Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five Strong People Like Forests

"What are you looking at? There are no weak people under the Führer's command! He Kluge usually pretends to be a good old man, but you really treat him as a sick cat? That is a tiger! A tiger that can eat people anytime, anywhere! "Lundstedt sat on his rickety car and said to his confidants: "Look, this is the end of underestimating the talents of the head of state!"

After finishing speaking, he stuffed a telegram he had just received into the palm of his deputy. The deputy opened the message and saw the short text on it. He read it softly, with a look of shock on his face: "Klug's F Group Army broke through a Soviet line of defense and advanced 20 kilometers ..."

He raised his head and looked at his commander: "Marshal, at this moment, Zhukov's determination to fight must be shaken. Maybe we won't get any advantage if we fight all the way through like this."

"No way, in order to wait for the new 100 King Tiger tanks to be equipped with my group army, we waited at the German border for one day. This is the order of the head of state. After all, the situation at that time has not deteriorated to the point it is now." Lundsch Tate sighed and said: "Zhukov and Rokossovsky, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet offensive force, are still capable after all. After all, we still underestimated our opponents a bit!"

"Didn't they underestimate Kluge too!" The deputy laughed, remembering that many of Germany's own generals also underestimated Kluge, so he restrained his smile again.

"Yes! The general who usually looks harmless to humans and animals is indeed easy to be looked down upon, but he has already proved his worth!" Rundstedt narrowed his eyes and said: "It has also been proved that under the leadership of the head of state, there is no mediocrity!"

He paused, and then raised the corners of his mouth: "Klug, Klug, you are a blockbuster, but in the end, I am better. After all, as the Marshal of the Empire, I am the strongest under the head of state. that general!"

The car was shaking non-stop, and the infantry on both sides of the road meandered forward, stretching more than 5 kilometers away. On the road farther away, trucks and tanks converged into a torrent of steel. The entire Group A can be said to be a new main force.

"The meteorological department called and said that after a brief period of 30 hours of clear weather, there will be a period of continuous snowfall. Although some areas can take off for investigation, it is not recommended to use the air force on a large scale." The telegram that was just sent was clipped in his own file bag, and then he said: "The telegram from the Army General Staff said, Marshal, you can slow down your progress slightly."

Rundstedt waved his hand and rejected the deputy's suggestion: "The marching speed remains the same as the original plan, and the speed of the armored troops is slightly accelerated! Use armored grenadiers to cover the two wings of the armored troops! Even if we don't appear on the battlefield In fact, it is necessary to put enough pressure on the Soviets. I want to see how courageous Zhukov is.

How would he choose! "

"What else can I choose! We can only retreat!" On the other side of the battlefield, Zhukov in the temporary headquarters on the outskirts of Minsk knocked on the map angrily, and roared to a group of combat staff officers: "Who can tell me, what will happen in the future?" In just one day, why did the German team turn from a disadvantage to an advantage!"

In fact, what worries Zhukov the most is not the 18,000 German paratroopers standing in front of the Rokossovsky offensive group. If calculated according to the original offensive speed of the 2nd Guards Front Army, after eating these German paratroopers, the Soviets still have enough time to fight for Kyiv, which is close at hand.

But when he wanted to grit his teeth and let the troops attack Marin, the name of a city called Damanhur always lingered in his mind. According to the intelligence sent by the US allies, in the place of Damanhur, the titan Patton and most of the 8th Army have stumbled. And it was precisely these humble 20,000 German paratroopers who made the 100,000 British and American coalition forces suffer.

Of course, another piece of news had to make Zhukov fear three points. The "idiot" Klug, who was originally in another direction in the north, suddenly turned into a ferocious downhill tiger, and drove back the famous Soviet general Kogne in one breath. The 1st Guards Front under the command of the husband put unprecedented pressure on the frontal defense of the Soviet Union.

Zhukov had to re-evaluate the danger of his attack on Kyiv. In the end, he felt that even if Kyiv was captured, it would be completely unable to achieve the final plan to encircle the German army in the south. The offensive cluster had no way to prevent the German army from counterattacking, and the subsequent hundreds of thousands of Soviet infantry could not be the opponents of the two German armies.

