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Chapter 2032: The Last Battle (2)

On Christmas Day 1942, the German capital Berlin began to feel pressure on the food supply, and because of the unscrupulous deployment of fighters by the High Command for the Eastern Front in the past two months, the pressure on the British Isles dropped sharply, and the strategic bombing of Germany miraculously resumed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info//--// (--full text)

By late December, many parts of Berlin had been reduced to rubble by the bombing, and Berliners began to doubt the ability of the Nazi Party to govern.

Although up to now, the situation on the Eastern Front was still chaotic due to the blockade of radio waves, there were already rumors in the city of Berlin, and people were talking about the terrible defeat of the Imperial ** team in the two rivers of West Asia, and there were still millions of troops besieged by the ** squadron.

Hitler's government could not deny that the most powerful strategic corps of the Wehrmacht was about to collapse in West Asia, and in order to prepare the Germans for bad news, Goebbels' propaganda apparatus defined the New Year as a "Germanic New Year", which in Nazism meant maintaining frugal habits and a firm will, rather than candlelight, pine rings, and singing.

The majestic building of the Chancellery was blown down, the palatial decoration was reduced to ruins, and Hitler's office and residence in Berlin had to be moved from the ground to the ground.

On 30 July, Hitler returned to Berlin from the "Wolf's Lair" base camp and immediately convened a high-level meeting of the Nazi Party, at which Hitler again criticized Goering, who was in charge of the air force, and held that the air force was mainly responsible for the defeat of the German army on the Eastern Front.

In his speech, Goering was very aggrieved, and he believed that the mistake of strategic direction was more terrible than his own tactical mistake, and that the war between Germany and South China, which had always been friendly and had unlimited war potential, was the main cause of the current predicament, and that according to the personal division of labor of the Politburo of the Nazi Party, Hitler should also be self-critical.

As soon as Hitler heard this, he immediately ordered the suspension of all military and political duties of Goering, and the air force was temporarily placed in charge of Heydrich, commander of naval aviation.

Goering got up and walked away, while the others listened to Hitler's speech with trepidation.

Hitler recalled his great achievements and said that the present difficulties could not crush the strong Nazis, and that the whole party must unite to tide over the difficulties, and as long as the current front can be maintained, it will be a great victory.

At the end of the meeting, Hitler appointed Politburo member and Vice Chancellor Speer to concentrate all efforts on the production of weapons and equipment, especially aircraft, and with the scale of Germany's annual production of 35,000 aircraft, including 27,000 fighters, it could make up for the huge losses on the Eastern Front within half a year.

After the meeting, Hitler left Heydrich, Helem, Jodl, Keitel, and Speer, and at the same time recruited Walter. Feng. Brauchitsch, von. Lensted, Franz. Halder, Kurt. Zeitzler and other members of the High Command held a meeting to discuss the current situation of the war.

In the underground headquarters of the Prime Minister's Office, Jodel briefly described the difficulties faced by Moscow and the battlefields of the two rivers in West Asia, and the response of the General Staff to this end:

"Due to successive defeats, the Empire's forces are no longer enough to support a long front, so I am afraid that we will have to go on the defensive for a long time to come! Field Marshal Rundstedt had already ordered the entire line to retreat last night, and said that he would take full responsibility for the defeat of the Imperial ** in the West Asian region, but hoped that the Führer and the base camp would let him perform his duties for the last period of time and withdraw as many troops as possible to safety. ”

Brauchitsch asked in shock: "So, if the two marshals Bloomberg and Manstein are unable to bring their troops out of the encirclement, the German army will lose nearly four million troops on the Eastern Front?" How many four million troops in the empire can squander like this? ”

Hitler's face suddenly became ugly, and he waved his hands angrily: "This kind of pessimistic and failed mood must not be allowed!" The empire still has six million active troops, and another five million can be armed! The empire will never collapse because of the defeat of a war, we will be reborn from the ashes, and the Germanic peoples will definitely stand on top of the world, looking down on all beings! ”

Franz. Halder frowned: "My Führer, the young and middle-aged people of the empire can't all be used for warfare, we have to carry out the research and production of weapons and equipment, and we have to be responsible for the belly of forty or fifty million people!" The plan to arm another five million troops will completely collapse our economy!

