The arrival of Chuikov allowed Zhukov to find the best successor to the commander of the city defense of Minsk - Kondrusev, who was lying on the hospital bed of the city defense headquarters and fighting to the death with the god of death: during this period of overload of work and huge mental pressure, the general's body, which had not fully recovered, almost completely collapsed!

No one will blame Kondrusev, because during this time he commanded the troops to withstand the frantic attack of the German Army Group Center, and no one could do it better than him!

"Chuikov, I appoint you the new commander of the city defense of Minsk, to succeed Comrade Kondruschev and command all the forces of the Minsk city, including your 62 Army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Chuikov accepted Zhukov's order, and Lin Jun added a sentence on the side: "I went to talk to Comrade Kondrusev and sent him to the rear for treatment, his health is very bad." ”

"Marshal, please tell Comrade Kondruseev that no commander can be better than him, and he has successfully completed his task."

Lin Jun nodded.

"Chuikov, in addition to mortars and anti-tank guns, all long-range artillery regiments need to be used in a centralized manner."

"Yes, Comrade Marshal. We are ready for street fighting, and the long-range artillery of the army group will be under the unified command of the head of artillery, Major General Pozarisky. ”

The staff officers will work with Chuikov to take over the command of the defense of the city of Minsk, including the original long-range artillery - there are not many artillery left in Minsk, and some heavy artillery regiments have only a dozen 152-mm howitzers left. Long-range artillery does not need to enter the city, the best solution is to use it in a centralized manner, so that if necessary, the artillery of the entire army can be concentrated and fired at any section of the front line!

In Lin Jun's textbook in his previous life, the Battle of Stalingrad was described as follows: a turning point in World War II! The Battle of Stalingrad was not just a milestone on the entire Soviet-German battlefield, it meant all over the world! After nearly seven months of unprecedentedly tragic battles, the German army ended in complete defeat. In that unprecedented general battle, both the Soviet Union and Germany invested many elite soldiers, and on the Soviet side, the absolute main force defending Stalingrad was the 62nd Army under the command of Chuikov!

On the Soviet side, the 62nd Army, which participated in the Battle of Stalingrad throughout the whole process, was undoubtedly a dazzling new star, after brutal street battles, after countless repeated tug-of-wars, the 62nd Army firmly held on to the city of Stalingrad like a nail, containing a large number of German troops for more than two months, not only consuming a large number of German troops, but also buying time for the main force to assemble!

Later commanders and military strategists took the trouble to study the Battle of Stalingrad because it was the most tragic battle for the city of World War II; Because it reversed the course of World War II; Because it represents the determination to fight to the end with strength and loyalty, and never back down!

And now, it's Minsk's turn!

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Kondrusev's condition was very bad, the high fever had not gone away for two days, but he had been reluctant to leave his command, so he lay on the hospital bed and listened to the report of his subordinates: Lin Jun had to bring his wife to be in charge of the treatment of the major general. Vuginskaya told herself: Major General This is an old injury and a deterioration in physical function caused by overwork, and systematic treatment is needed to recover, which is impossible to do here.

Using strong medicine will only make his body collapse, and the only way is to send him to the rear for systematic recuperation. Vukinskaya once said that the major general could put into work, but she would not have thought that the battle situation would be so cruel and that the pressure as the commander of the city defense would be so great!

When Kondrushev saw Lin Jun, he tried to get up: "Marshal, have the reinforcements arrived?" ”

Lin Jun pressed the scrawny major general back to the bed, "The 62nd Army has arrived, and the commander of the group army, Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, has been appointed to take your place. Chuikov is also an excellent commander, you can now go to the rear to receive treatment with peace of mind, Minsk will not be lost! ”

Kondrusev nodded, he understood that it was time for him to leave.

"Treat well, and when your body recovers, I promise that you will command a group army as soon as you return." Lin Jun looked at Kondrusev's eyes and said, because he understood what the major general needed now: under such circumstances, putting down the thousand pounds of burden on his shoulders, Kondruschev's spirit would suddenly relax, according to his physical condition, this is not a good thing - the spirit supports the body, and when the spirit is relaxed, the body may collapse rapidly!

Give him some pressure and hope: the Soviets still need him, so that the body can have the mental support it needs to recover.

"I can't die yet, don't worry, I still have to command the troops to fight to Hitler's hometown in Germany!"

"That's Audrey, huh. If you can't die, it's good! Chuikov will soon take over the city defense, and I will do it on your behalf. Let me tell you something, when it gets dark we will carry out a counter-attack, 20,000 people, to retake the central barricades. Lin Jun turned to his wife and said, "Immediately escort Comrade Major General to Airport No. 6, where you will be in charge of his treatment, and you will decide when to send him to Moscow or elsewhere." ”

The wife nodded: "Don't worry Andrey, I will try to get the major general to go to the Caucasus for recuperation, he needs to stay away from the cold." ”

A kilometre to the north, the special divisions under the command of Peter Mikhailovich Zavrilov and Fomin were engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the advancing Germans at the Medium Machine Factory, and the fortified troops not only held their positions for two days, but also drove the Germans back to the west of the Kirov barricades.

