Guderian felt that it was not good. Since entering Kursk, he felt that the Russians were strange from the inside out. Sometimes they became tough and like steel, sometimes they became nonsense and like *, and sometimes they seemed to be stimulant. For example, on May Day, for a bourgeoisie like Guderian, Labor Day is so weak. It is just a terrible way to celebrate Labor Day. Taking advantage of the Russians to do it hard.

So on this day, Guderian had the idea of ​​taking advantage, but what surprised him was that the Russians' reaction was normal at the beginning and the resistance was not fierce. But at around 10 o'clock in the morning, as the annoying "Sacred War" sounded on the battlefield, the Russians exploded! Either the small universe exploded or turned into a super Saiyan. Damn it was a sharp blow to his offensive troops, almost defeating them.

This situation lasted for three days, and the momentum did not subside until the fourth day. But even these three days were enough for Guderry to be terrified. His front line was almost torn apart by the Red Army, and even at the most critical moment, he had ordered the entire army to retreat. It was just that the General Staff and Wolf Knot had not been approved.

During these three days, Guderian suspected more than once that the Red Army's reinforcements had arrived at the battlefield, otherwise it would be so powerful? But the result of air reconnaissance slapped him in the face again and again, and the Red Army, who had no reinforcements, arrived at the battlefield.

Anyway, Guderian was quite depressed, because this made him even worse in Hitler's eyes. Now the head of state has begun to give instructions to Paulus directly, and ignore him.

This is definitely not a good phenomenon, and Guderian has no way to change it. Of course, Guderian is not the only one who feels a headache on the battlefield. As the commander of the 38th Army, Konev is also restless. He is similar to Guderian. He is also anxious about the current abnormal situation of the army.

Huh? A comrade may be surprised. Why are you in a hurry for the troops? Isn’t this sick? Are you on the other side of the German army?

Konev is definitely not a Russian traitor, and his worries are very reasonable. Objectively speaking, except for the bonus of weapons, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers of the 38th Army is actually not as good as that of the German army. The only reason why he acts so powerfully is that he is stimulated!

The Red Square military parade encouragement was a bit too much, which made the soldiers burst out with extraordinary combat power. However, this state of blood-blooding is unsustainable and overdrafted. Once this momentum passes, the performance of the troops will probably take a sharp turn for the next time. There will be no new excitement at that time, so you will not be beaten by the German army!

So, these days, Konev has been doing one thing, that is, to control the emotions of the troops and avoid excessive excitement. What is the result? Think about it, if the result is good, does Konev still have to worry so much?

"The army's emotions are too excited, and from the perspective of actual combat, this is extremely unfavorable. Our army's mission is to hold the German army, and being too excited is likely to use too much force to scare the enemy away. After the excitement disappears, the army's combat effectiveness will plummet. Now, this bad situation has occurred. I solemnly suggest to you, Comrade Iyeronim Petrovich. Please order the 37th Army to accelerate its advance. My army may not last long!"

When Ubolevic received this telegram in Moscow, he felt uncomfortable. He knew very well that this was the side effect of the Red Square military parade, and he had to be cautious when cheering up. Obviously, this dose of Daguo Pill is a bit too much. The current 38th Army is rising with a false fire and will soon be exhausted. What's even more terrible is that there is no cure to relieve it. In desperation, he could only order Vasilevsky to speed up.

However, there were also many problems with Huasilevs. His troops rushed to Kharkov from Voronezh, and the troops consumed a lot during this period. Originally, he was planning to restore while setting up defenses. But who would have thought that the position would be built. The superiors actually told them that the enemy would not come. This would have a great blow to morale, and worse, his troops had no time to rest and had to go north to Kursk immediately. This toss and turns directly led to the army's morale being depressed and physical strength being urgent.

Not only is the morale low, the physical fitness is in urgent need, but the equipment is also worn out. For example, the tank troops are rushing all the way. As we all know, the b2 engine is not very durable, and the 37th Army is a new force, so the equipment and personnel are not fully adjusted, so the problems are naturally more. In addition, the weather is very bad, so the 37th Army's journey north is extremely struggled.

"Oh..." Ubolevic sighed. This was the consequence of military misjudgment. If there were no misjudgment before, the battle would be much easier.

The problem is that there are no assumptions on the battlefield, if you lose, you win or lose. Even if you win, you will win. If you win, you will be a winner. Now Ubolevic must think carefully about how to reinforce Konev.

However, Ubolevic really has no extra troops on hand. There is only the 38th Army around Kursk. The closest unit is Voronezh's 40th Army, but the 40th Army is just an empty stance. It can't even get a single army under its command. Most of them are recruits who have just entered the army. They can't even do the most basic stance. It's a dream to expect them to go to war.

Ubolevic was frowning, while Konev was covered with clouds. The negative effects of blood-blooding had begun to appear. The day before, the troops who were fierce and fierce, turned around and turned into opium, and were almost not an enemy of the German army. If Konev had not personally rushed to the front line to supervise the battle to stabilize the morale of the army, the 38th Army would have to poke a big hole on this day.