"And we must see that with the population base of our opponents, we can arm 20 million to 30 million modern troops at any time, does the empire have so many manpower and material resources to invest in war? Recognize the reality, my Führer! ”

Seeing that Hitler was on the verge of an outburst, Heydrich hurriedly said:

"The Reich could use the labor force of the occupied territories for industrial and agricultural production, and the Jews, Russians, Poles, and Frenchmen were good workers, and the Germanic people would henceforth be mainly engaged in scientific research and management. Read h-u-n mixed with me *h-u-n--Please keep in mind that of course, in order to stimulate the production enthusiasm of these workers, we must develop a strict system of rewards and punishments, more work and more rewards, and the quality of the product is linked to the income of the individual, if there is a problem with the weapons and equipment, we will hold the specific handler responsible!

"Moreover, in addition to the servants, our party has a broad mass base in Europe, and the SS has conscripted a large number of people in Norway, Denmark, Belgium, France, etc., who are incomparably fanatical and loyal to the Reich, to the Führing, and have played a role beyond imagination in the battle! We can organize them into the main force and drive to the Eastern Front in a steady stream.

"Finally, our women have been mobilized to work in the government, the army, and in the factories, and the old and the children are working in the empire as much as possible, and as long as the enthusiasm of the Germanic people continues to be aroused, the great cause of the revival of the empire will still be promising!"

Speer nodded approvingly: "If you use numbers to speak, the military production of the empire is still considerable. At present, the Empire's steel production, including the occupied territories, has exceeded 58.9 million tons, and more than 9,000 factories throughout Europe are producing arms for us. Last year alone, the Reich produced enough combat materiel to equip 300 infantry divisions and 60 armored divisions, and we could get 4 million people with new weaponry in the coming year. With such a large production capacity, the empire can completely hold on to the war! ”

As the intelligence chief of the Nazi Party, Shilem knew the inside story that many others did not know, and knew even more about the battles that took place in West Asia than Hitler. But he did not want to anger the Führer, so he carefully advised:

"Even if the empire has advantages in all aspects, the lack of population is indeed our shortcoming, therefore, I think it is unwise to fight with the squadron in the current situation! In the next step, in addition to returning the focus of the offensive to Moscow, it is also necessary to increase the offensive against the British Isles and North Africa, at least to take down the Strait of Gibraltar, which is controlled by the British, so that the Mediterranean Sea can truly become our inland sea. ”

Hitler nodded, and then said worriedly: "The situation on the front line is very chaotic now, due to the loss of air supremacy and communications, the imperial ** team is in a situation of fighting on its own, and the situation is likely to continue to deteriorate for a period of time in the future...... How can we get the Chinese to abandon the offensive and give us time to reorganize the army? ”

This was the first time Hitler admitted that the situation was out of control, but no one dared to laugh at him. Admiral Zeitzler thought for a moment and said:

"It is better to evacuate as many generals and officers as possible within the encirclement, they will be the basic skeleton of the formation of the army in the future...... Marshal Rommel's troops must be transferred to the eastern part of Egypt to prevent the Chinese from attacking Libya from there and cutting off our oil supplies! In addition, the central plateau of Turkey and the Caucasus must build strong fortress walls so that the Chinese will retreat! ”

Hitler looked around: "Any other suggestions?" ”

Heydrich waited for an opportunity to stand up and suggested again: "No matter what, the empire once had a honeymoon period of cooperation with China, and many of our opponent's generals have the experience of studying in the emperor's ** school, such as Yin, the commander of the West Asian Theater of the Anjia Army, who has deep friendships with many of our generals. Therefore, I think it is possible to send a diplomatic delegation to quietly visit and mediate......"

