Seven Hundred and Thirty-Five People Are Anxious

In the rare room with windows in the Wolf Den, Akado sat on the sofa, watching the people who came to see him in a hurry. This man has just finished a tough battle, and with an army under his command, he has resisted the attacks of the two Soviet main front forces. He can be said to be a well-deserved titan.

"General Liszt, thank you for your hard work, please sit down!" Akado smiled and pointed to the sofa opposite the coffee table. Anna had already poured a glass of red wine for the general who had rushed back to the wolf's lair from the front line. Liszt walked to the sofa , just sat down, looked at Akado respectfully and said nothing.

He knows that Akado has a lot to say, and he also has a lot to say to Akado, but everything must wait for Akado to speak first. This is order, and there must be no chaos. In Germany, everything must abide by order. Only those that operate in accordance with order can last for a long time-this is a habit that is deeply rooted in the bones of a nation that is paranoid about machinery.

"I know that Army Group E fought very hard. The entire Army Group lost nearly one-fifth of its troops, so I ordered Army Group F to move south to take over your line of defense. Do you have any objections?" Akado didn't let Li Si How long have you been waiting, and said directly.

"My head! Army Group E can continue to fight! I don't want the entire Army Group to be left with nothing to do after a tough battle." Liszt wanted to get up and speak, but Akado reached out to stop him Yes, he pouted his buttocks and hesitated for a second, then sat back in his seat, and continued to say: "You know, the e-group army has always strived to be the best army. We are not afraid of losses, and are willing to fight for the motherland to the end! "

Akado nodded, of course he knew how much Army Group E had paid for the Army of the Third Reich, so that Field Marshal Brauchicherundstedt, Rommel and others all paid attention to the commander of Army Group E Admiral Liszt praised him a lot. It can be said that within the army, the commander of the e-group army is definitely the most well-connected and powerful general-no one.

If you ask why so many generals have a good working relationship with this Liszt? Then we must start with the expansion of the German Army. In fact, in order to train professional command talents, the Wehrmacht has for a long time incorporated infantry into the e-group army and f-group army on the eastern front for similar "internship training".

In this way, Army Group E and Army Group F were severely overstaffed. At their peak, the total number of these two armies exceeded 1 million. If viewed in terms of simple organization, the strength of Liszt's command has reached or even exceeded that of an army group. total force.

But as time went by, after the German army trained command talents at all levels on the front line, it split the e-group army. This is a bit like the 26th Hussar Division that was split off when the Wehrmacht was expanded in the early years. If the 26th Hussar Division formed by Rommel was the cradle of the Wehrmacht Armored Forces, then Army Group E was the cradle of the German Army Group Army.

At the earliest time, because of the need to expand the local Army Group A,

100,000 soldiers were drawn from Army Group E to form the main force of this new army, and the commander of this army is Lundstedt. The J Group Army under Huot, which was formed to invade the Balkans, also drew 100,000 troops from the E Group Army and the F Group Army, which ensured that the German army could wipe out the Balkan resistance forces in one fell swoop.

Then, in order to support Rommel's North African operations, the Supreme Command decided to form a new army group K Army, and the commander-in-chief was Schörner. This group army has drawn 70,000 veterans from the e group army as a skeleton, which is almost a weakening of 100,000 levels.

Immediately afterwards, Manstein was ordered to form the m group army, and also drew 200,000 troops from the e group army nearby. That's why manstein led his troops to kill all directions in the Crimea, and fought beautiful battles again and again. Come.

After going back and forth, the e-group army was almost transferred to a full 500,000 troops, but there were not many recruits-most of these recruits were added to these newly formed group armies, and not many were assigned to the e-group army, which was not short of personnel. .

Looking at the connection between the E Group Army and these newly formed troops, you can see why Liszt is remembered by so many military leaders. It is also because of this that when this battle began, Liszt, who originally had 1.1 million soldiers, The group army, at the beginning of this battle, only had 510,000 combat troops (some soldiers took turns at the rear).

As a result, in this battle that was related to the life and death of the empire, the Liszt e Army lost one-fifth of its troops and still insisted on fighting, which was unanimously praised by all the senior generals of the empire. Nominated by Marshal Brauchitsch, Akado agreed to award Liszt the Sword Oak Leaf Knight Iron Cross in recognition of his tenacious performance in this battle.

