0p0 Third Reich Episode 479
Third Reich Episode 479
It's just that the current Zhukov will not be able to show any past achievements at all for a while.In contrast, Pavlov, who has been stationed in the rear, has every opportunity to spread rumors and slander Zhukov, distorting the facts to slander the opponent's low ability.
But in fact, among the two, the one who is really inferior in ability is precisely Pavlov himself who speaks ill of others!
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, Pavlov can be regarded as a rising star in the Soviet Red Army in recent years.
Pavlov and Zhukov respectively served as the two heads of the first two tank regiments of the Soviet Army.
And he also participated in the Spanish Civil War, where he wore the Hero of the Soviet Union Gold Star medal.Tong Guo later served as the director of the Soviet Army's automobile, tank and armored forces.Together with Zhukov, General Jin Jing was appointed commander of an important military region.
Zhukov is in the Kiev Special Military District, and Bayouluo University is in the Western Special Military District.
And because of that exercise, there was a gap in the status of the two for the first time.Zhukov, who won the exercise, became the chief of staff of the Soviet army, while Pavlov was still only a commander of the military region.
Even so, every step of Pavlov's promotion has appeared to be very smooth.
However, behind these honors, there is a terrible fact that cannot be concealed-Pavlov is not at all a battle-hardened military genius like Laikov, but more like a politician.
Pavlov's ascension to such a prominent position as the commander-in-chief of the Western Special Military Region is attributable to the vacuum of senior Soviet commanders created by Stalin's "Great Purge".In order to make up for the vacancies, many low-level Soviet generals were promoted exceptionally. Of course, military geniuses like Zhukov were indispensable, but there were also a lot of speculative politicians like Pavlov with the title of military strategist.
For example, when he made suggestions for the construction of the Soviet army as a tank expert, he mistakenly accepted the experience of the Spanish Civil War and believed that the formation of the army was unable to fight alone and could only support the infantry, which led the Soviet army to disband the already formed mechanized army .
Until 1940, Zhukov, another Soviet tank expert, proposed that Pavlov’s point of view was actually based on the poor protection of light tanks like the T-26, but General Pavlov erroneously denied it. all tanks.
Including the previous exercise, Pavlov also completely exposed the incompetent nature of his "military rookie".
During the exercise, his Red Army headquarters did not deploy troops around Minsk, but deployed the main force of the Red Army in the Bialystok salient area not far from the border. He even forgot to set aside enough strategic reserves .
As the commander-in-chief of the Blue Army in the exercise, Zhukov, who has real materials, quickly saw this serious problem clearly, so he mobilized troops in advance, quietly approached the main force of the Red Army, and immediately advanced in two directions at the beginning of the exercise, encircling Biya. The main force of the Red Army in the Westok Bulge.
However, Pavlov's deployment did not have enough mobile reserve forces to rescue the salient, or to fight the blue army again in the deep zone. ,
As a result, under Pavlov's command, the gates of Minsk were completely open to the Blues.
This was originally when Zhukov realized the crisis of Pavlov's wrong deployment, and taught the opponent how to fight with his superb military command level.
But Pavlov secretly changed the concept and accused Zhukov: "The main reason for the failure of this exercise is due to the repeated violations of the rules by the commander of the blue army, Zhukov, and his unworthy actions with the red army. They knew in advance that we The deployment and advance action, the offensive methods and the use of troops arranged by General Zhukov did not follow the arrangements of the exercise headquarters.”
At the end, Pavlov once again satirized Zhukov's excellent performance in the exercise: "I think the General Staff spent a lot of energy preparing for this exercise to test the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, not to show military talents for individuals. of!"
These few words enraged Zhukov thoroughly: and caused him to attack Pavlov tit for tat: "If the blue side is the German army, will they inform you of the time to attack and strictly abide by it? The German army will cooperate with your troops." action?"
In the end, the two refused to give in to each other, and both stared fiercely at each other.
Pavlov has remembered this hatred until today, and then replaced all prejudice against Zhukov with revenge in the war, which caused a lot of trouble for Zhukov's Mars operation.
It is no exaggeration to say that what Pavlov did in the rear and the huge amount of supplies withheld from the front-line troops are enough to affect the front-line warfare.
To some extent, the harm he caused to the Soviet army was greater than all the spies that Germany arranged in advance in the Soviet Union combined!
Text 724 Birds of a feather flock together
"Let all the politicians we befriended go to the Kremlin to sue Zhukov!"
Pavlov did not hide his excitement at all, and instructed his confidants: "Seize this opportunity, and I will make Zhukov never turn over again."
"Yes!" Several of Pavlov's confidants stood at attention and saluted.
"Comrade Commander, Zhukov is now with Khrushchev. If we want to deal with Zhukov, Khrushchev might stop us." A middle-aged man in a suit stood up and said to Pavlov Husband reminded.
"What? Khrushchev is afraid that we will affect his status and reputation?" Although Pavlov is a military idiot, he is completely a master in politics.
