Chapter 1375 The Rokossovsky Cluster

Smolensk was the bridgehead guarding Moscow after Belarus was occupied by the Germans. The Germans adopted their usual blitzkrieg plan. The 17th Armored Division at the forefront moved extremely quickly, crossing the Dnieper River and unexpectedly rushing. To the south of the city of Smolensk!

But after all, they only had one armored unit, and they went deep alone. They originally planned to take Smolensk directly with the advantage of speed.

At the same time, they almost succeeded. When they rushed in from the south, all they encountered were militia groups, vulnerable to a single blow, and they could beat them at a glance. Occupied the whole city, and as a result, the people on the opposite side blew up the bridge.

It was precisely because they blew up the bridge in time that the 17th Armored Division was blocked in the southern part of the city, and Lukin led his men to confront the German army across the river.

After persisting for a day or two, Timoshenko asked for new reinforcements, including the 29th, 30th, 28th, and 24th Army Groups. From the outside, they surrounded the German army again.

In this way, the situation became very clever. Inside the city, the 17th Panzer Division turned to the defense. They occupied the southern part of the city of Smolensk and fought with the surrounding troops. Although the Soviet Union used the Several army groups just can't eat this army.

While they were fighting the siege, the rest of the German army was also attacking rapidly. They did not go directly to Smolensk, but boldly detoured to the rear. The situation was quite skilled and old-fashioned. Encircle all these armies and eat them.

Now, it depends on who is faster on both sides.

East of Smolensk, Yartsevo.

Sitting on a Gorky off-road vehicle, a burly man, with his hands on the windshield in front, stood and looked forward.

"Yes, this is the order given to me by the base camp. As long as the troops I encounter along the way are all under my command, which part are you from?"

"Report to the chief of staff at the back, he will give you a specific organization, you are now part of the Rokossovsky cluster!"

Taking over the command of a company, Rokossovsky was in a good mood, and then he saw a few tanks in a village in the distance!

"Come on, go and collect those tanks!" Rokossovsky shouted loudly.

Konstantin-Konstantinovich-Rokossovsky, with the rank of major general, in the evaluation of later generations, he was one of the troikas of the Soviet Army together with Zhukov and Konev during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union. one. He was calm and steady, and he was not panicked in dealing with chaos.

Compared to Lu Jin, he is even more legendary.

Rokossovsky was born in 1896 in Veliky Luki, a city in the Prakow Oblast. His mother is Russian and his father is Polish.

Yes, because he was born with half of Polish blood, so when the vigorous purge began, as the purge went on, he was thrown into prison on charges of Polish espionage, and he was about to be shot. .

Compared with so many unlucky people who were executed, Rokossovsky was definitely lucky because he knew Timoshenko.

When Timoshenko was still the commander of the 3rd Cavalry Corps, Rokossovsky served as the commander of the cavalry division under him. Brother Timoshen knew his character and talent very well, so he wanted to get him.

It also happened that at this time the Soviet-Finnish war was unfavorable. Timoshenko supported Stalin on the grounds that the army was in urgent need of commanding talents. So, with Stalin's acquiescence, Rokossovsky was "shot".

He was just hit by a blank bullet, and then, in the name of a death row prisoner, Rokossovsky was miraculously reinstated. Then the Soviet Union began to form a mechanized army, and he was promoted to commander of the 9th Mechanized Army. .

At the beginning of the war, Rokossovsky was originally commanding his 9th Mechanized Army to fight in the direction of Kyiv to the south. Just a few days ago, he received an order from Moscow to hand over the troops to his deputy. , went to Moscow to accept the task of establishing a new army group.

At the time of the General Staff, he was about to start a fight with others.

Now, the Soviets have transferred the main force to Smolensk, and there is a terrible vacuum in the area from Smolensk to Moscow.

And Rokossovsky did not get any troops, only a few staff officers and a few soldiers, and this was his headquarters.

At the same time, according to Lukin's method, he got a right: from Moscow to Yartsevo, all the remnants of soldiers who had been withdrawn from the front line he encountered along the way were all included and commanded by him, which was considered the basis of the new army group. The team is gone.

This army group was called the Rokossovsky group.

And now, Rokossovsky is building his group. In the past few days, he has packed thousands of people, but there is still a long way to go to what he needs. In particular, he does not have a decent tank unit yet. !

The Germans are all armored divisions. If his infantry encounters armored troops, it can only be the result of being defeated, so he must have tanks.

Seeing those tanks now, how could he not get excited?

"Quick, quick, go!" Rokossovsky shouted to his driver.

Gorky's car quickly headed towards the village over there.

"Hey, which part are you from? I am General Rokossovsky, and now I order you to join my group." With the experience of the past few days, Rokossovsky is also familiar.

After getting closer, he was pleasantly surprised to see that there were still several Stalin tanks in it. This is a good thing, and it can compete head-on with the German tanks!

This time, Rokossovsky hit a wall.

After hearing his voice, a colonel came out of the village where he was stationed.

"We are the 238th Mechanized Division. We are under the command of Marshal Timoshenko. Now we are carrying out the order of Marshal Timoshenko and heading towards Smolensk. Sorry, you have no right to order us." Roja said.

Rokossovsky's collection all the way, can only be stragglers, this kind of organized and neat troops, of course, will not listen to his command.

However, looking at those Stalin tanks, Rokossovsky's eyes became hot for a while, no, no matter what he wanted to bring them over!

"I have an order signed by Comrade Stalin himself." Rokossovsky took out his order and put it in front of the other party's eyes: "See? I have this power, and now I order you to follow me. !"

"Who's going to grab the troops under Lao Tzu?" At this moment, a voice came.