The 1st Guards Tank Brigade took an hour to load.

The difficulty of loading the tank mainly comes from the tank, they need to drive the tank onto the flatbed, use the iron tripod to nail the belt around the belt, and then use the steel rope to hold the tank, otherwise in case the train stops suddenly or is bombed by enemy planes and there is an emergency, the tank will fly out of the flatbed truck due to the huge inertia.

Of course, there are also cars and half-tracks, as well as artillery artillery and so on.

This work can be done in an hour, after all, the 1st Guards Tank Brigade often runs between Stalingrad and Moscow, and is quite skilled in such loading.

Sure enough, Mehris didn't have any reinforcement plans, no plans at all, because he simply gave an order to the staff officer: "Tell the driver, go to the Crimea!" ”

Then he triumphantly boasted to his subordinates in the command compartment: "Look, everything is as I expected, you have all seen it!" Now, with these tanks, and these brave soldiers, we have to rush to the Crimea to teach those Germans a lesson! ”

The command car is a car in the middle of the train, the front half of which is the headquarters of Mehris, and the second half of which is the headquarters of Katukov.

Katukov's subordinates couldn't help but show a worried look in their eyes when they heard what Mekhlis said, they all knew that Mekhlis was messing up, so it was already good to be completely annihilated, let alone defeat the German army.

Katukov didn't say anything, he just glanced at Shulka.

Shulka understood, nodded, took a pack of cigarettes from the table, and walked over to Mehris.

"Hey, Comrade Shulka!" Just as the train was moving, Mehris grabbed something around him to steady himself, and then waved at Shulka.

Shulka stepped forward and handed a cigarette to Mehris and whispered, "Comrade Mehris, can we talk alone?" ”

"Oh, of course!" Mehris understood, took the cigarette and replied with a smile: "I said, Comrade Shulka, at any time!" ”

Mehris and Shulka walked into a room at the front of the train, which had been the conductor's lounge and was now Mehris's exclusive room.

"We can't just go to the Crimea, Comrade Mekhlis!" Shulka said.

"Why not?" Mekhlis asked, confused.

Shulka spread out the map and placed it on the small table by the window, pointed to a location and said: "Crimea is a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides and connected to the mainland on the other, if the Germans have broken through the Dnieper defense line, then it will probably only take a day to occupy the Yamiansk region!" ”

The Yamiansk region is located at the choke point of the Crimea with the Soviet mainland, and the occupation of this area can cut off the Soviet Union's land connection with the Crimea.

"And it will take us at least two days to get to Crimea!" Shulka said: "And that's not counting the time if the railroad is blown up by the enemy!" ”

"What's wrong with that?" Mehris said: "If the Germans occupy these areas, then we defeat them into the Crimea!" ”

Hearing this, Shulka had a black line on his face, and he felt that the armored troops could advance at any time and fight at any time on the train, tanks, cars, etc., which were tied up with steel wires......

Not to mention the problems of air supremacy and railways, the ammunition and fuel carried by the troops in their vehicles were not enough for the troops to fight a battle, not to mention that the Germans were at least an army group and the Soviets had only one tank brigade.

"Comrade Mehris!" Shulka replied: "We are certainly not afraid of the enemy, but we may be able to go into combat in a better and faster way to rescue the Crimea!" ”

"Tell me what you think!" Mehris raised his head.

"We can avoid the railway lines, which are intensively bombed and blocked by the enemy!" "You know, the Germans are bombing transport hubs around Tokmak, and there are bound to be a lot of problems with the railways, and if a railway bridge is blown up, we may even have to wait a few days!" ”

Mehris nodded in agreement.

"So!" Shulka said: "Why don't we bypass Tokmak? I mean, we can go to Stalingrad first, and then go south from Stalingrad! Although the total distance is longer, we may reach Crimea faster. ”

"But, Comrade Shulka!" Mehris said, "Does it work? We still end up passing through Yamiansk, and we still have to fight the Germans to get into the Crimea! ”

"No!" Shulka reminded: "We can get to the Caucasus first, I mean Temryuksky, and from there cross the Kerch Strait into the Crimea!" ”

Mehris's eyes couldn't help but light up: "Great, Comrade Shulka, why didn't I think that I could cross the Kerch Strait?" That's it, and I'll tell them right away! ”

"Comrade Mehris!" Shulka stopped Mehris, who was about to go out: "In addition, we have supply problems, such as shells for our tanks...... There will not be any such thing in the Caucasus, we can get the head of Stalingrad to prepare another train, I mean a train loaded with ammunition and supplies, and then we will follow behind us! ”

"Good idea, Shulka!"

"At the same time, we have to arrange the logistics!" Shulka continued: "As soon as we enter the battlefield, we may be constantly fighting the enemy, which means that the supplies will continue to be consumed, so ammunition, fuel, food, etc., will need to be continuously transported to us...... For example, fuel and food can be transported from Baku, and ammunition is constantly obtained from Stalingrad! ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, Mehris couldn't help but nod his head again and again: "Of course, without ammunition and fuel, our tanks cannot fight the enemy!" Anything else, Comrade Shulka? ”

"Maybe we still have to get in touch with the Air Force and Navy!" Shulka said: "Because we need the assistance of the Black Sea Fleet to cross the Kerch Strait, and of course the cover of the Air Force, otherwise we will most likely be bombed indiscriminately by the Germans!" ”

"That's right!" Mekhlis laughed, patted Shulka on the shoulder, and left with the map.

Soon there was a cry from Mekhlis outside: "I say, you guys, haven't you noticed the problem of reinforcing the Crimea......

Shulka, of course, didn't join in the fun, he smoked a cigarette and watched the snow retreat outside the window, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If Mehris is allowed to command so blindly, I am afraid that the 1st Guards Tank Brigade will be gone on the road.

Thankfully, that didn't happen.