It can be said that the Wren crew has not had much luck recently, originally during the French campaign, they were like magnets, always able to crash into the hapless French armored forces, at that time they were the idol of the all-German armored forces, and they were the super ace team with the largest number of destroyed enemy tanks.

However, after the German army landed in Britain, the luck of the Wren crew seemed to run out, and the Weitmann crew began to appear frequently in the area where the armored forces of the two sides collided, while the Wren team, who had not been able to find a large-scale enemy armored force, had been doing the work of covering the infantry.

The Soviet army in the southern theater of operations had very few tanks, and there were infantry everywhere, all of them were rifle-only infantry, and they didn't even have many anti-tank guns that could threaten the Tiger tank, let alone an armored target that could cheer up Rennes - they had bumped into the T-26 tank a few times, but the destruction of the T-26 in this year could not make people feel excited.

Even with his allies on the right and left in front of him, Wren still held his weapon strictly to the standard of vigilance, he hadn't learned anything else in that damn school, but it had taught him that as a warrior, he couldn't leave his weapon at any time.

The entire Army Group G was advancing as fast as they could, toward the distant Caucasus. Since the outbreak of the Winter Campaign on the Eastern Front, the entire Army Group G, although not the most dazzling results, has really been the most hasty of all the armies of the Third Reich.

They set out from central Ukraine, went all the way north to Kharkov, destroyed the city and conquered everything, and then made a dashing turn under the city of Kharkiv, and once again went south with the same crazy speed, encircling hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops in Donetsk in one go, creating the most favorable conditions for the German army's strategy in the Caucasus later.

If the Germans were fast enough, the Soviets would lose a large amount of Caucasus land first, and would not even have time to organize an effective defense to stop the Germans from advancing. If the Soviet army is fast enough, then it can take the lead in arranging its own defense in the Caucasus, and the German offensive will have to face the strong defense line of the Soviet army.

It can be said that when it comes to the unit that contributed the most in the entire winter campaign, it was undoubtedly Army Group E under the command of Liszt, which held its position until the last moment and cooperated with the paratroopers to change the tide of the battle. However, if we talk about the far-reaching impact on future battles, it was Guderian's G Army that moved south, which made the Soviets feel even more uncomfortable.

The entire Army Group G is now like a sharp sword hanging over the head of the entire Caucasus, which can be cut down with a sword anytime and anywhere, so that the Soviet Union, a monster of the wilderness, will bleed to death.

It is a pity that this sharp sword is now in great need of rest, more than half of the cars and tanks of the huge Group G Army are using severely worn parts, and the entire group army's logistics reserve stocks are seriously short of fuel. The soldiers had not received a decent rest for more than two days, and some of the troops, who walked on two legs, had fallen far behind in the rear.

Even General Guderian, who had always insisted on seizing the time to attack in order to receive better results, had to admit that his own troops really needed to rest and replenish this time. Because in the tanks of many armored units, more than half of the ammunition reserves are empty.

The unfortunate event occurred on the afternoon of March 13, when Guderian's driver fell asleep while driving, tired from frequent travel, and then his armored command car overturned into the gutters on both sides of the road. There was a cheer from the infantry on both sides, who were constantly hurrying forward, and they finally had plenty of reason to stop and rest for a while under the pretext of helping.

Guderian himself was lucky not to be injured in the accident, but his chief of staff hit the head on the radio equipment and had to be bandaged with stitches. The entire marching Army Group G, because it did not know what was really going on at the headquarters of the Group Army, automatically stopped and waited for the "new order."

If this kind of thing had happened in the past, then Army Group G would not have been able to stop and wait for any orders, and the troops would still attack frantically, and you can see how tired this army is now by comparing the performance of the various units in the Battle of France.

The 3rd SS Panzer Division, which had always been the most offensive of Army Group G, had now been replaced in the second line, as it had lost two-thirds of its tanks in successive offensives. Although none of these tanks were destroyed, but were paralyzed on the side of the road for various reasons, it is an indisputable fact that this unit can no longer move forward.

