Chapter 714

In the telescope, one by one shells fell on the distant Highlands, raising a lot of black soil. The German army put a large number of cannons into the crimson Peninsula, and the caliber was very wonderful. There were large caliber cannons from the Belgian army, and there were also giant railway cannons from France. These cannons exploded one huge crater after another in the crimson land, The Soviet garrison here was devastated with a loud rumble.

In fact, the Soviet Red Army in crimson was not only being tested by the continuous German artillery fire, but also being devastated by the cold. Although the temperature here is warmer than that in northern Ukraine, it's new year's day after all, and it's still chilly here.

Because Khrushchev and voroshlov supported their troops in the crimson region, Stalin in Moscow did not provide the Soviet Red Army under them with winter cotton padded clothes, so the Soviet Red Army had to find a way to cope with the cold winter. Most of the Soviet Red Army were trapped in the fortress, Wearing thin clothes, listening to the rumble of guns overhead.

"General, why is the Fuehrer in such a hurry to attack this place of crimson? Just for those broken Soviet ships that can't go to sea? " A colonel, standing behind Manstein, frowned and asked, "you know, if we were behind general Liszt, it would be better for the war."

When Manstein heard the complaint from his descendants, he stood up straight behind the artillery mirror. He looked back, patted the man on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "you are the son of Marshal blauchich. He sent you to me to teach you what I know. I heard that you graduated from the Imperial College, and you are the favorite student educated by those stubborn people. "

While talking, he went back to the table set up in the trench, which was different from the combat headquarters of other generals. This table was not covered with a messy combat map, but with a clean lunch tablecloth. The Blue Plaid tablecloth makes this semi submersible front-line headquarters look very emotional, and the whole room is clean enough to make people feel that this is a holiday cabin in the forest.

Unlike other generals, Manstein has his own unique command habits. He likes to prepare plans as detailed as possible before the battle begins, and draw up the order and direction of attack. Then, after the battle begins, he doesn't care much about how his subordinates complete the plans he has drawn up. Those plans come naturally to him, There's no need for him to supervise.

He was dressed in a decent military uniform, spotless, and his boots were clean. Compared with the slovenly Rommel and goodrian, who had been in the front line of the army for many years, Manstein was like a gentle noble gentleman.

With the rumble of the shells, he went to the edge of the table and sat down in the comfortable looking chair. Because of the explosion of large caliber shells in the distance, the table trembled slightly, making the porcelain cups on it make a slight collision sound, which is very nice.

Brauchich's son stood behind Manstein, his eyes still fixed on the falling and blooming shells not far away. He thought that if these shells could support general Liszt's E group army, the northern front would not have suffered such heavy losses. However, as a traditional Juncker aristocrat, he still did not interrupt Manstein's words, quietly waiting for the commander of the M group army to say his own ideas.

"The whole battle plan of the eastern front, from the attack more than half a year ago to the appearance of the attack, was drawn up by me, your father, the great head of state, as well as countless staff members of the Supreme Command and generals of the general staff." Manstein picked up a cup of coffee on the table, gently stirred it twice with a spoon, then blew it, and continued, "you don't think it's an idiotic plan made by a group of idiots, do you?"

He looked at blauchich's son, his eyes full of ridicule. Without waiting for the other party to speak, he continued: "in March and April, we can continue to attack forward, even if we don't attack forward, so it's absolutely easy to take Minsk in timoshinger's hands. Why don't you think about it carefully, why did we play a prominent wedge in the south, But let the northern front of the Soviet Marquis continue to control the rich region of Belarus

"..." brauchich's son was stunned, and then suddenly realized that he was only worried about the current war situation, but forgot to analyze the root cause of this war situation. Why did the German army leave this land to the vulnerable Soviet Red Army in April when it was clear that they could continue to attack Belarus.

Seeing that the officer's son seemed to have realized something, Manstein laughed. He took a sip of coffee, nodded and continued: "we have set a huge trap in Belarus waiting for the Soviets to come in, so I just need to concentrate on attacking Kremlin now, don't I?"

Russia's territory is very vast. If you don't understand the vastness of this land, you will be scared out of your wits when you first come here. How vast is this territory? When the vast Ukrainian plain is covered with dark clouds and snowflakes, the sky over the crimson peninsula is very clear, even with few clouds.

As a result, Liszt had been waiting for a long time but could not send out air support, but it was a different scene over the crimson peninsula. While Manstein was talking, dozens of Stuka bombers dived into a solid ground fort, dropped a large bomb with a roaring sound, and blasted the target area into ruins. At the same time, in his wolf den, akado met with marshal brauchich, who rushed to report the war situation on the eastern front. He listened carefully to the results of the front-line fighting and reconfirmed the current position of each group army. He looked at the map, turned back and looked at marshal brauchich, and said slowly, "our preparations on the eastern front are very comprehensive, and the whole campaign plan is perfect. In fact, goodrian's attack direction is heading north, which is part of our plan. When we really use it, Maybe our enemies will be taken aback. " Blauchich nodded, shook his head, and said: "they will be shocked by our attack, but in order to prepare for this attack, we will pay a very heavy price. It can be said that it is the worst price in history."“ My Marshal! There's always something in return, isn't there? At least we can make the war on the eastern front develop in a direction that we can control. It's worth taking risks and putting in more sacrifices to complete the plan! " Akkado firmly said to blauchich: "for the future of all German people! We don't allow failure! Never“ Yes! My Fuehrer Marshal blauchich stood at attention and replied loudly In an office of the command headquarters of the Soviet Red Army in Minsk, there was a hearty laugh. Zhukov and a group of his staff were talking and laughing, and this kind of laughter was sent out from time to time. After the start of such a large-scale battle, the commander-in-chief could still send out this kind of laughter, which is absolutely a matter of peace of mind for his subordinates“ Congratulations, general, you are praised by Comrade Stalin A staff member of the Soviet Red Army was very happy that Zhukov was praised by Stalin and said in a loud voice“ Goodrian wanted to attack my flank in a roundabout way. He thought that going north to Kharkov would force me to return to rescue. He made a mistake! In other words, all the German generals are wrong! I'm not going to rescue Kharkov at all, or there's no need for rescue! " Zhukov pointed to the map and said. Another Soviet general nodded and said: "yes, in order to stabilize the rear, we reinforced the fortifications near Kharkov as early as three months ago. No matter how powerful Guderian's armored forces are, there will be no good way to fall into urban warfare. We've prepared 300000 defenders in Kharkov, waiting for the Germans to bump into it Zhukov looked at a huge map on the wall, which indicated the dense fortifications, minefields and underground passages in the whole Kharkov city. He nodded and said, "Kharkov is a huge trap, just like the trap prepared by the German in Kiev! I have enough soldiers to attack the trap of Kiev. If goodrian's armored forces also dare to head into Kharkov, I guarantee that the Germans will lose their elite tanks. At that time, we won! " While Zhukov was looking forward to Guderian's attack on Kharkov, Guderian and his assistants were working together on a battle map beside a collapsed house and an armored command vehicle in lozovaya, a small town on the eastern front line. He looked at the label on the map and the tank troops rumbling forward on the road in front of him, A confident smile. He closed the map and gave it to his assistant. Then he gave the order to the commander of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, Frick: "general Frick, I order you to continue to attack North! Follow the road north! Call me as far as you can! I want you to take the important town of sheberinka south of Kharkov as soon as possible. Can you guarantee that? "“ Your excellency Frick stood at attention and saluted: "the Ss will do their best to capture sheberinka!"