Chapter 831

Surrounded by Smolensk, the originally peaceful city has now become a ruin. The tranquility is still tranquil, but now it has become a suffocating silence, After the German artillery bombardment, everything was so cold. The Soviet infantry huddled in the trenches, squatting behind the collapsed houses, some smoking, some helplessly dozing.

No one will be too interested in this kind of war. The enemy bombards your position with cannons, and the enemy's dive bombers hover over your head, but you can only avoid everything. You don't even have a chance to fire a shot, just because you don't escape in time, you die in the street next to the ruins.

Now, the defenders of Smolensk have to face such a problem. They have no way back and are completely surrounded by the German army in a limited space. In order to reduce their own casualties, the German army only used some heavy artillery and bombers to destroy the will of all the people guarding the city every day. Shells fall from time to time, hitting the uncertain corner of the city, taking away life, as well as once beautiful buildings.

No one knows when the war will end, but when they are eating worse and worse food and sleeping in the middle of rarer and rarer buildings with weapons, they can not feel the possibility that the war will end again. These hopeless days are tormenting the heart of the Soviet garrison all the time.

"As planned, the bomber force has begun to taper off." Returning to the front line, lundstedt moved his eyes away from the artillery mirror and said to the air force liaison officer nearby, "we must save fuel and prepare for the next hard fight. We can't even retreat because fuel is only enough for us to fight defense."

"We have made a systematic attack plan in the future. There will be four air strikes on Smolensk. The bombers will take off from several front-line airports and throw napalm bombs on the city to expand the effect of the air strikes." The liaison officer of the air force reported to the marshal in front of him: "the head of state means to bomb Moscow in a limited way, but he is hesitating about whether to carry out this deterrent attack due to the problem of fuel."

"Bombing Moscow... It's hard to judge what kind of effect this matter can have on Stalin's decision-making." Lundstedt went to his front-line command bunker with his hands behind his back and said without looking back: "if you really offend Stalin and force the Soviet army to fight back in Central China ahead of time, it's not worth the loss..."

The air force liaison officer hastened to catch up and quietly replied, "if Stalin and Zhukov were so simple, we would not have spent so much time in Smolensk. I think that since they dare not act rashly and we are arrogant, they will be more suspicious. "

"Adjutant." Entering the bunker of his headquarters, lundstedt took off his military cap, hung it on the coat hanger at the door, and told the adjutant who was writing the report: "in my name, write a letter to general Catherine, thank his air force for its support to group A, and ask him to postpone the bombing of Moscow if the head of state insists on attacking Moscow, At least when my army's fuel reserves are restored to 70 percent, we can start bombing Moscow. "

"Yes! Marshal The adjutant didn't get up, just agreed. After all, a group army's report document is not a few pieces of white paper. What he wants to write is all inclusive, and the statements piled around him are almost another foot thick. The detailed operational reports of the whole a group army from the beginning of its advance to the occupation of the whole of Belarus to the encirclement of Smolensk must be filed and recorded, which is a habit the army has maintained for a long time.

Just the battle report about the tiger king tank sent by the following people, as well as the related improvement suggestions, there are a pile of detailed records, including how the tiger king tank was destroyed by Soviet soldiers in the battle of olsha heights, and how to deal with the wreckage afterwards, as well as the photos taken by the engineering troops and the technical analysis report, Plus the testimony of the members of the surrounding tank crew and all kinds of records.

The more modern the war is, the more data and logistics personnel are needed. A division is not only soldiers carrying rifles, but also cookers in charge of food, antiaircraft artillery units in charge of air defense, transportation units in charge of transporting oil and ammunition, engineers who specially guide the construction of defense fortifications and destroy the defense fortifications of the other party, wage payers, tailors There are even photographers and electricians on the flag team.

The era when Han Xin ordered more troops is over. He relies more on professionals from all walks of life to manage the army than on a general himself. If anyone really wants to manage every detail of a modern army himself, he may only be a commander in chief in his life.

