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"SS, honor is loyalty, forward!"

Major Schwarzenegger picked up the communicator on the wheeled armored command vehicle and gave his men the order to attack with a voice that seemed to burst from the bottom of his heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The motors of the info38 "Rhinoceros" tank destroyers, which had long been lined up, immediately turned to the maximum, let out bursts of deafening roars, and headed east towards the morning light.

Of course, it was not only these "rhinoceros" of the 5th SS Tank Destroyer Battalion that were advancing, but more than 1,000 tanks, assault guns, tank destroyers and self-propelled guns covering a large plain.

More than a thousand chariots had already broken through to the banks of the Sori River, and then divided into several torrents of steel, rushing towards several shoals of the Sori River. The other side of the shoal had long been under the control of the German Panzergrenadiers, who had launched a forced crossing operation the previous night, under the guidance of more than 100 No. 4 tanks and Grizzly assault guns, and with fire support from thousands of artillery pieces and rocket artillery. It took less than 3 hours to force the crossing, forcing the Soviet tank units, which had long been exhausted, back several kilometers.

However, last night was only a prelude, and now it is a general offensive that will really bring a devastating blow to the enemy.

When Major Schwarzenegger's cougar wheeled armored command vehicle followed behind the "rhinoceros" and waded across the Sozh River, the hum of the plane's motor was heard in the sky.

He looked up at the sky, and saw the warplanes roaring over the German panzer cluster that was crossing the river, and rushing into the battlefield where the fire was being exchanged in front of him - the Panzergrenadiers and tanks who had crossed the river last night were engaged in the fiercest engagement with the Soviet counterattack forces between the city of Wetka and the Dobrush Forest!

"It's almost over!" Major Schwarzenegger thought to himself, "The Soviets are going to lose the war soon...... Maybe after the Battle of Gomel, peace negotiations will begin, and then Germany will get a glorious victory! ”

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"Countless tanks? How is this possible? How is this possible? ”

Hearing the report of the Chief of Staff of the Front, Zakhakov, Comrade Stalin's most trusted king of small reports, was about to go mad.

Last night, Vatutin had just led a group of army tanks southward when the Germans came under overwhelming artillery fire!

At that time, there was a quarrel between Golikov and Zakakov, and Golikov judged that the Germans had discovered the actions of the Vatutin cluster, so they launched artillery bombardments and feints on the line of the Sozh River, trying to "pull" the Vatutin cluster back.

Zakhakov, on the other hand, saw Golikov as the beginning of a long-planned German counterattack. He believed that the purpose of this counterattack was to keep the 1st and 2nd Tank Armies firmly on the Gomel line, so that they could not move towards the city of Bryansk in time before the two German outflanking clusters were in place.

The two have different views, so naturally they have different suggestions. Golikov believed that it was necessary to retreat to the Weetka-Dobrosh Forest line, take advantage of the favorable terrain to defend it, and at the same time speed up the detour of the Vatutin cluster in order to take the Germans by surprise.

Zakhakov believes that the Vatutin cluster should be recalled, and then a decisive battle on the Weteka-Dobrush Forest front, and if the situation is unfavorable, then immediately retreat to the city of Bryansk.

Which of these two proposals was right, Mehris did not understand, he graduated from the Red Professors' Academy, which trains "social scientists", with the specialization of proving the correctness of scientific GC and critiquing Trotskyism. How to fight, where does he know? But he knew that he should always be in line with Comrade Stalin. And Golikov's opinion is clearly closer to Stalin...... Moreover, the retreat to the city of Bryansk or something, now it is not up to the command of the Bryansk Front to decide, according to Order No. 1943 of the Supreme High Command No. 197 of the year, the decision on the retreat of the Front can only be made by the Supreme High Command.

So Mekhlis did not hesitate to support Golikov, but now it seems likely that he was guilty of a serious "mistake in commanding against his command" - not Mekhlis's fault, but Golikov's, and Mehris was ready to write a small report to expose him.

"The Vatujing cluster must now be recalled immediately!"

"No, it's daytime, and the Germans will blow up all the tanks in Vatutin."

"That would only be risky, because by evening we would have been routed by the Germans!"

"In that case, the Vatutin cluster should take advantage of the darkness to retreat to the city of Bryansk......"

Golikov and Zakhakov quarreled again, and this time Mehris didn't know who to support. Just when the three members of the Bryansk Front were at a loss, suddenly a staff officer shouted and ran in.

"Comrade Commander, Comrade Military Commissar, urgent telegram of the 48th Army, a German armored cluster of army group has been spotted near Zhukakov!"

