Chapter 1010: Blood and Snow in Moscow (seven)
Lundstein and Bock both issued death orders at the same time, requiring the German army to continuously advance the front line. //Update as fast as possible //. At the same time, Hitler also issued a strict order: every position occupied by all German soldiers must be defended!
"These damn Slavs! We will inevitably let them fail. My request for you is to hold every position! Support will arrive soon, as long as you keep it! Wait for support!"
Hitler did not speak loudly. After Germany completely occupied England and Geely, it could be said that Europe was invincible. Italian troops suffered some losses in North Africa, but because the main force of the Allied forces was not far away, the only troops were crushed by the German army.
There is no way, and the loss of English as a fulcrum. Many exciting battlefields in history are now forced to be given to the German army. Unless the Allies landed across the Atlantic Ocean and attacked the German army, they could only honestly carry out the *** from the Soviet Union.
What Hitler said was not a false statement. The German troops on the entire Soviet battlefield were moving towards Moscow. There was no doubt that the Germans interrupted here and defeated the Soviet Union with a final say.
"Berlin has received news from China, and the head of state is very anxious now. If we want to stop China's actions, we must defeat all the allied troops in the Soviet Union." Lundstey looked at the generals present at Bock's command center and said: "There are currently more than one million troops in Moscow. The total number of British and American troops is more than half a million."
"In short, if we defeat all the Allies here, the only ones who can fight with us for the time being will be the Chinese Defense Forces. Relatively speaking, our pressure will be much less. And the tiger will hesitate to go to war with us..."
After a pause, Lundstey suddenly smiled and said, "But we have a helper this time. A freak grew among the Italians who can't do anything..."
As he said that, Lundstey handed a report to Bock. Bock was stunned for a moment, then took it over and looked at it.
This is a resume about an Italian general named Giovanni Messe, one of the few foreigners who can receive the Iron Cross of the Knights.
His eye-catching performance made Mussolini, who was very angry with his royalist status, choose to promote his military rank and let him command his troops to come to the Soviet Union to support the war.
Before World War II was fully launched, Mussolini chose to start war against Greece in order to restore his reputation and to prove the combat effectiveness of the Italian army.
Of course, the biggest reason for this is that Mussolini is extremely jealous of Hitler's success. He also hopes that he can achieve the same success and become one of the idol stars of the Axis powers.
Unfortunately, wishes are often beautiful but reality is cruel. The Greek army of only 300,000 people was led by commander Alexander Papagos to block the Italian army with equipment stronger than themselves and a force of 520,000.
After nearly four months of the war, Italy did not make much progress. More than 500,000 troops were blocked in Albania. Fortunately, Germany had completely won the victory over Britain at this time, and the impatient head of state could only mobilize some troops to assist Italy in capturing Greece.
The Greeks, forced by the German offensive, could only announce their surrender to the German army that was attacking at that time. Mussolini lost his temper for this and repeatedly pointed at the head of state, thinking that this would undermine the dignity of Italy.
Under his sect, the surrender ceremony was held in the presence of the representatives of Italy. After the final capture of Crete, a German and Italian joint mission was held in Athens to celebrate the victory of the Axis powers, Mussolini's passionate speech promoted his Italian Mediterranean.
But this could not conceal Italy's failure in Greece. In order to regain Italy's reputation and to strengthen Italy's position among the Axis powers, Mussolini had no choice but to use Giovanni Messe, who performed well in the war and defeated the Greek army several times, as the general, and formed an Italian Russian army of 300,000.
"Oh?! If you can get the Knight's Iron Cross, it means that this general is at least a soldier." Bock shrugged, knowing that Bock himself received the Iron Cross a long time ago.
When it comes to medals, just a Knight's Iron Cross is not enough for this marshal to look at. The fourth-level Prussian Crown Medal, the Knight's Sword-level Hohenzollern Royal Medal, the Mecklenburg-Shwelin Grand Duke ** Cross, the German Empire's First-level Iron Cross... and so on. Even Bock won the highest honor of the German Army - the Medal of Merit.
If we talk about honors and qualifications, Marshal Bock can completely defeat Messe. Therefore, he only maintained the impression of Messe, who was able to win the Iron Cross.