When akkado made a compromise and no longer allowed the central cluster and the southern cluster to attack at the same time, lundstete knew that for some time he could only fight back on defense. On the broad front battlefield, the F group army under the command of general Kluger was responsible for defending more defense lines, while the a group army was able to save more armored forces, so as to reinforce the defense lines attacked by the Soviets in time and head back the Soviet troops who dared to fight back.

The German army was adept at this kind of tactics, so as commander, marshal lundstedt did not have any more whimsical tactics. Sometimes, the simplest and most effective way was the most crude way. Because it is simple, it is more resolute and powerful to implement.

"Our troops are not good at fighting this kind of city battle. To tell you the truth, even if we replace other German troops, they are also not suitable for fighting in the ruins." "Sometimes the more I face a crisis, the more I feel about it," lundstett said He looked back at the air force liaison officer with a smile and said, "because the crises I have encountered since 1935 have proved that the head of state has thought about these problems for a long time, which makes me feel at ease and that I am bound to win. Since 1927, we have been systematically learning how to fight in the streets of the city and how to use fewer troops to hold more enemies in the city. Although we are still not very good at city battles, we are indeed better trained than our opponents. Most of our officers were "tortured" by the head of state in those years. They said to me with a sad face, "they have had enough of the ruins." Speaking of this, lundstedt was very interested: "at that time, the head of state personally judged our exercises. In the city battle, we taught every soldier how to bend his head, how to reduce his own casualties, and how to use the ruins and everything around him... At that time, the taxi soldiers were all officers now. Fortunately, they did not forget what they learned, We gave them to our recruits. That's why we're here, isn't it? " The air force liaison officer nodded in awe and said to the marshal, "yes, marshal. The air force feels this more deeply. Our fighters are more advanced than the enemy's, and our tactics are more powerful than the enemy's. all these are accomplished under the leadership of the head of state. My respect for the head of state can't be described in words, and I'm even afraid to see him. In front of him, my voice even trembles. " God's gift, German Savior, German Prophet... This head of state has many adjectives and nicknames in Germany. Every German believes that this savior can foresee the future and guide Germany to the final victory. It is precisely because there is so much evidence to prove the forward-looking nature of the head of state that many people firmly implement the orders of the head of state and dare not discount them. They believe that the head of state and God are inextricably linked, they become theists, firmly believe that the head of state is their God, dare not have a trace of violation. As long as acardo's eyes look over, with unparalleled prestige, people have to tell the truth in their hearts. There is even a rumor that the Fuehrer can foresee the future. If he wants to, he can find someone who disobeys his will and kill him by casting a spell. In a word, these rumors let akado put on the coat of God, with a trace of weird mystery“ So I firmly believe that as long as we follow the Fuehrer, as long as we firmly follow the Fuehrer. Germany will revive one day! Even if we sacrifice today, it is God's will, and it is also the price that the German nation should sacrifice for God! " Lundeshtai nodded and agreed with the words of the air force Liaison Officer: "so even if it's a river of blood, I still adhere to my belief that the head of state, relying on the head of state, will lead us out of the predicament."“ Yes, so our whole empire, everyone is sincerely greeting the Fuehrer and shouting "long live the Fuehrer." The air force liaison officer echoed, "so I and everyone I know are waiting, waiting for the moment when the head of state goes further." Any further? It doesn't seem to be a kind of retrogression... Looking at some fanatical air force liaison officers in front of him, lundstedte naturally knew what he meant by further talking. After all, this kind of voice has appeared, not for a day or two. Almost everyone supports akkado, the German head of state, to go further. Whether he is a vegetable seller or a murderer, just as they hoped William would step down, they all hope that akado can step on the throne and become the emperor in their mind. In their view, akkado's claim to be emperor is not a retrogression of the system, but a progress of the third empire conforming to the will of God, and a great epoch-making progress of human civilization.