The whole world was shocked, and when the news of the sudden all-out attack of the German army against the Soviet Union was received, there were many people who were frightened, worried, gloated, and of course rejoiced - Churchill in London was one of them: and now Soviet Russia had finally been dragged into the war!

The British Prime Minister could not wait to issue a statement stating that the British Empire (which apparently included all the countries of the British Commonwealth) firmly supported the Soviet Union in the Just Patriotic War, and that the British Empire would provide the Soviet Union with all the necessary assistance!

The British ambassador in Moscow handed Molotov a telegram from the British government to the Soviet government and to Churchill personally to Stalin, and when the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs reported to Stalin, Lin Jun was reporting to the Supreme Commander on troop movements. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Now the Anglo-Saxon fat man should be happy! All the necessary support? I think it's watching the fire from the other side! Lin Jun scoffed at Churchill's telegram - if he could, Lin Jun wouldn't mind chopping up that hardcore ** prodigitarian vanguard with his own hands!

Churchill was not only happy, but also gloated - in his eyes communism was as evil as fascism, Soviet Russia was as abominable as fascist Germany, and should be wiped off the face of the earth! Churchill's attitude towards socialism is known to the whole world.

Churchill didn't really want to provide "any necessary assistance", it was true to watch the fire from across the strait: Historically, it was either North Africa or Italy, and it would never fight head-on with Germany, and only when it did not attack head-on and the European continent would not be able to make any political capital before landing in Normandy with the United States -- Stalin and Molotov could also understand what Lin Jun meant by "watching the fire burn across the river", but! Multiple allies are better than multiple enemies.

"Andrey, what do you think should be done in response to the British attitude?" Stalin knew that his deputy's remarks were nothing more than whining, although they were all truths - Andrei would not deal with problems based on personal likes and dislikes alone.

Lin Jun pouted, "It's up to Comrade Molotov." The British gloated, but it always mattered to what they could get diplomatically. We need rubber, trucks, airplanes, artillery, tanks, all the assistance we can get, and although I really don't like the outdated tanks of the British, their planes are very good, and we need aviation technology. ”

Molotov nodded: "Since the British can be on our side for the time being, I will talk to them and get as much assistance as possible." ”

"Molotov, did the Americans say anything?" Lin Jun is more concerned about the attitude of the United States: they are the big ones!

"Not yet, but I'm going to meet with their business representatives in an hour, and it was raised by the Americans, and it is estimated that it is a matter of assistance, and the Americans cannot openly support us now."

"Buy, if you want to lease the island, you can't have it, so you buy it with dollars, and you owe it first. Aren't Americans always like to owe money, and we also learn and don't pay cash. Lin Jun will be like a scoundrel talking about business, but there are many such "scoundrels" in World War II -- the United States not only wants to come up with a Lend-Lease bill for its own strategic security considerations, but there are also many people who want to make a war fortune from it, although politicians who want to make a fortune will have to change their thinking after the war with Japan, but it is the US government's own order that also makes those capitalists make a lot of money, otherwise the US industrial system will not be so developed in a few decades.

Since the Americans wanted the Soviet Union to fight with Germany, they were indispensable to provide military supplies, whether it was in justice or national interests, and Roosevelt had no choice in this regard.

Historically, Stalin pushed off the war debts after the war, but Lin Jun was the first to bring them up -- Stalin was embarrassed to say that.

"What kind of Iron Curtain theory are you going to do, and you want me to pay the bill?! Dream on! Lin Jun had a clear plan in his heart: as a pragmatist, he would not have the time to think about the moral issues of a big country.

For the first time today, Stalin smiled a little: his successor really saw the relationship between the state and the state clearly. "Molotov, just do what Andrei said, and fight for as much as you can get."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin." It is the boss who wins the war!

