The gray sky, the rolling hills, and the river valley under the highlands were the first sights Wang Fan saw, and then he heard the roaring cannons, fierce gunfires, and the earth trembling as if it had been regularly struck by a giant hammer.

"Where is this? Butler, start scanning the perimeter, the law protection stand is open 24 hours a day, right away! ”

"Understood, start scanning within a range of 30 kilometers in diameter, the law protection position has been opened, Wang Fan, please relax, feel that your body's adrenaline secretion is accelerating, your body is trembling irregularly, your breathing rhythm is disordered, and there may be spasms, are you afraid?"

"What the hell are you kidding, I've only seen documentaries about war or something, what the fuck is this?"

"The scan is complete, and the image is generated."

An electronic map similar to StarCraft and Red Alert appeared in front of Wang Fan's eyes, much like a "God's perspective" from a high altitude. Speaking of this, I need to explain a little here, as mentioned earlier, the plane ring (which has been integrated with Wang Fan's body) has a regular protection stance for the protection of the owner of the ring, which can also be called a regular protective shield, but what is the scanning function? It turns out that when the plane ring recognized the owner, it was instilled with the rules and methods of use at one time, and some of them were very practical, one of which was the effective use of the storage space with a diameter of 30,000 meters. But because it is scanned using spatial rules, a spatial image can be formed and transmitted to the ring owner, and of course, the ring owner can also block this service. In addition, the 30-kilometer scan is panoramatic, high-resolution, and scalable. But if the owner of the ring wants to expand the scanning radius, is it possible, of course, that is, the length of the ring space is lengthened and the width is narrowed, both from the shape of the sphere to the rectangular shape, up to 10 times, and at the same time, the location of the owner of the ring, from the default diameter center point is defined as the edge of the diameter, so that the radius of 300 kilometers, the diameter of the range of 600 kilometers, of course, the cost is the increase in time, after all, it is impossible to scan the area of 300 kilometers at once, and become like a radar interface, Scan clockwise or counterclockwise step by step.

Getting back to the point, Comrade Wang Fan saw the picture behind the hills with the help of a "God's perspective", that is, a unit, rushing to the defensive position of another army under the charge of tanks, and people were constantly hit by artillery bullets, falling, and dying. The snow-covered ground is overturned with black dirt, and the dark red blood is stained and mottled, and the overall picture is full of blood, shock, and cruelty. Although it is not clear which battle this is, it can be seen through the faces that it is all Caucasian and there are tanks, so it should not be World War I. Wang Fan is half a pseudo-military fan, the T34 tank is still a world-famous weapon, and I have seen a lot of pictures on military websites, the Soviet Union, Germany, World War II, and these words suddenly appeared in my mind.

"By matching the languages of both sides with the existing language base, it can be determined that it is German, Russian, Kazakh and a few other languages of later generations."

"As for the location, there is too little data to judge, and a larger scan is needed, and the ring needs your authorization, is it authorized?"

"Allow, with me as the center, a radius of 150 km, start scanning!" After the initial panic, Wang Fan has calmed down, he has a protective shield of rules, there is no danger to his life, when he came out of the tension and panic when he first came to the new world, his brain can already analyze the real situation in an orderly manner.

After 2 minutes, Yadi's blue voice remembered in his head, "Well, I have to say, we may have won the jackpot, more than 90% of the time here is likely to be the Soviet-German battlefield, and more than 8% is sure of the Battle of Stalingrad!" ”

"Stalingrad?" Wang Fan had heard of this battle, but did not know about it specifically, only that it happened after the failure of the German attack on Moscow, and with the help of the meat grinder in the street fighting on the ruins, the Soviets won and since then have seized the initiative on the Soviet-German battlefield.

"The most troublesome thing now is that we need to determine the specific time, so that we can determine the overall progress of the campaign, determine whether we can change the course and whether we can participate in it."

"Is there any information in the ring, can you find it?"

"Yes, two, one is "Memoirs of Khrushchev" and the other is "The Battle of Stalingrad", which one do you want to hear?"

"What, is it different?"

"It's not, the main thing is a Khrushchev, a Stalin, and Zhukov!"

"Please, is it good to talk about the main point, I want to hear the whole battle, the most detailed one you choose to say!" Wang Fan was lying in the hilly snow, hiding in the dark, and said while looking at the high-powered imitation military telescope bought from Taobao.

"Roger! After the end of the Battle of Moscow, in January 1942, the Soviet army dealt a new blow to the German army, broke through the German defense line on the Rama and Ruza rivers, and liberated Mozhaisk and Kaluga. However, because the Soviet High Command had used all the remaining reserves in several other strategic directions, the advance of the Soviet troops had been blocked. The months-long winter campaign that had exhausted the Germans was finally over. After a hard battle and the abandonment of some strategic positions, the German ** team finally survived the serious difficulties caused by the Russian surprise attack. The loss of territory was not large in terms of size compared to the vast area seized in 1941, but the main goal, which was to capture the Soviet capital, Moscow, was no longer attainable.

However, Hitler had no intention of abandoning the initiative, and on 5 April issued a new directive, and as soon as the weather and road conditions became favorable, they broke through to the Caucasus, seized the oil fields there, and continued their advance towards Stalingrad.

