In April 1942, Soviet Marshal Timoshenko completed preparations for an attack on Kharkov.

At this time, Timoshenko was under great pressure. In addition to the defeat in the previous battle, Marshal Timoshenko is also said to have been implicated in a kidnapping case.

But what exactly is, Moscow did not give a clear answer.

There were a few of Marshal Timoshenko's old subordinates, but they only revealed some to Timoshenko through different channels in good faith. It is said that some people in Moscow said that the marshal did not think about how to fight well at the front, but instead looted a lot of wealth to satisfy his personal desires, and also sent his own subordinates to do something in Moscow that should not be done.

Timoshenko is simply inexplicable

Of course, he didn't think about these boring things, and all his attention was now on the battlefield:

How to defeat the German army under the command of Baron Alexon!

This is no easy task, Baron Alexon is an undefeated myth on the battlefield, and no one has ever been able to defeat him!

And now, Marshal Timoshenko has decided to challenge this impossible task

A large number of Soviet troops have already been assembled.

This included the Soviet Southwestern Front and the Southern Front under the command of Lieutenant General Malinovsky, which totaled 23 infantry, 2 tank corps, and 2 cavalry corps.

And on their front, for the German 6th Army and the Kleist cluster!

On the orders of Marshal Timoshenko, the Soviet troops, led by the Southwestern Front, took the lead in the offensive. The assault groups had to break through the German defenses within three days: the 28th Army advanced 28-25 km from the Volchansk area, and the 6th Army and the Army-level campaign cluster under the command of Major General L.V. Bobkin advanced 25-50 km from the Barvenkovo salient, creating the conditions for the rapid corps to enter the battle.

On the side of the German army. Ernst. Marshal Brem personally drew up a plan for the second phase of the Battle of Kharkov. The combat code name is "Three-Headed Banshee".

This is a contest between two of the best marshals of Germany and the Soviet Union!

Winning or losing can even affect the future

On April 11, 1942, the Soviets took the lead in attacking!

Under the cover of air force and artillery fire, the Soviet 9th Army of Haritonov rushed towards the German positions with great momentum.

On their front, there are the skeleton divisions of the German SS! In the face of the arrogant and ferocious Soviet army, the Skeleton Division immediately strode back after a short period of resistance.

This unusual move of the Germans immediately alerted Marshal Timoshenko.

SS skeleton divisions were known for fighting evil for good. In the siege of Dmiyansk, it was this SS unit. Under the command of Baron Alexon, miracles have been created.

But what's going on this time? From the time the 9th Army launched the attack to the present, they only resisted for two hours before retreating on all fronts?

There must be a conspiracy in this! Marshal Timoshenko immediately made his own judgment.

Face the enemy in oneself. But the invincible Skeleton Baron!

Timoshenko hesitated

And at this time, Field Marshal Ernst dispatched his intelligence department and threw smoke into a big way:

The powerful armored group of the German army is moving closer to Kharkov, and the huge strength of the German army of more than 12 divisions is reinforcing Kharkov, and the new Tiger tank engines of the German army are being prepared to be airdropped by the air force to Kharkov

One German intelligence after another, "intercepted" by Soviet intelligence. The telegram without exception reads, "We are moving closer to you." "We'll be there tomorrow morning." Words like "Hold on, Marshal, the Führer has personally ordered reinforcements."

Are these telegrams real or fake? Marshal Timoshenko could not judge for a while.

What if it's true? It will be possible that the Soviet troops will be surrounded by the Germans!

The last top-secret telegram, encrypted by the Germans, was successfully deciphered by Soviet intelligence, which also prompted Marshal Timoshenko to make the most reluctance to do so.

This telegram was sent by Baron Alexon to the German High Command:

The "Three-Headed Banshee" operation has begun, reinforcements from both flanks will immediately reach Kharkov, and on April 13 the Germans will launch a general offensive against the Russian Southwestern Front!

Telegram is true! The previous Soviet intelligence had already made a judgment that the Germans would be on the 13th. Launch an offensive on all fronts by the 15th at the latest!

It's attack-on-attack warfare!

Timoshenko made what he thought was the best arrangement:

The 9th Army temporarily halted its offensive and built a defense on the spot. The follow-up troops must arrive at the designated place on the 13th. The Southern Front continued to maintain the offensive.

Timoshenko was still very old-fashioned, and he planned to use the Southwestern Front to hold back the main force of the Germans, and the Southern Front to make a breakthrough in the operation of the 6th Army as soon as possible, laying a solid foundation for the victory in the Battle of Kharkov!

