Chapter 1110: Moscow of Blood and Snow (17)
He held his breath, just a slight gasp. Fearing that his breath would melt the snow in front of him, his eyes did not leave the position for a moment.
Because he knows that he only has one chance. If the first shot doesn't hit the man, then the guards around him will immediately pounce on him to avoid him being harmed.
Until now, this person has appeared in front of his eyes several times. But each time the time was extremely short, and he didn't think he had a chance to make a move.
So he didn't make any moves, waiting quietly in the snow. The broken bricks and beams on his body gave him some protection and cover.
The snow had covered overnight, making it almost impossible to see the vision of his location. The chaos on the battlefield, as if it had nothing to do with him at all. He was as silent as a log that already existed in the ruins.
"Boom, boom...... The Germans and the Allies were still fighting on the "Turbulence......" position, and it was already dawn. It's a pity that the snow doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping.
In the falling snowflakes, the fight between the two sides seemed so mechanical and tired. Both Lundstein and Tukhachevsky gritted their teeth, believing that their opponents would collapse first before they collapsed.
But there seems to be no end in sight to this persistence. And under their insistence, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of soldiers on both sides on the battlefield were killed or wounded.
At every moment, countless soldiers fell in the snow full of gunsmoke. This small position was directly stained dark black by blood. The shattered corpses were swept away everywhere by the air waves.
The corpse parts even showed an eerie black color in the ice. I didn't know that it was frozen black. Or is it stained by the smoke of gunpowder that pervades Moscow......
The German fighters could not provide effective support in this weather, and even the artillery could only carry out a certain artillery bombardment according to the coordinates provided by the German infantry units in front of the formation.
The two sides are too close. Now the only thing that can compete is the quality of the soldiers on both sides.
"How many more people do we have?!" Tukhachevsky asked the staff officer beside him, who smiled wryly and said: "If you count the wounded, we still have less than half a million people......
Tukhachevsky did not speak, and turned to look at Eisenhower and Montgomery. The two generals did not speak, and directly handed over a statistical document.
The British were relatively good, and they now had less than 50,000 troops to attack. And the American army was miserable, with nearly twice as many troops as the British. There are now fewer than 80,000 combatants left.
The brutal casualties made both Eisenhower and Montgomery's faces gloomy and terrifying. They thought that the battle of Moscow would be very cruel, but they did not expect it to be so cruel.
"Let everyone in the staff prepare. Bring weapons and be ready to support the battlefield at any time! Tukhachevsky closed the document, took a deep breath and said: "If Moscow is going to lose, then at least allow us to shed the last drop of blood for it!" ”
"Yes!!" Tukhachevsky's words made the staff officer's eyes red, and he gritted his teeth and walked out of the command headquarters quickly without tears, and began to give Tukhachevsky's orders.
Eisenhower and Montgomery did not hesitate to give orders. All civilian personnel were assigned weapons to combat status. As a reserve at any time. Into the fray.
The battle had already been fought to this point, and the three highest Allied commanders did not think that they had a way out.
"Let all the staff officers, civilians be ready to enter the battlefield as reserves! What we need, it's Moscow! Coincidentally, the German command Nerundstein and Loeb also gave this order without hesitation.
The heavy snowfall, which lasted for nearly a day, closed all roads leading to Moscow. The troops that had come in for support were stuck in the road, and now the prisoners of war were clearing the snow.
Rundstein and the others knew that they might not be able to wait for support. Because they now have more than a million casualties on their hands.
Although Rommel did not reciprocate, the situation on the battlefield had been reported to the command through the observation of the reconnaissance team. Rommel's tank units received a huge blow.
Although they killed and wounded more Allied tanks and soldiers than themselves. But this could not stop the Allied counterattack. After daylight, the sight is better than at night.
Both sides that had fought all night were now exhausted. But as long as the Allies did not succeed in rescuing Trotsky. Then the Germans still have a chance to turn the tables.
"Where's Skorzner?! I'm going to see him, I'm going to ask him personally how the mission I've given him is doing! Bock, who was already extremely dissatisfied with Skorzner, roared in a low voice.
Rundstein, on the other hand, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "He didn't come with the troops. Even his subordinates don't know where he's gone, and the only thing he says is that he'll get the job done......"
Bock's face was ugly, but he didn't say anything after all. Goering's face was now more ugly than Bock's, and the airport was completely frozen in heavy snow so far throughout the night.
After overhauling the fighters, the ground crew warned the staff that the fighters would not be able to take off even if they cleared the snow. The cold of Moscow makes the steel of the warplanes extremely fragile.
If these fighters are allowed to continue to fight at high altitudes, or if they are forced to take off, no one can guarantee whether these fighters will stop in the air, be damaged, or even fall directly.
The Germans' most relied and most important means of attack were now chicken. Even the arrogant Goering and other German air force generals had to accept this cruel truth.
Unless the weather warms up, letting the fighters take off is sending the pilots to their deaths.
"Our paratroopers will go with you as a reserve, and that's the limit I can do for you. The rest is up to you......"
As soon as Goering gritted his teeth, he finally took out the only force he had now - the air force paratrooper unit.
And his words aroused the favor of Rundstey and others. In any case, this was one of the few occasions when Göring ceded his interests for Germany.
