At 4:20 p.m., Lin Jun's car arrived at the Kremlin and appeared in the conference room of the Supreme Command three minutes later. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Stalin was already there, and Voroshinov and other members of the command were arriving. Stalin's face was not very good, and it was clear that he, like everyone else, did not expect that the Germans would really attack in full force at this time.

"From the Arctic Ocean to the Black Sea, the entire border line has entered a state of engagement, and we cannot effectively get in touch with the front in a short period of time, it is estimated that the communication line has been partially damaged, and only the situation in some of the forward areas is clear, but all the group armies that can be contacted are ready to counterattack, and they will be able to launch a surprise attack before noon today!"

Voroshinov glanced at Lin Jun when he spoke, and there seemed to be a trace of gratitude in his eyes - if it weren't for Lin Jun's suggestion, the front line would have been very passive.

Before Stalin could speak, Snolnik walked quickly into the conference room and saluted everyone, "Comrade Stalin, we have received the latest telegram from the direction of Belarus that the Western Front is about to carry out a counter-assault, and the Eleventh Army of Lieutenant General Rodion Yakovlevich Marinovsky will launch a full-scale counterattack on the weak link between Brest and Volkovysk in an hour. Also, we received a direct report from the Brest Fortress that they were under heavy German attack, but the fortress was able to hold it. ”

The staff officers unfurled the huge map, and Voroshinov pointed to the Bessarabia region on the map and said: "Comrades, the Primorsky Front will be our weak point, the Southwestern Front of Ukraine, the Western Front of Belarus and the Baltic Front have already been deployed, the pressure of the Leningrad Front on the border with Finland in the north is not very great, but at Lake Ladoga it may be attacked by the Finnish army." ”

What Voroshinov said is equivalent to not saying it, everyone knows this, but Voroshinov is not a straw bag: "Our garrison area should be able to block the first round of the German offensive and create conditions for a counter-assault, and the weak point is in the combination of the various garrison areas, through which it is possible for the German armored forces to quickly break through." ”

Stalin nodded slightly, now it is up to the commanders of the troops at all levels in the front to command at the right time, and it is impossible to do everything in Moscow. Commanders of troops at all levels are already clear about their responsibilities, and now all Moscow has to do is to organize follow-up assault clusters and make reliable contact with the front, mobilizing all forces in the rear to go to war.

"Molotov."

"Comrade Alexander and I have ordered agents to enter the German Embassy, the Ministry of the Interior has taken control of German diplomats, and now Comrade Alexander's men are searching for all German offices and Germans in the Soviet Union." Alexander and Molotov knew what to do and to exchange these German diplomats for their own personnel in Berlin, which was the "most international norm" in the war.

"How's it going for the Air Force?" Stalin asked Lin Jun.

"I have not yet received reports from the forward air forces, but the air force is trustworthy and will provide air cover for counter-assaults on the ground."

"Andrey, the Air Force will be handed over to you"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!"

Lin Jun is not worried, although it is possible that he will not be able to fully gain air supremacy, but at least he can fight a war of attrition with the Germans, and all the airports in front are on first-level alert, plus those radars, the Germans will not be able to carry out a surprise attack.

"I will organize forward troops to carry out air strikes on the German army and slow down the German assault."

Stalin nodded, "Orlov, how is the situation in the Red Navy?" ”

"I have given the order to attack, and all bases and fleets are about to go into battle!"

The short meeting ended here, and the following was the work of the heads of all aspects and all the departments to which they belonged, and Lin Jun was about to go to the command of the Air Force, but Stalin stopped him.

"At six o'clock I will broadcast to the whole Soviet Union at Lenin's Tomb, will you come along?"

"No, Comrade Stalin, I'm still in the Air Force command, you can say that our Air Force is heavily bombing the Germans, and at six o'clock there will definitely be a large cluster of the Air Force on the heads of the Germans!"

Stalin motioned for Lin Jun to go, and he was obviously still glad that he would focus all his attention on combat. ”

At six o'clock in the morning, the Soviets got up early according to the summer custom, and families with radios habitually turned on the radio to listen to the radio, and when Stalin's deep voice came, most of the Soviet Union seemed to freeze at that moment!

The entire Soviet people were outraged, and Germany's undeclared war was destined to be a war that would never end to the death! Either Moscow or Berlin, there must be a complete fall!

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"Commander, listen to the broadcast of the Moscow Central Radio, Comrade Stalin is about to make an important speech to the whole country!" The young operator was trying to get in touch with the Brest Fortress Command by radio, but the radio signal was so complicated that he heard the signal from Moscow Radio.

