Yankrov's job was to gather together all the captured German equipment within the area of his division's garrison, which could not be done by his infantry company alone, and all units would automatically transport the equipment there. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were no intact German trucks here, they had long been incorporated into their convoys by the units of the Red Army, and even all the wreckage of German trucks that could be found was collected to fill the spare parts depots of the car units.

In order to drag those scattered German armored vehicles, Yancrov came up with a lot of methods: he used the German tanks that could be driven as tractors, and dragged back many damaged German tanks.

All the German tanks here were assigned to the tank army, and the tank troops transferred a lot of heavy tractors to pull the damaged German tanks to the army repair station for repair, to see if they could build a few more usable tanks with the Germans' own parts.

After listening to the report of the armored captain, Lin Jun asked him, "Is your repair shop only repairable but not modified?" ”

"Yes, Deputy Commander-in-Chief. It is okay to change the turret, repair a gearbox or something, and if it is a small change, it is okay, but to replace the work of different types of tank guns, the repair institute at the army level is not enough, and it is only possible at the repair factory at the front army level. ”

The lieutenant answered very clearly, but this is also something that only a soldier can understand: just like this "change turret" means to replace the turret of a tank with a damaged turret and intact turret with an intact hull with a damaged turret that has no repair value, provided that it is of the same model.

If you want to replace the German 75-mm guns with the Soviet 76.2-mm tank guns, it is not something that can be done by military repairs.

The dilapidated German tanks were to be dismantled with all intact parts and used as spare parts for other vehicles of the same model, while the shells were left to be disposed of by the personnel in the "tattered" area at the rear.

"Marshal, plus the captured here, this time we can probably get about 20 German No. 4 tanks and 5 usable self-propelled anti-tank guns, which can form a new tank battalion."

"In the early stage, you suffered a lot of losses, and even if you get the help of your superiors, it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time. Those German equipment can also make do, and it is also a way to supplement it. Lin Jun thought for a while, "Can the ammunition be solved?" ”

"The logistics department of the front army is trying to collect German shells that we can use, and now we have made up 5 bases, and our artillerymen do not look down on the 75mm guns of the Germans, that is, there are fewer armor-piercing shells. There are so many machine gun rounds that we can't use up our tank machine guns bald. ”

"Gusev, let the logistics units of the three front armies coordinate with each other, and see what captured German equipment and materials can be coordinated within their respective ranges."

"Yes, Marshal."

The commander makes decisions, points out the main points, and leaves the specific things to the people below.

"Let's go outside." Lin Jun said to Yankrov, "Those German assault guns are sometimes more difficult to deal with than their tanks. "The second half of this is addressed to the captain of the armored corps.

"Yes, Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Sometimes you don't know where the shells are coming from. The lieutenant replied, standing up.

Why is it so hard to deal with? Because the No. 3 assault gun is short enough!

The height of these assault guns in front of Lin Jun is only 2.16 meters, and with its low appearance, it has become a difficult target and a dangerous opponent!

The No. 3 assault gun caused great problems for the Red Army in World War II, and many German artillerymen used it to achieve impressive results! Among them, during the Battle of Stalingrad in September 1942, a No. 3 assault gun F of the 244th Assault Gun Battalion (commanded by Sergeant Major Kurt Pfredner) destroyed 9 Red Army tanks in 20 minutes. On 18 September 1942, he was awarded the Knight's Cross.

Sergeant Kurt Klitzer, winner of the Knight's Cross of the 667th Assault Gun Battalion, was on the Northern Front in February 1942 and destroyed 30 Red Army tanks in a few days.

And the commander of the assault gun battalion of the "Greater Germany" division, another winner of the Knight's Cross, Captain Peter Franz, on March 14, 1943, led his battalion in the area of Polesvolka to destroy more than 43 T-34/76 tanks in one day!

Historically, by the beginning of 1944, it is said that the total number of tanks destroyed by assault gunners reached an incredible 20,000! By the end of the war, its own production, including various shape-shifting cars, was about 9,500 units.

For the tank crews of the Red Army, the No. 3 assault gun was a very dangerous opponent!

Lin Jun took a detailed look at a No. 3 assault gun under the introduction of the captain of the armored corps, and the captain thought that these assault guns had only been produced for half a year at most, and they were still very new, equipped with a 75 mm gun of 43 times the caliber.

This is equivalent to the firepower of the F-type, with 54 rounds of ammunition in reserve.

"Marshal, the sighting device of this German self-propelled gun is very sophisticated, and if it were to be used in defensive operations, it would cause us very big problems. It's too short to hit and hard to spot. ”

"I think it's not only good for defense, but it's also very powerful in offensive operations if it works well with tanks. We also need the same assault guns! Lin Jun looked at the captain, "Soon, your armored troops will get self-propelled anti-tank guns equipped with larger caliber tank guns." ”

Lin Jun knew that at the latest in early February, the first batch of SU-85 self-propelled anti-tank guns would arrive in Minsk to replenish the 1st Belorussian Front: by the end of March, the armored units of all fronts would receive their own SU-85s.

