"Rubbish! You shit! "Hitler, accustomed to hearing good news, was furious when he received the news of the defeat of the offensive. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The so-called "the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment", he once threatened to destroy the Soviet Union within three months, in the face of the setbacks suffered by the German army on the front battlefield, the mood at this time can no longer be described as "disappointed", but angry and desperate.

Although the Germans successfully captured the cities of Timișoara, Ladia, Arad, and Satumare in northwestern Transylvania, they were met with stubborn resistance from the Soviets and Romanians after entering the areas of Alba, Cluj, and Hunedoara counties.

Before the German army attacked Romania, the Soviet army and the Romanian army had already begun to build fortifications in the mountainous area, and at the same time set up base areas in some hidden areas that could be used by the guerrillas, and selected elites from the mountain troops to conduct guerrilla warfare training, and were responsible for striking at the logistics of the German army after they entered the mountains.

Other units also built fortifications on important roads and inside and outside towns, and erected machine guns, mortars, anti-tank guns, and other equipment to meet the enemy's attack.

As a result, when the German army entered the mountainous areas around Alba, Cluj, and Hunedoara counties, it began to be frequently harassed by Romanian guerrillas, losing a lot of supplies, slowing down the German offensive, and the Romanian army and the Soviet Red Army were given more time to deploy to the enemy.

In addition to slowing down the march and seizing the enemy's supplies, the guerrillas also had a more important role -- that is, to provide intelligence to their own troops, so that their troops could understand the movements of the enemy troops, and make relevant arrangements in response to these movements.

As a result, the Germans managed to cross the mountains and reach a decent town, and when they engaged the regular army, they would find that the other side was well prepared, not only with decent fortifications, but also with a sufficient number of troops to meet the German attack.

The situation of each battle was largely the same, and the Germans were often repulsed by the combined forces of the Soviets and Romanians, or had to pay a great deal to take a city.

In addition, the German logistics were attacked and harassed by the partisans, making it difficult for their siege troops to obtain sufficient quantities of military supplies. There was even a division of the Germans who stopped the offensive due to lack of ammunition, and the defenders took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and as a result, the division was surrounded, and finally the division surrendered with a lack of ammunition and food.

The dignified Wehrmacht paid so many casualties and invested so many troops that it couldn't take this mountainous area! As the head of the German Führer, Hitler, the supreme commander of the German army, was certainly not satisfied.

So what to do? For a better weapon? Of course not, Army Group South at this time was already equipped with the best weapons and equipment. Surge? This will not work, if there are more troops, the strength of Army Group Center and Army Group North will not be enough, and what will happen when the Soviets launch a counteroffensive there? At that time, there may be another risk of a complete collapse.

It doesn't work to increase troops, and it doesn't work to change equipment, so what should I do? The only way to do it now is to change players.

At present, the general commanding the Romanian offensive is none other than the commander of Army Group South, Rundstedt. He was one of the most experienced generals in the German army, and his ability and mind were among the best among German generals.

However, when he was in Western Ukraine, the 1st Tank Group under him was attacked by the Soviet Southwestern Front, and the strength of 2 armored armies was encircled and annihilated, and the strength of Army Group South was greatly reduced, and it lost the ability to attack Ukraine. This defeat also left a not very good impression on Hitler.

Despite this, Hitler saw his experience and the fact that he was inferior in both men and equipment in the Battle of Brody, and that the defeat was excusable, so he still retained the position of commander of Army Group South and put him in charge of the counterattack on Romania.

In order to ensure the success of the counter-attack on Romania, Hitler specially allocated 60 divisions (25 of which were the armies of other Axis powers such as Italy, Bulgaria, Spain) to Rundstedt, and also sent an entire air force group to provide air support for the troops attacking Romania.

But even so, Rundstedt's troops paid a great price, but they did not achieve much success. The Germans were still at a standout with the Soviet-Romanian forces in the mountains of Transylvania.

The Bulgarians, as well as the Germans transferred from other parts of the Balkans, failed to break through the Soviet and Romanian defenses set up in southern Romania.

In addition, the Soviet Red Army reinforced Romania with 30 divisions, so that the Soviet-Russian coalition army had the advantage of troops in the Romanian region, and one after another planes were transported from the rear, so that the Soviet Air Force also had the advantage in the number of aircraft in the skies over Romania, and the air supremacy was still in the hands of the Soviet Air Force.

The Soviet-Russian forces were too many, and their air supremacy, as well as their more advanced and more numerous tanks, prevented the Germans from performing as well as their blitzkrieg tactics.

When the German tank group rushed up, it was shot down by Soviet D-5T (85mm caliber, T-34/85 main gun) tank guns and D-10T tank guns (100mm caliber, KV-100 and IS-100 main guns), and a large number of tanks were destroyed.

When the Germans sent out dive bomber groups to try to bomb enemy positions, they were attacked by Soviet fighter groups and 85mm anti-aircraft guns on land, and the weak Stuka dive bombers were often easily shot down.

The escort fighters were usually overwhelmed by the superior Soviet Air Force in the air due to insufficient numbers, and it was rare for an air attack group to return to the airfield safely without loss.

Hitler took the phone and said to Field Marshal Rundstedt on the other end: "From now on, you are no longer the commander of Army Group South!"

You, like Kleist, Guderian and Manstein, are all rubbish! The scum of the German military! It's a disgrace to the Third Reich!

You are now ready to return to Germany, where Field Marshal Wilhelm von Reeb will take over as the new commander of Army Group South. ”

"Yes! My Führer. "Rundstedt also knows that his recent performances have not been very good, in Western Ukraine and here in Romania as well. As the commander of Army Group South, he was obliged to bear some responsibility for the defeat of Army Group South, and he had no choice but to accept the Führer's decision to make Field Marshal Wilhelm von Reeb the commander of Army Group South.