Chapter 515: The Lonely City of Moscow
Just when Rommel found out that the Soviet army wanted to run, it was impossible to send people to plug the gap at this time, first, Germany did not have so many troops, and second, the German army did not have the troop arrangement and deployment, even if Rommel wanted to block the Soviet army's escape route, he could not do it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Rommel kept pacing in the command room, and after a few turns, he looked at the map, took a ruler and measured it, and then muttered to himself:
"Hey...... It's too late, it can't block the way for these Soviet troops to escape. ”
The muttering Rommel put down his ruler and began to pace in the command room again, at this time the two brothers Manstein and Guderian were in their respective command posts, and Rommel could not summon them to discuss, how to deal with the latest situation of the Soviet army, Rommel could only make up his mind alone.
After Rommel turned around more than a dozen times, he finally figured out that since he couldn't block the way for the Soviet army to escape, let the Soviet army run well, at least the German army could take Stalingrad and Leningrad, the two vital fortified cities, without bloodshed.
Although it failed to annihilate the living forces of the Soviet army in these two cities, the German army got two fortified cities that were connected to Moscow for nothing, and the German army was sure to make a profit, not to mention that after dawn tomorrow, Germany could send planes to bomb these retreating Soviet troops on a large scale!
Roman, who figured it out, immediately gave an order to the commander of the Air Force, Catherine, to send as many thousand planes as possible tomorrow to bomb these fleeing Soviet troops, of course, this must not affect the air support of Moscow.
Rommel then gave orders to Guderian, the commander of Army Group North and Army Group South, to send troops to attack Stalingrad and Leningrad at once.
There must still be a part of the Soviet army in these two cities, and no matter how many Soviet troops there are, they must be gathered and annihilated.
With the Soviet army's run, the battle of Moscow was even more unsuspenseful, and Rommel could leave the front line with confidence and return to Berlin to deal with some government affairs that had accumulated during this time.
Early the next morning, Rommel issued an appointment to the German army on the Eastern Front, in which Manstein was appointed commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front, and Guderian was appointed chief of the General Staff.
The two marshals, Manstein and Guderian, were fully capable of fighting the next battle well, and Rommel did not have to worry about it at all.
As soon as Rommel left the front line by plane, Catherine sent more than 3,000 planes to bomb the fleeing Soviet troops, but the Soviet troops did not find more than one million Soviet troops.
After the Soviet troops escaped from Stalingrad and Leningrad, they immediately scattered and fled, and escaped through the mountains and forests, at this time the Soviet Union, the forest coverage rate was very high, more than ten kilometers outside the two cities, there were patches of forests.
Why did Stalin dare to let the Soviet troops in these two cities retreat without the support of the air force, the forests of the Soviet Union were the guarantee that Stalin dared to give the order to retreat.
Stalin was by no means a fool, he could not have let the Soviet troops run from the fortifications to the level for no reason, this was indiscriminately bombing German planes for nothing!
Stalin would never have done that, because there were forests that could make it easy for the Soviets to hide their figures, so that the Soviets could easily escape, and because of these conveniences, Stalin would give the order to retreat.
Moscow became an isolated city, but the defenders in Moscow did not know about it at all, and Zhukov, who knew the situation, would never reveal any news to the defenders of Moscow.
After the German commanders of the Eastern Front, Manstein and Guderian, took over the command of several million troops, they suspended the attack for a day in the front.
Manstein did this to make the German Allies and the Russian Liberation Army temporarily relieved, and the ammunition and various supplies they consumed could also be delivered to them more, and their sacrifices for the attack on Moscow during this time were great!
First of all, Manstein issued a large amount of supplies to the German Allies and the Russian Liberation Army at the front, what canned fruits, canned beef, fresh vegetables, etc.
In addition, there are countless medals sent to these cannon fodder units, yes, that is, medals, what kind of Iron Cross of the first degree, like the Iron Cross of Leaves, etc.
Although the casualties of the cannon fodder troops were large, the constant victories, sufficient ammunition, good supplies, etc., finally made them not complain much, and now that the medals proving the honor of the soldiers were sent, then they had no complaints.
Of course, this is only relative, there must be people who are dissatisfied, but behind them, there are millions of German troops eyeing the tiger, and their government is also fully supporting the battlefield war, and those dissatisfied cannon fodder can't help but they don't rush up and fight desperately with the Soviet army, they die if they don't fight, that is to be executed by the German military police, or by the military police of their country.
Cannon fodder must have the consciousness of cannon fodder, without this consciousness, he will lose the qualification to be cannon fodder, and the worthless cannon fodder can only make him disappear, which is Manstein's principle.
Manstein, who had suspended the offensive, also did one thing, he called the former Soviet Marshals Yegorov and Blyukher, and Manstein told them to go to the front line in Moscow and shout through loudspeakers.
The content of the shouting was very simple, that is, to let all the Soviet troops holding on to Moscow know that Stalin had shamefully fled to the city of Yekaterin, and that the Soviet troops in Stalingrad and Leningrad had also retreated, and now Moscow had become an isolated city, and the defenders of Moscow were the lone army abandoned by Stalin.
Manstein wanted to make every Soviet soldier in Moscow hear the shouts of the two former Soviet marshals.
The shouts of the two former Soviet soldiers immediately had an immediate effect, and some Soviet troops guarding Moscow really panicked, and some Soviet troops threw away their weapons and ran towards the German positions.
Of course, their fate was usually shot by the order of the Soviet commissar, and there were very few Soviet deserters on the German positions who managed to escape, but this greatly shook the determination of the Soviet soldiers to fight.
Zhukov was not a mediocre commander, he deeply understood the importance of the soldier's will to fight, he did not hide about Stalin's departure from Moscow, but he denied the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Stalingrad and Leningrad.
Stalin did not die in Moscow, but managed to escape, and it was Zhukov who told the soldiers who wanted to escape that Comrade Stalin was still there, and if you dared to escape, your family members would be shot.
Zhukov's denial that the Soviet troops had withdrawn from Stalingrad and Leningrad was to make sure that the Soviet soldiers defending Moscow did not feel abandoned.
Zhukov told his soldiers:
"It's all a German conspiracy, it's all a German conspiracy to break our fighting spirit, if you don't believe it, let the Germans send the prisoners of war captured by these two soldiers to the position."
Zhukov really deserved to be a famous general, the Soviet troops in these two cities ran through the mountains and forests, and the Germans really did not capture the Soviet troops in these two cities.
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Today a new paragraph is written, sent out to share with the brothers:
Love, in fact, is as simple as that! A look, a smile, a kiss and a hug will make us persistent for a lifetime.
Love, in fact, is as simple as that! A concern and a dependence, staying together until old age, that is the taste of happiness.
Love, in fact, is as simple as that! Listening to each other's heartbeats, they walked through the red dust, and grew old together.
Love, in fact, is as simple as that! Youth is fleeting, red and easy to age, and the feeling is still the original beauty, holding the hand of the son and growing old with the son. (To be continued.) )