Although the vast territory and complex terrain of the Russian side brought some trouble to the German blitzkrieg, it is important to know that the entire military system of this huge polar bear was still in chaos as of the previous year.

Under the "Great Purge" of the Supreme Commander, about 47,000 officers in the relevant departments were dismissed from active duty, and 3,000 of them were found guilty, and some of the most outstanding generals in the military industry were suspected of being spies because of false rumors, and even Marshal Tukhachevsky was arrested.

And just before the Nazi German invasion, they also executed Marshal Tukhachevsky, two military district commanders, and six high-ranking generals.

These officers who could really lead troops and had combat experience disappeared at an alarming rate, and many others were exiled to Siberian labor camps.

In addition to the nine heads of the General Headquarters in Moscow, the purged included all the commanders of all 16 military districts, 90 percent of the deputy commanders, chiefs of staff and heads of headquarters departments, 80 percent of army and division commanders, and 91 percent of regimental commanders, deputy regimental commanders, and regimental chiefs of staff.

In addition to this, the purge list also included two chief officers and fifteen admirals.

In the end, three of the five marshals, a total of 14 of the 16 first-class commanders of the group army, 136 of the 199 divisional commanders, and 50 percent of the regimental commanders, were humiliated, imprisoned and even brutally executed.

And this kind of purge also directly led to the embarrassing state of the Soviet army at this time, even the young generals who were temporarily promoted, the combat experience was far from the original veterans, which also caused them to be defeated all the way in the early battle with Nazi Germany.

On the other hand, Nazi Germany's army was at its peak, and the two seemed to have such a natural result.

"Lusaku, what do you say is the reason why Marshal Manstein was called back in a hurry? How long are we going to wait here? ”

One of the tank battalions of the 4th Panzer Corps, stationed near Finx City, asked Soldier Pete, scratching his ass.

Lusaku held the letter sent by his mother in his hand, and looked at it with tears in his eyes, when he heard his comrades asking him, he hurriedly reached out and wiped it, stuffed the letter back into his pocket, and exhaled: "I'm afraid only God knows, the resistance of the Soviet army has become more and more frequent recently, but their soldiers' combat effectiveness and will to fight do not seem to be very strong." ”

"Yes, look at the prisoners of war who were captured yesterday, they are as thin as human figures, I think they have enough effort just to move forward, I think I can lift those people with one hand."

Lusaku sighed softly, looked into the distance, and replied, "Yes, they look like hungry animals, not people, and I have seen several prisoners of war fight to grab the apple scraps in the ditch, and even the butts of our guns on them can't stop them, these people must be starving." ”

"It seems that even if we don't attack them, they won't be doing well."

"Yes, they don't live well, but we must live well, right? Maybe one day we, like them, will have to break our heads and bleed over a piece of apple scraps......"

Hearing Lusaku say these words, Pete looked left and right, covered his mouth nervously and said, "You kid is looking for death!?" If you are heard by the commander a little more seriously, it is possible to disturb the morale of the army and shoot it directly! What happened to you? I've been absent-minded since I just read the letter. ”

Lusaku shook his head, and said with a blue face: "I received a letter from my mother, saying that my younger brother, that is, Luel, secretly ran away to join the army, this damn stinky boy, don't let me catch him, or I will kick his ass!" ”

"What? Luel? That little cub who didn't have a clean hair also joined the army? Oh~ Hell, both of your children are in danger now. ”

Pete felt as if he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly covered his mouth.

He glanced quietly at Lusaku, who didn't seem to hear his last words, and was still caught up in the anger of the letter.

But Luel, who said that he ran to the recruitment center alone without telling his mother and lied about his age, successfully fooled the person in charge of the recruitment point and became a glorious recruit.

After receiving his uniform and rifle, he had only joy and excitement in his heart, and even forgot how terrible the charred and scattered corpses were in the bombardment.

After a short period of training, one of his recruits marched on foot to the city of Dresden, where they boarded a train.

The train took them across a large area of Polish territory, stopping for several hours at Huasha station, where the train started again and finally dropped them off at Biaristok.

"Take a break! Attention! Look to the right~~~! ”

In the loud command of a non-commissioned officer, hundreds of pairs of leather boots rubbed together, forming a unique sound that shocked people's hearts.

