Steel Soviet Union

Lavrinenko's Hedong lion roar made him a little dazed. After a brief short-circuit in his brain, Malashenko, who was confused, finally followed Lavrinenko's roar.

He grabbed the opened turret roof with his right hand and jumped into the car. The interior of the turret, which originally accommodated a three-man crew, was even more narrow.

After seeing Malashenko enter the car, the former gunner of the Lavrinenko crew who had already left the gunner's position immediately hunched into the chassis and curled up next to the driver's position in a somewhat awkward posture to give the turret space. Make room.

Lavrinenko, who had already discussed with his gunner, immediately changed places and sat down in the gunner's position, and then gave up his position as commander to Malashenko, who had just entered.

"It's too dangerous to hang outside the car! Everyone can stay outside the car but you can't! Bear with it for a while and I'll let you out when you get back to the starting position."

After listening to Lavrinenko's words, he was both touched and unexpected. Malashenko, who had already arrived in the car, naturally had no need to pretend to return to the car. He just experienced the grief of losing his beloved car. But it still made Malashenko a little sad and unable to raise his head.

One could roughly guess what Malashenko was thinking right now, and Lavrinenko, who looked like he was joking, then quietly spoke.

"It's not the first time we've lost a tank. Cheer up, Malashenko, no one wants to see you looking so down."

He didn't quite agree with Lavrinenko's advice. Malashenko, who only thought about having no use for his car in the future, really didn't want to go back to those troublesome garbage tanks.

"If there were spare prototypes, how could I be like this? The thought of driving those KV1s again in the future, ugh."

Lavrinenko, who like Malashenko bought a new car, can naturally understand the current frustrations of his old classmate.

Compared with the original KV1, which was terrible and abnormal, Lavrinenko, who switched to the castrated version of KV220, did feel the strong comfort brought by the new car.

This kind of comfort certainly does not refer to the comfort of a civilian private car, which is comfortable to sit or lie down on, but refers to the ability to kill enemies more efficiently in battle and the tank's ergonomic performance to be better.

The powerful 85mm D-5T tank gun has excellent ballistic trajectory and high reliability. The armor protection is much stronger than the original KV1. The sturdy turret saved Lavrinenko's crew more than once.

Except for the still terrible tank chassis and Hongqi tractor transmission system, Lavrinenko can hardly find anything that can be called a flaw in his vehicle. The original KV1 and the current KV1 Comparing the castrated version of the KV220 prototype is really a must-have.

Lavrinenko, who understood Malashenko's current state of mind very well, turned sideways from the gunner's position and stretched out his right arm. He patted Malashenko's shoulder gently and spoke to comfort him again.

"Don't think too bad. Maybe Comrade Kotin has prepared a more powerful tank for you. He is the genius of our Red Army's heavy tanks."

Malashenko, who thought that Lavrinenko was forcibly comforting a fool, would not have thought that this unintentional remark from Lavrinenko would actually turn into reality in the near future.

After returning to the starting position, Malashenko jumped off Lavrinenko's car and had already forcibly cheered up. He began to direct the troops who had all returned to their positions to count their losses and report the battle situation, preparing to summarize it into the equivalent of logistics. The director's political commissar Petrov discussed and finalized the results and reported the results to Comrade Lao Zhu.

And Colonel Horning, who defeated Malashenko by relying on several risky moves and luck, was also commanding the troops to step back.

The telegram sent by Guderian stated that the large forces of the Second Armored Group had retreated to a position south of Tula. They were temporarily stopped due to the Führer's earlier order not to retreat. Let's see what happens next in Berlin. Decision will be made based on what orders will be given.

Time flew by as Malashenko had nothing to do without a car, and Colonel Horning ran away in a hurry to meet up with Guderian. Malashenko's 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment and Colonel Horning's The Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment now needs rest and replenishment.

But a major event happened in these supposedly peaceful days, which directly aroused the anger of the head of state and even changed the pattern of the entire world and the course of World War II.

What happened?

The Japs succeeded in their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor!

"Idiots! Idiots! A group of yellow-skinned Japanese monkeys with low IQs! They should stay on those poor and shabby islands to fend for themselves!"

Tojo Hideki's smiling face was in sharp contrast to the mad rage of the German head of state Hitler. None of the senior German generals gathered in the head of state's office dared to say a word. Dr. Huang Goppel stood in the corner behind the head of state with his hands behind his back. The expressionless face was like a dead mother's face, and there was no sound or words in the entire office except for Hitler's spitting stars and crazy rage.

In Hitler's view, Germany's ultimate goal of conquering Europe, destroying the Soviet Union, and finally forcing the isolated and helpless British John Bull to surrender could be achieved easily and without pressure, but all this must have a prerequisite, that is, the chaos on the other side of the ocean. The shitty United States will not intervene in the European battlefield.

Such a plan is not impossible to realize in the United States where isolationism is prevalent, but the probability is very high!

President Roosevelt, who racked his brains for excuses to get the United States to join the war, was still unable to convince the group of congressmen, who shouted, "The United States cannot be allowed to repeat the mistakes of World War I!" "We must not let so many young Americans be helpless again." Bloodshed and sacrificed in a meaningful way!" Idiots simply cannot understand how terrible the grand plan in President Roosevelt's mind will make the United States in future generations.

President Roosevelt, who had exhausted all his tricks and only received an aid bill, could be said to have found a pillow for his drowsiness. Japan, with its head and butt knocked upside down, gave the United States the best excuse to enter the war. The loud bang of Pearl Harbor was heard in While completely burying Japan, it was equivalent to ruthlessly crushing the Führer's dream of a Greater German Third Reich.

The bad news that followed one after another on the front line was mixed with the massive Soviet counterattack. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which was in trouble, only added fuel to the fire and completely exploded the negative emotions suppressed in Hitler's heart.

After venting his thunderous rage, Hitler collapsed on his chair like a deflated rubber ball. An indescribable and inexplicable despair began to slowly well up in Hitler's heart.

Hitler felt that his grand dream of conquering the world might really be frustrated by these yellow-skinned Japanese monkeys.