Five Hundred and Seventeen Encircled Kiev

"What? Isn't it? How many people did you say they captured? Workers? So many workers? Tell me carefully! ... Yes! Tell me carefully!" Guderian grabbed his phone, a little uncomfortable Believe in my ears, the person who reported the results over the phone was obviously very excited. He only cared about his own happiness after talking for a long time, which made Guderian even more baffled.

Finally, the excited Commander Frick on the phone was excited enough, and explained the matter clearly: "General, the troops led by Renn fought a very tragic blocking battle near the small town of Y107, and captured the Soviet Red Army 400 soldiers, and also captured 5,000 skilled workers evacuated from Kiev, as well as the production equipment of these workers. More than 100 trucks! Except for the part that was blown up by the air strike, it is now ours!"

This time Guderian understood it. It turned out that the team of the Soviet Union's factory transfer was blocked by the troops led by Rennes-this Rennes is really a **** lucky existence, and any good thing can happen. Let him catch up. With such a huge victory this time, it is estimated that this guy will at least add a pair of swords to his Oak Leaf Knight Iron Cross. Thinking about it, I feel envious, and I am not yet the commander of the army group.

In this way, I should have completely surrounded the retreat route of the Soviet troops and made dumplings for hundreds of thousands of Soviet Red Army troops in Ukraine. Guderian raised his head to look at the map, narrowed his eyes and carefully analyzed the positions of the troops on both sides.

These Soviet troops lack heavy equipment such as tanks, because most of those heavy equipment were discarded in Poland. It has been almost a month since the war started. During this period, the German army destroyed and captured no less than 6,000 Soviet tanks, which has exceeded the German Eastern Front armor. total number of troops.

Of course, most of these tanks are outdated bt and t-26 tanks, and there are many faulty tanks that were abandoned by the soviet voluntarily. Including more than half of the seized quantity is simply to put gold on their own faces, which is really a bit Including the suspicion of self-selling and boasting-what can you show off when you captured the T-26 with the Tiger tank? Shameless?

In this huge encirclement, including Russian troops, there are at least 400,000 regular troops. If you count the temporarily mobilized troops, almost 600,000 Soviet Red Army have nowhere to escape. The counterattack plan prepared by the Soviet Union was broken by the fast-moving Guderian before it even started. Timoshenko, the supreme commander of the besieged Soviet army, is still in the north and has not rushed to the front line of Kiev! And this side of Kiev has been completely surrounded by the German army.

Guderian stood up, pressed his hand on the map hanging on the wall, and carefully looked at every village and every town. These places are almost all in the hands of the German army. According to the plan, As long as these troops are annihilated, the Soviet Union will almost accept the German peace treaty.

By that time, Britain, the only one that refused to accept the peace talks, has been beaten to pieces, and there is a naval contest over there, which will not arouse the resistance of the people in the country. Germany will enter a relatively stable period of development.

First cast a plow into a sword to fight in all directions, and then cast a sword into a plow to release Ma Nanshan to usher in peace. This is definitely the most glorious era for a general.

Who wants a real general to die in a hundred battles? Who wants a real shroud of horse leather to return home? Those generals who shouted such sad slogans were just in a dark environment with no end in sight. If they could really achieve success and be remembered and praised by the whole nation after showing their brilliance and glory, who wouldn't want to send millions of soldiers to swallow up mountains and rivers?

Guderian felt that he was worth it. He watched the Soviet towns being conquered by him one after another and felt that his life was worth it. If it weren't for Akado's appreciation and promotion, his armored soldier theory might still be a poor document on paper. If it weren't for Akado's promotion, he would be nothing more than a poor colonel or major general now. Maybe every day I am thinking about how to resist the provocation and insult of the foreign army. Where can I have the opportunity to command hundreds of thousands of troops and fight the enemy in a decisive battle on the vast enemy land?

Twenty years, twenty years to sharpen a sharp sword! Germany stepped out of the shadow of its defeat in 1919. It took 20 years to sweep Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, France, and the United Kingdom. It stood on the Ukrainian Plain and fought the Soviet Union to the death. It is no longer a dream to win the world. The head of state gave him such a great trend in the world, how could he not repay the head of state with a victorious battle?

"Long live the head of state!" An officer walked to the door and knocked on the door, interrupting Guderian's imagination. He's here to deliver documents, the latest information just sent from the front.

