Lin Jun, who had only spent two nights in Moscow, returned to Minsk non-stop after dealing with the matter at hand, and in front of him was a huge air force that was constantly accumulating. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Just last night, the German bomber group flew to Minsk again: but this time Minsk was not unprepared, and the night combat aviation units that integrated their fists gave the condors a hard blow!

Sergei remained at the command of airfield No. 6 and did not leave, and now his attending doctor was Vukinskaya, and the colonel decided that it would be at least another week before he could fly, which made the comrade division commander, who did not want to leave Minsk very much, very happy.

My wife has not yet joined the hospital work, but she still listens to her own instructions, and her spirit is much better. But Lin Jun didn't have time to spend much time with her, and as soon as he arrived at the airport, he went to the commander of the front army - a large-scale air attack requires the cooperation of ground troops.

As soon as he saw the deputy commander-in-chief wearing the uniform of the Marshal of the Soviet Union, everyone in the headquarters respected him from the bottom of his heart. After a brief greeting, Zhukov said what he was most worried about: "Andrey, I estimate that there is still a week at most, and the Germans will not give us any more time to prepare. ”

As he spoke, the disposition of both sides was indicated on the map table, and according to the clues obtained by reconnaissance, the German troops within a width of 150 kilometers in the front of Minsk, plus the attack on the city, were estimated to be between 50 and 600,000!

"How difficult is it?"

"If there are no reinforcements, we will support it for two months at most!"

Zhukov is not a man of nonsense, the German army has an advantage that is too obvious, and Minsk is now suffering heavy losses in various units, basically leaving less than half of the original combat effectiveness.

"I'm asking the high command for help, and the reserve front should be able to give us some support."

It's been a few months, and Marshal Budyonny should have almost organized the newly assembled troops in his hands!

On 5 October, a large-scale air raid was launched, and more than 1,000 Red Army combat planes bombed various strategic targets in the campaign, and air battles broke out everywhere.

On October 7, the German Army Group Center issued an order for a general attack on Minsk, and in the direction of the main attack with a width of 150 km, more than 30 German divisions appeared! The heavy bombardment left most of the city in ruins on the first day!

On the 9th, the troops defending Xicheng retreated to the central area according to the order after a bitter battle, and every building, every ruin, and even every remnant wall became the target of the two sides to fight to the death! The Minsk Hongqi mall in the central district changed hands seven times in two days! The general attack of the German army forced the strategic bombing planned by Lin Jun to turn into tactical support and campaign blocking, and more than 3,000 tons of ammunition were tilted on the heads of the German troops in three days!

Explosive bombs, coagulated ******, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, anti-personnel bombs, cluster bombs! Everything that can be used is used, there is no complete house in the west city of Minsk, and the Germans are trying to do everything they can, the air forces of both sides appear around Minsk as if they are in their own backyards, and the number of air encounters every day is incalculable!

On the 15th, Zhukov had to withdraw his own front headquarters to the Dongcheng factory area, because when he left the basement, the line of fire was less than 200 meters away from him!

On the 16th, the sky of Belarus calmed the blazing Minsk, which was scorched by artillery fire and gunsmoke, - the autumn rain in the western part of the Soviet Union arrived as scheduled!

The cold rain made the Germans feel the urgency of time even more: if they could not break Minsk's resolve within a week, they would have to wait until the ground froze before they had a chance to attack in a big way - and in two days the logistics supply lines in the rear would be cut off by more than half!

On the 20th, the advance battalion of an infantry division of the German army broke through the Kirov barricades, and in front of them was the Minsk Medium Machine Plant! The commander of the German battalion reported to his superiors: we have arrived in the eastern district of Minsk!

This was just an arrow of the German army, and on both sides of a few kilometers behind this arrow, the street fighting never stopped for a moment, and the German troops attacking the two flanks outside the city had already tasted the taste of being mired in the quagmire, and their tanks could often only be used as fixed fire points, relying on infantry to attack the Red Army lines in knee-high mud! But even so, the Germans still seemed to see hope for the capture of Minsk - hold on any longer, and Minsk would fall!

The Minsk City Defense Command was so thoughtful that the Germans could not take a step forward in front of the medium-sized machine plant! The warriors who came from Brest defended the factory area, and as one of the strongest divisions in Minsk, the special division gave the Germans a taste of what a real fortress force was!

On the 22nd, a large number of military trains continued to arrive at several small train stations in the east of Minsk, and the 62nd Army was sent to Minsk by the Supreme Command from the reserve front! Commander of the army group, Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov!

At noon on the 22nd, Lin Jun met the energetic Cui Kev at the Hongqi Tractor Factory, the headquarters of the Front Army.

"Comrade Marshal, Comrade Commander, Commander of the 62nd Army Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov came to report, our army is fully loaded! In accordance with the order of the High Command, the group army was subsumed into the Western Front formation. ”

"Accept the return of the 62nd Army. Welcome, Comrade Chuikov. Zhukov returned the salute and accepted the return of the 62nd Army.

An old friend, Lin Jun and Chuikov are very familiar with -- after receiving an order from the central authorities to return to the Soviet Union from China, Chuikov was assigned to the Reserve Front Army and served as the commander of the newly formed Reserve Seventh Army, and this time the troops under his command were reorganized into the 62nd Group Army and joined the Western Front. In a few months, Chuikov had already integrated more than 100,000 troops in his hands and was well-trained.

"Chuikov, how many troops do you have? Where is it now? ”

"The 147th, 181st, 184th, 192nd and 196th Infantry Divisions, the 121st Tank Brigade, as well as 7 artillery regiments and army group logistics units. The 147th and 196th divisions were already on the east side of the city, and the rest of the troops were as far as 40 kilometers from Minsk. The reorganized 33rd Guards Division has just been incorporated into our army group and will arrive at the Smolevichi railway station by noon tomorrow. The group army has a total of 125,000 troops, more than 1,500 mortars and barreled artillery pieces of various calibers, and 63 T34 tanks. ”

The 62nd Army, the "textbook model" of urban defensive warfare in the world's armies, now Lin Jun is relieved - Hitler even has three heads and six arms, and he doesn't want to occupy Minsk!

(The first update of the new year, I wish book friends a happy new year!) (To be continued.) )