For that matter. Rundstein and Loeb and others were extremely appreciative.
"General Goering, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity!" Rundstein said to Göring solemnly: "For the sake of Germany, we will definitely win the war!" ”
The two sides fought endlessly. It was already carried out until noon. The Germans and the Allies had been fighting for almost a day and night. The two sides still do not see who has the upper hand.
All the soldiers were still soaked in blood and fire. The corpses that didn't have time to be reined in were blown up everywhere. Ammunition, explosions, stray bullets and gunsmoke are the theme songs here.
ruins, became the decoration here. The snowflakes seemed to be singing for them, singing about how heroic the soldiers were in the ice.
"From here. We can go directly to Moscow. All the men were ready, and in advance we went in 30,000 troops, and brought out 24,000 wounded. If it is to follow the old boat ferry. We couldn't get a lot of people in, but now it's okay, the frozen river gives us that chance! ”
Zhukov said to Stalin and Chuikov, whose faces were blue and cold, in front of him: "If it is a forced march, two hours is enough for us to reach Moscow!" ”
Stalin did not speak. He walked out of the command headquarters and looked at the Soviet soldiers who were asleep on the edge of the tent, without saying a word. The soldiers were so tired.
Walk in one and a half days for three days. The forced march in the snow exhausted the last vestiges of their physical strength. After arriving at Zhukov's camp, they hurriedly ate some hot food and went straight to sleep.
Even, some people fall asleep while eating with a lunch box. The forced march led to a large non-combat attrition of the Soviet army. The Soviet troops who were able to reach the camp were only 110,000 people.
The remaining 40,000 were either left behind or sent to a village on the way to recuperate.
"Order everyone to get up at once!" Stalin whispered: "We will rush to Moscow now, for the sake of the Soviets!" Fight!! ”
The order soon spread throughout the Soviet army, and the sleepy-eyed Soviet soldiers, wiping their faces from the snow on the ground, grabbed their weapons and began their final march. Their destination is Moscow!
Trotsky looked at the mountains of corpses and rubble, and he did not know how long he would be able to hold on. But he's still holding on. He insisted on believing. You can lead the Allies to victory.
Just as there have been countless times in the past when the Soviets were surrounded by strong enemies, they were still able to fight their way out of the encirclement and win.
The rumbling of artillery was constantly exploding, and the roar of machine guns and rifles covered everything. Tukhachevsky, with the last reserves of the Allied forces, began to rush to the battlefield.
The Marshal of the Soviet Union skillfully operated the ** sand, constantly forcing the German troops hidden behind the ruins out of the hiding place. Staff officers use various bunkers to assist their own troops in combat.
Both Rommel's and Patton's forces were now very small, and almost all of Patton's tanks were destroyed to be exact. Rommel's tanks, on the other hand, were largely destroyed under incendiary bombs and anti-aircraft guns.
"Boom! Rumble!! Boom ......" watched the Soviet troops fall in the explosion, Tukhachevsky smiled bitterly. Moscow, after all, is about to fall......
"Get up! Huge country, fight to the death!! ”
Suddenly, there was a burst of singing in Russian. The song is not sung by one person, but by a group of people. The singing voice is not standard, but it seems so impassioned.
"We must destroy the fascist evil forces and destroy all evil bandits! Friend and foe are two extremes, everything is the opposite!! ”
The singing came from far and near, and the Soviet soldiers on the position heard the singing and suddenly seemed to have been injected with a shot in the arm, roaring and rushing out of the position and rushing towards those German soldiers.
"Let the noblest wrath roll and tumble like a wave! Wage a people's war! Holy War!! ”
When this lyric was shouted, the Germans saw a large group of German troops rushing towards them from a distance. These Soviet troops came to support the German army, which had been fighting to the point of numbness, and collapsed almost instantly.
The Allies, on the other hand, were overjoyed, they heard that it was Russian. They also saw that this was a unit supported by the Soviet army! The tide of the war seems to have been reversed.
Hearing this song roaring like the Volga, Trotsky burst into tears. He knew that this was the Soviet army's reinforcement. They finally arrived.
"For the Soviets! For the sake of justice!! Trotsky roared loudly, his voice hoarse but great! It spread all over the battlefield at once.
Even the sound of gunfire seemed to be drowned out by his roar. The Soviets on the position roared along with Trotsky, stood up and rushed out of their positions to kill the Germans.
"For Germany! The Führer and Germany, are waiting for news of our victory!! At this time, a German voice also sounded among the German troops, and the German troops, who had been somewhat retreating, began to stabilize and try to stop the Allied counterattack.
Rommel commanded his armored forces to the left and right, trying to relieve pressure on the friendly forces and stop the Allied counterattack. The situation in the position became chaotic again, and the two sides fought even more closely together than before.
"Dedicate all your strength and all your spirit to defend your dear Motherland! Great Alliance! Let the noblest anger roll and tumble like a wave, and wage a war of the people! Holy War!! ”
Under the singing, the Allies launched a frantic attack on the German army.
"Bang!" And at this moment, the muzzle of a gun, which had been frozen like a log in the snow for a long time, suddenly shot Trotsky as he stood up! (To be continued......)