Chapter 961

The white ceiling looks very clean, and the bird calls outside the window make it feel alive. When Ryan opens his eyes, everything in front of him has no smell of smoke, as if the world has restored peace and ended the terrible war.

However, he knew that the war would not end, at least not easily at present. The pain from his wounds declared that he had not been injured for a long time, which also meant that he had not been asleep for a long time.

The bed under him was brand new, with a peculiar smell of disinfectant. The wooden bed also has a soft blanket. The quilt is soft and looks good. There is a bedside table with a vase beside the bed. He has a clean and tidy room by himself with a small window.

"Captain Ryan, are you awake?" A female nurse came into Ryan's ward with a notebook in her hand. She saw that Ryan opened her eyes and asked with a smile, "it's a great honor to take care of you. My name is Ivana. Ivana? Rita

"I... where is this?" Ryan spoke hard. He found that his voice was out of tune. Anyone who had been in a coma for a long time would feel that his voice was strange. He was confused by his strange voice for a moment, and then looked at the other side waiting for the answer.

The nurse laughed and then replied, "this is the best hospital in Kiev. As a wounded officer, you are sent here, and generally only officers are received here. I'm transferred from a hospital in Berlin. I'm the head nurse here. I've heard about you. You're almost a hero in Germany now... At least one of them. "

Ryan was embarrassed to squeeze out a smile. He thought that what the nurse said was about preventing the Soviets from bypassing the imperial division. Unfortunately, he failed to complete the task of saving the world.

Although the Soviet circuitous encirclement troops collapsed, their crazy raids in other places caused a heavy blow to the German army. The G group army finally gave up its defense line, and the Soviet Red army invaded the state of Belgorod. The German army lost nearly 150000 people in this battle, including 70000 new recruits from the rear, and the other 80000 were the elite of G group.

The G group army, which suffered heavy losses, not only finally gave up a large area of occupied areas, but also sent out about 30000 Romanian prisoners and 20000 Italian prisoners before stabilizing its defense line. In other words, even excluding the loss of the German army near Stalingrad, the G-group army has nearly 200000 soldiers just south of Kursk.

At the same time, in order to annihilate the 200000 axis soldiers, the Soviet Union lost more than 500000 elite soldiers. These soldiers are not the mobilizers in Stalingrad, nor the new recruits who have just been added, but the veterans who have experienced several large-scale battles.

The strategic deployment of the German army to the North was completely paralyzed by the Soviet army, and the plan to attack Moscow was completely bankrupt. Some newly established armored forces and some rear troops urgently moved closer to the G group army, barely taking advantage of the weak attack of the Soviet Union to block the hole behind goodrian.

On May 12, the Soviet Union first recaptured the important town of Belgorod on the frontal battlefield, and this city became the first city recaptured by the Soviet Army on the battlefield. Although after that, the Red Army of the Soviet Union took the initiative to stop the southward attack, it also inspired all the forces hostile to Germany.

Akkado, the head of state, had to deliver the famous speech "the flag of victory is doomed to be red with blood" in his residence. To inspire people not to be afraid of great sacrifice. According to the official statistics of Germany, from the beginning of the Soviet German war until now, the German army and its servant countries have lost a total of 730000 soldiers. Although the whole of Germany is not so simple, the actual situation is not much worse. More and more people have fallen in the war, and the front line has become more and more difficult and bloody.

Germany's strategy was frustrated, and its plan to besiege Moscow was completely suspended. Instead, it had to passively strengthen its defense forces in the direction of Kharkov. The newly formed and unfinished O group army was barely filled in this line of defense, and the commander General Lai chenao did his best to prevent the Soviets from continuing to attack.

But for the lack of heavy weapons by the Soviets, the loss of armored forces was too alarming, and they took the initiative to stop going south, the German army might be in danger of collapse in the whole southern theater.

Guderian's role in fighting Zhukov at all costs to the last moment in the area south of Kursk was finally reflected ten days later. The Soviet Red Army lost its counterattack force and stopped its attack after seizing Belgorod.

