Chapter 057: Strategic Armageddon (5)
Ji Feng found that it seemed that the troops' attack was a little too smooth, at least they didn't encounter much resistance. A large part of the Soviets did not even put their guns in the position.
However, Leningrad was indeed brought down without danger. Maybe it was because Ji Feng's fire support was so powerful that it had broken all the confidence of these defenders. In the original history, the German army was covered by fire in Normandy, and the continuous bombardment led to no supplies, which is why it suffered such a great defeat.
Never before had the Germans carried out such large-scale artillery bombardment before the offensive, for the first time. But the German commanders were surprised by the results they achieved. But in fact, the more things that just appeared, the more frightening they became, and even if the Soviets were invulnerable fighters, these people would collapse due to the over-density artillery cover.
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After Ji Feng defeated Leningrad, he adjusted the focus of the offensive to Moscow, and did not pay any attention to how many people were captured.
Moscow was the center of power in the Soviet Union and, now, a transportation hub. When Leningrad was still owned by the Soviets, it was the only transport hub connecting Leningrad, Stalingrad and the Far East.
Moscow has not only regular defense forces, but also people's internal affairs troops and a general reserve of base camps. The base camp general reserve has three brigades of super-heavy artillery alone, and these people are the elite of the elite, and they are not at all comparable to ordinary Soviet troops.
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"What I need is not a hard report! What I need is if you can defend Moscow?! Stalin roared on the phone at the then Marshal Zhukov of Moscow.
"My commander, the morale of our troops is very low now, and the artillery shells are only enough for three combat bases (that is, the average number of shells fired in a day, and the general artillery supply is replenished in the base number), and the ammunition of small arms is not even enough for two combat bases, and we can't defend! We can't even retreat, the enemy has already managed to encircle Moscow. Now our connection to the rear is only a gap of 1.5 kilometers wide. Not only do we have no shells now, we don't even have tank gasoline, how do you let us defend ?! Zhukov was also very angry because Stalin had given an order that should not have been given at all - to hold Moscow. And still let him defend with a little pitiful ammunition. The gap was almost impossible to replenish, because the German air force had gained air supremacy, and now any truck that was moving would be shelled, let alone a truck full of supplies.
"Zhukov, I order you must hold Moscow for at least two weeks, this is the order!" Stalin simply ordered Zhukov to hold Moscow in the form of an order.
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Ji Feng gave the order to attack, so Guderian, who had been waiting for a long time, led his armored army to attack. The hungry and thirsty German armored soldiers, who had been waiting for this day, did everything they could, and they were stunned to give full play to the original combat effectiveness of the tanks by 120%.
Amid the roar of shells, the Battle of Moscow finally began.
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By a day, Moscow had lost most of its defensive positions on the perimeter, and Zhukov had now retreated to the outer structure of the city, where a composite defensive system had been built. But now the ammunition of the Soviet army is almost seventy-seven, eighty-eight, and most of the defensive positions have less than half a base of ammunition left. So now the Soviets began to snatch the ammunition of the German army, and it was the kind of robbery that did not kill them.
Zhukov knew that he was no longer able to return to heaven, so he called a herald: "Send a telegram to the Germans by radio, and we will negotiate." ”
The herald faithfully completed his task, and at the behest of Ji Feng, Guderian agreed to Zhukov's request.
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"Hello, Marshal Zhukov."
"Hello, First Admiral Guderian."
The two of them greeted each other like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time. In fact, they were indeed old friends who had not been seen for a long time, at least during the German-Soviet honeymoon period in 39, Guderian was sent to the Soviet Union for a series of activities, and later returned in 40 years to participate in the French campaign.
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The negotiations went very smoothly, because Zhukov knew that he really had no cards. His own troops were now very short of supplies and were completely surrounded by the enemy. Even if you want to come up with a good result, there is not so much price.
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After returning to his headquarters, Zhukov gave the order to surrender, after which he entered the office and locked the door. Moments later, a gunshot rang out from inside the office......
The Soviet troops in Moscow were quickly and completely captured, so Stalin lost an important defensive base and the loyalty of many generals, which directly led to the later collapse of the Soviet Union.
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When Stalin, who was far away in Vladivostok (Vladivostok), learned of Zhukov's death, Stalin did not have any emotional fluctuations. But Chuikov was a little sad, because he was sent by Stalin to guard Stalingrad.
After Chuikov knew about the fall of Moscow and Zhukov's suicide, he knew that the spearhead of the German army would definitely be himself next.
Stalin then made a similar phone call to Chuikov, who very harshly rejected Stalin's order and declared that he would have to surrender to the Germans if he did not receive sufficient ammunition supplies. And it means that it is irreversible.
So Chuikov hung up the phone and began to secretly carry out a surrender plan, of course, before that, he still needed to resist stubbornly, as if he had no way to surrender in the end.
The last stockpile of ammunition was sent to every Soviet soldier in Stalingrad, and the shells barely reached a base.
Chuikov practiced the tactics of elastic defense and retardation, and deployed his troops in very dispersed houses next to various communication arteries outside the city, as well as anti-tank artillery and mortars.
Manstein was in charge of the attacking forces of Stalingrad, which consisted mainly of infantry, which was also to cater to the fighting characteristics of the Stalingrad houses.
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Sergeant Albert was a very ordinary German submachine gunner, and his standard armament was an MP-40 submachine gun, a Luger P-08 standard, and a sapper shovel, in addition to a number of ancillary equipment. Albert was one of the tens of thousands of soldiers who attacked Stalingrad and an ordinary member of the entire Wehrmacht.
Albert received the order to go, so he went to the armoryman and took two M24 wooden-handled grenades and stuffed them in his boots, and then took a few more magazines and an M39 smoke grenade before joining the attack.
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Albert had been on the verge of fear since he entered Stalingrad, not knowing where a long line of bullets might appear or from which window a grenade could fly.
Albert aimed his submachine gun at every window he passed, firing a few shots at a suspicious target.
In the end, Albert and his combat group reached the center of the city of Stalingrad, where his platoon also managed to arrive. This is where General Chuikov's headquarters is located, and Albert and others hide in the shadows of the buildings to scout the terrain here.
The group quickly made a battle plan and immediately parted ways.
Albert led his battle group on a detour from the rear, a task that was very important. The frontal attack was only a feint, and the main force of the attack was the troops behind the detour.
"A DP machine gun...... Their firepower doesn't look very good...... "Albert returned to his combat position and came to the conclusion that the Soviets were very weak in their defenses in the rear, and even just deployed a cartridge light machine gun.
So Albert began to move slowly forward.
The Soviet soldiers spotted Albert and began to fire short bursts to suppress Albert with DP light machine guns.
Albert curled up behind the steps of a building with his steel helmet in his hand, counting the number of shots fired by the enemy.
Sure enough, after firing for a while, the Soviet machine guns stopped and were replaced by a frontal attack.
The Soviet soldiers were apparently struggling to see if they should go to the front to support, as it now seemed as if the German raiders had been annihilated.
As the Soviet soldiers struggled, a grenade flew in smoke, and Albert jumped out and fired a full magazine at the Soviet soldiers.
The Soviet soldiers, as expected, all fell.
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Soon, the news of Chuikov's death reached Ji Feng and Stalin, and both parties were very sad. Ji Feng was sad because he had lost a general he could recruit, at least if he attacked with his spirit, Cui Kefu might not be able to resist the past; Stalin was saddened by the loss of a strategic city, the loss of a general, and the loss of the loyalty of some troops.
At this point, the three major strategic cities - Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad have all been captured, and it can be said that most of the population and resources of the Soviet Union are in the hands of Ji Feng.
And now the Japanese have also begun to launch a general offensive against the Soviet Union, and their target is the Asian part of the Soviet Union, which will use the Ob River as the dividing line between the German and Japanese occupation zones.
The war situation looks very optimistic, at least from an outsider's point of view. Now that the Soviet Union had been dragged down, the Axis powers had gained enormous resources and population, and now Britain itself was also occupied by Germany, which now occupied Western Europe (except Switzerland), Northern Europe (except Finland) and Southern Europe (except Italy). But in fact, the danger is very great, because the ruthless little devil actually gave so many benefits.
Liu Fei didn't think that the little devil was kind, so his set was ready, as long as the little devil acted rashly, he would definitely be duangduang - 3,000 V2 and 1,000 large-yield Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Even the strategic bomber units were already on standby, and the B-1B "Lancer" units were on full standby. br