Chapter 708

Unlike general Liszt's hard support on the northern battlefield under the fierce attack of Soviet generals such as Zhukov, the German troops in southern Ukraine are attacking the Soviet troops fiercely. In addition to the G group army under Guderian who attacked Kharkov on the frontal battlefield, there is a new group army, M group army, which has just been formed by transferring some forces of each group army. It is launching its own attack towards the fortress on the crimson peninsula.

Manstein was one of the rare strategic masters of the German army in another time and space. His plan for the French strategic war was a magic stroke, because it caused heavy losses to the allies. If it wasn't for the later Dunkirk, Hitler could even wipe out the main forces of Britain and France in Belgium.

In this time and space, although in name, Manstein still put forward the important plan of waving the sickle, he knew in his heart that the whole plan was planned by the head of state akkado, so the former famous commander had been working as an aide to blauchich in the general staff of the army for nine months.

For more than nine months, riemanstein was not playing soy sauce. He personally participated in the construction and construction of the Eastern Line's crenel defense line, and worked out an efficient defense and counterattack strategy. He actively organized the logistics support system of the army's attack, and improved the material reserves of each group army. In a word, he used every possible opportunity to enrich himself, In the end, it was affirmed by everyone.

In a letter of recommendation from his immediate supervisor, brauchich, to akkado, he said: he is definitely one of the most military commanders I have ever seen, steady and capable. I suggest that he can command a group army to exercise and become a rare independent talent in the Empire.

Goodrian said of Manstein in his diary: this man reminds me of Elvin? Rommel, if Elvin is a commander who is good at attacking, Manstein is a commander who is familiar with every aspect of the army. Their styles are not the same, but they are the most capable generals I have ever seen.

Now this complacent "General of staff" has been appointed by the head of state as the commander in chief of the new M group army, which is responsible for directing the group army's attack on the crimson peninsula. And after he took office, he immediately put his family together.

If anyone remembers the logistics general Frick of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, he will know that the general who can equip his troops is half qualified. After nine months as a staff officer, Manstein naturally became familiar with the supply process of a group army and how complicated it could be.

From the messy logistics supply report, he repeatedly confirmed the equipment he needed, and then tried his best to find what he didn't have in the supply list of the front line, and then through the relationship with the general staff, he brought some big guys into his own troops.

For example, his troops are equipped with 20 210 mm caliber heavy guns produced by Krupp factory. Akkado, a big guy, only a few months ago issued an order to lift the ban. He asked Krupp to produce a "large caliber new howitzer". Although this kind of gun is a towed gun, and it is relatively slow to enter the position, But it made up for the shortage of heavy artillery support.

For example, some train guns from France and some fortress guns from Belgium were converted into train guns. The caliber of these guns was strange, and it was difficult to supplement them. Most German troops who paid attention to mobility didn't look up to these guys who were difficult to supply, but Manstein signed for them.

Because he had studied the whole Kremlin defense system of the Soviet Union, he knew that attacking this kind of "Fortress area" with concentrated fortresses needed a lot of large caliber artillery as support. Unfortunately, he also knew that the German army was short of all kinds of large caliber guns.

Although the construction of the Soviet fortress was abandoned due to the smooth industrial revitalization, and the fortress group in the whole crimson area was not as strong and huge as in another time and space, the defense strength of the whole fortress area could not be underestimated. Because of this, manstei once sent at least 30 reconnaissance planes to investigate and take photos in this area as detailed as possible.

The good news is not without it. Because of the service of the Soviet class battleship, the Soviet Union's large caliber guns have a place to use. Therefore, there is no huge steel turret and large caliber guns in another time and space in the Kremlin fortress area, but only some small caliber guns. Moreover, the underground bunkers of the whole fortress area have been cut down a lot because they are not taken seriously. At least those underground works tens of meters deep are still lying on the drawings.

