One Thousand and Seven Big Things Are Not Good

On the outskirts of Tver, a German artilleryman, wearing only a white vest on his upper body, was prying open an ammunition box with a chisel under the sun. With a crisp sound of cracking, the lid of the simple wooden packing box shattered at one corner, and it tilted up in response, revealing the rocket shells inside that were as thick as the mouth of a bowl.

Not far behind him is a Friedrichshafen rocket launcher that is still smoking. The rail-like launcher on it is still slightly steaming due to the heat generated by the friction of the rocket launch. And the dust blown up by the tail flame has not been able to disperse until now.

For the Soviet infantry who did not have decent bunkers in the encirclement, the German Friedrich rockets had a very good killing effect. Often the salvo of an artillery company can cause nearly a hundred casualties to the infantry under General Govorov.

Although Govorov desperately restrained his troops and ordered mutual supervision and no one was allowed to surrender, it is a pity that there are too few soldiers like Rokossovsky or Tukhachevsky. Every day, hundreds of thousands or even nearly ten thousand Soviet soldiers surrendered, and even entire battalions of troops turned back.

The German soldier hung the rocket in his hand on the track of the Friedrichshafen launcher, just like dozens of other rockets. Completing such a load is not an easy task, at least not an easy and pleasant one.

But every time I see these rockets being launched in an instant, it seems that all the efforts are worth it. Their Friedrich rocket battery can drop hundreds of rockets into the theater at one time, enough to cover a large area. This kind of attack is caught off guard and can immediately play the role of a focus fire attack.

Groups of tanks, followed by armored vehicles and trucks, as well as various self-propelled artillery and Friedrich rockets , to achieve the purpose of increasing the attack speed of troops.

The Friedrich rocket launcher can be said to be the favorite support weapon of all German troops: the movement speed is fast enough, the attack is fast and the preparation time is short. It can keep up with the attack speed of tanks and make up for the shortcomings of German artillery. If there is a shortcoming, it is only that the range is not as good as that of traditional rocket launchers.

"Get out of here! The next round of attack is about to begin." The operator standing in the distance and guarding the fire switch shouted loudly to the soldiers in charge of loading. While shouting, he waved his arm to one side to signal The soldiers moved to a safe distance.

After everyone had left to a safe distance, the operator pressed the switch, energizing all the rockets. So starting from the first rocket, these rockets went out of the launch orbit one by one and flew into the distant sky.

The violent tail flame jetted out, blowing up the dust on the surrounding ground,

Sweeping around like a sandstorm. If it weren't for the German Air Force's firm grasp of air supremacy, this weapon would expose its position every time it was launched. But now this overwhelming momentum is liked by the German artillery, who laughed and called the Friedrich rocket launcher a "duster" or "smoke bomb".

However, this kind of gentle appellation is used by one's own people to describe their own weapons. After the enemy has been baptized by this weapon once, they usually call this weapon "storm" or "king of destruction". Because often after a rocket salvo, the potholes on the Soviet position are almost no different from the surface of the moon.

Soon, the Soviet positions experienced a storm. Hundreds of rockets fell almost at the same time, crackling and raining on the heads of the Soviet troops. Although they had already experienced such a baptism once, and tried their best to build a simple position to reduce casualties, they still paid a heavy price.

"Damn it! These German bastards! They have surrounded us for several days, and apart from interfering with us with cannons, they didn't even attack!" A Soviet division commander looked at his position submerged in the artillery fire, annoyed. Almost dropped the telescope in his hand to the ground. His soldiers are not afraid of face-to-face confrontation, but the repeated ravages of this invisible enemy cannot but make people feel hopeless.

Then he complained about the supreme leader Stalin who was far away in Moscow: "We have built a strong defensive position near Leningrad, with so many artillery and anti-tank trenches, but let us give up! We rushed to such a ghost place, there is nothing, give it to the Germans to surround!"

It’s no wonder that he complained so much, because the contrast between the front and the back is too great: in Leningrad, they have wide anti-tank trenches, as well as solid trenches as deep as Damido, and the main sections are even reinforced with reinforced concrete Fortifications, a large number of bunkers and bunkers, as well as numerous anti-tank guns and large-caliber artillery.

Another advantage is that they are backed by Leningrad and have a lot of food, so they don't have to worry about food sources in a short period of time. Even if the bunkers in the field are destroyed, they still have a way to retreat to the city and fight an urban battle that the Germans are unwilling to bear.

As a result, they gave up this good card with an order, and hurried to the vicinity of Tver. In order to get rid of the pursuit of the German e-group army, the Soviet army had to abandon a large number of heavy weapons, artillery were discarded, and even anti-tank guns were not brought much. As a result, such a light infantry division was surrounded in the area north of Tver. It didn't even have the strength to fight back, so it could only wait in the wild to be annihilated by the German army.

General Govorov was in his headquarters, looking at the situation on both sides with worry on his face. Liszt of the E Group Army is really not an easy guy to deal with. His troops are deploying a solid encirclement from behind. A large number of German infantry have arrived at the position, and this huge pocket has been completely closed.

What is even more frightening is the armored troops of Army Group A standing in front of him. General Rundstedt's Panzer Army is adopting the tactics of a central breakthrough, trying to divide and encircle his Leningrad group. His current position has been squeezed into a dog-bone shape with two big ends and a thin middle. In just a few days, the entire cluster will be cut into two small encircling circles.

"Guo, I mean Guo, is it possible for us to forcefully break through the siege and get closer to Moscow?" General Govorov suddenly broke the dullness in the room, and asked the adjutant who was also not looking well beside him: "Organize the troops, From all directions, launch a breakout..."

He pointed to several bridges on the map, as well as several nearby towns and villages: "Is it possible for us to break through these German defense lines, occupy these places, and then bring at least 20,000 soldiers to break out to Moscow?" ?”

After asking these questions, he raised his head and looked at his adjutant, hoping to get some reference opinions from his old partner who had worked with him for many years. Now he really has no good way to deal with the situation in front of him. Who made him not have so many tanks in Zhukov's hands?

It's a pity that he didn't get the answer he wanted from his assistant, because his deputy looked at him and shook his head, and what he said was even more desperate: "If we are lucky, we will be in Germany. We will meet in our concentration camp, and if we are unlucky, we will meet Comrade Lenin together!"

Everyone knows that it is too late to break through the siege now. Even if hundreds of thousands of infantry can break through the first-line German defensive positions, and even capture Tver, but as long as the Germans blow up the bridge, all efforts will be in vain flow. Pray that the Germans make continuous mistakes, General Govorov admits that he himself is not in such a good mood.

"General!" An officer in the radio contact room walked into the room, stood at attention in front of Govorov, and then reported the problem he had just encountered: "The division headquarters of the 77th Division, which is in charge of security on the western periphery, has lost Contact, there is no news of the enemy's attack, so the director asked me to report to you..."

"The 77th Division?...Kazonev's former unit?" I don't know how many people still remember this bearded man, at least General Govorov. When this bearded man was there, the Soviet Union The 77th Division of the Communist Party of China can be regarded as one of the best troops in the army.

It's a pity that the poor bearded Kazonev has been shot and his troops handed over to an unknown commander. Now that the unit has lost contact, it really makes people feel cold behind. It turns out that Kazonev's influence has always been there, and it is only now that it is really exposed.

"Report...report!" Just as Govorov smiled bitterly, another Soviet officer rushed into his command post, and after standing at attention in a panic, he hurriedly stammered and reported an important news : "The German troops took over the defense line of the 77th Division, and they were shouting to other troops around that the 77th Division had surrendered."

Govorov was not surprised. He seemed to have known the ending a long time ago: "Ever since Kazonev was shot by those idiots, the 77th Division is no longer the 77th Division that can fight well. They surrendered to me. It's not surprising... Let the 17th Division and other nearby troops be on alert, and don't let the Germans take the opportunity to break through the defense line!"

Suddenly Govorov seemed to realize something, raised his head and asked, "Do you know who was responsible for shooting Kazonev back then? How can I remember that it was his old subordinate, Polovsky?"

The deputy was stunned for a moment, then looked at his old partner Govorov: "I, I also remember...not good! The 17th division is also lost!" For mobile phone users, please visit