Chapter 721 The End of the Winter Offensive

On November 20, the snowstorm finally came.

When Wang Zhong entered the headquarters, the first thing he did was to shake off the snow on his body at the door. Vasily also came forward with a brush to help him clean it up.

Wang Zhong: "Damn it, the weather forecast said it would cool down ten days ago, but now the snowstorm is coming."

"General Winter has also entered a fickle age." Vasily joked.

Wang Zhong: "Weather forecast, when will this snowstorm stop?"

There is no way to conduct large-scale military operations in such heavy snow, but the strategic purpose of the winter offensive to level the front has not yet been fully achieved.

Vasily replied: "It may not stop in the next week. Now the headquarters is dealing with supply difficulties caused by heavy snow. We have stockpiled a certain amount of supplies on the front line, but we don't know if they are enough. We are now calling to confirm.

"in addition……"

Wang Zhong: "What else?"

"In addition, there is a shortage of heating fuel in Rognez. The local church is asking us if we can bring some oil or other things to the people to burn."

Wang Zhong: "Isn't there enough wood?"

"It's only enough to burn for three days. The local people are organizing emergency logging. But most of the strong men have joined the army."

Wang Zhong was taking off his coat when he heard this. He stopped and thought for two seconds before replying: "Ask the anti-aircraft artillery troops and air force ground crew to help cut down the trees. They have nothing to do in such heavy snow anyway."

"Yes." Vasily agreed while taking Wang Zhong's coat and scarf, "I'll bake them both and send them back."

"No, there's no need to bake now that we're so short of fuel."

After that, Wang Zhong strode into the map room.

He saw Pavlov reading the newspaper at a glance, and joked: "The chief of staff, who is busy with everything, also has time to read the newspaper?"

"This is the Prosen newspaper." Pavlov handed the newspaper to Wang Zhong.

At this time, Wang Zhongcai discovered that there were densely packed pen-written translations on the newspaper page, and the printed words were all in Prosen.

Then he noticed the newspaper's front-page headline: Rokossov's Colossal Failure.

"Did I fail?" he asked in surprise.

Pavlov: "No, I'm talking about things in the north, the failed breakthrough of the St. Andrew's Front. But when the Plosans knew that you were the former enemy commander, they thought that the setbacks we suffered on the entire front were yours. fail."

Wang Zhong silently gave a thumbs up.

At this time, a flash of light illuminated the entire map room. Reporter Mike stepped in through the flash of light, followed by a photographer with an expression on his face as if he had caught a big fish.

Reporter Mike: "When I saw the seized Prosen newspaper, I rushed here immediately and arrived in Roniez yesterday. Fortunately, I ran fast. If I had taken the plane today, I probably wouldn't have been able to take off."

Wang Zhong: "You caught me doing an exclusive interview again."

Reporter Mike laughed heartily: "Yeah, so what do you think of the latest victory announced by the Proscenians?"

Wang Zhong: "They did achieve a partial victory, taking advantage of the idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy and quick victory that spread among our troops. In addition, the Proson Armored Forces are good."

Reporter Mike frowned: "Good?"

Wang Zhong nodded.

In fact, without reading the report, he roughly guessed which alien from different time and space was responsible for this armored counterattack. After all, on Earth, he was a big fan of the "Tiger King", and he had a copy of "Tiger King" at home. Tiger in the Mud is also a very rare replica of a signed copy of the Tiger King himself.

Encountering the legendary Tiger King himself, Ant's armored troops at least killed the Tiger King's comrade Keshel, and their performance was already better than that of the earthlings.

Reporter Mike looked at Wang Zhong: "Is it really okay to praise the enemy like this?"

"The enemy also built very grand cemeteries for my dear friend Crown Prince Ivan and my father, the old Duke Rokosov. They affirmed the courage and skill of the other party, and in fact they were promoting themselves - after all, the final winner was us."

Just like the anti-Japanese drama on Earth, the Japanese were filmed as if they were mentally retarded. People can’t help but ask: Have you been bullied by such a retarded person for fourteen years?

The West, on the other hand, has always taken very good pictures of the Nazis and the Japanese, such as the "Five Minutes of Destiny". It seems that the Japanese almost won, but in fact the Japanese war history research center has already determined the Nanyun Mobile by interviewing the parties involved. It will take at least 30 minutes for the troops to complete reloading, and it will take another 30 minutes after reloading to complete preparations for attack.

