In late October 1941, when the Germans changed the focus of their attack and concentrated their superior armored forces to make a rapid assault in the direction of Bryansk, a bloody battle would break out between the two sides around Bryansk.

At Hitler's request, Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group and Kleist's 1st Panzer Group were to form a sharp spearhead that would stab the USSR in the stomach and march towards Moscow.

In later generations of war history, the German army's offensive operation was called the "Winter Offensive", but the German army itself called it the "west wind", in Hitler's words: "The west wind blowing from Germany will sweep across the Soviet Union, it will be even more severe than the polar north wind, and it will completely freeze to death the evil Bolshevik devils." ”

It can be seen that the mustache is full of expectations and confidence in the "West Wind" plan, but whether the west wind is more harsh or the north wind is more harsh, only the two sides are superior on the battlefield.

When Guderian was "advancing" to Bryansk with difficulty against the howling north wind, Li Xiaofeng did not sit in his headquarters, and a certain immortal, who had never been idle, decided to go to the front line to inspect and actually observe the situation of the Red Army on the front line, and to cheer up the officers and men.

To tell the truth, this decision of a certain immortal made Rokossovsky and Lukin and other high-ranking generals have a toothache, and they prefer that someone stay in the headquarters honestly, instead of wandering around in the dangerous frontline, in Rokossovsky's words: "Comrade Andrei, you are too important to this campaign, without your support, we would not have been able to carry out the Bryansk campaign at all." As your subordinate and friend, I sincerely hope that you would better stay in the headquarters! ”

It's just that Li Xiaofeng didn't agree, for him. There is no such thing as a weapon that can kill him. Go to the front line and pretend. You can not only understand the actual situation, but also brush up your prestige, and it would be a pity not to take advantage of it.

Seeing that the persuasion was fruitless, Rokossovsky could only come by the temperament of a certain immortal, but he still said: "Then please bring the guard battalion, this is not enough, and another tank company will be sent to protect you!" ”

Li Xiaofeng still refused, and the reason was very high-sounding: "The existing armored forces of the front army are very valuable. Don't move casually, I heard that even when it was the most critical, Comrade Konstantin, you refused to recklessly throw in armored troops. Now I'm just going to the front line to inspect it, and naturally I can't lightly mobilize the armored troops! As for the guard battalion, there is no need to follow, the GRU comrades are very experienced and can ensure my safety, and the precious forces should be used to strengthen the defense! ”

Li Xiaofeng left very forcefully, leaving only Rokossovsky and Lukin who looked at each other with a wry smile, and they really had no problem with this somewhat maverick superior.

Although there were no tanks, no company, no guard battalion. But after all, a certain immortal is a member of the Politburo, and no matter how small the party is, it can't be small. Two MB-LT36 leads. Four BTR-39s followed, guarding a special version of the BTR-40 VIP car in which an immortal was riding. There are even two West-3 helicopters in the sky on standby, which can immediately pick up an immortal from the air if the land traffic is not smooth. All in all, this kind of battle was no less pompous than Trotsky's foray in the civil war.

Along the way, a certain immortal went deep into the grassroots like other senior leaders to ask for warmth, and a sense of immediacy from the Soviet version of the news broadcast came to his face. However, this kind of pretending is not completely unbeneficial, and sometimes, Li Xiaofeng unconsciously thinks that he is very similar to the state of the North Korean Jin San Fat at the grassroots level, except that the Red Army soldiers are not as emotional as the sticks, and they cry at every turn.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Xiaofeng arrived at the end of the trip, Vigonich. About ten kilometers outside the small city was the German front, where the battle could start at any moment.

The 16th Army was responsible for garrisoning Vigonich, with a strength of about one regiment, and on the whole, the regiment did its job very well, building three lines of defense outside the city in a very short period of time, anti-tank trenches, mine arrays and barbed wire surrounded Vigonich, and every fire support point was strengthened, especially in the first line, a large number of recoilless guns and rocket launchers were equipped, which was a preliminary relief of the embarrassment of the 16th Army's lack of anti-tank guns.

Li Xiaofeng walked around the battlefield, and from time to time he would catch the soldiers to talk about life, ask whether the clothes and bedding for the winter were sufficient, and talk about whether the food was satisfactory; anyway, most of the problems had nothing to do with the military, and it could be seen that someone was more concerned about the basic security of the soldiers.

"You have done a good job, the response of the soldiers is generally good, but you can't be proud, you can store a little more supplies, I'm afraid the enemy won't make it too easy for us this winter, we must be prepared to fight a protracted war."

Just when Li Xiaofeng felt that the inspection could be successfully completed and he could go home, the situation on a position attracted his attention, some Red Army soldiers were wrapped in blankets and huddled in the trenches shivering, judging from the military uniforms they were wearing under the blankets, they were still autumn clothes, and even some were still wearing very cool summer clothes!

Immediately, Li Xiaofeng became angry and asked, "What's going on?" Why didn't the fighters change their outfits in time? Haven't I stressed again and again before, you must be fully prepared for winter? That's how you carry out your orders? ”

The head of the regiment, Makarov, and the political commissar Alexander had tangled expressions, and to put it mildly, it was a constipated expression, as if there was something unspeakable in it.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Xiaofeng asked again very unhappily.

