The armored train is naturally not an emotionless ice lump, in fact, he sees what Ivan does, and the reason why he has no reaction is that he is mainly thinking about life, and second, he does not have a good impression of Ivan.

Ivan. The first impression of Savikovich on the armored train was too bad, rude and unreasonable, not treating prisoners as human beings, and in addition the combat command was a mess. As a person who used to be very proud, the armored train simply looked down on the incompetent Ivan, and as for his little favor, it was also a joke for the armored train.

Brother is not a hungry victim, he always wants his brother to sacrifice his knee with luncheon meat and a box of cigarettes, do you really think that my brother was hit by an arrow in his knee?

Naturally, the armored train ignored Ivan. However, his behavior made the other prisoners extremely sideways, too characterful! Of course, the other inmates were more interested in canned luncheon meat and cigarettes.

Some comrades may have questions, the prisoners in the punishment camp are all officers, haven't they eaten luncheon meat or smoked cigarettes? This is certainly not the case, with the income of the officers, not to mention canned luncheon meat, a Western-style meal is nothing.

But the problem is that those are in the past, and after being sentenced, they lose all their benefits, or they lose even the most basic human rights, let alone canned luncheon meat, and moldy nests are probably not able to eat. Over the past few days, the prisoners have generally lost a lot of weight, and now that they have seen the flesh, it is strange that they are not red-eyed.

Soon, the thorn in the middle of the prisoners walked towards the armored train, a man with a big shoulder and a round waist, two meters tall, and a head like a basin. Plus a fist the size of a vinegar bowl. It doesn't look easy to provoke.

The man walked straight up in front of the armored train. He glanced at him, then reached for cans and cigarettes, as if he didn't take the armored train seriously at all. In fact, he just didn't take the armored train seriously.

It turned out that when he was not in the punishment camp, he was a brave and ruthless master, and no one in the company was not afraid of him, and even the battalion commander dared to beat him when he launched a ruthless attack. And then it was because he got carried away and didn't take the regiment commander seriously, and he was cleaned up in minutes. Only then was he thrown into the punishment camp.

After entering the punishment camp, this one was also broken and broken, and he simply put it in pieces. Therefore, he is obviously very capable of fighting, but he is afraid of the enemy in every battle. And it is precisely because of his extraordinary combat effectiveness that no one in the punishment camp is not afraid of him, even those soldiers of the NKVD let him score three points. This also led this person to become a little unscrupulous, and when he saw a rare canned food today, he naturally wanted to have a good time.

At this point, the situation became very interesting, and the entire punishment camp was watching the assassin's every move. More attention is paid to the response of armored trains, everyone wants to know. These two ruthless people have touched each other, who is more awesome?

The most excited among them are the NKVD soldiers, to be honest, they are different from Ivan, who is an officer and has the ambition to climb up, so he can naturally tolerate the unreasonableness of armored trains. And these little soldiers are different, they don't have such big ambitions, so naturally they have little interest in armored trains.

On the contrary, in their opinion, although the armored train was amazing yesterday, it is not a prisoner in the final analysis, and the prisoner should have the consciousness of a prisoner, just be honest, don't fucking think you have a personality.

And the armored train is so individual, it is simply blind, and even when Ivan repeatedly recruits him, he still shows that he doesn't care. This annoyed the NKVDs, who wished they could teach the armored train a lesson. And now that the thorn brother has taken the initiative to stand up, they are really happy to see it. Even they felt that after suffering from Brother Thornhead, the armored train should know how to behave, and at that time it was not natural for Ivan to recruit him.

Anyway, all the people in the audience, except for the armored train, watched the development of the situation with the mentality of watching the excitement. And what happened next didn't disappoint them.

Just when Brother Tingtou's hand touched the canned luncheon meat, the armored train said coldly: "Get out!" ”

Brother Thorn was obviously stunned, how long has no one dared to contradict him, when he was in the army before, the soldiers still dared to fight him, and when he arrived at the punishment camp, these soft officers trembled when they saw him, to be honest, he felt that it was not enjoyable and wanted to find someone to fight. And now the wish has come true?

The only thing that makes the thorny brother more regrettable is that the armored train is not particularly strong, anyway, there is no way to compare with him, you can take it down with three punches and two kicks, but it's not fun!

"Lao Tzu can help you taste it!" Brother Thorn said viciously.

The armored train looked up at him coldly, and although it didn't say anything, everyone knew what he meant.

"Yo, you still dare to stare at Lao Tzu, believe it or not, Lao Tzu took out your eyeballs!" Brother Thorn licked his lips and said viciously.

However, just as the end of Brother Thorn's words, the half-dead armored train suddenly bounced up from the ground, and before everyone could react, it shot like lightning, and a second later, a scream tore through the sky, and Brother Thornhead, who was still babbling just now, held his head and screamed more loudly than a frightened woman.

"My eyes, my eyes!"

Blood seeped through the fingers of the thorn-headed brother covering his left eye, and it was clear that it was the moment when the armored train gouged out one of his eyes. At this time, the bloody eyeball was still in the hands of the armored train.

