The campaign of moziri kalinkovich, under my command, ended successfully in less than a week. According to the data reported to the front army, we destroyed and defeated 11 German divisions and captured more than 4000 people.


    At first glance, it was a great victory, wiping out so many enemies and liberating two cities occupied by the German army for two years. But only in my heart can I understand that such a victory will be greatly reduced. Several German divisions have been severely reduced after several other group armies have fought in turn. Some companies have only 10 or 20 men left. It''s very good that a division with 15000 men can have 4000 left. Almost all of the German troops that were destroyed or defeated by us were in this situation, and there was no comparison with the victory that the German troops would destroy or capture hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops.


    However, in any case, to liberate moziri and kalinkovic is still popular with the higher authorities. Stalin and rokosovsky called me one after another to congratulate me on my victory. Stalin also told me that the next task of our group army is to build a defense in the newly liberated areas and prevent the German army from launching a possible counterattack.


    After the end of the campaign, the 61st group army of belov, the 65th group army of Batov, and the 11th group army without leaders were all transferred from our existing areas. In this case, I had to readjust the part, with major general tavartkilaze''s close guard 23rd army in charge of the defense of the newly recovered city of moziri; The 22nd army of general sivakov''s guards were all transferred back to kalinkovich and took over the defense from general Batov''s forces.


    After all the troops entered their respective defensive positions, I held a meeting in the church in the east of moziri, attended by all the commanders above division and brigade level, to discuss and study the next work focus of the group army.


    After two days of separation, chisjakov sat down beside me again, looked around and said with emotion, "Comrade commander, I didn''t expect that we would meet again so soon. I thought it would take at least ten days and a half months. "


    Bzikov couldn''t help laughing at what he said. "Comrade deputy commander, you have no confidence in our commander. Let alone a small city like moziri, even a big city like Kharkov and Belgorod, it took her only a few days to liberate the city from the clutches of the German army. "


    Several leaders of our group army are sitting around the long conference table used for commanding operations, and there are many benches in the middle of the hall specially for the commanders who come to the conference. While we were chatting, from time to time, the teachers or political commissars of various divisions came, and akhromeyev, who was in charge of reception, took them to the designated positions.


    Seeing that the benches below were almost full of people, bzikov came close to me and said in a low voice, "Comrade commander, I think the people are almost here. Let''s have a meeting!"


    I took a look at the commanders in the hall below, then nodded my head and said, "well, comrade chief of staff, please announce the meeting."


    With my permission, bezikov stood up and clapped his hands. The commanders who were sitting below and chatting with each other were suddenly quiet. Everyone turned their eyes on bezikov and heard what to say.


    Seeing that there was no one to speak, bzikov cleared his throat and said, "comrades commander, let''s have a meeting now. First of all, let''s invite comrades commander to speak. Welcome!" Then he took the lead in clapping.


    I stood up in a warm applause, raised my hands and pressed them down. When the hall became quiet again, I said, "Hello, commanders! To call you here today, first of all, to sum up our achievements and lessons in this campaign; The second is to discuss the focus of the group army''s next work.


    First of all, I would like to talk about our achievements in this campaign: we defeated and annihilated 11 German divisions and captured more than 4000 people.... "


    As soon as I said that, I was interrupted by the applause of the storm. Although the commanders here are all participants in this campaign, and even some of them are independent commanders in their own directions. They know that we have won the final victory, but they don''t know much about what kind of results we have achieved. At this moment, hearing the data I said, you can''t help clapping.


    After the applause stopped, I went on to say, "maybe you think this victory is very remarkable. Do you think the small campaign we launched is even more successful than the campaign that used millions of troops? Are you right? "


    After I finished this sentence, I stopped to listen to the response of the commander below. After listening for a while, only a few people said "yes!" Most people are still silent.


    "I''m not right." I went on to say, "on the surface, there are as many as eleven enemy divisions that have been wiped out by us, but how many are actually wiped out by us?" When I finished, I saw that no one was answering, so I asked myself, "less than 30000 people! Why are there so few enemies to annihilate? It''s because they were greatly consumed by other troops under the command of commander rokosovsky in the early fighting, and we were only defeated by some disabled soldiers, so we can win moziri and kalinkovic so easily. If all the German troops are fully equipped, we can''t defeat them with our strength without half a month to a month. "


    I saw tawalter killazer in the front row frowning slightly and looking at me with a puzzled look. It seemed strange why I said this to you. I was silent for a moment, and then said: "comrades, the reason why I say this to you is that I am afraid that some commanders will be complacent and despise the enemy after winning such a victory. I''m here to remind you that the enemy is not a paper tiger. If you despise it, you may be bitten at any time. The reason why general Batov''s troops were beaten to the ground by the German army is related to the despising sentiment of commanders at all levels after their successive victories. I don''t want the same tragedy to be repeated in my troops. Do you understand? "


    "I understand!" The commanders below answered in unison.


