Two marshals, a general, and a group of high-ranking officers, the canteen of the command headquarters of the Belorussian Front will be star-studded today, but the humble conditions are clearly somewhat out of proportion to the importance of the dinner. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In fact, there are not many people, at least except for Chuikov, there is not a single commander at the level of the army group: if the generals of the Red Army from the entire west (in the direction of Belarus) are present, then the scene is really huge!

The commanders of the group army, corps, and divisions are in the front-line troops, and it is impossible for them to come to meet the deputy commander-in-chief.

The battle is won, everything else is secondary. Originally, Lin Jun also planned to visit the headquarters of the reserve front army in a day or two, but since Budyonny had already arrived, some of the decisions of the central government were better to say hello first.

After dinner, Lin Jun had a conversation with the two commanders of the Front, mainly on the issue of the next stage of the reorganization of troops in the Belarusian direction, which is closely related to the future duties of Budyonny and Zhukov.

The most important thing is Budyonny, because the battle-tested units in his hands will no longer be under his command, the marshal will return to Moscow to continue as commander of his reserve front, and most of the units belonging to the "former reserve front" will remain in Belarus. And the steppe front will be abolished, the entire Belarusian (western) direction will be completely reorganized, and the Belarusian Front will also become history.

"The Central Committee wants to reorganize the troops of the Belarusian direction into three front armies, the first, second and third Belorussian fronts, and the group armies will be reassigned on the basis of their current positions. Georgy Konstantinovich, the next step of the Central Committee is likely to send you to Ukraine to begin preparations for the offensive campaign that will take place there in the summer, taking charge of the entire south-western direction as a representative of the base camp. ”

Zhukov's command ability has been fully recognized by the Central Committee and Stalin: the next key direction of the Central Committee is Ukraine, and Zhukov is about to move in a general direction like Lin Jun's memory, where he needs to go!

This is the trust of the comrade general, as the representative of the base camp, he is responsible for the overall situation in one direction, and this position is like the position of Lin Jun in Minsk for several months, and his power is higher than that of the commander of the front army. Although Zhukov has long been in charge of the overall direction of things, to a greater extent as the spokesman of the deputy commander-in-chief, this is not the same as the formal direct appointment - no matter how well Zhukov has done in Minsk in the past few months, he is just the person behind Lin Jun: the name of the person who signed some reports and orders in front of the queue was Prenyakov and not Zhukov!

And here Budyonny had already sensed Stalin's meaning, the battle of Minsk would be the last major battle that his cavalry marshal participated in commanding, and the offensive campaign that began in the summer had nothing to do with him: it was decided that Budyonny did not understand and had to understand - the next was a complete competition of large-scale mechanized corps, his own tactics were outdated, and a rapid retreat to Moscow was the best option to save his position and face.

Commander of the Reserve Front, no one will compete with Budyonny for this position, and the cavalry marshal has long been prepared to be a "reserve commander" -- the most critical moment of the war has passed, and the Reserve Front will truly become a "reserve," instead of carrying the name of "reserve" as it did last year, but doing the work of fighting on the front line. Budyonny plans to provide a reserve for the whole army, and being a reserve commander is also a good choice, and the position is much more important than a false title!

"Andrei Nikolayevich, has the West decided on the choice of commander of the various armies?"

Zhukov asked this because he really didn't know, some time ago his attention was completely on the front. After he was transferred out of Belarus, strong commanders were needed here, and another big war would break out only a few months later.

Obviously, Zhukov has realized that the deputy commander-in-chief himself cannot control a strategic direction and fight on such a scale, and the deputy commander-in-chief has never shied away from him and Budyonny on this issue, otherwise Zhukov would not dare to ask such a question.

"Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky from Leningrad will be the commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, the first choice of the commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front will be General Timoshenko, the third commander has not yet been decided, I am inclined to Comrade Ivan Stepanovich Konev. Also, if the form requires, it is possible that the Central Committee will send Marshal Egorov to take charge of operations in the western direction, and Comrade Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky will probably take over the post of Chief of the General Staff. ”

Shaposhnikov's health was good and bad, and Yegorov had always held the post of "acting chief of the General Staff", but it was obvious that the first comrade of the General Staff of the Red Army preferred to command the troops on the front line: in the General Staff, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Vasilevsky did a very good job, he already had the ability to take on heavy responsibilities, and his style of work was in the same vein as the "Shaposhnikov line" that the Red Army had been accustomed to in recent years.

With the exception of the Far East, Marshal Egorov had served as commander of almost all military districts of the Soviet Union, was very familiar with the entire western region, and as a consistent advocate of large-scale armored group operations, he was suitable for the possible outbreak of tank battles this summer.

For Lin Jun's previous life, Yegorov seems to be almost forgotten after a few decades, but he is an excellent commander whose ability is not inferior to Zhukov or Tukhachevsky, and it is not a problem to be responsible for fighting in the west! As for Timoshengh, if he insists on an exam-style score, he may not be as good as Zhukov, but as Zhukov "once said": no one can do more and do better than him!

As for the northern direction, the chubby Kirill Afanasyevich Meretskov will take charge of the overall situation, and from Leningrad all the way to Murmansk is not afraid of any big problems, and Rokossovsky will have no problems leaving Leningrad.

Ever since Army Group Center got bogged down in Minsk, Finland had completely come to an end, leaving the Leningrad Front and the Northern Front largely idle, except for a few small battles along the Arctic Ocean coast before winter.

"Okay comrades, let's get here today."

Lin Jun gave the "eviction order", the two commanders were very busy, and he himself had to do the duties of the deputy commander, and he was also very busy.

The staff officers immediately went to prepare, as the deputy commander who did not need to directly command the troops, Lin Jun planned to go to the field hospital not far from the front army headquarters first, and then go to the front-line troops in the city to have a look. Successive storms, to this day all the field hospitals in Minsk are operating at full capacity - victory is not only an honor, the commander-in-chief must not forget the heavy casualties! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )