Chapter 1000

What kind of war does the German army like to fight most? This problem seems to be worth studying. In zenith novels, even though the answer to this question is worth debating, there is no doubt that the German army likes to take a great detour in the wilderness where there are no fortifications to solve the opponent's heavy military cluster.

In the war of Poland, Germany completely smashed the Polish defense cluster with several classic pincers, ended the Polish campaign with a speed that everyone could not expect, and played a speed that shocked the whole world.

Then in France, Germany made an effective flank breakthrough to complete the operation of waving the sickle, and annihilated all the elite of the British and French allied forces in Dunkirk. These troops were pursued and killed by the main German forces in the wilderness.

Then came a series of "German style annihilations" in eastern Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, which resulted in the Soviet Union losing its armor. In the end, the Soviet Union began to use Fortifications on a large scale to delay the German attack, and the example of encircling the enemy in rapid maneuver gradually disappeared.

Instead, the eastern front seems to be endless trench defense, urban battles, large-scale tank encounters. All of these tactics are based on the premise of mutual consumption. For a certain defensive node or a certain strategic goal, the two sides always put in nearly a million people to fight repeatedly, so that the front line did not move for several weeks.

But to the north of Moscow, the Germans once again seized the opportunity to encircle half a million Soviet infantry from Leningrad, surrounded by armored troops and elite mechanized infantry - which made lundstedt very comfortable, because it was a typical German rhythm.

"Did the messenger bring back any news?" At this moment, the German field marshal is in a good mood. Although his troops are alone and deep, the enemy really has no strength to fight back. So he can easily pull his teeth out of the tiger's mouth, and his pincer attack seems to have laid the foundation for Germany to win in the East.

It is obvious that the Soviet Union has no reserve force to launch a counterattack against the German army. In the area south of Moscow, Zhukov's southward group suffered heavy losses and is still struggling to support. All the troops north of Moscow are surrounded by a group army, e group army and Finnish Corps in the area north of Tver.

Although the German army expected a fierce battle to break out over several bridges near the Ivankov reservoir, it did not. This fully shows that the Soviet army is in a hurry to shrink its forces, and even has no plan to rescue the Leningrad group.

In the defensive positions around Moscow, the Red Army of the Soviet Union organized a large defensive force of more than 1 million. However, this number is obviously boastful. We all know exactly what the actual situation is.

In another time and space, when Germany defended Berlin, it was also known that it supported millions of troops. Unfortunately, it is estimated that even 300000 troops with actual combat effectiveness could not be put together. In fact, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled mobilized by the Soviet Union are similar to the famous national division in another time and space. They are just civilians with rifles. These troops have no combat effectiveness at all. In the face of Germany's elite who have been fighting for a long time, they will collapse if they can't hold on for a few minutes.

Even Stalin himself thought it was a joke to expect such an army to find something to eat in the ruins and to maintain the total number of troops in the position when there was really no way to do so. However, even Stalin thought it was a joke to expect these troops to counterattack and recapture the lost bridge under the tracks of German tanks.

"Marshal! The messengers sent to the enemy's Leningrad group did not see their commander, general govorov! The Soviet generals who received our messengers refused our persuasion. They said that govorov was determined to live and die with his motherland. " Marshal lundstedtet's deputy reported regretfully.

They were ordered to send messengers to persuade the Soviet army to surrender. After all, it took time and sacrifice for more than 500000 troops to be annihilated in the field. In consideration of economy, the German general staff decided to arrange messengers to persuade the Soviet army to surrender themselves.

It seems that this plan is a failure. Govorov has no intention of surrendering. Although the Soviet army was encircled by the German army in the wilderness, it was a pity that it was far from the point of running out of ammunition and food. However, the German army reckoned that the Soviet Army's supplies could last another week or so at most.

"A week? Would rather let hundreds of thousands of people starve to death on the battlefield than surrender... "Marshal lundstedt looked at a circular sign on the map, which had been completely surrounded by the blue arrow representing his own side:" I am more concerned about how the Fuehrer arranges the next Eastern war than the dead man govorov. "

It's not just lundstedt. There are too many people who care about it. There were four main German offensive directions, including North of Moscow, south of Moscow to Kursk, south of Kursk and Baku. In addition to the northern Moscow theater under the personal command of lundstedt, any action in any direction may lead to the birth of a new marshal in the army.

