At present, the German army is deployed in front of Minsk under the command of Army General Adolf Strauss, the 9th Army, which is directly under the command of the 102nd and 900th Infantry Divisions and the 403rd Guards Division. The www.biquge.info also had the 5th Army (5th, 35th, and 161st Infantry Divisions); 6th Army ((6th, 26th Infantry Divisions); 8th Corps (8th and 28th Infantry Divisions); The 30th Army (129th, 162nd, 256th Infantry Divisions) was a total of 13 divisions, because the army group suffered huge losses in the early battle, and the German base camp gave Strauss 3 integrated divisions from the rear, which would be on the way to Belarus.

It would have been too difficult for the Ninth Army to capture Minsk alone, and Army Group Center Commander Fedor von Bock ordered Army 1st General Hermann Hoult's 3rd Panzer Group to take the lead for the Ninth Army - the use of Panzer Clusters would be greatly limited once in the city. If the Germans had advanced to Minsk from the front, Kondrusev's opponent would have been Adolf Strauss!

The Ninth Army still needs to be replenished, and the losses of its subordinate divisions must be made up before the big battle, and with other supporting forces, the elite of the German army in Minsk will exceed 500,000! But also because the Germans were replenishing personnel and equipment, the front gained a rare quiet in a short time, and both sides were accumulating strength.

The continuous autumn rains will not turn the Belarusian lands into a quagmire until mid-October, and the defenders of Minsk will have to hold out for at least two months to breathe a sigh of relief, which is very difficult! Whether or not the task can be completed depends on the ability of the commander and the sworn battle of the troops, and what Lin Jun can do is to try to win more follow-up support troops for the defense line.

The Red Army's Second Strategic Group will be able to form an effective combat capability in two months, and then there will be no need to use relatively passive refueling tactics and wait for the actions of the German army as a reference to deal with it -- "You girl, then Lao Tzu will also let you taste the taste of frozen dumplings in the cold!" ”

This is Lin Jun's strategy, it depends on whether he can withstand it, and this time he will also let it go! On the way back to the front headquarters, Landscoch sat next to Lin Jun, and there was a brand new set of folding brackets AK47 in the car, which was specially prepared for Lin Jun.

Lin Jun often said: "If you hold the assault rifle in your hand, you won't panic!" Anyone who has used an AK47 can understand what he meant. This time it wasn't far from the rear, and although I didn't need to charge myself, I still needed an assault rifle by my side.

What will happen to the deputy commander with an AK47 on his back? He doesn't need to carry it himself at any time, it's not that far. But now he had one thing that he needed to take a little time to think about - the problem was his conspicuous uniform!

Like the practice of the armies of some European countries, the military uniforms of the Red Army and the Red Navy officers can be sewn by themselves according to the uniform style, so the military uniforms of officers of the same level may not be the same fabrics and processes, but they must suit themselves.

Lin Jun's military uniform is of course the best in the Red Army, the fabric is top-notch, whether it is winter or summer clothes, they are hand-sewn by first-class tailors who specialize in serving the Kremlin, which can show his handsome and upright figure and the momentum and majesty that a deputy commander should have.

At present, the distinction between the ranks and branches of the Red Army uniforms is mainly reflected through the collar badges, and the officers above the general level have a new style of coat in the style of epaulettes: for example, the color of the infantry is red, the collar badge is red and black edged, and there is a metal rank symbol with an enamel surface on it, which distinguishes the rank and rank of the wearer according to its shape and quantity, and is decorated with the infantry branch logo in the form of two rifles crossed; The artilleryman's class color is black, the collar badge is red on a black background (the large five-pointed star on the artilleryman's "Budyonny" hat is also black), and the class is marked by two old cannons crossed.

Because a large number of eye-catching red and golden yellow are used in the identification signs in the army, and at the same time, metal symbols are easy to reflect light, which is not conducive to concealment and secrecy, so in accordance with the experience of the war, it has been stipulated that the front-line field units, regardless of the type of troops, will uniformly change to "protective color rank collar badges," that is, the collar badges from generals to privates will be changed to olive green, and the dark green five-pointed star, diamond, rectangle, square, and triangle will be nailed, and at the same time, the arms symbols and the armbands of commanders and political workers on the collar badges have been cancelled. The epaulettes of generals were also painted in protective colors.

However, due to the fact that the "protective color military rank and collar badge" has not been promulgated for a long time, only some units have been replaced, and most of the commanders and fighters still wear conspicuous original identification marks.

