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"This won't work!" A staff officer standing behind Zhukov objected loudly: "This is no different from asking the general to die. God knows how those people in Moscow will deal with him! Before the high command gives us an accurate statement, the general will decide Do not leave the military area!"

Others also spoke in agreement, and it seemed that they all agreed with this point of view.

"Everyone, do you think that the continuation of the current situation is good for you?" Vasily said calmly, "Do you really want to support yourself here and not listen to the command of the headquarters and the Kremlin? If it is If so, then I advise you to calm down. The reason why the soldiers here are mutiny is not because they risked their wealth and lives to support you, but they are just crazy. If the prediction is correct , They are probably regretting it now. If you have not considered this aspect, then you have to explain everything that happened here clearly to them before the Kremlin makes a decision. The reason why the Kremlin has not yet made a decision on this side to react to the matter, because the opinion in the high command has not yet been finally agreed, and those who want to play down the matter may want to see you first. If you do not take a stand in the next few days action, then I think Kuibyshev's Third Military District and Khokobyev's First Military District will immediately take action."

Vasily's words made everyone silent. They knew that these words were very reasonable, and there was no exaggeration in the slightest.

"Comrades, I know the relationship between you and General Zhukov, and I know that you don't want to see any accidents happen to him..." Vasily knew that his words had worked, so he said immediately: "Here, we I guarantee with my personality that there will be no accidents when General Zhukov and I return to Moscow. Of course, there will still be punishments from the Kremlin, but what I can guarantee is that these punishments are lax at best. Negligence, just record a major demerit and downgrade to one level."

To be honest, what about these punishments Zhukov that Vasily said?That would be much better than being tortured to death by Abakumov.It's just that he doubted whether the young man in front of him who hadn't had much contact with him was really worthy of his trust.But having said that, at this point, even if this young man is not trustworthy, he seems to have no other choice.

"Okay, I promise you this too." After thinking for a while, Zhukov said decisively: "After Abakumov is dealt with, I will go to Moscow with you."

"Comrade Zhukov!" Immediately next to him, one of Zhukov's officers couldn't help saying: "At this time..."

"Stop talking, I know what's in my heart." Zhukov waved his hand without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, and said beyond doubt: "I believe that General Vasily is a man of his word. Since he said that this time Moscow If there is no danger to me on the trip, then I have no worries."

Vasily didn't say anything to Zhukov's words, and his attention was on the officer who had just spoken.This officer with the rank of major general obviously has an extraordinary relationship with Zhukov, at least he should be one of Zhukov's absolute confidants.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce to the general." Zhukov obviously noticed Vasily's gaze, he waved his hand back, then pointed to the major general and said, "This is Pavel Ivanovich Bato Husband, I think the general should have heard his name. After all, he is also one of our veterans. The general should take him with him when he goes to Yaroslavl. I believe he will be a good guide, after all, he is there hometown."

Batov?Vasily thought about it in his mind, and soon some relevant information about this person entered his mind.

Then Zhukov introduced several other generals present to Vasily one by one, but Vasily didn't know most of these people, so he didn't take it to heart.

"Let's go, it's getting late." After chatting for a while, Zhukov looked at the gradually dimming sky outside the window and said, "I believe you are exhausted after driving all the way from Yaroslavl. Go have dinner, and then arrange a room for you to rest for the night, after all, we will be busy starting tomorrow."

Vasily showed an imperceptible sneer, and bringing Zhukov, who was accused of treason, to Moscow would inevitably lead to a large-scale confrontation between the military and the political circles. The Red Army's hope of victory was largely pinned on Zhukov, but Zhukov After a series of political struggles, she was already exhausted, and she still had no intention of leading troops to fight. The queen planned to play a key role in the Sino-Soviet war from this moment on!