Just like now, although Pavlov is only suppressing and slandering Zhukov.But Khrushchev and Zhukov are now in the same room. To a large extent, the interests of the two are tied together, similar to the concept of sharing weal and woe.
After all, in the headquarters of the Southwest Front Army, Zhukov's decision, in the eyes of outsiders, is equivalent to a decision that has passed Khrushchev's hands.The two were sent together by Stalin to the headquarters of the Southwest Front Army to rectify the combat concepts of the front commander, that is, Kirponos and others.
Not to mention much, even Stalin himself, I believe, now treats Zhukov and Khrushchev as people on the same road.
Of course, Stalin also had his special intentions in making such an arrangement.
Although Zhukov has become more and more rebellious recently and often confronts himself, he has the strength and level of a general.More importantly, even though Zhukov often disagreed with Stalin, it was due to his loyalty to Stalin and his responsibility for the fate of the Soviet army.
Stalin could understand these things, and he also knew that Zhukov's starting point was not bad.But he just couldn't bear Zhukov's irritating temper, and he couldn't accept a person singing against his ears all day long.
And Khrushchev's image in Stalin's eyes can just complement Zhukov's.
The image of Khrushchev in Stalin's heart has always been loyal and obedient, and he is simply the most obedient subordinate.Having such a subordinate partner with Zhukov must have slightly affected Zhukov's character and made his speech less annoying.
As long as Zhukov can be influenced by Khrushchev and learn half of Khrushchev's art of speaking during this period of getting along, Stalin can be satisfied and recall Zhukov back to the General Staff and keep him by his side.
However, Stalin certainly would not have imagined that Khrushchev, whom he was so optimistic about and trusted, might be the one who took the lead in "whipping" him decades later.
But that doesn't matter, as long as Khrushchev is obedient now, or in other words, he is obedient enough, then Stalin will feel at ease.
For the current Khrushchev, Stalin still has enough trust.
"Of course we can't touch Khrushchev. He is a popular person around the general secretary. This time the general secretary sent him to the Southwest Front Army, probably to persuade Zhukov and teach Zhukov how to speak."
Pavlov can be regarded as a relatively good person in the entire Soviet Union in deducing Stalin's psychological activities.If there is a ranking, Pavlov will definitely be in the top ten of "people who understand Stalin best"!
If Pavlov hadn't understood Stalin's thoughts so well, and based on this to formulate a course of action, he wouldn't be in such a high position today.
"Then let's emphasize that this matter has nothing to do with Comrade Khrushchev. All the mistakes were caused by Zhukov alone!" Pavlov's driver, the captain who was directly promoted by him two ranks, At this time, I also saw the right time to interject.
As Pavlov's driver, the captain had many opportunities to get close to Pavlov and participate in the conversations between Pavlov and his confidants.In Pavlov's eyes, this driver is actually half a confidant.
However, this driver has the heart to do things for his superiors, but he doesn't have the ability.His level of strategizing is really too bad to bet on.
It specifically emphasizes that it has nothing to do with Khrushchev, and only accuses Zhukov alone... This avoids Khrushchev, but isn't it also clearly aimed at Zhukov in front of Stalin!
Stalin is not stupid, he can easily see this kind of behavior of suppressing dissidents.Even, he was very jealous of his subordinates doing this.
Once Stalin believes that Pavlov is forming a faction and suppressing neutrals like Zhukov, it is likely to leave a bad influence on Stalin's heart: why is Pavlov so keen to suppress other people at the same level? Could it be that he wants to maintain his own power and win more power?
High meritorious service is never an empty talk.As far as Stalin is concerned, if the general under him rushes to overshadow him in merit, Stalin will never let that person live for too long.
"This is definitely not possible." Pavlov quickly rejected the bad idea proposed by his smart driver.
"If I do that, not only Khrushchev will be fine, but Zhukov will also be fine. Because, after I do this, I, Pavlov, will be the one to have trouble."
After waving his hand, Pavlov rejected the driver's suggestion, but he thought of a good way: "However, I can do something to show my skills, contrast with Zhukov, and influence the views of the great General Secretary Stalin. "
After finishing speaking, Pavlov turned around and instructed his adjutant: "Notify all the troops of our Western Front to hold a grand swearing-in event. Call more people from the propaganda department to highlight that we will obey Comrade Stalin's arrangements to the death. , the determination to regain the hinterland of the Soviet Union that Zhukov gave up!"
Pavlov straightened his collar and tried to make himself appear tall and stalwart: "Zhukov is as timid as a mouse, afraid of the Germans, but we won't!"
"The general secretary's eyes are sharp. He knows who is a trustworthy and entrusted general. We just need to do what we need to do. Of course, Zhukov will not have a good time." However, in the next second, Buff Love uttered a selfish language that was completely different from the previous majestic oath.
"By the way, your military rank is still captain. A loyal and reliable soldier like you deserves to be promoted." Pavlov looked at his driver who didn't make good suggestions but was willing to use it for him. : "Let me arrange it later, and I will go through the procedures for you to be promoted to major."