Chapter 2072 "Collapsation"
"What did you say? Withdrew? Did the German run away again???"
Malashenko could foresee that he might have to lead his troops deep into the city to annihilate the German siege troops who were fighting fiercely with the Polish rebels. It is also conceivable that the superiors may not be willing to let the elite leader division do such a life-threatening job of grinding meat, and then ask the leader division to withdraw and replace it with ordinary troops to do this, and let Malashenko lead the team out of the city to continue. Go and fight in the plains where you are best.
In Malashenko's view, both situations were possible, but Malashenko did not expect that the result would be like this. The German actually ran away with oil on his feet again? What the hell is this? Are you addicted to running?
Unlike Malashenko, who looked surprised and confused, who did not know the specific situation, Comrade Political Commissar, who had a detailed understanding of the overall situation and macro situation, just pointed at the map, extended an invitation to Comrade Division Commander, and then continued to speak to himself. .
"The Germans suffered a catastrophic failure in yesterday's battle, and the origin of everything was our battle to encircle and suppress the Grossdeutschland Division. This was the starting point and the key point of the strategic failure of the Germans."
Malashenko, who understood what Comrade Political Commissar meant, had already arrived in front of the map, carefully watched and listened to Comrade Political Commissar's explanation, and the next words continued.
"The Grossdeutschland Division was originally the central core support point of the entire German field group, connecting the north and south directions.˜"*°•.˜˜.•°*"˜From the strategic situation of the enemy and ourselves, once the Grossdeutschland Division was knocked out If it is penetrated, the entire German field group will be cut in half and divided into two independent parts, the north and the south, which will lose their land connection. "
"Theoretically, it is impossible to kill the Grossdeutschland Division in a short time. This is a very elite heavy armored field group with a high degree of mechanization and heavy firepower. Its organization is also the most complete among the entire German field group. And this The bastards are fighting on the outskirts of the city with the city of Warsaw behind them, and they also have control of the Central Bridge.”
"No matter how bad the situation is, the Grossdeutschland Division can retreat to Warsaw relatively calmly. If a large number of Red Army troops catch up and attack the city, they can immediately blow up the bridge and hold on to the west bank of the Vistula River. . Using this natural moat to prevent the Red Army from crossing the river and landing, so that the Red Army's superior assault forces cannot be used due to terrain obstruction, is quite insidious and very effective. "
"This can also explain why the Germans can so confidently place a lone force of the Grossdeutschland Division here and defend such a large frontal defense area. They have already made plans to retreat, and this retreat still seems It is foolproof and very reliable. The Germans know that they are no match for us in a head-on battle. They can only use strategic depth to continuously consume our offensive energy during movement, lengthen our supply lines, and then find a suitable opportunity to launch a complete strategic counterattack. Fight us off.
"But, there is an unexpected variable here: we, the leadership division, are this variable that the Germans did not expect."
"The powerful and fast offensive energy after the completion of the synthetic adaptation shocked even us. Compared with the previous one, it was completely improved exponentially, not to mention the Germans who were completely unaware of this situation and were defenseless."
"The Grossdeutschland Division encountered an unprecedented crisis in a very short period of time. It couldn't get away or escape. It was entangled with us and could only fight. But they are not fools. They know how to call for reinforcements. The Skeleton Division is what they call them. Come the savior.”
"However, we all know what happened later. The Skeleton Division failed to catch the last bus to rescue people, so they had no choice but to turn around and run back. And the details of the situation don't stop there. The Skeleton Division was attacked by us during the retreat. Multiple rounds of strikes by a large number of aviation forces.”
"These aviation units that were originally called by us to prevent the Skeleton Division from continuing southward performed very well. Countless aircraft shells, rockets and bombs fell on the retreating Fascists."
"Friendly troops advancing in the follow-up reported that there were corpses of SS soldiers and wreckage of vehicles and equipment everywhere along the road. It was literally strewn with corpses. After several consecutive waves of air strikes, almost all the ammunition of an entire wave of air strikes of an aviation division was destroyed. It hit the head of the Skeleton Division, and it was during the retreat and unprepared. It is conceivable that the casualties and losses were huge."
Comrade Political Commissar said a lot in one breath, and Comrade Lao Ma, who knew what he was talking about, quickly handed over a glass of hot water on the table. He was afraid that Comrade Political Commissar would be tired, so he drank some water first to moisten his throat.
It was also after watching Comrade Political Commissar take a couple of sips of water that Malashenko, who was digesting the new information he had just received that he had not known before, spoke after having some thoughts and questions.
"According to this, the Grossdeutschland Division is gone, the Skeleton Division went back and forth twice without accomplishing anything and suffered heavy casualties. The strength of the entire German field group in eastern Poland was greatly damaged, which in turn led to their final retreat? Is that so? "
Malashenko felt that he had found the reason, but Commissar Petrov obviously had something to add, so he put down the water glass in his hand and continued to speak.
"This is generally true, but there are still some details that need to be clearly added."
"As we knew in advance, the Death's Head Division was not sent to rescue people in the form of a reserve force. Instead, it paid a certain price and forced its way out of the direct contact with the Red Army troops that were engaged in a firefight. It was desperate to come all the way south to rescue people. It was probably so urgent that the Great German Division could not be completely wiped out, otherwise it would not have been like this."
"The Death's Head Division paid a lot for their rescue operation to the south. Not only did they lose some troops that should not have been lost in the battle of forced disengagement, but they also suffered even greater losses due to air strikes on the subsequent retreat that achieved nothing."
"The important thing is that the Death's Head Division completely lost the frontal defense zone that it was supposed to be responsible for. This is the most critical point. After such a heavy mechanized force that served as the main cluster left, the remaining German troops in the entire defense zone were simply unable to fight against the Red Army field cluster that was pressing forward from the front. Failure was inevitable, and it was only a matter of time."
" Therefore, the final result was the destruction of the Great German Division, the penetration of the central defense zone of the German field group, the entire group was cut in half, and the land connection was cut off. Moreover, the northern group also lost the important unit of the Skeleton Division and the defense zone was wide open, resulting in the complete collapse of the defense line, and the gap could not be plugged at all. They could only retreat again and again and were defeated. "
"At this point, the only remaining small group of German field group remnants in the south had no need to continue fighting."
"The central and northern routes were completely lost and most of them were annihilated. The German troops in the south were afraid of the same fate and retreated overnight. The whole Warsaw has now become a salient. The German siege troops in the city have become the most strategically forward German front-line troops overnight. Now you should understand why these bastards also have to retreat overnight, right?"
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