The beginning of the war meant an unprecedented disaster for the Red Army. The Chinese army made major breakthroughs in almost all main directions of attack. The flanks of the Western and Northwestern Fronts were greatly threatened, and the aviation units suffered heavy losses.Although Stalin, who was far away in the Kremlin, could not make an accurate judgment on the scale of the disaster, he could already be sure that the disaster was really coming through the sporadic information obtained by the People's Commissariat of National Defense.Although the old Bolshevik, who had experienced countless storms, was by no means in a panic as some people said, the sudden arrival of war against his will did make Stalin extremely shocked and angry.

He yelled at Pavlov, who could not be found, blamed the General Staff and other front army commanders, and even threatened to "cut off the criminal's head", but Stalin also understood that he must quickly understand the actual situation on the front line And establish an effective command.As a result, Deputy People's Commissars of National Defense Shaposhnikov and Kulik were sent to the Western Front, and Zhukov was sent to the Southwest Front.At the same time, countless orders were issued: a general mobilization order was issued across the country, except for Baikal, Central Asia and the Far East, all citizens born in 19051918-[-] who are obliged to perform military service will be mobilized.Military control was carried out in the European part of the Soviet Union, and all functions of national defense, national security, and social order were transferred to military agencies, and the military authorities had the right to mobilize laborers and vehicles.

After a fuss, Stalin, who had only drank a cup of tea all day, and his face became a little thin, finally got the "good news" around 10 pm: Vatutin, the deputy chief of the general staff, reported that the enemy had been repelled.Stalin and others became optimistic again.Under the dominance of this new optimism, at 11:15, Order No. 1 was issued in the name of Timoshenko: all the Red Army troops should launch a fierce counterattack against the Dragon Army.Stalin would not have to worry about being responsible for instigating the war, so he personally dictated an order for this order: "On the border from the Baltic Sea to the border with Hungary, I allow cross-border and unrestricted actions. .” In one sentence, three consecutive “border lines” appeared, and Stalin’s nerves were too tense.

Just when Stalin was angry and optimistic for a while, the Soviet people who had planned to spend a happy weekend on April 4 also learned the news of the outbreak of war.At the border and in the air-strike areas, people saw Chinese planes flying all over the sky, throwing bombs and strafing frantically, and some encountered fierce artillery fire and rumbling Chinese tanks approaching.A Soviet train at the Smolensko station was attacked by an air raid. Many people lost their lives before they understood what was happening. The survivors recalled: "There was chaos on the train, people were crying and moaning. I I looked up and saw corpses, broken glass and blood everywhere. The little girl who had been sitting next to me, I found that her body was still convulsing, but her head was gone.” And in the rear city, more People got the news of the invasion through Molotov's "Letter to the Soviet People" published on the radio at 22 noon that day.Due to excessive nervousness, the number two figure in the Soviet Union, who participated in the October armed uprising and was known for his uncompromising firmness, stuttered on the radio, but his words moved all the Soviet people, including those in the The voice of the people listening to the indiscriminate bombing: "Our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, and victory belongs to us!"

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The outbreak of the Sino-Soviet War also caused great shock and repercussions all over the world.The occurrence of this incident was not sudden to the United Kingdom, and they had obtained information in this regard beforehand.The British welcomed this war, because the main pressure of the war would be borne by the Russians, which undoubtedly brought life-saving straw to the dying British Empire.Because of this, there was a speech dripping with honey between the words of British Prime Minister Churchill at 9 o'clock that night, and prostitutes in London began to call their clients "Tavalishi" (Russian for "comrade") when they solicited clients. transliteration).

But although the words are nice, they do not represent actions. For the British, Russia is also an enemy in the final analysis.The best outcome of the war is naturally that both China and the Soviet Union will lose.What's more, according to the opinions of British military experts at that time, the cheese of Russia was easily cut open.

In China, where this war was launched, the situation is much calmer.Guan Xuqing took a good night's sleep at noon, and the task of declaring war on the Soviet Union was carried out by Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang.He was responsible for announcing the outbreak of war to the Soviet ambassador to China.