Hitler perked up: "It's a good idea...... As long as the Chinese offensive can be delayed and the empire has time to regroup its army, everything is worth it! ”

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"Boom-"

On the eastern front of the Habur River, dense anti-tank guns and mortar shells fell in the middle of the German offensive line, and then on the barrage of general-purpose machine guns, automatic rifles and sniper rifles, the third attack launched by German tanks and infantry was once again repulsed.

The atmosphere was extremely tense in the headquarters of the German army, located fifteen kilometers west of Hleisier, and the commander of the German 87th Infantry Division, Wilhelm Brown. Colonel Fekir looked ashamedly at Theodor, the commander of the 42nd Army, who was standing in front of the lookout. Feng. Lieutenant General Sponeke: "General, our charge has failed again, the Chinese firepower is too fierce......"

Sponek turned his head and frowned: "I'm not blind, I can see it...... Chinese firepower is indeed strong, but a weak attack will only bring continuous defeat, and the tactics of fueling will cost our soldiers their lives...... I have now decided that your division must resolutely and decisively enter the battle, and launch an assault on the opponent's front without interruption or pause, because as long as the next two divisions of our army arrive, the Chinese of continuous hard fighting will inevitably collapse...... I want to see if the Chinese can withstand the continuous impact of the emperor ** team for how long! ”

"It's-"

Fekir was taken aback, what is the difference between such an attack and sending him to death? But he hesitated, saw Sponeke's grim face, and knew that the order could not be changed, so he stood up and saluted, answered "yes" loudly, and turned and walked out of the headquarters.

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"Division commander, the artillery position called and asked if the artillery would be fired?"

Seeing the German troops surging up one after another, Lieutenant Fan Gang, the communications staff officer of the former enemy headquarters of the 70th Division, turned to his division, Colonel An Bozhu, with a microphone in his hand.

"Wait...... The Germans attacked in batches, although continuously, but the troops invested at one time were not dense enough, and waited, so that the Germans put in more troops. ”

An Bozhu was not in a good mood, the continuous offensive of the German army brought a lot of pressure to the defense of the front-line troops, and the German army's numerous tanks and infantry constantly attacked the forward defense line, and the German army continued to invest vital forces in the continuous offensive, and it seemed that the troops were endless and very tricky.

The brutal battle lasted from late night to early morning, and from early morning to the next morning, and the front of the position was almost covered with the corpses of German officers and soldiers.

With the arrival of the follow-up troops of the German army, the density of the German offensive troops increased imperceptibly on the front of the defensive front of the Anjia army, and by 9:10 a.m. on the morning of the 31st, on a front of forty or fifty kilometers, nearly eight divisions of the German army frantically launched a decisive attack on the Anjia army front.

"He's ***, the time to attack has finally come...... Order artillery to prepare! Colonel An Bozhu, who had stayed up all night and had red eyes, began to get excited, feeling that the artillery was going to make a lot of money this time.

When the sea of people in the front and rear of the German army was almost connected, An Bozhu decisively issued an order: "Attention all gun positions, I order you to open fire and smash the Germans to death with shells!" ”

At the same time, the artillery units of the Group Army, the Fourth Airborne Army, and the 71st and 72nd Divisions also began to vent their fire on the German troops, which were as dense as ant colonies.

On the positions of the three rocket artillery brigades directly under the group army, nearly 500 130-millimeter 19-barrel rocket artillery vehicles belonging to the 27 battalions fired rockets with orange-red tail flames into the sky at a speed of 0.7 seconds per shot, and the air around the entire launch position heated up rapidly.

An Bozhu, who was holding a telescope and observing carefully, had a smile on his face, only to see a red fire that was more dazzling than the rising sun in the east, crossing the sky above his position and flying towards the dense German attack queue, first as brilliant as a meteor shower, and then a thunderous explosion and a violent wave of air rushed to his face, like the vibration of ten thousand horses galloping, knocking on everyone's heart.