He was right: Ernst. Marshal Braham did choose the Southwestern Front as the target of key annihilation, but he did not expect that at this time, opposite the 9th Army, the German army had a strong strength!

Ernst. Marshal Brem had created a powerful assault group in the Balvenkovo salient. The 1st Tank Army and the 17th Army of the Kleist Group were fully equipped and had a large number of troops, 0.5 times more infantry, 1 times more artillery, and 5.5 times more tanks than the 9th Soviet Army.

And at this time Ernst. Marshal Brem wants the fleeting hesitation of Marshal Timoshenko!

The 9th Army, under the orders of Marshal Timoshenko, built a defense on the spot and waited for the follow-up forces to complete the convergence. There doesn't seem wrong with that. Once the Soviet armies have completed their convergence, they will form a powerful force.

However, Ernst. Marshal Bram did not give them this opportunity at all!

April 12, 1942, 4:30 a.m. The headquarters of the Skeleton Division, which was also the headquarters of the German Kharkov Group, was the headquarters of the German Kharkov Group. Marshal Bram picked up the phone in his hand:

"The 'Three-Headed Banshee' plan begins! Assault of the whole army! ”

- Assault of the whole army!

Wang Weiyi has done enough intelligence work, and real and fake telegrams continue to plague Timoshenge!

If you want to successfully deceive the enemy, you must tell the enemy some real information.

The best liar: seven points of truth, three points of falsehood!

The Soviet Union had a very powerful intelligence system, and they were able to distinguish between true and false intelligence in the shortest possible time.

And they did most of it:

German reinforcements were mobilized there, and the Germans really wanted to attack the 9th Army

But that's not all!

The German troops are being mobilized, the destination is not Kharkov at all!

It was the troops under the command of Manstein and Guderian, who had their own purpose of fighting!

Baron Alexon – no reinforcements needed!

Ernst. Marshal Bramm, while successfully deceiving Timoshenko, also indirectly provided the best cover for Manstein and Guderian's actions!

The purpose of the German army's preparation to annihilate the Soviet 9th Army was also real, but the time for launching the general offensive was not April 13, but the time when the Soviet army could not reach it no matter how hard they tried:

April 12th!

Now, Baron Alexon has finally revealed his hideous minions!

At 4:30, the Kleist cluster launched a fierce attack on the Soviet 9th Army with absolute superior artillery fire and absolutely superior air force!

A sea of cannonballs has swept the battlefield!

The 9th Army, which had just occupied its position, was subjected to a crazy baptism of German artillery fire in an instant!

Shells bombarded everything, gunpowder smoke covered the battlefield, and death filled Kharkov!

This is the "Three-Headed Banshee"! This is the real Baron Alexon's plan!

Tremble, Kharkov! Tremble, Russia! Tremble, all the power that attempts to challenge the authority of the Skull Baron!

The gates of hell have been opened, and countless ghosts have emerged from hell and opened their terrible jaws in the air

And among these ghosts is a death knight riding a blood-red war horse and burning with flames:

Grim Reaper's Striker - Hellboy!

With the same burning spear in his hand, he lightly tapped it on the battlefield, and the flames from hell swept through Kharkov!

Death - Kharkov!

Terrible, endless shells are constantly falling on the position, planes in the sky and artillery on the ground, completely crazy to viciously wrap everything in dead space!

The Russians had nowhere to hide, and were forced into the space created by the Grim Reaper. Then countless ghosts rushed up

Welcome to be our companion

The death knight on a flaming war horse stared coldly at everything on the battlefield

He is a legend chosen by the god of death himself, he is a myth of immortality, a legend of undefeated!

He has been missing for twenty years, and some say he has been honed in hell for twenty years, and when he reappears, he becomes even more fierce and terrifying than before!

He can command all the ghosts of the Grim Reaper, and then assemble an invincible team that can sweep through every corner of the battlefield and destroy any army with ease.

This kind of force is not something that human beings can stop.

Now, please call him - Hellboy!

He has officially been canonized by the Grim Reaper!

Yes, the Skeleton Baron is the king canonization of mankind; And the Hellboy is from the canonization of a god!

Forward - Germany! Onward - Hellboy!

When the artillery fire ruthlessly combed through the enemy's positions, and when the fighters showed off their might and dived, the 9th Army was completely plunged into terrible chaos!

Now, it's time for those mighty German tanks, mighty German infantry, to attack!

"Skeleton Division, assault! Kleist cluster, assault! The Hellboy coldly gave his order: "What is put in front of me must be the news of the annihilation of the Russian 9th Army!" ”

Now, let the terrible flames burn in Kharkov! (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )