Chapter 499
"Ten whips, give me a hard !!"
In a barracks, a dark-skinned young man was being hoisted, while next to him an IDF officer shouted orders to the soldiers beside him. γγ
The soldier was also a dark-skinned young man, and he was somewhat reluctant to the officer's words, but seeing the officer's fierce look, the soldier finally took the whip and whipped the soldier fiercely.
"Ah!!h
With just the first whip, the hanging soldier was already howling.
The soldier in charge of the execution, however, seemed to be frightened by the howl, and stood there motionless.
Seeing the appearance of the executed soldier, the officer was naturally furious, and stepped forward and slapped the soldier twice.
"Bastard, who told you to stop, keep pumping !! for me"
"Yes!!"
Two slaps, combined with the officer's angry scolding, quickly sobered the soldier up.
When he came to his senses, the soldier lifted the whip again and whipped the young man who was hanging there.
Listening to the miserable howls of the young man, even the faces of the soldiers who were executed changed a little, not to mention the soldiers behind them.
"See no !!"
After nodding in satisfaction, the officer who turned around shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him.
"Last place, that's the end !!"
After the successful conquest of the Philippines, a new government was soon formed with the help of the National Communist government. Although almost everyone knows that this is nothing more than a puppet government, there is still a faΓ§ade to be there after all. So soon everything that belongs to the puppet government appears.
Of course, the most important of these is the puppet government's army.
Since the Wehrmacht is currently phasing out guns and preparing to replace semi-automatic rifles with automatic rifles, a large number of semi-automatic rifles are now being replaced.
Although it was replaced. But the Wehrmacht's semi-automatic rifles were still the most advanced of their time.
Of course, the army cannot only be equipped, and training is also very important, otherwise how would millions of troops be swept away in the end.
So after the puppet government was formed and the puppet government's army was formed, a large number of officers were soon sent to the Philippines to assist the Philippines in forming a new army.
Merely...
Most Filipinos can't even tell the difference between left and right, and it's quite difficult to train them. Until now, even a slightly decent unit has not been trained, not to mention that the Filipinos are still lazy except for the name.
In the end, those officers were also on fire ...
Although it is quite good in the Philippines, almost everyone is like the emperor of the soil, even the women...
However, they were there to train troops for the Filipinos. If there is no result at all, it will be too humiliating.
Therefore, these officers also made a cruel move, and the last member of the unit that everyone trained had to be severely punished, like the team of officers just now. It is the last one to enjoy ten whips.
Ten whips, but a real leather whip.
Under the threat of the whip, the Filipinos, who were originally very lazy, also began to become industrious. But every time there will be a last unlucky egg, which is also a thing that cannot be helped.
On the other hand. A new Malaysian government is also nearing its formation.
Unlike the Philippines, the Malaysian government has been preparing for a long time.
The reason is simple. Because a considerable part of Malaysia's territory is originally on the Malay Peninsula.
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjungtanahmelayu) is located at the southernmost tip of the Asian continent, a major peninsula in the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia, separated from Sumatra by the Strait of Malacca, which is the boundary between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. β¦,
The peninsula runs roughly from north to south, with the narrowest point being the Kra Isthmus, which was a local fortress during World War II. The Tidiwangsa mountain range forms the bulk of the peninsula.
There are three countries on the peninsula: Malaysia, Thailand, and Myanmar: the southernmost part of Myanmar is located in the northwest of the peninsula, the central and northeastern parts of the peninsula belong to Thailand, and the remaining south is also called Peninsular Malaysia, Malaya or West Malaysia. The water bodies surrounding the peninsula are the Gulf of Siam, the South China Sea, the Strait of Johor, the Strait of Malacca and the Andaman Sea in clockwise order from the northeast.
When the Malay Peninsula was conquered by Thailand, preparations were already underway for the Malaysian puppet government. It was only because a considerable part of the territory at that time was in the hands of the Japanese, so in the end the matter of the puppet government was delayed.
Now that part of Malaysia has been occupied by the National Defence Forces, it is only natural that the matter of the new government will be on the agenda.
And unlike the Philippines, although Malaysia has just been recaptured from the Japanese, the establishment of the government has been quite smooth because Malaysia itself has a fairly basic relationship. In addition, unlike the Philippines, the Malaysians are not as lazy and clumsy as the Filipinos, so the formation of the Malaysian army was quite smooth.