Goodrian, Manstein and Kluger are all strong competitors for the marshal. But in lundstedt's eyes, these generals are all labeled as "the head of state's lineage", just like another field marshal Rommel.

Once the marshal was born, then in the constitution of the Imperial Army, the power of the Fuehrer's faction would completely overwhelm the original noble officers of the General Staff Headquarters. This is also the most painful fact - there are too many capable people in the Fuehrer's faction. It is not too much to pick out any one and put in the rank of field marshal. The situation that these veteran generals maintain the balance openly and secretly will eventually be broken at a certain node, and the generals of the Fuehrer faction will finally stand on the key positions of the German government departments and become the important chess pieces for the Fuehrer to control the whole Germany. Thinking of this, lundstedt grinned bitterly, then shook his head helplessly: isn't he promoted all the way by the Fuehrer himself? In the eyes of outsiders, he is also a downright Fuhrer faction, right? The internal opinion of the army is to facilitate the southward M group army under the command of general Manstein to seize Baku oil field, so that the "Fuehrer faction" with noble status can be promoted to marshal first, so as to check and balance the forces within the army. Another voice is the nomination of general Keith and general Liszt, who have no merit but also hard work. After all, these two generals, including general modle in the rear, are highly respected veterans, and the Garrison should also be rewarded. Brauchich also asked marshal lundstadt and marshal Rommel about this matter. Lundstadt did not call back immediately. The latter's call back was concise: "I'm only responsible for fighting for the Fuehrer and Germany. Other things have nothing to do with me! " The Fuehrer's side is even more confusing. It seems that akkado doesn't want to answer directly to blauchich's question. The wise head of state said with a smile, "the promotion of Marshal must be cautious, and I am also considering it." To prevaricate the past, people do not know what he is thinking about“ General Lister's on the line! He launched a new round of shelling on the position to the west of the encirclement, focusing on Highland 67. " While lundstedt was thinking about this seemingly doomed promotion of the army, a signalman, with the message he had just received, knocked on the door of Marshal lundstedt's headquarters, and opened his mouth to report: "the headquarters of the second armored army is calling. The Finnish army is moving towards our due north, but the Soviet army is still not breaking through." It is impossible for the Soviet army to break through the encirclement and escape. The rear is the German E group army, which has been attached. The flank is the Finnish group, which avenges the war between the Soviet and Finland. It blocks several main forces of the German armored forces in the front. If it can still run out, it will be a ghost. After sorting out his thoughts from a pile of inexplicable internal relations, the field marshal forgot the messy network of relations. He carefully looked at the position where Liszt was attacking, then pointed a map, and deployed his own orders to his subordinates: "let the grenadiers on the flank of the second armored army advance 5 kilometers, Give general Liszt a hand in the attack“ Yes! Marshal The Deputy stood at attention and walked out of the Marshal's office. It's a wise choice to set up a headquarters in Tver. After all, there are many buildings here that can be used as temporary residences for officers and temporary headquarters for various units. As soon as the Deputy came out of the room, another officer from the telegraph room came into the room with a new telegram: "long live the Fuehrer! Marshal, we have news from the air force that Norway has been attacked by Allied bombers from Iceland and suffered heavy losses. "“ What? " Lundstedt was stunned, then took the message and read it carefully. He saw the loss figures and the results of the air force's fight against Iceland. After a while he closed the papers and fell into thinking. Just now, he was still thinking about the appointment of personnel and balancing the forces of all parties. But his enemies reminded him at this moment: the war is far from over, Germany has not come to the end of victory. Now is not the time to share the fruits of victory, because the enemy still has the ability to defeat the whole third empire. Lundstadt leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling in a daze, and suddenly a question came into his mind - why do you have to keep balance? Isn't it the best way to appoint and remove people who are capable?