Makarov and Alexander looked at each other, and the latter explained in a hesitant manner: "Comrade Andrei, there is the position of the punishment battalion. ”

Naturally, Alexander's subtext is nothing more than to say: the punishment camp is full of criminals, who belong to the storage of cannon fodder, and in today's shortage of materials, how can the precious materials of the Red Army be wasted on these scum?

However, Li Xiaofeng didn't accept it, and asked sharply: "Whoever sues you for the punishment camp can be treated as inappropriate?" Although they have committed crimes, the purpose of our army's establishment of the punishment battalion and the meritorious service company for crimes is to treat the sick and save people, and to give them a chance to turn over a new leaf. Instead of abusing them, let alone using them as cannon fodder! ”

Without waiting for Alexander to speak. Li Xiaofeng questioned again: "I'll ask you." Don't give them a change of winter clothes. Is it because of tight logistics and no extra winter clothes? ”

As soon as Alexander was about to speak, Li Xiaofeng added: "Don't try to lie, the logistical numbers are well documented." Sue me, is it because there is not enough clothing, or is there something that is deliberately trying to abuse these criminals? ”

Alexander was so frightened that he couldn't say a word, and said truthfully, under Li Xiaofeng's intervention. The Bryansk Front has the highest priority in terms of supply, and it may be that some high-tech weapons, such as tanks and heavy artillery, are indeed not in supply, but food, clothing and medicine are absolutely sufficient. And the reason why the punishment camp failed to change its winter clothes is also very simple, just like Li Xiaofeng said, this is someone deliberately trying to abuse these criminals and not treat them as human beings.

Seeing that things were trending to make a big fuss, Makarov quickly interjected: "Comrade Andrei, you misunderstood. Supplies were plentiful, and no one was prepared to torture the prisoners. After all, the logistics supply is first-come, first-served, and we give priority to changing the equipment of other troops, and the punishment battalion is the last, and it is not yet the turn to change clothes. As you can see, we're still giving out blankets, and we're going to be able to fix it right away, right away. ”

I have to say that Makarov is very good at talking, according to his explanation, everyone is not wrong, let alone any subjective malice, everyone is not wrong, there is no responsibility, the only flaw is that the speed of changing clothes is a little slow, but at the moment it is a state of war, which is understandable not.

But Li Xiaofeng did not express understanding, but sneered: "Changing clothes in time? Commander Makarov, believe it or not, I'm going to go to the correctional camp and ask if it's not time to change their clothes, or if they don't plan to change their clothes at all. I'll give you one last chance, what the hell is going on! ”

When he said this, Li Xiaofeng's expression was very serious, not at all as pleasant as when he was shushing and asking for warmth before, on the contrary, it was like a killing god, and his sharp eyes made Makarov and Alexander's calves and stomachs begin to tendon.

It is clear that Makarov lied, and in fact it was deliberate, and the officers privately divided most of the supplies that should have been distributed to the correctional battalion, including food, medicine, and clothing. After all, it is a wartime situation, living materials are extremely tight, and the extra food and medicine can be sold at a good price on the black market, as for not even giving winter clothes, it is completely crooked on the upper beam and crooked on the lower beam, the officers have scraped the oil, and the NKVD soldiers who take care of the prisoners also have to get some benefits, who doesn't want to wear clean clothes?

"It's just lawless!" Li Xiaofeng jumped on the spot, kicked Makarov with one kick, and scolded: "Divide the munitions privately, say, who gave you the guts?" ”

Some people may think that Li Xiaofeng is making too much of a fuss and that this is a trivial matter. But a certain immortal doesn't see it that way, the nature of this matter is very bad, deducting materials, especially in this season, deducting materials is simply the meaning of careless human life, these people not only did it, but also some disapproving meaning, what is the nature of this?

If these guys dare to attack the punishment camp today, will they reach out to ordinary Red Army soldiers tomorrow, and if they do not decisively defeat this unhealthy trend at the beginning of the year, what will become of it in the future?

is not only to punish the former and the latter, but more importantly, Li Xiaofeng has already broken this point before, and Makarov dared to lie in front of him, and he actually fooled him, a member of the Politburo, how can this be endured!

The Son of Heaven was furious, ambushed millions of corpses, and the blood flowed thousands of miles. Although Li Xiaofeng is not yet the Son of Heaven, he is also a member of the inner circle of the highest power, and if he is angry, the consequences will be very strict. Soon, a large-scale rectification began with the Bryansk Front, which investigated unhealthy tendencies and strictly disciplined the army.

Discipline in the army has improved, the dissatisfaction and complaints of the soldiers have been greatly reduced, and they no longer engage in petty actions such as looting booty because of the privileges of the military officers, and this has avoided many problems.

In addition, the officers were given a killing stick, which eliminated their kind of careful thinking about privileges, so that the idea of arrogance and lasciviousness was a little far away from them, so that they could devote themselves to commanding operations with one mind, and reduced the gray area in the army.

