Shtemenko knew that this matter was of great importance. In order to avoid leaking the news, he deliberately closed the door when he entered so that he could speak freely: "He said that although the German army had gained a temporary advantage, the road became muddy due to constant rain.

This prevented the German tanks from advancing to Kiev quickly. In this case, the Germans had only two options, one was to delay the attack; the other was to abandon the armored forces and simply use infantry to attack Kiev."

"His speculation coincides with my assumption." After Antonov finished speaking, he continued to ask: "Besides, what else did he say?"

"He said that if you want to hold Kiev, you must change the commander." After Shtemenko took a deep breath, he mustered up the courage to say: "He felt that if General Vatutin continued to be commanded, Kiev might be lost.

"

Hearing what Shtemenko said, Antonov's eyes flashed with shock, but he quickly calmed down his emotions and pretended to be nonchalant and asked: "Then who does he think should replace Vatutin?"

Where is the general?"

"General Rokossovsky." Shtemenko said with a wry smile: "He suggested that General Rokossovsky be used as the representative of the base camp, but he went to Kiev to assist Vatutin in commanding operations."

Unexpectedly, when Antonov heard this, he stood up from his seat suddenly, looked at Shtemenko, and asked in shock: "Comrade Shtemenko, did General Sokov really do this to you?"

Said?"

"That's right, that's what he said." Shtemenko was afraid that Antonov wouldn't believe what he said, so he even brought up Lunev: "If you don't believe it, you can call Lunev here and ask him.

When I asked, he heard it at the time."
Chapter completed!