There was no applause, no cheers, the huge Red Square was silent, and the white snowflakes fell in time, dancing in the air with the wind.
On Red Square, groups of Soviet soldiers lined up in square formations waiting for review. Tanks, artillery and cars were all covered with snow, including the soldiers standing on the square. Their heads, shoulders and backs were covered with snowflakes.
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Shulka's 4th Tank Brigade was one of them. They had just withdrawn from the battlefield, and they didn't even have time to change their military uniforms into new ones. The soldiers' faces were still covered in black smoke, and there was one on the tank.
The scratches of bullets and shells are clearly visible.
But at this time, they no longer care about so much, and this can be regarded as the only remaining equipment that the Soviet army can put on the table.
National Defense Committee and government officials visited Lenin's Mausoleum one after another.
Stalin slowly walked to the microphone and said: "All Soviet soldiers, commanders and political staff, workers, intellectual workers, and guerrilla comrades! The whole world is watching you and sees you as someone who can be eliminated.
The power of the bandit army of the German invaders. The enslaved peoples of various countries in Europe who are under the oppression of the German invaders are looking at you and regard you as their liberators.
The great mission of liberation has fallen on your shoulders. You will live up to this mission! The war you are waging is a war of liberation, a just war..."
The military parade was actually held two hours earlier, which caught the German army off guard.
It was only when Stalin spoke and the speech was broadcast to the whole world that Hitler reacted.
He immediately made a phone call to the headquarters of Army Group Center.
“It’s unbelievable that the enemy declared their victory to the whole world under the wings of the Reich Air Force, and we knew nothing about it!” Hitler was furious at von Bock: “What’s even more ironic is that I heard from the radio
I heard this news instead of reporting it to me from the marshal on the front line! This is simply a blatant contempt for the empire, contempt!"
"Sorry, dear Führer!" Von Bock replied: "They must have moved the military parade forward!"
In fact, von Bock knew nothing about this. The information he received was that the Russians were not planning to hold a military parade... This was of course false news deliberately released by the Soviet army, and this false news was also reasonable.
"Give you one hour of atonement!" Hitler roared: "Blow up their parade ground to pieces. I will let the whole world hear the sound of our bombs exploding at the parade site! Let them know that to Germany
The result of the army’s challenge! Immediately! Immediately!”
"Yes, Your Excellency the Führer!" Von Bock responded, and then immediately ordered the air force to take off to carry out the order.
In fact, von Bock knew very well that this bombing was of little significance to the German army. The sky over Moscow was full of anti-aircraft balloons, which made the German bombing inaccurate and very dangerous. Especially at this time, the Russian army must have made many preparations.
However, in order to deal with the Führer, von Bock still forcibly ordered the 12th Bomb Wing to take off.
As expected, the German bomber formation was immediately fired upon by Soviet anti-aircraft artillery units as it approached Moscow. Then Soviet fighter jets also joined the battle, and many even chose to ram directly into the German fighter jets... This was a kind of helplessness.
The selection, training and air combat skills of the enemy are not as good as those of the enemy. They are more likely to be shot down by the enemy in a dogfight, and crashing into the enemy can also cause casualties to the enemy.
In the end, 25 German fighter planes were shot down by the Soviet army and had to retreat to their original positions.
On Red Square, this was called the most "unsightly" military parade in the history of the Soviet Union.
Because the soldiers were disheveled, their faces were covered with dust, and many soldiers even didn't know where they were going... There were many militia units in the reviewing troops.
The first to pass Lenin's Mausoleum was a formation of military academy cadets wearing woolen coats and leather military caps, followed by a formation of motorized infantry.
The tank formation then drove into the Red Square, its motors roaring as it passed through the Red Square, followed by a car carrying a majestic soldier.
However, the tanks withdrew from the review team just after passing Lenin's Mausoleum, and then the 333rd Infantry Regiment also withdrew under the command.
"Gather!" Zahakawicz ordered: "Target, the train station!"
So the military parade ended in a hurry.
Shulka immediately realized that this battle was not easy.
It was obvious that the 4th Tank Brigade usually did not move out during the day, but it was early in the morning.
Needless to say, there are dangers involved in rushing to the train station during the day to take a train to the front line.
This means that the front line is likely to be extremely urgent, and the superiors no longer care about the safety of the Fourth Tank Brigade.
Sure enough, after boarding the train, Major Gavrilov found Shulka.
"The enemy concentrated a large number of troops to attack Volokolamsk fiercely!" Major Gavrilov said: "The superiors sent us to reinforce them!"
"But it's daytime now!" the instructor said worriedly, "Can't we wait until dark?"
"They may not last until dark!" Major Gavrilov replied.
"Then, why don't we do what we did before!" the instructor said, "wait until dark and then fight back?"
"We can't fight back!" Shulka said: "We only have about thirty tanks, and we don't have enough reserve troops!"
"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded helplessly: "What's more important is... the situation now is different from before. The muddy ground has been frozen, and there are open fields suitable for enemy armored forces to advance everywhere.
, once Volokolamsk is broken through by the enemy... it will be difficult for us to stop them from advancing towards Moscow!"
The instructor could only nod silently after hearing this, which meant that they had no choice but to push up.
The train stopped when it reached Istria, and the 4th Tank Brigade switched to marching on foot, because it was too dangerous to go to Volokolamsk from here by train or car.
The troops were advancing along a snowy road.
The so-called snow road is when Soviet people piled snow on both sides of the road to form a snow wall more than two meters high.
When tanks and cars painted white advance along the snowy road, it is difficult for enemy reconnaissance aircraft to detect them.
It is said that this method was discovered by a pilot flying a reconnaissance plane. He accidentally discovered a car driving in a deep ditch in the air that was almost impossible to detect, so he reported it to his superiors and then promoted it throughout the army.
Of course, the Soviet army was very willing to use this method because they never lacked manpower.
From this, Shulka had to marvel at people's wisdom.
Somewhat ironically, this wisdom was inspired by the very war they hated.