Red Moscow

"I'm not mistaken, General Krylov." Chistyakov said with a serious expression: "According to the information we just obtained, the German army has launched an attack on the flank of my Sixth Army. Their counterattack this time codenamed 'Operation Donetsk'."

Seeing Krylov's shocked expression, Kistyakov added: "General Krylov, I am not exaggerating the facts at all. The situation on the battlefield may be worse than what we know. Once our If the Sixth Army is repulsed by the enemy, then the defense zone of the 21st Army will be directly exposed to the enemy, and a fierce battle with the Germans will be inevitable."

Krylov didn't believe what Chistyakov said in his heart, but when he entered the headquarters, he received all kinds of information from the chief of staff, and after carefully reading it, he found that the situation It was more serious than what Chistyakov said, because when the other party took people outside to meet him, there was a new battle report.

In the new battle report, it is mentioned that the German army used a new type of tank, which can easily penetrate the front armor of the most advanced Soviet T-34 tank at a distance of one thousand meters, while the Soviet tanks can even penetrate at a distance of 500 meters. The distance of 2 meters cannot destroy the opponent's tank. In a tank battle that ended not long ago, the Soviet army lost forty tanks, while the German army only lost two, and it was an old-fashioned No. 4 tank.

After reading the battle report, Krylov remembered that on the way here, he kept laughing at Sokov, thinking that he was too panicked. But now it seems that the other party did not panic, but accurately judged the situation on the battlefield. Thinking of this, he hurriedly called the chief of staff again, and asked, "Chief of staff, where is Colonel Sokov who came with me?"

"Report to Comrade Commander." Although Krylov has not yet handed over work to Chistyakov, the chief of staff has changed his address: "I have arranged for him to rest in the next room. Did he call?"

"Yes, my Comrade Chief of Staff." Krylov said anxiously: "I have something important to ask him, please invite him here immediately." As soon as the Chief of Staff left, he urged Kistyako Husband, "General Chistyakov, let's carry out the transfer of command now."

Chistyakov did not leave immediately after handing over the command to Krylov. He stayed here to find out what Krylov was going to say to a friendly division commander.

"Colonel Sokov, you are here." Seeing Sokov coming from outside with his chief of staff, Krylov immediately greeted him and handed him the battle report in his hand: " Hurry up and take a look at these battle reports."

Sokov quickly browsed through the battle report in his hand, only the one about the tank battle took him a little more time to study.

Seeing Sokov put down the battle report in his hand, Krylov couldn't wait to ask: "Colonel Sokov, what do you think of the current situation?"

"Comrade General," Sokov felt that he had to remind Karolla of the bonus and make him more vigilant. After all, whether he could hold Luhansk in the future depended entirely on whether he could get assistance from him. If the enemy defeats the 21st Army before attacking Luhansk, then he will not be able to escape the destruction of the entire army. So he said seriously: "I think the situation is very serious, and the balance of victory is beginning to shift in the direction of the Germans."

No one thinks that Sokov's statement is alarmist. On the contrary, not only Krylov but also Chistyakov wanted to hear him continue to analyze the next situation.

Sokov picked up the battle report on tank warfare, shook it in his hand, and said, "According to this battle report, I dare to say boldly that the enemy used their most advanced Tiger tanks in the tank battle. This tank can easily penetrate the frontal armor of the T-34 tank at a distance of one thousand meters. Our tank needs to penetrate the 102 mm frontal armor of this Tiger tank at a distance of four hundred meters armor.

In other words, when the two sides are engaged in a tank battle, the enemy's Tiger tank can stop at a distance and destroy our moving T-34 tank like a target. But our tanks have nothing to do with them. "

As the former chief of staff of the 62nd Army, Krylov naturally knew that Sokov's troops had captured a Tiger, so he could only pin his hopes on the German Tiger on Sokov: Any way to deal with the German Tiger tanks?"

"Not only our T-34 tanks cannot penetrate the armor of Tiger tanks, but even the commonly used 45mm anti-tank guns have no effect." In order to ensure that Krylov's troops were not defeated by the Germans, Sokov decided to say what he knew: "After my research, I found that both the 85mm anti-aircraft gun and the A-19 122mm howitzer can destroy the German Tiger tanks at a long distance. They are all Tiger tanks. Nemesis."

"Comrade Chief of Staff," Krylov waited for Sokov to finish speaking, and quickly turned to ask his chief of staff, "Do we have these two types of artillery in our army?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff of the group army nodded quickly, and replied, "We have about a hundred of these two types of artillery, but they have been allocated to each division."

"Chief of staff, these artillery should be used together." Krylov's skill in using artillery is naturally not comparable to that of the chief of staff of the army group in front of him: "Only in this way can we form a firepower against the enemy's tanks on the battlefield." advantage."

"Understood, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff of the group army quickly replied: "I will immediately order people to gather these artillery pieces, and then hand them over to the commander of the artillery group of the group army."

Although Sokov knew that the Soviet army later installed the 85mm anti-aircraft gun on the chassis of the T-34 tank and transformed it into the famous SU-85 tank destroyer. But under the current circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to create such new technical equipment, so he did not propose it.

Seeing that I have nothing to do here, I should rush back to Luhansk as soon as possible, and urge the troops to strengthen their defenses to prevent the enemy who defeated the Soviet Sixth Army from rushing towards Luhansk. Therefore, he looked at Krylov and asked: "Comrade General, I have completed my task. May I leave?"

"Of course, Colonel Sokov, you can leave now." Krylov smiled slightly at Sokov and said, "Thank you for escorting me to take up my post here. Also, if you encounter any danger there, please notify me in time. I, I will never sit idly by."

Having received Krylov's promise, Sokov's heart suddenly became more at ease. He knew that in the next battle, he would no longer be alone. After raising his hand to salute Krylov, Chistyakov and others, he turned and walked out of the headquarters.