The personnel will be trained on the spot, and the SU-85s will be loaded onto the train directly from the freight station of the manufacturing plant in the Urals, and will arrive in Minsk with the spare parts needed by the entire battalion and regiment and a small number of technical backbones who have undergone technical training in advance.

The armor of the Germans is getting thicker and thicker, and the armor of those No. 4 tanks is adding additional armor; The German tank guns were able to compete with the T34-85. It is estimated that in the next large-scale frontal confrontation will be rescued by a more heavily protected German tank - how thick is it?

Lin Jun was completely estimated according to the performance of the Tiger type, and under its influence, the more fierce the firepower of this anti-tank gun, the better!

The time and man-hours of building a tank are more expensive than self-propelled anti-tank guns, but self-propelled anti-tank guns are impossible to replace tanks, so Lin Jun made a very "Soviet" decision: walking on two legs, the tank is full of production, and the production of self-propelled anti-tank guns on the other side is also working overtime - to fully tap the production potential of the Soviet tank armored vehicle industry!

SU-85 APPEARED EARLIER THAN HISTORY.

Historically, it was not until January 1943, when the Red Army captured a German Tiger heavy tank in Leningrad, that the Soviet high command was shocked before the SU-85 was born. Because the armor of the Tiger tank was too thick for most of the Red Army artillery of that time! The Red Army was armed with the most widespread tank guns of the F-34 (T-34-76 installation) and ZIS-5 (KV-1 installation) types, which could penetrate it only at near-suicidal distances!

The solution at that time was the "audition", and in the end it was found that there were two types of artillery: the 85mm anti-aircraft gun and the 122mm A-19 gun, which could deal with the "Tiger" tank, which gave birth to the T34 and "Stalin" tanks. On the other hand, the Petrov Design Bureau was assigned to develop a new tank destroyer, which required the installation of an 122mm gun on the already designed SU-85 chassis.

On 5/43/5, the Petrov Design Bureau began to design the installation of a Type 122 gun on top of the SU-1939 85mm, and finally an experimental version of the Petrov Design Bureau with a D-5S gun showed its superiority in comparative tests, and after being improved it was called SU-85-II, which was accepted and designated SU-85 self-propelled anti-tank gun.

The SU-85 carries 48 shells, as well as 1,500 submachine gun rounds for crew use, 24 F-1 grenades and 5 anti-tank grenades. Because its engine, transmission, and a large number of other components are common to the T-34 (whether it is 76 or 85 type), which is very convenient for the occupants to pick up the car on the front line and master the use of the new car.

The logistical support is not difficult, because the ammunition of the SU-85 is common to the T34-85 type, plus the parts are also universal, the maintenance is similar to the T34, and the supply of spare parts is also easy to guarantee.

This will be due to the problem of the supply of artillery for the "Stalin" heavy tanks, and the production of the "Red Mammoth" has not been able to rise, which is not an order of magnitude compared to the T34. A large number of troops want to get a tank that is more powerful than the T34-85, although the "Stalin" heavy tank is extremely powerful, but it is estimated that by the end of the year it will be able to provide up to 1500 units, which is a bit too much porridge.

It is impossible to develop another heavy tank, it will only cause trouble for itself: the high technical requirements of tank guns lead to the limitation of the output of the "Stalin" type, and when the process is improved in the future, the output will naturally increase. Lin Jun felt that the troops were "spoiled" by the steady stream of new equipment that could be obtained, and resolutely rejected some people's proposals.

Winning the war depended on the T34 and a large number of self-propelled anti-tank guns, and the "Stalin" heavy tank was not used as a "crawling around" T34, and the production that could now be guaranteed was sufficient, and there was no need to spend more resources and energy to expand the production of its expensive tank guns.

However, even if the troops wanted to get more powerful and more offensive weapons, Lin Jun had asked the Ministry of Tank Industry and the Self-Propelled Artillery Department to send instructions to the following to design a new tank destroyer based on the T-34 tank turf and equipped with an "easy-to-produce" 100mm gun.

Lin Jun gave the task of designing the new artillery to Ferdo Fedorovich Petrov, and asked him to organize a design team to conduct research on the basis of the Navy's 100m mm B-34 gun.

The order is very ****, except for the B34 type, the other 100 mm caliber guns do not need to waste time - Petrov is very fast, since he received the order last November, this new gun has been finalized, named D-10: there are still two models, the tank type is D-10T and the self-propelled gun type is D-10S, and there are only small differences between the two models.