However, Ami did not accept this research result, and kept following the lead of the Japanese right wing, boasting that the Japanese almost won, in the fateful five minutes, in order to highlight the "Heavenly Soldiers" victory.

Later, Ah Zhong became his rival, and Ah Mei needed to highlight his crushing of the Asians, so he adopted the Japanese's own research results from 50 years ago in the book "Broken Sword".

In short, what Wang Zhong said made reporter Mike suddenly realize: "You are right! Belittling the enemy will only reduce the value of our victory, while elevating the enemy will increase the value of victory!"

Wang Zhong was wondering, did I teach Ami how to publicize?

But then I thought about it, could the old imperialist countries do this?

Reporter Mike's partner circled Wang Zhong again and clicked the shutter repeatedly - the light in the room was pretty good now, so he could probably take good photos without a flash.

Reporter Mike: “So how effective was the Winter Offensive?”

“Very good, we have leveled most of the front lines so far. Look at the map, the front lines looked like they had been gnawed by rats before, but now they are smoother.

"This way we can save a lot of manpower. These replaced troops will take half a year to rest and train."

Reporter Mike: "You are already preparing for the next battle!"

Wait a minute, why do you sound sarcastic? It feels like "On the one hand, RNG is the first team to prepare for S9"!

Pavlov: "After a year of fighting, we have consumed a lot of equipment and manpower. After more than half a year of fighting, our artillery shells are less than 10% left. If we continue to fight, our howitzers will have no shells to use. If the Prosens attack at that time, it will be a big problem."

Wang Zhong: "But the Prosens may not have any shells to use."

(This is true. Since the beginning of the winter campaign, the Prosens' artillery fire has been very "restrained.")

Reporter Mike: "It seems that the summer offensive next year will be very grand?"

Wang Zhong: "Yes, we will go straight to Prosennia and end the war completely! Just like the Prosens did in 914! But they failed, and we will succeed."

The first wave of smoke bombs in the summer campaign, take it, Emperor Prosen!

Reporter Mike: "Directly attack Prosinia? Even if we start from the nearest place, it is still hundreds of kilometers away, and there are two large rivers in the middle. Wouldn't this be a bit reckless?"

Wang Zhong: "Only if we launch a large-scale attack will the Allies have a chance, right? At the meeting in the capital of Barras, Prime Minister Leonard and President Lao Luo agreed to open a second battlefield to relieve our pressure.

"Although I think we don't need to relieve the pressure in the current situation, but - just in case."

In fact, judging from the attack on the Prosinian defense line during the winter offensive, the enemy's combat effectiveness is very strong when defending. If the enemy continues to increase its troops and transfers the troops on the western front to the eastern front, it will become very difficult to fight after entering the Prosin Empire.

At this time, Wang Zhong actually hopes that the Allies can exert pressure on the western front and force the Prosinians to leave more troops on the western front.

In order to achieve this goal, he must pretend that he has no expectations for the Allied landing.

Reporter Mike shook his head: "Several failures in the Kingdom of Sardinia this year have made the Allied forces very cautious about landing. Of course, the Allies have not stopped assembling troops. There are already 1.5 million troops assembled in the United Kingdom. By April next year, the number will increase to 3 million - at least that's what the official announcement is. "

Wang Zhong: "And the Plosson troops guarding the Carolingian mainland across the strait are less than 500,000!"

Reporter Mike: "We are landing operations, and the 6:1 difference in troops is not enough."

Wang Zhong: "When will it be enough? No, there is never too much troops. If you want to wait until the troops are "enough" before attacking, you will never wait until this moment. The Allies should try to land in Normandy or Jialai now to put enough pressure on the enemy.

"Maybe the Prosens are not prepared at all and will be caught off guard!"

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"If the Allies land now, we will be caught off guard!" Marshal Erwin slammed the table, "How can you replace my entire headquarters? The new staff officers don't even know how many kilometers long the West Wall is or how many mines are buried!"

"We already know." The new chief of staff said, "We read all the maps and documents overnight - although we haven't finished reading them, we have read all the important ones!"

Marshal Erwin: "Look! They are just reading the documents now, and they haven't finished reading them yet! If the Allies land at this time, what should I do? I issued an order, and the staff didn't know where the troops I ordered were. Where, I don't know where the place name in my order is, and what the terrain is like! "

The Imperial Household Ministry agent said: "But if you don't replace them, there may be surrender elements among your staff, and they may even secretly pass on information to the Allies!"

