Time passed bit by bit, and finally came to the evening of May 6th. www.biquge.info At this moment, in the north of the Moscow region, in the triangle between Volokolamsk - Rama River - Solnechnogorsk. Hundreds of thousands of heavily armed soldiers on both sides, thousands of operable tanks, assault guns, self-propelled guns, and armored vehicles, as well as thousands of artillery pieces and rocket artillery, have all entered a state of imminent combat.

At noon, the officers, soldiers, and political workers of the Soviet Red Army listened to the speech of the great leader Stalin from the loudspeakers that had been set up improvised. In his speech, Stalin declared that the fate of the Soviet Fatherland and the success or failure of the cause of GCISM were fought in this battle, and called on all officers and men of the Red Army to fight with their best efforts.

It was not only the leader's speeches that were used to boost morale, but also the real encouragement - material and spiritual - was also used in the pre-war mobilization on 6 May.

The door of the Bolshevik Party was open, the bright red party flag was unfurled on the positions of every company, and all the fighters who had submitted their applications now stood in front of the party flag and took the oath that from this moment on, they were all reserve members of the Bolshevik Party!

In addition to joining the party, which is the first of the three major events in life, the indicators of promotion are also sprinkled one by one. All comrades who have joined the party but have not yet been promoted to a cadre will also become a glorious revolutionary cadre on May 6...... If the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet Union had a future, they would have survived until that moment and would undoubtedly have been winners in life.

And the fighters who are not in the turn to join the party and promote cadres will not be empty-handed on May 6. All kinds of medals, revolutionary soldiers, and valuable Moscow accounts are all things that will be distributed according to the needs of the fighters who will participate in the counterattack.

If you need it, you can get it!

In addition, the officers and men were given the most tangible prize before going to war - a large glass of vodka and a delicious dinner.

On the evening of May 6, just as the soldiers had just spent the happiest day of their lives, they began to enjoy a delicious dinner. A large number of blue hats have appeared in front of the soldiers who are preparing to participate in the first wave of attacks. It's like telling everyone that you're probably enjoying the Last Supper!

The use of "blue hats" to supervise the war was not a common method used by the Red Army. Because the commanders and political workers of the Red Army themselves have the responsibility of supervising the war, it is a bit redundant to dispatch the "blue hats" again.

However, now this war is related to the survival of the cause of GCISM, so Stalin had to give a carrot in one hand and a big stick in the other, and while giving a lot of "benefits" to the GCIST fighters, he also sent the most reliable internal guard troops from Moscow and dispersed them to the regiments at the front.

Moreover, it is not only the Red Army soldiers who defend Moscow who are now "benefiting". There are also peasants in Moscow, Kalinin, Tula, Kaluo, Ryazan, Vladimir and Yaroslavl regions, which may fall or become battlefields in the short term.

According to Stalin's latest directive, the collective farms in these states were to be dissolved before the spring sowing began in 1944, and the land on the collective farms was to be divided equally among the peasants - although Stalin was certainly a great Marxist-Leninist of our time, this did not mean that he was inflexible.

Now that the Soviet-German war has turned into a civil war in Soviet Russia, and the reactionary forces of White Russia, which are playing against the Bolshevik Party, know that they are using the "Edict on Agrarian Reform" to buy people's hearts, how can Stalin continue to insist on the unpopular collectivization of agriculture in the states that will fall or become battlefields?

As to whether the division of land alone will adversely affect agricultural productivity, Stalin could not care about it for the time being.

Just when the Red Army soldiers were enjoying what was likely to be the last meal of their lives, on the southern front of the battlefield, which was more than 100 kilometers long, orange fires of all sizes suddenly bloomed, and then there was an earth-shattering and piercing explosion.

These are 270 "Hessmann Organ" vehicle-mounted rocket launchers and 270 Type 41 box rocket launchers (this is a low-cost rocket launcher with a caliber of 300mm and 6 rounds as 1 firing unit, mounted in an iron frame with rails, erected on the position, and can be retracted or discarded after firing), as well as thousands of self-propelled guns, assault guns and anti-tank destroyers ("Cheetah" and "Rhino") spewing fire. According to the range of coordinates determined in advance by scouts and aircraft reconnaissance. Rockets and shells are projected. If you look down from the air, you will find that in the dim night below, thousands of flying fire dragons suddenly appeared, making a piercing whistling sound, rushing forward furiously, and suddenly turning into huge balls of smoke and fire, and finally the smoke of the distance engulfed all the objects on the ground, as if the strongest volcanic eruption had occurred.

