Seven hundred and four. Panzer March
June 30, 1943, 2 a.m.
The decisive day has finally arrived.
On the offensive front of 200 kilometers from Gagarin to Konakovo, 120 kilometers from Kaluga to Tula, 130 kilometers from Rostov to Ivanovo, a total of 450 kilometers wide, 2.4 million troops, 40,000 artillery pieces of various types, 5,600 combat vehicles and 3,400 warplanes were ready for the most rear, and after countless inspections, they were ready for battle.
160 km southwest of Moscow, Kaluga, camp of the Ernst battle group.
Under the bright moon, the movement in the dark clouds. The tents that used to stretch endlessly have now been put away. Under the snowy moonlight, only countless steel helmets could be seen shaking, reflecting the cold light of metal.
The autumn wind was cold, and the national flags, military flags, and trumpet flags of each battle group were waving in the wind and rolling to their heart's content. On the battalion of the armored division and on the command tanks of each regiment and battalion, the small triangular flags shook in the wind, making a "pop" crackling sound, which was extremely crisp.
The officers and men who participated in the front-line offensive have already finished their meals. At the starting positions of the battle groups, the signal corps had also set up telephone lines and connected loudspeakers to armored vehicles at intervals.
All the officers and men had dinner at 5 p.m. on 29 June, and then were ordered to go to bed at 6 p.m. to recuperate. At 1 o'clock in the morning of the next day, that is, one hour ago, the wake-up call sounded one after another on the 450-kilometer long station.
"Attention all! Lined up! Gather! ”
A sudden shrill whistle broke the silence of the night. The officers shouted loudly in an unusually hurried manner. It made the soldiers feel as if something special was about to happen.
In just a few minutes, the phalanxes were assembled, and the soldiers stood proudly. It's as neat as a knife and an axe.
At 1:30 a.m., all officers and men, except for the alert troops, had finished lining up at their respective starting positions.
That is the momentum that will only be possessed after countless baptisms of war! Calm and calm, he despises all the strength that dares to stand in his way......
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In the central command hall, the telephones rang one after another, and the staff officers carried documents back and forth. Almost all of them were trotting, and everyone was like they were on a strip. From marshals and generals to non-commissioned officers and petty soldiers. All of them had a common strange feeling that made their blood boil when they thought about it.
What happened half an hour later will go down in history forever. And everyone present is involved......
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The evening breeze blew the military flag. All the German officers and soldiers were unmoved. Waiting quietly, the whole camp exudes an inexplicable momentum!
Suddenly, as if the calm sea suddenly set off waves, the left flank of the army began to stir, and gradually, the noise became louder and louder, and the whole army began to become fanatical!
No one is going to reproach those who are "undisciplined", because everyone present. Through the faint light, they all saw the figure. With vigorous steps, he walked towards the rostrum......
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"Hi-Ernst! St. - Ernst! ”
In the continuous frenzied cries of the soldiers, Wang Weiyi, who was dressed in the generalissimo's uniform, came to the microphone.
"German soldiers!"
The audience erupted in warm applause, which made Wang Weiyi have to raise his hand to quiet the crowd.
Trying his best to suppress the unprecedented excitement, he raised his hand and pointed to the northeast—
"Who, can you tell me, over there, what is the place?!"
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The scenes of the First Battle of Moscow flew by at a rapid pace......
Some veterans couldn't help but wipe the corners of their eyes, and their originally straight bodies couldn't help but tremble.
Before waiting for the following to react, Wang Weiyi continued to say word by word:
"Mo-S-Ko!!"
"Yes, 160 kilometers away, the capital of the Russians, Moscow!"
"That time, we were as close to the Kremlin as we are today, but countless brave soldiers fell on this cold land!"
"On that occasion, we suffered an unprecedented setback under the city of Moscow, and among you, those who survived that battle, felt it more than I did."
"Some people think that even if we take Moscow, the long front will be a drag on us, and in 1941, there may be some truth to this......"
"But, now, let's come back here, save ourselves, save more comrades!"
"Today, we return here to wash away the shame of the past and create a new history!"
"Soldiers!" Wang Weiyi suddenly raised his voice: "In the name of Germany!" With the weapons in your hands, tell the Russians that victory belongs to the great Germany in the end! ”
"Long Live Germany!!"
"Victory! Victory! Victory! ”
"Hi-Ernst! St. - Ernst! ”
This time, the shame will be washed away and the merit will be made in one fell swoop.
This time, the Soviet war monster will be solved once and for all.
This time, every corporal, every private, private, will be the same as the general marshal, and will become the one who makes history.
Amid the frenzied cries of the soldiers, on the rostrum, a huge clock was running slowly, its hands had reached 1:59, and the second hand was completing the last few squares.