At the same time, the Wehrmacht is still intensifying its offensive against the Nanyang Islands, many of the islands in the Nanyang Islands have been captured by the Wehrmacht, and the pace of the Wehrmacht is further expanding, but the Japanese resistance is also increasing, and unlike the general losers, the Japanese resistance is really increasing.
After relocating part of the industry to Australia, the Japanese soon established a second industrial base in Australia after Japan with Australia's resources and the original industrial base.
For example, the output of steel has reached the level of more than one million tons in 1942, which is almost one-third of that of France. At the same time, Japan only had more than 7 million tons, so it can be said that after Australia. Japan's industrial power has indeed been considerably enhanced.
And in terms of military industry, Australia also has a considerable base, and a long time ago Australia was even able to produce cruisers of up and down 10,000 tons.
What has always constrained Australia is the problem of human resources. Although Australia is quite rich in resources, especially in industry, it is very human resources...
And now, the Japanese are making up for this ...
Japan, with a population of tens of millions, is undoubtedly much more abundant in human resources than Australia, not to mention that the Japanese have taken many people from the South Seas.
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Although von? Manstein never doubted Hitler's position as Supreme Commander-in-Chief, but he also believed that the Supreme Commander-in-Chief only needed to care about politics, diplomacy, overall grand strategy, and tactical issues on the battlefield. It was only left to the generals, especially since he was completely unsympathetic to Hitler's policy of static hard defense (which, in his memoirs, he even more bluntly admitted, was complete nonsense). Because he continued to argue with Hitler about the overall strategy on the Eastern Front. Feng? Manstein advocated a resilient mobile defense strategy. He is ready to give up the territory. The attempt was to either spread the Soviets too far apart, or to advance them so that their armored spearheads could counterattack on both flanks in order to achieve the goal of encircling them.
Hitler ignored Manstein's advice and continued to insist on static warfare. On all positions, the Germans had to defend to the last 1 man. Due to these frequent disagreements. Feng? Manstein openly advocated that Hitler abandon the command of the army and leave it to the professional management of the war, first of all, the establishment of the post of commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front (and not without reason that Hitler would oppose it). Because at that time, in the Eastern Battlefield, the only qualified candidate could only be Manstein himself). But Hitler rejected the idea several times, fearing that it would weaken the power he held in Germany. β¦,
This controversy also alarmed some of Hitler's closest associates. Such as Herman? Goering, Joseph? Goebbels and Himmler, the head of the Armed Guards, were not ready to relinquish any power. Himmler began to openly question von? Manstein's loyalty. He addressed Hitler with a side knock, von? Manstein was an idealist and defeatist. Not suitable for commanding troops. Feng? Manstein's frequent quarrels, combined with these accusations, led to Hitler's decision on March 31, 1944 to dismiss von Hitler. Manstein's command. On April 2, 1944, Hitler appointed Walt? Moder, 1 staunch supporter, replaces von? Manstein was the commander of Army Group South. Still, von? Manstein was awarded the Knight's Iron Cross with a sword in oak leaves, the third highest honour in the German team.
After he was dismissed, von? Manstein was admitted to the eye clinic in Breslau at 1 for surgery to remove the cataract. He recuperated near Dresden, and then completely withdrew from military service. Although he did not take part in the attempted assassination of Hitler in July 1944, he had already taken part in the assassination attempt in July 1943. Feng? The conspiracy was known among Tresco and others. Although von? Manstein also agreed that the change was necessary, but he refused to join them because he still believed in his duty. (He ended with the phrase "preussischefeldmarsch?llemeuternnicht": "The field marshal of Prussia will never rebel.") He also feared that 1 civil war would follow. Although he did not take part in the plot, he did not betray them. In late January 1945, he gathered his family from their homeland and evacuated them to Gnitz in western Germany. He surrendered to British Field Marshal Montgomery on 23 August 1945 and was arrested by the British.
And in this era, when Barbarossa was defeated, Manstein also raised this. Of course, it didn't take long for Manstein to win a great victory with the help of the Russians themselves, and to get out of the crisis that the Germans had faced, and not only that, but also to personally gain an opportunity to threaten Moscow again.
Even so, Manstein's remarks were met with suspicion from Hitler and others.
For Hitler, it was impossible to abandon the army, because it would weaken his power.
And for Goering, Goebbels and Heem and others, they are not ready to give up any rights, so in the eyes of Goering, Goebbels and others, Manstein is now a thorn in their hearts...
So all the time. Goering and others wanted to replace Manstein.
It's a pity that the contradiction between Manstein and Hitler is not so big after all, and there are no generals who can replace Manstein on the Russian front.
