The Rise of the Third Reich

The time has arrived on June 20, 1942. 19 days ago, the great world revolution officially kicked off, and the vigorous revolutionary war raged fiercely from June 1 to 20, with countless revolutions or revolutions emerging. Of course, there were many reactionary heroes, traitors, traitors, and scabs who betrayed the revolutionary cause. In addition, some reactionaries hidden within the Bolshevik Party and the army also revealed their true colors in the face of the test of world revolution.

At this moment, in a small dark room in a building occupied by the Political Department of the Western Front of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which is almost completely isolated from the outside world, Sandalov, Chief of Staff of the 4th Army of the Red Army, who had just escaped from death in a brutal battle, The colonel was sitting alone at a desk with paint peeling off, writing the explanation materials!

Of course, writing explanation materials in this environment was not a good situation, but Colonel Sandalov did not think that there was a "mistake" in the organization. He knew it when he received the order to "return to Minsk immediately to report the situation." I'm going to be locked up in a dark room.

Because he, Major General Korobkov, the commander of the 4th Army, and Telekin, the political commissar, had just committed an unforgivable crime - the crime of defeating the war!

Of course it is sinful to lose the battle!

According to the first paragraph of Article 58 of the 1926 Criminal Code of the Soviet Union, Soviet citizens commit destructive acts against the military power, national sovereignty and inviolable territory of the Soviet Union. For example, espionage, betrayal of state secrets, liaison with foreign enemies, defection abroad, etc., all constitute the crime of betrayal of the state.

And according to this article, if a soldier cannot prevent others from betraying the country, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Now Sandalov has committed an ancillary clause in Article 58, paragraph 1, of the Criminal Code: Soldiers cannot prevent others from betraying the country! Should be sentenced to 10 years in prison!

And the bad guy he "can't stop" is Korobkov, the commander of the 4th Army.

Because Korobkov's behavior in the Legionovo-Vovomin battle caused damage to the Soviet military power.

First of all, the 4th Army under his command was defeated by the German army that was far smaller than his own in the battle, and it was a disastrous defeat!

Secondly, in order to cover up his mistakes, Korobkov deliberately exaggerated the enemy's situation, exaggerating up to one division-level armored group into three armored divisions. As a result, the front army headquarters misjudged.

Based on the erroneous information provided by Korobkov, the commander of the front army, General Pavlov, made the decision to defend Maydan (east of Wovomin) with the 1st Tank Corps, which caused the 1st Tank Corps to rush to the battle. It was defeated by the German armored group and suffered extremely heavy losses.

Therefore, the behavior of Korobkov, the commander of the 4th Army, constituted the crime of betrayal of the country. The Chief of Staff of the 4th Army, Sandalov, and Political Commissar Telekin did not prevent his crime, which constituted the crime of helping to betray the country.

According to the provisions of the "Criminal Code", three people who committed a crime together belong to the "anti-G-life group" and are subject to an additional level of serious crime.

In other words, the main criminal Korobkov will be shot, or declared a public enemy of the working class, all property confiscated, deprived of citizenship of the Soviet Union or a Union Republic, and deported - in the Soviet Union, deportation and shooting are the same level of punishment!

But whether he should be shot or deported is not a choice that the victim can make. Otherwise, probably no one would choose to be shot...

Korobkov must have been shot for his crimes. Sandalov thought to himself: So if he originally received 10 years of reform through labor, and added a "group crime", it would be at least 15 years of reform through labor.

But he doesn’t have to go to Siberia to do labor camps! It's not that there is no way to survive. He is currently locked up in the small dark room of the Political Department and writing explanation materials is said to be a way out.

He thought about it. When Korobkov deceived the organization and lied about the military situation, he was organizing a retreat at the army headquarters near Wovomin. He was not aware of it at the time and only found out about it later.

If he exposes Korobkov now, not only will he not be guilty, but the report will be useful. Naturally, there will be no need to go to Siberia.

He must be exposed! Sandalov gritted his teeth. Korobkov's crime cannot be forgiven. If he doesn't expose it, others will expose it. So he might as well expose it himself, so that he and his family can be saved.

After understanding the stakes, Sandalov no longer hesitated. He picked up the pen and started writing quickly on the letter paper.

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"Shoot! Must be executed!" Ponomarenko saw what was going on when he saw the materials exposing Sandalov and Telekin, as well as Korobkov's covert confession materials. When he compared the three aspects, he knew what was going on. . The Battle of Legionovo-Wovomin was originally just a medium-sized defeat, and the main force of the 1st Tank Army could be saved. However, it turned into a disastrous defeat due to Korobkov's mistakes.

