To the south of the Allied forces in the encirclement were the towering Caucasus Mountains and the massive forces of the Ming Army Group South. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info If the Allies could get their hands on them, they wouldn't be where they are now. If you go south, the weather conditions will get better and better, and there are many cities and villages that can replenish some of the supplies. But the presence of the powerful Ming army meant that the road was impassable.

After careful study from all sides, the Allies could only finally focus on the desperate Don River in the north. From the great bend of the Don River in Tsaritsyn to the delta near the mouth of the sea near Azov, this distance of only a few hundred kilometers was defended by millions of Ming troops.

Under normal circumstances, so many Ming troops would be enough for the allies to drink a pot of hard work. Not to mention at a time when the weather is bad, supplies are scarce, and the troops are close to collapse. Perhaps the only good news for the Allied forces preparing to break out of such an encirclement is that the Don River has frozen at this time, and they no longer need to build pontoon bridges under the fire of the Ming army.

The Allied forces in the encirclement came from more than a dozen countries, and the main forces were German and French troops. The Germans had about four armies here, including an Panzer Army, and these units were the best of the German army.

And the troops that the French put here are also elite troops, the same size of four armies. However, due to their national strength and previous crushing defeats in North Africa, their armored forces could not form an armored army, and could only appear on the battlefield on the scale of divisions.

In addition to the German and French armies, the Russians fighting on home soil had a size of about hundreds of thousands. However, the combat effectiveness and fighting will of these units are very poor, and they are all responsible for the work of local guards and transport teams on weekdays. After the encirclement was formed, the vast majority of these Russian troops were gone.

The fact that they are missing is that these Russian officers and soldiers have turned into civilians with all kinds of weapons and everything they can find. When they take off their uniforms and hide among civilians, they really become civilians.

The successive crushing defeats of the Russians, especially the loss of Moscow, hit the Russians very hard. Many officers and soldiers had lost hope of Russian victory and began to think about their own survival.

In addition, the United States Expeditionary Force has nearly 100,000 officers and men. The equipment and material supply work of this unit is relatively good, after all, the national strength of the Americans is still good. Therefore, even at this critical juncture, they can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness. Of course, this is also related to the abundance of supplies for them, as the American army, the American aid supplies coming from across the Atlantic are given priority to them. No matter what kind of army it is, as long as the supplies are sufficient, the combat effectiveness is basically guaranteed.

In addition, there is a hodgepodge of armies of more than a dozen countries. These countries are of different sizes and strengths. Some countries send a large number of troops, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, which can send several divisions or even the size of a group army. However, some countries are small and weak, and can only send a mere division, or even a brigade-level force. For example, Denmark sent only one infantry division, while Luxembourg had only one battalion.

In this chaotic situation at the moment, the troops of various countries are basically taking care of themselves. It is not uncommon to draw guns and shoot at each other in order to obtain resources for survival, such as fighting for food and fuel. There are even cases of directly driving tanks and armored vehicles to grab supplies.

The countries of Europa have been at war since the Middle Ages, and the historical feuds between them are completely a thousand-year-old book. Although in the last few hundred years, because of the strong suppression of the Ming Dynasty, they have a common enemy, and they have begun to ease. But the root cause is nothing more than suppression, not elimination.

For example, Poland, which has been threatened by Germany and Russia several times to divide its territory, and has barely retained the country under the balance policy of the Ming Dynasty, will they have no resentment towards Russia and Germany? It seems to be forcibly separated from Sweden with the help of the Ming Dynasty. Who would dare to say that the Swedes did not have a trace of anger at their betrayal? There have been too many such things in Europa's thousand-year history. The grievances of various countries are simply an unparalleled drama.

Everything was suppressed only because of the shadow of the behemoth of Daming. Now, in this moment of utter despair and collapse, many suppressed things have come to their heads. By the time the Allies finally decided to break out, there had even begun to be a battalion-level firefight.

It's not that the Allies didn't feel like they were walking at first. On the contrary, they wanted to leave before the Ming army completely blocked the Don River. But they're just too big. With more than two million troops scattered over hundreds of thousands of square kilometres, it would be a desperate task to simply assemble them and forcibly withdraw them from the war-torn front. Not to mention organizing them to fight.

