Lieutenant General Rodion Yakovlevich Marinovsky welcomed Lin Jun's inspection at his own headquarters, and more than two months of fierce fighting made the commander of the 11th Army a lot more gray-haired, but the war also made the 11th Army and Malinovsky famous throughout the army!

In Brest, the 11th Army gave the most elite of the German Central Army Group Gudry's armored group a head-on attack, and the 3rd Mechanized Army, the main force of the group army, completely annihilated two German armored divisions with the cooperation of the fortress troops, including the elite SS "Reich" division!

Because the 11th Army had consumed almost half of its strength when it had "hard carried" with Gudri, it did not participate in the offensive against Poland and withdrew to the vicinity of Minsk in early July for regrouping and replenishment, which gave it valuable respite. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A month's rest did not fully restore the combat effectiveness of the 11th Army, but having received several infantry divisions from Central Asia, Marinowski already had in his hands the strength to fight another big battle.

"Marinowski, you're under enough pressure this time!"

"Comrade Marshal, the troops are already behind the Stalin Line, up to the edge of the city of Minsk, and the entire front will be held by us." Marinowski pointed to the map, "This time, except for the reorganized 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps as a mobile assault force, all other units will be used as defensive forces. ”

"Marshal, I don't have many tanks, less than 300."

"I don't. Drag, as long as it drags until winter is a victory. Every line of defense will fight for every inch of land, and finally retreat into the city to fight the Germans in the streets! ”

"As long as the two armies on my flank can withstand it, I can delay the German army for a month for these 40 kilometers!" Marinowski's eyes seemed to be shining, and his words were already very clear -- after this battle, the 11th Army will probably be reorganized again, and it is estimated that not many of the 150,000 commanders and fighters will survive.

"Zhukov will make comprehensive arrangements, you just follow his orders, and I will not interfere in your battles."

As an old classmate of the senior command training class, Marinowski knew too well how much land command ability Lin Jun had; As the most junior one in the "Troika" and Lin Jun's henchman, this time he needs to work closely with Zhukov to make Minsk a fortress to nail the German army!

Originally, he wanted to stay with Lin Jun to eat Chinese food at the headquarters of the group army, but a phone call from the headquarters of the Western Front interrupted the arrangement of the two: Zhukov hoped that the two would go to the headquarters of the front army immediately, and there was very important information!

"This is a top-secret document sent by a special plane, and I didn't use a phone." As soon as Zhukov saw Lin Jun, he handed him a document, and the general's face was a little grim.

After Lin Jun read it carefully, he already understood why Moscow was sent by special plane: the German high command transferred an armored division and at least four infantry divisions from Army Group South to the north; Four divisions were transferred from Army Group North to the south, and it is not known what kind of troops they were. The supporting German forces were to be fully engaged in the upcoming campaign against Minsk.

This is only part of the information, and the Germans even sent troops from the occupied territories to Belarus in order to take Minsk in one fell swoop and open the way to attack Moscow.

"It is impossible for troops on both flanks to support the defense of Minsk: if the Germans break through the defense on both flanks, holding on to Minsk will become meaningless." Zhukov also recognized the seriousness of the situation.

Malinovsky did not expect Moscow to know the latest deployment of the German high command, and there were certain doubts about the reliability of the intelligence.

"Deep blue!" That mysterious code name popped up in my heart.

"Intelligence should be credible."

Lin Jun has complete trust in the "Troika", but he won't say what he shouldn't know: This should be the information sent back by the latest intelligence agent codenamed "Deep Blue".

Deep Blue -- The intelligence officers hidden in the German high command are generally never used, and are directly responsible to Comrade Alexander, have no contact with other intelligence agents in Germany, and have complete autonomy: even Alexander will not give him instructions, but will arrange a special time and frequency band to wait for him.

What information should be sent and what should be sent is up to the "Deep Blue" itself. - Even Lin Jun doesn't know who he really is, but he only knows his existence. The less such an ace intelligence officer is known, the better.

"Zhukov, if such a situation arises, our current strength will become very difficult."

"No matter how difficult the situation is, you have to persevere!"

Lin Jun took the document, lit it with a match on the table, and watched the paper burn completely.

If so, the German troops pressed on Minsk would have reached at least 700,000! And Zhukov has at most 300,000 troops on hand that can be used for the defense of the city, and the difference in strength is huge!

