Primakov, with a smoke on his face, stood in front of Baglamyan: "Report to the commander, I have completed the mission, the troops have rushed over, but... but the losses are a bit huge."

“How big is it?”

"Most of the two rocket artillery battalions you gave me were unfortunately destroyed by enemy artillery fire. In addition... more than 5,000 comrades may have lost a total of... The artillery accuracy in the dark night was poor, and some comrades were accidentally injured by our army's firepower." Primakov lowered his head and did not dare to say "indiscriminate attack".

In fact, someone had already informed Bagramiyan of this incident. Political Commissar Major General Tellekin expressed his dissatisfaction in private and asked Bagramiyan to punish the bold and arrogant commander, but was stopped by the latter: "Winning is the most important thing, let's talk about the others later." Now seeing that Primakov had found such a "smart" excuse, and then he thought that he did not rush to attack but understood the enemy situation first and prepared a comprehensive plan, Bagramiyan couldn't help but nodded secretly: Under such a severe situation, only a smart commander could survive. The pedantic and stupid Ivanov had already reported to see Comrade Lenin in advance.

"How many people are there in the 9th Mechanized Army?"

"Maybe... there are about 7,000 more."

"Okay! Very good! You did a very good job!" Baglamyan patted Primakov's shoulder, "What are you afraid of if you have a big loss? Complete the task is the most important! All the remaining troops of the 9th Mechanized Army are provided for you. You can choose to appoint officers below the division commander and report them to the Political Department of the Group Army. Now go and add them immediately. Your army will also have great efforts in the battle against Karachi. If you fight well, I will report your contribution to the base camp after the battle. In the future, you will have the opportunity to serve as the commander of the Group Army!"

Hearing this, Primakov, who was originally worried, suddenly opened his eyes wide, nodded heavily, and even his steps to leave became much lighter.

Just as Primakov attacked Highway 7, the troops of the Kirchner armored cluster were quickly advancing northeast, preparing to attack the flanks of the Tula defenders and test the depth of the Red Army's defense line south of Moscow. The first batch of the 6th Armored Divisions that completed the reorganization were the first batch of reorganized 6th Armored Divisions.

Speaking of which, Kirchner's appointment was quite aggrieved. When he was disarmament and expanded, he was already the commander of the Armored Army, and Ehad Rous was only the commander of the 6th Armored Division. However, during the process of a large number of personnel adjustments, Rous seized the opportunity to become the commander of the army, but he fell down and became the commander of the division - the few armored division commander in the National Defense Forces, with the rank of general.

Many people were upset about him, but he was at ease and did his work hard. He neither expressed his dissatisfaction with the General Staff or the Head of State nor showed his jealousy towards Rous. Even when Rous clearly became his immediate superior, he still maintained a humble and respectful attitude and respected Rous. This not only won Hoffman's recognition, but also won the favor of Chief of Staff Zeitzler - Kirchner's qualifications are older than him.

In the process of determining the first batch of upgrades to reorganized armored divisions, the 6th Armored Division was not on the list, but was selected as a stand-alone because the 7th Armored Division was still in the African battle. In order to compete for this candidate qualification, all parties tried their best, but in the end, the 6th Armored Division was written first on the recommended list of recommendations by Zeitzler. Not only that, Zeitzler also personally ran to Berlin, on the grounds that the 6th Armored Division made outstanding contributions to the Dieppe anti-landing campaign (he personally commanded the battle), begging Hoffman to approve it. Rous also went to Marshal Ketter many times to express his feelings. In the end, the 6th Armored Division took the last bus and became the first reorganized troops.

Before leaving, General Model, the commander of the Central Army Group, talked to Kirchner again, hoping that he would seize the opportunity to perform well, because the head of state had considered forming a new armored army for the Eastern Army Group, and there were many candidates for commander. He recommended Kirchner and said that Zeitzler also agreed to the recommendation, which surprised Kirchner and also inspired fighting spirit.

Not only did he carefully plan the marching route, combat plan and possible situations, he also personally inspected the equipment and supply conditions of each unit. Since it was a temporary armored cluster, he even met with the officers of each division level one by one, familiar with their characteristics and command styles in order to maximize the combat effectiveness. Among these officers, the one he trusted the most and most was the leader of the 11th Armored Regiment of the 6th Armored Division, Colonel Baker, the famous armored dentist.

Colonel Franz Baker was a dentist who participated in World War I. After retiring, he studied medicine and dentistry and became a doctor of dentistry in 1923. After the war began, he worked in the 6th Armored Division, participated in the Battle of Poland and France, and was promoted all the way. After the reorganization was completed, he officially became the leader of the 11th Armored Regiment.