"Krobkov is a latent anti-G life assassin who attempts to undermine the world revolution. He is the most evil and deserves to die!"

Pavlov, the commander of the Western Front, did not dare to shield Korobkov at this time. Not only did he not shield him, but he also charged him with being an "anti-G life assassin."

However, it cannot be said that Pavlov and Ponomarenko were wronging Korobkov, because Korobkov's guilt for losing the battle was real! No matter how much you argue, the Legionovo-Wovomin battle was a resounding defeat.

A powerful group army composed of a mechanized corps, a tank corps, and an infantry corps was actually defeated by a German division-level group, and it was a disastrous defeat!

Such a disastrous defeat has never happened in the glorious history of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and now at the beginning of the world revolution, it has suffered such a disastrous defeat. It is not an exaggeration to say that it gave the great leader Stalin a blow in the head. Of course, Korobkov, who caused the catastrophe, must pay a very due price.

But... the Battle of Legionovo-Wovomin also showed that the combat effectiveness of the Nazi German army was very powerful, more powerful than everyone imagined. In addition to being at a numerical disadvantage, it has obvious advantages in all other aspects.

The Soviet Red Army was deficient in many aspects. The performance of T-34 tanks and KV-1 tanks is not as good as expected. Moreover, the strength of the Red Air Force has no obvious advantage. In the past ten days of fighting, the air force of the Western Front has suffered huge losses!

According to the report of Major General Kobetz, commander of the Western Front, the Front Air Force lost more than 1,800 aircraft of various types in less than 15 days, and more than 2,200 pilots and crew members were lost! Major General Kobetz, commander of the Front Air Force, was so anxious that he even wanted to die.

If the losses continue, the Western Front Army will have no air force available!

"Comrade Military Commissar," General Pavlov thought for a while, and finally said to Ponomarenko with a frown, "now our losses are huge! The military power of imperialist Germany is stronger than originally imagined, especially in the In terms of air and armored forces, the Western Front now needs more aircraft, pilots, tanks and various vehicles to ensure the smooth progress of the Warsaw Campaign."

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"Korobkov was shot, Telekin underwent 15 years of labor reform... Sandalov acted as commander of the 4th Army."

In the basement of the Kremlin, Stalin, smoking a pipe, pronounced the fate of Korobkov, Telekin and Sandalov in front of Voroshilov and Beria.

One was shot because he fought a losing battle that he shouldn't have fought and exaggerated the enemy's situation to deceive the organization; one was reformed through labor because the exposing materials were too long and too profound, which delayed the leadership's time; and the other was exposed to the anti-G revolution in a timely manner. was promoted as a molecule.

But these were all trivial matters to Stalin. There was only one real big thing now, and that was Warsaw! Should Warsaw still be liberated? If we want to liberate, how to fight?

"Give Pavlov whatever he wants!" Stalin said while smoking his pipe. "If we don't have it, ask the Americans for it! In addition, send a representative of the Supreme Command to help him."

"Okay, Comrade Stalin." Voroshilov nodded, he understood what Stalin was thinking. "I will definitely urge Pavlov to conquer Warsaw no matter what."

Stalin smoked his pipe and asked: "Whatever? Hitler and Hessmann will probably order Guderian to hold Warsaw no matter what. So which one is achievable anyway?"

"Of course our 'no matter what' can be achieved." Voroshilov said with a smile, "Although the 4th Army was defeated in the battle of Legionovo-Wovomin, this defeat will not change the Soviet Union's Comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of Germany and Germany.

In fact, our defeat was caused by some small problems that could be improved, such as the lack of artillery that can penetrate the frontal armor of German tanks at long range... We actually have such artillery, an 85mm anti-aircraft gun and another 57mm anti-aircraft gun Tank guns have strong anti-tank capabilities, but these two types of artillery have not yet been installed on tanks and armored vehicles. However, we can think of some remedies and let tanks and armored vehicles drag 57mm anti-tank guns and 85mm anti-aircraft guns onto the battlefield. Moreover, we can also improve the anti-tank capabilities of existing artillery by introducing British and American high-speed armor-piercing projectile technology.

In addition, we also have a lot of room for improvement in the air force. For example, the P51 fighter jet, the most advanced fighter jet in the United States, can be introduced. The performance of this aircraft has been tested on the battlefields of Western Europe and is enough to fight against all advanced German fighter jets. There are now some squadrons equipped with P51 fighters on the soil of the Soviet Union. They were originally used to cover B-17 bombers. We can now ask the United States to agree to transfer them to the Battle of Warsaw. "