"What?" Golikov jumped at once when he heard the news, "Is this true? A ...... army group"

"Really, really! The alert unit of the 48th Army had encountered them last night, and this morning's air force reconnaissance also confirmed it! ”

The three people who were arguing were stunned at this moment, and no one could say a word.

An arm-level armored cluster? Isn't it just a military-level cluster? Isn't it said that the troops of the Central Front can delay them? How is it that now we are in Zhukakov, which is only 50 kilometers from the city of Bryansk...... What can I do?

How could the 48th Army hold off a German Panzer Army? Even if the city of Bryansk could be held for the time being, the German Panzer Army would be able to move freely outside the city of Bryansk.

This means that 2 tank armies here in Gomel, as well as 2 armies in Tsrubchevsk, will be surrounded.

If you count the 13th tank army, which is currently besieging the 5th collective farm in Klimovich. 5 of the 6 armies of the Bryansk Front were put in the pockets of the Germans.

Just when the three of them were completely at a loss, a dense explosion of bombs suddenly came from outside.

Golikov and the other three hurriedly rushed out of the headquarters located in a forest farm warehouse, which was at the edge of the woods, and from here they could clearly observe the battlefield ahead.

They only saw at least 100 twin-engine attack planes hovering in the sky, dropping strings of bombs from time to time, stirring up clusters of smoke and exploding fireballs, almost drowning the Soviet positions. The tanks, tank destroyers, assault guns and anti-tank guns deployed there must have suffered heavy losses!

Farther away, the earthy yellow smoke filled the air, as if a sandstorm had been blowing. However, this is not a desert, and there is only one reason for such smoke and dust, and that is that a large number of tanks and armored vehicles are crushing the ground with tracks......

The German armored assault has begun!

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Moscow, Kremlin.

Stalin sat in a high-backed armchair in the war room of the Supreme Command, as if he had suddenly aged ten years, his eyes glazed, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and his hands drooped weakly.

Marshal Pavlov and Marshal Shaposhnikov stood tremblingly in front of the great leader like two errant schoolboys, with beads of sweat on their foreheads and faces, and they kept rolling downward.

The Battle of the Junction looks like it's going to be a fiasco!

Just now, an urgent telegram was sent from the command of the Bryansk Front, and an armored cluster of "army group size" broke through the Sozh River and launched a surprise attack from the front against the main forces of the 1st and 2nd tank armies, and at least 500 aircraft of various types provided air support.

The headquarters of the 1st and 2nd tank armies suffered heavy losses and are in a bitter battle!

At the same time, the 48th Army, which was stationed in the city of Bryansk, once again confirmed the enemy situation - the enemy forces that were rapidly being dealt with in the city of Bryansk were an armored cluster of "army group size"! At present, their vanguard has broken through to the outskirts of the city of Bryansk and is engaged in a fierce battle with the 9th Mechanized Army under the jurisdiction of the 48th Army.

In the northern battlefield of the Junction Campaign, the 5th Tank Army also fell into a desperate situation, and the strength of this group army had been exhausted by many days of fierce fighting, and there were less than 100 tanks/assault guns that could be used at present, and the rest of the entire group army was compressed in the No. 13 collective farm, and it was only a matter of time before the whole army was annihilated.

Although in places like Leningrad, Smolensk and Left-Bank Ukraine, the situation looks okay. But Stalin knew that it was the real main force that the Soviet Union had invested in the battle of the Junction - the three tank armies! If it was wiped out by the Germans, the vast western plain of the Soviet Union would become a battlefield at the mercy of German armored clusters.

"What to do? Now what? ”

I don't know how long it took for Stalin to open his mouth with difficulty and asked the two marshals in a low voice.

Pavlov and Shaposhnikov looked at each other, and both saw a look of despair in each other's eyes.

"Tonight...... Invest in the Vatujing cluster! Shaposhnikov said, "in the plains south of the Dobrush Forest and the German armored clusters will be fought." ”

"Can you win?" Stalin asked.

"This can only be known by fighting." Pavlov took up the question and replied, "If it is not fought, the Vatutin cluster can only retreat in the direction of Chernihiv this evening and try to join the camp of the Southwestern Front." However, as soon as the main forces of the German Panzer Clusters attacking the 1st and 2nd Tank Armies win, they will pursue them to the south, attack Ukraine from the north, and ...... with the German Army Group South"

Stalin waved his hand, "No need to say...... Tonight into the Vatujing cluster, let's fight! (To be continued.) )