You know, Manstein, along with Guderian and Rommel, was called one of the three great generals of Nazi Germany during World War IIββββββ of course. The other generals were also outstanding.
The aristocratic origin, the marked facial features, when not wearing a military uniform, is like a university professor, this is the so-called Manstein.
Even to the enemy country, Manstein was a great general.
During the Nuremberg trials, von? Manstein was not indicted but attended as a witness. After the Nuremberg trials, von? Manstein was placed under house arrest in the UK. Under pressure from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the British government accepted the accusations from the Soviet Union and put von ? Manstein was indicted for war crimes. He was sent to prison before the British court trial in Hamburg in 1949. Because of the needs of the USSR during the Cold War and his past exploits, many British military experts, such as Bernard? Toil? Montgomery and Strategist Lee? Sir Hart, who has publicly expressed his support for von ? Manstein's situation was sympathetic.
Of course. After World War II, due to the reversal of the international situation between the East and the West, especially the Western society, which believed that the former Soviet Union had become the common enemy of European civilization, and Germany, which was geographically in front of the Soviet Union, needed to reposition its military status and role. So West Germany rebuilt the Wehrmacht, thanks to Manstein's brilliant military strategic talent. He was hired as Senior Adviser to the West German Ministry of Defence and Honorary Chief of Staff of the Bundeswehr, and Manstein became a military adviser to NATO. β¦,
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"So, are you sure you can deal with that guy?"
looked at Cai Ye in front of him. Jiang Baili said.
Since the battle situation on Cai Yi's side has not been able to be exerted, Jiang Baili deliberately took a plane to Russia. I want to learn about the situation with Cai Ye face to face.
Jiang Baili knows Cai Ye quite well. After all, Cai Ye, like Jiang Baili, is currently a number of military strategists and commanders in China, Jiang Baili naturally understands Cai Ye's abilityββββββ even Jiang Baili himself, because he has commanded some actual combat relationships many times in the past, has gained a lot of actual combat experience, and thus successfully got rid of the title of military scientist and completely became a military strategist.
But even so, Jiang Baili was still very worried, because Manstein had also been to China and knew both of them. Jiang Baili and Cai Yi are very clear about Manstein's ability, although Jiang Baili thinks that he will definitely not be inferior to Manstein, but seeing that Cai Stein's side has not opened the deadlock, Jiang Baili is still quite worried.
That's why Jiang Baili made a special flight to Russia this time, wanting to find out in person.
"Manstein, that guy..."
Hearing his old friend ask, Cai Yi smiled.
Since the asthma that had plagued him for many years has improved, Cai Ye's health has now become quite good. In the early years, when he was still young, he even worked with Xiao Fengxian almost every day, and now he has become a father of 7 children, and he is not afraid of Xiao Fengxian having a difficult birth...
Now in terms of physical condition, Cai Ye may even be better than Jiang Baili himself.
So although it is located in Russia, Cai Yi's spirit is still quite good.
"That guy Manstein is really troublesome, not only does he not leak a drop of water during the fight, but he also bites me a few times in turn." When he said this, Cai Yi's face was still smiling. "But you don't have to worry, because he's going to lose this time."
"Oh?" Jiang Baili smiled. "Are you really that sure?"
"Still laughing, I don't believe you didn't see it..."
"I can see it, but I'm afraid you don't see it..."
Saying this, Jiang Baili himself laughed.
After the laughter, Cai Ye took a copy of the information that had just been transmitted and handed it to Jiang Baili.
"If you want to win quickly, I'm afraid it will be more troublesome, but if you win, I'm sure to win..."
"Hmm..."After reading the information, Jiang Baili also nodded. It seems that this is indeed the case..."
As he spoke, Jiang Baili put the information on the table.
"I didn't expect the problem on the German side to become so difficult..."
"The general trend is like this, and this is also something that can't be helped..."Cai Ye sighed. Manstein's guy is a great guy indeed. If I really had to play fairly, I wasn't too sure I would be able to win against him, but this time, I was sure to win...... Although I feel that it is not without martial arts..."
"That's what war is all about. How can there be any such thing as victory...... 'soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must not be overlooked', this is what Sun Tzu said, and now we are carrying out the way of the survival of the country in this land of death and life, can't you..."
War is a major national affair. It has a bearing on the life and death of the people and the survival of the country, and cannot but be seriously investigated and studied.
"Don't worry, I understand." Cai Yi shook his head. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who puts big things aside for the sake of personal feelings..."
Jiang Baili also smiled. "I think you're alike."
"Don't you too..."
The two of them talked and laughed for a while. Jiang Baili spoke. β¦,
"By the way, is there anything that can be done now?"
"Yes, just press it!"
When he said this, Cai Ye finally became serious.
"Press?"
"That's right." Cai Yi nodded. "Ordinary stratagems don't work against Manstein. So it's better to bully the weak and press it directly. And now, it's the best chance..."
"yes, if it's just ability. Even we may not win, but the ability of the commander in the war is important. But other aspects are just as important, troops, morale, training, equipment, logistics..."
Listen to Jiang Baili say this. Cai Ye also nodded.
"That's right, I just want to completely overwhelm Manstein with this..."
Although in terms of command level, Cai Ye may not be stronger than Manstein, but if it is compared to the national strength as a backing...
In terms of national strength alone, Germany is quite strong in this era.
In 1942, Germany's steel production had reached 28 million tons, compared to 10 million tons in Russia, 7.04 million tons in Japan, 4.488 million tons in France, and 13.149 million tons in the United Kingdom.
It can be said that Germany already produces more steel than Russia and Britain combined, and even Britain is no problem.
However, it should also be noted that the United States steel production reached 80 million tons during the same period, which is more than the sum of the above countries, and the United States has also reached this level during the same periodββββββ the figures of the above countries are the real level in history, as for China's...
Ahem...
In any case, at least in terms of industry, Germany is definitely no match for China.
As for the rest, it is even more so, of course.
And Cai Yi, the abacus in his heart is like this.
In terms of the level of command alone, Cai Ye was not sure that he would be able to defeat Manstein.
Although decades have passed, now Cai Ye and Jiang Baili's vision is no longer comparable to them in history, but Manstein and others are also famous generals who have left their names in history after all.
However, in many cases, the outcome of the war is not only based on the command of the generals, but also on the national strength.
Although Manstein is a great general, the national power behind him is obviously inferior to China. What's more, after the battle at Barbarossa, although Manstein's Army Group South had been fully supplied logistically because of the supplies originally used to attack Britain, the personnel replenishment did not reach this level...
Coupled with the long and fierce fighting, the German troops were now exhausted.
If, as Manstein had expected, he had been able to attack Moscow after having eaten one of the fronts, perhaps the Germans would have been able to hold out a little.
But now, after the hopelessness of victory, this fatigue has all sudden.
Therefore, now is definitely the best opportunity for Cai Ye.
"But we can detect it, and there's no reason why Manstein shouldn't be aware of it..."
Saying this, Cai Yi looked at Jiang Baili.
"And with his current strength alone, although he is already stronger than Manstein, it is not easy to eat his Southern Army smoothly."
"Oh? So what do you think should be? β
"Of course I'm looking for some help..."
As he spoke, Cai also pointed to a location on the map.
"On the other hand. It's just to up here and put Germany to death completely! β
Following Cai Yi's finger, Jiang Baili looked over and found that it was the location of the Romanian oil field.
"It seems that you really want to kill Germany completely..."...,
What would happen without Romania's oil fields. Even Jiang Baili knows this very well...
You know, Germany is now all dependent on Romanian oil, and if Romania's oil is suddenly cut off or something happens, then the German war machine will at least be paralyzed...
However, it is not easy to bomb Romania's oil fields, after all, Romania and the Caucasus share a vast Black Sea. It's not an easy task to cross the black man for a bombing mission.
On the other hand, since Romania was so important to the Germans, there would definitely be no less defense in the Romanian oil fields. In this case, the average level of bomber will definitely not work, after all, the height of that level of bomber is too low, and the bomb load is also small, and it must be given to a bomber of the level of H40 or H3.
And bombers of this magnitude. All of them are currently bombing Japan.
So, you have to transfer them all first...
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it..."
Knowing what Cai Yi meant, Jiang Baili smiled and nodded.
Similarly, Jiang Baili also understood Cai Yi's true intentions.
Maybe Yan Guang has no merit. But he is really good to his own people, and he will not be suspicious of those old brothers who have worked hard together like those successful masters in history, or even kill like Zhu Yuanzhang. Even Yan Guanglian learned from Zhao Kuangyin. A glass of wine to release the military power is not available.
Since the establishment of the National Government, until now. Hardly any of the old brothers fell because of their real relationship, and some were only those who were eroded in time.
And because of this. Old people like Jiang Baili and Cai Ye have always sat very firmly in the national government.
However, sitting firmly does not mean that you can sit firmly all the time...
