Marcus Klinberg was a Jewish man. He was born the year after World War I. He had no impression of the war. After that war, because of fear of communism, his family fled from Warsaw, who was just two years old, and went to Potsnan to settle in.

Marcus Klinberg, who was a teenager, went to school with other Polish children and grew up together. Without World War II, Klinberg's life would have been completely different. In 1939, Germany suddenly attacked Western Poland, and World War II broke out, and soon Klinberg's home was destroyed. As the Jew that the Nazis hated the most, his family was thrown into concentration camps.

Klinberg was very smart. Before being captured by the Nazis, he managed to escape from Western Poland. Like many Jews at that time, his only place was East Prussia, which was the last home and last line of defense for the Jews in this world.

After arriving in East Prussia, Klinberg tried to contact his family, but all the letters sent out were sank to the sea. He could only pray to God secretly, hoping that his family would survive the difficulties safely.

At that time, Klinberg had not thought that his family would die tragically in the Nazi concentration camp. He could not imagine how evil and inhumane the Nazis would be. He thought that the war would end soon, and that the British and French coalition would defeat the evil German devil again like in World War I. He thought that he could go home and reunite with his family.

But everything that followed left him stunned. In 1940, France was over, and the British were driven back to the island by the Nazis. The demons in Europe jumped out together. The dense dark clouds covered the sky, and there was no light at all.

In this year, Klinberg met a Jewish fellow who escaped from Auschwitz. He was shocked by all the horrific crimes in the concentration camp, and he was deeply worried about his family. For the first time, he had an idea that he had to find a way to stop the Nazis from continuing to rage, and that his family and compatriots in the Nazi concentration camp must be rescued!

Klinberg began to run around East Prussia. He hoped that the Jewish government in the East Prussia would show his courage to rescue his compatriots. But soon he was disappointed. The East Prussia government did not even have the ability to speak out against the crimes of the Nazis. Officials and politicians from all over the country had only one idea, that is, they could not offend the Nazis at this time. Otherwise, East Prussia would become the second in Western Poland.

This act of pretending to be grandson angered Clinberg. He felt that East Prussia was not the home of Jews at all. Otherwise, how could parents watch their families be bullied and ignored them, and pretend that nothing had happened?

Even if officials repeatedly explained to Klinberg: "It's not that we don't want to rescue those suffering compatriots. It's that East Prussia is not ready yet, and the power of East Prussia alone is not enough to defeat the Nazis. The only thing we can do now is to endure!"

But Clinberg could not bear it and refused to endure it. In anger, he left East Prussia and went to England to fight with the British. However, he did not find hope for revenge in Britain. The British were trapped on the island and had no power to fight back. Such a life was not what he wanted.

Just as Klinberg was about to leave Britain and go to the United States, Barbarossa shocked the world. When East Poland and East Prussia were invaded by the Nazis, the Soviet Union declared war on the Nazis as soon as possible and immediately strengthened East Poland and East Prussia with all their might. Such behavior made Klinberg's eyes shine.

He immediately gave up his plan to go to the United States, returned to East Prussia immediately and strongly demanded to join the army. Soon, with a medical degree, he became a glorious military doctor. Although he did not enter the front line of fighting, he witnessed the courage and will of the Red Army to fight against the Nazis with his own eyes, which deeply shocked him.

"The Germans are very powerful, I admit that if they are not powerful, they will not be able to conquer most of Europe and bring shame to France and Britain. But I also know that if you want to take revenge, to let your fellow countrymen and my descendants live like humans, rather than being slaughtered by the Nazis like livestock, you must fight them to the end!"

"In Britain, I have heard Churchill's speech, and it is undeniable that it is very touching, but the British did not let me see the kind of strength that is condensed with blood and indomitableness, which is far from what I want. But in East Prussia, I found the most refreshing fighting spirit from a group of Russians who were originally called European barbarians. They were not afraid of death and were full of optimism and upbeat mentality. Even in the most difficult months of 1941, they told me again and again: 'Comrade Marcus, this difficulty is nothing. We are not afraid of difficulties. We will definitely defeat the German devils, and we will definitely avenge the dead relatives and comrades!"

"At the beginning, I don't know what gave the Russians such beliefs, because at that dark moment, I was not very optimistic about the prospects of war. Until I learned about the source of the Russian beliefs, Marxism-Leninism. After I really studied this science deeply, my attitude changed. I firmly believe that there is still justice in this world!"

Klinberg initially served as a military doctor in the East Prussian troops. During the battle, his front-line operating room was filled with wounded soldiers, including Jews and Slavs. No one cared about any racial issues or belief issues, and everyone was treated equally.

