readx; A cannonball made a sharp roar, violently tearing the air in half, the roar of the cannonball, the unwilling sound of the air, mixed together is very terrifying. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

A cannonball slammed into the muddy ground, and with a loud bang, it exploded violently, and the surrounding soil instantly turned into the driest state, and green smoke was emitting from all sides.

But before that, the shells shook the ground, and many Soviet soldiers hiding around were killed or wounded. Again, large-caliber artillery, the Soviet army is now most afraid of artillery and rifles, for them, it will be an unforgettable nightmare, there is nothing more terrible than these.

'Boom! ’

Another shell fell in the middle of a group of Soviet soldiers and exploded, and the violent explosion directly tore the Soviet soldiers to pieces, and a rain of blood gradually fell in the air, sometimes accompanied by stumps and broken arms.

'Smack......'

'Da Da Da ......'

The gunfire of Garand rifles and AK47 came from time to time, and at this moment they were still some distance from the center of the explosion, but at this time the shelling was slowly decreasing, and even had the meaning of stopping, with the sound of gunfire, the Soviet soldiers who were still alive knew that it was time for them to play, at least they didn't have to worry about dodging the shells anymore.

It's just that there is no threat of shells, but it doesn't mean that they are safe, and the next rain of bullets is what kills them even more.

But why can artillery be called the king of war? Since the advent of artillery, the number of enemies killed by artillery in all wars has not been the largest, and it is even less than one-tenth of the infantry weapons, but why has artillery been pushed to such a high position?

The reason is very simple, just think about the classification of artillery, maybe many people know that artillery has a great role in both attack and defense, and many people know that artillery is actually a purely strategic surname of the army.

Their main purpose is to bring huge psychological pressure to the enemy, forcing them to panic on the battlefield, thus causing all kinds of mistakes and creating the best chance for their own infantry to kill the enemy. Even in many cases, an artillery salvo alone can scare the enemy away, and this is how the so-called strategic forces come about.

The battle lasted three days, and three days was enough time for the troops of Army Group North of two armies to destroy the Soviet Red Army, which was more than twice as large as them, but this time they miscalculated.

The soldiers of both corps also showed a better level of combat than they had been in before, and by common sense, they should have finished sooner than the scheduled time.

But now, three days and three nights have passed, but the battle is not over, there are still about 50,000 or so Soviet Red Army still stubbornly resisting, and at the same time they have also brought a lot of casualties to the soldiers of these two armies, which is also the largest number of casualties in this battle of the Northern Army Group, but the two sides are the least involved in the battle.

Although the soldiers of Army Group North showed an extraordinary combat level, the Soviet side was not bad, and they knew very well what Army Group North was for attacking this time. At present, there is no hope of getting out of the predicament, coupled with hunger and cold, there is not enough weapons, equipment and ammunition, and it is impossible to win.

But they also don't want to be wiped out, they are also afraid of death, what else can they do in this situation? The only way is to fight with all your might, to fight this battle with all the strength of the rest of your life, to survive as much as possible, and to live one more minute if you can.

Where is there any aggression at this time? There was no resistance to aggression, the Soviet Red Army fought for only one purpose, that is, to be alive, to come with a million troops, to go to the battlefield with high ambitions, and even they had already thought about what delicious dishes they would have at the celebration banquet.

But two months have passed, and it is impossible to have a celebration banquet, and now there are only 200,000 left in the million-strong army, and if they don't fight to the death, it is estimated that no one will clean up the corpses for them.

In order to avoid a large-scale outbreak of plague, the Soviet Red Army could only take advantage of the gap to bury the Soviet Red Army who died in battle, and the soldiers of the Northern Army Group who died on the battlefield had long been taken away by themselves, and few remained.

But even so, the state of the Soviet army is not very good, in the past few days the army has gradually appeared cough and fever, and there are more and more sick soldiers, as if they were infected with the virus, the Soviet army, which was already in a very bad situation, is facing the torture of illness at this time, and the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army has dropped sharply for a while.

But it was in this situation that the Soviet soldiers broke out with stronger combat effectiveness than before, perhaps because they were accustomed to seeing the horror of death, perhaps because they did not want to die, or perhaps because of something else, many Soviet soldiers went into battle with illness.

The feat of the Soviet army did not move anyone, even Zhukov could not do anything at this time, he had no way to rescue the trapped million-strong army, let alone protect the troops who were carrying out the counter-encirclement, Zhukov at this time was like a helpless child.

On this side, the troops were wiped out little by little, and the soldiers were suffering from hunger, fatigue, lack of ammunition, and sickness, while on the other side, Stalin kept urging him to attack! Offensive! On the offensive! Regardless of the situation here, Zhukov even wanted to pull Stalin here and let him personally command the battle to see what good he could do.

