The winter in Russia is very cold. Of course, this is a nonsense, but for a foreigner like Shi Nengji, this is not nonsense. Previously, Shi Nengji felt the coldest winter was during the Long March. For a completely southerner, the winter in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia was definitely not so cute.

This feeling lasted until he participated in the Patriotic War. Before the Patriotic War broke out, he didn't think how cold the winter in Russia was. How could it be that the heating was drying? Anyway, in the first winter in Russia, Shi Nengji's only feeling was that this was paradise!

He is unheard of for the high-end enjoyment of heating, and what is even more unheard of is that the supply of heating is basically achieved in Moscow City. Compared with the backward China, only when local owners and rich people can enjoy the earthen kang, why is a residence with heating facilities not a paradise?

Anyway, Shi Nengji's only idea at that time was to strive for the victory of the revolution as soon as possible. After the victory of the revolution, he would install heating for every household in China, and no longer let a poor proletarian brother endure hunger and freeze!

Of course, when Shi Nengchi walked into the wilderness of Russia and launched an attack on the Nazi bandits' positions in the snowy weather, he would feel again: "It's so fucking cold!"

To be fair, the current Red Army is much happier than the Red Army in history. The Red Army in history can only wear ugly yellow cotton jackets to fight. If you really want more country bumpkins, you will have more country bumpkins. In addition to the yellow cotton jackets, the coats they are equipped with also appear so bulky. Let's put it this way, when the Red Army soldiers stand quietly, such winter clothes appear thin. But when they pick up steel guns or raise bayonets to charge towards the enemy's positions, such winter clothes will make them quickly heat up.

In other words, the Red Army's winter clothes were insufficient in quietness and excessive in dynamic warmth. They either had to be cold and sweaty with their third grandsons. The cold and hot three warmth made many Red Army soldiers suffer from colds or typhoid fever.

Now, due to the existence of a certain immortal, the Red Army's winter clothing configuration has been greatly improved, and there is no dead but not very warm little yellow cotton jacket. It has been replaced with down or polyester fiber filling material, which is light and cold-resistant.

For example, now, after Shi Nengchi ran 1,500 meters, he just felt a little hot. He could get back to normal after a little rest.

"The first row is on the left, the second row is on the right, the fire platoon supports, and the third row acts as a reserve team and sets off!"

After a simple and powerful command, Shi Nengji's company quickly dispersed. On this endless field, they were wearing winter camouflage burqa and could deceive many German troops, which greatly reduced casualties.

Shi Nengji's mission was to capture the 5.7th highland. In and around this highland, about two platoons of German troops were stationed. They controlled the road at the foot of the mountain. If they did not drive them away, the Fifth Army would not be able to continue to advance towards Konotup.

The battle started a few minutes later, and finally a sharp-eyed German sentry discovered the Red Army soldiers in a disguised uniform. 98k slowly and vigorously began to shoot, and then mg-34 also began to roar.

However, Shi Nengji was not very nervous. He had seen many such scenes. When he first went to the battlefield, he thought the German firepower was very outrageous and much more awesome than the Japanese. How good would it be when our Eighth Route Army could fire like this?

But now, Shi Nengji no longer feels anything. Instead, he feels that the German devils' firepower is weaker. Every time 98k fires, Red Army soldiers can use SKS30 to fight back three times. The Red Army's PK machine gun is stronger than the mg-34, so many squad leaders have to frequently remind machine gunners to pay attention to saving ammunition.

In Shi Nengji's opinion, the Germans underestimated his troops too much. How could the mortars still hold back and make noise? If you don't make noise, I'm not polite!

Finally, the German gunner Anna could no longer hold back. After the sharp whistling, the mortar shells exploded around a row. However, Shi Nengzhe was still not nervous. One row was a backbone platoon, all of them were veterans. For them, hiding shells was like playing. They were not afraid of enemy shelling, but were even more afraid of German machine guns.

"Observer, have you found the enemy's gun position?" Shi Nengji urged impatiently.

"It's almost done," the young sergeant wrote and painted on the drawings, quickly solving a series of coordinates. In less than two minutes, he contacted his gun squad through the field phone: "Coordinates xxx, height xx..."

Less than a minute later, another sharper sound rang out. Shi Nengzi was too familiar with this sound. This was the Red Army's shelling. Yes, in order to enhance the deterrence of the shells, the Red Army specially made some small articles on the shells and installed a tool similar to a whistle, which made the shells more harsh in the air. Of course, the effect was also very good, which could scare the German recruits into a piss.

Rumble! Rumble!

The fierce shelling hit the German mortar and machine gun fire points. The Red Army soldiers who had just buried their heads in the snow quickly got up and charged forward with rifles with big strides...