Manstein did his best to prepare artillery and ammunition, and armed his infantry to the teeth. Judging from his preparation before the war, it was absolutely full and extremely targeted. It can also be seen that Manstein is definitely a German commander with Marshal ability. Although his light was captured by akkado, he is still a bright general.

As goodrian's G group army began to attack in the eastern region, Manstein could not help feeling that he wanted to make contributions. He grabbed the phone in his hand and gave the order to attack the crimson peninsula. The most elite infantry under his command began to march forward. It took only one afternoon for the overwhelming offensive to tear up the defense line around the crimson Peninsula and drive the Red Army soldiers of Marshal voroshlov to the isthmus of the crimson Peninsula to support them.

Zhukov was shocked by the momentum of the German attack. Although the Kremlin Peninsula has not accepted his command and control, it is still the nominal territory of the Soviet Union. Now, both Kremlin and Kharkov are in a hurry. How much pressure is on Zhukov's shoulder. Zhukov is also worthy of being one of the most famous commanders in the Soviet Union. He wrote a telegram to Stalin, analyzed the current situation of the war, and then asked Stalin to give him support, let him continue to launch a fierce attack on Kiev, and exchange the attack for the attack, so as to weaken the effective strength of the German army. The reason why Zhukov dared to arrange the battle plan in this way was that his front-line general, the commander of the first front army of the close guard army who is now attacking, another valiant general of the Soviet Union, konev. The general in charge of the attack was born in political work, and he was also Stalin's proudest masterpiece. He discovered the most capable political worker. The general who assured Stalin that he should continue to attack Kiev, because he felt the weakness of Liszt's E group army, so he put in his troops as quickly as possible, and convinced Zhukov to use the battle reserve in advance, and put another close guard front army into the battlefield, The commander of this front army is also a famous figure in history, another tough commander of the Soviet Union, rokosovsky. These two men, together with Zhukov, were called the troika of the Soviet Red Army in another time and space. It can be seen that their command level is beyond doubt. And the troops in their hands are definitely the most elite of the Soviet Union. The new Soviet offensive camp was formed by the reorganized first front guard, the second front guard, and the third front guard. The commander of the third front army is the famous general vasilevsky. He is also a powerful commander and an experienced veteran of the battlefield. This line-up is much better than that of the last Soviet Germany Poland war. I don't know how many times. It can be said that it is a luxury All-Star line-up on the front line of the Soviet Union. For a moment, there were famous commanders all over the east line. When akado took the detailed investigation report of the commanders of both sides, he couldn't believe his own eyes. Almost the most capable generals in World War II, now he almost gathered together. In the snowflake time of the east line, They showed each other their long knives to their old enemies“ These Soviet generals are hard to deal with. " Akkado kept bumping slightly on the plane. On his knee, there was a brief resume of vasilevsky, while on Anna's lap, there was a brief resume of rokosovsky. It can be said that these two people can be regarded as the representatives of the young people in the Soviet Union. They were even younger than the vigorous general team of the third empire. Vasilevsky is only 43 years old this year, while konev, who is still unknown, is only 40 years old now, and rokosovsky, another front-line general, is only 41 years old this year. These young generals stood out because of the Great Purge of the Soviet Union and became the core command group of the Soviet Red Army. Together with Zhukov, who became more famous earlier, they formed a powerful force to attack the northern German defense line. As the front-line commander of the German army, Liszt was faced with three Soviet bull men at the same time, and he was a little tired of parrying. His group army itself was not mainly armored forces. Now he had to face thousands of Soviet main front forces strengthened by advanced tanks and elite troops alone, which was really too reluctant. Before he knew it, all six marshals of the Soviet Union appeared: voroshlov, Timoshenko, Zhukov, vasilevsky, rokosovsky and konev; The German army was full of Generals: randstadt, Liszt, Wilkes, Manstein, modle, Kluger, and a would-be marshal, goodrian. As soon as the bloody battle on the eastern front opened its own prelude, it jumped the warm-up and entered the most tragic and bloody stage.