Lundstein smiled and said, "Of course, we can't expect them to achieve anything. But it's good to be able to help us block some bullets on the battlefield..."
"Japan is completely finished. I can't see that they have a possible surname under the biting of the US military and the tiger." As he said that, Lundstey shifted the topic to Japan itself.
When talking about Japan, Boke himself suddenly showed an angry expression.
"I really don't understand why the head of state promised those short idiots to become allies with them! In my opinion, they did not show any outstanding performance in this war except for Pearl Harbor and the early stages of Southeast Asia!" Boke cursed angrily: "It is also the cause of these idiots that have to face the pressure of millions of Chinese defense forces now..."
No wonder Boke was angry that Boke, who served as the commander of the Second Military Region of Steding in the early stages of Sino-German cooperation, once visited the National Defense Forces of the then Three Eastern Provinces for a visit under the order of Hindenburg, the President of the Weimar Republic.
Bock knew the combat effectiveness of the National Wehrmacht. Bock also admired the tiger's ability to get along with others. Hans von Seckert, the father of the German Wehrmacht, had a great influence on the attitude of other German generals towards the Chinese Wehrmacht.
"Okay, Bok my old friend. At least we still have a chance to win, right?" Lundstey said with a wry smile. And in his heart, Lundstey added: As long as we can win the Battle of Moscow...
Moscow, the former Tsarist Russia, which has a history of more than 850 years, is now the capital of the Soviet Union. It is known as the "Harbour Without Seas". It has magnificent buildings such as the Kremlin, the New Saint Monastery, the Arc de Triomphe of Moscow, and the Arc de Triomphe of Moscow, and now it can no longer see what it looked like at that time.
The whole city is full of broken eaves and broken walls, and there is the roar of guns and cannons everywhere. From day to night, the battle here never stops.
The residences that have been known for hundreds of years have been reduced to ruins under the shells. Monumental buildings have disappeared directly in the smoke of gunpowder.
The Allies used the combat methods of cover of ruins to make the German army choose to blow all the ruins over and over again. People often say that they were "rammed to the ground", and what was really razed to the ground here.
These buildings even had frames blown up, and even the fragments scattered on the ground were blown up again. The Allies always hid under the ruins and attacked them, which left the Germans still scared.
Therefore, once they occupy an area, the first thing they do is to blow up all the buildings that can be destroyed nearby. All the ruins will be buried with explosives or cleaned up with shells.
This approach by the German army was effective, and it greatly reduced the casualties of the German army after occupying the ruins. But this also led to a large amount of ammunition and explosives consumption.
At the same time, their approach also caused certain losses to the Allied forces. The squads and snipers lurking in the ruins often did not even attack and were directly covered by German explosives or shells.
"... Since the German army entered Moscow to the evening of last day, we have suffered more than 250,000 casualties. The German army occupied more than 20% of Moscow's urban area, and their heavy artillery and bomber troops destroyed more than 80% of Moscow's buildings..."
At this time, Trotsky, Montgomery and others were also listening to the report. Among the people present, no one looked good. Everyone knew the losses during this period.
There is no doubt that the Soviet army suffered the greatest losses. Among the 250,000 troops that were damaged by the war, more than 150,000 troops were the Soviet army. The rest were other troops of the Allied Army.
"The most serious problem now is that our medicines are almost exhausted. If we don't get support, maybe we will have to cut off the medicine tomorrow..."
Patton, with a terrible face, asked coldly to the chief of staff of the Soviet army: "After saying so much bad news, isn't there any good news?"
"I don't know if it's good news..." The chief of staff closed the document and smiled at Patton, "Because we have suffered too much losses, Moscow probably doesn't have to control food now..."
Is this good news?! Patton and others were speechless, looking at the chief of staff's smirk, everyone couldn't speak. The originally tense food now doesn't have to be controlled.
From this we can see how much the losses of the Allied forces were. One-eighth of the nearly two million troops were damaged on the battlefield. There was indeed no need to control food, and the soldiers who died in battle vacancies most of the food.
"Maybe I can still tell you good news..." Khachevsky pointed at the desktop with his fingers and looked at everyone and said, "Zhukov's support force of 80,000 people is only a week away..."
Chapter completed!