Chapter 435 Contact

In any case, the wreckage of the "Tiger" was smoothly transported into a relatively safe underground warehouse.

Only then did Shulka contact the Front Army Command.

The way of contacting went through a turning point... First contacted Katukov, and then reported to the Front Army Command in the name of the Command of the 1st Guards Tank Brigade, which attracted attention.

But in fact, it didn't attract much attention, because as Shulka guessed, Mechlis didn't know what it meant, so he nodded to indicate that he had received the telegram and threw it aside.

After the phone line was connected, Shulka called Mehlis.

Originally, this call would not be able to reach the headquarters of the front army at all. To be precise, it would be intercepted and eliminated by the staff officer, but Shurka showed his identity and the staff knew that Shurka was interested in Mehlis. Say something.

After many twists and turns, Shulka finally heard Mehlis's voice.

At this time, Shulka couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. This almost took more time than driving directly to the headquarters.

"Shulka? Are you in Feodosia?" Mechlis asked in surprise, "I always thought you were still fighting in Zhankoy. Once again, you won a brilliant victory. Our plan succeeded. There is almost nowhere to escape..."

"Yes, Comrade Mechlis!" said Shulka, "I know that, but I think you should come to the railway station!"

"Train station? Why?"

"I'll explain it to you then!"

Mechlis hesitated for a moment, then replied, "Perhaps, I can let Alexei go for me!"

Mehlis does not leave his fortress easily, especially during the day.

Even now the Luftwaffe is bombing Chankoy with all its might and putting Feodosia aside.

Shulka didn't expect this, he just hoped that Mechlis could see the "Tiger" with his own eyes and realize the importance of the problem.

But now it's all in vain.

But this doesn't seem to be important. The important thing is that Shulka can persuade Mehlis to let the Navy transport the wreckage of the "Tiger" away as soon as possible while ensuring safety instead of staying here.

Thinking of this, Shulka replied: "No,

Comrade Mechelis, let me go to the headquarters! "

Later, when Mechlis realized how much credit the wreckage of the "Tiger" was, he didn't need Shulka to say anything, and ran to the warehouse in a hurry.

He even reported to Stalin while touching the "Tiger": "Yes, I am sure, Comrade Stalin, because it is right in front of my eyes!"

Of course, this is all for later.

It was more than half an hour before Shulka reappeared at Mechelis' headquarters.

As before, Mechlis was happily asking for credit from Moscow... This is one of the reasons why the front army command could not receive the news. Most of the radio stations here are used to contact Moscow instead of commanding troops to fight.

Coming up was Alexei.

"Welcome, Comrade Shulka!" Alexey said, "I didn't think we'd meet again!"

"Shuerka!" Mechlis yelled exaggeratedly when he saw Shurka, and then gave Shurka a hug: "Our hero, welcome back from the front line!"

"Comrade Mehlis!" Shulka said, "I'm here to report to you that we encountered a new type of enemy tank on the battlefield!"

"Oh, is this new tank very powerful?" Mechlis asked while pouring Shulka a drink: "Is it more powerful than our T34?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "We can only pose a threat to it within a range of two hundred meters, but it may destroy our T34 at a distance of one kilometer!"

Mechlis couldn't help being taken aback for a moment, and then laughed with the staff officers.

"That's the funniest joke I've ever heard!" Mehlis said.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Shulka, but he doesn't believe that such tanks exist.

Shulka didn't smile, he just replied coldly: "We seized one, it's at the train station only ten kilometers away from here, and we've already reported it to the headquarters!"

The smiles on everyone's faces froze quickly.

Even Mehlis, knowing that the enemy has such a tank, understands that this is a big deal.

After thinking for a while, Mechlis jumped up from his chair: "Have you seized one?"

"Yes!" Shulka replied: "A wreck of a tank, to be exact, we destroyed it and brought it back!"

"Very well, Shulka!" Mechelis said, "Very well!"

After walking a few steps, just when others thought he was going to issue an order, he heard him ask Alexei: "What should we do?"

"Transport it to a safe place immediately!" Alexey turned to Shulka: "Do you think so, Captain?"

"Yes!" Shulka said: "I suggest that we should send it to the Caucasus, and at the same time transfer several tank experts or scientists. It has great research value!"

"Just do it!" Mechlis said. "But before that, I'm going to see this tank!"

There was only one thing that allowed Mehlis to risk his life out of the fort, and that was merit.

When the canvas was lifted off and the huge body of the "Tiger" was displayed in front of Mechlis, he couldn't help being stunned. Although he didn't know what its artillery and armor meant, after all, it was a A tank that has never been seen on the battlefield.

Mehlis described it to Stalin in the telegram: "It is simply a moving fortress, with a thick barrel and heavy armor. I seem to see it advancing on the battlefield while firing at our tanks. But our soldiers were not afraid, they bravely defeated it, this monster, and successfully captured it and brought it to me..."

"Transport it to the rear immediately!" Stalin gave the order.

"Yes, we're about to do that!"

Therefore, everyone's eyes are actually not in the direction of Khoi, and even the air force is used to protect the wreckage of the "Tiger" to evacuate to the Caucasus.

There is nothing wrong with this approach, because the enemy's new tank is too important. It can not only enable the Soviet army to comprehensively understand the data and performance of the enemy's tanks, such as artillery attack distance, T34 penetration distance, etc., but also learn from it. "Tiger" some technology.

The problem is that Katukov did not expect Manstein to play a trick on the Perekop Isthmus and lose the opportunity to wipe out the elite of the German 11th Army.

But Shulka hadn't thought of that either.

That is to say, even if Shulka's attention was in the direction of Koi instead of "Tiger", Manstein could also get away calmly.