"I'm not mistaken, General Krylov." Chistyakov said with a serious expression: "According to the intelligence we just obtained, the German army has launched an attack on the flank of our Sixth Army. Their counterattack this time It was codenamed 'Operation Donetsk'."
Seeing Krylov's shocked look, Chistyakov added: "General Krylov, I am not exaggerating the facts at all. The situation on the battlefield may be worse than we know. Once our If the Sixth Army is repelled by the enemy, then the defense area of the 21st Army will be directly exposed to the enemy, and a fierce battle with the Germans will be inevitable."
Krylov didn't believe everything Chistyakov said in his heart, but when he entered the headquarters and received all kinds of information from the chief of staff, after reading it carefully, he found that the situation It was more serious than what Chistyakov said, because while the other party brought people outside to greet him, a new battle report came.
In the new battle report, it is mentioned that the German army used a new type of tank that can easily penetrate the front armor of the Soviet army's most advanced T-34 tank at a distance of one thousand meters, and the Soviet tank can even penetrate the front armor of the Soviet army's most advanced T-34 tank at a distance of 500 meters. Even at a distance of meters, the opponent's tanks cannot be destroyed. In a tank battle that ended not long ago, the Soviet army lost forty tanks, while the German army only lost two, and they were still old-fashioned Panzer IV tanks.
After reading the battle report, Krylov remembered that he kept laughing at Sokov on the way here, thinking that he was too panicked. But now it seems that the other party is not panicking, but has accurately judged the situation on the battlefield. Thinking of this, he quickly called the Chief of Staff again and asked: "Chief of Staff, where is Colonel Sokov who came with me?"
"Report to Comrade Commander," although Krylov has not yet completed the handover work with Chistyakov, the chief of staff's title to him has changed: "I have arranged for him to rest in the next room. Did he call over?"
"Yes, my comrade chief of staff." Krylov said anxiously: "I have something important to ask him. Please invite him over immediately." As soon as the chief of staff left, he urged Chistyak Husband, "General Chistyakov, let's carry out the handover of command now."
After Chistyakov handed over command to Krylov, he did not leave immediately. He stayed here because he wanted to find out what Krylov wanted to say to a friendly division commander.
"Colonel Sokov, you are here." Seeing Sokov coming from outside with his chief of staff, Krylov immediately greeted him and handed him the battle report: " Please hurry up and read these battle reports."
Sokov quickly browsed through the battle reports in his hand. Only the battle report about tank battles took him a little more time to study.
Seeing Sokov put down the battle report in his hand, Krylov couldn't wait to ask: "Colonel Sokov, what do you think of the current situation?"
"Comrade General," Sokov felt that he needed to remind Carola of the bonus and make him more vigilant. After all, whether he could hold Lugansk in the future depended entirely on whether he could get assistance from him. If the enemy defeats the 21st Army before attacking Lugansk, he will not be able to escape the end of the entire army being destroyed. Therefore, he said seriously: "I think the situation is very serious, and the balance of victory is beginning to shift in the direction of the Germans."
No one thought Sokov's statement was alarmist. On the contrary, not only Krylov but Chistyakov wanted to hear him continue to analyze the next situation.
Sokov picked up the battle report about the tank battle, shook it in his hand, and said: "Based on this battle report, I dare to boldly say that the enemy used their most advanced Tiger tanks in the tank battle. This kind of tank can easily penetrate the frontal armor of the T-34 tank at a distance of one thousand meters. However, our tank needs a distance of 400 meters to penetrate the 102mm frontal armor of this Tiger tank. Armor.
In other words, when the two sides are engaged in a tank battle, the enemy's Tiger tanks can stop in the distance and destroy our moving T-34 tanks like target practice. But our tanks can't do anything against them. "
As the former chief of staff of the 62nd Army, Krylov naturally knew that Sokov's troops had once captured a Tiger, so he could only pin the hope of the German Tiger on Sokov: "Then what? Is there any way to deal with the German Tiger tanks?"
"Not only are our T-34 tanks unable to penetrate the armor of Tiger tanks, but even the commonly used 45mm anti-tank guns have no effect." In order to ensure that Krylov's troops were not defeated by the Germans, Sokov decided to tell what he knew: "After my research, I found that the 85mm anti-aircraft gun and the A-19 122mm howitzer can destroy the German Tiger tanks at long distances. They are both Tiger tanks. Nemesis.”
"Comrade Chief of Staff," Krylov waited for Sokov to finish, then turned around and asked his Chief of Staff: "Do we have these two types of artillery in our army?"
"Yes, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff of the group army nodded quickly and replied: "We have nearly a hundred of these two types of artillery, but they have been allocated to each division."
"Chief of Staff, these artillery should be concentrated and used." Krylov's skill in using artillery is naturally beyond the comparison of the chief of staff of the group army in front of him: "In this way, we can form firepower against the enemy's tanks on the battlefield. advantage.”
"Understood, Comrade Commander." The chief of staff of the group army replied quickly: "I immediately ordered people to gather these artillery pieces and then handed them over to the command of the artillery commander of the group army."
Although Sokov knew that the Soviet army later installed the 85mm anti-aircraft gun on the chassis of the T-34 tank and transformed it into the famous SU-85 tank destroyer. But under the current circumstances, it is obviously unrealistic to create such new technical equipment, so he did not propose it.
Seeing that there is nothing to do here, we should rush back to Luhansk as soon as possible and urge the troops to strengthen their defenses to prevent the enemies who have defeated the Soviet Sixth Army from rushing towards Luhansk. Therefore, he looked at Krylov and asked: "Comrade General, I have completed my mission, are you allowed to leave?"
"Of course, Colonel Sokov, you can leave." Krylov smiled at Sokov and said, "Thank you for escorting me here to take office. Also, if you encounter any danger there, please notify me in time. I, I will never sit idly by and ignore it.”
After receiving Krylov's promise, Sokov suddenly felt more at ease. He knew that in the next battle, he would no longer be alone. After raising his hand to salute Krylov, Chistyakov and others, he turned around and walked out of the command post.