Soon, Yang Rui, Minister of Propaganda, delivered a speech at 5:80, announcing the start of China's war against the Bolsheviks.Prior to this, he had had [-] copies of the Declaration of War secretly printed.

Allies of the Reich were generally supportive of the war, including Kaiser Wilhelm II, although this support was not sincere.After all, before the war, Guan Xuqing did not inform this uncle of his determination to invade the Soviet Union.Nevertheless, Wilhelm II declared war on the Soviet Union that very day.Immediately afterwards, an expeditionary force consisting of the 9th, 52nd and 3rd motorized infantry divisions of the German Army with 60 tanks and supported by 2 combat aircraft from two brigades also began to be formed.They will be sent to the Soviet Union to serve the Dragon Army.

Romania also declared war on the Soviet Union on the first day of the war, and its troops fought that day.Although Finland has not yet declared war, its army has prepared for war according to the agreement reached with the Chinese before the war. Even Spain, which has not declared war on the Soviet Union, is preparing to send the so-called "blue division" to the eastern front of the Dragon Army.

But Hungary, another ally of China, is still hesitant at this time. Although the Hungarian dictator Horthy once urged China to launch a war against the Soviet Union, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sent him a secret message as early as June 6 last year. He pointed out that the empire may cancel relations with Russia at the beginning of this year, and asked Hungary to take steps to secure its borders.But on the day of the war, Horthy slipped away to play water polo after telling the Chinese ambassador that attacking the Soviet Union was his dream for more than 15 years, and mankind would thank the Chinese emperor for this, in order to evade China's request to declare war on the Soviet Union.However, the ambitious Chief of Staff of the Hungarian Army Wirth declared in a memorandum to the government: war against the Soviet Union is the only way to further expand the territory. If we delay the time to join the war, we may even be in danger of losing everything we have gained so far.Therefore, the Hungarian army also made corresponding war preparations, and the troops preparing to fight against the Soviet Union were mainly the so-called Carpathian Group.The group consists of a rapid army, the first mountain infantry brigade, and the eighth anti-jager brigade, with a total strength of more than 20 people.The Rapid Army is composed of the Hungarian 1st and 1nd Mob Brigade and the 8st Cavalry Brigade. It once participated in the German invasion of the Balkans.

On April 4, under the pressure of the Chinese minister, Hungarian Prime Minister Bardosi announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, but still did not participate in the war.Until noon on April 23, three Romanian bombers disguised as Soviet planes bombed Laho, Hungary, killing 4 people and injuring 26.Due to the insistence of Chief of Staff Wirth, Hungary declared war on the Soviet Union on April 3 without the final approval of the old slicker Horthy, who was in power in Hungary.

Almost at the same time, the third order of the General Military Commission of the Soviet Union had also been issued to the headquarters of the various armies of the Western Red Army.As mentioned above, this order based on the wrong information that "the Dragon Army's attack on most parts of the national border has been repulsed and suffered losses" is full of optimism, and it even requires the armies of all parties to "use all forces and means to attack." enemy forces and annihilated them in the border areas".

But in fact, not only did the troops fail to repel the fierce offensive of the dragon army, but they fell into great chaos and suffered heavy losses.Even without considering these factors, a huge mechanized corps equipped with a large number of technical weapons has no ammunition, no fuel, no enemy information, and some are just a pile of tanks that need to be repaired. It takes one night to prepare for the attack, and To drive to the starting area of ​​the attack from different places near and far, and then launch the attack without reconnaissance at all, such orders can only be made by military laymen.

But Stalin's orders were irresistible, the counter-assault had to be carried out, and as Colonel Baghramyan, who was then Chief of Operations of the Southwestern Front, admitted: "The optimism in the judgment of the headquarters documents was also largely due to the It was caused by the passionate documents we sent.” In this case, the frontline troops had no choice but to carry out the helpless “passion” to the end.