"My armored division now has no replacement parts, half of the tanks are paralyzed on the road, either the tracks are badly worn, or the engine is faulty, the repair battalion is already too busy, it will take at least two days for my troops to continue on the road. "General Frick radioed the 1st Panzer Corps, and theoretically he was now under the control of the Panzer Corps, so he should report the situation to his superiors if he stopped advancing.

Who knows that on the other side of the radio, the staff officers of the military headquarters are even more shameless, they have already stopped advancing on their own: "The military headquarters of the group army cannot be contacted, we are now sending signal corps to confirm the situation, the army commander is sleeping, you can also seize the time to rest now and wait for the next order." ”

Waiting for the next order? This sentence was really unfamiliar to the entire German armored forces. General Frick smiled and turned off the radio, then gave the order for the troops to stop and recuperate. With the exception of the repair battalion, which was rushing to repair the tanks at the rear, and the maintenance detachments of the combat units, the armored division stopped.

It was the first time since campfire camping that night that the entire SS 3rd Panzer Division stopped to rest, and all the soldiers enjoyed a hot meal, gathered to play poker, chat, and enjoy a rare leisure time. They had been fighting on the battlefield for a month and a few days, so this break was not a sudden arrival for them, but too late.

"Hey, Wren! I heard that General Guderian's driver drove his armored command car into a ditch. "Marcus, an eight-woman player, has always been one of the most well-informed people in the entire army. However, his message is sometimes a bit exaggerated: "I heard that our commander knocked his nose crooked, and his whole jaw fell off. ”

"Marcus! The general on the radio is giving his condolence speech, and if his jaw drops, who is announcing the order on the radio for the entire army group to rest in place for a day?" Wren leaned against his captain's hatch and raised an eyebrow at Marcus.

When Marcus heard this, he knew that his gossip was not attractive to Wren, so he had to shrug his shoulders and turn around to leave, Andre passed by him, and said to the young Marcus with a smile: "It's not good to spread rumors, if you are really caught by the gendarmes, you look good." ”

While Marcus was gossiping about Rennes, Guderian, whose jaw had dropped altogether, was telegraphing the Führer, reluctantly admitting that his troops needed to rest and must return to the good condition they had been in more than a month before the next battle began.

"I have to admit that in the battle for Donetsk, it was we who won. But the cost is very great, that is, we can only watch the enemy strengthen the defense line of the Caucasus, but we are not capable of attacking. Guderian said bitterly as he sent electricity to the wolf's den.

Accardo's call back was very simple: "I trust you, and you should trust your troops too, since they need to rest, let them rest!"

If Army G is a sharp sword, then Army M is a heavy battle axe, this army has experienced the brutal trench warfare of the Crimean fortress, and has transformed into the entire Third Reich, the most capable of fighting tough troops, its commander Manstein, can also be said to be one of the most balanced generals in the German commanders.

On the flanks of these two powerful army groups, the D Army led by General Modell, the master of defensive warfare, was responsible for covering, and most of the German troops were characterized by an offensive type of aggression like fire, while the D Army under Moder was an outlier with opposite personalities, his troops were as immobile as a mountain when defending, and they were better at fighting defensive counterattacks than General Liszt.

Army Group G as a fist, Army Group M as an offensive attack, and Army Group D covering the flank, it can be said that in order to occupy the Caucasus, Accardo and his High Command came up with the best golden combination they could find. This is enough to see that the Führer is determined to win the entire Caucasus region.

But everyone can see that this southern cluster of the Third Reich needs to rest for a while before it can recover enough to support their offensive. Otherwise, on the way to attack, you may be the first to collapse. As a result, the entire southern cluster stopped its tracks, as if waiting for its opponent, and on its own path, set up a position.

The German army annihilated a large number of Soviet forces in the Donetsk region, but in the end, because of this successful encirclement battle, lost the opportunity to seize the Caucasus, the Soviet Union's 2nd Guards Front ahead of the German army, led the 100,000 Soviet infantry elite who retreated from Kharkov to here, and temporarily stabilized the position of the entire Caucasus.

However, as time goes by, the entire Caucasus region is clouded, and the breath of war has enveloped here, and the battle for oil is about to begin here.

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