However, the poor performance of Soviet tank units in the Soviet-Finnish war in 1940 forced Stalin to restore the Panzer Corps. The Soviet Panzer Corps had two divisions, each with two tank regiments with a total of 400 tanks, plus a motorized infantry regiment and a self-propelled artillery regiment. By the end of that year, the Soviet Army had formed 9 Panzer Corps, and by the fall of 1941 it was planned to form 11 more

In 1940, the Soviets had 20,000 tanks, more than the rest of Europe combined. The vast majority of these 20,000 tanks are obsolete light models, such as 12,000 T-26 light tanks, 8,300 T-series fast tanks, and only 600 T-28 medium tanks.

Looking at the actual situation of the tank in Timoshenko's hands, the ** T-7 tank was finalized in 1935, with a total combat weight of 14 tons and an armor thickness of 6-13 mm, which is similar to the German PZ2 tank. In terms of firepower, the ** T-7 tank is equipped with a 45 mm L/46 cannon, which can penetrate 38 mm thick armor at a distance of 500 meters, and it has nothing to do with the cottage 99.

The T26 also has the same effect, a little better is the T28 medium tank, the last improved combat weight of the T-28 is 28 tons, the thickness of the armor is 40-80 mm, equipped with a 76.2 mm L/28 gun, 500 meters can penetrate 61 mm of steel armor, this penetration depth can not even be penetrated by the chrysanthemum of the German copycat 99 tank.

Timoshenko had already received a specific report from the front line, saying that the German tanks were huge, weighing more than 50 tons, and that anti-tank guns below 50 mm were useless, and even the 75-mm anti-tank guns, the largest caliber of the Soviet Union, could not penetrate the front of the Type 99 tank.

Germany's tank technology was originally at the forefront of the world, Zhang Jun paid more attention to the development of tanks after crossing, even the navy, Zhang Jun also let it go to the corner of the circle circle, Germany's resources, and funds really have no way to fight with Britain, France and the United States to build a naval force with gold, that can only be their own decision, attack the enemy's strengths, that is the most stupid approach.

"Boom...... Boom...... Bang...... Bump"

Suddenly Timoshenko felt the earth tremble violently, and the whole house swayed from side to side with the tremors, and the people of the Ukrainian command in Odessa, thinking that there had been an earthquake, hurriedly ran out of the headquarters, and the people who had just run out of the door hurriedly ran back, shouting in panic as they ran:

"Shelling, the German devils are shelling, everyone hurry up and put the gun hole...... Hurry up ......"

"Boom...... Bumper ...... Ahem...... Help me......"

Suddenly, a shell hit the command headquarters, and this shell immediately killed more than a dozen officers of the command center, and those who did not die called for help, but in this case, how to save it, it can be said that there is no way. Everyone rushed to the basement below the headquarters, which was made of reinforced concrete, which was quite sturdy, and if it weren't for a few direct hits from a 500-kilogram bomb, there would be no problem.

Timoshenko was a veteran, and as soon as the ground shook, he felt that this was not an earthquake, but that the German devils were shelling fiercely, and judging from the degree of trembling on the ground, this shelling was very fierce and very large.

"Quick, quick...... Let's go to the basement. ”

Temoshengo took the lead in entering the basement with a few main officers, and did not run outside the headquarters like headless flies, otherwise the dozen or so corpses in the headquarters would be Timoshenge, and the veterans are different from rookies.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

"Damn German devils, this movement is too big, how many cannons do you have to bombard together!! The whole city is shaking. ”

"More than 5,000 doors...... Hey, now our Odessa is not easy to keep. ”

Timoshenko answered Borisov's question with great frustration, "Boom...... Sneer...... "The heavy shelling caused the dust on the basement to fall, fall on their bodies or suck it into their mouths, and everyone couldn't help but spit on it.

Even if the conditions inside the basement were not good, no one dared to go out, and the German shelling seemed to be endless, bombarding Odessa.

……

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief......"

"Oh, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, what's the matter?"

Zhang Jun felt that someone was pushing him, and quickly opened his eyes to see that it was Rommel, and hurriedly tore off the cotton wool in his ear with his hand:

"Commander-in-chief, it's almost twelve o'clock now, the shelling has stopped, do we attack immediately or let the soldiers have enough to eat before attacking."

"Attacking what!! Let all the soldiers eat, and after an hour continue to shell a base of ammunition, and then order 350,000 SS troops, plus 300,000 EU troops, to storm Odessa from sixteen directions, and the battlefield discipline will be enforced according to the order of ten kills, and the rest will be done according to you, my deputy commander-in-chief, let me sleep until I wake up naturally. ”

After Zhang Jun finished speaking, he stuffed the cotton wool in his hand into his ear and began to sleep, leaving a stunned Rommel.

"This, Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief......"

