Just Give Him One Thousand and Forty-Five

? When four gunshots rang out in a basement in the remote central region of Italy, at the southernmost point of the Eastern Front, the German 1st Mountain Division was climbing over the forested area in front of them, and behind this mountain , is what they have always hoped to reach, the terminus of this expedition: Baku. ⊙,

This is the root cause of the Soviet Union becoming the world's industrial power in a short period of time, and this is the oil-producing area that the Germans have always yearned for. As long as the swastika flag of the German army is planted on this land, the Soviet Union, which is rich in oil in the world, will switch roles with the oil-poor Third Reich.

So when the Soviet Red Army soldiers stationed on the top of the mountain saw the German soldiers, a fierce gun battle broke out between the two sides again. Everyone wants to fight for these lands, so blood can only be used to judge who is more suitable to rule this land. The German army launched a fierce charge, and the Soviet army also launched the most tenacious counterattack.

"The 402nd Regiment has a message that the German army has appeared in front of them." A staff officer pointed to the location of the 402nd Regiment on the map, and reported to his commander the battle that had just occurred: "The German army launched a tentative attack. But it's pretty intense."

"Should we start blowing up oil production equipment?" The commander glanced at the person in charge of the engineering unit, and asked, "Comrade Colonel, just to be on the safe side, if you agree, we should sign to blow up here now." oil extraction equipment."

The German army has surrounded here, and a few oil carriers have also been sunk near the pier. It can be said that Baku has been completely isolated from the world. At least they have not received any decent supplements for half a month. This put Baku's defense system in danger of a complete collapse, so the few Soviet generals present all felt powerless due to lack of troops.

A large amount of supplies were taken away and sent to Moscow to fight the battle that decided the fate of the Soviet Union. Therefore, the remaining value of this remote oil-producing area is nothing more than destroying all equipment and not leaving a drop of oil to the Germans. But after all, this is a huge project that requires systematic planning, and it is not as easy to operate as imagined.

Even if it is to blow up a bridge, it is necessary to repeatedly weigh the pros and cons, let alone blowing up an entire oil field is such a huge thing. This is about the same size as blowing up a city by yourself, and it even surpasses blowing up a large-scale city in terms of economic value and possible future impact.

"The 51st Army's military department called. They found an enemy army wearing a German SS uniform on the front. It was judged to be the main force under Manstein, the 8th Armored Division of the SS." Another Soviet officer said Clutching the documents, he walked into the messy headquarters. The news he brought confirmed that the situation was deteriorating further. The main force of the German army had bypassed the rolling mountains and appeared on the narrow plain near Baku.

That's not some unknown brand of unknown troops, it's the 8th Armored Division of the German SS! When this army went south into the Caucasus region, it once played a dream advance speed that exceeded the attack speed of Rommel and Guderian.

This army went all the way south, running a few minutes faster than the 200,000 defeated Soviet Red Army, and completely disrupted the Soviet deployment of Baku's defensive operations.

What's even more frightening is that this force is generally used by Manstein, a general known as the German wise general, as an offensive fist, and behind this force is the main force of the famous m group army, the Wehrmacht's No. 13 Panzer Corps.

Counting the 13th Armored Army, Manstein laid out more than 800 tanks of various types and assault guns on the front. These heavy armored vehicles happened to be an absolute advantage that the Soviet Red Army did not have. It is a pity that these Soviet troops guarding near Baku do not even have enough anti-tank weapons.

"Damn it, this Manstein's fight is too steady! When he first started going south, this guy was still advancing very fast. We deliberately gave up a loophole to fight guerrilla warfare in the mountains and disrupt his supply line. Who knows ..." A staff officer looked at the map angrily, and complained quietly to himself.

Another officer standing next to him shook his head, and quite agreed with what his colleague said: "In the beginning, the advance speed was extremely fast, but once it entered the mountainous area, it became steady and steady at every step-the most annoying thing. Or, taking advantage of every step of the way, he actually turned around and devoured our hundreds of thousands of scattered troops surrounded behind him! He had calculated our thoughts long ago, so he could be accurate This level!"