It is true that Cai Ye and Jiang Baili are very trusted by Yan Guang, and because of this, they have always been able to play the top positions in the army, but this does not mean that others will also have a good impression of these old people.
Especially those who came up later, perhaps Cai Ye and Jiang Baili have great prestige in the army, especially among young soldiers, and they have become second only to Yan Guang. But for those people under Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, they are the biggest obstacle to their ascension.
In the army, it is not just one or two people who look at Cai Ye and others who are not pleasing to the eye.
With Cai Yi's status, there is no need for Jiang Baili to say such a thing as mobilizing the bomber group, as long as he can directly mobilize it. After all, in any case, Cai Ye is also the chief of the general staff of the three armed forces of the National Defense Forces, and he is the most powerful person in the army, and his power is even above Wang Yaowu, the Minister of National Defenseββββββ speaking of which, Wang Yaowu can be said to be the most idle among these old people, as the earliest old man to follow, Wang Yaowu himself does not have much ability, and some are just loyal, so Wang Yaowu was given the glory of Minister of Defense by Yan Guang, but the real power is not a lot of positions.
However, it is precisely because there is not much real power that there are not many people who are hostile to Wang Yaowu, after all, not many people are interested in such a position as the Minister of Defense.
Although the bomber was transferred, it was not a big deal for Cai Yi.
But now that Cai Ye is commanding troops abroad after all, and the troops under his command are likely to reach more than one million in the future, who knows if Yan Guang will be suspicious at that time?
Even if Yan Guang won't be suspicious, what about those who don't like Cai Yi? Won't they take advantage of Cai Ye's absence in China to slander Yan Guang?
The so-called three people become tigers...
At that time, if Yan Guang really listened to the slander...
I'm afraid Cai Ye is really blind ......,
Therefore, even if it is not necessary, Cai Ye still has to go through the normal procedure, because only in this way will there be no problems.
What's more, the struggle in this area has always been fierce, although Yan Guang has never taken the initiative to attack his old brother over the years, but he has never been soft when it is time to do it...
Raiding the house and exterminating the family???
Although in modern times, it is impossible to appear again. But many times, a sentence of dying in a car accident is enough. And following Yan Guang's side, Cai Ye has seen such a thing more than once, so he can't help but be cautious...
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Not long after Jiang Baili left. A Russian detachment under the leadership of Zhukov arrived at the front and fought against the Germans in coordination with the Caucasian Corps under the command of Cai Yi.
Due to the current excessive losses of the Russian army, although it is on Russian territory, in fact, the commander of this Sino-Russian coalition army is in the hands of the Nationalist governmentββββββ anyway, the Wehrmacht does not need the Russians to provide logistics, all logistics can be sent from the Caucasus.
Although the losses of the Russians were great for many reasons, and even Zhukov's army was too many recruits, Cai Ye did not despise the Russians because of this.
After all, their commander-in-chief is none other than that. But the famous Zhukov.
Even if these Russian teams can only be regarded as new recruits at best, Cai still believes that they can play at an elite level under Zhukov's commandββββββ at least they will not lag behind.
On the other hand, after receiving Cai's request, it didn't take long for a huge group of strategic bombers to take off from Shandong. Went to Russia to prepare for the bombing of Romania, as for the bombing of Japan? Those later will do.
What's more, several large aircraft factories in China are now rushing to build bombers day and night, and it won't take long for the shortage of time to make up for it.
And just like Cai Ye was worried about, during the time Cai Ye left. There are indeed many people who covet Cai Yi's position and say something in Yan Guang's ear.
In this regard...
It would be impossible to say that Yan Guang was not worried, after all, Yan Guang was not a very capable person who could come to this day. It's all about luck and knowledge from hereafter. When his knowledge was completely useless, he had always relied on his subordinates to bear the platform.
Of course. Yan Guang never hesitated when it was time to be decisive, not because of anything else. It's just that this kind of thing is so good, not only can he enjoy everything all the time, but it can also keep him with a three- or four-figure secretary all the time, and if he can, he really doesn't want to give it up...
So when a bunch of people were there talking bad about Cai Yi, it would be absolutely impossible for Yan Guang to have a little idea in his heart.
It's just that for decades, Yan Guang has been staying in this highest position after all.
Although Yan Guang's foundation is not very good, he has made some progress after decades of training, and he also knows Cai Ye very well, so he will not do anything similar to Stalin.
At least, he would never self-destruct the Great Wall...
