Chapter 1132: 1133 Order to Counterattack
Recently, Accardo has been busy with some export contracts for Israel. The Jews were well-funded but poor near Jerusalem, so they preferred to move German machinery and a lot of things to their new homes. Some of these things could be exported, and were encouraged by Accardo, but others were also scarce in the Third Reich, which had to be carefully screened.
Nation-to-nation relationships are far from being as simple as ordinary people think, at least not in terms of the simple definition of friend or friend. Japan and the United States should be bitter enemies, but in the 21st century, they are still seemingly strong allies.
From the very beginning of the establishment of the state, Israel has maintained a neutral relationship with Germany. Thanks to its special relationship with the United States and Germany, it has grown faster than many people think. While Borman became more and more passive in the United States, Mr. Enrique was at home in the Middle East, taking advantage of Germany's suppression of Saudi Arabia, showing the shrewdness of a generation of scheming Jews.
"My Führer, the list of the dead for the last month has been counted. A total of 19,000 of us were killed or missing in the war on the Eastern Front, and the exact list has been sent to the condolence committee. Sindra was still so shrewd and capable, her mind was full of all sorts of things, but there was no mistake in the slightest confusion and forgetfulness. Accardo is very satisfied with the work secretary, which makes his work more organized and efficient.
Countless people die in the war every day, both civilians and soldiers. Some people can still leave a cemetery and a name in this war-torn era, while many more people can't even leave a name. From Germany all the way to Ukraine, then to Smolensk, and then to Moscow, on the side of every road, you can see one cemetery after another, some wooden crosses are still fastened with steel helmets, German steel helmets and Soviet steel helmets.
Accardo put down the papers in his hand, and then took the roster of statistics, the names next to each other were a little glaring on the white paper, they were all once alive, but now only a broken nameplate remained.
"Have the people in the condolence committee write each letter of condolence carefully, and then remember to remind me that I have to talk to Reinhardt during the meeting and make sure that every condolence money is given to the families who have lost their loved ones. After a pause, Accardo spoke to Sindra, "Let Minister Fanny do a special radio and television program to at least remember these warriors who died for their country." ”
"Yes, my Führer, I see!" Sindra nodded, then replied straightly, "I'll warn you." In addition, the new ambassador from Turkey had arrived in Berlin, and Minister Ribbentrop had given him a welcome party, which was hosted by Vice-President Krupp on behalf of the Greater German Party. ”
There was a purpose for Krupp to greet the Turkish ambassador, many of Germany's industrial products had begun to be in surplus, and some machinery was urgently needed for export. After the occupation of Ukraine, a large number of agricultural products began to pour into Germany, and the problem of material shortages seemed to be a thing of the past for a while, so many merchants began to resell goods for greater profits.
At a time when Germany maintained a wartime rationing system, many German workers and merchants had money in their hands, but they could not buy what they wanted. Needless to say, high-end products such as watches and TVs, even bread and candy are priceless. But now these things are in abundance, and you can buy them in the shops on the street for a short price.
Therefore, Krupp, on behalf of a large number of German businessmen, formally contacted the Turkish ambassador, hoping to open the Turkish market and dump a large amount of excess rags into the barren land of Turkey. These include outdated machinery, socks, clothes, and all sorts of pots and pans, and even weapons and ammunition, gas masks.
After the counterattack and invasion of the United States and Britain, Turkey was devastated in the territory. Because the weak nature was laid bare in the Axis alliance, and the Middle East and the Caucasus were occupied by German forces, Turkey had little leverage left. The geographical location that had been advantageous was now less important, and the strategic task of containing Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union had disappeared - and Turkey now has only a role to play as a place for dumping goods.
Therefore, under the coercion and temptation of Germany, the previous Turkish ambassador finally signed a "Treaty on the Unification of Weapons Standards of the Axis Powers", promising to purchase all armament products from Germany to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the Turkish army was improved. The treaty also stipulated that one of Turkey's armies, which was to be equipped with German equipment, was to enter the Caucasus as an expeditionary force to sweep away Soviet partisans in the Caucasus as a force under Manstein.
