Six hundred and eighty. The promise of Field Marshal Ernst
The crushing defeat of the Soviet 56th Army and the 81st Panzer Army did not fundamentally change the situation on the battlefield.
Although these two units were completely defeated under the devastating offensive of the German army, it had a great impact on the psychology of the Soviet army; Although the respected Davamirsky was able to resist the German attack and greatly shocked the Soviet commanders, the huge Soviet attack group would never stop the offensive because of this.
After eliminating the people he hated, Voroshilov finally decided to show himself well on the battlefield.
On March 18, the Soviets, with the 24th, 28th, and 39th armies, attacked the huge forces of the 5th Army and launched the most powerful attack on the Germans at the Battle of the Terek River. At the same time, the 38th, 43rd, and 66th armies of Malinovsky's Terek Corps, together with the 19th Panzer Corps, also launched a fierce attack on the German rear.
In order to ensure victory, Voroshilov threw in the terrifying forces of 7 armies and another armored corps at once.
The battlefield was instantly filled with soldiers, and at a glance, Russian tanks and soldiers could be seen everywhere, endlessly, densely.
"There's a traffic jam, isn't there a police officer?" At such a time, Wang Weiyi, who commanded all the German troops, suddenly made such a ridiculous joke.
As soon as his words fell, the cannonballs of the mountain and tsunami fell head-on......
A huge wave of air crashed into the battlefield, and the broken wood and gravel that had been blown away were constantly flying in the air, and the slightest mistake would be smashed. It seems that this time. The Russians have really invested a lot of money.
However, the German side did not show weakness in the slightest, especially the performance of the Luftwaffe, which was simply breathtaking. They are frequently seen in the sky, tenaciously giving the strongest support to the troops on the ground.
Under constant air raids by the Luftwaffe. The build-up of Soviet troops became very difficult, and they had to work many times harder than in the past to barely complete the build-up.
Finally, after the end of the shelling, a massive charge of Soviet infantry began......
"Always forward, not backward – in the name of the Soviets!"
Everywhere on the battlefield was the voice of the Soviet commander, which Marshal Voroshilov said before the war: in the name of the Soviets - always forward. Don't go back!
The sound of "Ula" that erupted at the same time could literally crack people's eardrums. The Russians who came up like a big wave were shocking when you looked at it.
Not many German soldiers. Even those veterans had never seen such a large offensive force.
At the forefront were a large number of T-34s, and the Soviets, while launching a sea of people attack, even began an offensive of the sea of tanks.
This is appalling......
And the Germans refused to show weakness in the slightest. Tiger and Leopard tanks. The Elephant tanks, namely the Ferdinand tank destroyer and the Vespa assault gun, returned fire in-for-tat.
Artillery fire obscured everything on the battlefield......
The Russians didn't seem to care about belonging at all, and one T-34 after another was destroyed, but one T-34 after another came back to the top.
It's endless, it's not going to be done at all......
Sky – is the bloody sky; The earth - it's the blood-colored earth! Steel and steel collide here, shells and shells fly here. Every square kilometer of land is experiencing a terrible impact......
The destructive power of human beings on the planet is vividly displayed here......
The German gunners' hands were numb, and they couldn't remember how many shells they fired. I can't remember how many enemy tanks I destroyed. But why do you think there are still so many enemy tanks? It seems that it can't be eliminated for a few days and nights?
and those Soviet soldiers who charged along with the tanks were even more fearful.
Under the blockade of German positional fire. The Russians died as fast as they could, but then they regained as fast as they could. Their stormtroopers were to pile people together and test whether the Germans had enough bullets to kill them!
Casualties, for Voroshilov, are not a problem that is simply not to be considered. He had enough reserves to fill the losses at the front, and he had enough soldiers for the Germans to shoot.
As long as he can win, he doesn't care about anything.
The first man in history to defeat the Skull Baron - the glory is enough to entice every commander to go crazy about it!
Vasilevsky managed to surround the Skull Baron, and the ultimate honor is up to you - at least that's what Voroshilov thinks!
Every inch of the battlefield is being strangled, and the battlefield makes people look miserable......
The entire battalion of the Soviet army was put into the battlefield, and then the entire battalion was wiped out, and then the entire battalion and the entire battalion appeared.
The barrels of the German soldiers' guns were red, and each German soldier killed several times or more than ten times his own enemy, but the enemy could not be eliminated at all.
Or, even the Grim Reaper won't have time to gather the souls on the battlefield......