Those who are not familiar with Manstein must have been completely confused by his crazy advance in the first ten days when he went south. This staff general, who did not make a name for himself in France and did not make a big splash in Ukraine, was not really known to the high-level Allied forces until he was in charge of the Crimean Peninsula offensive and defensive battle. This general who likes to accurately quantify his attack steps can be said to be a true battle master. Compared with Rommel and Guderian, his greater advantage lies in the precise control of troops.

He has been working as a staff officer within the National Defense Forces, and he was transferred from the staff headquarters to the army. So he has more experience and ideas as a staff officer than generals like Rommel Guderian who have been on the front line. He attaches great importance to the supply of troops, and is good at thinking about the enemy's thinking and the countermeasures that should be taken. He firmly believes that he does not make mistakes and waits for the enemy to make mistakes, which is the truth of winning on the battlefield.

So when his troops were about to enter the mountainous area to fight, he immediately gathered his advancing steps cautiously, then turned around, mobilized the follow-up infantry, and completely wiped out the scattered Soviet troops behind him. . The reason is simple, he is unwilling to expose his army's logistics supply line to the gunpoints of the enemy guerrillas, so he would rather postpone the advance to Baku.

However, in fact, he shouldn't have been silent for such a long time. The more complicated reason is that in order to organize the northward battle of Gudeli's installation of the Jiag Army, his southward troops cut off the fuel supply for several days. Therefore, he ordered the armored troops to detour from Chechnya to the Baku Plain, and had to wait for a long time halfway before embarking on the journey again.

Of course, these are not the inside information that the Soviet defenders in Baku can know. They only know that Manstein stopped his progress just right at the place where he should stop, leaving them with a huge battle. Failure, and an almost one-sided battlefield situation.

"Have you contacted the fleet in the Caspian Sea? If they are willing to help, there should be some equipment that can be snatched away..." A Soviet general sitting in the office spoke, since General Rokossovsky was in Stalin After Grad’s defection (so understood in the Soviet Union), there were no decent senior generals in the southern theater. At the earliest time, Timoshenko was ordered to take over the command of Baku, but he hadn’t arrived here yet. Stalinger Le fell.

It is also because of this that all defenses here have to be discussed and resolved by the commanders of several armies and front armies, and the speed of dealing with problems is also slower. For example, on the issue of how to deal with the oil refining equipment in Baku, everyone has two opinions: transporting it away or blowing it up.

Since the German fw-190d fighter jets began to appear in the Caucasus sky, the blue sky and white clouds here have been dominated by gray camouflage German fighter jets. These bloody Third Reich planes visit the Caspian waters around Baku every day, destroying every ship in sight.

Also thanks to the Stuka and Stuka 2 bombers driven by these German pilots, fewer and fewer ships dare to go to the port near Baku to load and unload oil equipment, so the plan to transport these large equipment has also become The progress is unusually slow. As the German ground forces approached, the idea of ​​blowing up these devices became more and more dominant.

"At night, there are still two ships that will venture to shore, but the tonnage is limited, so they can't transport anything. The wounded have been delayed for two days. If there is no arrangement tonight..." Responsible for contacting the Caspian Sea The officer of the transport fleet quickly answered all the news he knew. For many days, he could only say some frustrating things, and today is no exception.

"Then we can only blow up all the equipment! Start with some important and immovable large equipment, first remove the important parts, and then blow them up with explosives!" The general who was temporarily elected to handle the affairs He opened his mouth and ordered: "If the explosives are not enough, use shells! In short, we can't leave anything to the Germans..."

The atmosphere in the room became depressing. After all, blowing up these devices is a very worrying thing. The soldiers who now hold steel guns and put explosives on these devices may have been the workers who assembled these devices back then. They spent ten years building today's Baku, but after an order, they will dedicate themselves to the motherland with their own hands. My youth, all blown up.

"But." At this time, a middle-aged man who was wearing a suit but could enter and leave the headquarters suddenly spoke up, expressing his different opinions in his heart. He is not a soldier, but he represents many government officials here: "If we blow up these devices, we will have no leverage to negotiate with that General Manstein!"

His words made everyone focus on him. Under Stalin's order to destroy Baku and live with Baku, his words are undoubtedly no different from treason. But he still opened his mouth calmly, and continued to speak words that caught everyone's eyes: "The Germans want oil, and we will give it to him. Everyone will survive, right?" u