"Romania's 1st Army has entered Ukraine, and they are temporarily placed under the command of the German General Staff. Intelligence shows that an Italian Army is also entering Romania, and their ultimate goal is also the Ukrainian region." A Soviet staff officer said Reporting the changes and development of the war situation like a funeral report, the German army has too many reserve troops, which is not the result the Soviets hoped to see.

The key point is that Zhukov is not afraid of the fragile Romanian troops or the distant Italians. He is more worried about the Group A Army that is gradually approaching the Soviet-German front line. The pressure on the 1st Guards Front Army is even greater, and only Comrade Lenin in the sky can know whether he can hold the line of defense.

If Zhukov insists on attacking Kyiv, it is likely that Army Group A will defeat the Soviet defense line, and then encircle the entire Rokossovsky offensive group, and the Soviet Union will lose all its main forces. This result was not what Stalin wanted to see. In that case, the Soviet Union would be defeated quickly, and Stalin's personal rule in the Soviet Union would also be in crisis.

"Order Rokossovsky, stop advancing immediately! Retreat!" There are so many reasons why Zhukov gave the order to retreat. God knows how many Soviet soldiers he betrayed at once with this order. In Donetsk, hundreds of thousands of people are being surrounded by Guderian, but on the frontal battlefield, the Soviet Red Army gave up attacking and turned to retreat and defense.

This is equivalent to Hong Guoguo's announcement, admitting defeat on the southern front, and at the cost of the lives of hundreds of thousands of Soviet soldiers, completing a gamble that lost part of the family fortune. Although it is not bankrupt, it is definitely hurting muscles and bones. Obviously this decision made Zhukov feel ashamed, his face turned red with shame and anger.

In order to save the Soviet Red Army in the south, Zhukov had to ask Timoshenko, who was in charge of the southern front, to organize a counterattack to the south in an attempt to recapture Shebelinka, an important southern town, and threaten Guderian's rear defense. However, this Soviet Red Army infantry going south happened to bump into the D Group Army commanded by Model, who was following Guderian's G Group Army, so the plan to take back Shebelinka came to nothing. The Soviet Red Army near Donetsk They can only rely on themselves.

Model, the general who topped the Third Reich in terms of defense, immediately acted as a cover for Guderian's rear. His troops were firmly on Shebelinka, and Timoshenko had no desire to try.

At the same moment, on the Soviet-German front near Marin, a Soviet officer passed a telegram from Minsk to his commander.

"Retreat!" Rokossovsky is worthy of being a famous general in the world. After receiving Zhukov's telegram, he did not even hesitate, and directly issued the order to retreat. Not even a 2 hour delay. Countless soldiers of the Soviet Red Army staggered on the road they had just walked all the way, without any expression on their faces. They defeated their opponents and won battle after battle. Unfortunately, they still had to retreat in the end, retreating from their own territory.

The one-day bombing caused these Soviet soldiers to lose a lot of equipment, but now there are still fine snowflakes in the sky. Those accompanying Luftwaffe planes finally disappeared, making the retreat a little easier.

When the Soviets stopped in front of the German paratroopers' defense line, cheers erupted at the German paratrooper positions on the outskirts of Marin! A paratrooper division with 11,000 people scared off the 200,000 elite army commanded by the famous Soviet general Rokossovsky. What an honor and power this is!

"Damanhur!" All the paratroopers raised their guns and shouted loudly. This is the pride they should have, and it is also the pride they should have as the fastest and hardest fist in the empire. They fought to the death in Damanhur, where they played the reputation of the German paratroopers. Now they are already a terrible army that all commanders have to consider!

The news that 20,000 German paratroopers scared off more than 400,000 Soviet soldiers outside Kyiv has spread like wildfire, becoming a miracle in world military history. Although this miracle was not accomplished by the paratroopers alone, this honor still belongs to the The Third Reich paratroopers belong to every soldier who shouts the word Damanhur when they jump out of the hatch.

The entire battle on the Eastern Front was like a feast for generals, and the whole world couldn't help applauding the frontline commanders of the two countries.

Guderian's onslaught and sudden turn on the southern front of the German army; Model's defensive follow-up was as steady as Mount Tai; Liszt's fierce and tenacious defense in the north; Klug's blockbuster...

Similarly, the performance of the Soviet generals is also remarkable. Zhukov was vigorous and resolute when he attacked, and he did not hesitate when he retreated...

Even Akado has to admit that this is an era of shining stars, it is true and true, and the strong are like forests.