"I have never seen such a way of fighting in so many battles in which I have participated......," General Ike, the commander of the Ike battle group, wrote in his memoirs: "The Russians could not kill and kill, and I wondered at one time that all of Russia, men, women, old men, and children, had been sent to the Terek River, and I wondered if it was a battle commanded by humans...... On the morning of the 18th, we wounded and killed thousands of Russians, and I can't remember the exact number, in that case, no one counted anything, and any number became insignificant here...... The Heavy had no respite at all, and they had to keep pulling the trigger to stop the enemy's attack...... The ammunition men simply did not get a respite, and they had to open boxes of ammunition to keep up with the consumption of the machine guns...... The grenadiers had no respite at all. They must constantly throw grenades to kill enemies who will never be killed...... If I had been given another chance, I still wouldn't have believed that we had a fight like this......
The corpses of the Russians were piled up literally as high as a hill, and there they were. The bodies of officers and soldiers were intertwined, the bodies that had been blown to pieces and the tanks that were being burned were intertwined. The pungent smell makes people unappetizing, and everyone is in a frenzy because of such a fight......
We are surrounded on all sides by the enemy, who attacks simultaneously from several directions. In our rear, Helbert. General Gillette's Viking division held back the Soviet Army's Terek Army attack. In front of us were my battle group and Guo Yunfeng's battle group, which were personally commanded by Field Marshal Ernst...... In numbers, we are not at all on the same level as the Russians. But our well-prepared positions, strong armor, and ferocious firepower helped us a lot. Of course. Thanks must also be given to the brave and experienced soldiers...... If it weren't for these factors, we would probably have been overwhelmed by the tide of the Russians......
Field Marshal Ernst, as always, fought with us at the forefront. Shells often fell on his side, and in this did not have the slightest effect on the marshal. He towered there like a mountain. No amount of stormy attacks could knock him out......
At that time, there was a very peculiar scene on the battlefield. The attacking Soviet soldiers shouted 'For the Soviets', while the German soldiers defending their positions were inspired by the slogan 'For Ernst'. Those who have not experienced the battlefield first-hand cannot appreciate the importance of German soldiers for Ernst. Marshal Braehm's fanatical ......
In the morning, the enemy launched three attacks, each time with a huge and terrible force, but we were firmly in control of the battlefield. The Russians threw a lot of corpses and a large number of destroyed tanks in front of our positions, and they found nothing. But we're also starting to have casualties...... No army would have escaped unscathed under such an attack. The only thing I am thankful for is that the casualties did not affect the mood of the soldiers...... At a time when the Russians briefly stopped attacking. The busiest are probably the medical officers...... They had to save the lives of the wounded soldiers, and they had to check if there were any living ...... in the corpses
It was time to eat, but like most soldiers, I had no appetite for food at all, and even if I could barely put it in my mouth, when I occasionally looked up and saw the dense corpses, my stomach would tumble for a while, and I had to run to the side and vomit all the food I had just eaten to make my stomach feel a little more comfortable......
At this time, a soldier came running up to me and asked me; 'General, we've killed so many Russians, the Russians probably don't have the strength to launch a new attack, right?' I wanted to laugh, but I didn't know what it was, and I suddenly wanted to cry. I asked him how many Russians he had killed, and he proudly told me that he had killed eight Russians...... I praised him, and then I told the lovely soldier, 'Son, the war has just begun...... 'God, I will never forget the soldier's stunned eyes, probably he thought all the Russians had just been killed...... But, I swear, the war is really just beginning......"
The war has really just begun......
The losses in the morning were insignificant for the Russians when they came, and they had the capital to carry out dozens of such attacks.
Wang Weiyi, who was inspecting his position, was fully aware of this.
The situation of the Viking division was better, although it had to carry out Voroshilov's orders, but Malinovsky, who had already suffered enough in the face of the German defense, was trying to change his combat thinking and adjust his combat methods, instead of attacking with the lives of his soldiers completely uncontrollably.
It also gave the Vikings a respite.
But the frontal position under his own command was under too much pressure. Voroshilov threw the huge strength of three armies and one tank assault army into the frontal battlefield, which forced Wang Weiyi to devote part of his reserves in the morning battle.
The appearance of Voroshilov, as well as the tactics of the sea of people offensive that he employed. It is what Wang Weiyi wants to see, which allows the German army to calmly shoot every enemy on the battlefield. But, the same. This will also put much more pressure on the defenders.
The German soldiers could not rest for a moment......