"Tick ...... Tick...... Tick...... While! ”
In an instant, the audience fell silent, and the sound, like thunder in the middle of the night, hit everyone's hearts.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Three red flares rose into the night sky.
Wang Weiyi pressed a red button in front of the microphone.
"Ding ——!"
The crisp sound of the bell, transmitted through countless radio waves, resounded throughout the battle camp. Resounded across the entire offensive front!
Countless microphones were picked up, and countless voices gave the most exciting order of their lives to the microphone!
"Skeleton Master! Advance! ”
"Vikings! Charge! ”
"2nd Panzer Army! Assault! ”
"SS! Offensive! ”
"2nd Air Army. Takeoff! ”
In an instant, the Tiger and Panther let out a vengeful roar and rushed forward, and the third and fourth assault guns, the pursuers, the wild bees, with the roar of battle, followed closely. Stuka and Dornier carry the roar of death into the night sky, and Me-110 and Fw-190 become assassins in the night sky. Sneak through the clouds.
"Whether it's a blizzard or a scorching sun......"
At some point, the faint singing of "March of the Panzers" suddenly sounded in the echelon of the attack, but it seemed to be a faint voice. but like a prairie fire. It gradually becomes huge.
Gradually, every squad, every platoon, and every battalion, in the roar of the chariots and the whistling of the fighters, began to sing loudly, the voices of the soldiers. Gradually become uniform.
This warm atmosphere made every soldier who had experienced a hundred battles feel full of enthusiasm. One by one, they joined the singing procession loudly.
"Whether it's a blizzard or a scorching sun. Whether it's a hot day or a cold night. Even if the yellow sand is blowing in our faces, we are still in a good mood. Our chariots, galloping towards the storm! Our chariots, galloping towards the storm! ”
Wang Weiyi stood on his Tiger tank, nodding slightly to the soldiers from time to time, and all the soldiers also sang loudly and greeted the beloved marshal with respectful eyes.
Wang Weiyi was excited again, and he also used his biggest voice to join the ranks of singing.
The brave and fearless soldiers are singing, the calm officers are singing, the staff officers of the headquarters are also singing, the beautiful secretaries and nurses are also singing, and the solemn and majestic song resounded throughout the earth, accompanied by the rolling iron flow - forward!
"Whether it's a blizzard or a scorching sun. Whether it's a hot day or a cold night. Even if the yellow sand is blowing in our faces, we are still in a good mood. Our chariots, galloping towards the storm! Our chariots, galloping towards the storm!
With a roar, we sped lightning. Sheltered by armor, we met the enemy. Charge with the brothers, only we are fighting side by side. So we break through the enemy line deeply! So we break through the enemy line deeply!
If there is an enemy, come into view, quickly fill up the throttle and charge straight into the enemy line. What is our value as soldiers of our motherland? It is the highest glory to sacrifice for the motherland! It is the highest glory to sacrifice for the motherland!
The enemy tried to block with mines, roadblocks. We scornfully ridiculed and then took a detour. The artillery that threatens us is hidden in the rolling yellow sand. We're looking for a new way, a different path! We're looking for a new way, a different path!
If the goddess of fate abandons us. If we never, we can't go back home. If a bullet hits us, it will end our fate once and for all. At least we still have iron armor as a grave! At least we still have iron armor as a grave! ”
Forward - Germany, forward!
Onwards – Baron Alexon, onward!
With the pride of victory, with the ultimate dream - forward!
The Lord of War, at this moment showed his hideous fangs!
The tracks of war, rumbling at this moment!
No one will be able to stop this force, no one will be able to stop the Lord of War and his troops!
All for Germany - all for Ernst!
Onward, great troops led by the great Baron Alexon!
The "March of the Panzers" that resounded on the battlefield was the inner cry of all German soldiers. That wave after wave of singing is the call of Germany's victory after winning the most of the world!
In the early morning of June 30, 1943, the Battle of Moscow officially began.
On this day, the 2.4 million German troops, with the Sterst battle group, the most elite armed forces of Germany, as the central assault group, and the Manstein cluster and the Guderian cluster as the two flanks, advanced towards Moscow in a big way!
“...... If the goddess of fate abandons us. If we never, we can't go back home. If a bullet hits us, it will end our fate once and for all. At least we still have iron armor as a grave! At least we still have iron armor as a grave! ”
"March of the Panzers" sounded over and over again on the battlefield......
By Ernst. Field Marshal Bream was placed in the central assault cluster of the German army. There was also a large number of the Free Russian Army. These units, which are mainly led by Ukrainians, have played a huge role from the very beginning of the war.
A large number of Ukrainian troops in the Soviet army surrendered to the Germans without resistance!
The Soviet Union was a state of more than a hundred nationalities, founded on the basis of the Tsarist Russian Empire. The national question was very complicated, and there were many historical grievances, and Muscovy was originally a very small state centered on Moscow, subject to the Mongol Khanate. After hundreds of years of expansion, invasion and annexation of countless countries, it became the Tsarist Russian Empire across the Eurasian continent.