An hour later, a red flag rose on the 5.7 high ground. After paying a slight casualty, Shi Nengji captured the small hill buns cleanly and beautifully. When he ordered the soldiers to rest, the roar of the diesel engine sounded from the other side of the road. The long-dorman Red Army tank troops were finally able to go back on the road. At that moment, Shi Nengji saw Old Hemstral again. When the old man sat on the tank passing by him, he shook his two big beards and gave him a generous laugh: "Man, goodbye to Konotup!" After that, the old man threw a cigar to Shi Nengji.

Shi Neng habitually put the cigar under his nose and sniffed it. After smoking a cigar once, he had to admit that it was much more powerful than the tobacco leaves in his hometown. Since he helped the old man last time, every time he met, the old man would give him a cigar. This seemed to have become a silent agreement between them. Perhaps after conquering Berlin, they could also sit together and smoke and chat.

To be honest, Zhukov's Fifth Army made little progress, because the troops were very tired. After all, they had just participated in the Kiev Rescue Campaign, and they blocked the fierce attack of the German army in the late stage of the battle. The troops urgently needed rest and supplementation. Secondly, the German army's resistance was relatively tenacious, and every step closer to Konotup would have to pay a price.

Similarly, the 6th Army, which originally belonged to Rokosovsky, also encountered trouble, but their troubles were not quite the same as those of Zhukov. In Fat Ivan's words, "This is damn weather! This is damn road conditions! This is damn enemy plane!"

The weather was very bad. The 6th Army was accompanied by heavy snow throughout the road. The heavy snow accumulated a foot thick overnight, and no car could advance in such snow. Pang Yiwan's company was trapped by the snow for a whole day. It was not until the next morning that the division headquarters sent two T-34s carrying bulldozing shovels to rescue them.

In the next two days, Fat Ivan, the armored train and Yevgeny had to temporarily put down their steel guns and instead picked up the shovel to fight the snow. They could only move forward one meter or one meter. Many times, the road that had just been cleaned would be covered by a new blizzard, causing them to constantly rework.

This high-intensity physical labor lasted for three days, and during those three days Fat Ivan lost a whole lot of weight. Just as the blizzard finally ended and the weather finally cleared, the damn German plane came again. German fighters and attack planes that took off from Chernigov continued to attack the 6th Army, using all means to cause trouble for them, and let the 6th Army continue to switch between the marching state and the air defense state, wasting a lot of time.

The only one who can march forward without hesitation was Huasilevsky's 37th Army. Although the army was delayed by the snowstorm for a little time, it could travel with peace of mind under the protection of its own air force. The only thing that was not good for them was that they were the farthest away from the predetermined target. Huasilevsky was also very depressed, and he wrote in his memoir:

"Previously, in order to defend Kharkov, the 37th Army was arranged on the front line of Bogodukhov. But the enemy went to Kursk. There were only two roads in front of the army. The first was to advance towards Sumei and cut off the retreat of the Guderian assault cluster. However, this work had been handed over to Comrade Zhukov's Fifth Army. So we only had the second road to go, first return to Kharkov, and then turn north to Kursk to reinforce the 38th Army."

"Compared with the Fifth and Sixth Army, the 37th Army encountered fewer troubles, and the only thing that could hinder us was the blizzard. The main force of the army was trapped in Belgorod for three days. During these three days, we tried every means but couldn't move. We could not get back on the road until the fourth day of the snow stopped. However, we were still walking and stopping. Two feet of snow covered all the roads, and both highways and railways had to be re-drawn. I had to mobilize all the citizens along the railway to come and help. This was a huge people's war. The Soviet people and the Soviet Red Army advanced hand in hand, and opened up roads on the snow-covered and frozen roads..."

Huasilevsky had a high opinion of this "People's War". He believed that it was this "People's War" that ensured that the Red Army won the Battle of Kursk. Without this "People's War", his 37th Army would never have arrived in Kursk on time.

However, Huasilevsky should actually thank the three air assault brigades of KGB, because if they hadn't arrived in Kursk in time, Konev's 38th Army would not have collapsed, but at least half of the Kursk city would have lost. It was the magical weapon of the air assault brigade that came from the sky to stabilize the defense line. He fought for Huasilevsky for at least three days!

And these three days are the most turning points! Many years later, Konev was still scared when he mentioned these three days: "The situation was too dangerous at that time, the defense line was already in danger, and I had already invested in all the reserves, but the German offensive was too fierce! At that critical moment, Comrade Andre Petrovic sent valuable reinforcements to help us resist the German surging offensive. It can be said that without Comrade Andre, there would be no victory in the Battle of Kursk later!"

Is it interesting? Comparing the memories of Konev and Vasilevsky, it is not difficult to see that the difference is quite small. Vasilevsky did not say it directly, but the meaning is very obvious. First, he believed that his 37th Army arrived at the battlefield to stabilize the situation. Secondly, he believed that the key point of this battle was that he mobilized the masses along the way in a timely manner. In short, he and the 37th Army were the key.

