Steel Soviet Union

It is not easy for the 1st Stalin Guards Heavy Tank Brigade to move with a lot of tanks, especially when Malashenko is still not prepared in advance and suddenly receives a notice. The troops in combat mode want to move. It would be even more time-consuming to rush over in a moving state.

"Kurbalov's side still needs at least an hour. Many of their battalion's tanks have even had their engines removed for emergency maintenance. It was originally planned to conduct overnight maintenance to prepare for the battle tomorrow morning, but the plan obviously failed to keep up with the changes. "

Malashenko, who is seldom busy with matters related to the brigade department, has already rolled up his sleeves and gone to work personally, stuffing various scattered and trivial documents on the table into folders.

Listening to the opening statement of the political commissar Petrov next to him, Malashenko, who did not raise his head and was only busy with the things under his hands, spoke.

"What did Karamov say? Can't he fix this mess quickly?"

Malashenko does not often put pressure on Karamov, but when it comes to the critical moment of hiring people, Malashenko does not mind letting Karamov experience the feeling of a mountain of military orders. In a few simple sentences, through various The specific and deep meaning that the question-like tone wants to express is very clear.

"Karamov has already led people there. In fact, more than half of the field maintenance battalion is now staying with the first battalion."

"Karamov explained the situation to me. The 1st Battalion was the most seriously damaged unit in today's daytime battle. In addition, the maintenance in recent days has not taken care of the 1st Battalion. The problems encountered are not easy to solve. Yes, one hour was the final answer he gave me.”

Hearing this, Malashenko, who had already held the last pile of documents in his hand, suddenly stopped what he was doing.

After his entire expression froze for about three seconds, Malashenko raised his head again and looked directly at the political commissar Petrov in front of him, suddenly his eyes were cold.

"Go and tell Karamov, just say I said it myself. If he can't get the battalion moving within half an hour, don't be the battalion commander. Get your wrench and rag and get ready to go repair the car! I need it What I want is someone who can solve my problems and get rid of troubles, not someone who makes excuses and talks about problems for me at critical moments. This is a task that must be completed!”

Malashenko is not a person who likes to forcefully suppress his right-hand man and his generals.

According to Malashenko's idea, everyone has put their heads in their belts and fucked the German guy for so long, and everyone has his or her own secrets. You know when you should do something and when you shouldn't do something. Talking too much will only make people feel irritated like a mother-in-law.

But this is not an ordinary situation but an extraordinary moment. The telegram sent by the front army headquarters clearly stated the urgency of the situation.

Looking at the way Vatutin said things in the telegram and the tone he revealed, Malashenko estimated that if he had arrived a few hours later, the Fifth Guards Tank Army might have been beaten by the Germans and the situation would have changed. Out of control.

Who knows what terrible consequences the butterfly effect he inadvertently caused on the Germans will have.

When one considers that the current comprehensive strength of the German armored forces has far exceeded the existing historical timeline, the sight of hordes of tigers and leopards that should not have appeared until next year has been staged on the Eastern Front more than half a year in advance.

On the other hand, apart from the fact that the research and development speed of heavy tanks has been greatly advanced, the T34, which is the absolute main force of the tank force on the battlefield, is still in 76-gun status and remains intact.

Malashenko, who had never considered this aspect at all, finally felt that he should find a way to contact Morozov and speed up the research and development of medium tanks. Not only do we need to get the 85 cannon onto the car quickly, but we also need to get the T44 and T54 in advance.

The overwhelming advantage brought by the overall strategy is more important than the local advantage of his own troops.

As the main force, the medium tank unit is living a comfortable life, and the heavy tank unit, which uses its elite forces at key points, is bound to benefit and be affected by this.

Previously, I had only been thinking about making the heavy tank force stronger as soon as possible, increasing my own strength, and saving my life. On the other hand, I really didn't want to get involved in the political struggle, and I didn't want to be involved in the overt and covert fighting between Kotin and Morozov. Get into the whirlpool and make a mess.

But judging from the current situation, the problem is indeed in a state where we can't help ourselves.

Some of the subtle changes brought about by the butterfly effect have reached a level that is enough to cause qualitative changes. The new monsters of the Germans are released faster and faster day by day, and the output is higher and higher day by day. It is obviously not possible to sit back and watch the situation worsen and develop like this.

As for the First Special Design Bureau, which Morozov is in charge of, there has been no big change for some reason. T3476 has been installed except for slightly changing the shape of the cast head according to the year. The 85mm gun on the IS1 has not been used on the T34 until now.

Based on the idea that the person who ties the bell must untie the bell, the butterfly effect caused by oneself must also be added to the fire, burn more vigorously, and further develop and complete in a direction that is beneficial to oneself.

But now is obviously not the time to say this. Even if you have to risk offending Kotin to contact Morozov, you have to wait until this battle is over. No matter what you say if you can't survive this battle, it won't matter. Blind in vain.

After receiving Malashenko's urgent order, Karamov did not dare to neglect at all. He led the entire field maintenance battalion almost like crazy and was busy.

The task that was originally planned to take an hour to complete took only forty-two minutes in the end. Although this was a little longer than the time required by Malashenko, Malashenko could see that Karamov had tried his best. Ko did not say much because of this, but simply ordered the troops to set off immediately in the direction of Prokhorovka.

At this point in time, there were only three hours left before dawn.

Malashenko had already learned that the SS troops on the opposite side were one step ahead of him. The current situation was that the support troops from both sides were rushing to the front line at high speed.

Whichever side reaches the fighting position first, even if it is only a few hours in advance, will have an unpredictable and significant impact on the battle situation, so a complete victory is not impossible.

Malashenko, who was so anxious that he kept looking at his watch along the way, leaned his upper body out of the turret and kept scanning back and forth. The long steel marching team in the dark night was endless under the dim moonlight.

Heavy tanks with no advantage in speed are really much slower than medium tanks. When I think about the Germans' group of Black Panthers who are good at maneuvering, they may be much faster than themselves.

Malashenko, who did not dare to place his hopes on the fact that his opponent's engines would break down in large numbers, once again urged the troops to speed up their march, even if it meant destroying the engines.