"The next time you knock on the door and come in, shout the name of the head of state, don't be so casual." Guderian reminded his men for the first time: "Our victory is due to the wisdom and greatness of the head of state, who can win every battle. In addition to our own efforts, it is also because we stand on the shoulders of giants like the Führer."

As soon as the officer heard it, he knew that his superior was probably inspired by this victory, so he immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Long live the head of state, Acador Rudolf!" His voice was loud and his blood was boiling, and Guderian was extremely satisfied.

So the general, who had just finished feeling the greatness of the head of state, asked his subordinates who stood at attention: "What's the matter?"

"General Keitel sent a telegram that his vanguard has successfully joined our 1st Armored Division, and Kiev is now completely surrounded." The officer immediately replied: "The infantry coming from behind is strengthening our flank defenses , to prevent the enemy from breaking out."

This is obviously another good news. Guderian nodded with a smile: "Call the logistics department and let them see if they can send more supplies, so that the soldiers are also happy for the victory!"

"Yes!" The officer replied standing at attention.

"Oh! That's right! Draw up a promotion plan, promote Lieutenant Ryan Hart to captain, continue to be the commander of the No. 113 tank, and his position will not change." Guderian continued to explain: "Report to Rennes this time. For his merits, apply for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Swords and Oak Leaves!"

The officer looked surprised, then nodded. This kind of thing is naturally something that everyone is more concerned about. It is a great honor for this team to produce such a superhero first.

What's more, the 502 Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion is definitely an ace to the extreme troop. Almost two-thirds of the tank commanders in this unit have their own Iron Cross medals. These tank commanders pulled out and stood in a row, young and handsome What a hero, it is estimated that taking a group photo will definitely make the girls scream more than the group photo of the Italian football team.

Of course, it's one thing to scream crazy, but it's not necessarily the case when you go further. After all, you can't imagine how thick the thighs of an Italian football star are, nor can you imagine how strong the smell of engine oil is on the German armored soldiers. However, this did not affect their handsome Jing Tianwei in a mess after they took the black and white photos.

Then Guderian's staff began to be ordered to call the railway transportation department, hoping to prepare a train to transport 5,000 Ukrainian skilled workers and corresponding technical equipment to Warsaw, Poland. And we have to find a way to make room for these real "strategic resources."

Under the command of Guderian and Keitel, the German soldiers of the G Army and E Army on the front line quickly completed the reinforcement task of the encirclement. The hope of the Soviet troops breaking through became more and more elusive, and they had not yet arrived at the front line. Timoshenko, who took over the command, became a loner without seeing his troops. This made him unable to save his subordinates even though he was talented.

What Timoshenko, who originally wanted to compete with Guderian and Keitel, has now been reduced to gather routs, improve the defense line, and demand from Khrushchev and Marshal Voroshilov. People want guns for the job done by logistics officers like this. He could only watch helplessly as the 600,000 troops in the encirclement of Kiev had nowhere to go.

What makes people feel even more tragic is that he still has to pray that the German army will not take the opportunity to attack Moscow, because the troops in his hand are no longer enough to complete the task of stopping the German army, his strength is too small, and his defense line is too long.

Meanwhile, in Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, Stalin was fuming over the fall of the Kiev industrial zone. The cooperation with Germany back then gave the Soviet Union's industry a chance to take off, but it also paved the way for various problems now.

A large number of industrial areas have been established in areas close to Europe. These areas are now either occupied by the fast-advancing German army, or have been surrounded. These industrial equipment that the Soviet Union spent a lot of money in the past have all been returned to them. the master.

A large part of the railways and roads in the Soviet Union near Poland were built with German aid, and they all implemented German design standards. They used the unified European railway width and number of sleepers, which allowed German trains to drive straight in. Unimpeded transportation of strategic materials urgently needed by the German army.

Now these problems need to be solved by the Soviet leader Stalin-including how to restore the industrial system that is on the verge of collapse, including stopping the victorious German army, including stabilizing the defense lines on the border, including stabilizing his own crumbling Moscow dominance.

It seems that hastily attacking Germany and hastily rejecting peace talks is indeed an unwise decision. Stalin narrowed his eyes and sighed, and then called his secretary: "Go get the German envoy, I want to have lunch with him! Hurry up and make arrangements!"

"Yes!" Stalin's secretary nodded quickly, and then retreated respectfully. Now that the battle at the front is unfavorable, he is afraid that Stalin will really vent his anger on himself.