Early the next morning, Xia Ming stood in front of Muller and carefully tightened his neckline.

At this time, his reorganized 27th Division was already ready, and he only needed to give an order to launch an attack on the enemy positions in front.

"General Xia Ming, please come over, I have something to say to you." At this time, Lieutenant General Hube looked at him very seriously not far away.

Xia Ming walked over with a slight frown.

"Are you really going to attack today?? General Paulus ordered to rest in place, why do you insist on attacking? Hube had already disagreed with him at the meeting about his eagerness.

Now that they have captured the city, they are only waiting for the rear Führer to continue to formulate a new battle plan. Do you have to storm a position that is not particularly important?

You must know that although they have won, they have also consumed a lot of money. His 14th Army was now reorganized into less than two divisions. The most important thing is that without the cover of the armored army, the cost of attacking in such an open field is huge, and it is impossible not to see it with Xia Ming's military quality.

“.... General, we still have a stronghold that has not been taken down, and Stalingrad has not yet been taken. Although it does not seem very important, it represents the will of the Soviet army to fight, and I must destroy this last line of defense. Xia Ming looked at Hu Bei with some confusion, he knew that it would be difficult to convince him, so he didn't expect him to fully cooperate with him.

"What the hell are you worried about? Can't we still be honest?? Hu Bei did not accept Xia Ming's explanation. He felt that Xia Ming must have other reasons...

Xia Ming looked at him very depressed, there were some things he couldn't say. Does he want to say that it is better to take the initiative than to defend, because maybe soon the Soviets will attack in full force, and then it will be difficult for him to complete the task?

He could not say such unfounded words to a brilliant general full of military wisdom.

Now it may still be the Longtan Tiger's Den, and in the future, it will be to hit the stone with an egg.

Just when Xia Ming was thinking about how to break up Hu Bei, the two stopped arguing in unison.

"Did you hear that??"

"Hmm..."

"There was the sound of a large number of planes..."

"Did the Führer order air support??"

"No, it's coming from over there."

Xia Ming pointed in one direction thoughtfully.

"Not good... Spread out and go find cover!! Xia Ming and Hu Bei realized that this was an enemy attack at the same time, and they quickly commanded the troops to disperse temporarily.

"General Hubey, hurry back and command your 14th Army, and at the same time ask for reinforcements. Trust me this time. Xia Ming shouted to Hu Bei while commanding the troops.

He had a hunch that this was going to be a big problem...

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At this time, at the headquarters of the Soviet army, Zhukov took a document and said confidently to the generals.

"The leader told us that the time had come to attack.

Why do we have to defend? We've endured it for a long time!

To tell you the exciting news, we have assembled 11 army groups, several independent armored brigades, 6 aviation regiments, and a total of 1.2 million people to carry out a strategic offensive against the German army, codenamed Project Uranus.

Our goal was to encircle and annihilate the German 6th Army, the Romanian 3rd and 4th Army Corps, and part of the German 4th Panzer Corps.

Their elite was the German legions, which numbered less than 300,000, while the Romanian, Italian, and Hungarian legions were vulnerable.

However, the primary goal was to encircle and annihilate the elite of the German Sixth Army, which was entrenched in the northern industrial zone, including Xia Ming's 27th Division. Although they are already less than five divisions, everyone must have understood their combat effectiveness?

The leader ordered us to attack them at all costs, and sent a large number of air forces for this purpose.

It's going to be a week before we go on a full-scale offensive and I want to eat them all in that week's time. ”

"Yes!" All the generals stood up excitedly, it turned out that the great motherland still had such a strong force, and the end of Germany was not far off.

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Two hours later, round after round of bombardment forced Xia Ming back into the rubble. In the past, it was basically the Soviet army that was bombed, especially in the early stage of the Soviet-German war, because the German army took the lead in a surprise attack, and their planes suffered heavy losses. Although the production capacity finally caught up, the gap between the pilots was huge.

By the end of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet army had kept up with the pace of Germany in terms of production capacity and combat capability, and even surpassed them. Now in fact, the Soviet army has an advantage in the hard power of the air, but it has been enduring.

