"Most of the commanders, fighters and political workers of the 11th Tank Army and the 330th Infantry Division have been loyal to their oath and mission, and for the liberation of all mankind and the Soviet Fatherland, they have stuck to their posts and fought to the last soldier, every shot. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Now, the radio stations of the 11th Tank Army and the 330th Infantry Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army are about to be turned off! German tank clusters have already appeared near the headquarters of the 11th Tank Army! Long live the world revolution! Long live the great Soviet Motherland! Long live Stalin, the great mentor and great leader! cl……”

Major General Rimowsk, Chief of Staff of the Western Front of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, read in a trembling tone the last telegram that had just been received from the commander of the 10th Army, Popov, through the radio of the 11th tank army!

Now less than 24 hours before the German counterattack was launched, the Red Army's important stronghold northeast of Warsaw was captured by the Germans, the 100th Infantry Army suffered heavy losses, the 11th Tank Army was almost completely wiped out (of course, many people ran away, but almost all tanks and vehicles were thrown away), and even the commander of the army group, Popov, was probably martyred for the cause of GCISM.

This defeat is almost another battle of Legiono-Vovomin!

And the situation reflected is even worse than the battle of Legionovo-Vovomin! Because the 4th Army at that time was caught off guard by the heavy armored group of the Germans, and now the 10th Army was defeated in less than 24 hours while relying on the defensive line.

This shows that the combat effectiveness of the German armored forces is far beyond previous expectations!

The chief of staff of the Western Front, Limowskek, finished reading Popov's "telegram", and then stood there stunned. The entire war room was also depressed, and the commander Pavlov's big bald head was covered with fine beads of sweat, and he sat there motionless.

Military Commissar Ponomarenko was smoking a smoky cigarette. Now comrades such comrades as Popov, commander of the 10th Army, Bakharov, commander of the 22nd Tank Army, and Barons, commander of the 100th Infantry Army, have all given their lives for the cause of human liberation and are martyrs. Of course, the martyrs could not have been sent by the enemy, and the Bolshevik Party paid attention to the martyrs, so the martyrs could not bear the responsibility for defeating the battle. Then the sin is......

"Comrade Commander, Comrade Political Commissar!" Limowsk's voice suddenly rang out again, and Pavlov and Ponomarenko looked up at the same time, only to see that the chief of staff of the Front had another copy of the telegram in his hand.

"Urgent telegram ...... of Comrade Zhimachenko, commander of the 3rd Army"

Something happened to the 3rd Army as well? Pavlov and Ponomarenko chuckled at the same time.

"The 7th Tank Army reported that they had encountered a strong German panzer division near the small town of Zacrochim on the banks of the Vistula!"

Another armored division? It seems that the Germans really sent a big increase in troops to Warsaw!

"How's it going?" Pavlov immediately asked, "Can you defeat them?" ”

The 3rd Army was the main force of the Northern Route Cluster, and it also had 55 powerful T-34/57 tanks, if it could not win another German panzer division......

Pavlov wiped the cold sweat from his bald head and thought: If the 3rd Army cannot win, then the "Great Thunderstorm Plan" will most likely fail, and then he will be the number one sinner in the cause of GCISM, and he will not run away if he is shot!

Thinking of this, he cast a pleading glance at the military commissar Ponomarenko.

Ponomarenko sighed and said: "Comrade Pavlov, now the battlefield of the Western Front is not on the territory of Belarus, but on the territory of Poland, and the headquarters of the Front should be moved forward, so that we can grasp the situation first-hand and facilitate command!" ”

What does that mean? Pavlov was stunned, could it be that Ponomarenko meant to let himself learn from Popov and them? If you are defeated, you will die in battle, so you can be a revolutionary martyr?

That's a solution! Pavlov gritted his teeth, if he became a reactionary and was shot, his family would suffer. If you die in battle...... Then the family is the family of the martyrs.

"Comrade Military Commissar, you are right, I should go to the Polish front to command." Pavlov said, "I immediately asked the Supreme High Command for instructions on the relocation command. ”

"Well, that's fine, I'll advise Comrade Stalin to approve your request." Ponomarenko smiled easily, these current positions have finally been preserved.

In fact, he did not think about the war situation and Pavlov, but wanted to take advantage of the fact that the situation on the front line was acceptable, and quickly threw out the hot potato of the military commissar of the Western Front. Because his own post is the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Belarusian Party, if the command of the Western Front moves out of Belarus, then he will no longer be the military commissar of the Front. Otherwise, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Belarusian Party would have to go to Poland to work, which is too much to take care of.

As long as he is not the military commissar of the Western Front when the Western Front loses the battle, then it will not be his turn to carry the black cauldron......

Just when Ponomarenko was about to cut out the big bargaining chip of the military commissar of the Western Front to stop the loss, the "market" of his Western Front was rebounding.

……

Dozens of bright lights suddenly flashed on the battlefield shrouded in night, like a sharp arrow that shot at the tanks of the fascist army in the darkness in the distance.

"Oh my God, this is ...... Searchlight? ”

Major General Mandol, who was sitting in a half-track armored command car, was also caught in the eyes by the light coming from front of him, but he knew what it was right away? This is a searchlight for anti-aircraft artillery units, which is used to scare enemy planes at night, and it is also found in German infantry divisions and armored divisions, but they are generally not used for illumination in night battles.

"Quick, knock out those goddamn searchlights!" Mandolfil shouted. As a tactician, he could also think on his heels that the Soviets had set up an ambush for him. These searchlights were for anti-tank guns!

Now rushing to the front are the Hungarian Turang-1 tanks, which do not have the frontal armor of the No. 3 assault gun, and cannot even be stopped by the ZIS-3 cannon.

"Give the Hungarians an order to retreat immediately...... "As soon as Mandolfer's second order was spoken, a dense cannon fire was heard in front of him, followed by a sudden rise of fireballs.

This is the unlucky Hungarian Turang Type 1 tank that has been blown up!

I don't know if the driver of the tank was blinded by the sudden light, or if the Hungarian tank crew was a little sluggish, the Hungarian tank cluster that was suddenly hit didn't react for a while, and rushed forward stupidly.

Now it's cheaper to lurk the Soviet Red Army T-34/57 tank and ZIS-2 anti-tank guns, and the shells hit the Hungarian tanks like hailstones, one by one! These medium-sized tanks, which were thin-skinned and large, were shot and caught on fire, turning into a burning fire in the night.

Looking at the fireballs rising one after another in front of him, Oktyablisky, the political commissar of the 7th Tank Army, was about to jump up and shout "Ula".

Although the 11th Tank Brigade suffered a lot of losses in order to lure the enemy before, but now that this blow is successful, it will all be recovered!

And this ambush battle also proved the value of the 57mm anti-tank gun, which is a sharp weapon that should be mass-produced and equipped in large quantities.

Boom......

Just as he was rejoicing, the Germans' assault gun No. 3 finally opened fire! Just as the commander of the 7th Tank Army, Major General Rotmistrov, had predicted, the German assault guns really hit the searchlights first.

When a searchlight is hit, it's a signal!

All the anti-tank guns of the Zis-2 type that were firing immediately began to shift their positions, and only more than forty T-34/57s continued to fire, they were tanks, not afraid of grenades fired from assault guns.

The commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division, Figlein, drove up to Mandolfer in a half-track armored command car, and Feigelain stood in the open compartment of the command car and asked Mandolfel in a loud voice: "General, the Hungarian tanks have suffered heavy losses, do you want our assault guns to go up?" ”

"That's not going to work, assault guns aren't tanks." Mandolfil shook his head and immediately rejected Feglein's suggestion.

Although the No. 3 assault gun had strong firepower and strong frontal defense, it was not a tank after all, there was no turret that could rotate to shoot, and the side armor was not strong enough. This weapon can be used to support tanks, but not to replace them.

"So what do we do? Just give the victory to the Bolsheviks? Feglein seemed reluctant.

"No, the Bolsheviks did not win, they were blocked by us." Mandolfil's face was calm, not annoyed by tonight's setback, he calmly said to Figlein, "The 48th Panzer Corps will arrive tomorrow morning, and then the absolute superiority will be on our side, and we can completely destroy the Soviet armored group in front of us." And we also figured out the Soviets' hole cards! ”

"Hole cards?"

Mandolfer pointed ahead, most of the searchlights had been extinguished by the 75mm guns of the No. 3 assault gun, and the muzzle flame of the 57mm guns could now be seen flickering in the night.

"This is not a 76.2mm cannon," Figlein also found the problem, "this is a 57mm anti-tank gun of the Soviets." ”

"Height!" "Pay attention to the height of these guns," Mandolfil said. These guns were not placed on the ground, but on tanks...... The Soviets installed a ZIS-34mm anti-tank gun of the 2 type on the T-57 tank! Now they have tanks that can threaten the Tiger tank! ”

"And so it was!" Feglein nodded, "These Bolsheviks are progressing quite quickly, smarter than they thought." (To be continued.) )