Upon hearing what Vatutin said, Malashenko, who had been mentally prepared for his butterfly effect, was shocked on the spot.
"Damn, did Brother Nan and Leopard come in advance?"
Vatutin's next move quickly confirmed Malashenko's terrible suspicion. A stack of photos taken at the battlefield that had been developed not long ago were thrown on the table in front of Malashenko.
"Take a look. Look at these photos with your own eyes. You are the expert in this regard. These are precious photos taken by our soldiers who risked their lives."
After taking a look at Vatutin's expression and realizing that he was not joking, Malashenko looked a little solemn, then reached out and picked up the pile of black and white photos on the table and looked at them carefully.
The first photo looks like it was taken in a trench, and half of the photo is meaningless trench soil.
But in the upper part of the photo, Malashenko could see the vague steel outline of a car about 300 meters away.
The pixel quality of this era was very poor, plus it was still a black and white photo with only two colors visible.
Malashenko's glasses widened and he looked carefully at the distant black outline in the photo. He could probably tell that it was a German tank with a central turret and a very tall body, larger than his own T34.
Moreover, judging from the details of the few pixels in the photo, Malashenko estimates that the gun barrel of this vehicle is not as long as a tiger. A tiger carrying a thick 88mm gun is not so slender.
Toothpick cannon.
What kind of car will it be?
Malashenko is still a little unsure, and he can't get a definite answer just based on such a blurry photo.
In the second photo that follows, what is shown is a... well, it is more like a coffin than a tank. The huge body is separated from the integrated fighting room.
The person who took the photo was less than a hundred meters away at most, and Malashenko wanted to know if the soldier who risked his life to take this photo is still alive.
"Gan! It's Scrap Iron Man, the German guy's brother Nan! This thing actually came in handy in Kharkov!"
Because the photo was taken at a very close distance, the content presented in the picture is relatively clear.
The combination of the iconic car body and the fighting room into one body is very distinctive. The whole big rear head looks like a small coffin stacked on top of a large coffin. The coffin and the coffin are all square.
A terrifyingly long barrel with a high diameter ratio is carried on the fighting room. From the perspective shown in the photo, it even extends out of the front of the car body. This terrifying steel behemoth is the Anti-Deqi Man.
Dr. Porsche's scrapped and reused tank: the "Ferdinand" heavy tank destroyer.
Malashenko, who couldn't help but complain strongly in his heart, shook his head and forced himself to accept all this. It was only a matter of time before the Scrap Iron Man came. Since he wanted to enjoy the benefits of the butterfly effect, he had to pay the corresponding price.
Facing the increasingly powerful armored force of the Soviet army, the Germans, who are not thinking about shit, will definitely make certain corresponding changes. These changes are caused by their own butterfly effect, and it is impossible to predict in advance based on the existing historical trend.
, the current scrap metal man's early appearance is the best way to correct his name.
"Okay, the scrap metal men are out, there's nothing worse than this, let's see what's next."
Once again, Malashenko's fingers slid gently to receive the next photo, and the content shown on it was completely different from the scene just now.
"I... I'm holding you in my mouth, so why should I let the leopard go in advance!?"
If the battle shown in the first two photos is not so fierce, the scene shown in the third photo can be described as eye-catching.
The person who took the photo was probably leaning on the back of a T34 medium tank. Malashenko recognized this as his own T34 from the iconic sloping butt armor and engine exhaust pipe that exposed a corner.
In the rest of the photo, a total of seven or eight tanks are fighting desperately at different positions and distances in the long shot and close shot.
The tanks include both Soviet and German tanks, and the models are equally complex.
Malashenko not only saw the T34 and KV1, but also the Germans' No. 3, No. 4, and No. 3 assault guns. But the most eye-catching one was of course the one entrenched on the top of the slope, with its gun barrel
It happened to be a tall German tank that sprayed out a ball of blazing flames.
The sloping armor on the front of the car body, the iconic German road wheels that are intertwined, the three-sided tilted turret that looks a bit "small-headed" compared to the huge car body, and the gun diameter ratio is a bit too long.
The ultra-long 70 times caliber 75mm main gun barrel.
The Panther, known as one of the most powerful and outstanding medium tanks in the entire World War II, is clearly displayed in the photo in front of you.
Although Malashenko was a little annoyed, even a little complaining and puzzled, the facts that are obvious to him are always independent of human will.
No matter how much Malashenko doesn't want to face it, the ferocious black panther of the Germans has already emerged from the cage in advance. This is the irrefutable truth in front of him.
And judging from the time when the Panther appeared in Kharkov in the photo, the Panther medium tank that had already joined Manstein's Army Group South in March 1943 was older than the tank in early July in the existing history.
The battle of Isk made its debut, a full four months in advance.
Considering that they are confident of putting them into battle, the Germans must have accumulated the number of Black Panthers to a certain extent.
Based on this, Malashenko estimated that the acceleration of the entire Panther tank project due to his butterfly effect would be at least no later than half a year, that is, six months!
The Germans had gathered enough Panthers to fight during the Third Battle of Kharkov. In the first round of actual combat, they gave Vatutin, who only had KV and T34, as well as a bunch of small and light tanks available.
With heavy casualties.
In addition, the air force strength of Army Group South was also absolutely strong, enough to overwhelm the Soviet fighter aviation units that provided support to Vatutin, ensuring absolute air supremacy at the most critical point of the battle.
Malashenko slowly shook his head and felt that Vatutin was really not unfair in Kharkov. Damn it, you use T3476 and KV1 frontal anal Black Panther and Scrap Iron Man to beat you in this battle.
This is no longer a massacre of babies, this is a direct curettage! The only thing left to do is collect the damn heads. The German tanks will probably be parked there without even moving, and they can go on a killing spree.
Not to mention that Vatutin lost his troops and was beaten badly by Manstein in Kharkov. He lost miserably.
This kind of battle in which air and ground technology and equipment have no advantages and has fallen into the enemy's strategic trap. Even if Comrade Lao Zhu, the God of War of the Red Army, is commanded to fight, it will only be another disastrous defeat after Operation Mars. It is not at all