The 4th Tank Brigade really needed to hurry, as they only had six days left to discuss the plan.
And for these six days... they still have to wait for the Germans to be fooled, and after the Germans are fooled, at least give them some time to go deep into the minefield.
So Major Zahakavich did not dare to neglect, immediately reported to Zhukov and submitted an application.
Zhukov did not hesitate and immediately agreed to the plan.
After all, as Shulka said, if the Fourth Tank Brigade must attack Tula, it will be a matter of time before its strength is exposed to the Germans.
The plan to use Shulka to "show the enemy weakness" only exposes its strength a few days earlier. This may increase the pressure on the defense line for a few days, but the advantage is that it may deceive the enemy and risk letting the 3rd Armored Division enter the mine.
The district stormed Moscow.
Comparing the two, of course the latter is more beneficial to the Soviet army.
So Zhukov did not hesitate and immediately approved Major Zahakawicz's request and gave instructions: "Get ready for transfer immediately and take action tonight!"
"Tonight?" Major Zahakawicz couldn't help but wonder.
In his opinion, if he wanted to "show weakness to the enemy", he should act during the day, so that it would be more likely for German spies to discover and report...
But Zhukov did not hesitate. He firmly ordered: "Yes, tonight!"
After hearing the order, Shulka secretly praised Zhukov in his heart. Zhukov was worthy of being Zhukov. He also knew the Chinese art of war's principle of "what is real is to be imaginary, and what is imaginary is to be real".
Germans are not stupid, if you want them to be fooled you better have a good reason and try to be subtle.
If the training was carried out during the day as Major Zahakawicz thought, the German army would soon discover the doubts:
The Russian army clearly knew that there were many spies in Moscow, so why did they still train during the day to expose the shortcomings of their own tanks?
The Fourth Tank Brigade mostly fights night battles with German armored forces. Why does it train during the day?
The Fourth Tank Brigade had been keeping its whereabouts secret before. Why did it suddenly expose itself now?
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Combining all the doubts, they can easily get the answer: this is a scam carefully set by the Russians.
On the contrary, if the Soviet army worked hard to prevent spies from discovering it, it can even be said that the more secretive it was, the more the Germans would believe it.
Of course, it cannot be so secretive that German spies cannot obtain the intelligence.
Zhukov did this very well.
He used the Workers' Independent Battalion to guard the Fourth Tank Brigade.
The use of workers' independent battalions does not mean that their military qualities are good, but that their composition is particularly simple compared to civil defense divisions and even the army.
The Civil Defense Division was organized from ordinary people other than workers, and there were so many of them that German spies could easily get mixed up among them.
The army seems to be at ease, but because they were captured in battle and instigated rebellion, there are actually many spies mixed in the army, and it is difficult to distinguish these spies. What is even more embarrassing is that they do not even dare to distinguish...
The reason why I dare not tell the difference may be that on the one hand, these spies themselves are officers who have power. On the other hand, it is the sequelae of excessive scrutiny of the troops by political workers... Internal scrutiny during wartime will affect morale and even lead to mutiny.
On the contrary, it is the workers. These proletarians are registered one by one. Everyone records their origin, work experience and performance in detail. It is much more difficult for German spies to blend in than other troops.
Of course, this would also attract the attention of German spies: what kind of operation actually requires the Workers' Independent Battalion to be responsible for vigilance.
You must know that this was a time when supplies were in short supply in Moscow. The Workers' Independent Battalion was said to be an independent battalion but was actually producing weapons and ammunition for the Soviet army day and night. It only took time to train during breaks.
But now, they actually put down their work to serve as security guards for a military camp.
As a result, it immediately attracted the attention of spies.
The 4th Tank Brigade was transferred after martial law was implemented as the sky darkened.
Of course, not all tanks were transferred...
Only 17 T34 vehicles were transferred.
This was the result of discussions between Major Zahakavich and Shulka and other officers.
Too few tanks will arouse the enemy's suspicion. If there are too many tanks, for example, more than 20, they will not be much different from the 31 tanks owned by the 4th Tank Brigade, and there will be little point in concealing them.
So we finally decided on 17 vehicles, not too many and not too few. After a few battles, this number was almost the same based on the consumption ratio.
Then, the minesweeper tanks were not moved.
This is the secret weapon of the 4th Tank Brigade. If it is moved to a new barracks, its true strength and possibly even more useful information will be leaked to the German army.
There is one more thing that Zhukov specifically requested.
"Comrade Shulka must be transferred!" Zhukov said: "With his presence, the spies will be convinced that it is the main force of the 4th Tank Brigade!"
This almost caused Shulka to spurt a mouthful of blood to the ceiling.
But this seems to make some sense... If the "Breakout Hero" is not there, does it mean that this is just part of the 4th Tank Brigade?
So, that night, Shulka took his men in a car and followed the tank to the new barracks.
This barracks is also near the train station, about 17 minutes away from the train station... This is the standard of the Fourth Tank Brigade. Only close to the train station can rapid maneuvers be possible.
Training begins immediately after arriving at the recruit camp.
The training is really good, but the situation is a bit strange. The first one is t26 instead of t34... Needless to say what this means, t26 actually does not represent t26, but a mine clearing tank.
As expected, the news quickly reached von Bock.
At this time, Bock was anxious about the predicament the German army was in.
Most of the soldiers did not have winter equipment. The German High Command had always believed that the battle could be ended before winter came. But it was winter now, and heavy snow continued to fall from the sky like goose feathers and accumulated on the ground, but the end of the war was still far away.
It was not until late autumn that Germany realized that the situation was not optimistic and hurriedly began to produce winter clothes.
However, Germany's production capacity is obviously unable to meet the huge demand on the front line in the short term.
So...the German army could only issue a call for donations of winter clothes to the whole country, and then load them all into trucks and send them to the front line regardless of style or material.
But because the transportation system has been severely damaged, transportation takes a long time.
So the soldiers on the front line could only use their own talents to welcome the Soviet winter.
For example, they stuffed newspapers into their clothes, took socks from ordinary people, and even women's thick skirts.
At this moment, the staff officer sent a telegram to Bock and said: "Marshal, I think you need to see this!"