Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two Stop
It can be said that the Rennes team has not been very lucky recently. In the French battle, they were like magnets, always bumping into the unlucky French armored forces. At that time, they were the idols of the German armored forces. Destroy the Super Ace crew with the most enemy tanks.
However, after the German army landed in the UK, the luck of the Rennes crew seemed to be exhausted. The Wittmann crew began to frequently appear in areas where the armor forces of the two sides collided, but Rennes and the others could not find large-scale enemy forces. Armored troops have been doing the work of covering infantry.
The number of Soviet tanks in the southern theater is pitiful. There are infantry everywhere, all infantry with only rifles. They don't even have many anti-tank guns that can threaten Tiger tanks, let alone make Rennes fight against them. Spiritually armored targets—they have bumped into the t-26 tank a few times, but destroying the t-26 in this year can no longer make people feel excited.
Even though there are friendly troops on the front, back, left, and right on the way forward, Ren still holds his weapon strictly according to the alert standard. He didn't learn anything else in that damn school, but it made him understand Now, as a fighter, you can't leave your weapon at any time.
The entire G Group Army is advancing towards the distant Caucasus at the fastest speed they can go. Since the outbreak of the Winter Battle on the Eastern Front, although the entire G Group Army is not the most dazzling in battle results, it is actually the one that has rushed the most among all the armies of the Third Reich.
They set off from the central part of Ukraine, went all the way north to Kharkov, destroyed the city and conquered everything, and then made a smart turn when they came down from the city of Kharkov, and once again went south at the same crazy speed, killing them all in one breath. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops surrounded Donetsk, creating the most favorable conditions for the German army's subsequent strategy in the Caucasus.
The two sides are now comparing speed. If the German army is fast enough, the Soviet army will lose a large amount of land in the Caucasus first, and it will not even have time to organize an effective defense to prevent the German army from continuing to advance. If the Soviet army is fast enough, it will be able to take the lead in arranging its own defense in the Caucasus region, and the German attack will face the solid defense line of the Soviet army.
It can be said that in terms of the entire winter campaign, the unit that contributed the most is undoubtedly the e-group army commanded by Liszt who held its position until the last moment and cooperated with the paratroopers to change the situation of the battle. But when it comes to the far-reaching impact on future battles, it is Guderian's g group army's ingenuity to go south, which makes the Soviets feel even more uncomfortable.
The entire G Group Army is now like a sharp sword hanging over the entire Caucasus, which can be cut down with a single sword anytime, anywhere, causing the Soviet Union, a prehistoric monster, to bleed to death.
It's a pity that this sharp sword needs to be rested very much now. More than half of the cars and tanks in the huge g group army are using severely worn parts, and the fuel in the entire group army's logistics reserve inventory is seriously insufficient. The soldiers did not get a decent rest for more than two days,
Some troops walking on two legs have fallen far behind.
Even General Guderian, who has always insisted on taking the time to attack to get better results, has to admit that his own troops really need rest and replenishment this time. Because in the tanks of many armored forces, more than half of the ammunition reserves are empty.
The unlucky thing happened on the afternoon of March 13. Due to the fatigue caused by frequent driving, Guderian's driver fell asleep while driving, and then his armored command vehicle overturned into the gutters on both sides of the road. There was a burst of cheers from the infantry on both sides who were constantly moving forward. They finally had a good reason to stop and took a rest under the pretext of helping.
Fortunately, Guderian himself was not injured in the accident, but his chief of staff hit the head of the radio equipment and had to be bandaged with stitches. The entire marching G Group Army stopped automatically and waited for the "new order" because they didn't know what happened to the Group Army Headquarters.
If this kind of thing happened in the past, then it is impossible for the g group army to stop and wait for some orders, and all the troops will still attack frantically. Compare the performance of the various troops during the Battle of France, and you can see Show how tired this army is now.
The 3rd SS Armored Division, which has always been the most offensive among the troops under the G Group Army, has now been replaced to the second-line position, because this unit has lost two-thirds of its tanks in continuous offensives. Although these tanks were not destroyed, they were paralyzed on the side of the road for various reasons, but now this army can no longer move forward, this is an indisputable fact.