The border regions of Ukraine themselves. It was the former territory of Romania, which was occupied by force by the Tsarist Russian Empire.
Residents here warmly welcome their compatriots, what is the fuss. Ukraine was an independent state. It was three hundred years ago. Annexed by the Tsarist Empire, with deep national grievances, a large number of Ukrainian troops. The large number of voluntary surrenders that took place is not surprising.
In the Tsarist Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the state pursued the national policy of Great Russianism. The real beneficiary is ethnic Russians. Belarusians. They were the social basis of the Soviet state.
Ukrainians are discriminated against here, so we would love to see the arrival of German troops. This was already very prominent at the time of the first German attack on Moscow.
June 30 at 6 a.m. Marshal of the Soviet Army who returned to the battlefield. At the same time, Shaposhnikov, the teacher of Marshal Vasilevsky, commanded the 11th and 12th armies of the Soviet army to meet the battle, trying to block the advance of the German army.
The first large-scale war of the Battle of Moscow broke out.
During the campaign, a large number of German planes took off, countless dazzling German war eagles, hovering in the sky, they told that one bomb after another fell, and in the continuous explosion and burning firelight, the battlefield presented the most magnificent scenery.
German planes in the Red Army. German tanks are on the offensive! Accompanying them was the majestic "March of the Panzers":
“...... If the goddess of fate. Abandon us. If we never, we can't go back home. If a bullet hits us, it will end our fate once and for all. At least we still have iron armor as a grave! At least we still have iron armor as a grave! ”
Shaposhnikov, who was weak in character, rarely chose to take the initiative to attack, because he knew very well that passive defense could only be eliminated by the Germans in the end. Only by taking the initiative to attack can you win some opportunities for your troops.
But by this time the momentum of the German army had long been unstoppable.
Especially the Ernst Battle Cluster, which is the central assault cluster!
At 6::10, the Skeleton Division and the Viking Division, with the cooperation of the German army's strong air force and ground artillery fire, launched a tough counter-charge against the Soviet army.
The flames of war are once again reigniting on Russian soil......
Every gunshot, every shout, is a contest of the spirit and will of the soldiers on both sides.
Every soldier is here to carry out this sacrifice and death.
For the honor of the soldiers, but also for the honor of Germany.
For many of them, it was perhaps the last battle of their lives.
But they don't care, and when they've come this far, they don't care about anything......
They have experienced so much blood and death that they have long been numb to it all, and their only pursuit is to kill or be killed by the enemy.
Under the powerful assault of the German army, Shaposhnikov, the old marshal of the Soviet Union, did not think that he could see the hope of victory, and everything he was doing now was nothing more than what he could do after being the most degraded soldier.
He had already said goodbye to his family, and he was sure that he would die here in honor......
He was willing to see Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, fall into the hands of the Germans, and since he could not prevent it from happening, he should put an end to it at the cost of his life.
The German assault teams completed one breakthrough after another, and the situation on the battlefield was seriously unfavorable for the Soviet army from the beginning. Two army groups simply could not stop the powerful German army.
8:00 a.m., Ernst. Brem ordered the Arko cluster and the Großdeutsche regiment into battle, which only added to the rapid defeat of the Soviet army.
No matter what way you look at it, the Soviet army at this time has long ceased to be the opponent of the Germans......
The roaring artillery fire and the galloping tanks destroyed the Soviet army's worst determination. An hour later, the Soviet central position had already been breached.
The strangulation of the Germans began......
The roaring earth watched in silence...... She carried countless corpses with her body......
The war will always end......
The Soviet 11th and 12th armies were broken through at 1 p.m. and were massively annihilated, and the defeat was so rapid.
Shaposhnikov had actually expected this moment for a long time, but he did not expect it to come so quickly.
At 1:20, Shaposhnikov committed suicide on the battlefield, the first Soviet marshal to die on the battlefield after the outbreak of the Battle of Moscow.
In his life, he made countless contributions to the Soviet Union, but on this day he committed suicide in complete despair.
As in the same desperate Soviet Union.
More people will die, and the edifice of the Soviet Union is collapsing rapidly.
And what sounded on the battlefield was still the loud "March of the Armored Corps":
“...... If the goddess of fate abandons us. If we never, we can't go back home. If a bullet hits us, it will end our fate once and for all. At least we still have iron armor as a grave! At least we still have iron armor as a grave! ”
It was the loudest song on the battlefield, the loudest declaration of the German soldiers. They will sing such war songs and march all the way to Moscow!
Victory, step by step, is coming to the Germans!
(This chapter acknowledges the information provided by Shikoku Fengyun, and in this chapter, he also put a lot of effort into it.) (To be continued......)