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In the cold of February on the shores of Lake Constance, at Wasserburg, just 15 kilometres from Bregenz, Soviet soldiers have turned it into a huge Soviet-style barracks. In the General Headquarters of the Soviet Army's Southwestern Front Front, the atmosphere gave people a heavy and oppressive feeling, and the staff officers were like industrious worker ants who were busy without leisure, but everyone could not see the happiness that the laborers should have on their faces. Even when discussing military deployments, the officers deliberately kept their voices down, completely losing their confident posture of the past.

In a lakeside cottage not far from the headquarters, a fireplace was lit warm, and an old-fashioned German gramophone played Austrian classical music. A burly soldier with a broad face lay lazily and frustrated on the sofa, his eyes sometimes looking straight up at the ceiling, sometimes closed for a long time, as if trying to forget the troubles of mundane things, and as if he was struggling to think of a solution. On the wooden coffee table next to the sofa was a pot of wine, a cup of strong vodka, a simple marching glass, but there was no bad pungent smell of drunkenness in the room. The soldier's gray temples set off his rich life experience, and the brightly colored medals on his chest tell his immortal exploits, the honor that he deserves in life, and the ideals that should be realized have also been realized, so that when a person calms down, he will inevitably have a faint feeling of indifference to fame and fortune, stay away from disputes and enjoy the joy of family.

Life is full of entanglements.

I suddenly got up and walked to the window, but there was snow outside. The experience of arduous battles and the loss of tens of thousands of men did not make the fingers tremble the commanders of the Stalingrad counteroffensive, the reconquistasis of Crimea and the destroyer of Königsberg, the eloquent Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasilevsky, but the tragic battle in the Upper Henry Valley deeply shook the heart of the Soviet commander. The fact that more than 300,000 elite Soviet officers and soldiers who adopted a three-dimensional offensive mode were repelled by a pitiful number of resisters in this valley surrounded by mountains and rivers is not only a matter of military honor, but also has a subtle impact on the situation in the occupied areas that have finally stabilized at the national level. In the long run, there is even a possibility that the foundation of the country will be shaken.

A draw is a failure, and the next thing is sure to win!

A generous voice echoed in his chest. Think of how you can achieve this goal of victory. Marshal Vasilevsky's brow always frowned unconsciously. The Soviet army is good at attacking, which means opening and closing in the open battlefield, and the deep and strong assault of the large mechanized corps is the magic weapon for the Soviet army to defeat and defeat Germany and the Western allies successively, and the all-powerful T-34 and the resourceful and brave infantry have no way to play their characteristics in the Upper Rhine Valley, a small place. In particular, most of the tank fighting vehicles that stormed the narrow passage at the western foot of Paden Mountain were destroyed one by one by the opponent's anti-tank weapons that had no advantage in the process of moving slowly. The geographical proximity to neutral Switzerland also largely constrained the hands of Soviet officers and soldiers. The Soviet paratroopers who were blown into Switzerland by the wind not only caused non-combat attrition of the troops, but also made the Soviet government diplomatically passive and deliberately lured by Western countries. Some of the Soviet paratroopers who were seized by the Swiss announced that they had "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light". This was also a serious blow to the image of the Soviet Union and to the morale of the army.

Through the window, Marshal Vasilevsky saw the communications officer with a telegram clip hurrying in, and a moment later there was a soft knock on the wooden door of Hòu, and he bowed his head and said lukewarmly, "Come in."

After entering the door. The communications officer saluted: "Comrade commander, a secret message from Moscow!" ”…,

The marshal's brow furrowed slightly. The Third Battle of the Upper Rhine Valley, the first battle he commanded since he became commander of the Southwestern Front, was unwon, and although he was not personally punished, he was still stressed by the daily telegrams from Moscow, and in addition to the pressure, the dissatisfaction with those in power continued unabated. Professional soldiers often look down on professional politicians and disdain to get involved in intriguing political battles, but it is always the political victors who climb to the pinnacle of power, and those who do whatever it takes are despised by the upright professional soldiers.

Unfolding the telegram folder and taking a cursory glance, Marshal Vasilevsky threw it on the sofa and muttered: "Got it! ”

Seeing that the commander was in a very unhappy mood, the communications officer dared to say more, and hurriedly withdrew after saluting.

Vasilevsky drank well, but he never drank heavily. After the communications officer left, he rudely picked up the bottle and unscrewed the lid, tilted his head and took two sips, baring his teeth and looking hideous.

A few days later, the wind and snow subsided, and the fourth Soviet offensive against the enemy in the Upper Rhine Valley began. It is a slight exaggeration to say that the more than 2,000 Soviet planes that were put into operation were spread out enough to cover the sky of the upper Rhine Valley, and the seven main army corps that carried out the onslaught from both sides of the northeast were enough to cover the valley, and the 5th Guards Tank Corps, which served as the vanguard, was a well-known Soviet trump card.

In order to win this far-reaching battle, Vasilevsky brought his old staff team with tacit understanding, and made a certain adjustment in the main offensive direction and means, and even went to the position to observe the progress of the war unusually, but the Soviet army, which was full of strength, was like kicking a steel plate, and the continuous attack was always blocked in front of the opponent's core position, against the Third Emperor ** team and the Western Alliance** Whether it is the T-34 medium tank or the IS series of heavy combat vehicles, there is nothing to be done about the long-range guided rockets, and the large gunboats that have been painstakingly transported for this offensive have also failed to help the Soviet Army achieve a successful cross-lake landing operation, and the calm and beautiful shores of Lake Constance are once again stained red by the blood of Soviet youth......

The Soviets, who were at a loss for the offensive, probably did not think that this time they were not under the strong shield of their old opponents, because the losses of the troops in the first three campaigns were too heavy, and Lynn thought that most of the troops of the corps had taken advantage of the interval between the two attacks of the Soviet army to retreat to the border area of Austria and Switzerland in batches, and the defense was replaced by more than 40,000 imperial ** troops who had recently arrived on the European continent - they not only created the strongest defenders in the battle of the Upper Rhine Valley in terms of numbers, but also had a stronger overall quality than the early emperor ** and the German self-denying regiment mixed combat troops. Under the guidance of Lynn's self-reliant staff team and a large number of non-commissioned officers, the Imperial soldiers who had experienced World War II and used the Nordic war to regain their battlefield status continued to play with one enemy and ten with carefully constructed positions, and the large investment in advanced technology and weapons also helped them to overcome the Soviets, who had not made significant progress in terms of technology and tactics for more than three years.

Temporarily away from the responsible command position, Lynn's nerves were relaxed to a considerable extent, after all, the new battlefield commander was more capable of organizing a brilliant battle than himself, and he was Erich. Feng. Manstein, the most militarily gifted general of the Third Reich. During the Great War between the East and the West, Man Shuai was hired by the Allies as a senior military adviser, thus getting rid of the monotonous life of the officer's detention center, although he was never really used by the Allies, and his closer location to the battlefield gave him ample time and conditions to study the development of military tactics. After the signing of the armistice between the Allies and the Soviet Union, the Allied top brass fulfilled their promise to return themselves to Manstein and a large number of former Third Reich generals who had assisted the Allies in various ways during the war. Instead of returning to Soviet-occupied Germany, Manstein lived in neutral Switzerland, where his life lasted only a few weeks, and the Imperial headquarters soon made contact with the former meritorious general. After much deliberation, the decent marshal decided to go out again on his 59th birthday, and he himself was taken to Northern Europe, where what Lynn saw and heard at the Imperial base camp was unknown at this time, but he apparently agreed with the upper echelons of the Empire, and thus quickly became the commander of the 1st Expeditionary Regiment of the Empire. During the Second Battle of the Upper Rhine Valley, Manstein formed his operational command in the mountains of Italy and sent all the elite troops that had arrived in advance to Lynn, who had never met before, and it was not until the end of the Third Battle of the Upper Rhine Valley that the old and strong Imperial Marshal flew by helicopter over the Alps to Dornbien at night. There, he and Lynn completed a simple and solemn handover ceremony.

Compared to the Third Battle of the Upper Rhine Valley, the Fourth Battle under Manstein's command lasted longer. In the first half, the main focus of the 1st Imperial Expeditionary Corps was on resolute defensive operations, and when the Soviet offensive weakened, Manstein launched a counterattack against the opponent's flaws, and fought a completely unexpected defeat of the Soviet army in the eastern mountains of the river valley. There is still a long way to go from a military master like Manstein, a gap that may not be able to catch up in his lifetime.

Of course, Lynn has his strengths, and as the time matures, it's time to turn that advantage into a win......