"You're dead," the thorn-headed brother seemed to calm down a little, he raised the bloody human head and roared loudly, "Bastard, I'm going to kill you!" ”

"Are you sure?" The armored train finally spoke, but its voice was so cold, like a piece of ice.

Instead of taking the armored train's warnings seriously, the thornhead made meaningless verbal threats, and when he first greeted the armored train's mother, the latter took practical action again.

The armored train rushed in front of the Thorn Head in one lunge step, and just when everyone thought he was going to do it again, he changed his trick, and a stone flew out of his hand and slammed on the Thorn Head on the door. At that time, the onlookers and the soy sauce party could feel that their eyes were shining, and anyway, the stabbing brother squatted on the ground with an ass. And at the same time as he fell. The armored train had already rushed to him.

The next scene is quite shocking and brutal. In the words of the onlookers: "He beat the opponent to death with one punch at a time." When the corpse was collected, we could see that the poor worm's brain was flattened, his facial features were blurred with flesh and blood, and he didn't even have a human form......"

What's even more terrifying is that after killing people, the armored train walked back to its previous position as if nothing happened, leaning on it to continue its wandering. Compared to the frenzied state when he burst out and killed a few seconds ago, it was like two people.

Everyone was frightened, and even the NKVD soldiers who had been in the mood to watch the show could feel a chill down their spines - I'm going to it, what kind of monster is this Nima. Killing people is as simple as killing chickens, and the combat power of the thorn head is more than five points, but it is killed in seconds in two rounds, which is not scientific!

What's worse is that they don't know what to do with the armored train, before they wanted to repair someone with the help of a thorn, but the thorn was seconded, which is equivalent to confirming someone's prestige, Nima, how will you care about this guy in the future?

Just when the NKVDs didn't know how to end. With the sound of car horns, Ivan, who had gone to receive the prisoner, returned: "Don't be stunned. Hurry up and help, this time I have added a batch of good hands for us......"

Soon, Ivan realizes that something is not quite right, because his lovely subordinates look at him with a strange look, how to say? There are sympathizers, there are admirers, and there are those who pity him?

What happened to this Nima? Lao Tzu has just been gone for less than an hour, okay? Ivan had a stirring in his heart, and quickly called an NKVD to ask him clearly, and when he saw the body of Brother Thornhead, he was also deeply shocked, because he knew very well the combat power of Thornhead, and three or five people couldn't get him, and now he was directly killed by someone, which ...... That's great!

Yes, Ivan's first thought was that it was too good, why? His position and starting point are different from those ordinary NKVDs, he hopes to have strong subordinates, he wants to make meritorious contributions, and the more powerful the natural armored train, the better.

As for the management problem, judging from someone's appearance yesterday, he is completely different from the thorn brother, the thorn head is the kind of person who will never contribute if he doesn't shoot him in the foot, and the combat effectiveness is too high, and it is usually not easy to take care of it at all. And the armored train is different, he is willing to listen to the command and is willing to fight. So the thorn died, and Ivan didn't feel anything bad at all.

"Alright, I got it. Find a few people to dig a pit for that thing and bury it! Ivan commanded lightly.

An NKVD trembled and pointed to the armored train and asked: "Then what will he do?" ”

Ivan pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What should I do?" ”

"Do you want to clean him up?"

"Pick him up? Why clean him up? Ivan smiled, turned to the prisoner who had just been driven out of the carriage and said: "It is to let these miscellaneous people know a little bit of power, and they can fight as much as they want if they are not afraid of death here, on the contrary, the incompetent waste, if they die, they will die, just as if they were a dead dog!" ”

The vernacular was so shocking, the new prisoners were led past the corpse of the thorn brother one by one, and the NKVD was also in charge of explaining, all in all, this killing rod was quite powerful. When the prisoners learned about someone's glowing record and Ivan's decision, they all felt deeply worried about their future fate.

"How's the situation at the front?" Rokossovsky asked.

The chief of staff immediately introduced: "The battle has been going on for a week, and the enemy's Imperial Division, the 4th Armored Division and the 10th Motorized Rifle Division have penetrated into our defense line for about 15 kilometers, during which our army has destroyed a total of 35 enemy tanks and 40 armored vehicles, and destroyed and captured more than 30 artillery pieces of various types......"

Rokossovsky said impatiently: "What I want to ask is not these, what are our losses?" ”

The chief of staff hurriedly replied: "The tactics of elastic defense have been implemented throughout the group army, and the casualties are not large on the whole, except for a few punishment battalions......"

"I see," Rokossovsky interrupted the chief of staff, instructing: "Let the NKVD pay attention and not blindly sacrifice their lives." In addition, he told the commanders of all divisions that although the battle went relatively smoothly and we had achieved good results, we must see that the battle had just begun, and we would have to hold on to this place for more than ten days, and we must be prepared to fight a tough battle. The next battle will be even tougher! ”

Rokossovsky was not right at all, after a week of fighting. Guderian had basically figured out the reality of Rokossovsky. The obscene set of defensive tactics is already clear.

