One thousand eighteen. Young life
For a cruel war, the gentleman's behavior on the battlefield is nothing more than embellishment, and it is the most precious human life that really needs to end the war!
Both the Axis and Allied forces were given all their attention to the line from Tetun to Hanover, and the war was manifested from the very beginning and its direction, and whoever was able to achieve the objectives of the campaign would be able to seize the initiative in the war.
Both sides were frequently deploying troops in Terton and Hanover, constantly increasing their defensive and offensive forces, and neither was willing to give up any hope of winning the war.
At Tetun, the Germans showed enough tenacity, and in Hanover, the Allies showed tenacity that was in no way inferior to the enemy. This has never happened since the outbreak of war.
Both sides have used their human and material resources to the limit, and everyone is almost there to grit their teeth and persist, fighting to this point, no one is willing to give up, and no one wants to let their hard work be ruined. At this time, whether the weapons are advanced or not, and whether the tactics are advanced or not have become secondary, and the most important thing is who can hold out until the last moment.
Brigadier General Dolby was clearly ready for this.
From the very beginning of the Battle of Hanover, he was already very satisfied with the performance of his troops. You must know that he is facing a skeleton baron who has never failed since the outbreak of the First World War, a legendary baron! And he was able to hold on to it with the Skull Baron until now.
In this regard, Brigadier General Dolby considers himself to have done a very successful job......
The two newly transferred Australian divisions were of great help, and they were equally brave. Shows amazing willpower on the battlefield.
To be sure, the German army in Hanover was superior to the Allies in terms of weapons and the fighting skills of the soldiers, and to some extent the Allies in Hanover were fighting the strong with the weak. Coupled with the gap in command skills between the two commanders, Brigadier General Dolby was able to do this step quite well.
Strangely, however, Baron Skeleton doesn't seem to be very worried about the current stalemate...... This is the most puzzling......
Even after the arrival of the Royal 3rd Division, Baron Skeleton did not immediately put this unit into battle, but continued to use it as a general reserve...... Brigadier General Dolby wondered if there was some conspiracy, but he couldn't figure out what the conspiracy was from any angle......
Maybe it's because the tense war makes me worry too much...... Soon, Brigadier General Dolby completely threw this vague worry behind him......
From July 1st. The German offensive entered a new climax, and many German fighters and helicopter gunships appeared on the battlefield, but not all of these air forces were used to attack the enemy head-on. It seems to be rehearsing something.
To tell the truth, Brigadier General Dolby had no idea what the Germans were trying to do......
The German Army's Greater German Regiment, the Kolk Tank Assault Group, and the British Royal Second Division attacked in turn, leaving the American positions under artillery fire all the time. The war that is not interrupted for a moment is very tormenting of the spirit. There are a few times. Even Brigadier General Dolby felt like he was going to collapse. He couldn't even close his eyes and sleep for even an hour...... What a goddamn war......
One morning, one of the battalions of the Australians at the forefront was again emptied, and the corpses were piled up all over Hanover. And as the weather gets hotter, so does the foul smell that fills the city. Fortunately, the medical technique has been greatly improved now, otherwise maybe the plague would have broken out in an instant......
During the intervals of the battle, the soldiers sat listlessly, they did not bother to speak. Too lazy to eat. Every bite of food that is brought to your mouth always smells bloody. Everything that happens here. It's something they'll never forget.
"I have a dream." Finally, a hoarse voice broke the desperate calm, and the person who spoke was Australian soldier Poke, whose young face, cut by bullets in the morning battle, was simply handled, leaving him with a bloody scar on his face: "I want to come home alive, I have a plantation at home, it's big, I want to ride a horse, and then every day at sunrise and sunset, patrol my family's plantation, I want to take it is probably the happiest thing of my life...... What about you, Murphy, do you have any dreams? ”
Murphy, who enlisted in the army at about the same time as him, said, "I want to be a brewer, you know, I've always liked this." Hey, Murphy, if we weren't dead after the war, I'd treat you to my own beer. ”
"It's a deal." A big smile appeared on Zach's face, which made his scars look less obvious: "I will provide you with the ingredients for brewing beer, maybe we will become the ...... of Monopoly"
The two young men laughed together...... What they didn't know was that at the same moment, two enemies of their own age were also discussing almost the same topic......
It was German soldiers De Boer and Karlslon of the Greater German Regiment...... They were good friends from childhood, went to school together, graduated together, and then joined the Holy Waffen-SS together. They always think that they are born to be together forever, and even one day they will enter the marriage hall together with a beautiful bride......
"How's that girl of yours, Doria, Derby?" Karlsloan called out his best friend's nickname: "I remember you got along well?" ”
"Ah, I just got a letter from her, do you want me to read it to you, Carl?" De Boer took out a letter and read it in a somewhat dry voice: "Dear Deby, I don't know how to say it to you in this letter...... I've been lonely since you left, and Shepp next door is always here to help. That time the enemy plane came to bomb, and it was Xie Pu who saved our whole family, and I don't know how to repay him. Well, I found out that I was already in love with him......"
"Enough, enough." Karlsloan interrupted his best friend, "Shep? Is that the guy with pimples all over his face? Damn, how could Doria fall in love with such a guy? Derby, don't be sad, when the war is over, I'll give that guy a little good-looking! ”
De Boer suddenly smiled: "For what? My friend? Maybe I'm really not a good fit with Doria. You know, we are all German soldiers. No one knows when we will die, do you want a girl to wait for me all the time? Truth be told, I don't blame Doria. Shepp is not to blame. Let's wait until the war is over......"
Karlsloan sighed. When will the war end? Only he could understand the deep pain under his best friend's pretended relaxed smile......
"When the war is over, let's go find the girl who really loves us......"
As soon as Karlsloan said this, the emergency call had sounded, and all the soldiers who had seemed to be lazy just now were in combat mode.
"Offense - Prepare to attack!"
In the long voices of the officers, the soldiers of the Großdeutsche Regiment began to return to the attack with the tanks......
This offensive and defensive battle took place on the afternoon of July 1, 1966. It was the most brutal and bloody battle since the outbreak of the Hannover offensive and defensive war. A large number of soldiers were invested on both sides. On this battlefield, which is actually not big, a strangulation of life and death unfolded. The two sides have repeatedly engaged in the most primitive and terrifying white-knuckle battles, which were difficult to see before.
De Boer and Karlsloan have always fought side by side, and they have never separated, even on such battlefields......
They stood face to face with two enemy soldiers about his own age, and De Boer was the first to rush forward with a loud roar, picking up the bayonet in his hand and stabbing at each other viciously, and the enemy did not show any weakness in the slightest.
De Boer's bayonet plunged deep into the enemy's stomach, but at this very moment. The enemy's bayonet stabbed him in the stomach in the same way...... Both of them held their guns tightly, and neither of them would let go. They just stabbed their bayonets in the enemy's body and stood face to face......
Before DeBoer lost his life. He also remembered that there was a wound on the enemy's face that had just been wounded......
Finally, both DeBoer and his enemies let out a heavy sigh in their throats, and then both released their guns and fell limply on the cursed battlefield......
"Derby!" Carl Sloane saw his best friend die, and he roared in rage, angrily fighting the enemy in front of him.
They had lost their weapons, and they were rolling and scuffling on the ground like two wild beasts. At this moment they forgot their fears, and at this moment they had nothing but anger in their hearts.
Karlsloan finally gained the upper hand, and he rode on top of the enemy, his two hands stuck in the enemy's neck......
Murphy's will is gradually blurring, just now, he saw that his good friend Zach is dead, and now he is about to die. He had made a pact with Zach that he would make wine, and Zach would provide him with the ingredients, and maybe they would become a Monopoly, but now that all is gone......
Murphy, whose consciousness was gradually blurred, unconsciously touched something with his hand, and then a strange smile suddenly appeared on his gradually flushed face...... The safety of the grenade is opened!
After a "boom-" sound, everything went quiet.
"I'll provide you with the ingredients to brew beer, and maybe we'll become a Monopoly ......"
"When the war is over, let's go find the girl who really loves us......"
Not long ago, two pairs of young soldiers from two opposing sides had just made such a pact, but soon, the promise would never be fulfilled, and the war took the lives of four young people who were originally full of dreams for life......
No one wants to see war, no one wants to see this cruel and bloody war......
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Berlin, 1 July 1966.
"Shep. Are you going to leave too? ”
Facing the complaining voice of her sweetheart, the pimple-riddled face was full of excitement and happiness: "Yes, Doria. I've joined the Wehrmacht and I'm going to the front. Doria, this is my dream, no, this is the dream of all German men. Waiting for me to come back, Doria, waiting for me to come back! ”
"That day. Derby said the same thing to me when he left. Doria's eyes filled with tears: "Now, are you going to go too?" I know I can't stop you. But I beg you to come back alive. ”
"I will, Doria. I'll definitely come back alive! ”
"Also, if you get a chance to see the derby, tell him I'm sorry for him......"