Judging from the report, the commanders and fighters who came from Brest are worthy of the title of defenders of the fortress, and their will to fight is comparable to steel! The Germans launched 17 attacks in two days, but they were all beaten back without hesitation! The front of the position was covered with dead German corpses and discarded equipment!

In Lin Jun's headquarters, there was a huge military flag signed by all the commanders and fighters of the special division, which was sent by Zavrilov a few days ago -- "If we all die, the motherland will not forget us, because we have dedicated our blood and lives to the motherland we love!" ”

The huge flag showed the determination of more than 10,000 commanders and fighters: their position was on the easternmost side of Minsk, and in case Minsk missed, they must be the last troops to fight, and everyone was ready to live and die with the position! ”

The formation of many units has been broken up, and the files of military personnel are even more seriously separated, and the names of comrades are on the military flags, and the motherland and the people will know who they are!

An hour later, Chuikov officially took over the command of the entire defense of the city of Minsk.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the command of the Special Division, Zavrilov, was trying to figure out how to break through the damn barricades, completely ignoring the dust falling from the shock of the shelling overhead—the Germans had spent more than 600 lives breaking through the last barricade of Kirov from the front, and now turned upside down and became a huge obstacle in front of the Special Division.

The habit of the fortress troops was to be careful with calculations, and Zavrilov had limited forces at hand, and he would not let the boys storm the German machine-gun positions from the front.

At this moment some emaciated regimental political commissar Fomin walked into the headquarters with a captain, and Zavrilov knew at a glance that the young captain was not his subordinate - he knew all the commanders of the division above the company level, and he could name them.

"Division commander, this is Captain Liulika, the liaison officer of the 147th Division of the 62nd Army, according to the order of the City Defense Command, the 147th Division will launch a full-scale counter-assault on the front line from the eastern station of Minsk to the stadium at 19 o'clock in the evening." Fuming said as he walked over to the map.

"Hello, Comrade General. The commander of our division, Major General Volkhin, hoped to receive support from the special division on the flanks. ”

Zavrilov poured some vodka for the captain from a drawer, "Drink some, it's humid here." "Keep your troops from flanking the Kirov barricades, this is it, so we can eliminate this dangerous salient at the same time." ”

"That's what we think too, Comrade General. Two heavy artillery regiments will prepare the area for 15 minutes. ”

Zavrilov slapped the captain on the shoulder: "Two regiments, enough!" I will send two battalions of assault engineers to the east from the flank, and when I reach the original freight yard area, I will stop the attack, and the south will be yours. ”

Night attack, Zavrilov didn't want his own people to beat his own people.

This will be at the city defense headquarters, where Chuikov is deploying a counter-assault that will be launched at night, and his 147th Division has been deployed and is taking over the position, allowing the troops that had suffered heavy losses to temporarily retreat. A large-scale counter-assault as soon as the new forces arrived, would certainly have greatly exceeded the expectations of the German army.

"Marshal, if the goal is reached tonight, tomorrow the 196th and 192nd divisions will launch a full-scale counter-assault as soon as they are in place to recapture the central region."

"Have you ever wondered how much you will lose?"

"Marshal, I can only think about how much space I need to be nailed here." What Chuikov said was categorical: casualties, let's discuss them when we win. This is a meat grinder, and no one has the time to think about casualties!

Half an hour later, Chuikov completed the final deployment that the headquarters needed to do with super high efficiency, and the orderly brought coffee, and there was a moment to breathe. Lin Jun tasted it slightly: "American's instant coffee." ”

"Chuikov, what's the situation in China? I've heard you're doing a bit of a mess there. ”

Chuikov seemed to sigh and put down his coffee cup.

"There are quite a few foreign military advisers in the entire Chinese Kuomintang army, and our military advisers can be said to be located in all theaters except for the communist army, but what they can do is limited, and they cannot be compared with what you would do in China. As soon as I arrived, I was told that the troops under the command of the ****** alone consisted of 290 infantry divisions, 14 cavalry divisions, 22 artillery regiments, 6 mortar regiments, and other troops, with a total number of 3,856,000 men, not counting the local troops that could not be counted. According to the most conservative estimates, the number of troops controlled by the Kuomintang is well above 4 million. ”

Lin Jun knows too well the situation of Lao Jiang's troops, maybe the Central Army is fine, but the other troops may be confused.