Even Wittman was tired...... When he saw Field Marshal Ernst appear in front of him, Weitmann, who was resting on the edge of the tank, gasped and said: "Marshal, please forgive me for my rudeness, I really can't get up to meet you." ”
"Michelle, rest, you've done so well today." Wang Weiyi said reluctantly.
Indeed, Wittman today is simply crazy. He single-handedly killed 11 T-34s, and his Tiger became a nightmare for Soviet tanks.
Wang Weiyi looked at the exhausted Wittman. Suddenly, he said, "Death Knight, you are really a Death Knight!" ”
Weitman's eyes lit up suddenly, and an infinite amount of strength suddenly appeared in his body, and he stood up suddenly: "Marshal." There's no name more inspiring to me than 'Death Knight'. ”
Yes. Everyone knows that Marshal Daubern Ernst is a skeleton baron, and Wittmann's title of "death knight" is faintly symmetrical with Marshal Ernst's skeleton baron.
It was from this moment that Michelle. Wittmann officially has a nickname that resounded on the battlefield:
Death Knight!
This is Ernst. Marshal Bream personally sealed it! This title was enough for Wittmann to plunge into the war with a more fanatical fighting spirit, enough for him to die a hundred times for Germany and Field Marshal Ernst.
"You've got to eat, Michelle." Wang Weiyi looked at his barely touched food. Then he turned his gaze to the other soldiers: "You all eat, my soldiers. The Russian offensive will soon begin again. I don't want my soldiers to go hungry and fight the enemy...... Of course, I must admit that the things made by our chefs are really hard to swallow......"
The "boom" broke out in a burst of laughter among the German troops, which also eased the solemn atmosphere on the battlefield a lot.
"Tell the truth, my soldiers." Wang Weiyi said solemnly: "Germany has the best soldiers in the world, but it also has the worst cooks, ah, you can't let those cooks hear this, otherwise they will try to poison me." ”
The laughter grew more cheerful.
"In this respect, we are far inferior to Italy." Wang Weiyi said with a smile: "Although the Italians don't know how to fight, at least they cook much better food than us." Speaking of food, it also reminds me of Chinese cuisine. I've had a dish, ah, I can't remember its name...... Fried golden gold, one bite down, the whole person will be completely intoxicated......"
Some officers and soldiers began to drool...... Listening to Marshal Ernst talk about the delicacies, and then looking at what he had eaten, it was indeed a little frustrating.
"I have to promise you one thing." Wang Weiyi's voice was raised: "When you enter Stalingrad, I will treat you to a good meal, and then each of you will have another bottle of good wine!" ”
A loud cheer rang out, and the soldiers became excited.
But Guo Yunfeng quietly asked General Ike beside him: "Do you believe in the marshal?" ”
"No, I don't believe it." Ike replied without hesitation: "I will not forget that at the time of the Kharkov counterattack, Field Marshal Ernst owed hundreds of thousands of bottles of rum......"
Yes, in the Kharkov counterattack, Wang Weiyi was "shamelessly" betrayed by Colonel Van der Vinny, and as a result, the invincible Skeleton Baron was saddled with heavy debts.
The generals who participated in that war are satisfied, and people will forget......
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Ernst. Field Marshal Braham told Colonel Van der Winj:
"If I could see the body of Mr. Flaria Kush, I would reward you with a bottle of rum from 1918!"
"For the sake of rum, attack!"
When Colonel Vanderwiny gave this order, the officers and men of the 2nd Skull Infantry Regiment were a little confused.
They had never heard such a strange order
For the sake of rum - attack!
Such a strange cry resounded in the 2nd Skeleton Infantry Regiment.
"There's a bottle of rum for everyone!" For the first time in his military career, Colonel Van der Vinny tampered with the orders of his superiors: "The Baron will reward each of us with a bottle of rum!" ”
For the baron's rum - attack!
So, without authorization, he "tampered with" the Marshal's promise, Colonel Van de Vinj, and let Ernst. Marshal Bream has since been saddled with a rather heavy debt......
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The appearance and promise of Field Marshal Ernst made the German soldiers cheer. They firmly believed that they could hold off the enemy's offensive and fought all the way to Stalingrad.
There, the good food and good wine promised by Marshal Ernst awaited them!
These lovely German soldiers, they probably didn't know that Field Marshal Dorn Ernst was very likely to be guilty of this.
"Hey, hey, get into combat duty!"
"All - into combat duty!"
It was at this time that the cries of the German officers rang out, and a new Russian attack was about to begin. The German soldiers, who were still cheering just now, quickly entered their own posts with good training.
The sound of artillery - roared back on the battlefield.
A new battle will break out again! (To be continued......)