Chapter 224: Ten Thousand Cannons Fired in unison
After Windsor finished singing, Zhang Jun really cried, tears swirling in his eyes, this is Windsor's confession!! This stupid girl really moved Zhang Jun and moved his heart, it can be said that Zhang Jun's heart is completely open to Windsor at this time.
"General, we're almost at the airport."
"Then let's board the plane and leave immediately, you are arranging a plane for those two former Soviet marshals."
"Okay."
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Zhang Jun was originally going to return to the front line with the former Soviet marshal, but Zhang Jun was worried about Windsor's condition, so he had to take a step forward and explain it to the two former Soviet marshals when the time came.
As soon as Zhang Jun arrived at the former enemy's general headquarters, he sent Windsor to the Southern Army Group Field Headquarters Hospital, where the medical facilities were no worse than the big hospitals in Berlin. The treatment Windsor has received here is definitely not bad.
As soon as Zhang Jun settled Windsor, the two former Soviet marshals arrived at Zhang Jun's general headquarters, and Zhang Jun took them to the front line to discuss important matters, and now the Soviet prisoners captured by the entire Southern Army Group are not many, only 20,000 or 30,000 people, but with the rapid advance of the SS, there will be a lot of Soviet prisoners sent to the prisoner of war camp, and now Zhang Jun must start to prepare.
"Two marshals, come and sit down, this time I will go back to Berlin alone, on the one hand, to pick you up to preside over the work of the places we have occupied, and at the same time to give you a very important position, to form the 1st Army of the Russian SS, you are the supreme commander of this new army, I don't know what the two marshals think?"
"Hey! Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, Hitler, and we are more than happy to accept this new job and job. ”
"Hehe, that's very good, two marshals, then you know, I did my best to persuade the Great Führer to agree that in the places occupied by our Army Group South, to carry out the policy of national relaxation of our own making, as in Poland, all the Russian people have the right to land, the right to vote and to be elected. And you have also joined the German Socialist Workers' Party, so your military rank must be re-awarded, and I will now confer on you the rank of lieutenant general, do you have any opinions. ”
"Hey! Hitler, report commander-in-chief, we have no opinion. ”
Zhang Jun has the right to appoint SS lieutenant generals, and promotions above the rank of colonel must be signed by Hitler to be effective, anyway, Zhang Jun is determined to engage in the Russian SS, and now these two military ranks are only approved by Army Group South, and he sent a telegram to Hitler.
Seeing that the two former Soviet marshals agreed to his proposal, Zhang Jun hurriedly wrote a telegram requesting instructions, the content of which was that Zhang Jun asked Hitler for instructions on the formation of the Russian SS and the appointment of some relevant personnel.
By the time the messenger sent the telegram, Zhang Jun and the two Russian SS lieutenant generals began to discuss specific tactics and recruiting prisoners.
"Two generals, in just one day of the war, we captured twenty or thirty thousand prisoners, most of them must be anti-Stalin, they are the objects we need to fight for, as for those elements who are die-hard with Stalin, let's hand them over to the Wehrmacht to be reformed through labor, and then recruit people who are anti-Stalin among the Wehrmacht prisoners, so that there is no problem with the source of our troops, and at the same time we can also recruit other young people to enlist, what do you think?"
"Commander-in-chief, I think your method is completely feasible, and we will do it like this."
"Hehe, two generals, you still don't know my character, you make up your own mind about the specific details, I won't interfere, you have quite independent decision-making power for the Russian SS, it's just that in the war, you now belong to the battle sequence of the EU Army Group South, and you have to obey the tactical arrangements of Army Group South, the specific command, you can fight how you want, no one can interfere with you, including me."
Blyukherr and Egorov hurriedly stood up, and the hands of the three of them were tightly clasped together.
"Report, the Führer called back."
"Read."
"I received a call to learn that in the future, all matters of the Southern Army Group do not need to be reported to the high headquarters, and all affairs can be decided by Zhang Jun, the former commander-in-chief of the Southern Army Group.
"Ah!!h
Zhang Jun was thundered when he heard this, is this Hitler angry with himself or letting go, Zhang Jun estimates that Hitler is angry with himself, that means, you kid can do whatever you like, don't bother me anymore.
"Good...... Hi! Hitler. Hehe, two generals, your troops and ranks are reasonable and legitimate, go ahead and do it, I'll first transfer an SS infantry division to assist you, what do you think. ”
"Thank you, Honorable Commander-in-Chief."