    When I sat down, bezikov stood up again and said, "comrades, now the campaign of moziri kalinkovich has come to a successful end, and our army has won the final victory. According to the latest orders from the higher authorities, the next task of our group army is to build fortifications in the existing areas and prepare for the new offensive that may be launched by the German army. "


    "In addition to what the chief of staff said, I want to mention one more thing." As soon as bezikov finished, kirilov stood up and said unexpectedly, "I believe all commanders know that after the fierce battle, both moziri and kalinkovic are almost in ruins. In order to prevent the displacement of our people, the next task of our group army is to build fortifications while deploying manpower to help local residents rebuild their homes. "


    When I heard kirilov talk about helping the residents rebuild their homes, I knew that this might become a focus of our next work. I stood up and echoed: "Comrade military commissar is right. Since we have rescued our people from the enemy''s clutches, we should help them rebuild their homes as soon as possible."


    Having said that, I organized some words in my mind, then turned to kirilov and said, "Comrade military commissar, I think a temporary committee should be set up to help residents rebuild their homes, restore railway transportation, and restart factories. You will be the person in charge. Several commanders and I are your deputies to assist you in urban reconstruction. What do you think? "


    "I have no problem." Kirilov was very happy to see that I agreed with him. He looked down and asked, "do you have any different opinions?"


    After his words, tavartkilaze, who was the first to speak, said in a loud voice, "I have no opinion. I firmly obey the orders of the commander and the military commissar!"


    After he made his statement, sivakov, bezikov, povsky and others were not willing to be outdone. They responded one after another: "we have no opinions and resolutely obey the orders issued by the leaders of the group army."


    ……


    After the meeting, several commanders at the rank of commander stayed behind to join us in the discussion on how to rebuild the city. After repeating what he said at the meeting, kirilov asked the commanders, "do you have any good ideas? If so, just say it. Even if it''s wrong, the commander and I won''t blame you. "


    After kirilov''s words were over, the first one to be agreed this time was commander sivakov of the 22nd army of the guards. He looked at kirilov and me again, and said, "we did urban reconstruction when we were in Smolensk, and the commanders and fighters all have experience. However, the two cities have become ruins in the fighting. If they want to be rebuilt, they should first dispatch people to clean up the ruins. As you know, the workload of clearing up the ruins is very huge. In the absence of heavy machinery, even if we use one or two divisions and spend one or two months, we may not be able to complete the work of clearing up the ruins. On the contrary, it may affect the construction of fortifications because of the deployment of too many manpower. "


    Sivakov''s words made everyone silent. After a long time, kirilov said: "now it''s getting colder and colder, and it''s going to be the coldest month soon. If the residents don''t have a place to live, when the cold current arrives, there will be a large-scale freezing situation, which we absolutely can''t allow."


    When I saw kirilov''s words, the scene became awkward again, and I quickly came out to make it over: "who has any good way to solve the current problem?"


    "Comrade commander, can I have a word?" Asked akhromeyev, who was standing by.


    "Major, if you have any ideas, just let me know." Although akhromeyev''s rank is relatively low, I think he is a very flexible person, otherwise in a few years, he will not become the defense minister of the Soviet Union, so I looked at him and said, "let''s hear whether your ideas are applicable."


    "What general sivakov said just now is to build temporary houses for the residents after clearing the ruins." Akhromeyev asked politely, looking at sivakov. After seeing the other side nodding in agreement, he continued: "if you do this, it will waste a lot of manpower and time. What we have to do now is to give the homeless residents a place to spend the winter in the shortest time. "


    "Yes, that''s it." Tavartkilaze urged: "major, if you have any good ideas, just say them quickly. Don''t make us feel like this." Akhromeyev smiles and then says, "we can clean up the ruins of the square, build simple temporary houses there, and settle some residents first. Secondly, for those buildings that have not completely collapsed and can still live in, we can resettle some residents after a simple cleaning... "Akhromeyev talked about his ideas endlessly. Seeing that all the people were nodding in agreement, I couldn''t help saying with emotion: it seems that I let akhromeyev speak, What a right decision. After akhromeyev explained his point of view, I asked the commanders with a smile, "do you understand what the major said?"“ I understand. " Several people answered neatly. I waited for them to finish, and then I began to arrange work: "two guards, each drawing out a division, to build fortifications in the north of the city; The tank army dispatched manpower to assist the railway workers sent by the higher authorities to repair the railway damaged by the German army. We should try our best to restore the railway transportation between us and the rear in the shortest time. As for the city, according to major akhromeyev, we should first build some temporary houses on the square to accommodate some homeless residents; In addition, we will send engineers to clean up and maintain the buildings that still can live in... "After I explained the matter to several people, I waved to them and said," now that the task is clear, you should go back to your respective troops immediately and carry out the order I gave you. "