"Our enemy is trading space for time." In a letter to his wife, Guderian wrote, "They were very difficult to entangle, and they also understood the weaknesses in the breakthrough tactics of our army, and we could not move forward decisively with attention to the two flanks, and we were always worried that the flanks would be encircled...... The enemy's line of defense is not a complete line, but a dense line, and with each point conquered, our troops will waste a lot of time, and they must always worry about flank attacks from both flanks...... My opponent is a smart man. The bad hand was played quite beautifully, which fully shows that the Russian generals are not without geniuses, and the future battle may not be smooth sailing...... Of course, I've found a way to deal with this obscene tactic, and there will be good news soon! ”

So what flaws did Guderian find? Quite simply, Rokossovsky is short of troops! Why did Rokossovsky use this resilient defensive tactic, instead of a hard top as soon as he came up? Truth be told, it is quite dangerous not to maintain a complete line of defense, and the points of defense that are densely packed on the battlefield can easily be surrounded, and the enemy can also use air strikes between these points to penetrate deeply.

It's just that Rokossovsky previously interrupted the penetration of the German army with flexible counterattacks and flank attacks. And now that Guderian has seen through this, it may be impossible to continue to use the previous tactics to mess up the remaining ten days.

So what tactics did Guderian use to deal with Rokossovsky's obscene tactics? Very simple. One force will drop ten. According to Guderian's orders, the Germans changed their previous attack strategy, no longer using the tactics of advancing on all fronts, but adopting the tactics of focusing on breakthroughs. Concentrate a few elite troops, as well as make key breakthroughs in the form of strong fire support.

"We have three key attack directions, the left route is responsible for the 10th Motorized Infantry Division, the middle route is responsible for the Imperial Division, the right route is handed over to the 29th Motorized Infantry Division, and the 3rd and 7th Armored Divisions and the 1st Cavalry Division serve as second-line reserves, ready for a breakthrough in depth. My request is to concentrate all the field artillery of the whole cluster in these three key directions, and to smash the enemy's defense line in one go! ”

Speaking of this, Guderian suddenly paused, strengthened and said undoubtedly: "My requirement is that the breakthrough must be decisive and resolute, and it must move forward at any cost, and the front-line troops should not care about the flanks, those who are naturally responsible, my request to you is to rush forward at any cost, understand?" ”

For German officers who received orthodox military education, Guderian's orders were contrary to military common sense, and what should be done if the enemy surrounded him from both flanks, regardless of the reason for the two flanks to break through? The previous Russian flank attack was quite sharp!

"Don't care about those flank attacks, those are all pretenses, the enemy's forces are not enough, not enough to surround us!" Guderian ordered without question: "And even if we are surrounded, there is no danger, the enemy does not have the strength to eat us, as long as they dare to surround us, our follow-up troops will categorically throw themselves into eating it in one go!" ”

Guderian did see through Rokossovsky's hypocrisy, don't look at the previous Red Army's flank attacks and counterattacks were very sharp, but to put it bluntly, those are harassment tactics, which are used to scare the Germans, so that the troops participating in the attack can really eat the enemy, and they can't do it at all.

And now, when Guderian broke through regardless of the hard, Rokossovsky was faced with a difficult problem, according to his elastic defense tactics, the nodes of the frontal defense were actually used to delay time, and did not require a hard top. But now, the Germans only had to break through the threat on both flanks, and if they allowed the opponent to break through, they would soon be penetrated, and then it would be over.

If you change tactics, don't use elastic defense, and let the frontal nodes go to the hard top, then the problem comes again, whether the top can withstand it, this is a problem, after all, the German army's investment is still very large and resolute, and the field artillery support of the entire cluster is concentrated, and the firepower can completely crush the Red Army. If you go to the hard top, not only will you not be able to stand it, but it is likely to be eaten in an instant, and then it will be in vain.

Anyway, Guderian gave Rokossovsky a big problem, that is, to crush the Sixth Army with strong strength, how should Rokossovsky fight next?

On the first day of the German army's change of tactics, five kilometers of defense line were lightly breached, and if it had not been for Rokossovsky's decisive investment in the reserve counter-charge, his defense line would have collapsed at the end of this day. And the casualties caused on this day are the same as the previous three or five days. In the words of the chief of staff of the group army: "If you fight at such a pace, in no more than a week, our army will be consumed!" ”

For Rokossovsky, a week was not enough, he was ordered to hold on for twenty days, not to mention 6 days, not even an hour!

"Comrade Konstantin, it's time for us to throw in armored forces for a counterattack, and we must interrupt the enemy's sharp offensive with a counterattack, otherwise there will be more and less luck!" Chief of Staff Jian Yì Dao.

Yes, in the previous week, no matter what happened on the front line, Rokossovsky's remaining armored troops were not moving, even if the shape was quite bad today, Rokossovsky did not invest in the armored forces, because he thought it was not yet time, and now in the face of the chief of staff, he still insisted on his opinion: "It's still too early, and I have long expected that the enemy will not be so easy to deal with, but don't worry that I have prepared for ......" (to be continued......)

PS: Bow and thank you to the armored train, Luo Dawen, Katyusha, zzy5298, Drunken Wufeng and Comrade Juventus!