The time had come to June 20, 1942, and 19 days earlier, the great world revolution had officially begun, and the vigorous revolutionary war was fiercely fought between June 1 and 20, with countless revolutionary or reactionary martyrs emerging, of course, there were also many traitors, traitors, and thieves who betrayed the revolutionary cause, and some reactionaries hidden in the Bolshevik party and army also exposed their true colors in the face of the test of the world revolution. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At this moment, in a small dark room in a building occupied by the Political Department of the Western Front of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which was almost completely isolated from the outside world, Colonel Sandalov, chief of staff of the 4th Army of the Red Army, who had just escaped death in a brutal battle, was sitting alone at his desk with paint off and writing confessions!

Of course, it was not good to write an account in such an environment, but Colonel Sandalov did not think that the organization had "made a mistake", and when he received the order to "immediately return to Minsk to report the situation", he knew that he was going to be locked up in a small black room.

Because he, the commander of the 4th Army, Major General Korobkov, and the political commissar Terekin, have just committed an unpardonable crime - the crime of losing the war!

Defeat is of course sinful!

In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 58 of the Criminal Code of the USSR of 1926, acts of destruction by citizens of the USSR against the military power, the sovereignty of the State and the inviolable territory of the USSR. For example, acts of espionage, betrayal of state secrets, fornication with foreign enemies, and defection of aircraft abroad all constitute the crime of treason against the state.

Moreover, according to this article, if a soldier cannot prevent others from betraying the state, he shall be sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment.

Now Sandalov has committed a subsidiary clause in paragraph 1 of Article 58 of the Criminal Code: a soldier cannot prevent others from betraying the state! Should be sentenced to 10 years in prison!

And the bad guy he "couldn't stop" was the commander of the 4th Army, Korobkov.

Because Korobkov's actions in the battle of Legiono-Vovomin caused damage to the military power of the USSR.

First of all, the 4th Army under his command was defeated in the battle by the Germans, who were far less numerous than themselves, and it was a crushing defeat!

Secondly, in order to cover up his mistakes, Korobkov deliberately exaggerated the enemy situation, exaggerating at most one divisional armored cluster into three armored divisions, which caused a miscalculation on the part of the front command.

The commander of the Front, General Pavlov, based on the erroneous information provided by Korobkov, made the decision of the 1st Tank Army to hold on to Maidan (east of Vovomin), which caused the 1st Tank Army to rush into battle and was routed by the German armored group with extremely heavy losses.

So, the actions of the commander of the 4th Army, Korobkov, already constituted the crime of treason against the state. And the chief of staff of the 4th Army, Sandarov, and the political commissar Terekin, because they did not stop his crime, also constituted the crime of aiding the betrayal of the country.

However, if three people commit a crime together, according to the provisions of the Criminal Code, they belong to an "anti-life group", and the crime is added to the first degree.

That is, the main culprit Korobkov was to be shot, or declared an enemy of the working class, confiscated of all property, deprived of citizenship of the USSR or a union republic, deported - in the USSR, deportation and shooting were the same punishment!

However, whether to be shot or deported is not up to the inmates themselves. Otherwise, probably no one would choose to be shot......

Korobkov's sins must have been shot. Sandalov thought to himself: Then he would have been reformed through labor for 10 years, and with the addition of a "group crime", it would have been at least 15 years of reformed through labor.

But he can also not go to Siberia for labor reform! It's not that there is no way to live, and now the little black room that is locked up in the Political Department writes the explanation materials and says that it is a way out.

He thought about it, when Korobkov deceived the organization and lied about the military situation, he organized a retreat at the headquarters of the army group near Vovomin, which he did not know about at the time, and only learned about it later.

If he denounces Korobkov now, not only will he be guilty, but he will also be punished, so naturally he will not have to go to Siberia.

He must be exposed! Sandalov gritted his teeth, Korobkov's sins are unforgivable, if he doesn't expose himself, someone else will expose it, so it's better to expose it himself, so that he and his family can be saved.

Knowing what was at stake, Sandalov no longer hesitated, picked up the pen and began to write on the letterhead.

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"Shoot! Must be shot! Ponomarenko saw the revelations of Sandarov and Terekin, as well as Korobkov's secretive confessions, and compared the three aspects, and he knew what was going on at that time. The battle of Legiono-Vovomin was supposed to be a medium-sized defeat, and the main forces of the 1st Tank Army could have been preserved, but it turned out to be a crushing defeat due to Korobkov's mistakes.

"Korobkov is a latent anti-gimmick, trying to sabotage the world revolution, the most vicious, innocent!"

Pavlov, the commander of the Western Front, did not dare to shield Korobkov at this time, and not only did he shield him, but he also charged him with "anti-gimmick".

However, it cannot be said that Pavlov and Ponomarenko are wronging Korobkov, because Korobkov's crime of defeating the battle is real! No matter how you quibble, the battle of Legiono-Vovomin was always a big defeat.

A powerful army group consisting of 1 mechanized corps, 1 tank corps and 1 infantry corps actually defeated a divisional cluster of the Germans, and it was a fiasco!

Such a fiasco had never happened in the glorious history of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and now that such a crushing defeat was suffered at the very beginning of the world revolution, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was a blow to the great leader Stalin, and Korobkov, who broke through the catastrophe, of course, had to pay a very deserved price.

But...... The Battle of Legiono-Vovomin also showed that the fighting power of the Nazi German army was very strong, even stronger than everyone imagined. In addition to being inferior in numbers, there are clear advantages in all other aspects.

And the Soviet Red Army was deficient in many ways. The performance of the T-34 tank and the KV-1 tank was not as good as expected. Moreover, the strength of the Red Air Force also does not have a significant advantage, and in the past ten days of engagement, the Air Force to which the Western Front belongs has suffered huge losses!

According to the report of the commander of the Western Front, Major General Kobets, the Air Force of the Front lost more than 15 aircraft of all kinds in less than 1800 days, and lost more than 2200 pilots and crew members! The commander of the Air Force of the Front, Major General Kobets, was so anxious that he even had the heart to die.

If the losses continue, the Western Front will have no air force available!

"Comrade Military Commissar," General Pavlov thought for a moment, and finally said to Ponomarenko with a frown, "now our losses are great!" The military power of imperialist Germany was stronger than originally thought, especially in terms of air and armored forces. Now the Western Front needed more aircraft, pilots, tanks and various vehicles to ensure the smooth running of the Battle of Warsaw. ”

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"Korobkov was shot, Terekin 15 years of labor reform...... Sandalov acted commander of the 4th Army. ”

In the basement of the Kremlin, Stalin smoked a pipe and pronounced the fate of Korobkov, Terekin and Sandalov in front of Voroshilov and Beria.

One was shot for fighting a lost battle that should not have been fought and for exaggerating the enemy's situation to deceive the organization; One was reformed through labor because the exposé materials were written too long and profoundly, delaying the time of the leader; There is also a promotion for exposing the anti-grums in time.

But this was all a trifle for Stalin, and now there is only one real big thing, and that is Warsaw! Is Warsaw still going to be liberated? If you want to be liberated, how to fight?

"Pavlov can give him whatever he wants!" Stalin smoked his pipe and said, "If we don't have it, go to the Americans and ask for it!" In addition, send another representative of the Supreme High Command to help him. ”

"Okay, Comrade Stalin." Voroshilov nodded, he understood Stalin's thoughts. "I will definitely urge Pavlov to take Warsaw no matter what."

Stalin smoked his pipe and asked: "Anyway?" Hitler and Hersmann would probably have ordered Guderian to hold Warsaw anyway. So which is achievable anyway? ”

"Of course our 'no matter what' achievable." Voroshilov said with a smile, "Although the 4th Army was defeated in the battle of Legionovo-Vovomin, this defeat did not change the balance of strength and weakness between the Soviet Union and Germany.

In fact, our defeat was due to a number of minor problems that could be improved, such as the lack of artillery that could penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks at long distances...... We actually have such artillery, both the 85mm anti-aircraft gun and another 57mm anti-tank gun have strong anti-tank capabilities, it's just that these two guns have not yet been loaded into tanks and armored vehicles. However, we can think of a remedy, let tanks and armored vehicles tow 57mm anti-tank guns and 85mm anti-aircraft guns to the battlefield. And we can also improve the anti-tank capabilities of existing artillery by introducing high-speed armor-piercing shell technology from Britain and the United States.

In addition, we have a lot of room for improvement in the Air Force. For example, the P51 fighter, the most advanced fighter of the United States, could be introduced, and the performance of this aircraft has been tested in the theater of Western Europe, and it is enough to fight all the advanced German fighters. Now on the territory of the USSR there were squadrons equipped with P51 fighters, which were originally used to cover B-17 bombers, and we can now ask the American side to agree to transfer them to the Battle of Warsaw. (To be continued.) )