The situation was serious, and Marinovsky returned to the command of the army group command, and Lin Jun and Zhukov, who remained at the command of the Front, saw an unexpected guest at 5 p.m. - the commander of the troops directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Lieutenant General Leonid Grigorievich Petrovsky.

Comrade Lieutenant General came on a special plane, and as soon as he saw Lin Jun and Zhukov, he stood up and saluted: "Leonid Grigorievich Petrovsky, commander of the 1st Shock Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, has come to report for duty, and our troops are fully loaded and are assembling in Moscow, and they will all arrive in Minsk within a week." ”

An old friend, Alexander's subordinates, and an excellent commander under the protection of himself and the NKVD, but his words still made Lin Jun difficult to understand for a while.

"What's going on? Comrade Petrovsky. ”

"At noon today, I received an order to be the commander of the newly formed First Assault Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was drawn from the troops directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs near Moscow and the Moscow garrison, the main force of which consisted of four divisions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, plus one motorized division of the Moscow garrison. The subordinate units included the 2nd Mechanized Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is now the most powerful near Moscow. The troops, which are now massing at several stations near Moscow, will begin to move today, taking precedence over any other movements. The order given to me was to arrive in Minsk in advance to report for duty, and my command was still on the way. ”

The lieutenant general made it very clear that the 100,000 troops transferred from Moscow were all Moscow's "Imperial Guards Army," and they were not used in the formation of the Southern Front -- Stalin must have been more aware of the importance of Minsk after receiving news from Berlin, and he pumped a large part of the forces at the bottom of the box to the Western Front.

As long as Minsk can hold back the Germans, Moscow's security will naturally be guaranteed, and the second strategic group will soon be able to form an effective group combat capability. At present, Minsk urgently needs a formed, combat-ready, and firm force, and the dispatch of this "First Shock Army of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" is the best plan.

The methods of operation and training of the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the same as those of the ordinary Red Army, except that the training of "internal guard" units like Moscow is more arduous and the treatment is relatively better, the fighting will of the troops is impeccable, and all the commanders and fighters are excellent fighters who are absolutely loyal to the Soviets!

Zhukov is now a big bit more confident, and he immediately has a plan in his mind: "To use the assault army as the second echelon, just put it behind the southern flank of Minsk." ”

Let's fight, let's fight, the two sides fight for willpower and stamina, and the Germans will not swarm all at once, and when both sides are exhausted, every new force may be able to occupy left and right.

Lin Jun has no opinion: the Battle of Stalingrad is like this, tens of thousands of reinforcements continue to smash into the city, both sides are such tricks, using human lives and equipment to win precious time - if the war is relatively smooth, the new forces can drive the Germans out of the "Stalin Line" and make a big dumpling; If it is unfavorable, at least 100,000 elite troops can be exchanged for a few weeks.

In the early morning of August 9, more than a dozen airfields near Minsk were a busy scene, and the roar of engines rang out: Yesterday, Lin Jun was somewhat dissatisfied with the inaction of the air force in the past few days, and according to the discussion of him, Zhukov, and Kobets, it was decided to send planes to bomb the German positions.

I was polite to the vultures for a short time of deployment, and now that the ground forces have been deployed and the fortifications have been built, it is time to break this abnormal calm.

At the Minsk airport, Sergei had long been holding back his strength - the skeleton of the 1st Guards Fighter Division was the original 109th Regiment, but less than 40 of the more than 100 excellent pilots who participated in the war are still alive now! In Minsk, there had been no fighting, and for a whole week, except for reconnaissance, Kobetz forbade his planes to deliberately provoke the Luftwaffe, which did not appear in the air.

Sergei was not without a sense of strategy, understanding that it was for the army comrades to maintain a rare period of calm. But waiting, being on duty is always hard, and now it's finally a chance!

The aerial strangulation battle in Brest made Sergei understand that once the bombs from his side were dropped on the Germans today, endless fierce battles would follow. Unlike Brest: once in the air, a large-scale battle on the ground will begin immediately, and it will only be the first shot of the battle!

Leaving behind nearly a third of the fighters, the 1st Guards Fighter Division sent more than 150 fighters on a frontal distance of more than 100 kilometers, divided into several groups to cover the attacking bombers. Knowing that as soon as the bombing is over, a full-scale air battle will begin immediately, and you have to save some strength.

At a quarter past four o'clock in the morning, Sergei's fiery red landline took off into the air! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )