Late at night on August 7, on his new desk, Lin Jun was writing several application reports that would be sent to the Supreme Command tomorrow morning. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Colonel Sergei Ivanovich Grytsevets, commander of the 1st Guards Fighter Division, has so far shot down 108 enemy aircraft, including 87 combat sorties and 46 German aircraft after the start of the Great Patriotic War. In view of his enormous contribution and the fact that he was already the number one ace in the Air Force of the Soviet Union and even in the world, it was proposed to award him the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" for the third time. Member of the Supreme Command, Field Marshal of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Andrei Nikolayevich Puzhakov. ”

"Major Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin, Captain of the 1st Regiment and 2nd Brigade of the 1st Guards Fighter Division, with a total record of 30 aircraft, has made 95 combat sorties since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, shot down 27 German aircraft. Brave in battle, full of creative spirit, effective command of troops, it is proposed to award him the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" ......"

"Captain Ivan Nikitovich Kozhdub, Captain of the 1st Squadron of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Guards Fighter Division, has made 86 combat sorties since joining the war, shot down 25 German planes, and fought bravely, and it is recommended that he be awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" ......

One after another, Lin Jun has written 7 similar reports, all of which are applications for awards for Air Force pilots.

His current position is not only "supervising the army", but also has a bit of the flavor of being a member of the Military Committee of the Western Front, which is to cheer up the Western Front, although the Front has its own Lieutenant General Nikolai Alexandrovich Bulganin as a member of the Military Committee. The reports of other meritorious combat personnel were submitted by commanders at all levels, but Kobets hoped that the final application for the nomination of the "Hero of the Soviet Union" by the Air Force would be written by Lin Jun, which was also considered to be a sign of respect for himself.

Lin Jun is of course happy to write an application report for these air heroes who can make his eyes blush, and it should not be a problem for the six "Heroes of the Soviet Union" titles to be approved: now the front line needs heroes and role models to boost morale, which Lin Jun knows very well, and the front army is also counting the list of personnel who have made great contributions in the early land war and preparing to report.

But Leonov's move just now to help him pin on the "Labor Gold Star" made Lin Jun feel that Sergei's nomination might run into some trouble - no one else can have the honor he has in the Soviet Union, even he has two weapons of revolutionary honor, and he also has two "Gold Star Medals" and one "Labor Gold Star", and what he has not won in the high-level honors of the Soviet Union is probably the title of "Honorary Red Army Soldier" that has not been awarded for almost 20 years (note that this honor is not the same as receiving the "Revolutionary Honor Weapon", The first to receive this honor was Lenin. ）。

But he has only publicly received the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" twice, and if Sergei's nomination is approved, the old subordinate will be the first person in the history of the USSR to receive three "Golden Star Medals", will Stalin approve it?

Kobets had Sergei's name written on his own list, and the major general knew that those delicate relationships were added by Lin Jun himself - according to Sergei's merits, he was fully qualified for such an honor.

But I can't say to Stalin and Kalinin: "Don't take my factors into account." Then the two old men will definitely be unhappy, they are not so stupid, and it is not up to Sergei to succeed this time.

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I was busy until the second half of the night before I lay down to sleep, and now there is no big fight on the front line, Minsk seems very quiet, and Lin Jun's bedroom is not underground, or a suite next to the headquarters office, and the conditions are all in line with the set of the equipment department.

Some couldn't sleep, thinking about the war situation, thinking about their wives and children, and thinking about what would happen next for the German army, which had lost nearly a million elite troops.

"A million, I guess Hitler will already know that a full-scale offensive will not work, and it is time to change the focus to assault. The world is the same, Hitler did it, so did the veterans, and the enemy has slowly gone downhill from the top. ”

Early in the morning of August 8, it rained a rare drizzle in Minsk, and Lin Jun, who got up early in the morning, looked at this day and said: "It's really good weather!" ”

Why good weather? The temperature dropped a little, and the Reds on this side of the front either stayed in the permanent fortifications of the defensive line, or ate their breakfast comfortably in a sturdy building, which would not be affected much, and even if they got wet outside, they could quickly find a dry place. The Germans in the west are probably not so comfortable, and the troops who have just arrived are estimated to not even be able to divide the tents, and some of them are drenched in soup.

If it can rain a few heavy rains in the next few days, it will be the best welcome to the Germans! It is not nonsense that a heavy rain can reduce the combat effectiveness of an unprotected army by one-tenth.