This kind of imposing shelling was carried out by the main rocket artillery, so that the 48th Panzer Corps could have the firepower to confront the Soviet artillery group. As soon as the roads of Manstein and Hoth in the north of the Moscow region became dry and hard, five rocket artillery regiments and five artillery regiments were transferred to reinforce the 48th Panzer Corps.

The 5 artillery regiments did not have anything, but 270 towed 150mm howitzers, which did not have much momentum at all. At present, the latest model of the "Hessmann's Organ" vehicle-mounted rocket artillery system is 12 units, and a salvo of 270 rocket artillery pieces is 3,240 130mm rockets. Although the Type 41 rocket launch box is 6 packs, it is a 300mm large rocket, and a salvo of 270 launch boxes can also shoot 1620 rockets. Combined, a salvo is 4,860 rockets. All of them smashed on the forward departure positions of the attack cluster of the Soviet army on the southern front.

Concentrating firepower on one side was the decision of the commander of the 48th Panzer Corps, Balk, because the Soviet troops on the northern front were all in the area north or west of the Rama River, and the contact with the German army was a small section of the west bank of the Rama River north of Volokolamsk.

"What's going on? The shelling started early? ”

Field Marshal Rotmistrov of the Soviet armored tank corps, who was dining in the headquarters in Istria, was stunned when he heard the sound of explosions like rolling thunder outside, and he did not think for a moment that his troops were being shelled, and thought that the Red Army artillery had started in advance.

"No, it's not our guys, it's the Germans!"

The deputy commander-in-chief of the assault cluster on the Southern Front, who was still dining with Rotmistrov, reacted faster than Ryutsov, and immediately understood that it was the Germans who were firing the artillery. After 2 minutes, his judgment was confirmed.

The front of the assault cluster of the Soviet army on the southern front was suddenly under heavy German shelling! The various units that were prepared for the offensive suffered losses of varying degrees.

"Damn! They attacked first! He then made another misjudgment, "The Germans want to strike first!" ”

Is it the first strike? Rotmistrov was also a little confused, he looked at his chief of staff, Lieutenant General Ivanov. The latter also agreed with Bilyutsov, who said to his superiors: "Now an artillery counterattack should be carried out immediately, and at the same time the forward troops should be ordered to immediately go on the defensive." ”

The defensive posture of the troops is different from the offensive posture, especially the offensive and defensive forms of the infantry units are very different, and it is very troublesome to make the switch. As soon as Rotmistrov ordered the troops to adjust their attitude, then it would be impossible to attack again in the first half of the night!

However, Rotmistrov did not dare to ignore the possibility of an attack by the Germans - what a god-like opponent!

"The forward troops immediately went on the defensive," Rotmistrov immediately ordered, "and the artillery group counterattacked and suppressed the German artillery." ”

This was another decision that was later considered a "big mistake", because the nearly 2,000 artillery pieces and hundreds of rocket artillery pieces of the Soviet assault cluster on the southern front had long been aimed at the German front. Now it takes a little time to call in some of these artillery and rocket artillery to suppress the enemy's artillery group -- this is not a matter of shaking the barrel of the cannon, in order to prevent the artillery group from being counterattacked by enemy artillery or air attack, the artillery is generally transferred after firing for a few minutes or ten minutes!

"What? Did the Germans strike first? ”

Zhukov, who was sitting in the bunker of the Red Army General Staff, also received the news that the assault cluster on the Southern Front had been subjected to heavy German shelling.

He and Pavlov, who were also sitting in the bunker of the General Staff, glanced at each other, and their brows furrowed at the same time.

Kokopev, who served as the chief of staff of the Central Front, continued: "Comrade Chief of the General Staff, Comrade Rotmistrov has already given the order for an artillery counterattack, and also ordered the forward troops to go on the defensive. ”

"What about Katukov's cluster on the Northern Front?" Zhukov asked, "Was there any shelling on the Northern Front?" ”

Zhukov did not disagree with Rotmistrov at the first time, but asked about the situation with the cluster on the northern front.

"Nope." Kokopev replied, "The command of the Northern Front just reported that everything is normal with them there."

Admiral Katukov also asked for instructions on whether the cluster on the northern front was going to launch an offensive along the Rama River as planned? ”

Zhukov thought for a moment, nodded, and said to Marshal Pavlov, the First Deputy People's Commissar of Defense who came to sit on behalf of Stalin: "I think that the cluster on the Northern Front should launch an artillery bombardment and attack according to the plan!" Southern Route Cluster ...... You can keep it for a while. ”

"Okay, just do it!" Pavlov nodded heavily and frowned: "It will not hurt us for the Germans to take the initiative to attack, because the southern front cluster commanded by Comrade Rotmistrov is very strong, and they will definitely strike hard at the German invaders!" ”