Even though the Allies had done their best, it had taken them a lot of time to reluctantly gather some of their troops under the attack of the Ming army. As for the troops they gathered, the senior Allied generals could only give them an order to hold on to the spot. As for whether those armies were killed and captured by the Ming army, or broke up on their own, or were starved to death, frozen to death, and died of disease, no one cares.

After the Allied forces on the inner line were besieged, the Allied forces on the outer line were not idle. The leaders of all countries knew very well that the annihilation of such a large army would inevitably become a turning point in the whole war. The loss of strength is secondary, mainly a blow to the morale of the army, which is very likely to cause a collapse outcome.

Moreover, the Ming army was gradually advancing, constantly compressing the front. With the Ming army's strong strength and supply capabilities, once they were allowed to cross the funnel-shaped terrain and enter Central Europe, the countries on the Europa continent would not want to stop the flood of armor of the Ming army.

Therefore, the rescue mission of the Allied forces in the Caucasus must be successful. Otherwise, in a few months, when the spring flowers bloom, the Ming army's tidal wave of armored forces and air power will cover the entire land of Europa. What will happen after the defeat is chilling just thinking about it.

During this time when the Ming army was busy reinforcing the defense line on the Don River, the Allies had already assembled a powerful army in the southern regions of Ukraine. These Allied relief forces, which were mainly concentrated in the Donetsk region, were mainly German troops urgently reinforced from Western Europe, plus some Russian troops. As for the armies of other countries, most of them are serving as guards.

Many of the German troops had come directly from Western Europe, and their winter clothing and warmth were somewhat inadequate compared to the cold weather in Russia, and it took several days to replenish winter clothing and antifreeze before the rescue operation began.

In order to be able to free the Allied forces in the encirclement, the Germans made a bloody investment this time. A total of eleven Panzer Divisions, two Panzergrenadier Divisions, and more than twenty-two infantry divisions were massively attacking the Ming Army's Don defense line from the southern regions of Ukraine. At the same time, the Allied forces in the encirclement simultaneously began a breakout operation.

In this operation, the French and the American Expeditionary Force did not want to contribute. It's just that they can't get out now.

After the Ming army landed on the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa, Spain and Portugal, which were already weak, collapsed almost instantly. Even in less than two months, the surrender was announced. In fact, this can be seen from the fact that the Spanish army besieged the fortress of Gibraltar for two years and never captured it, which can be seen how rubbish its combat effectiveness is.

Spain and Portugal, which were completely infantry, had almost no power to fight back in the face of the Ming army's three-dimensional attacks on the heavens, the ground, and the sea. After the capture of Madrid, the king of Spain, who did not choose to go into exile in France, announced his surrender. Although his government had gone to Paris to establish a government-in-exile, there were still some loyal troops who continued to fight. But the country has actually withdrawn from the war.

As for Portugal, don't mention it.

The navy is super strong, and the Ming Dynasty, which has the ability to deliver globally, easily sent a large number of troops and supplies to the Iberian Peninsula. These formidable armies, together with their allies on the Apennine Peninsula, posed a great threat to the southern part of France from both east and west.

The main forces of the French army and the American expeditionary force were fighting to the death against the Ming army in the Alps and Pyrenees. Under the heavy bombardment of the Ming army's army bomber units and strategic bomber units, almost all of France was bombed into ruins. In this case, the French and the American expeditionary force can no longer afford to project troops to distant Ukraine. They now need to defend France.

The Germans fared slightly better, but only to a lesser extent. The main targets of the Ming army's bombing were now concentrated on the French, and the Germans' own air force and air defense forces were relatively strong, so they suffered less losses in the Ming army's air raids. But that's just relative.

At this time, the main force of the Germans was fighting fiercely with the Ming army near the Alps on the border with Italy and in the mountainous Balkans. In order to prevent the Ming army from the south of Europe from entering the heart of the country, the Germans had almost tried their best.

It is not that all countries do not have capable people who cannot see the tremendous role of strategic bombing. None of the allies, except for the United States, had strategic bomber projects before the war, and the main reason was that they could not support it in terms of strength.

Whether it is economic, technological, industrial, human and material support, no country other than the Americans can compete with the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty began to move into a wartime system, this gap became even more desperate. (To be continued.) )