In any case, the wreckage of the "Tiger" was successfully transported into a relatively safe underground warehouse.

It was only then that Shulka contacted the command of the Front.

There has been a twist in the way we get connected...... It was only in this way that attention was paid to Katukov, and then to the command of the Front in the name of the command of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade.

However, it didn't really pay attention to it, because, as Shulka had guessed, Mehris didn't know what it meant at all, so he nodded and tossed the telegram aside.

It wasn't until the phone line was connected that Shulka called Mehris.

Originally, this call could not be made to the front headquarters at all, to be precise, it would be intercepted and eliminated by the staff officer, but Shulka identified himself and the staff officer knew what Shulka meant to Mehris.

Then, after much deliberation, Shulka finally heard Mehelis's voice.

At this time, Shulka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, which was almost more than the time it took to drive directly to the headquarters.

"Shulka? Are you in Feodosia? Surprised Mehris asked, "I always thought you were still fighting in Dzhankoy, you have once again achieved a brilliant victory, our plan has succeeded, and the enemy will soon have no way to escape......

"Yes, Comrade Mehris!" "I know that," Shulka said, "but I think you should come to the train station!" ”

"The train station? Why? ”

"I'll explain it to you then!"

Mehris hesitated, then replied, "Perhaps, I can let Alex go on my behalf!" ”

Mehris would not leave his fortress easily, especially during the day.

Even now the Luftwaffe was bombing Dzhankoy with all its might, leaving Feodosia aside.

Shulka didn't expect that, he just wanted Mehris to see "Tiger" with his own eyes and then recognize the importance of the issue.

But now it turns out that everything is in vain.

However, it doesn't seem to matter, what matters is that Shulka can convince Mehris to get the Navy to remove the Tiger wreckage as soon as possible and ensure that it is safe to do so.

Thinking of this, Shulka replied: "No, Comrade Mehris, let me go to the headquarters!" ”

Later, when Mehris realized how much credit he had to give to the wreckage of the Tiger, he didn't need Shulka to say anything, and he ran to the warehouse.

He even reported to Stalin while touching the "Tiger style": "Yes, I am sure, Comrade Stalin, because it is right in front of my eyes!" ”

Of course, that's all for later.

It had been more than half an hour since Shulka reappeared at the headquarters of Mehris.

As before, Mehris is happily asking Moscow for credit...... This is also one of the reasons why the command of the Front did not receive information, and the radio here was mostly used to contact Moscow and not to direct the troops to fight.

It was Alexei who came up to meet him.

"Welcome, Comrade Shulka!" Alexei said: "I didn't expect us to meet again! ”

"Shulka!" Mehris exclaimed exaggeratedly when he saw Shulka, and then gave Shulka a hug: "Our hero, welcome back from the front!" ”

"Comrade Mehris!" Shulka said: "I have come this time to report to you that we have encountered a new type of enemy tank on the battlefield!" ”

"Oh, is this new tank powerful?" As he poured Shulka a drink, Mekhlis asked, "Is it better than our T34?" ”

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "We can only pose a threat to it if we are within two hundred meters, and it can destroy our T34 from a kilometer away!" ”

Mehris couldn't help but be stunned, and then he laughed with the staff officers.

"It's the funniest joke I've ever heard!" Mehris said.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Shulka, but he doesn't believe in the existence of such tanks.

Shulka didn't laugh, he just replied coldly: "We have captured one, it is at the railway station only a dozen kilometers away from here, and we have already reported to the command!" ”

The smiles of the crowd quickly froze on their faces.

Even Mehris, knowing that the enemy had such a tank, understood that this was not trivial.

After thinking for a while, Mehris jumped up from his chair: "You seized one?" ”

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "A tank wreck, to be exact, we wrecked it and brought it back!" ”

"Very well, Shulka!" Mehlis said, "Good! ”

After walking a few steps, just when others thought he was going to issue an order, they heard him ask Alexei: "What should we do?" ”

"Ship it to a safe place right away!" Alexei turned his gaze to Shulka, "Did you say yes, Captain?" ”

"Yes!" Shulka said: "I suggest that we should send it to the Caucasus and bring in a few tank experts or scientists at the same time, it has a lot of research value!" ”

"That's it!" "But before that, I'm going to see this tank!" ”

There was only one thing that allowed Mehlis to get out of the fortress at risk for his life, and that was credit.

When the canvas was lifted off and the huge body of the "Tiger" was displayed in front of Meehelis, he couldn't help but be stunned, although he didn't know what its guns, armor, etc. meant, but after all, this was a tank that had never been seen on the battlefield.

In his telegram, Mehris described it to Stalin: "It was simply a moving fortress, with a thick barrel and heavy armor. It was as if I saw it firing at our tanks as it advanced on the battlefield, but our soldiers were undaunted, they bravely defeated it, this monster, and managed to capture it and bring it to me......"

"Ship it to the rear right away!" Stalin gave the order.

"Yes, that's what we're going to do!"

As a result, everyone's eyes are practically not in the Dzhankoy direction, and even the Air Force is used to protect the wreckage of the "Tiger" from the Caucasus.

There is nothing wrong with this approach in itself, because the enemy's new tank is too important, which can not only enable the Soviet army to comprehensively understand the data and performance of the enemy's tank in all aspects, such as the artillery attack range, the penetration distance of the T34, etc., but also learn some techniques of the "Tiger style".

The problem is that Katukov did not expect that Manstein would lose the opportunity to completely annihilate the elite of the German 11th Army by playing a trick on the Perekop Isthmus.

But Shulka didn't expect this either.

In other words, even if Shulka's attention is in the direction of Zhankoy rather than "Tiger", Manstein can still get out of stride.