For the Red Army, this was a nightmare, and for the German Army, this was an unexpected surprise. Paulus recalled: "The Russians' resistance became increasingly weak and weak. Although I didn't understand what this was caused, I think it was a good opportunity! It is entirely possible that the assault cluster will pierce the Russian defense line again according to the head of state's plan, which will completely reverse the adverse situation in the previous stage of the Western Front!"

It is not difficult to see from Paulus's words that he admired the crazy Hitler, and this was also an important turning point on the battlefield. He is completely different from Guderian, and he is probably ready to implement Hitler's combat plan without any discount.

This is naturally not good news for Guderian, but the tank monster did not realize it at that time. He still believed that Paulus was his own person. He was a real German man, not a slave like Yodel and Keitel who licked the head of state.

At Paulus' suggestion, the offensive was strengthened, which put greater pressure on Konev, and this pressure also forced Ubolevic to find a way to reinforce Konev faster. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

In early May, the Germans got a chance to win this battle. If they could seize this opportunity, they would really be able to break through the Red Army's defense line in Kursk. Although it may not necessarily have a decisive impact on the overall strategic situation, it is still possible to disrupt the Red Army's military deployment and strive for initiative on the battlefield.

At this critical moment, Li Xiaofeng took action to change the direction of the battlefield. When the 38th Army was about to collapse, he sent the most valuable support force.

"Iyeronim Petrovic, I heard you are in trouble?" Li Xiaofeng asked with a smile.

Ubolevic looked at a certain immortal, and was a little confused. He could guess that the intention of a certain immortal to find him must be to reinforce Konev. But he couldn't think of any way for a certain immortal to transform a reinforcement. It was not that Ubolevic bragging, he passed every unit on the battlefield like a sieve, and no one had the possibility of reinforcement Konev.

So Ubolevich was very surprised that some immortal could transform his army from. If such a miracle really happened, he would be convinced.

Li Xiaofeng didn't go around the circle and directly revealed the answer: "Do you still remember the kgb's air assault brigade?"

Of course, Ubolevich remembers that during the siege of Kiev, if it weren't for the helicopter provided by kgb that sent valuable supplies to Kiev, this lonely city would definitely not be able to support it. But Ubolevich still didn't understand. What does this have to do with reinforcements?

"The first, second and third kgb's air assault brigade had been responsible for defensive tasks before, and the three assault brigades had a total of about 20,000 people."

Ubolevic seemed to understand what a certain immortal meant: "You mean to transfer these assault brigades to Kursk? But Priluki is too far from Kursk..."

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said, "It's quite far. If you take land transportation, it will definitely be too late. But what does the air assault brigade do?"

Ubolevic was stunned. He fully understood the meaning of a certain immortal. Someone was preparing to airlift the kgb assault brigade to Kursk to participate in the war!

"Is this possible?" Ubolevic murmured.

"Maybe!" Li Xiaofeng replied calmly, "I have calculated that the existing helicopters and transport aircraft of our army can basically meet this task. There is no problem in transporting the troops in three batches..."

Ubolevic smiled bitterly and said, "What I worry about is not the transportation issue. But can the kgb air assault brigade take on the task of blocking the German army head-on? Aren't they more suitable for special operations?"

It has to be said that the Red Army generals, even Ubolevic's level, are suspicious of the combat effectiveness of the air assault brigade. In their opinion, this light-equipped unit can only undertake harassment and sabotage tasks behind enemy lines and conduct conventional operations. They are not competent.

This was obvious during the siege of Kiev. Shaposhnikov was obviously under great pressure in his troops, but the three air assault brigades were still ignored when they were placed in front of him. He just ordered them to engage in sabotage behind enemy lines and second-line garrison work, which simply regarded the air assault brigade as a reserve.

This made Li Xiaofeng very angry and depressed. He was obviously planning to send the air assault troops to Kiev to achieve his battle record, but he turned out to be a garrison troops who looked at the venue. Tell me, what's the matter?

Of course, this is actually very normal. After all, the result of Tukhachevsky playing airborne troops in the previous stage was there. Apart from the heavy losses, there were almost no highlights. In the eyes of Shaposhnikovs, the air assault troops were actually short-legged airborne troops who could not parachute, and believed that their combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the airborne troops. How could this go to the front line?

Li Xiaofeng was quite speechless about this, because the kgb air assault force was an elite force he carefully built. Although its heavy firepower was not very powerful, it was much stronger than the airborne troops that Tukhachevsky loved.

Let me put it this way, the Air Assault Brigade is equipped with Yishui's As-30 gun tribe, and the team's firepower is one street that goes beyond the Red Army's guards. Not to mention the German army that is only equipped with 98k rifles. In terms of brigade-level support firepower, the Air Assault Brigade is indeed worse than ordinary infantry divisions and does not have that much firepower. But compared to the Red Army's paratroopers, it is still much stronger.