"On the in-car radio, continue to contact Brest!"

"Yes, Comrade Commander!"

This is a heavily armored train, the unit is officially numbered 72, but the train also has a resounding name - "Air Marshal Pulunyakov"! The surname of the deputy commander is greatly painted on both sides of the command compartment!

The train was rushing to Brest on the orders of the Minsk Western Front Command, and it was estimated that the Germans would attack the Brest railway station today, and now the heavily armored train closest to Brest was the most effective means of supporting the station.

The train, which was moving at a forced march speed of 60 kilometers per hour, would arrive at the Brest station in a quarter of an hour, and was fully equipped with 150 per cent ammunition supplies and, at the last supply station, a company of assault engineers, of which Major Bekryev was the commander of the train and the supreme commander of the 400 combatants of the train.

Armored train No. 72 usually has a full capacity of 221 people, which is a collective with strong combat effectiveness, except for the 70 "recruits" who were restored and rotated in the previous two years, the other 151 people have served on this train for more than four years, and they are all technical backbones. If it weren't for a "chance encounter" four years ago, it wouldn't have had so many sergeants, and it should have been drawn a long time ago. Many of the veterans on the train clearly remember February of '37, when the deputy commander-in-chief, who was still a colonel, spent three days on the train.

It was also because of the deputy commander-in-chief that last year, train No. 72 reported that it wanted to name its train "Air Marshal Pulunyakov", and the National Defense Committee agreed, and it is said that Comrade Stalin specially approved!

Everyone was listening to the speech of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and Stalin's speech made everyone's blood boil, and they were eager to immediately plunge into battle and strike a hard blow to the German invaders!

Suddenly, the train sounded an air raid siren!

"Enemy aircraft spotted, right ahead!" Bekryev immediately climbed to the command car and the conning tower replaced the observation post. The roof of the armored conning tower was opened just for air observation - a double-tapping formation was coming at high speed towards its own train at a distance of 3 kilometers, this must be a German plane, and it was impossible for their own people to fly like this at this time!

"Prepare for battle!"

In fact, there is no need for Bekryev's order, there are people in all posts, two double-barreled 37-mm anti-aircraft guns and two quadruple 14.5-mm anti-aircraft machine guns in two anti-aircraft compartments are always ready from the beginning of departure, and the BT twin machine guns on the roof of all compartments are also aimed at the sky. There was also a temporary flatbed truck at the front of the car, and the assault sappers had already set up the Makqin with anti-aircraft gun mounts behind the sandbags. It turned out that Bekryev also warned the sappers: if there is a target in front of them, and the armored compartment artillery behind the flatbed will fire at this front, the sappers will be unlucky!

"Then we'll jump out of the car." Since the commander of the engineer company, Chekolen, did not care at all, it was good that the train could be given the best forward defense - the anti-aircraft fire train directly ahead was not strong.

The German fighter swooped down from the sky, and then the railroad showed a slight arc - "Knock the Germans down!" ”

2500 meters! 2000 meters! The 37-mm anti-aircraft gun fired!

The rapid sound of artillery resounded across the Belarusian land, and the two German fighters, not realizing what kind of "monster" they were going to deal with, continued to approach!

When entering a distance of 1500 meters, the four-barreled anti-aircraft machine gun also let out a roar, followed by a dense barrage of bullets from all anti-aircraft defense machine guns!

At the very moment when ten DT machine guns and two Makqin in anti-aircraft firing state joined the fire, Bekryev saw the German plane explode and catch fire, and one of them disintegrated in the air!

"Well done!"

The whole train made a "Ula" sound, and the comrades at the post cheered - two fighters launched an attack on the heavily armored train, which was their own death!

Ahead is the Brest station, and the people on the train can already see the fire in the direction of the fortress, and the station is also smoking.

"Germans!"

On the plain, a German army could be seen approaching the station in the distance, and had already engaged the station defenders.

"Captain, I've contacted the station, they're going to turn the route to Line 1!"

"Exactly! Comrades, let the Germans taste our awesomeness! All howitzers and cannons fired at the Germans, the maximum rate of fire! ”

The Germans came from the ferry from the north, and the battle was raging without the use of heavy artillery for the railway transfer at the station! At this moment, the Red Army defending the station seemed to be more intense - the German infantry commander saw a scene that gave him a headache: an armored train with all its body shooting drove up to his flank, and the machine-gun bullets and shells were like hail in the sky, more than the fire of the entire station defenders! (To be continued.) )