"The withdrawal of your army group is not a distrust of the combat effectiveness of army group e, but on the one hand, we need to give army group a a front to launch an attack, and your army group also needs time to replenish and rest." Akado Smiling, he said to Liszt: "The New Barbarossa plan has been launched. When attacking Minsk, your army group will fill the frontal battlefield and serve as a main group to attack Leningrad, and then assist Finland in attacking Kurmansk." .”

"My head of state, if you believe in my ability, please let me command the e-group army as the main force to attack Moscow, and I promise to capture this city!" Liszt assured Akado: "Compared to Leningrad, I'd rather attack Moscow!"

For the generals on the German Eastern Front, capturing Moscow may be a kind of obsession, and it is also something similar to a spiritual totem. The long wait of 8 months, the continuous 8 months of endless small-scale battles that tore people's willpower, the daily shelling, the daily digging of trenches, the daily inspection of the number of ammunition reserves, and the repeated daily Life on the front line is depressing.

So when a large-scale battle broke out and hundreds of thousands of troops strangled together, all the commanders of the German Eastern Front had a place in their hearts that had to be erased after they heard that the new Barbarossa had begun. , that place is Moscow.

Capturing the enemy's capital will undoubtedly be an affirmation of the combat capabilities of the commanders on the Eastern Front and the best compliment to the soldiers. Without any suspense, Liszt also kept this honor in his heart. When he heard that the head of state ordered him to attack Leningrad, he seemed uncomfortable all over.

"First of all, as the north of the entire defense line, I need a trustworthy, seasoned and prudent general to sit in command. Even if it is quite satisfactory, it cannot mess up our next attack plan. I have thought about it for a long time, and I think it is better to let you go. I am at ease " Akado restrained his smile, and solemnly said to Liszt: "And I personally will use other honors to compensate for your loss."

He stood up: "It's the first time I've proposed the idea of ​​making Weiks and Model Marshals of the Third Reich after the Battle of Moscow, so you're the first to hear these words."

When Liszt stood up with him in trepidation, Accardo continued to speak: "Since I left Moscow to Weiks and Model, I plan to use Guderian's marshal's scepter in Kursk Or Smolensk to him."

"After Manstein captured the entire Caucasus, I will also give him an explanation. I have never been stingy with the scepter of the Reichsmarshal, as long as you can follow me and complete the rise of the German nation in Europe!" It seems to be Fearing that Liszt would not be alarmed enough, Akado mentioned Manstein after finishing talking about Weicks and Model.

Liszt followed behind Akado, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became. He knew what Akado said now, which meant that Akado would make arrangements for the current commander. destination. These generals followed the head of state to success and became a legendary story in the imperial world.

"And you, General Liszt." Akado turned his head, glanced at his general, and then pointed to Kurmansk and Leningrad on the map beside him: "When you complete your offensive plan, I will promote you as Marshal of the Empire, this is my promise, I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts."

"My head of state! As your most loyal general, I assure you! Army Group E will definitely attack Leningrad and bury this city ruled by evil!" Liszt stood at attention and saluted, and promised Akado: "Tomorrow I will return to my command post, mobilize the troops while resting, and march north."

"We are all working hard for a common goal, my general." Akado looked out of the snow-covered window, and finally said to Liszt: "Go, for the future of the German Third Reich, go to victory, bring me!"

"Yes! Führer!" Liszt turned around, straightened his rocker, and walked firmly to the door of the office.

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At the same time that Akado sent Liszt out of the wolf den, a new round of bombing kicked off in the sky in front of the Soviet Union because of the better weather. More than 100 butcher bombers, escorted by 40 fighter jets, flew over Smolensk and dropped bombs weighing about 500 tons there. heart.

"Why are you so eager to dispatch planes to attack the depths of the enemy's army? This will arouse the vigilance of the Soviets, which is not conducive to our further actions." An air force fighter commander frowned and asked his colleagues around him in a low voice.

"I can't help it, General Catherine is in a hurry." A well-informed air force general squeezed out a smile: "There are a lot of marshals in the army and navy. If it were you, would you be in a hurry?"