That true equality has always been unforgettable for Klinberg. He later recalled: "It was unimaginable for hundreds of years. People of different races and beliefs could get along so harmoniously. Many people even had no language. While they gestured, they communicated one word at a time, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

On the East Prussian front, Klinberg saw the Red Army and the East Prussian Defense Forces squat in the same trenches to attack the enemy. Both sides supported and helped each other like brothers, which gave him an urge to understand the Soviet Union more carefully.

Klinberg recalled: "I borrowed a lot of Marxism-Leninist readings from the political commissar of the Red Army. You should know that these 'evil' teachings of atheism were ** in my family. In fact, these books in Western Poland were strictly prohibited. I had never understood what Marxism-Leninism said before, but I just followed the crowd and said it was evil. But when I really understood this science, I found that those attacks and slander were vicious attacks, which was unreasonable."

Starting from 1941, Klinberg began to understand Marxism-Leninism in depth, and began to understand the Soviet Union and the Red Army. Although he also admitted that there were still many problems with the Soviet Union and the Red Army, he believed that it was not evil.

"After the Battle of Kursk," Klinberg recalled, "because the Red Army lacked enough doctors, we could only ask the East Prussian government for assistance. Compared with the Soviet Union, our doctors had better education and better training. The Red Army soldiers welcomed us and called us angels in white."

"I was the first to sign up and soon took a train to Kursk in June. There, tens of thousands of German troops were surrounded, and the intensity of the battle exceeded that of the Verdun and the Somme in World War I."

"On June 30, I arrived in Southtka to serve the 6th Army of the Red Army. The battle was not fierce at the beginning. The main attack direction of the German devils was not here. Konotup, who was defending the 5th Army in the south, was the main battlefield. But soon the situation changed. The Paulus cluster tried to break through from Klorevec, and Manstein's 11th Army also cooperated with them in the operation. Then we quickly followed the main force of the 6th Army."

"The first impression that Krorevetz gave me was the smell. After getting off the train, a pungent smell of gunpowder rushed over, and the rumbling cannon sound did not stop for a moment. The sky was shrouded in gunpowder."

"We started work immediately before we got off the bus. We temporarily cleared two cars as operating rooms. The injured were constantly being carried up on the platform. That day I worked for twenty-two hours until I fainted next to the operating table."

Many years later, when Klinberg was asked about his impression of the Battle of Kursk, he spoke up without any hesitation: "Tired!"

"In those ten days, I had to do more than a dozen surgeries every day, almost standing in front of the operating table and working non-stop. Every day, there is only five hours of rest time. Apart from eating, sleeping and going to the toilet, we are working."

"There are too many wounded people. The Germans kept attacking on both sides for a moment, and the Sixth Army had to grit their teeth and hold on. Once the commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Lu Jin, rushed to the front line, and I even took shrapnel for him..."

In Klinberg's memories, in the last moment of the Battle of Kursk, there was only bloody tragic left: "After the victory of the battle, I went to the front line to take a look. I wanted to know how the Red Army defended its position with such heavy casualties." Speaking of this, Klinberg took a deep breath: "It's so shocking, I didn't see any position. What caught my eye was a scorched earth. When I looked up, I couldn't see a complete tree. Large areas of trees were shot up and raised.

Or burned into coke, there was a layer of floating soil on the ground. The violent shelling and air strikes loosened the ground all over the soil. If you step on it, you can sink to your ankles. The smell of gunpowder is extremely pungent. I doubt whether there will be plants in this land in the future... I can't see many corpses, but I can vaguely smell a corpse stinking. A Red Army soldier told me that the violent shelling would blow most of the corpses, and then press the tank tracks twice, so naturally I can't find anything."

Klinberg recalled: "Specifically, there are corpses everywhere in this area. As long as you lift the floating soil, every inch below is blood-red. In this tragic battle, the 6th Army, which had two infantry troops, paid the price of killing 22,000 and injured 34,000 people. After the battle, there were almost less than 20,000 people who could continue to fight."

Speaking of this, Klinberg's tone became quiet, and he closed his eyes as if he was praying for his sacrificed comrades, or recalling the last moments of Clorevets.

At one point, Paulus' armored troops almost penetrated Lujin's defense line. The closest distance between them and Manstein, who was heading to reinforce, was only two kilometers. Even the German troops on both sides could see each other with telescopes, but they just couldn't cross the gap between these two kilometers.

In order to rescue precious armored forces from the Kursk trap, Hitler once again "goes crazy". He ordered a new batch of Black Panther and Tiger tanks that had just walked off the production line to urgently transport to the front line to assist Manstein to open a breakthrough.

On July 15, all the important generals who were about to participate in the rescue of Paulus gathered at the 11th Army Command of Manstein. After three hours of intense discussion, the final result was finally obtained and handed over the breakthrough mission to the Freb battle group that had just arrived on the battlefield. In addition, the 30th Army will concentrate all heavy artillery to provide artillery support to the Freb battle group.

