At nine o'clock in the morning of February 18, a team of military vehicles was moving against the backdrop of the vast snowfields on both sides of the road from Panevez to Ukmergay in Lithuania. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the middle of the convoy was a "huge" car, which apparently contained the important people protected by the convoy. Ahead of us were several small four-wheeled vehicles that had never been seen before by other fronts - it had a resounding name - Jeep!

This is the latest equipment that has just arrived from Arkhangels, and in the words of the Red Army soldiers who drove them: this American car is good, you do anything, go anywhere, be faithful like a dog, be strong as a mule, and be nimble as a goat!

Another thing that makes it very popular: it is not afraid of overloading and can easily load twice the design standard.

Two of the vehicles in the convoy were also equipped with American large-caliber machine guns, and the huge M2 machine gun made it look a bit aggressive. The soldiers in the back seat did not stand and operate the machine guns, but watched the situation around the road with full attention, because all of them, except for the comrade driver, were the guards of the deputy commander's guard.

Needless to say, in that huge sedan was Lin Jun, who was on his way to the front line to inspect the river, and his destination was Ukmergay, on the south bank of the Shviyantoy River, where the headquarters of the 1st Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was located.

The Chief of Staff of the North-Western Front, General Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, sat next to Lin Jun, and this time he accompanied the deputy commander-in-chief on the inspection. Because he was going to the front line, in order to ensure safety, not only was Lin Jun's 110-man guard protected, but Tukhachevsky also drew a company from the guard regiment of his headquarters, and a total of about 260 heavily armed Red Army soldiers were in this convoy.

Lin Jun doesn't want that kind of armored personnel carrier as his own means of transportation, the "tracked treatment" is really not good! This time, he simply pulled his "770K Boorman" bulletproof armored sedan onto the train and transported it directly to Riga.

However, since it was to the battlefield area, Lin Jun's bulletproof iron horse was made some small changes, and all the original German-made logos were removed.

Originally, a five-star identification mark made of polished brass was to be added, but the deed was sternly refused—he was seen as a mere driver, and the engineers and mechanics had to listen to what he said.

Chekkin didn't want the bulletproof car to be too conspicuous.

There is currently the most advanced bulletproof car in the world (it can only be said that "it is also counted", and the Soviet Union also has Stalin's "Gise 101E bulletproof car". As his own car, he added a sense of security to himself and the Kremlin.

Yesterday the convoy departed from Riga, spent the night in Panevez, and set off again this morning, and Lin Jun was a little eager to meet his first confidential secretary.

"Fedochinov did not have a good time at the front, now the losses of the 1st division in equipment have reached about a third, the casualties are even greater, and there are several regiments with less than a thousand men left, especially in the Menechny direction."

Hearing the words of the chief of staff, Lin Jun did not add any comments: Tukhachevsky had already briefed him on the situation in southeastern Lithuania, and the first division could support it for at least half a month. And after half a month, the situation in Lithuania will change dramatically, and Fekochinov and his troops will be given priority replenishment.

However, it is not a way to only consume and not replenish, and the front army has gathered the top to support two mechanized infantry regiments of the first division and a reinforced tank battalion equipped with T34.

The current 1st Mechanized Division directly under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Guards is no longer the 1st Division in June last year, and at least more than half of the personnel and equipment in the unit are new, which shows the fierce fighting in the north in the past eight months.

As the strongest assault corps of the front army, the 1st Division has strong attack power, and the losses are not small!

With a military map of Lithuania in his hand, "Tukhachevsky's plan to bypass the Rzemik Heights and seize the Alyogara region was only he could think of, so that the German forces in Kaunas and Vilnius would face threats from three directions." But this summer, we will face the same situation as the Germans. ”

Lin Jun had no problem with Tukhachevsky's plan, and had reservations about whether the military operation to bite Kaunas, Lithuania's second-largest city, could end before the end of winter, where the Germans had deployed heavy military groups.

If Kaunas is recaptured, Army Group North will need to deploy enough forces this summer to neutralize the Red Army's threat to the coastal areas and recapture the 40-year-old capital of Lithuania.

Pinning the opponent's troops with a point and then closing them from the flanks is Tukhachevsky's forte.

The "Red God of War" is full of confidence in his plans and trust in his troops, and now he is strong: after taking the planned strategic points, he will basically drive the Germans out of Lithuania this summer, but this will require the cooperation of the Belarusian direction.

He told Lin Jun yesterday: "If we do not have a large-scale battle of mechanized armies in the direction of Belarus this summer and achieve victory, then it is very likely that we will fight a long war of attrition with the Germans this year and next year near the 200-kilometer depth on the western side of the 41-year border." ”

Lin Jun didn't want that kind of situation, it would be like a "repeated tug of war in Ukraine", with hundreds of thousands of casualties back and forth.

Tukhachevsky saw it very clearly: the Germans will not be too broken, its old roots are still there!

"Vatukin, if you want to completely defeat the Germans, it will not be done within this year and next year, I believe in your marshal."

Within a year, tens of millions of Red Army troops rushed to the west, directly crossed East Prussia and Poland, swept through southeastern Europe, and took Berlin?! It was a fool's dream: the German army was only a little smaller than the Red Army on the Eastern Front, and its war machine was still extremely intact.

If you want to win, you have to eat one big bite and one small bite, and eat the capital that the Germans will continue to fight after eating, whether it is the army, resources or territory.

Suddenly, there was a "crackling" knocking sound, and Lin Jun subconsciously looked to the left, but before he could see anything clearly, he felt that someone pounced on him and pressed himself on the seat.

"Enemy attack, on the left flank! Chikin, reverse the car to the right of the truck in the back! ”

Those crackling sounds were the impact of machine-gun bullets on bulletproof glass and steel plates, "Landscoch, get off me!" ”

Lin Jun also pressed on the leather seat, he really wanted to scold: If you don't let go of Lao Tzu again, don't use fascist bullets, Lao Tzu will be suffocated directly!

Without the captain of the guard calling, his personal driver Qi Jin had already stopped urgently, and he had not stopped firmly and hung up the reverse gear and reversed in a rapid arc! - The attack came from the left flank, with a small car in front and a truck in the back to block his car!

When he finally removed his head from his seat, he saw that his guard captain had opened the dark compartment and was holding a short assault rifle in his hand, and the sound of assault rifles and machine guns was already dense outside!

Looking outside, there are woods on both sides, and I just looked at the map analysis and didn't pay attention to the environment here: "Damn, I'm really looking for a place!" ", scolded viciously in his heart.

The deputy commander's guard was not an ornament, Lin Jun had already seen that the soldiers on the truck on the left had jumped out of the car, and a group of people leaned on the truck to shoot - Landscoch rolled down the window and shouted: "Alyosha, take the second group into the woods!" ”

The guards were divided into three parts, as they had been trained countless times: one group of men fought back against the terrain, the other team charged, and the third group watched the other side to prevent the enemy from sneaking up.

Alyosha was leaning behind the engine of the truck, holding his machine gun to suppress the fire on the woods 30 meters away, and the bullet casings jumped like a golden waterfall!

(On duty to defend against typhoons, damn typhoons!) (To be continued.) )