Shepp will never see DeBoer again......
On July 1, 1966, SS Großdeutschland Regiment commando De Boer was killed on the Hanover front. August 2, 1966. Wehrmacht Private Shepp was killed during a reconnaissance mission.
Two young people. Two young people who were originally full of vitality slept on the battlefield forever......
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However, the war continued...... Wars don't end with death......
In the all-day battle on July 1, the Allies paid more than 2,000 dead and wounded, and many terrible and brutal white-knuckle battles broke out on the positions, while a large number of wounded who could not be treated in time were still struggling painfully on the death line.
Brigadier General Duby was saddened by the fallen soldiers, but he was also proud of his achievements. Under such a ferocious attack by the Germans, he successfully defended Hanover. Despite the fact that all positions on the outer front had already fallen into the hands of the Germans. But what does it matter? As long as Hanover is still in his hands, the plans drawn up by the Allied Command will be carried out in earnest.
Brigadier General Dolby was even ready to open a bottle of wine to celebrate.
"General. Commander-in-Chief Westmoreland's phone ......"
Brigadier General Duby walked over quickly and picked up the phone: "Hello, Mr. Commander-in-Chief. Yes, the enemy's attack was temporarily repulsed, our casualties were heavy, ah, don't worry, Hanover is impregnable, the enemy will not be able to take it in a short time...... Thank you for your compliment, and all the Allied soldiers who fought in Hanover will thank you for your compliment...... A division of new reinforcements is arriving? It's great and it's going to keep me in Hannover indefinitely...... Good luck and see you soon! ”
Putting down the phone, Brigadier General Dolby let out a long breath...... What a wonderful day. He was personally rewarded by Commander-in-Chief Westmoreland, and new reinforcements were about to arrive. This battle will inevitably engrave his name forever in the history of the Allied forces......
"Dear Major Howell, can you help me find a bottle of wine?" Brigadier General Dolby, who was in a good mood, called his adjutant, Major Howell......
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"Marshal, we have captured almost all of the outer positions of Hanover, and tomorrow we will launch a general offensive against Hanover." General Caron said, pointing to the map.
However, what is strange is that Wang Weiyi's face did not have the slightest expression, he looked at the map lightly: "General Karoner, our enemy is very tenacious, isn't it?" ”
General Caroner was stunned for a moment, then nodded and admitted: "Yes, the enemy here is more stubborn than we expected, and the attack is not going well to some extent, but I can guarantee that we will be able to take Hanover in two to three days." ”
"However, the Allied operational plan was also successful." Wang Weiyi suddenly said: "Terton will definitely not be able to hold out for another three days, our plan to break the enemy's flank will be shattered with the loss of Terton." ”
General Caron fell silent...... Yes, in the offensive and defensive battles of Hanover, although the enemy showed great tenacity, there were a few very good almost, and Marshal Ernst gave up. In a situation where only two regiments could be won at the front, Field Marshal Ernst, instead of using reserves, ordered his troops to slow down the pace of the offensive.
To tell the truth, General Caron had no idea what Marshal Lu Dao was thinking......
The phone in the headquarters rang, Wang Weiyi took the phone and listened calmly for a while, then put down the phone, and when he turned around, a smile appeared on his face: "General Karoner, I must report to you the good news, my powerful coalition army has secretly completed the assembly, under the command of Marshal Manstein, is about to land in Lübeck on a large scale!" ”
"What?" Caronel almost suspected that he had misheard. Nothing could have happened at all!
Our mighty coalition forces, which have been secretly assembled, are about to land in Lübeck in a big way under the command of Field Marshal Manstein!
Where did the powerful troops come from? Where did the big landing come from? Why did no one know about the battle plan before?
"Marshal, are you talking about the imminent landing of the troops under the command of Field Marshal Manstein in Lübeck?" General Cullon, still disbelieving, asked.
"Yes, this is a large-scale landing offensive that has never been seen in the history of Germany." Wang Weiyi smiled faintly: "Our missile forces, our air power, the naval forces of our British allies, our Italian allies, our Russian allies, will all participate in this offensive, General Caroner, victory is already in our hands!" ”
General Kalon was completely shocked by this sudden situation! (To be continued......)