In the early morning of the 16th, the Freb battle group, which had just arrived on the battlefield, fired the first shot of the rescue operation. At that time, Lieutenant Colonel Freb had 24 Black Panther tanks and 9 Tiger tanks (from the 507th Heavy Armored Battalion) and a whole armored grenade regiment (with about 101 armored vehicles).

In Lieutenant Colonel Freb's opinion, he was ahead of him. Even with the most advanced Black Panther and Tiger, he didn't think he would succeed. However, when the rescue operation began, Freb was surprised because his troops did not face too fierce resistance and walked comfortably for about five kilometers.

Of course, things didn't go so smoothly afterwards. The Red Army, who reacted, immediately strengthened its defense in this direction. Then Freb found that his way forward was full of minefields and anti-tank guns that had just been arranged.

After reconnaissance, it was discovered that "the Russians have urgently built three diagonal trenches based on the small hills ahead, and have obtained cover from no less than ten anti-tank guns!"

When the investigator finished saying the above words, a loud roar followed. Looking around, the black panther walking in the front of the queue was surrounded by raging fire.

"What's going on?" Freb asked furiously.

"No...not clear."

Freb raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Let the grenadiers cover the wings and advance on foot!"

Years of combat experience told Freb that the damn Ivans must be nearby! In fact, the same was true. In front of Freb was the 25 762mm anti-tank guns of the 1290th Artillery Regiment of the Red Army. However, such a formation was just a small scene for Freb. He decisively ordered a Tiger tank to open the way and continue to advance slowly, using thick front armor to fight against the Red Army's anti-tank guns. The grenadiers following up quickly spread from both wings so that they could surround the back of the hill when the opponent's attention was attracted by the tank, and caught the opponent off guard.

To be honest, this tactic is really uninnovative, but what makes the Red Army commanders very depressed is that the Germans can succeed. The reason is not only because of the Red Army's anti-tank gunners and officers with little combat experience, but more importantly, the German more advanced Tiger tanks pose a huge threat.

Let's put it this way. The zis-3 tank gun cannot penetrate the front armor of the tiger tank at any distance. To penetrate the side of the tiger, it must be about 500 meters, so the Red Army gunners were quickly stunned. When they were desperately shooting the tiger, most of the shells were either bounced or directly smashed to the enemy's armor. Zis-3 kept firing from a distance of 1,000 meters, but even if they approached 500 meters, they still failed to destroy even a tiger.

On the contrary, the tiger's massacre of anti-tank guns was one-sided. If Freb had not requested the tiger tank to approach, the tiger could have hid at a distance of one thousand meters and easily blew the zis-3s one by one.

In fact, the zis-3 had been blown up, and in just twenty minutes, the 1290th Artillery Regiment paid the price of ten zis-3s being destroyed. Before the German armored grenadiers were encircled, the regiment commander decisively ordered the retreat immediately.

In fact, this order was a bit late. When Freb discovered that the power of the Tiger tank was extraordinary, he immediately modified his previous plan and ordered the grenadiers to immediately follow the Tiger tank and directly level the Red Army's anti-tank gun position from the front.

After a not-so-hard battle, the 1290th Artillery Regiment was almost wiped out, and all anti-tank guns were destroyed, and no one escaped. Inspired by the huge power of the Tiger tank, Freb finally had confidence in the operation. On the one hand, he praised the Tiger tank to his superiors, and on the other hand, he ordered the troops to speed up the march and strive to meet with the Paulus cluster as soon as possible.

Let's not talk about Freb's battle for the time being, let's talk about his report first. Hitler, Halder and Keitel were naturally very happy about his report, especially the head of state. He was very satisfied with finally obtaining a product that could beat Russia's tank and regain the tank performance crown. Without waiting for Guderian to agree, he ordered Sper to produce more tigers.

This order made Sperer very embarrassed. As the steward of German wartime industry, he knew very well that both tigers and leopards were bottomless pits. If the limited resources allocated to armored soldiers were tilted towards tigers and leopards, the number of tanks of German armored soldiers would decrease.

This is not a joke. When later generations mentioned, Germany always thought that tanks in World War II were very awesome and belonged to the explosive soldiers. In fact, it is not! German tank production has never received much priority, and the number of tanks produced can never meet the needs of the troops. Compared with the Soviet Union and the United States, which were truly violent, the few tanks produced by Germany are not even enough.

Especially after Germany produced increasingly bulky tanks, such as tigers, tiger kings and others, the number of German armored soldiers became increasingly tense. Whoever made it happen, whether it was a tiger or a leopard, it was a big resource consuming enterprise, and the resources and man-hours consumed were as high as a few No. 4 tanks.

So in the face of the request of the head of state, Spel was not an ordinary embarrassment... (To be continued.)

ps: Bow to thank gundam0080, hzangdd, glorious charter and comrade Juventus!
Chapter completed!