Sending off Molotov, Lin Jun handed a telegram to Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, the 14th Tank Division has come under fire with the Germans in the border area of Belarus. The telegram that Lin Jun handed over to Stalin had just been sent by the command of the Western Front, and Zhukov was too busy to learn about Lin Jun, "We have no other units that can be used in the Grodno direction, and it will take two more days for the two armies to reach the junction of the Baltic Front and the Western Front." ”

Stalin didn't read the telegram, his face was calm, but Lin Jun could feel that the old man was still worried about his eldest son - although Stalin openly said in history, "I will not exchange a marshal for a soldier." In fact, two rescue operations were organized, but they were unsuccessful. He still has a deep father-son affection for his eldest son, but sometimes he can't show it, or Stalin doesn't know how to show it, and Yakov can't feel it!

Lin Jun didn't intend to say anything like "do you want me to transfer Yakov to Moscow", but just stood quietly next to Stalin - he knew that if he talked about Stalin, he would be unhappy: the old man would not want his son to be a deserter!

"He, like Vasily, is my son and a soldier of the Red Army. As a father, I always want my children to live their lives safely, but as a commander-in-chief, I must ask everyone in the war to have a spirit of selflessness. Stalin looked at the desk and said lightly.

Lin Jun knew that if there were no accidents, Stalin would let his two sons stay on the front line and be real fighters. I exhaled in my heart: This can be regarded as an explanation.

"Kaya wants to go to Minsk, medical units in Moscow are organizing medical teams to the front, I need your approval." Lin Jun threw a big burden to Stalin at this time - the old man had long regarded Vukinskaya as his daughter-in-law, and his wife's report on the war was decided by Stalin.

But Stalin did not answer Lin Jun's question head-on, but asked: "Can the Germans hit Minsk?" ”

"It's possible, but it's unlikely, even if you arrive in Minsk, it's hard to occupy!" Lin Jun replied very resolutely - he was confident that there would be no such terms as "Minsk fell" and "Kyiv was encircled"!

"I agreed, but only Kaya was allowed to work in the Western Front Hospital in Minsk, and she was strictly forbidden to go to the forward field hospital. Also, you find a few attachés for Kaya, and transfer them from your guard. Tell Zhukov that this is all my order, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

Lin Jun "snapped" and saluted: "Yes, Comrade Stalin." ”

It is strictly forbidden for Vukinskaya to go to the field hospital, and Zhukov must be clearly notified, this is in the name of Zhukov to make Lin Jun and his wife understand: There must be no accidents! Otherwise, Zhukov would be distracted, Vukinskaya, a surgeon who is famous for rescuing the wounded and ignoring himself, is really not a few commanders who can control it!

Lin Jun, who returned to the office, called his wife and asked her to inform the hospital that Comrade Stalin had approved her report on joining the medical team, and also emphasized Stalin's strict order.

Zhukov, who hung up the phone and connected to Minsk, not only learned about the latest battle situation on the front line, but also introduced the deployment of reinforcements, and finally briefly talked about the Vuginskaya medical team. Zhukov knew that this needed to be arranged, but the solution was very simple, and he would not interfere with his command at all (Zhukov would be really busy) - the medical team needed to get to Minsk with speed, and these were the best surgeons in the whole Soviet Union, of course, by air.

Let Vukinskaya's medical team stay at the front air force hospital after arriving at the airport in Minsk, and some of the seriously wounded in front will still be sent to Minsk by plane, the closest hospital of the air force can meet Vukinskaya's requirements for surgery, and can also allow the wounded to receive the fastest and best treatment. Besides, it was Kobets' territory, and Vuginskaya was absolutely safe there.

Lin Jun called Landskozy in: "You go and make arrangements, send two members of the guard to accompany your sister-in-law to Minsk, you must know a certain amount of medical rescue knowledge." Also, let the snipers of the Guards go to Leningrad to report to Vasily, I don't need them here, I should let them go to the front to fight. ”

"Yes, Chief." Landscoch is relieved that Lin Jun is relieved.

