Chapter 457: Death Battle (I)
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Churchill couldn't do anything about it, and the American Popov Roosevelt had no way to bomb the Ruhr industrial area in Germany! The US Congress has not authorized Popov to send troops until now, so Roosevelt could only express regret for Stalin.
But Roosevelt prepared for it, and he had the western United States concentrate its troops in the Bering Strait, which was opposite the Soviet Union.
Roosevelt was preparing for a future war, and once Japan made a move against the United States, the United States could land directly on the Soviet Union through the Bering Strait, thus joining forces with the Soviet army to fight the German army, and Britain would also land in France, leaving Germany under two sides.
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Popov, though very tired and embarrassed, did not rest, and kept pacing in the town hall, waiting for Stalin's telegram, which Popov pinned on 120,000 hopes, that Stalin would allow him to retreat with hundreds of thousands of troops to the Moscow defensive circle.
Although there are more than 700,000 people in the Bryansk Front, there are no other Soviet troops on the left and right flanks of the Bryansk side. Or a lonely army without a will to fight.
If Stalin did not agree with his retreat, then the demise of the Bryansk Front was also certain, Popov knew it well in his heart.
"Report, call from Moscow."
As soon as Popov heard that the telegram had indeed been sent from Moscow, the tiredness on his face suddenly disappeared, and he ran in front of the communications officer in three steps and two steps, snatched the telegram from the communications officer's hand, and read it quickly:
"Ah!! β¦β¦ Puff ......"
Popov sat on the ground, unable to say a word for a long time, his face, which had already recovered his blood, turned pale and frightening, and tears in his eyes couldn't help but fall.
"Stand by for help...... Unauthorized withdrawal from military law to engage in. β
Popov is not a fool, the Moscow side did not mention a word about reinforcements and retreat in the telegram, and he understood in his heart that Stalin had completely abandoned the Bryansk Front, so Popov cried.
Of course, the other Soviet officials in the town hall did not understand what was happening, and hurriedly ran to Popov's side to ask for warmth, and when someone saw the telegram falling on the ground, they understood what was going on, and then the city hall was lively:
"Woooooooooo......oo The German Army Group Center had more than 1.5 million men, and how could we be the opponent of the German Army Group Center because we were a group of remnants of the army that had just been defeated. β
"Oh God!! How so, you save the suffering Bryansk Front! β
"What should I do!! Woo woo, are we just going to die? β¦β¦ Woooooooo β
A senior commander of the Soviet army, who had just fled to the Bryansk region, fell into a new round of panic, and before they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts, they always thought that the old comrades would not abandon themselves, but now that they were good, their hopes were dashed, and some of these Soviet generals who had just gone through the suffering of fleeing fell into a complete mental breakdown.
Some cry, some are in a trance, and some are incoherent......
Popov realized that his state had infected others, and if at this time the troops had a mental breakdown from within, then the Bryansk Front would really be finished.
Thinking of this, Popov did not hesitate, the tiger's body was shocked, he quickly got up from the ground, and shouted loudly at the door:
"Guards, put these cowards in confinement, quickly."
Dozens of guards poured in at the door, but they carried out Popov's orders and arrested some of the officials who were in the town hall, and a group of ghosts and howling officials were pushed and driven out of the town hall.
"Since you want to die, we won't let you succeed even if we die, Germans, Lao Tzu will fight with you."
Popov walked alone to the telecommunications room with a muttering to himself:
"General Popov, why are you here?"
Popov first straightened up his crumpled military uniform, then used his hand as a comb, combed his messy hair, coughed dryly twice, and cleared his throat:
"You can record my order, order the 22nd Army to send two cavalry divisions and two infantry divisions to immediately launch an attack on the Bryansk oil field, and be sure to move forward bravely, at all costs, take the Bryansk oil and gas field, blow it up completely, and fight to the death"
"The record is complete, please sign it."
Popov took the folder handed by the communications officer, picked up the pen hanging from the shelf, and signed his name with a brush.
It seems that Popov is planning to do his best, sending all the troops of the 22nd Army at one time, and the entire Soviet 22nd Army has 80,000 troops in 4 divisions, and all of them were sent out by Popov.
Now the time is half past one in the morning, the cavalry can leave in half an hour, and the infantry division can leave in one hour.
These forces of the 22nd Army are far and close to the Bryansk oil field, and the distance is only a few dozen kilometers, hundreds of kilometers away, and the Soviet Union can reach the Bryansk oil and gas field within one hour about 5,000 people, and then it will be two hours later.
If that's the case, Eddie doesn't have to worry, because FΓΌhrer Rommel sent the "Viking Division" to reinforce it, and Eddie only needs to resist the 5,000 Soviets for an hour.
This is no small challenge for the "direct flight commando" with only more than 500 people, this is not a sneak attack, and it can kill the enemy in an unsuspecting situation.
This is a clear positional warfare, the ratio of forces between the enemy and us is 10 to 1, the "direct flight commandos" do not have any heavy weapons, and the mortars are a little bit larger, and the caliber is 50 and 81 millimeters.
But the number of mortars is not very large, only 12 50 mm and 81 mm are only 6, compared with the regular Soviet army, the gap between this heavy weapon and the regular Soviet army is too big, Eddy wants to hold the Bryansk oil and gas field, but fights to the death.
After Popov gave the first order, he gave the second:
"The command of the Bryansk Front was immediately transferred to Tunkhov."
Tunkhov is behind Bryansk, one hundred and fifty kilometers from Bryansk, one hundred and eighty kilometers from Moscow, thirty kilometers from the Moscow defensive circle.
Knowing the reality that the defeat was irretrievable, Popov decided to transfer the command to Tonkhov, and in the event of the defeat of the Bryansk Front, he could flee into the Moscow defense circle as soon as he turned around.
Since the beginning of the Soviet-German war, Popov's only correct decision was to evade orders, and the German blitzkrieg was rapid, and there was no way to encircle Tunhoff far behind in this time.
Completely desperate, Popov could only use the death battle of the Bryansk Front to achieve the goal of delaying the German army. (To be continued.) )