Chapter 410 Zhukov's Calculation
By 8 o'clock in the evening, Bault had repaired the four Soviet defense lines that had occupied. At this time, it was completely dark. Bault began to organize people to retreat. The defense line of more than ten kilometers wide, Bault left about a battalion of troops, and each squad was equipped with a walkie-phone. If there was any situation, the German troops on the third line of defense could be notified in time.
The German army retreated in the dark. Not only Group A, but the other two groups also retreated to the third line of defense, leaving a small amount of troops on the four lines of defense. In fact, the attack areas of these three groups are close to the edge of the Caspian Sea, each group is about twenty kilometers apart. As long as the German army has two breakthroughs, the Soviet army on the 20-kilometer defense line in the middle is a turtle in the jar. Of course, eliminating them is a task for German infantry, and there is no need for the German armored troops to worry about it.
The night was already very deep. In the thick ink-like sky, even a crescent moon and a trace of starlight did not appear. Occasionally, a meteor passed through the night sky with coolness, and the blazing light was so desolate and miserable. The wind blew in the evening, and at first it was a bit gentle and wispy, scattered on the treetops and leaves. Later, it became more and more rapid and powerful. The wind was almost as fierce as a bison, rolling around every line of defense in the Baku area.
The German army's front-line general command was still brightly lit, and Li Mo and Bock did not go to bed. Judging from the various information sent back from the front line, he had taken all the precautions and was waiting for Zhukov to play.
Zhukov and Cuikov were both highly excited. From 8 pm, Zhukov ordered all his artillery to be dispatched to the fourth line of defense occupied by the German German army. After Zhukov's careful consideration, Zhukov judged that the German army should have left a large amount of armored forces and infantry on the fourth line of defense to prevent the Soviet army from counterattacking at night.
This is easy to deal with. His two thousand cannons and the "Katyusha" rocket launcher can completely eliminate the German army on this line of defense. However, in order to prevent the German cannons from counterattacking, Zhukov divided the cannon group into three parts. The cannons were divided into two parts, and the "Katyusha" was a separate part.
Based on the specific situation of the enemy and us, Zhukov formulated the following combat plan: First, five hundred "Katyusha" rocket launchers were concentrated to suddenly bombard the fourth line of defense occupied by the German army. Although the "Katyusha" rocket launcher is very powerful, the flames are also very bright when it is fired, and it is easy to be counterattacked by German artillery. Therefore, you have to run away after you finish the attack. When the German artillery group starts to counterattack, Zhukov's hidden cannon will immediately solve the position of the German artillery, and then counterattack fiercely to destroy the German counterattack artillery.
Of course, these cannons that counterattacked the German artillery group were only half of all Zhukov's cannons, and the other half Zhukov was the one who prevented emergency situations. After his artillery attacked the German army and knocked off the German artillery group, he had already transferred his position and the reloaded "Katyusha" would have a volley. He completely destroyed the fourth line of defense occupied by the German army. Under the attacks of so many "Katyushas", Zhukov believed that no matter how many German tanks were, they would all be turned into scrap iron.
Zhukov, who had prepared artillery fire, ordered the Soviet infantry of the three armies and an armored army to assault the defense line that had just been bombarded. After breaking through the second German line of defense, Zhukov's three armies would turn around and rush towards the Caspian Sea, so that they could completely encircle and occupy the German army on the second, third and fourth lines of defense. At this time, the five armies and one armored army arranged in the front of the German army will attack all the German lines of defense on the entire line.
Zhukov mobilized eight elite Soviet infantry for this counterattack, and one thousand tanks of two armored troops. Although the Soviet tanks were not very good, Zhukov, the German tank, was not afraid of it, when the Soviet army had the support of the "Katyusha" rocket launcher.
All the elite troops mobilized by Zhukov were transported from the Far East. They were all veterans and had fought with the little Japanese and fought them all over the ground. These troops were Zhukov's most elite troops. Now Zhukov took them out at one time. It will be clear who will soon be the winner.
Zhukov's army was indeed elite. Zhukov originally expected that all troops would not be completed until 12 o'clock, but all of them were in place at 11 o'clock in the evening. In this way, Zhukov had an additional hour of attack. Because the German army had all air supremacy, all Zhukov's attacks had to stop at 5 o'clock in the morning, otherwise he would wait to be bombarded by German planes.
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"Hartman, are you ready for the night bomber?"
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, we are ready. There are not many bombers suitable for night flight, only a total of more than 100."
"That's right, you ask all the pilots to stand by and be ready to attack at any time."
"Yes! Commander-in-Chief."
Hartmann's night bomber is a slightly modified ordinary bomber, and can barely take off and land at night. Besides, the German horizontal bombers are tactical bombers with a load of more than 2 tons of bombs. I don't know if this aircraft can play some role in this area.
When the clock's pointer reached 110, more than 500 Soviet "Katyusha" began to roar. Countless "Katyusha" rockets dragged their long tail flames toward the fourth line of defense occupied by the German army. The rockets flying all over the sky were like the summoning of death, roaring and falling onto the four lines of defense on the ground.
"Boom...Boom..."
The violent explosion instantly reflected half of the sky. All the fortifications and tanks were shrouded under her, and the result was that they could only turn into slags. The violent explosion made Flitz and Bault, who were on the third line of defense, dared not release the handrails in the tank, and dozens of tons of leopard tanks were jumping constantly.
The Soviet "Katyusha" rocket launcher attack was extremely short, and the whole process was only ten seconds. The German German artillery had no time to react. It only took ten seconds to launch the sixteen rockets, and it started immediately after firing. The German artillery did not have a chance to counterattack. Besides, the German artillery group was behind the third line of defense, and could not attack the "Katyusha" artillery group outside the fourth line of defense.
What is important is that the German army knew that the Soviet army had launched a fierce shelling at 11:00 pm. In such a short period of time, countless powerful "Katyusha" rockets were poured out on the fourth line of defense occupied by the German army. With such a violent bombardment, Bault's guard forces left on the position were not one ten.
After the Soviet "Katyusha" volley, it quickly disappeared into the darkness, leaving only the tragic situation of the fourth line of defense. Fortunately, there were no German tanks and many troops on the position. Li Mo's arrangement allowed the German tanks to escape.
…(To be continued)
ps: Acknowledge:
On a silent rainy night, I rewarded 588 Qidian coins [2015-01-1716:12]
Chapter completed!