Vasily is now the deputy head of the Leningrad Sniper School, and will definitely welcome several super-notch snipers to join - Landskozy will transfer documents to the snipers in the name of the Kremlin Guard: the first Soviet sniper is among them! How snipers get to Leningrad doesn't have to worry about Lin Jun and Landeskozy, those few people have great powers, and with the transfer documents issued by the Kremlin guards, they can catch any train to Leningrad, if there is an empty place on the plane.

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In northwestern Ukraine, in the forest area south of the Bolechye Swamp, south of Brest, a large marching force is heading west along several roads through the sparse forest.

The Bolessye Swamp is vast, but not all of them are inaccessible bogs of death, there are still many fields, settlements and roads, and of course no mechanized troops are welcome here, unless you want to huddle in a heap.

Brightly colored battle flags fluttered in the marching ranks: to say that this army was huge is not to say how many thousands of people were in action, but that its "unit size" was definitely large enough - the battle flag was written with the number of this unit: 53rd Independent Cavalry Division of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army!

The Everglades are not suitable for mechanized troops, and the infantry can adapt to the special combat environment here to a certain extent, but the cavalry is faster and has stronger combat effectiveness! Dense forests and complete swamps were not suitable for cavalry movements, but there were more than mud ponds and dense forests, as long as there were guides who were familiar with the environment and good commanders, the Red Army cavalry could go anywhere!

Annoying mosquitoes buzzed from afar, and the warriors smeared a thick layer of anti-mosquito ointment on their horses - a thin mud mixed with insect repellent, the fist product of the Moscow Military Horse Research Institute! The handsome Budyonny horses have become "miserable", but the horses are used to this, and it is better than being bitten by bloodsucking insects everywhere!

All the cavalrymen's exposed skin was also treated and fully armed with their own horses, which made the insects and animals stay away from this team - the faint smell of insect repellent potion for humans and animals, and the nerve gas that is deadly for insects!

Although it was summer, all the cavalrymen wore single-layered high caps and black capes on their shoulders, because they were brave and warlike Cossacks! The long Chasik cavalry knife hung from the left side of the waist, three magazine pockets on the chest, and a short cowhide special holster on the right shoulder of the horse, which contained the cavalrymen's new weapon, the AK47 assault rifle!

Other cavalrymen preferred to carry assault rifles with folding stocks, but the Cossacks had their own patent, the "Super Pull" black overhead cape, and the cavalry command designed and equipped all Cossack cavalry with new rifle carriers.

In fact, the light firearms of the Soviet cavalry were all new, and Marshal Budyonny made his beloved cavalry the first branch of the army to be equipped with a new series of light weapons, and many of those carrying equipment were of course new. Like that holster, even if the horse gallops, it will not turn the rifle out, and when needed, it can easily hold the small grip and pull it out to shoot. Each cavalry company also had a fire platoon equipped with PD light machine guns and bazookas capable of firing from special improvised gun mounts in the saddle - the "cavalry marshal" armed his troops to the teeth!

The cavalry of the Red Army in 41 years is no longer a traditional cavalry in the pure sense of the word, it has its own howitzer battalion and light tank battalion, as well as anti-aircraft artillery units, anti-tank artillery units, anti-chemical warfare troops, transport vehicle units, and all the elements that a modern army has -- either adapt to the times or be eliminated by the times!

But this time the 53rd Separate Cavalry Division left behind all the equipment and "modernized" units that could delay its movements, and in addition to the necessary mule-wagons to pull 82-mm mortars, anti-aircraft machine guns and supplies, the division commander, Major General Kondrat-Semenovich-Melnik, commanded the "complete cavalry".

This time their task was to prevent the penetration of Soviet territory by German infantry or any German troops who could potentially cross the swampy area through the edge of the swamp. The Swamp had several cantonment points, where the cavalry could rest and get enough supplies for a long battle.