The morning of June 6 came unexpectedly, a dreary morning in Stalingrad.The dive planes of the Dragon Army dropped hundreds of bombs on the airport by the light of dawn.The bombardment was followed by artillery bombardment.The building at the airport ignited raging fire, the walls collapsed, and the steel bars were twisted, but the soldiers continued to fight...

"Until evening, the enemy did not take the airport building. So, we turned to the detour. At this time, we turned the battle to the square in front of the airport. There was a fierce battle by the fountain, by the railway embankment. I still remember it like this Situation, the Chinese circled behind us and gathered in the turret on the square in front of the airport. On our topographic maps, we called the turret a 'nail factory' because nails were stored there. The enemy attempted to attack us from there. However, we saw through their intentions and launched a counterattack against them first. At this time, we received fire support from Captain Zavodun's mortar battery, which was approaching the airfield. We were not able to fully The occupation of the "Nail Factory" only occupied one workshop, while the adjacent workshop was still in the hands of the enemy. At this time, the fighting had shifted to the inside of the building. The strength of our company was almost exhausted. Not only our company, but the entire battalion All were in an extremely difficult situation. The battalion commander, Captain Chervyakov, was wounded and transported to the other side of the Grand Canal. The battalion was under the command of Captain Fedoseyev.

"The enemy is pressing on our camp from three sides. The ammunition is already very scarce, not to mention eating and sleeping, but the most terrible thing is thirst. In order to find water, first of all for the machine guns, we shot through the water pipes, from the inside Water oozes drop by drop. The fighting in the 'Nail Works' building stops and starts. Knives, shovels, and gun stocks are used in hand-to-hand combat."

"At dawn, the enemy called in the reserve team, and a connection was coming towards me. Faced with such a strong attack, it was obviously difficult for us to resist. I immediately reported the situation to Captain Fedosheyev. At this time, Korega The 3rd Infantry under the command of Lieutenant Novov came to reinforce us. On the way, the company encountered heavy artillery fire and was attacked several times. Koleganov was tall and thin, wearing a soldier's uniform covered in mud , In the end, he brought the company. He reported calmly: "There are 20 people left in the company, come and report." He wrote in the report to the battalion headquarters: "I have arrived at the 'Nail Factory', the situation Extremely serious. But as long as I am alive, no villain will be able to mess around!' The fierce battle lasted all night. Chinese automatic gunners and snipers, divided into groups, came to my rear. They hid in dark buildings, ruins and sewers , shoot at us from these places.  …”

A Soviet officer who participated in the Stalingrad sniper battle wrote this in his diary, and at the same time, it also reflected the tragic degree of the war from one aspect.

Although in a short period of time, the Dragon Army has achieved one victory after another, the arduous battle has exhausted the Chinese soldiers, their eyes are red, and the number of comrades killed in battle has greatly exceeded their expectations.Gone is the victor's mood of a week ago.The environment around me was different and disturbing.Artillery fire became more dire in the cities.The explosion of the shells themselves was not the only danger. Whenever a tall building was hit, the air was immediately filled with large quantities of shrapnel and fragments of masonry.In this alien space created by the remains of the ruins, these "land warriors" have lost the concept of time.Even the midday sun casts a strange, ghostly color on the rising dust.

In such a relatively small area, soldiers must be more sensitive to the three-dimensional space of the battlefield, because dangerous snipers may be ambushing in every tall building.He also needs to observe the sky.Whenever the Chinese Air Force's air strikes come, the "Land Warriors" quickly lie down in the same action as the Soviet army.Everyone is always worried that Lanxiang fighters will not be able to see the five-clawed golden dragon flag spread on their own positions, so they often send signal flares to the sky to show the position of the position.The Red Army bombers came too, low enough to see the red star on the tail.High in the sky, fighter jets gleamed in the sun.One observer felt that the fighting and rolling fighters were more like fish in the water than birds in the air.