Rommel still knows Zhang Jun very well, and it is impossible for Zhang Jun to command his troops blindly, because Zhang Jun knows that the tanks of the Soviet army in history at this time are garbage and useless for the current German tanks. At this time, the anti-tank means of the USSR were also very limited, even cocktail Molotov cocktails were useless, and it was said that the engine of the copycat 99 tank was not afraid of Molotov cocktails at all.

As for the Soviet Union's large-caliber anti-tank guns, it will have to wait until 41 years later, even if the Soviet Union develops them in advance at this time, it is impossible to hunt a large number of troops, judging from the three lines of defense that broke through, the Soviet anti-tank guns now have a maximum caliber of only 75 mm, which really does not have much effect on Germany's main battle and heavy tanks.

Although Rommel believed in Zhang Jun, he walked alone to the huge sand table and began to carefully analyze Zhang Jun's tactical arrangements. Sixteen attacks, so that the strength of each attack group is about 40,000 people, leaving some reserve troops, just the strength of an army, each attack group can also be supported by 80 German heavy or main battle tanks, as well as corresponding armored vehicles, the armored force of each assault group should be enough.

After Rommel's analysis, at present, only the commander-in-chief's method can take Odessa as soon as possible, and prevent this city from holding back the large number of troops of Army Group South.

The German SS used this time to eat and rest, while the Soviet side experienced such a long period of shelling, and those who did not die ran out of their bunkers to breathe, rescue the wounded, and simply repair the fortifications. But an hour later, while the Soviets were busy, countless shells fell from the sky, and the losses of the Soviet Ukrainian Front were heavy.

This fierce shelling lasted another hour, and it can be said that the damage to the entire city of Odessa was extremely serious, 60% of the houses in the city were destroyed, and those that did not collapse were crumbling, and the morale of the Ukrainian Front had long been wiped out under the indiscriminate bombardment of Germany.

You must know that the vast majority of the soldiers in the Ukrainian Front are Ukrainians, and their identification with the Soviet Union is not so deep, and some of Stalin's policies have also made Ukrainians very resistant, but they are forced by cruel means without large-scale resistance.

"Look at the history of posterity: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, at a meeting with the delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, stressed that he hoped that the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe would adopt a special document condemning the ** of the 30s as an act of ethnic genocide against Ukrainians. Yushchenko said that the Ukrainian side will provide all the information about **.

According to the latest ** survey conducted by the Kyiv Institute of International Studies, about 72% of Ukrainians believe that ** is an act of ethnic genocide. At present, the parliaments of 10 countries have passed resolutions recognizing ** as genocide. Between 1921 and 1923, 1932 and 1933 and 1946 and 1947, there were three occurrences in Ukraine**. But the famine was the worst between 1932 and 1933, when 7 million to 10 million people died. This figure was equivalent to 1/4 of the population of Ukraine at that time and half of the population of the eastern and central regions of Ukraine.

In November 2003, the United Nations recognized the events that took place in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics between 1932 and 1933. The Ukrainian side is sure that if there were no ** of the year, then the total population of Ukraine would have doubled and would have reached 100 million. The Ukrainian government has designated November 23 every year as Famine Remembrance Day and Ethno** Day. ”

Under such circumstances, how can the Ukrainian people regard the Soviet Union as their homeland, there is nothing more tragic in the world than to watch their relatives starve to death in front of them, but they are powerless, this pain is thorough, and the hatred is unforgettable.

Now that there is finally Germany, an external force to break Stalin's cruel rule, especially the introduction of Zhang Jun's land policy, it can be said that no one in Ukraine will still support Stalin**, even if that Ukraine is ** in the Soviet Union, watching his comrades starve to death by millions, tens of millions, it is impossible to sincerely support Stalin.

The history of later generations has confirmed that it is not unreasonable why, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the CIS countries hated the Soviet Union more than the Western countries, successively put forward anti-Russian bills, actively joined NATO, and helped the United States build an anti-missile system to contain Russia.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

German tank assault groups and crowds poured into the city of Odessa, and the Ukrainian Front that did not die basically came out and surrendered directly under a white flag, if the commissar was Russian, it would be killed directly by Ukrainian soldiers, and if the commissar was Ukrainian, it would also come out and surrender without resistance at all.

Timoshenko quickly knew the true situation on the front line, the Ukrainian soldiers in the Ukrainian Front simply surrendered without a fight, in this case, even if Timoshenko had the power to return to heaven, there was no way to win the battle, Timoshenko also began to not trust the Ukrainians from the bottom of his heart, and hurriedly handed over the command to the political commissar Borisov, because Borisov was a Ukrainian, and Timoshenko and Vatutin, who handed over the command, hurriedly rushed to the port of Odessa and left Odessa on a Soviet submarine...... (To be continued.) )