It was not only goodrian's g army that drained its own blood in the attack, but Zhukov's southward attack group also suffered unprecedented losses in the attack. How big is the loss? Just look at the vast area of land south of Kursk, the abandoned tank wreckage everywhere can clearly know.

The Soviet Union lost about 1700 main tanks in 40 days, as well as more than 900 T-26 tanks. This shows that among the more than 1700 tanks lost in front of us are the elite KV-1 and kv-1b, as well as the valuable T-34 and Stalin tanks. The Soviet Union could not make up for the losses of these tanks in a short time. Zhukov's attack group could only watch the German troops strengthen the Kharkov defense line, but there was no way.

Of course, the loss of elite German armored forces is also unforgettable. The first armored force lost 60% of its tanks and vehicles, more than 390 tanks were destroyed by the Soviet Red Army, and the imperial division lost four fifths. As a firefighter, the 502 heavy tank annihilation battalion has 41 tanks and only 7 tanks left. The so-called invincible German armored forces retreated in Kursk. The German air force also lost more than 270 aircraft of various types in this defeat, which has become the most lost battle of the German air force since the beginning of the war. Although more than two-thirds of these planes were shot down by Soviet ground artillery, the Soviet air force was also fighting for local air supremacy, which put great pressure on the German air force. Compared with the more than 700 aircraft lost by the Soviet air force, the German Air Force has undoubtedly won a tactical victory. Compared with the Soviet air defense, which basically relies on ground artillery, most of the Soviet aircraft were destroyed by the German Air Force fighters. This shows that Germany still firmly holds the air supremacy on the battlefield, and that the Soviet air force is recovering its strength and no longer allows a small number of German aircraft to cross the front airspace. In short, Ryan later learned that the Kursk battle ended with the retreat of the G group army and the defeat of the German army. In the whole Kursk war, 3210 tanks were lost; Almost 1000 planes were shot down; More than 700000 infantry were lost. The battle with the largest scale and the largest number of mobilized tanks in human history ended with Zhukov's victory over goodrian. The Red Army of the Soviet Union seized the opportunity to counterattack and recapture part of the lost territory, but in the end, because of the huge losses, it was forced to give up the opportunity to expand the results of the war, and completely lost the opportunity to encircle the German army in the southern cluster. It is not surprising that the Soviet Union made this achievement with its last legacy. It is not surprising that Zhukov made use of the most dispersed period of German forces to make a counterattack advantage in the local area. Because after the great victory of recovering the important towns was publicized, all the Soviet leaders had to rethink a very important question: once the positive German a group army attacked Moscow, what should the remaining old and weak soldiers in the Moscow theater do“ My crew... Are they all ok? " Ryan didn't care about the battlefield situation he couldn't worry about. He was more concerned about the people he knew and the familiar faces. He knew that if he could lie in the quiet rear, rather than in the messy field hospital, Germany's strategic situation would not be worse. Compared with the number of positions goodrian lost and the number of casualties in Germany, he was more concerned about what happened to Alice, Marcus, Andre and Bruce... Suddenly, he thought of Bauman, the man who loved his car as much as his wife, the feeling that he was driving the tank smoothly, and his tacit understanding of parking and shooting“ Captain Raine, you were brought in alone, and I don't know what happened to the others you mentioned The nurse replied gently, "maybe they are treated in other field hospitals. You may have to check a lot of documents and forms to find them." They won't be left on the battlefield, will they? To be a prisoner of the Soviets? Maybe they were taken back to the hospital safely? Andre and Bruce are still lying in the ruins of the tank. Will they be found? Ryan's mind in a mess, obviously the current injury does not allow him to go on such a wishful thinking“ Can you do me a favor? Help me find out the whereabouts of my crew. I'd like to know what's going on with them. " Ryan had no choice but to stop thinking, but directly to this thorny problem to the female nurse. Since she was sent to take care of herself, it is absolutely natural to use her properly“ Armored survival is not high, Captain Ryan. If you insist on searching, I can help you submit your application, but don't hold too much hope. After all, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. " The female nurse whispered and gave a reluctant smile. Ryan wanted to tell her that his tank was not on fire and was not killed. After all, he shook his head slightly and closed his eyes.