All kinds of noise kept disturbing Long Jun's nerves. "The air was filled," said one tank officer, "with the devilish howl of Lan Xiang's dive, the thunderous roar of flak and cannon, the roar of engines, the creak of tank tracks, the Viper bazooka. The screams of firing, the clatter of submachine guns all around us, every moment we felt the heat of the burning city enveloping us."

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"The wailing of the wounded is even more unacceptable, it is simply not a human voice," a Chinese military officer recorded his feelings in his diary. "It was the muffled cry of a wounded beast."

In such an environment, homesickness is even stronger. "Home is so far away and so beautiful!" wrote one wistfully. "It's only now that we truly appreciate how good home is."

On the other hand, the guardians of the city are soberly aware that homesickness is a luxury they cannot afford. "Hello, my dear Palina!" an unnamed soldier wrote to his wife on May 5. "I'm fine, no one knows what will happen. But we will live, We will meet again. The war is hard. You can tell from the news what is happening at the front. The mission of each soldier is very simple: destroy as many enemies as possible, and then drive them back to the east. I miss you very much, but thousands of miles Apart, what can we do?"

The brutal street fighting continued and became increasingly brutal.

"Our army occupies one house, and the enemy occupies another," a battalion commander of a major from China's [-]st Armored Division wrote down the question in his notebook as soon as he arrived in Stalingrad. What kind of role can heavy artillery play?"

It wasn't long before he found the answer.At Zhukov's insistence, the artillery of the Red Army was concentrated in the far-reaching area on the east bank of the Grand Canal. Their purpose was not to bombard the forward positions of the Dragon Army, but to destroy the enemy's communication lines and severely damage the enemy units that were gathering to launch an attack.In order to achieve this goal, a large number of Soviet artillery observers were concealed like snipers on the top floors of abandoned buildings.The Chinese are also very aware of the dangers these people may bring, and regard them as the priority targets of the Dragon Army snipers and anti-tank guns.

As soon as those observation posts noticed that a Dragon Army unit was beginning to build up, the target spotters reported by radio or field phone to the artillery on the east bank.The intensity of the shelling at this time was simply devastating.

"On the other side of the river," someone described, "it seemed that the whole universe trembled with the roar of heavy artillery, and the earth shook."

During the fighting, both sides soon discovered that the most important infantry weapons at Stalingrad were submachine guns, grenades, and sniper rifles.During the Soviet-Finnish War, the Finnish ski troops who were able to shoot in motion often caused disastrous losses to the Soviet army.After the war, the Red Army also adopted similar tactics and formed an 8-man submachine gun squad, which could be carried directly into battle by T-34.At Stalingrad, squads of this size proved ideal for close quarters street fighting.Grenades are essential when clearing houses and bunkers.Soviet soldiers called it "cannon in the pocket".In addition, grenades are also very effective in defensive combat.Zhukov ordered the troops to dig holes in the walls of each trench to store grenades so that soldiers can easily access them during wartime.Of course, the lives of untrained fighters are often in danger.A fresh recruit made a mistake and a grenade exploded, killing the company's second-in-command and seriously wounding several others.Others were killed trying to load captured Chinese fuzes into their own grenades, most of which were soldiers from Eastern Europe.

The head of the political department reported to the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front that "more weapons training is urgently needed".As for these, Long Jun had long been prepared.Their storm commandos successfully inherited the essence of urban street fighting in World War I and the early days of World War II, and their tactics were more efficient.

Another weapon that is extremely dangerous to both the user and the target is the flamethrower.It's horribly effective at clearing sewer pipes, basements, and inaccessible hiding places. *The author himself knows that if the enemy spots him, he will be the first to take a bullet.

