team that came out, the Soviet Red Army, but more than 11 million people, although there are more major generals than other countries, but it is really not so easy to be promoted, but now the new rank system of the Soviet Army has not yet been implemented, the senior leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs like Beria are now the General Political Commissar of National Security and equivalent to the General General of the Red Army's synthetic army, and the later KGB Chairman Serov is now the second-level political commissar of national security, which is equivalent to a lieutenant general, but the rank and treatment of the Internal Affairs Forces are higher than those of the Red Army, otherwise why would the Ministry of Internal Affairs do so much, for example, Beria does not have to salute the marshal。 However, the Soviet Union's military rank system is probably the most complicated in the world, which has a lot to do with the military system of the Red Army, just the "marshal" The Soviet marshal military rank is divided into four levels, "Generalissimo of the Soviet Union" is the first level, and "Marshal of the Soviet Union" and "Marshal of the Navy of the Soviet Union" are both the second level; "Commander-in-chief of the service and arms" is the third level; "Marshal of the Services" is the fourth rank.

Specifically, there are Marshals of the Soviet Union, Air Force Marshals, Tank Corps Marshals, Artillery Marshals, Air Marshals, Armored Corps Marshals, Artillery Marshals,

The "general" is the commander of the composite force, so he is a little bit higher than the marshal of the arms in the concept of the central authorities, and this can be regarded as a Soviet characteristic -- "the marshal is inferior to the general," and the "general" of the Soviet Union has gone beyond the concept of "general" in some aspects.

And after 1976 also wore the Marshal Star, only a little smaller than the Marshal Star of the Marshal of the Soviet Union.

Now that the Chief of the General Staff had said this, Andrei hurriedly assured Vasilevsky: "Thank you, Comrade Chief of the General Staff, I will continue to work hard and lead the Siberian Volunteer Division to make new contributions." ”

"Good, good!" After Vasilevsky said hello twice in a row, he asked with concern: "Do you have any difficulties now, do you need anything when I will return to Moscow in a few days??" ”

Although the training of the troops is insufficient, there is also a lack of grassroots commanders, the weapons and equipment have been greatly improved, but the ammunition is not very sufficient, and there are soldiers who have no weapons and can only use sappers, shovels and axes, but Andrei, as an officer of the internal affairs troops, did not dare to raise these difficulties in front of the chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, so he still decided to eat coptis dumbly, and he said in a firm tone: "We have no difficulties, and we will definitely continue to make new contributions." ”

"Comrade Yakov, you are lying!" Vasilevsky, who is worthy of being the Soviet Union's Zhiduoxing, immediately found that Andrei was insincere, and he said bluntly: "I know that the Siberian Volunteer Division has been formed for less than a month, and the soldiers in the unit are all prisoners from the Gulag concentration camp, they have neither sufficient military training nor combat experience, the division lacks grassroots commanders, and the weapons and equipment are also very poor. Although you have recently won several battles and captured some of them, it is not enough for a 20,000-strong Siberian volunteer division. If you have any difficulties, just ask them, and if they can help you solve them, I will definitely help you solve them. ”

Well, Vasilevsky asked himself to make a request, then Andrei could not be polite, so he opened his mouth and said: "Comrade Chief of the General Staff, then you are welcome, first of all, my troops lack a large number of grassroots commanders and combat backbones, so it is not easy for the troops to form a strong combat effectiveness in a short period of time. When I used to work at Senior General Meretskov, I knew that he had a second lieutenant training team and a junior training company, and I would like you to have him send one of them over so that I can strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Secondly, although we have captured a lot of German weapons, not only rifles, but also artillery and tanks (with the destruction of tanks, two reference to Israel's repair of war damaged tanks in Arab countries) have greatly improved the technical weapons and firepower of our division, but we are not enough ammunition, I hope that you can concentrate the ammunition captured by our army from the German army to supply us more, especially artillery shells, at the same time, we also need explosives and mines, sniper scopes for modified sniper rifles, as well as hygienists and medicines, and food also needs to be replenished, We are in great need of food and all kinds of non-staple foods.

Finally, I heard that there is a national defense warehouse next to our division's defense area, please allow me to open and use the materials inside! ”

"Colonel Yakov," Vasilevsky laughed, and only when the laughter had ceased did he say, "how dare you speak, even General Meretskov's troops are concerned." But since you have made this request, I will take the opportunity to mention it to Comrade Meretskov. Let them send you the second lieutenant training team, as for your other two requirements, I can meet some of them, I will find a way to allocate the materials you need, and I can also give you the permission to receive the warehouse. ”

"Comrade Chief of the General Staff. It's great. "I heard that Vasilevsky promised to help. Andrei was really overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you!" You can rest assured that the Siberian Volunteer Division, which has been strengthened and well-supplied by grassroots commanders and combat backbones, will definitely make new contributions under the city of Stalingrad, and we will hold the Mamayev Gang until victory comes, unless we all die, the Germans will not want to occupy the Mamayev Heights! ”

This conversation between Andrei and Vasilevsky filled the entire division headquarters with laughter, and the staff officers were now excited.