And Zhukov has been asking Stalin for instructions to retreat, but Stalin refused without looking at it, Zhukov knew that Stalin may be afraid that once he agreed to retreat, he would not be able to save face.

Having repelled the German attack earlier, Stalin triumphantly went to show off his strength with Britain and the United States, and at the same time sent more than 2 million troops to support the Far Eastern Military District, plus the original more than 1 million troops, a total of more than 3 million people formed a new Far Eastern Military District.

Su Dalin never thought of defeating Army Group North with only such a small number of troops, he only hoped that he could compete with it in the Far East, and it was enough to just contend with it.

Because before this, no country can compete with the Chinese Empire, no matter whether the country is big or small, in the face of the Chinese Empire's offensive is a rout without suspense, this time, as long as Stalin resists the Chinese Empire's offensive, then it means that he has the ability to defeat the Chinese Empire, and at the same time can also obtain more material support from the international community.

But what about once Stalin gave the order to retreat? What will happen? The little international prestige that the Soviet Union had just gained would be instantly knocked back to its original shape, and the German army, which had been eyeing it all along, would immediately launch an attack to cooperate with the fighting on the eastern front on the western front, and what would Stalin have to resist at that time?

Then the consequence was the fall of the Soviet Union, the international community abandoned the Soviet Union as an ally, and left Germany and the Chinese Empire to divide the Soviet Union, and the international community adopted a policy of appeasement at best, and perhaps when the Soviet Union fell and was divided, the war would end with it.

At that time, the territory of the Soviet Union was divided into two, one part belonged to Germany and one part belonged to the Chinese Empire, and the two countries needed to spend a huge amount of experience to manage such a large land, and they simply did not have the ability to launch a new offensive in a short period of time, so there was no point in fighting this war.

Of course, it is not that Stalin is not optimistic about the Soviet Union, but that he is indeed very unconfident now, and everyone has seen the effect of the joint efforts of the Chinese Empire and Germany in the Soviet Union.

Putting aside the reason for the backwardness of the Soviet army's equipment for the time being, no matter how backward the equipment is, it is also the army, and if there is no Chinese Empire, the Soviet Union will still defeat the German invasion, which is enough to show that they are indeed not boasting, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is still there.

The most important thing is that the war has not been carried out until now, and there have been no large-scale casualties in Germany and the Chinese Empire, which means that their military power is still very strong, and it is not something they can resist at all.

And on the one hand, there is also the Republic of China staring at the Soviet Union, and now the aircraft carrier formation delivered by the Chinese Empire to the Republic of China is still studying at the Bangka base, and will officially return to the naval base in Hangzhou Bay in a month, and at that time, the countries of the world will inevitably see an established fact, that is, the Republic of China has stood with them.

And what are their chances of winning at this time? The only thing that can be done is not to work together to defeat them, but to find a way to negotiate with them, and then recognize the legitimate surname of the territory they occupy, in exchange for a truce and peace, and then the countries will either engage in economic construction in peace and stability, and will not participate too much in the war, or they will work hard to develop armaments, and wait until they can defeat the Chinese Empire and Germany before provoking war.

No matter what the outcome is, the Soviet Union may disappear in the long river of history for a few years, or it may disappear permanently, this is an uncertain thing, Stalin took these problems into account, so regardless of the casualties of the soldiers, even if they were all killed, they must stay there and not be allowed to retreat.

"Xiao Dezi, help me look at the injury on my back, damn it, I was stabbed with a branch by an old hairy man just now, and I feel like I'm bleeding."

A corporal squad leader sat on a slightly raised mound of earth with his teeth bared, regardless of whether there was blood or dirt on it, after three days and three nights of fighting, each of them reached the critical point of collapse, and if the fight continued, it is estimated that some people would die from overwork.

"It's really bleeding, there is a wound of about two centimeters, but it's okay, skin trauma, it's good to bandage it after reducing inflammation."

Xiao Dezi lifted the squad leader's back, looked at the wound carefully, and then continued: "Who still has anti-inflammatory drugs and bandages?" ”

After a long time, no one answered Xiao Dezi's words, but everyone shook their heads, each person was equipped with medicine at most for two times, and if there was more, there was no need, and the battle lasted for three days and three nights, and there were many wounded soldiers, although many were slightly injured, but they needed to use these medicines, so it is normal to have no medicines now.

"Smoke a cigarette and apply cigarette ash and liquor to the wound first, and then treat it after a few days."

The corporal squad leader shook his head and handed Xiao Dezi a broken cigarette.

(The following words are free!) Cigarette ash with liquor has the effect of disinfection and hemostasis, but the nicotine and tar content of modern cigarettes is too high, and it is easy to kill people. (To be continued.) )