Luel and the others were broken up again, and the rest of the group, seemingly mixed with the veterans, got into the trucks and continued on their way to their destination, Russia.

"Hey~ Hello everyone, it's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Bruno, what is your name as this soldier?"

A new soldier with a sudden burst of eyes and a little familiarity asked with his elbow to Luel.

"My name is Luel, I'm from Berlin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"My name is Sajah and I'm from Berlin."

"My name is Crete, I'm from Lorraine, and it's a pleasure to meet you."

A few of the lads introduced each other their names and hometowns, while the veterans, who were expressionless and cold-eyed, paid no attention to them, just glanced at them and ignored them.

For the new recruits who are on the battlefield for the first time, excitement is always inevitable, and they don't care about the indifference of the veterans, several people get together and whisper why they came to join the army, how to hide it from their families, and how they want to earn more military achievements to get ahead, etc.

I don't know how long it took for the rickety truck to finally stop, and everyone realized that they were hungry, and their hungry chests were pressed against their backs.

"It's time to get off the train!"

Under the sergeant's loud orders, all the recruits got out of the truck bed and looked around, moving their somewhat numb hands and feet.

"You, in a class, send two people to receive two days' rations, and pay attention to the distribution of each day's food, because there is still a week before you receive the next ration!"

The sergeant's words made the recruits look at each other, they did not expect that even if they had already become soldiers and went to the front line, they would have to face the challenge of hunger before they encountered the enemy.

"It's so cold in here, it's only been month? It's not even October. ”

Bruno, with his eyes slightly bulging, raised the collar of his clothes, while the two veterans who were in the same car with them on the other side did not ask for everyone's opinions, and went to collect food on their behalf.

After getting their own dry rations, the boys couldn't wait to eat nearly a third, but they couldn't help but eat all the rations at once under the almost murderous gaze of the veteran.

"Everyone rest in place and wait for the next order!"

One of the commanders gave a word of instruction and left, and now without the deterrence of the commander, the recruits in the unit were soon active again.

After a while, a recruit with slightly curly hair, who seemed to be of mixed French and German descent, even performed a dance for everyone, and some people clapped their hands and hummed a little song to resonate with everyone.

It's just that just like in the car, the veterans still look at all this coldly, as if nothing has aroused their interest.

After about four hours of rest in the empty square of the station, they finally got back on a freight train and set off again.

The train was unroofed, but unfortunately, it rained continuously, and everyone curled up together, and soon they were drenched.

"Hell, why don't you give each of us an umbrella?"

Bruno complained.

"Umbrellas? Would you like to find another girl for each of you? Idiot, shut your mouth! ”

Bruno's complaint was heard by the sergeant major, who glared at him fiercely, and the former stuck out his tongue and lowered his head as low as possible.

Seeing this, the other recruits did not dare to whisper any more, so they remained silent, and the only sound in their ears was the rhythmic snapping of raindrops on their steel helmets.

Suddenly, the brake shoe of the advancing train rubbed sharply against the wheels, and the body began to shake violently, and everyone's center of gravity fell forward.

"Oops~~ Damn! What's wrong? What happened? ”

Bruno was still the first to complain, but before he could explain anything, he was greeted by the sound of loud explosions and dense machine-gun fire.

"Enemy Attack ~~~ Enemy Attack ~~~! Grab your guns and get out of the car! Don't crouch inside like a fool, do you want to be a live target for the other side's shelling? Get out! With the help of the slopes on both sides of the railway, the enemy is not as numerous as us, this is just a small number of guerrillas, take them out! ”

The sergeant's voice filled the ears of the recruits, and their hearts seemed to be calmed a little.

Luel jumped out of the carriage with a roll, and was squeezed by his companions and couldn't stand up at all, and when he finally raised his rifle in a hurry, he found that the veterans who had been sitting in the same carriage with them had already knelt down on one knee and held their rifles forward to shoot, they were still so expressionless, still so indifferent, like pure war machines.

At this time, a non-commissioned officer who was riding in the front of the train ran to the rear and said, "Sir! It's the partisans of the Russians! ”

"Sure enough, they were raised by these bitches, have you determined their number?"

"Not sure, but judging by the intensity of the firepower, at least more than a hundred!"

"Hmph, even if there are two hundred people, they are not our opponents, everyone is on guard to move forward ~~~ Long live Germany! Long live the Führer! For the sake of the Führer~~! ”