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After the initial failure, the Soviet leadership began to adjust its deployment and prepare for the next new offensive.

General Semyon Timoshenko was appointed as the new Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union and commander of the Finnish theater. He had extensive experience as commander of the North Caucasus, Kiev and Kharkov military districts. Kirill Meretskov was demoted to commander of the 7th Army on the Western Karelia Isthmus, and the troops were reorganized into the 7th Army and the 13th Army.

Timoshenko assured Stalin that Finland's main line of defense, the Mannerheim Line, could be taken, but it would not be easy and many soldiers would be sacrificed. Stalin promised that he was not responsible for the casualty figures. He also promised to give Timoshenko a super invincible weapon to help him conquer the Mannerheim line of defense.

In this way, the Soviet army, which had rested for 10 days, launched another offensive.

"Boom, boom, boom."

With the huge roar, the entire ground shook.

"Oh God!! What is that?!" The Finnish soldiers on the Mannerheim Line looked dumbfounded at the "steel behemoth" slowly approaching from the opposite side. Many people thought they were dazzled and subconsciously rubbed their eyes.

But after rubbing his eyes, he discovered that it was not an illusion, it was really a real steel behemoth. Its appearance looks similar to a tank, with a body below and a turret above. What's different from ordinary tanks is that its volume is several times that of ordinary tanks!

The width of the entire tank seems to be four meters, and the height is almost four meters! The crawler belt at the bottom is also more than one meter wide! Although you can’t see the sides yet, it’s not hard to imagine that with this proportion, the length won’t be that much shorter!

How much does such a big guy weigh? It must be over a hundred tons!

There was also a burst of exclamations from the observation post of the Mannerheim Defense Line. A pale-faced Finnish officer asked with a trembling voice. "Lieutenant Colonel Hans, do you know what that is?" Because of the location of the observation post, they had seen that the tank was at least ten meters long! A person would probably be afraid of such a behemoth.

Hans also looked shocked and shook his head. "Unheard of, unseen. It's better to report it quickly!"

Everyone at the Finnish command headquarters was shocked when they received the report. The Soviets dispatched what looked like two hundred tons of tanks?

Model did not dare to delay and hurriedly sent a telegram to the German high command explaining the situation, and Rundstedt immediately came to Yannick. "Your Highness, the Soviets sent a super tank to attack the Mannerheim line of defense. According to reports from frontline soldiers, the width and height of the tank are at least four meters, and the length is at least ten meters. The entire vehicle looks to be two hundred tons." After the report, he muttered in disbelief. "This is too exaggerated. Did they get it wrong?!"

Yannick raised his eyebrows slightly. "Oh, they really made it?"

Seeing Yannick's reaction, Rundstedt was immediately relieved. "It seems that Your Highness already knows? Did the Soviets really build a two-hundred-ton tank?"

Yannick laughed. "More than that, I asked Dr. Porsche to design it, and I gave it to the Soviet agents. It seems that Stalin liked it quite a lot."

Rundstedt opened his mouth in surprise. "ah?"

"It's really hard for them. How did they transport that thing to the war zone?" After sighing, Yannick saw that Marshal Rundstedt had a strange expression and comforted him casually. "Don't worry, Your Majesty Marshal. If it was so easy to use, I would still give it to them? It's not even sure whether that thing can get close to the Finnish defense line."

The development of the original Maus tank originated from a message from the German intelligence agency.

In 1940, according to information from the German intelligence agency in the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union was secretly developing a super-heavy tank weighing 100 tons. The armor of this tank is very thick and strong, and any anti-tank weapons have no effect on it. The gun caliber has also reached an astonishing 150mm. The Soviet army will deploy these behemoths to some key important areas in the future.

This tank is the Soviet T-39 tank.

According to the plan, the T-39 has a total weight of 90 tons. Two secondary turrets (tentatively called No. 3 and No. 4 turrets) are placed side by side in the front of the car body, and two main turrets (tentatively called No. 1 and No. 4 turrets) are placed in the rear of the car body. number 2).

The T-39 has three design options. One is to configure a 152 mm gun in the No. 1 turret, and the remaining three turrets are each equipped with a 45 mm gun, and each turret is equipped with a machine gun; the second is to install a 152 mm gun in the No. 1 turret. Turrets No. 1 and 2 are each equipped with two parallel 107 mm guns. Turrets No. 3 and 4 are equipped with a 45 mm gun and a machine gun. Third, a 152 mm gun is installed in turret No. 1, and turret No. 2 is equipped with a 152 mm gun. Twin 107mm guns are installed in the turret, and 45mm guns and machine guns are installed in the No. 3 and 4 turrets. The most interesting thing is that in order to facilitate off-road climbing and overcoming obstacles, the T-39 is also equipped with a set of small auxiliary track structures on the front of the car body.

The design of the T-39 is too unrealistic. Even in modern times, it is difficult to control the body with so many weapons and 75 mm armor within 100 tons. Until the end of World War II, the T-39 tank was not actually manufactured.

After learning this information, Mustache immediately asked the famous weapons designer Ferdinand Porsche to design a super tank.

In May 1942, Dr. Porsche collaborated with Krupp's chief designer Muller to develop this "super tank." In March 1943, the super tank prototype that met the requirements of the German military's top brass was officially rolled off the production line. For convenience, two units of this prototype were produced for comparison. But this also became the final mass production quantity of this heavy tank.

Regarding the tank naming issue, the original name was "Mammoth" and later changed to "Little Mouse". It was not until February 1943 that the final official name "Maus" was officially determined. The reason why it was named "Maus" was to confuse the Soviet intelligence department and make them mistakenly think that this was a light tank with no threat. .

At first, neither prototype vehicle was equipped with a formal turret, but a fake turret was used for simulation experiments. It was not until June 1944 that the real turret was installed on the tank body. The tank is operated by 6 crew members, has a total weight of an astonishing 188 tons, and a body length of 09 meters. With a width of 67 meters and a height of 7 meters, the entire vehicle looks like a solid mobile fortification.

In October 1944, the two prototype cars came to the Porsche Proving Ground in Böblingen, a suburb of Berlin, for testing. Car No. 1 basically had no problems, but Car No. 2 had an accident in which the diesel engine crankshaft broke. Therefore, the car was temporarily sealed at the proving ground for repairs. On December 23, the No. 1 prototype of the Maus tank successfully completed the operational test and was ready to be put into actual combat.

The German army put the Maus tank into the battlefield at this time. The purpose was to let this behemoth show off its skills on the battlefield and try to restore the war situation in Germany. However, such naive ideas only resulted in a merciless "slap in the face". In early 1945, the Soviet Red Army invaded Germany with a devastating force. At this time, the German army was unable to pay attention to the future outcome of these two behemoths. In March, the newly replaced engine was officially installed in the No. 2 prototype, but this did not help.

During the final defense of Berlin, the Maus tank that was preparing to go to the battlefield broke down due to a malfunction and had to be blown up. However, it was not completely blown up because its skin was too thick. The wreckage was taken back by the Soviets for study and was exhibited in the Soviet Union. Inside the human museum.