Lin Jun did not get angry because of Petrov's self-assertion and designed an additional tank with the D-10T, but asked the design bureau to keep the design of the D-10T for the time being, and prepare to put the D-10S into production.

Several factories have responded that they are almost overwhelmed by the current production tasks, and if this is carried out on the production plan of the SU-100 tank destroyer equipped with the D-10S 100mm anti-tank gun, the production of the SU-85 will be affected, and even the manufacture of the tank.

Lin Jun had already suffered a loss from ******, so he ordered the production plan of the SU-100 to be temporarily suppressed, and even the production of the D-10S was temporarily postponed. As for the time, Lin Jun believes that after half a year at the latest, the SU-100 will have the prerequisites for production - its opponent!

It is also possible to deal with the "tiger and leopard" SU-85, but the SU-100 is certainly better!

Unlike the SU-76, which is widely used by the Red Army, the SU-85 and SU-100 are completely prepared to deal with the opponent's tanks and assault guns, while the SU-76 has good anti-tank capabilities, its main task is to provide close fire support to the infantry, and the anti-tank combat ranks second.

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Lin Jun was about to return to the city, and when he was leaving, he shook Yancrov's hand tightly: "Call me if you have something, you know where to call." ”

"Andrey, what should I do if I can't get through?" Yancrov finally used the name he had been calling a few years ago.

"Hehe, then find Gusev, the call will basically pass from him."

When he returned to his office in Minsk, there was already a document from Moscow waiting for him: if it weren't for the fact that the commanders of the three new fronts had not yet taken office, and the reorganization of the troops had not yet begun, Lin Jun would have returned to Moscow.

According to the needs of the possible summer tank battles and offensive operations in the Ukrainian direction, the Supreme Command decided to form 5 tank armies, which are the largest armored assault groups in the history of the Red Army!

In 40 years, it was thought that the mechanized army could be ineffective, and now after the actual combat test, a larger tank and armored cluster will be put into operation!

This is not the formation of completely new troops, but the formation of five tank armies on the basis of the original combined army of various arms. Among them, the 1st and 4th Tank Armies will be deployed in Ukraine, and the other three Tank Armies will be formed near Moscow and will be under the Supreme High Command, and it is also possible that they will be deployed to Belarus in a short time, or one of them will be transferred to Ukraine.

The 1st Tank Army will be formed on the basis of the 38th Army, which is currently part of the Southwestern Front (note that after the Red Army's various arms of the combined group army are reorganized into other number troops, the original number will basically not be abolished, but a group of troops will be gathered to reorganize.) The 38th Army will be reorganized, but the troops under its jurisdiction will be different. And such a situation was very common in the Great Patriotic War, for example, the 10 tank armies and 5 assault armies of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War basically came to this way. ), which will include the 13th and 28th Tank Armies, the 131st and 399th Infantry Divisions, the 158th Tank Brigade, as well as the first army, engineering and other units.

The choice of the commander of his army group made Lin Jun's eyes shine: Kirill Semenovich - Major General of Artillery Moskalenko.

He was an excellent commander, very characteristic -- hot-tempered, offensive, fierce, and full of courage! Let him command a tank army set up purely for the offensive, in Lin Jun's opinion, it is just "the right door"!

Looking at his position a few days ago, Lin Jun felt a little confused - the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Army. Lin Jun knew that in history, Moskalenko was awarded the rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" in 1955, but he directly served as the commander of the tank army from the commander of the cavalry corps, which is really a bit different.

Lin Jun didn't know that Moskalenko "logically" wanted to be the commander of the 38th Army first, and then the commander of the 1st Tank Army. However, it was not he who would be in the position of commander of the 38th Group Army, but quite a number of senior commanders attached great importance to his offensive thinking and style, and naturally some people recommended him.

To inquire about the transfer of the senior commander of the cavalry, it is right to look for Budyonny.

Answering the phone, "Semyon Mikhailovich, did you receive the documents of the High Command for the formation of a tank army?" ”

Lin Junwen is straightforward, and Budyonny likes that.

"Yes, Andrei Nikolaevich, just an hour ago."

"What do you think of the candidate for the commander of the 1st Tank Army, Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko? It turned out to be the commander of the 6th Cavalry Corps. ”

"Bold and advocating offense, although he was not born in cavalry, he has the courage to move forward with cavalry, and he is rich in commanding talents."

"Thank you, Semyon-Mikhailovich, I will call the high command and confirm him as commander of the 1st Tank Army."

Lin Jun didn't ask Budyonny nonsense, his tone was just right: Budyonny could hear Lin Jun's inquiring tone--Is the person recommended by you?

There is no dissatisfaction, just to understand how this person is.