On the other hand, the Air Force, on the other hand, carried out a large-scale bombing of the Romanian oil fields on the orders of Cai Yi, and the bombing effect was unexpectedly good, because all the bomber units used were napalm...
Upon learning the news, Hitler was naturally furious.
Alois, the father of Hitler? Hitler was born out of wedlock and took his mother's surname until he was 39 years old. Alois's father was unknown on his birth certificate, which caused many controversy in the future. Like the Nazi lawyer Hans in the future? Franck's investigation of Hitler's nephew's threatening letters, and his claims in his memoirs to have unpublished letters, reveal that Mrs. Klgruber was employed by a Jewish family in Graz, Austria, whose 19-year-old child was Alois? Hitler. But there is no evidence to support Franck's claim, and Franck himself claims that Hitler clearly had full Aryan ancestry. Franck's claim was widely believed in the 1950s, but was questioned by historians in the 1990s. Historian Iankershaw, who wrote a biography of Hitler, refuted this claim and argued that Graz Jews were expelled as early as the 15th century and forbidden to return to the city thereafter. β¦,
Hitler was born in Braunau-on-Inau, Austria, to a family of customs clerks. Hitler "worked as a shoemaker and only later became a customs civil servant." Hitler joined the Catholic Church with his father at a young age, but later became a priest under the influence of Christian fundamentalism.
Hitler's childhood was very unhappy, and as a child, Hitler was abused by his school classmates, and this "childhood shadow" prompted Hitler to develop a strong desire for revenge. He loved his family very much. Although he studied drawing, he did very poorly in secondary school, and out of all his subjects, only painting was "distinction". As a result, he dropped out of school before graduating. He applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts twice, but was ββββββrejected on the grounds that he was "not suitable for painting".
His father retired in 1895 and died on January 3, 1903, from pleural hemorrhage. Immediately afterwards, his mother died of breast cancer on December 21, 1907. After the death of his parents, his life became increasingly difficult, and then because of the conscription of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a multi-ethnic country he hated, he fled to Munich, where he had to wander the streets of Vienna to beg, sell paintings for a living, and sometimes be hired to sweep snow and carry luggage.
Because of these past experiences, Hitler had a rather strong sense of revenge.
Therefore, when it was reported that the Nationalist government finally chose to side with Britain and the United States, Hitler was naturally furiousββββββ in fact, Hitler was already quite annoyed when China sold arms on both sides, and now it is just doubling it.
This annoyance escalated even more after Manstein's failed march into Moscow.
And now, the Chinese have actually bombed the Romanian oil fields, which were vital to Germany ...
If Cai Ye had not bombed there, perhaps Hitler would have found trouble with Manstein as Goering had expected, after all, he was not without responsibility as a commander for the defeat of the battle.
However, when the news of the bombing of the Romanian oil fields came, Hitler's anger was fully vented on China, and naturally Manstein had no trouble in this situation.
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Although Hitler did not hold Manstein responsible, this does not mean that Manstein's situation is better.
After Zhukov also arrived with a part of the new troops, which were completely armed with Chinese equipment, Manstein, who was already at a disadvantage in many places, was in even worse condition.
Although Zhukov's troops were almost entirely composed of new recruits, under the command of Zhukov, a famous general, they did not leak a drop in the battle with Manstein, and not even a single flaw was exposed.
On the other hand, Cai Yi took advantage of the advantages of all aspects to attack Manstein, so that Manstein had to concentrate most of his energy on the Caucasian Corps, making Zhukov's burden quite small.
On the other hand, the bombing of the oil fields in Romania had caused a big problem with German oil, and although there had been no major problems so far because of the reserves, Manstein was still worried that it would soon be a problem.
In order to break this unfavorable situation, Manstein also sold some flaws many times, trying to lure some enemies up, and then eat some of the enemy's forces.
However, with the exception of some Russian troops composed of new recruits, who were hooked a few times because of experience and other aspects, the Caucasian Corps on the opposite side had no problems at all.
Although after the Russians took the bait, Manstein also ate Zhukov's tens of thousands of troops, but under the steady foundation of the Caucasian Corps and Zhukov himself, the current front is spreading in the direction of Germany little by little.
Although this speed was still very slow, Manstein feared that it would not be long before this front would extend into Germany...
At the same time, Cai Ye is pressing on the whole line, preparing to drop ten times with one force...
On the other hand, China is also constantly sending troops to Russia, and even from Central Asia.
Even if the level of command is about the same, the gap between the two sides is too big in this general trend. (To be continued......)
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