Chapter 1306: The Promise Forced Out
War does not stop because of the will of some people, it is not static but constantly restless. The war has continued to this day, and it is no longer under the control of any Allied or Axis leader.
Even Tu Mengben can only interfere in this war to a certain extent and cannot completely control it. Once the war gets out of control, the flow of life rushes like a river rushing to the sea.
Every day, at least tens of thousands of lives disappear silently from the battlefield. This is the most terrible thing about war. The vivid lives have turned into dry and cold names on the paper.
Whether their families are numb, wailing or in pain. But their lives were so simple that they passed away from this world.
The child who has been raised with decades of hard work has turned into a corpse on the battlefield in an instant. And every day, tens of thousands of lives disappear in the wind with their stories and the expectations of their loved ones......
That's the scariest part of war, and no one can keep their composure after seeing all this. Even though they are numb, they also refuse to see information about these things in their hearts.
The great superiority of the Allies allowed them to constantly advance towards the German positions. Half of Poland has already fallen, and beyond that is Germany.
The Germans were now uniting with the Italian troops who had just arrived on the battlefield, desperately fighting back against the attacking Allied forces. From the sky, to the ground. The fighting between the two sides was extremely fierce.
Although the Germans were losing their positions, the Allies did not move forward. The price paid is extremely heavy. Zhukov has lost count of how many times he has replenished his troops.
It seems that from the beginning of the offensive, his forces have not stopped replenishing. Two familiar generals, have disappeared. They died on the battlefield. Not even the body could be found.
Only because of Zhukov's order to storm. Similarly, Barton could not find a subordinate he was familiar with. Even Patton, who has always been going to the grassroots to inspect the troops, is reluctant to go to any grassroots troops at this time.
The officer I just met today may be gone tomorrow. After experiencing dozens of times, Barton didn't have a nervous breakdown, which was the support of his incomparably strong nerves.
The war is crazy and tyrannical, and even the cannon master is facing extremely heart-wrenching losses. After all, the German army was different from Japan, which had been at war, and the German army had more combat experience.
There is also a more complete basic training. At the same time, their weapons and equipment are more advanced. More than 100,000 IDF troops were killed or wounded in the offensive during this period.
Tens of thousands of disabled servicemen were forced to leave the troops and withdraw to the rear. The cannon master is iron-faced. Constantly counting his losses, and then planning the next attack with the staff.
Rundstein, who was fighting against the Allies, was also uncomfortable, and he had completely lost the support of German troops. The last support force that Hitler was able to send to him was less than 60,000 men.
Fortunately, the Italian army, which was cornered, finally showed a trace of combat effectiveness. They withstood the attack of a part of the Allied forces. If it weren't for that, Lundstein would have felt that he would have become a prisoner of the Allied army.
Units of the Chinese Defense Forces in the Middle East. Still in training. Tu Mengben openly and secretly said that unless the United States or other allies can detonate the nuclear bomb first.
Otherwise, the Wehrmacht would definitely not have forcibly attacked the European region at the risk of being bombarded with nuclear bombs. After a series of negotiations and compromises, this goal was agreed upon.
Roosevelt also admitted that if the Wehrmacht attacked Europe, it would be more vulnerable to German nuclear weapons. If the Allies do not take countermeasures, then being bombarded will completely affect the morale of the entire Allied forces.
Roosevelt didn't want to see such a situation arise, so in principle he agreed to Tu Mengben's proposal. Until the Allies had mastered the means of nuclear weapons, he agreed that the Wehrmacht would not carry out military strikes on Europe.
And because of this principle. The Allies fell into another cycle. Unless we have nuclear weapons, we will not be able to open up the situation in Europe. Although the US military in the Atlantic has gained the upper hand. But it is not enough to reach the point of storming Europe.
At this time, Hitler forcibly ordered a large number of troops originally stationed in Europe to go to the Polish battlefield. A powerful counterattack was launched directly in Poland.
For a time, the Axis and the Allies were at a stalemate on the Polish front. At the same time, the IDF units in the Middle East are dormant and on the offensive.
Time passed slowly, and it was 1944 in a blink of an eye. On the occasion of the explosion of firecrackers in the New Year, the United States suddenly announced that its first atomic bomb test was successful!
For a time, this blockbuster news stirred up a huge wave around the world! The Allies rejoiced, while the Axis powers were in ashes. Secret operatives from Italy, Poland and other countries began to make contact with the United States.