"Army? My armored division doesn't have any replacement parts now. Half of the tanks are paralyzed on the road. Either the tracks are severely worn out or the engine is faulty. The emergency repair battalion is already overwhelmed. It will take at least two days. I Only then can my troops continue on their way.” General Frick contacted the headquarters of the 1st Armored Army by radio. In theory, he is now under the control of this armored army, so he should report the situation to his superiors if he stops advancing.
Who knows that on the other side of the radio, the staff officers of the military department are even more shameless, they have stopped advancing by themselves: "The military headquarters of the group army cannot be contacted, we are sending signal troops to confirm the situation now, the commander is sleeping, you can also hurry up now Take a rest and wait for the next order."
Waiting for the next order? This sentence is really unfamiliar to the entire German armored forces. General Frick turned off the radio with a smile, and then gave the order for the troops to stop and rest. Except for the emergency repair battalion and the maintenance teams of various combat units, the armored division stopped.
This also became the first time the entire 3rd SS Armored Division stopped to rest after the bonfire camp that night. All soldiers enjoyed hot meals, played poker, chatted and enjoyed a rare leisure time together. They have been fighting on the battlefield for a month or more, so this break did not come suddenly for them, but it came too late.
"Hey, Ren! I heard that General Guderian's driver drove his armored command vehicle into a ditch." Marcus, an eight-woman player, has always been one of the most well-informed people in the entire army one. However, his news is sometimes a bit too exaggerated: "I heard that our commander knocked his nose crookedly, and his entire jaw fell off."
"Marcus! The general is giving his sympathy speech on the radio. If his jaw falls, who is it that announced the order for the entire army to rest for a day on the radio?" Ren leaned on the hatch of his vehicle commander , raised his eyebrows and questioned Marcus.
When Marcus heard it, he knew that his gossip was not attractive to Rennes, so he shrugged his shoulders and turned to leave. Andre passed him by, and said to the young Marcus with a smile: "It's not good to spread rumors. If you are really caught by the military police, you will have a good time."
While Marcus was gossiping here in Rennes, it was said that Guderian, whose jaw fell off, was energizing the head of state. He reluctantly admitted that his troops needed to rest and had to recover for more than a month before the next battle began. good condition before.
"I have to admit that in the Battle of Donetsk, we were victorious. But the price is very high, that is, we can only watch the enemy strengthen the Caucasus defense line, but have no ability to attack." Guderian painfully Power the wolf den, so to speak.
Akado's call back was very simple: "I trust you, and you should also trust your troops. Since they need to rest, let them rest!"
If the G Group Army is a sharp sword, then the M Group Army following the G Group Army is a heavy battle axe. This group army has experienced the cruel trench warfare of the Crimean Fortress, and has transformed into the entire Third Reich. , the unit most capable of fighting tough battles, and its commander, Manstein, can also be said to be one of the most well-balanced offensive and defensive generals among German commanders.
On the flanks of these two powerful armies, the d-army led by the master of defensive warfare, General Model, is responsible for covering. Most German troops are aggressive and offensive, but the d-army under Model On the contrary, his troops are as immovable as a mountain when defending, and they are better at defensive counterattacks than General Lister. It can be said that if the Soviet troops hit Model's defensive position in the winter campaign, then it is true whether they can escape It's not easy to say.
The G Group Army as a fist, the M Group Army used as a fortified battle, and the D Group Army covering the flanks, it can be said that for the Caucasus region that must be occupied, Akado and his Supreme Command came up with the best golden combination they could find. This is enough to see that the head of state is determined to win the entire Caucasus region.
But everyone can see that the southern cluster of the Third Reich needs a period of rest before it can recover enough to support their attack. Otherwise, on the way to attack, he may be the first to collapse. As a result, the entire southern group stopped in their tracks, as if waiting for their opponents to set up their positions on the way forward.
The German army annihilated a large number of Soviet forces in the Donetsk area, but in the end because of this successful encirclement battle, they lost the opportunity to seize the Caucasus. The 100,000 elite Soviet infantry that Erkov retreated here temporarily stabilized the entire Caucasus region.
However, with the passage of time, the entire Caucasus region is covered with dark clouds, and the breath of war has shrouded here. The life-and-death battle for oil is about to kick off here.
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