Chapter 056: Strategic Armageddon (4) [Asking for a Reward]
360 was taken to sanitize soft qualifications, and the international people are really hanging ~~~
"V-Word Vendetta", a good movie, worth watching, I recommend everyone to watch it.
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Rows of shells ploughed across the ground, and flaming whips brought up patches of blood mist. The entire battlefield became an epic, and in this epic battle, the "Stuka" troops played a huge role.
After the bullets from the standby gun were poured, the "Stuka" raised the nose of the plane, shook its wings and returned home. They were replaced by the 5th Brigade, which was also an experienced Stuka unit.
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John hadn't closed his eyes for a day and a night, and the paratroopers were very tired from the constant Allied attacks.
But the good news is that the anti-chemical warfare forces have already begun to depart, and it will take four hours to arrive, and if you include the loading time and the return time, it will not exceed 20 hours at most. But after the end, the paratroopers will receive a three-month vacation. A vacation comparable to maternity leave is enough to replenish these paratroopers, and besides, there are no more tasks for paratroopers to carry out at this stage, even if there are air cavalry to complete the mission.
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Large transport planes landed on the airfield, and the airfield, which had appeared to be relatively empty, was soon filled with large transport planes, and a large number of paratroopers like busy ants soon gathered on the airfield.
The paratroopers are in good spirits right now, because if they can get those important supplies quickly, they will be able to get out of this damn place.
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After several hours of handling, the paratroopers finally completed the task of carrying and began to retreat in an orderly manner. First they will abandon their positions, then set fire to the warehouses, and finally withdraw to the airfield position.
The scorched-earth policy was quickly accomplished, and this is what an army would do. It's excellent to leave the enemy with a scorched land before retreating. In this case, even if the enemy wants to use the land again, it will take a long time to recover.
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Lieutenant John led his soldiers through an orderly retreat, and the huge warehouse was now empty. The entire huge warehouse area is very desolate, and the occasional bullets flying by add a dangerous air to the area.
John found several CCK utility trucks from an unemptied warehouse, and these heavy-duty trucks made in the United States were fully adapted to the road conditions of the Soviet Union, so they were naturally introduced by the Soviet government.
The trucks were equipped with light machine guns, which were at least effective at high speeds.
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John and the others barely let go of the trigger along the way, because the road from their warehouse to the airport had been completely occupied by the anti-fascist Allied forces, and they were breaking through the enemy's lines. (The scene is like an escape from Call of Duty, please imagine it for yourself)
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Ji Feng knew that the Soviets' biological and chemical weapons could no longer pose a threat, so he ordered all the troops to go out together. The main directions of attack were Leningrad, Stalingrad and Moscow.
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Leningrad, also known as Petrograd and St. Petersburg, was an important traffic checkpoint in the Baltic, at least for the German supply transport. There is also the Soviet Union's Baltic Fleet, which can be said to be in a more important strategic position. It is also the birthplace of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union, and it can be said that it has a very high political significance, and the political significance of the occupation here can even be compared to the occupation of Moscow.
But the Soviet Red Army in Leningrad was numerous, numbering 300,000 people, and with the addition of the troops of the anti-fascist coalition, at least 500,000 people were stationed in the whole of Leningrad. The United States used the method of supply airdrops to supply besieged Leningrad, and due to the large transportation capacity, the civilians in Leningrad could also get good food.
The Germans deployed two armed Panzergrenadier Divisions of the Crotch Guards in this place - the 1st Crotch Guard "Adolf · The Panzergrenadier Division of the Hitler Guards Banner and the Panzergrenadier Division of the 3rd Skeleton of the Guards, as well as two infantry divisions of the Wehrmacht.
The Siege of Leningrad has been going on for almost a month, but both sides are still staring at each other.
The threat of chemical and biological weapons was removed, and Army Group North's aviation began to bombard Leningrad indiscriminately, with an average of at least 1,000 tons of aerial bombs falling on the city every day.
The commander-in-chief of Leningrad was a familiar man - the Soviet General Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov. Zhukov received a lot of honors during World War II, and Shidarin once commented: "If Comrade Zhukov were asked to wear all the medals, his medals would be worn on his stomach." "This is enough to prove that Zhukov has received a lot of honors. But it was this marshal (Zhukov eventually became a marshal of the Soviet Union) who was given a cold reception after the end of World War II, and was watched by the KGB until his death.
Zhukov was able to mobilize an army of 500,000 men, in addition to the Baltic Fleet's few heavy cruisers and armored cruisers, a total of 7 air forces, and the air force was pitiful: just 201 Il-16 fighters, 302 Il-2L ground attack aircraft (this thing is very solid, as you can see from "Il-2: 1946", and this thing can generally carry a lot of bombs), and 177 Jager-3 fighters.
His opponent is Ji Feng, the army that Ji Feng can mobilize is 50,000 people, the navy is the Baltic Fleet, and now the combat effectiveness is the aircraft carrier "Count Zeppelin", the aircraft carrier "Hermann Goering" and dozens of light cruisers, and the air force is the two air wings of the Northern Army and the navy's carrier-based aircraft, a total of 344 Bf-109 fighters, 97 Ju-87 dive bombers, and 32 He-111 tactical bombers. Of course, Ji Feng also has a paratrooper regiment and 33 Me-323 giant bird transport planes under his command.
Aside from the navy, Ji Feng is completely at a disadvantage, at least in the literal sense of the word.
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The vigorous strategic decisive battle of Leningrad began, and the defenders here were several of the most elite Soviet Guards divisions and some people's internal affairs troops, the main force of the 1st "Big Red 1" Infantry Division was also here, and even the "Hell on Wheels" armored division was also deployed in the territory of Leningrad. As long as this force can be eliminated, even if the Soviet Union has any magic tricks, it will be impossible to turn the tide of the war, and even if there are good generals, Chiang's defeat in the war can only be delayed.
Ji Feng's troops first used 150mm howitzers to bombard the city, and according to statistics, these guns fired more than 2,000 tons of shells during the entire battle.
The land inside the city was ploughed back and forth by 150 mm high-explosive shells, and was so soft that it could be used directly for crops. The "crop people" hid in the trenches and did not dare to probe, and the cat's ear hole became a very sought-after place, at least it would not be killed by shells.
With Ji Feng's order, all the troops began to carry out a multi-arm joint attack: the army on the ground was advancing into the city under alternate cover, and the naval aviation on the sea was carrying out torpedo and dive bomber attacks, that is, the legendary compound air raids, and the air force hovered over the city of Leningrad, sending some breath of death to the city from time to time. br