The Cossacks did not encounter any enemy troops for a few hours after the launch, there was not even a shadow of a German plane in the air, and there seemed to be no war at all.

"Maybe the Germans don't want to enter the Swamp at all, they are not welcome by the gadfly army here!" The unrestrained character of the Cossacks made them very optimistic, of course, they did not want everything to be safe - the Cossacks were soaked in the blood of the sword and the enemy, they were a war-loving people, but the outbreak of war and their own only safe and steady march made the fierce Cossacks uncomfortable.

The Cossack soldiers did not care about the battle, but eagerly awaited it! Their division commander didn't think as simple as the boys: Melnik had participated in the civil war in his early years and 23 years of fighting against the Ukrainian kulak bandits, had a lot of practical experience in commanding troops in peacetime, and also participated in the operation on Lake Hassan in the Far East. He had a hunch that the Germans would find a way to find a breakthrough from the weakest swamp of the entire defensive line and outflank the rear, and the cavalry battle was already in sight!

The only sound of horses' hooves on the dirt road in the sparse woods was that the ground was not yet completely dry, but it was not going to sink, and all the cavalry did not make a loud noise—in such an environment, a little louder movement could be heard from a distance of several kilometers!

"Division commander, the outpost reconnaissance detachment found that the Germans, just 5 kilometers to the south, were German SS cavalry, about 500 horsemen. There was also German activity in the woods on the right flank, but only reconnaissance infantry. ”

There was no gunshot, indicating that the scouts did not expose themselves, "Convey my order, a regiment to encircle and suppress the Germans in the woods on the right flank, beware of being a target on the horse!" The second regiment went to the barren grass stall, the third regiment served as a cover support, and the logistics troops temporarily stayed in place and defended in formation. Lads, let the fascists know what a real cavalryman is, they have only the qualifications to ride a donkey! ”

The Cossacks were to face the SS cavalry in Poland, with two regiments of cavalry, one of which was discovered by the scouts. This national cavalry was formed on September 15, 1939, when 250 SS skeleton members (ST) were recruited from Germany to form an SS skeleton cavalry. After the German occupation of Poland, this force was dispersed into companies and 'kept the law' throughout Poland, and by 21 May 40 it had grown to 3,300 men.

In February 1941 the cavalry was expanded again and officially became the 1st and 2nd SS Cavalry Regiments, with a total strength of 10 companies.

Now the unit was tasked with coordinating the infantry through the Everglades and then carrying out a quick raid on the Soviet rear, and its commander was "somewhat famous" in the German upper echelons: the SS flag captain (equivalent to colonel) Hermann Figlin (this man should not be very famous, but his sister was too famous: Figrin's sister was Eva Braun, which meant that Figrin would be Hitler's brother-in-law). Historically, Figrin did not end up very well - he escaped and was arrested when the Soviets approached the city of Berlin, and was shot by his new brother-in-law! ）。

Melnik had the mortars pass to support the regiment of the German cavalry encircling the forest, if needed. He was going to command the 2nd Regiment to fight a cavalry battle in the true sense of the word with the Germans! As the two sides approached, the Germans also spotted the Cossack cavalry that had been deployed a kilometer away - and the Germans chose to fight!

"Brave and fearless Cossacks, show your swords! Prove your fierceness and loyalty to the Soviets with the heads and blood of your enemies! ”

Countless forest birds flew up, and the Cossacks were boiling with their blood - in the forties of the twentieth century, in the Bolesiye Marshes, an ancient cavalry battle would break out between two armies, famous for their large-scale attacks by mechanized corps!

Will the Cossacks just rush forward with their swords? Of course not: after loading the assault rifles, Budyonny strictly demanded that the cavalry at the front of the cavalry give the opponent a magazine to taste when charging!

Comrade Marshal's brain is immersed in ancient cavalry battles, but he is not an old antique!

(12,000 three shifts a day, whoa, yes!) (To be continued.) )