Marshal Erwin: "Then are you and the military police eating dry food? Because it is possible that all the staff and clerks of my entire headquarters will be transferred away, what is the point of the empire supporting you?"

The Imperial Household Ministry agent: "The meaning is to maintain the prosperity and stability of the empire, Your Excellency Marshal."

Erwin took a deep breath, and then seemed to compromise: "Okay, although I just yelled a lot, the fact is that the Allies did not notice this opportunity at all, and they did not attack.

"Chief of Staff! The staff must be prepared within a week!"

Chief of Staff: "Yes! I will let the staff remember how long the West Wall is and how many mines are buried."

Erwin stopped and stared at the chief of staff's face: "Damn it! Why remember the number of mines on the West Wall? These will be destroyed by naval guns in the first two hours anyway! You should remember the mines in the minefield behind the West Wall, which are not easily destroyed by naval guns. "

The chief of staff was also embarrassed: Didn't you just talk about the mines on the West Wall?

Erwin continued: "Our defense zone, like the Normandy salient, is full of hedges, and the field of vision is very narrow. Officers familiar with the terrain call it the 'Green Hell' because once the war starts, there will be close combat everywhere.

"You must figure out every road and every open space in this Green Hell! This is very important!"

The chief of staff stood at attention: "Yes!"

"Let's get to work!" The marshal waved his hand, and the staff turned around and left the marshal's office.

The marshal came to the door, quietly opened the door a crack and looked outside. Then he said to the Imperial Household Secret Service agents and military police who were still in the office: "I haven't been given enough people from above! There are just over a hundred staff officers. How can it be possible to maintain the operation of the entire Western Command with almost no clerks?”

The special agent of the Imperial Household Ministry pushed up his glasses: "We will continue to send staff officers to join, as well as clerks. If you need anything, you can talk to us."

"I know the reason for the lack of staff is because you have to conduct a review, so I won't increase your burden." Marshal Erwin teased, "When the troops of the United Kingdom and the United States launched a landing operation, I used the excuse that there were not enough staff , unable to mobilize troops, just surrender!"

In fact, the marshal was just complaining, but the secret agents of the Imperial Household Ministry and the military police officers all stared wide-eyed.

Erwin immediately realized his gaffe and said immediately: "I'm teasing you! Do you understand? I will overcome all difficulties and use the half a million troops in my hand to stop the Allies!"

"Damn it, my half a million troops are still scattered among the Carolingian and Sardinian kingdoms!"

The secret agent of the Imperial Palace pretended to be sincere and said: "We believe that you will achieve greater glory. You defeated the armies of the United Kingdom and the United States in the Mamluks, and later also achieved brilliant victories in the Kingdom of Sardinia.

"Your military career has been about going from one victory to another, and we have reason to believe that you will win again."

Erwin snorted: "It sounds like Proson is going to have his own 'Victory Star'! Then why not transfer me to the east to meet the empire's nightmare, General Rokossov?"

Imperial Household Agent: "Because the empire has just resisted Rokossov's attack in the east and foiled his conspiracy."

"Oh? Really?" Erwin suddenly slammed the table and exploded, "Stop bullying! Judging from the battle report, Rokossov is planning to level the defense line to save troops this time. And when we calculated it according to the scale on the map, he has already The defense line has been shortened by 27 kilometers! Do you know how many divisions this will save?”

The secret agent of the Imperial Household Ministry pursed his lips. This was not his area of ​​expertise and he did not dare to answer casually.

Erwin: "Yes, Lieutenant Karl of the 2nd Company of the 502nd Heavy Tank Battalion of Army Group North did a good job. He should quickly catch up with Weidmann who had a lot of Allied Sherman's results at the Angelo landing site. Captain.

“Considering that most of the Allied tanks that the captain fought were allied tanks that had fallen into the water and abandoned their vehicles, Lieutenant Karl should have been Prossen’s number one ace.

“But the superior performance of individual soldiers, crews and even troops does not mean that we have ‘won’!

“I think Ant has gained the advantage so far in this winter campaign on the Eastern Front because they have almost completed all of their strategic goals.

"The Eastern Front will fall into calm next, maybe even for seven months! After that, Rokossov will definitely show his thunderous methods!"