"Whoosh-"

"Boom, boom—"

Like a rain of broken stars pouring down from the heavenly river, the German offensive line burst into flames everywhere, and a cloud of flames rose in front of the position, like a volcanic eruption spewing hot magma, flowing everywhere on the trembling earth, and the air was rapidly rubbed by the falling flames, and instantly reached a high temperature that almost melted steel, and the burning steel ignited everything around it.

In the flames that seemed to come from hell, the German tanks, self-propelled guns and armored vehicles, along with the officers and soldiers inside and outside the vehicles, were directly strangled into powder, and the thick smoke of gunpowder and the fierce wind and flames seemed to show a colorful world of iron and fire.

At this time, almost all the artillery was added to the bombardment, and a large number of shells would fall almost every second in front of the battle line, and the density and intensity of the shells could no longer be counted, and the German officers and soldiers in the shelled area could only feel the constant loud noises and violent shock waves around them.

Some experienced veterans who were lucky enough to escape the rocket attack rushed into the nearest bunker after hearing the whistling sound of the shelling, trying to rely on the bunker to avoid the test from the steel purgatory, while some veterans who could not find the bunker even went directly into the pile of dead people, trying to dodge the stormy shock wave and shell fragments with the help of the dead man ** covering their bodies.

A few seconds after the first round of shells scrambled to land on the German attacking troops, the second round of rockets arrived. This round of rockets fell directly into the group of German attack troops, and the dense rockets instantly shrouded the attacking troops behind in a violent explosion.

The shelling continued, Teodor. Feng. Lieutenant General Sponeke watched the battlefield in amazement, the smoke and dust from the explosion of a large number of shells enveloped the earth, and what was even more deadly was that the Anjia army on the opposite side continued to fire shells, as if they were going to crush the German attacking troops alive.

"It's over...... It's all over, the Chinese actually have such dense artillery fire, and such artillery bombardment is enough to destroy most of the troops that our army has thrown into the offensive on the battlefield. A German major staff officer cried and covered his head and sighed, and the others were also stunned and stunned at everything in front of them.

As the minutes passed, the artillery bombardment of the An Jiajun continued, and it took ten minutes before slowing down slightly, but although the density and intensity of the shelling are not as high as at the beginning, the intensity of the fire is still tormenting the nerves of the German commanders, because even with such a density of firepower, they can only watch their troops fall to pieces and do nothing.

The shelling lasted for twenty minutes before it gradually weakened, and although the smoke in the center of the battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, and it was impossible to fully see all the scenes in this saturated land in a short period of time, it was the tragic situation in some corners, which also affected everyone's vision and nerves.

The ground was densely covered with craters after shelling, and some German soldiers tried to throw themselves into the craters to avoid the deadly shelling, but in the face of large-caliber shells, such efforts were futile.

You must know that soldiers who enter the landing point of a heavy grenade of 150 mm and 120 mm caliber within 50 to 80 meters, even if they hide in the crater, cannot escape the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shell and shock the internal organs, causing internal bleeding and death.

The saturated artillery bombardment of such intensity and density not only brought great shock and shock to Lieutenant General Sponeke and the commander of the 42nd Army, but also brought tremendous psychological pressure to the other German units in the rear that were preparing to attack, and they suddenly felt insignificant about capturing the position in front of them.

This kind of shock deeply made the German soldiers feel the fear from the bottom of their hearts, the successive defeats, the merciless bombing of the Anjia Army Air Force on the way, had completely demoralized the German army, coupled with this bloody and barbaric massacre, the soldiers' mental defense was almost about to collapse.

After all, the battle needs soldiers to complete, and in this cruel test of iron and fire, it is none other than these German soldiers who are sent to death. Once people are afraid, it means that they will subconsciously resist the execution of the offensive order, and the German attack will once again become procrastinated, and no matter how hard the German commander tries, he will not be able to drive those who do not have the will to fight to charge.

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