Now, the armored dentist is thinking about the next combat strategy in the shaking tank command vehicle. Some time ago, their division completed the reorganization in France, and its power is at its peak. For him, the Britannian coast washed by the rumbling Atlantic waves, the Verdun grasslands reflected in the autumn sunshine, the golden churches and towering castles on the top of the tops have become the past. Now it is time to think about iron and blood, life and killing.

"Sir, we are about to enter the Soviet defense line." While we were thinking, a report from the reconnaissance army suddenly came from our headphones.

"What's wrong?"

"There is no abnormality, the Soviet positions are silent, but I think they have noticed our arrival."

"Keep going, don't open fire without authorization, wait for the order." The armored dentist looked at the dark surroundings and suddenly issued a shocking bold order.

The company commander of the investigation company was obviously hesitant, but he still agreed to do so.

More than ten minutes later, Baker saw the scene in his dream under the light of the rising moon: on the Soviet army's tightly defended positions, many companies of soldiers stood up, picked up their weapons, and quietly stared at the suspicious tank column in their eyes and drove towards them, but none of them opened fire or showed off their fire.

What's going on?

Baker himself was also stunned. At this moment, his palms were nervous and sweaty. He looked at his location. This was on a highway bridge. Once the fire was exchanged, it would be easily blocked by the enemy. It was not a suitable place for tank combat.

Although it was very risky, he lowered his voice and said, "Be careful, don't open the fire first!"

The first tank arrived on the other side, followed by the second, third, and fourth... At this time, the Soviet army finally found something was wrong: not only because the number of tanks was a bit large, but some tanks were particularly huge, not very similar to Russian tanks - it was a tiger-style mixed in the No. 4 tank. The armored dentist didn't know that he had picked up a huge advantage - the superior informed the Red Army troops stationed here that there would pass and change their defenses tonight, and the ignorant defenders actually regarded the German army as their own people. When they woke up, it was too late.

"Password..."

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The dark bridgehead suddenly burst out with fierce flames, most of which were the sound of machine guns and artillery from German tanks, and a small part were the Soviet counterattacks and anti-tank guns struggling desperately. When he heard the fire in front, the armored grenadiers behind quickly advanced to attack and assisted the tank troops in capturing the bridge. After 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the entire bridge was completely seized, and the road to Tula was opened.

In the early morning of June 4, Huasilevsky, who was in the center, received three bad news in a row:

The first bad news was in the direction of Tula. The German offensive troops touched a place only 35 kilometers away from Tula. They not only drilled through two outer defense lines in succession, but also hit the grassland military troops passing by the same day, forcing Konev to lead his troops around the Liangzan line, losing more than 40,000 people - many of them were not eliminated, but were broken up in the dark;

The second bad news was that in the direction of the central battlefield, two German armored armies suddenly appeared and attacked the right wing of the Central Front, with only 150,000 people. The Red Army, with poor equipment and low training level, could not stop more than 300,000 well-equipped German elites. Most of the positions were broken through, and the remaining Red Army retreated to Borissogrebsk one after another, and the mourning was everywhere;

The third bad news was in the direction of Karachi. Although the central front army launched a fierce attack on Karachi at all costs, Bagramiyan used all three main forces of the army under his command to launch an attack. Two of the army attacked the left and right wings, entangled the German infantry divisions on both wings, and the middle army attacked the Italian troops in Karachi. Although only the Ram Armored Division and an Infantry Division were guarding Karachi, the Italians who were surrounded by heavy siege actually fought to the death and firmly resisted the attack of the Red Army.

"Bastard!" Huasilevsky slapped in anger, "What is Baglamyan doing? The flanks cannot stop the Germans and the Italians cannot be eaten in front of him. How did he command?"

Zhukov couldn't help frowning. Although Bagramiyan had a good relationship with him, the current situation was so bad that it could not be worse. Once Borissogrebsk was occupied by the German army, the central front's retreat would be completely cut off, and even if Karachi was defeated by then, it would be useless.

"What adjustments did he make on the wing?"

"Commander Baglamyan sent the reserve army to the group, hoping to withstand the Germans on the front line of Borissogrebsk, but he also said that the situation was not optimistic and hoped that Commander Vatutin would send strong troops to cover his retreat." The confidential staff next to him handed the telegram to Zhukov, "He also asked the base camp to send him another Air Force army."

"Let Vatujing cover him? He can tell me!" Huasilevsky even more angry, "When the Southwest Front moves, will it just give Manstein an opportunity to take advantage of? What should I do if Stalingrad covers the flanks?"
Chapter completed!