At the same time, Hitler, the leader of the Axis powers, began secret visits to other Axis powers. He even went to Poland despite the danger and made a series of assurances to Poland.
For example, it was guaranteed that Poland would gain territorial integrity after the war and would receive part of the territory of the USSR. In short, a bunch of benefits were promised, in order to settle the hearts of the rest of the Axis powers.
"How long is it left?! How long is it going?! I need this weapon right now! Right now! Right away! Instantly!! Hitler roared wildly in his command.
In the face of Hitler's anger, Dr. Heisenberg, who was in charge of the nuclear weapons program, broke out in a cold sweat. Hitler had already provided everything he could.
But the progress of research still can't catch up with the Americans. The reason for this is that the German side is completely unable to absorb the experimental reports of nuclear physics research conducted by various countries before the war, as the United States did.
They almost started from scratch, and the United States, although a little slower than Germany, got the previous nuclear weapons test reports of the United Kingdom, France and other countries.
This significantly shortens their development time. At the same time, the United States has invested several times more time, energy, manpower, and material resources than Germany.
Even if Germany fully supported the nuclear weapons program in the later period, it still invested less than the United States. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the United States developed nuclear weapons earlier than Germany.
"Honorable Führer, although the Americans have developed nuclear weapons. But it still takes a certain amount of time for them to be applied to actual combat. It will take at least two months for them to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield......"
"All I know is that now the Americans have detonated their nuclear weapons! And we really didn't even detonate it! I need you to give me an answer on this point! When will we be able to have our own nuclear weapons!! ”
Hitler interrupted Heisenberg with great irritability, and the Allies had now achieved a huge advantage. If the United States has nuclear weapons again, there is no doubt that China's dormant forces in the Middle East will directly launch an attack on Europe.
This was something that Germany absolutely did not want to see, and more than a million Wehrmacht troops could easily tear through the fragile defense line of Bulgaria.
Then it will directly invade Europe, and then threaten Germany itself!
Hitler could not accept this, and he knew it. The reason why the Tiger had concentrated a large number of troops in the Middle East and did not attack Europe directly.
The biggest reason is that the threat of nuclear weapons once it is useless. Then millions of Wehrmacht troops will pour directly into Europe from the Middle East in an instant.
On the battlefields of the Soviet Union, the Germans had already seen the strength of this army. On more than one occasion, Rundstein complained to himself if he could have the Wehrmacht as an ally.
At the very least, then, the Germans would be able to hold the Soviet battlefield and not allow the Allies to fight themselves from the Soviet Union to Poland.
But Hitler was helpless, and Germany did not side with the coalition government at the most critical moment. And rightly so, at least at the time, Japan occupied most of China's land.
At the same time, Japan occupied Southeast Asia and captured hundreds of thousands of British and American troops. At least at the time, Japan seemed like a good ally.
But Germany did not expect that the world summit would turn so quickly. However, in a few years, Japan, which seems to be incomparably powerful, will be shot directly to the bottom by the coalition government.
Even the country was lost, and it was defeated miserably before the chariot of the Chinese Defense Forces. By the time Germany saw that something was wrong and tried to win over China, the United States and other allies had already taken the lead and promised more benefits.
As a result, the Chinese side turned directly to the allies, but fortunately, the cooperative relationship between the two countries allowed China to guarantee that it would not point the finger directly at Germany for the time being.
But both sides know that such assurances are only temporary. When the war reaches a certain point, both sides will involuntarily become direct enemies.
This is determined by the position of both sides, not by the leader or a particular general.
The two sides, after all, exchanged fire on the battlefield of the Soviet Union. The Germans lost at least 50,000 casualties, while the Wehrmacht suffered more than 100,000 casualties.
This is the difference between the offensive and defensive sides, and those who attack are injured and killed. And those who defend their positions, if they do not withdraw in time, then most of them will only die in battle.
Killing red-eyed troops rarely leaves few prisoners. Unless it is a field battle, positional warfare often leaves only dead bodies.
"Within a month, we will have a successful test explosion! Within three months, our nuclear weapons will be equipped with troops! Heisenberg looked at Hitler's ever-changing face, and he knew he would not give an account today.
Then he and those R&D personnel are likely to die without a place to bury. Gritting his teeth, Heisenberg gave this promise. Despite this promise, he is only 30% sure that he will achieve it.
"I give you three months, if this weapon is not equipped to active service within three months......"
Hitler didn't say what happened, but Heisenberg knew that if his promise was not fulfilled, the consequences would be extremely serious...... (To be continued......)