This all-out dispatch made Xia Ming taste the taste of being suppressed in the air, and it was really difficult to move an inch.

"Phew.." Xia Ming depressedly spit out the sand in his mouth, looking embarrassed. Fortunately, there is some preparation, plus the terrain of the industrial area is complicated, otherwise it will really be blown up into a sieve.

"What can I do?? Looking at this posture, I'm afraid that it's really going to counterattack in advance, and I'm really afraid of what's coming. Xia Ming was really desperate at this time. With the current combat strength of the German army, it is unlikely that the king of heaven will come. What's more, he is even more powerless as a division commander.

Fall back? Then it's really going to be GG. Is it still incognito and passively avoiding war?

Offensive? Is there a chance left?

Xia Ming thought desperately.

The opportunity is not impossible, the key is to hope that other fronts can withstand it. Otherwise, even if he really breaks through the defense, the other lines of defense are overturned, and he will not be able to complete the task. In the end, you will definitely be completely surrounded, and you won't have a chance to run if you want to.

No, they couldn't have launched a full-scale counteroffensive so quickly.

Xia Ming pressed his forehead and thought very seriously. He believes that even if history had changed, it would have been a relatively hasty decision. It's impossible to get every line fully ready, so there's always time for adjustments, right?

The Air Force is naturally on call, and he does not believe that infantry tanks can be prepared so quickly.

In other words, it may be too late for him to storm now, but he has to risk the disadvantage of bombing...

"Whew, wait. It's definitely not going to work now, and when the bombing weakens or our support arrives, it will be up to us. "Xia Ming has really scolded the Führer from beginning to end now, if it weren't for his blind messing around and not letting him go, he might have completed the task by now.

"Xia Ming, are you okay??" Just when Xia Ming was nesting in the ruins and unable to complain, West took Joseph and Muller all the way to bend down and trot over. Among them is Lieutenant General Merr, who is also now quite embarrassed.

"Okay, how are your troops? Is the loss big? "Xia Ming is most concerned about the casualties of his troops now, if he is blossomed by the center of others, it will be a real tragedy.

At least the assault battalion under his direct command was well protected.

"It's okay, the loss is not big, but what's going on?? How did the Soviet army have so many planes? West was still quite confused, completely unfigured out what was going on.

"Our retreat is bombarded by their frenzied bombardment, and I am afraid it will be difficult to withdraw in a short time. General Paulus has ordered us to stand by and for help, and he is calling for air support. Do you have any ideas? "Mer is now looking at Xia Ming, and even planned to attack with him. But when I suddenly encountered this situation, I had no idea.

"I'm going to go on the offensive." Xia Ming thought about it and gritted his teeth.

"What?? You're still going to attack?? "Mer is also puzzled by his persistence, it's like this, he still wants to attack forward, this is crazy, right??

"They're probably trying to start with a continuous carpet bombardment on us, and then attack us in an all-out way. So now, if we can avoid most of the bombardment, attacking their positions, maybe we can catch them off guard. As long as we can rush up and stick to them, then there is no air superiority. ”

This is the only chance Xia Ming can think of, but if he fails, he will definitely be surrounded.

This is a risky move, and it also leaves no way back for yourself.

"No, it's too dangerous. Let's hold on and wait. Moll thought about it and didn't think it was feasible.

"We're going to lose even worse defensively, and once they're fully assembled, there's no chance at all. All they have to do is cut off our rear roads and keep compressing our positions. It's getting colder, how long can you hold out? It is better to take the initiative to disrupt their deployment in order to have a chance to turn the situation around. Although Xia Ming wanted to complete the task, what he said was also the truth.

In fact, the Soviets could kill them bloodlessly as long as they followed the method of killing the Sixth Army.

forced the Führer to continue to support them with airdrops, which cost a lot of money, not to mention that it was actually a drop in the bucket. A large part of them were frozen to death and starved to death. In the harsh winter, the supplies are getting less and less, and the fight cannot be fought.

This kind of death is really quite a wretch.

In fact, he hadn't made it clear yet, and Mer knew that at this pace, the Sixth Army would soon be surrounded. Reinforcements are such a thing, just think about it...