All in all, Li Xiaofeng just made a good impression among the soldiers of the Bryansk Front, a man who cared about ordinary soldiers. Guang Weizheng, who can speak for the disadvantaged, has bright and blind dog eyes.

Among them, the most reciting a certain immortal is good. It is the punishment camp and the meritorious service company. Some of the officers and soldiers wept silently when they received their winter uniforms and had their stomachs fed, which really made some of the previously cowardly fellows brave.

Of course, not everyone reads a certain immortal well, and for those NKVD officers who manage the punishment camp and the guilty meritorious service company, a certain immortal is very unlovable.

Fat Ivan complained: "The top just likes to be troublesome, why are you so polite to these scum?" Eat and drink well for them to raise, and when they are full of food and drink, won't they dare to play with their lives even more? I like to pretend to be a virgin. What is polite to a prisoner? Okay, it's good now, it's a killer for those of us who really do things, and I don't talk about it at all, hum, it's really not a loss to KGB's white sheep! ”

Of course, Fat Ivan has reason to complain that during this rectification, he has always admired him, and his superiors who were about to promote him were directly shot, which not only directly led him to be hopeless. He was also given an intra-party warning. The reason is very simple, this goods are not less scraped from the punishment camp. If it weren't for the fact that he had fought well before, he might have been shot or served hard labor, or at least expelled from the party anyway.

Ivan must be a little unhappy, of course, he didn't shout stupidly everywhere, that belongs to the crime against the wind, the confrontation organization belongs to the death. On the contrary, in the eyes of outsiders, this thing is a crying thing to change his past mistakes and highly support the correct leadership of the party, so he almost knelt down and sang praises to Li Xiaofeng.

At this time, he was just complaining about the armored train, and after getting along for a while, Ivan was also very familiar with the armored train, knowing that this kid had a very tight mouth, especially a good character, and would not make a small report casually, so he confided a little bit of his heart.

Of course, Ivan actually has a deeper reason for doing this, during this time, although he is very familiar with the armored train, and the latter has also helped him brush up a lot of combat achievements, but Ivan always feels that the armored train is separated from him by a layer, and he does not fully trust him. If you want to go further, if you want the armored train to give him her life wholeheartedly, you need to break this barrier.

So what's the best way to break the barrier between two men? Naturally, it is to say something taboo "in the heart", so that it seems close!

However, this also has to take a certain risk, once you meet a villain, in that environment at that time, Ivan will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die. So he hadn't made up his mind before, but now, the superior who admired Ivan was killed and punished, if he didn't quickly find a way to get rid of passivity, the prospect might not be good! In desperation, Ivan could only take risks.

It's just that what makes Ivan a little crying and laughing is that the armored train doesn't respond to what he says, as if he didn't hear it, which makes Ivan feel like he punches the air with all his might.

Just as he was looking at the armored train with a lot of resentment, a discordant voice came out on the other side: "Comrade Company Commander, you are quite right. How can you do it without using some means to transform the enemy? There's no motivation for stress, just ......."

Ivan was startled by this voice at first, he really didn't notice that there were people next to him, the law does not spread the six ears, this kind of taboo words were heard by a third person, which is not a good thing. For a moment, Ivan wanted to kill the screaming thing right away.

However, when he saw who was speaking, he temporarily dispelled this idea, because this guy belonged to the most useless and incompetent waste in the punishment camp, and it was said that he was the descendant of a certain central leader, and later the leader fell into a political struggle and stood on the wrong side, and was completely defeated, and even this kid was sent to the punishment camp.

There is no natural prejudice against these second-generation Ivan, but for Vyachek, he is still disdainful except for disdain, the reason is very simple, this thing is useless at all except for being able to put a mouth cannon and pee when the gun goes off. If it weren't for the luck of this kid, the Germans' bullets didn't have long eyes, and they didn't kill him, and according to Ivan's attitude towards wretchedness, he would have hung up a long time ago.

Ivan knew very well that a person like Vyachek didn't have the courage to go against him at all, on the contrary, he would only kneel and lick it, so he just waved his hand and let this eye-catching cargo disappear quickly, and he still had to exchange feelings with the armored train!

Naturally, Vyachek was not happy when he left, although he did not see such a sign on his face at all, but only he knew that he was not happy. From the second generation of the red who used to be a sightseeing person, he once became a criminal in the punishment camp who could only be called by others like a dog, and no one could stand such a gap.

What's more, Vyachek still wants revenge, he still wants to live, and he wants to restore his former life, and for these goals, he completely lost the last trace of discipline and became a complete villain. He mustered all his strength to slap Ivan's ass, after all, Ivan is now the one who can decide his life and death, he has been waiting for too long for that opportunity just now, but what makes him angry is that he was ignored.

The stupid lieutenant of the NKVD only knew how to woo a criminal who was only brave, and turned a blind eye to him, which was completely unacceptable to Vyachek. At this time, he was furious, both an accusation of fate and a strong dissatisfaction with the armored train!

Yes, comrades, you read that right, this cargo actually hated the armored train, he thought that it was the armored train that hindered his comeback, and at this time he was full of thoughts about how to get rid of the armored train that was in the way...... (To be continued......)

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