The Air Assault Brigade is equipped with three artillery battalions. One is equipped with 18 12-barrel 107mm rocket launchers, one is equipped with 18 m1940 122mm howitzers, and finally one is equipped with 18 37mm anti-aircraft guns.

The 107 rocket launcher and the 37mm anti-aircraft gun are not worth talking about, but the m1940 122mm howitzer is worth mentioning. This type of artillery is actually a special artillery specially improved for air assault forces on the m1938 122mm howitzer.

According to the load load limit of the heavy helicopter of the Air Assault Brigade, the weight of the m1938122 ditches is too heavy and it cannot move at all. At the same time, Li Xiaofeng refused to introduce Western 105mm howitzers (the power of the 122 ditches is much greater). In his opinion, the Air Assault Brigade was originally at a disadvantage in heavy firepower. If he switched to the 105mm howitzers, it would be even more impossible to defeat the potential enemy.

Therefore, he insisted that the 122mm caliber must be maintained and that the main performance of the new light 122 grenade is not lower than that of the m1938 equipment of the Soviet infantry. Next, the northern industry was very worried about the weight loss problem of m1938.

First, Northern Industry replaced the m1938 steel gun mount with light alloy gun mounts, such as aluminum alloy, aluminum-magnesium alloy, and titanium alloy. After various environmental testing, the most expensive titanium alloy gun mounts were finally put into production (only their performance can meet the requirements). This alone reduced the total gun weight by nearly 400 kilograms. Of course, at the same time, the cost has almost doubled.

However, 400 kilograms were not enough. According to the load load requirements of Soviet heavy helicopters at that time, the total gun weight should not exceed 1.8 tons. Now there are more than two tons, so this is still a combination of eggs.

So the second step is that the northern industry can only take action on the body tube. On the one hand, it improves the body tube metal formula and creatively develops the hydraulic self-tightening technology of single body tubes (technical support provided by a certain immortal), thereby reducing the thickness of the body tube and further reducing the weight.

Finally, the anti-rear seat device of the gun mount was further optimized, and the total gun weight was successfully controlled at 1.85 tons. Although it still exceeded the standard a little, it was finally able to carry it after optimizing the heavy helicopter engine.

Of course, I have to mention that Ubolevici was once full of interest in this ultra-light 122 grenade. After all, the Red Army's mechanization level was limited. The artillery's traction ability was very poor, and it was urgently needed for lighter and more powerful artillery. However, after Ubolevici inspected the gun, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​changing clothes. Because the price of the gun was three to five times that of the m1938122 grenade!

You can buy seven m1938 by purchasing two m1940s. Ubolevich can still calculate the calculations. In the end, m1940 produced 108 units, of which 90 were given to five air assault brigades of kgb. Tukhachevsky's airborne troops experimentally purchased 18. However, the airborne troops had never used this kind of artillery in actual combat because of the lack of suitable airdrop equipment. Moreover, the airborne troops had no good impression of the "cumbersome" m1940, so who made them not have suitable traction equipment!

This is the first-level support firepower of the brigade. The six assault battalions of the Air Assault Brigade also have direct firepower support units. This firepower support unit is highly synthesized and is generally equipped with 8 120mm mortars, 8 14.5mm double-mounted anti-aircraft machine guns and 8 100mm recoil-free cannons. Compared with the first-level 81 or 82mm mortars of the ordinary infantry division battalion, this is unprecedentedly powerful.

Therefore, although the kgb air assault brigade is a light combat unit, its firepower is not particularly weak. Compared with the ordinary Red Army light infantry division, except for the lack of 152mm heavy artillery, the others are not particularly poor. Even in anti-armor capability, the air assault brigade is much stronger than the ordinary infantry division. After all, each air assault brigade is equipped with a squad of armed helicopters. Compared with the anti-tank guns and tanks on the ground, armed helicopters are the best anti-tank killers.

Let me put it this way, the kgb air assault brigade is a highly synthetic modern combat unit. In addition to lacking armor capabilities and the shortcomings of low motorization after being supported by helicopters, its combat effectiveness is very strong. This is also the key reason why Li Xiaofeng is confident that he will let them go to Kursk.

Of course, only Li Xiaofeng knows about these for the time being. A group of senior generals, including Ubolevic, believe that letting the air assault brigade go would probably be a death. After all, the German armored troops were too terrifying. Of course, Ubolevic did not reject Li Xiaofeng's kindness in the end, because for him, every life-saving straw must be caught. Even if the air assault brigade is just a fly, it is still a piece of meat!

On the morning of May 5, Priluki's airport was shrouded in a noisy buzzing sound, and the huge noise from the helicopter blades blocked all other sounds. Groups of soldiers rushed into the cabin or stuffed boxes of equipment and supplies into them.

Such noise will last for five days. During these five days, the Red Army miraculously transported more than 20,000 people to Kursk. It was these 20,000 soldiers who guaranteed the victory of the Kursk Battle... (To be continued)

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