Lin Jun had already known about the news of the formation of a tank army, but he didn't recommend anything, obviously the cavalry unit had reported to the high command that Moskalenko was a fierce general, and this would come in handy. It should only reflect the ability of this commander to the above, rather than directly recommending what he should do.

Send it to Lin Jun, and if he agrees to this candidate, then the high command will appoint it immediately, without any need to think about it - if Stalin and Lin Jun both think this person is good, what else should they consider?

Kirill Semenovich Moskalenko, joined the Red Army in 1920 and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1926. Graduated from the Joint School of Red Commanders of Ukraine (1922), the Artillery Commanders Training Course of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (1928) and the Advanced Command Staff Training Department of the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy (1939).

Moskalenko participated in the civil war, was a private, fought against the White Guards and Makhno bandits in Ukraine and the Crimea, and fought against *** bandits on the Don River and in the North Caucasus. From 1922 he worked in the North Caucasus Military District and the Belarusian Military District, successively serving as an artillery platoon commander, company commander, battalion commander and chief of staff of an artillery regiment. In 1934, he was appointed commander of the artillery regiment, and in June 1935, he was appointed chief of artillery of the 23rd mechanized brigade of the Far East. In September 1936, he was appointed chief of artillery of the 133rd mechanized brigade of the Kiev Military District.

After graduating from the Department of Advanced Training of Advanced Command Personnel of the Dzerzhinsky Military Academy in 39, he served as the artillery director of the 5L Infantry Division of Perekop: he participated in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 within the formation of the division, and was one of the few units of the Kiev Military District to participate in the Soviet-Finnish war, and he himself showed a very high level in the use of artillery. Later, he served as the director of the artillery of the 35th Infantry Army of the Odessa Military District, and from August 1940 to May 1941, he served as the director of the artillery of the 2nd Mechanized Army of the Military District.

In May 1941, he became the commander of the 1st Brigade of Motorized Anti-Tank Artillery, and participated in the Great Patriotic War in the post of brigade commander. Later, he successively served as the commander of the 15th Infantry Army and the commander of the 6th Cavalry Army.

The Second Tank Army was formed on the basis of the Third Reserve Army and will have under its jurisdiction the 11th and 16th Tank Armies, the 60th and 112th Infantry Divisions, the 194th Infantry Division, the 115th Infantry Brigade, the 28th Ski Brigade, the 11th Guards Tank Brigade, which has just received the title of "Guards", and other corps and units.

The candidate for the commander of the 2nd Tank Army was the former commander of the 17th Army, Lieutenant General Prokofi Logvinovich Romanenko.

The 3rd Tank Army will be formed on the basis of the 58th Army and will be temporarily directly under the base camp of the Supreme Command. The 12th and 15th Tank Armies, the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division, the 154th and 264th Infantry Divisions, and the 179th Tank Brigade will go to the Belarusian front after the formation is completed, and the commander is Major General Pavel Semenovich Rybalko.

Rebalko was also a commander that Lin Jun was familiar with, because he would be a military attache in China in 40 years, and in 1945 he was awarded the rank of "Marshal of Armored Tank Corps".

He joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1919 and joined the Red Army in 1919. Graduated from the Advanced Training Course for Senior Chiefs (1926, 1930) and the Frunze Military Academy (1934). Participated in the First World War, when he was a private. In December 1917, he joined the Red Guards.

During the Civil War, he served as regimental and brigade commissar of the 1st Cavalry Army, fighting against the White Guards and the Polish White Bandits. In 1926, he served as the commander of the cavalry company, and from 1928 to 1931, he successively served as the regiment commander, regimental political commissar, cavalry brigade commander and cavalry brigade political commissar. From 1937 to 1940, he served as a military attache in Poland and China, and later taught at the Frunze Military Academy.

After the start of the war, Rybalko served as deputy commander of the 34th Army. Although he did not come from an armored force, he knew everything about commanding tank troops, and he was brave and thoughtful. Those who know him know that he is usually silent, but once he acts, he is like a tiger descending from the mountain and unstoppable!

The 4th Tank Army was to be formed near the Don River and would include the 22nd and 23rd Tank Armies, the 18th Infantry Division, the 133rd Tank Brigade, the 5th Destroyer Brigade, and a number of separate units. The commander was Major General Vasily Dmitrievich Krychokin.

The 5th Tank Army will be formed in the Moscow Military District, directly under the headquarters of the Supreme High Command. It has the 2nd and 11th Tank Armies, the 340th Infantry Division, the 19th Independent Tank Brigade, as well as the ** Soldiers and other units. Most likely after formation, it will belong to the Belarusian front.

The commander of the army group, Major General Alexander Ilyich-Lidyukov, a commander with a tough style - Lin Jun knew him and knew his outcome in "that Great Patriotic War" - died on July 25, 1942 near the village of Medvezhye in the Voronezh region. (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.) )