Rotion Yakovlevich Malinovsky commanded the 11th Army, which was originally the strongest in the whole army, but at the moment all his forces were now equivalent to a mechanized army, and the armored vehicles could form an assault force that was only a valuable mixed tank regiment. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Originally, not counting other troops, the 3rd Mechanized Corps alone had 350 T34s, and there was also a heavy tank regiment equipped with 72 KV-1 heavy tanks!

Before the start of the battle of Minsk, Malinovsky complained to Marshal Plunyakov that he did not have enough tanks, and that would be 300 of them!

The consumption of the war has exceeded the estimate of the commander of the group army, and the 3rd Guards Mechanized Corps, which has made miraculous achievements in Brest, has now become an undeniable "infantry division", which is not bad compared to the other units in the group army - the infantry of the 16th Infantry Corps, plus artillery, engineers, logistics, etc., and the combat effectiveness is less than 5,000 people!

It is time for the 11th Army to go down and reorganize, and this time they will leave behind all the group armies and artillery directly under the corps and division level to be reorganized "naked". Malinovsky felt a little like a "bachelor", and the torrent of steel that swept through Western Belarus and Western Ukraine and annihilated the 2nd Panzer Division of the German SS was consumed in the fierce battle for nearly half a year, and the lieutenant general also felt that it was a pity.

The losses were enormous, but the glorious 11th Army did not fail to live up to the expectations of the motherland and the people, and each time it successfully completed its tasks, and the fascists crushed by it far exceeded its own number -- neither the Central Army Group nor the German Army Group North fought during this period took much advantage of it.

Malinovsky's armor was running out, and he had managed to get 20 Stalinist tanks from above last month, but he was a little distressed when he saw the steel monsters that made the commander's scalp tingle and about to be transferred from his own troops before they could fire a shot. But in any case, those who are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes are already like this, and it is impossible for the high command to fill up its own strength and disband the 11th Group Army, which has made many meritorious contributions.

"I'm giving you the last armored troops, save some use, don't end up with no tanks left from the 11th Army, and the tank soldiers will scold us to death." Malinovsky couldn't help but grumble.

Yefremov understood why he was like this, it was all excellent crews and the latest heavy tanks trained from the war, and he would be a little reluctant to change anyone. "Rest assured, it will be used in the most critical parts."

The handover procedure proceeded very quickly, and the officers and men of the 11th Group who remained on the front line would continue to stay for a period of time after the formation of the encirclement, as the second line of the "pocket" force, but would not participate in the attack, and would rest on the spot, and would not retreat and replenish until the order from above came down.

A tank armored colonel walked into the command headquarters to report that Malinovsky introduced the person to the 33rd Army: "This is the commander of the special mixed tank regiment, Colonel Pol Matisovich Telteny, and his unit belongs to you." Comrade Yefremov, that number is temporary, and I will not care about it after it is returned to you. ”

Since you will do it to the end, it is impossible to pull a number from the 11th Army! Malinovsky is "not pulling out a dime", and besides, the front command only said that the concentration of armored forces was transferred to the 33rd Army, and this hole was not exploited in vain.

The special mixed tank regiment, which Comrade Colonel came up with, also corresponded to reality - there were both brand-new heavy tank units, as well as T34s with various units concentrated, and even BT fast tanks from various armored reconnaissance battalions were brought in, which was a complete hodgepodge. There is not a single KV-1, although there are still two or three in the group army, but for the time being, it can only be used as a fixed battery, and it is estimated that the 33rd army does not look down on or want those few burdens, and Marinesco does not give it.

"Hello, Comrade Terteny." Yevremov shook hands with the commander of the tank regiment, "Your unit is directly under the command of the army group. ”

"Yes, Comrade Yefremov." - Why don't you say "Comrade Commander" and answer it that way: Malinovsky is still on the sidelines!

Troops, the whole world is the same - whose subordinates are whose subordinates, although there is no way to "kick out", it also generally shows: I am from the 11th Army!