This is undoubtedly a new huge cake, waiting for the hungry German arms dealers to divide up. Germany sent a variety of rifles to Turkey, charging twice the cost of production to allow the Wehrmacht to continue to produce more advanced weapons such as the G43 and MP-44. It is a miracle that 100 obsolete No. 3 second-hand tanks should have been sold by the Germans for 130 King Tiger tanks.
Even more exaggerated was the project of the fighter, the Turkish side decided to purchase the more advanced FW-190D fighter, and the Germans knocked it hard. The Germans asked for a total of 70 million Reichsmark gold marks for 50 FW-190D fighters, which made Focke-Wolf make a lot of money.
Of course, these were all stories that happened a few days later, and Accardo still did not know how crazy these merchants of the Third Reich really were. When he heard that Krupp had gone to organize the party, he nodded, picked up another document on his desk, and approved it attentively.
As a scholar who was able to teach at a first-class university before crossing over, Accardo deeply understood the meaning of the half-ninety of a hundred-mile traveler. He knew that there have been countless failures in history because they fell short at the last minute. Therefore, he is now constantly urging his various departments to ensure all aspects of affairs as much as possible and fight the battle of Moscow.
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Field Marshal Rundstedt was the first German general to storm London, the capital of England, and the first general in the army to be promoted to the rank of marshal in addition to the veteran Brauchitsch. Army Group A under his command was also one of the strongest forces in Germany, and its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
Now the tanks of the forward unit of Army Group A under his command have surrounded Moscow in the north and are beginning to advance from the vicinity of the suburbs towards the city center. An armored detachment stormed southeast along the Leningrad Highway, stopping their advance not by the Soviet defenders, but by the Moscow Canal.
Several German tanks opened fire on the west bank of the Moscow Canal, violently shelling the city buildings across the canal. The Soviet defenders inside returned fire fiercely, and the battle continued for a whole day before it gradually subsided.
By blowing up several nearby bridges, the Moskva River completely divided some of the Soviet defenders in the west. Their weapons and ammunition were replenished by river transport boats, and the wounded were brought back to the east bank by these transport boats. However, these troops were destined to retreat, and they were blocked by the river on the west side of Moscow's core defensive line, holding a commanding height called the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
The Tushino area was the first to be occupied by the German vanguard, and the Soviet defenders here eventually chose to give up resistance. Because they had no weapons to stop the advance of the German tanks, they ran out of ammunition and could not be replenished in time, and they had to endure almost non-stop German artillery fire every day. Their surrender completely shattered the Soviet defense line west of the Moscow River, and after more than ten days of fighting, the Soviet army voluntarily abandoned most of the defense line northwest of Moscow.
Near the Voskolyakovo cemetery, a panzergrenadier regiment of the German Army Group F and Soviet troops exchanged fierce fire. Many of the tombstones were used as bunkers, half-cut by flying bullets. The Soviets were eventually forced to retreat due to lack of ammunition, and the Germans had to erect a full 300 new tombstones nearby after the Germans occupied the cemetery.
The Germans had to pay a great price for every step forward, and Army Group F and A flanked the Soviet troops on the left and right, but they could not echo each other because of the terrain. They were basically fighting on their own, fighting from early morning until late at night for a house or a street. The ruins, barricades, and buildings are a sniper's paradise, and the daily gunfire is incessant, and if you are not careful, you will be hit in the head by bullets flying from nowhere.
Compared to the attacking German troops, the Soviet side was more desperate to insist. They found themselves flanked and reared by the German forces of Army Group E, commanded by Liszt, but they were unable to draw more troops to deal with the ever-lengthening defensive lines.
Zhukov fought frequently with Guderian in the south, and neither side had any intention of making concessions. Although the Soviet defenders suffered heavy losses, they still held their main defensive positions and did not retreat half a step. But Zhukov himself knew very well that Guderian did not rush to break through his line of defense only because of the concern for casualties, and not because of how strong his defense was Zhukov.
It was in this pitiful situation that an operational staff officer walked into Zhukov's command and read out Stalin's latest order: "Comrade Stalin hopes that your troops will be able to make a limited counterattack to the southwest, repel Klug's troops, and gain greater strategic space for Moscow." ”