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Upon hearing what Vatutin said, Malashenko, who had been mentally prepared for his butterfly effect, was shocked on the spot.

"Damn, did Brother Nan and Leopard come early?"

Vatutin's next move quickly confirmed Malashenko's terrible suspicion. A stack of battlefield photos that had been developed not long ago were thrown on the table in front of Malashenko.

"Take a look, look at these photos with your own eyes. You are the expert in this regard. These are precious photos taken by our soldiers who risked their lives."

After taking a look at Vatutin's expression and realizing that he was not joking, Malashenko looked a little solemn, then reached out and picked up the pile of black and white photos on the table and looked at them carefully.

The first photo looks like it was taken in a trench, and half of the photo is meaningless trench soil.

But in the upper part of the photo, Malashenko can see the vague steel outline of a car about 300 meters away.

The pixel quality for this era was terrible, plus the photos were black and white with only two colors visible.

Malashenko stared at the distant black outline in the photo with his glasses widened. He could probably tell that it was a German tank with a central turret, a very tall body, and was larger than his own T34.

Moreover, judging from the details of the few pixels in the photo, Malashenko estimates that the gun barrel of this vehicle is not as long as a tiger. A tiger carrying a thick 88mm gun is not so slender. Toothpick cannon.

What car will it be?

Malashenko is still a little unsure, and he can't get a definite answer just based on such a blurry photo.

In the second photo that follows, what is shown is, well, it is more like a coffin than a tank. The huge body and the integrated fighting room are at most a few meters away from the photographer. At a distance of 100 meters, Malashenko wanted to know if the soldier who risked his life to take this photo was still alive.

"Gan! It's Scrap Iron Man, the German guy's brother Nan! This thing actually came in handy in Kharkov!"

Because the photo was taken at a very close distance, the content shown in the picture is relatively clear.

The combination of the iconic car body and the fighting room is a very distinctive shape. The entire rear-mounted big head looks like a small coffin stacked on top of a large coffin. The coffin and the coffin are all square.

A scary slender gun barrel with a high diameter ratio is carried on the fighting room. From the perspective shown in the photo, it even extends out of the front of the car body. This terrifying steel behemoth is the Anti-Deqi Man. Dr. Porsche's scrapped and reused tank: the "Ferdinand" heavy tank destroyer.

Malashenko, who couldn't help but complain strongly in his heart, shook his head and forced himself to accept it all. It was only a matter of time before the Scrap Iron Man came. Since he wanted to enjoy the benefits of the butterfly effect, he had to pay the corresponding price.

Facing the increasingly powerful armored power of the Soviet army, the Germans, who are not full of shit, will definitely make some corresponding changes. These changes are caused by their own butterfly effect. It is impossible to predict in advance based on the existing historical trend. The current scrap iron man's early appearance is the best way to rectify his name.

"Okay, the scrap metal guys are out, nothing can be worse than this, let's see what's next."

Malashenko gently slid his finger again to receive the next photo, and the content shown on it was completely different from the scene just now.

"I, I, have your mother in my mouth, do you really want to release the leopard in advance!?"

If the battle shown in the first two photos is not so fierce, the scene shown in the third photo can be described as eye-catching.

The person who took the photo should be leaning on the back of a T34 medium tank. Malashenko recognized this as his own T34 from the iconic sloping butt armor and engine exhaust pipe that exposed a corner.

In the rest of the photo, seven or eight tanks are fighting desperately at different positions and distances in the long and close shots.

There are tanks from both the Soviet Army and the German Army, and the models are also very complex.

Malashenko not only saw the T34 and KV1, but also the Germans' No. 3, No. 4, and No. 3 assault guns. But the most eye-catching one was of course the one with the gun barrel entrenched on the top of the slope. It happened to be a tall German tank that sprayed out a ball of blazing flames.

The sloping armor on the front of the car body, the iconic German road wheels that are intertwined, the three-sided tilted turret that looks a bit "small-headed" compared to the huge car body, and the gun diameter ratio is a bit too long. The ultra-long 70 times caliber 75mm main gun barrel.

The Panther, known as one of the most powerful and best medium tanks in the entire World War II, is clearly placed in the photo in front of you.

Although Malashenko was a little annoyed, even a little complaining and puzzled, the facts that are obvious to him are always independent of human will.

No matter how much Malashenko doesn't want to face it, the German's ferocious black panther has already emerged from the cage in advance. This is the irrefutable truth before his eyes.

And judging from the time when the Panther appeared in Kharkov in the photo, the Panther medium tank that had already joined Manstein's Army Group South in March 1943 was older than the tank in early July in the existing history. The battle of Isk made its debut, a full 4 months in advance.

Considering that they are confident of putting them into battle, the Germans must have accumulated the number of Panthers to a certain extent.

Based on this, Malashenko estimated that the acceleration of the entire Panther tank project due to his butterfly effect would be at least no later than half a year, that is, six months!

The Germans had gathered enough Panthers to fight during the Third Battle of Kharkov. In the first round of actual combat, they gave Vatutin, who only had KV and T34, as well as a bunch of small and light tanks available. With heavy casualties.

In addition, the air force strength of Army Group South is also absolutely strong, enough to overwhelm the Soviet fighter aviation units that provide support to Vatutin, ensuring absolute air supremacy at the most critical point of the battle.

Malashenko, who slowly shook his head, felt that Vatutin was really not unfair in Kharkov. Damn it, use T3476 and KV1 to anally anal Black Panther and Scrap Iron Man. I will beat you in this battle.

This is no longer infanticide, this is direct curettage! All that's left is the fucking killing thing, and the German tanks are probably just parked there and can go on a killing spree without even moving.

Not to mention that Vatutin lost his troops and was beaten badly by Manstein in Kharkov and lost miserably.

This kind of battle in which air and ground technology and equipment have no advantages and has fallen into the enemy's strategic trap. Even if it is commanded by Comrade Lao Zhu, the God of War of the Red Army, it will only be another disastrous defeat after Operation Mars. It is not at all The art of conducting can reverse the situation.