"But this is all superficial, and I soon learned that some of China's troops are just empty shelf units with vain numbers, and many of them have very low equipment, combat effectiveness and morale, and many soldiers are just trying to eat in the army, which is very different from the firm belief of our soldiers. However, it is undeniable that those Chinese soldiers have the good disposition of enduring hardships and standing hard work, being submissive, and swallowing their anger, and are very suitable for the management of commanders, and some units are very brave in combat. At present, the armed forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have not been able to establish a good cooperative combat relationship, and it is inconvenient for me to coordinate this relationship in China. ”

"The biggest problem with the failure of the work is that the senior officers of the Kuomintang do not tolerate criticism, even the most reasonable criticism. During my tenure as the ******'s chief military adviser, I drew up a number of military plans, most of which were not approved by the ******, let alone implemented. ”

"It's complicated, isn't it, hehe."

"It's a complicated situation, but having to deny it is also a good opportunity."

Lin Jun and Chuikov both smiled knowingly, their understanding of China was definitely in the top ten in the Soviet Union, and they understood what a "good opportunity" was. Although this opportunity is a prerequisite for the Chinese people to suffer from the profound calamities of Japanese imperialist aggression.

"Constantly carry out counter-assaults, gradually encroach on German positions, create conditions for mobilizing enough troops to encircle the German army, and nail the main German forces to Minsk like nails! Marshal, this is my full plan. ”

Back to the reality in front of you, "Your 200,000 or so people will soon be consumed, and this will be an out-and-out tug-of-war of attrition." During the two days of the battle for the Red Flag Mall, the commanders told me: it was ours in the morning, now the Germans occupy it, and it will be ours again in the evening. ”

Lin Jun's words are very interesting: the competition has become a bland narrative, and what is contained in it? The life of a warrior! Because there are countless such tug-of-wars every day in Minsk, the commanders have adapted to how to narrate and respond.

The 62nd Army is now fully manned, and the original city defense force is quite numerous, but it will soon be unevenly organized: it is not surprising that one division will have one or two thousand men left after two days. And the number of subordinate units of the 62nd Army defending Stalingrad in history is too numerous to be counted at once, because many troops will soon be crippled and withdrawn to the rear to rest, and the new new force will be sent up and put into the formation, an out-and-out meat grinder!

The 62nd Army had a large number of units under its command throughout the Battle of Stalingrad: 24 infantry divisions (33rd, 147th, 181st, 184th, 192nd, 131st, 112th, 196th, 399th, 87th, 98th, 35th, 299th, 10th, 13th, 244th, 95th, 284th, 193rd, 39th, 308th, 37th, 138th, 45th); 5 infantry brigades (115, 124, 149, 42, 92); 1 infantry regiment (2nd Cadet Regiment of the Ordzhonikidze Infantry School); 2 fortified areas (115, 156); 2 tank armies (2, 23); 5 tank brigades (169, 40, 42, 137, 84); 1 tank regiment (separate 198th); 7 separate tank battalions (644, 645, 648, 649, 650, 651, 506); 2 motorized infantry brigades (20, 38); 1 separate armored train battalion (30); 5 cannon regiments (1103, 1105, 1158, 457, 266); 1 howitzer regiment (85th Guards Regiment); 19 anti-tank destroyer regiments (508, 552, 555, 614, 881, 1177, 1183, 397, 398, 416, 498, 648, 651, 738, 1186, 1251, 1253, 499, 502); 1 separate anti-tank gun battalion (24); 1 mortar regiment (141); 9 Guards rocket artillery regiments (4, 5, 47, 83, 2, 51, 89, 92, 19); 2 Guards Rocket Artillery Battalions (Independence 110, 246); 3 anti-aircraft artillery regiments (1259, 223, 242); 4 Boat Bridge Battalions (160, 44, 106, 107 Independence); 6 separate engineer battalions (1523, 1524, 1581, 1522, 326, 327)!

What Chuikov has now is only the first batch, although it has been replaced by Minsk, but Lin Jun can understand - soon other troops will come to support and throw themselves into this big meat grinder! In fact, Chuikov also knows his situation: the original city defense forces in Minsk have reached the brink of exhaustion, and the rate of consumption exceeds that of any previous battle, and his 62nd Army will have the same fate.

Twelve kilometers away, Major General Pozarisky had already arrived at the artillery headquarters of the army group, which he had just organized, and he now had nine heavy artillery regiments at hand, and five artillery regiments under the army group on the road. Without waiting for all the artillery regiments to be in place, these at hand must be immediately put into battle, and a cluster shelling will be carried out tonight!

A few kilometers west of the headquarters, the newly arrived artillery regiments were scrambling to build positions, while a large number of ammunition trucks were busy replenishing the existing artillerymen.

"Has communication with the City Defense Command and the Front Command been established?!" These were the first words of Pozarisky's entry into the command room: in front of him, a map of Minsk with a grid of shelling indicators was on the wall - the artillerymen could provide accurate and heavy artillery support whenever needed from the front!

The sky was still pouring cold rain, and the soldiers were entering the positions in formations, many of whom were about to eat the last supper of the day! (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.) )