This is where the problem comes out - Lin Jun is an air marshal, although he is an air marshal who is "not as good as a general", but there is no "protective color military rank collar badge" he uses at all, who makes this military rank is now only unique to him, unless someone makes a set by hand, which is obviously unrealistic. Now the golden five-pointed star on the epaulette on his uniform is extremely conspicuous, the red collar badge plus the Air Force identification symbol can be seen from a few kilometers away with ordinary military binoculars, plus the conspicuous golden yellow mark and five-star on his cuffs, the whole is a super conspicuous target!

What to do? Cold! Either hide in the headquarters and do not come out, or wrap yourself up, there is no third way - it is impossible and not allowed to change to other ranks.

The staff officers also thought of a way to prepare a few officer coats and windbreakers for Lin Jun that only had military identification symbols, but it was still summer, and there was still a distance from the front line to use it, otherwise it would be more conspicuous: no one would put a windbreaker on his body yet.

After the war, the medal was not worn, so two "gold star medals" were pinned: now it was conspicuous enough, and a bunch of gold and silver enamel medals were hung on the chest, and it really became a target.

"Tukhachevsky and I are treated, but the Red God of War probably won't bother with this, right?" Lin Jun was a little self-deprecating in his heart.

In Zhukov's war room just now, Lin Jun was extremely conspicuous when he went to that station, everyone else was yellow, brown and green, and he was shining like stars in the light.

War, it's not good to be too conspicuous.

Zhukov had to worry about Lin Jun's safety, and found him a large enough office in his reserve underground headquarters, as long as Lin Jun didn't come out of the headquarters, there would be no problems, but Lin Jun didn't want to stay like a ground mouse all the time, so Zhukov couldn't control this.

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As soon as he arrived at the headquarters, Lin Jun had not yet gone to Zhukov, and the staff officers of the headquarters came to invite him to a joint meeting.

The leaders of the front army are basically there, Kobets is also there, and there are several acquaintances of Lin Jun, including the former commander of the Brest Fortress District, Zarilov, who has just been promoted to the rank of major general by the high command.

The meeting was to coordinate the deployment of the entire defensive line, the campaign plan, and various response plans, and Kondrusev, who had just become the commander of the defense of the city of Minsk, sat in a large leather chair and attended the meeting - everyone else was standing and he was sitting, and this was his prerogative for the next month.

After the meeting, Lin Jun specially chatted with Zharilov - Zharilov seemed a little tired, and he personally abandoned the fortress that he had promised Lin Jun to defend to the death, although he accepted a direct order from Moscow, but it still made it a little difficult for him to face the deputy commander.

Zarylov brought about 15,000 troops from Brest, and that erroneous order to attack bought time for the orderly evacuation of the fortress, transported most of the equipment and supplies, and ordered the sappers to blow up all the important targets of the fortress that had survived the German artillery fire.

Now the original garrison was reorganized into a special division with 12,000 men, with Zarillov as the division commander and Fomin as the political commissar -- in addition to the equipment needed for himself, several thousand other long-range artillery, antiaircraft artillery units, engineers, tanks, etc., were supplemented to other units.

Although some equipment was blown up during the retreat, and a lot of losses were lost in the early battles, the troops from Brest still made the eyes of others - there were many artillery, tanks, and super-heavy cannons and mortars that were generally only available to the artillery directly under the Front Army, and the whole rich man! It was impossible not to divide the points, and Zarylov did not need so much, and gave the artillery of the Front Army the heavy artillery of more than 152 mm caliber and most of the anti-aircraft guns that had been withdrawn with great difficulty.

The commanders and fighters of the special division needed to recuperate, and many of them were wounded, and Zhukov made reasonable arrangements for this - this was an experienced garrison of the fortress, whose ability to hold the city was unmatched in Minsk, and they were placed in the factory area to the east of the city.

The factory area is basically made of solid reinforced concrete structures, which are suitable for the tactics used by the special divisions, so that the troops withdrawn from the front line can be effectively recuperated, and the last line of defense for Minsk can be strengthened.

The Brest fighters had been in Minsk for a few days, and with the exception of the wounded, who had to be recuperated, everyone from the very first day began to build fortifications with all the materials they could get and to build the factory area into a second unshakable Brest fortress with the cooperation of the workers' comrades!

As the chief officer, Zharilov has not rested well in the past few days, and has worked like a life, in his words to Fomin: "There is no dead defense of Brest, since the Central Committee has issued an order, let Minsk be our destination." (To be continued.) )