Yefremov knew that the commander of the tank regiment must also be the boss unwilling, who would like to leave the old unit with deep feelings, so he simply said generously: "Comrade Malinovsky, as soon as the battle is over, I will report to the upper head and return the mixed tank regiment to the Belarusian Front, how about it?" ”

Of course, Malinovsky agreed, but of course it will not work later, at least Comrade Yefremov was still "quite reasonable": "Colonel Terteny was one of the best tank commanders in my hands, and in Brest his tank regiment had fought hard with the German "Reich" panzer division, and bombarded that Guderian into the hospital room in Berlin. ”

The words are very clear: I didn't bring in anyone to make up the numbers, but the person who gave you is a real hero - it is no secret that Guderian has been lying in a hospital bed in Berlin for several months, and no one will investigate whether he let the tank shell into a broken sack, and Marinesko will also brag and put a gold plaster on Terteny's identity: it doesn't matter who did it, and it can't be found out, as long as it is from the 11th Army.

At noon, Yefremov inspected the arrival of the various units by car, and also saw the special mixed tank regiment assigned to him - it was really a "mixed formation", and the uniforms of more than 1,000 people were varied: engineers, infantry, logistics baggage, artillery, and tank armored troops were all there, and some were wearing military medical uniforms, and Yefremov even saw a cavalry lieutenant!

The troops won the battle and were reorganized, and the 11th Army transferred out of this tank regiment was also full of "Liangshan heroes", and there were all of them, but it was definitely a tank regiment that could be pulled and fought loudly, not a rabble to make up the numbers, and Malinovsky did not want to fall the brand of the 11th Army.

Those 32 T34s let the vast majority of the commanders of the 33rd Army, who had not really seen the brutality of the Great Patriotic War, know what it meant to fight to the death - not a single tank was without craters, some could be said to be covered with bruises, and the external armor was full of traces left by fierce battles.

"Some of the turrets of the tanks were useless, so we took them from the destroyed tanks and put them on, and there were seven of them that were put together like this. Some of the crews have been replaced in several batches, and they are all repaired without tanks, and they have been pieced together like this during this time. Turney was on the side.

This will be in front of them on the T34, it is obvious that the front armor has traces of being welded and repaired by direct penetration of the anti-tank gun, and the position is in front of the driver.

Yefremov wanted to go inside, and the crew opened the cover.

"The previous crew of this car was killed, and an 88-mm armor-piercing round hit it directly. The other anti-tank guns of the German army T34 can still deal with it, and this 88-mm anti-aircraft gun only needs one shot, and nine times out of ten it will be glorious. The last crew was a hero crew that destroyed four German tanks. ”

Colonel Terteny knocked on the armor plate: "It took us a week to repair it, and if it weren't for a few shells in the turret, the car would be gone." ”

Everyone understands that 88-mm armor-piercing shells are amazingly powerful, and if there are shells near the driver, there is a high probability of detonation, and in that case, the whole tank will only be left with a pile of scrap metal.

Compared to the T34s, which are covered with traces of war, the twenty ИС "Stalin" heavy tanks that still smell of paint can be described as visually impactful!

The elongated 52x caliber 1940 105mm tank gun showed its unrivalled firepower, its huge size showed its superhuman weight, and its apparently thick armor showed that it was not only powerful, but also thick and thick, and it was impossible to destroy it easily.

"The outstanding design of the design team of Comrade Joseph Yakovlevich Kokin, because of the war, this batch is the latest product of the Chelyabinsk Tank Plant."

Colonel Pol Matisovich Terteny is also a tank expert here, and when it comes to the huge war machine in front of him, it is really a big guy that a heavy tank unit can only dream of!

"The front upper armor plates of the hull are inclination 70 degrees and 120 mm thick, the side armor plates are 89 to 90 thick, the rear armor is 22 to 64 thick, the bottom armor plates are 19 mm thick, and the top armor plates are 25 mm thick. The turret armor plates were from 30 to 102 mm thick. The 105 tank gun was definitely the most powerful tank gun in the world, capable of penetrating any German tank currently available at a distance of 2,000 meters. If a blasting grenade is used, it also has a very considerable destructive power against buildings and bunkers. ”

Because of the design, the ИС has only four members, the normal type has a radio, there are three people in the turret, and the loader is fully loaded, which is a test of the loader's physical strength - fortunately, because the Type 1940 tank gun is specially designed for tanks, and the weight of the shells is still within the limits of the loader's physical capacity (the modern 105-mm armor-piercing shell is much lighter than the average 105-mm shell, and of course the 41-year-old loader is faced with a much heavier warhead, but the weight of the whole shell does not exceed that of the modern 120 tank shell). ), the whole vehicle has 40 rounds of ammunition.

(I'm about to be squeezed out of the classification of 15 people, ask for tickets, monthly passes, thank you.) (To be continued.) )