Let the staff officer on duty deliver a sealed briefcase with a stack of documents to the airport, and today let the plane to Moscow go to the high command. After filling his stomach at will, he went to the headquarters to inform Zhukov: he was going to the "Stalin Line" 50 kilometers away to take a look and cheer up the commanders and fighters!

Zhukov did not object, and also mobilized several of the best means of transportation for Lin Jun - a new armored infantry fighting vehicle!

Four infantry fighting vehicles armed with 23-mm machine guns were waiting for Lin Jun's convoy at the rural-urban junction east of Minsk, and he and his guards got into the slightly cramped crew compartment of the armored vehicles.

The Soviet Union has a wide range of pilots' physical conditions, and Lin Jun's height of almost 1.82 meters is also within the prescribed range, but the conditions for armored infantry are generally between 1.68 meters and 1.78 meters. But no one complained: there should be no safer means of transportation than tanks!

The "Stalinist Line", which has been under construction for more than a decade, should be said to be stronger than the new line of defense of the state border. But because of the shift in strategic focus in the past two years, this line of defense has been weakened, but the framework is still there.

Rear support and troops withdrawn from the front line were redeployed in the defensive line, and empty bunkers and fortifications were reactivated - because Minsk was the closest Soviet city to the original border, and the "Stalin Line" was the strongest here.

After passing through a number of defensive lines under construction in a row, Lin Jun stayed in the commander's position and could clearly see the army's preparations. On the two anti-tank trenches that were still under construction, there were improvised roads and bridges, and the comrades of the citizens were digging in raincoats -- the red flag was fluttering, and although it was raining, the enthusiasm of the builders was not diminished in the slightest.

"Stop."

The convoy stopped, and the staff officer wanted to put on a raincoat for Lin Jun who got off the car, but Lin Jun refused. The anti-aircraft artillery unit of the guard, which was on duty at the road and bridge, saw several armored vehicles stopped, and it turned out to be a marshal who came out and immediately came to report.

The attention of the crowd was drawn, and when it became clear that the officer was the deputy commander-in-chief, the crowd cheered! Lin Jun stood on the road and bridge and delivered an impassioned speech to everyone, and in just a few sentences, it seemed that the comrades forgot the fatigue of labor -- Marshal Plunyakov is here, and there are still difficulties that cannot be overcome!

Twenty minutes later, we finally arrived at the "Stalinist Line", where all the view was plain, with only faintly undulating slopes, and a forest dominated by birch trees. If you look at it from the air, anyone who understands military affairs will understand that these woods and gentle slopes not only do not hinder the operation of the defending forces, but are completely deliberately deployed to integrate into the overall defense.

Numerous long and heavy triangular girders are diagonally deep into the fertile soil of Belarus, separated by four rows at intervals of more than two meters, firmly wound with serpentine and mesh barbed wire, and in front of them is a tiled barbed wire fence more than five meters wide and 15 centimeters above the ground. This is a permanent anti-tank fence, and even the most powerful heavy tanks can rush through several heavy steel beams in one go, and the tiled barbed wire fence is very learned: not only can it block the infantry, but tanks and wheeled vehicles can also get entangled when they press it.

Below and further in front of the barbed wire is a mixed minefield, and this mixed fence alone is more difficult to deal with than the trenches of the First World War - unless a large-caliber shell hits those steel beams directly, it is impossible to completely destroy it, and it is simply completely immune to enemy infantry!

Behind the fence was a system of reticulated trenches, with numerous permanent fire points, heavy machine guns, artillery, and headquarters at all levels in solid underground and semi-underground fortifications. Further behind were tank units and nearby artillery positions assembled in the woods.

The artillery of Minsk could not fully enter the bunkers, so several huge artillery clusters were built in echelons. The rain stopped, but there was a lot of moisture in the air for a while, and everyone was still wearing raincoats - this was already the front line, and a few kilometers away was the German outpost, so it was safe to wear raincoats.

Many of the fire support points behind the anti-tank fence were turrets removed from old tanks, the bases were reinforced concrete structures, connected by trenches, and some simply buried most of the old tanks in the earth - this was not good news for the attacking Germans: small targets were inconspicuous and difficult to hit, but the Red Army could clearly hit the opponent.

For the defenders, fighting here is almost like shooting at the test ground, and the hit rate will be very high, because all the shooting parameters have long been accurate to the meter. (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.) )