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Zhang Jun's 1.05 million people, of which there are only 16 armored divisions, with a total strength of 320,000, and the rest are all infantry divisions, and these infantry divisions are still newly formed divisions, they are 500,000 newly formed Wehrmacht reorganized, and the 200,000 local SS troops are reorganized.
"Commander-in-chief, it's dawn in an hour, or you'll be confused for a while, and I'll call you then."
"My deputy commander, no need, this time the Soviet army attacking the city of Odessa's 200,000 defenders, what is the situation of our infantry and tank coordination, I still don't know, if this battle is not fought well, then our Southern Army Group will be in big trouble."
"Commander-in-chief, let's scrutinize and see if there is anything missing."
"Hehe, thank you very much, Mr. Rommel, then I'm here to ask you."
"Okay, ask the commander-in-chief to take the exam."
"Mr. Rommel, how many large-caliber guns or rocket launchers have you arranged?"
"600 six-barreled rocket launchers for two rocket artillery regiments, 5 large-caliber guns for 5 artillery divisions. After the emergency transportation of 200,000 taels of trucks last night, our ammunition reserves have reached ten bases, each of which is 80 rounds of shells"
"Has our infantry reached the designated attack position?"
"Everything is in order."
"My Deputy Commander-in-Chief Rommel, I suggest that we not attack this morning, and let's sleep together."
"Why! Commander-in-Chief, all our offensive forces have been arranged!! If we don't fight, it will affect our morale. ”
"My brother, let's not attack, of course we have to fight, let's first bombard him with artillery and rockets."
"This ...... What a waste of ammo! Otherwise, let's hit three bases of ammunition first, this is 400,000 shells, so many shells hit dozens of square kilometers of Odessa, I don't know if it will become a ruin. ”
"Then let's try it, and ten minutes after passing my order, the shelling will begin, and each cannon will give me three bases of ammunition."
Zhang Jun's order was soon sent to all artillery units on the Odessa front, and these artillery had already moved the shells to the gun emplacements, just waiting for the order to open the artillery, and together with Zhang Jun's order, all the SS artillery took action, the coordinates of the school team and the muzzles, and all the artillery groups had a long-drawn firing plan, which listed the firing areas in detail.
As for the organization of artillery groups, it is mainly determined by looking at the combat mission, and some artillery groups are only one artillery battalion, while others are artillery regiments, and there is no fixed number for this.
Zhang Jun and Rommel found some medicinal cotton, plugged their ears, and then found a chair, lay on it, and went to see Zhou Gong in just a few minutes, Zhang Jun has not had a good rest at all in the past few days, and was busy all night last night, and Rommel was more tired than Zhang Jun, as soon as the two of them leaned back on the chair, they fell into a coma.
"Boom...... Boom...... Rumble......"
The deafening sound of cannon Zhang Jun and Rommel could not be heard, and the vibration of the ground was just enough to be used as a shaker.
"Huhuhu...... Whew......huhu"
Zhang Jun and Rommel slept like dead pigs, and the earth-shattering shelling outside did not wake them up.
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Commander: Timoshenko, Military Councilor: Borisov), Chief of Staff: Vatutin, the three of them have not closed their eyes at all since yesterday, Timoshenko withstood the pressure and did not send mobile troops in his hands when the enemy situation is unknown, and when the battle situation is clear, Timoshenko will not send his own troops, and now it seems that Timoshenko's response method is completely correct, otherwise Odessa at this time is afraid that it is also an empty city without soldiers.
"Comrade Marshal, you see what we should do now, Germany has driven our Black Sea Fleet out of the port of Odessa, and the German army has surrounded our troops of more than 500,000 people, and we only have 120,000 regular troops, and the rest are some militia, which will not play much role at all."
Vatutin, the political commissar of the Ukrainian Front, was very uneasy and said what was in his heart to Timoshenko, and Timoshenko also had great pressure, his 120,000 troops were mobile troops, and there were two armies in cavalry alone, and the cavalry was not as good as infantry in defending the city, and it seemed that these war horses could only be used as rations for everyone.
Timoshenko had the 25th Tank Army and two tank brigades in his hands, with a total of about 800 tanks, all old and light tanks. The development of advanced tanks such as the T-34 and KV-1 has been completed, and the field practice is still being done, and the T34 in history began mass production in June 1940 to equip the troops.
In 1931, Tukhachevsky began to reform the Soviet army, and the following year the Panzer Army was created, and efforts were made to regularize and professionalize the Soviet army. Tukhachevsky died before his ambition was rewarded and executed in the 1937 purge, while his Panzer Corps was disbanded and tanks dispersed to infantry units...... (To be continued.) )