But Konev is different. He believes that a certain immortal is crucial. If it is not sent to reinforce the power, Huasilevsky would not be able to use it at all, so the key lies in the correct decision of a certain immortal. To put it bluntly, it is to flatter a certain immortal.

So who is more realistic? Hehe, let's put it this way, both of them are actually sitting in a crooked manner. They are both gold for the group's face after the war and cannot truly reflect the situation on the battlefield.

It is not possible to just look at the memoirs of the two of them. It also has to see how others recall it. Among them, Ubolevic's memories are very important. After all, he was the commander of the Kursk Front. Although he was not in Kursk at that time, this did not prevent him from looking at the issue of the Kursk battle from a more overall perspective.

Regarding the dilemma of the 38th Army, Ubolevicz responded in his memoir: "The situation in Ivan Spantenovic is not very good. The Germans' waves of offensives put great pressure on the 38th Army, forcing him to devote all the reserves. Given that the German main combat army is still pouring into the battlefield, it can be concluded that the pressure on the 38th Army will be greater in the future. Ivan Spantenovic guarantees that he will be able to hold his position, but this is not enough in my opinion..."

Why does Ubolevich think it is not enough? Is it not good enough to defend the position under the German violent offensive? Of course it is not good enough. Ubolevich never wants to see the 38th Army being destroyed like this. This army is one of the few armies with complete combat effectiveness. He also wants the army to play a role in the future encirclement and annihilation operations. How can it be defeated by the Germans like this?

After realizing this, everyone should understand what state Konev is. Let's put it this way. Konev can defend himself if he sacrifices his life, but he will have to pay a significant price. This price is something that Ubolevic and Li Xiaofeng don't want to see. They also hope that the former will play a greater role in future battles.

Therefore, the reinforcement of Konev was not because he couldn't hold on, but reduced the consumption of the 38th Army. After understanding this, you can look back and taste more from the memories of Vasilevsky and Konev.

It is obvious that the significance of the actions of Vasilevsky is to be reduced. Even if they are a few days late, Konev will not collapse. It is just a mess. The impact on the entire Kursk battle was not particularly great. It was nothing more than the 38th Army that entered the early rest and could not show off in the late battle of the battle.

The reason why Huasilevsky said so was only one reason, but also because of credit. After all, in the first phase of the defensive battle of the Kursk Battle, the only highlights was Konev's 38th Army. If he didn't make it clear, he went to reinforce in time. The 37th Army really couldn't even get a single one. Obviously, this was something Trotsky didn't want to see. No matter what, Lao Tor had to grab points for Huasilevsky. He could only instruct Huasilevsky to boast. Anyway, this was not an exaggeration. After all, the 37th Army did repel the German army as soon as it arrived on the battlefield. This is a fact, and it is normal to whisper a little.

Then why did Konev slander himself? He is not a Trotskyist, and his relationship with Huasilevsky is just that. There is no need to make a fool of himself and make others happy. Hehe, what Konev wants to make sure is not Huasilevsky, what he wants to make is a certain immortal.

Please note that his two remarks are worth pondering. He agreed to the air raid brigade to Ubolevich. Logically speaking, Konev should thank this direct superior, instead of completely forgetting that Ubolevich only mentioned Li Xiaofeng. The reason for doing this is completely political.

If Konev did not highlight that he was embarrassed and critical, how could he highlight Li Xiaofeng's decision-making Guangweizheng? He was fully motivated by a certain immortal! This flattery was so good. This was also the key to why he was able to become the vice chairman of the Military Commission after the war, and Rokosovsky could only be the chief of staff.

Well, let's put aside these political dirty things. Although the Kursk battle was fierce and cruel, it was far from the time to decide the winner. Although the German army was advancing slowly, overall, it was unable to crush the Red Army in one breath.

Under Konev's command, the 38th Army slowly contracted with the support of the kgb air assault brigade, exchanging space for time. Not only did he successfully wait for Huasilevsky's 37th Army, but he also met the request of Ubolevic to lure the enemy into depth.

When the 37th Army began to replace the defense line in some key areas of the 38th Army, Guderian's assault cluster had already touched the periphery of Kursk. All armored forces, including the 46th Armored Army, were deeply trapped in the quagmire of Kursk.

Of course, they were not too deep, that is, they reached their ankles. If they woke up in time, they could still thrust their feet, at least it was time for the hero to cut off their arm. However, at this time, the German army was completely unaware of the potential risks, but instead made a rush towards Kursk.

"We should be more cautious than taking risks!" Goodrian said to Paulus angrily.

These days, Guderian finally understood one thing, that is, Paulus and him were not the same. This man was completely confused by the beard. He felt that Kursk was within his reach and thought that taking Kursk would mean that Russia would open its doors, and he could play a triumphant song all the way to Moscow.

But Guderian wants to say that these are so nonsense. How could the Russians watch us break through Kursk? At this moment, the enemy's reinforcements are probably already halfway... (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!