After solving the worries of the Soviet troops on the Kerch Peninsula, in mid-July, the Germans finally began a large-scale military operation, launching a surprise attack on Rostov and Stalingrad from the staging area near Kharkov. On 21 July, the German 6th Army advanced towards Stalingrad, on 26 July, Rostov was in danger, and fierce fighting was fought west of Stalingrad, on 28 July, the Red Army retreated from Rostov, and on 30 July, about 30 divisions of the Axis powers advanced towards Stalingrad. Among them were the divisions of the Italian 8th Army and the Romanian 3rd Army.

After that, the Battle of Stalingrad officially began, which lasted from mid-July 1942 to the end of January 1943. The whole campaign can be roughly divided into two phases, namely the stage of defending Stalingrad and the stage of counter-offensive.

The period of defense of Stalingrad lasted from mid-July to November 8, 1942. At the beginning, the fighting was fought mainly in the area of the Don Loop. From 5 August to 18 August, the Germans attacked Stalingrad from the west and northwest, while encircling from the south. Between 19 August and 3 September, the Germans broke through north of Stalingrad to the Volga River, forming a five-mile-wide salient while Soviet defenders withdrew into Stalingrad. Between 4 and 13 September, the Germans also broke through to the Volga south of Stalingrad, separating the 62nd Army defending the city from the rest of the front. Finally, from 13 September to 18 November, the two sides fought to the death in the city of Stalinge.

In the second stage, the Soviet Union began its counteroffensive, and by November 19, the Soviet Southwestern Front and the Don Front had gathered 500,000 heavy troops on the banks of the Volga River, equipped with 900 brand-new T-34 tanks, 230 artillery regiments, and 115 powerful Katyusha rocket artillery regiments, and they began their counteroffensive on the 19th. On 20 November, the Stalingrad Front, which was defending the city, also began a counteroffensive. The Soviet counteroffensive unfolded on a 250-mile front, with a pincer advance enclosing an area with a radius of about 60 miles. At the same time, after breaking through the defenses of the Axis **, along two centripetal lines, they advanced towards Karachi and Souvesky, cutting off the German units from most of their reserves and supply bases, cutting off their lines of communication. It took only four days for the Soviet troops to close the encirclement of the German 6th Army and the 4th Tank Army, encircling a total of 22 enemy divisions and about 330,000 men.

Upon learning that his army was surrounded, Hitler ordered Paulus, the commander of the Sixth Army, to hold on to it, and urgently ordered his most effective marshal Manstein to reinforce Paulus. A reinforcement corps of 150,000 German troops, with 3,000 tons of supplies and a huge convoy, hurried towards Stalingrad. By the end of the day on December 19, the German 57th Tank Army had crossed the Yesholov-Aksai River and continued north to the last natural barrier at Stalingrad, the Mishkova River. The German vanguard, only thirty miles from the southern front of the clutch encirclement, managed to capture a bridgehead on the north bank of the river. From here the vanguard could see the flash of artillery fire around Stalingrad. It seems that they have the potential to succeed, but they need the 6th Army to be able to attack from the inside,

However, Hitler strictly ordered Paulus not to break through the siege, and to "hold out until Easter, and then re-attack when reinforcements arrive, and completely occupy Stalingrad." Receiving this order from the Führer, Paulus strictly carried out this order, with the result that the entire Sixth Army sat still. Therefore, the Sixth Army did not have the will and idea to cooperate internally and externally in the matter of breaking out, and it can also be seen from this that Paulus obeyed Hitler's orders (Yadi Azure comment).

It was at this time that the Soviets launched a large-scale offensive against the Italian 8th Army in the middle reaches of the Don River. Hort's most elite unit, the 6th Tank Division, was hastily moved to the northwest in order to stop the influx of Russian troops.

In terms of the Soviet resistance at Stalingrad, the Soviets put new units into battle. When these Soviet units entered the battle, the German reinforcements had to retreat, first to Kotelnikovo, and then on 29 December to abandon the city, retreat to Tsimovniki, about sixty miles southwest of Kotelnikovo, and cross the Manich River. This is where Manstein launched his offensive on December 12 to carry out the rescue.

At this point, the Sixth Army was effectively abandoned, and their value became to contain a large number of Soviet troops in order to delay time to save the 400,000 German troops in the Caucasus, who were also in crisis. The commander-in-chief of the German Air Force, Goering, had promised to airlift enough supplies to the encircled Sixth Army and 500 tons of food, fuel and ammunition a day to Stalingrad, with the result that by the end of December less than 100 tons of supplies were airlifted every day. In mid-December, the starving German troops began to slaughter the horses of the Romanian cavalry division.

On January 8, 1943, the Soviet army failed to persuade the surrender, and at 8 o'clock in the morning of January 11, the Soviet general offensive began, and before dusk on January 16, the German army shrank from about 1,400 square kilometers to 650 square kilometers. On the 17th, the German troops in the city had been forced to the end of the inner line of defense in the city. On the 25th, the Soviet 21st Army and Chuikov's 62nd Army joined forces in the city to flank the enemy. Paulus' headquarters moved to the basement of a department store west of the city. In the early morning of January 31, Soviet troops surrounded the department store and threatened to shell it. A few minutes later, Paulus announced his surrender.

"As sad as it sounds, judging from your narrative, the strategic defeat of the Sixth Army is doomed, so it is crucial to find out what month and day it is!" Wang Fan concluded.

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