Red Army soldiers like to set up some small traps to lure and kill Chinese people. New trap designs emerge in endlessly, and each one seems to be more creative than the previous one, and the killing effect is better.Captain Ilgashkin, a battalion commander, was particularly angry at his inability to fight back Lanxiang's bombing.So he and a soldier, Private Ripa, built their own little flak.They first fixed an anti-tank gun on the spokes of the wheel, drove stakes into the ground, and buckled the wheels on the stakes.Ilgashkin made complex calculations based on the muzzle velocity of the gun and the estimated speed of the enemy plane when it dived.In any case, their careful design still achieved some results, relying on this they got rid of three Lanxiang fighters.

The real anti-aircraft artillerymen are also perfecting their tactics. Lan Xiang enters the altitude of about 5000 feet, and then dives in a half-roll motion, when the air horn carried on the plane starts to scream.The anti-aircraft artillery conducted barrage blocking shots at the two points where Lanxiang entered the dive and changed the dive angle in order to shoot it down.

Another tactic was pioneered by Kurlatsevsky, who soon became the most famous sniper among the Leningrad units.Kurlatsevsky took the scope off the sniper rifle and attached it to the anti-tank gun so that he could drive the anti-tank bullet directly into the embrasure of the enemy's machine gun stronghold and take it away in one fell swoop.But Kurlatsevsky soon discovered that mass-produced bullets had an unstable charge, which was not conducive to accurate shooting.You can also be famous with conventional weapons.Bezdiko was the ace mortarer of Bachuko's division, capable of firing six shells into the air at once.The purpose of publicizing these deeds is to make every Red Army soldier worship these top shooters.The slogan of the Soviet garrison is: "Take care of your weapons like you take care of your eyes."

In the Battle of Stalingrad, the center of Zhukov's strategy was the support points made up of strengthened buildings. The soldiers guarding these support points even included some female health workers and female signal soldiers.Sometimes they lose contact with the rear for several days, and supplies are extremely scarce.They had to endure dust, smoke, hunger and, most of all, thirst.The entire city has been without fresh running water since an airstrike destroyed the pumping station last month.The sewage was, of course, undrinkable, and the desperate soldiers had to shoot through the water pipes to see if they could suck out a few drops of water.

At the same time, delivering food to forward positions has always been a problem. A certain anti-tank unit had a Tatar chef from Kazan. He filled a large military thermos with tea or hot soup, tied it to his back, and crawled to the enemy's fire. Frontline positions under control.If the thermos was hit by shell fragments or bullets, the hapless cook would get soaked.Later, the frost became more and more severe, and the tea soup was frozen. "When he came back, his whole body was covered with icicles."

The fronts of the two sides were so intertwined that it was difficult to draw a clear line, and the defense depth of many areas was only a few hundred yards.In this case, the command post is almost as easy to destroy as the forward position.

"It is common for shells to explode above our headquarters," Colonel Dimofinaumovich Vishnevsky, commander of the artillery division of the 62nd Army, wrote to a friend in the hospital. With the sound of submachine guns, sometimes it feels like we are surrounded by Chinese people.” A Dragon Army tank drove directly to the exit of his bunker, “the only exit was blocked by the vehicle body. I and other officers had to dig holes and flee far away. In a gully, the colonel was badly wounded. My face was all ruined, and now I'm done with women."

Sunday, June 6.The dragon army launched an attack again.This time, their main direction came from the industrial area stretching five miles north of the Kirov Arsenal, including the Kirov Arsenal, the Lazul Chemical Factory, the Red October Metal Factory, the Barricade Weapons Factory, and the Stalingrad Tractor Factory.The main defensive measures of the Soviet army were to build anti-tank barriers and lay dense minefields in front of the factory area.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, Lan Xiang's concentrated bombing opened the curtain of the Dragon Army's offensive.One by one Lan Xiang broke away from the formation, screaming and dived rapidly to drop bombs. The autumn morning light cast a black murderous look on its seagull-like fuselage.On the ground, a total of two armored divisions and five infantry divisions of the dragon army attempted to smash the triangular protrusion extending westward from the bank of the Grand Canal in one fell swoop.