Chapter 153:
Chapter 153
The generals must have a headache. Dont you think so?
I suppose so.
What good is Model as a great general?
No, being a great general itself is an honor for a soldier, but a misfortune for a commander.
He fought bravely with inferior forces and resources, and achieved tactical victories, but he lacked the ability to turn the tide of the war.
He was pitiful, struggling to delay the inevitable doom in a hopeless situation.
Hitler had lost almost all his allies by making diplomatic blunders one after another.
I dont know if hes sane Well, there was no other way. Its a shame about Italy, though.
Hahaha Even without that, our Red Army will fly the red flag over Berlin by the end of this year!
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What would be the best way to break the alliance if the allies knew the situation was reversed?
Germany had shown its weakness since the Prussian era, winning in tactics but losing in strategy and diplomacy.
Hitler, or rather Bittler, where did he go wrong? It was good that he subdued Britain and France in a flash. But it was the worst mistake to start a two-front war with the Soviet Union without declaring war on the United States.
He didnt try to appease the allies who were leaving, but instead set up puppet governments with execution operations. That was pathetic.
Of course, Germany did the same in real history.
Then well cross out Italy from our options Whats left is Operation Bagration?
Yes! We will annihilate the fascists Central Army Group, and trap the Northern Army Group in Courland and the Baltic!
We had planned to cross the Adriatic Sea and move our troops to France or southern Germany if Italy came over to our side.
But Hitler got angry and sent troops to Italy, occupying part of the north and building a defensive line, so we gave up the plan.
Well, that was a mistake too. Germany was forced to defend strategically, and had to block the many places where the Soviet Union could push in. Belarus, Ukraine, the Hungarian Plain, and now Italy.
He split and sent his troops to plug all those holes, and the rest became vulnerable.
Even now, Germany had withdrawn some troops from the Central Army Group and detached the Balkan Field Army to block Italy. He didnt even know that an offensive was planned against the Central Army Group.
Vasilevsky was unusually confident.
As soon as the spring rain stops well crush the fascists.
Yes! Comrade Chief of Staff!
***
With the liberation of Minsk, the road ahead was wide open for the Soviet Army. There were tempting targets lined up in front of them.
Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, Knigsberg, the central city of East Prussia, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and Krakow and Katowice, major cities of Poland.
Operation Bagration was the name of the operation to liberate these cities from the fascists.
The Soviet Army, which was constantly reinforced, trampled over the weakening German Army and advanced.
The destination was the Vistula River. A huge river that flows between Warsaw and Danzig.
Attack! Attack!
Ura! Ura! Ura!
A huge tank roared and sprinted through the gaps in the front line. In the sky, the Vultee fighters, which began to overwhelm the German Air Force in numbers, responded with a loud engine sound.
The elite of the Defense Army, the Panzerjger Division Grossdeutschland, was deployed to stop the Soviet tanks that were pouring in over the horizon.
The Grossdeutschland Division is the last reserve of the Army Group.
Of course, they were still expensive and limited to large-caliber anti-aircraft guns, but they were enough to be used by the front-line units.
The fragments scattered by the 15kg shells tore through the increasingly poor armor of the German aircraft.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! One shot every four seconds, dozens of batteries fired at the sky where the German aircraft had retreated.
No matter how brave the German pilots were, they couldnt stand it.
[Retreat! Damn it, retreat!]
The Soviet anti-aircraft gunners, who had been shooting at the tails of the German planes flying away, began to laugh.
Get lost! You dog-like bastards!
Have some of this!
The gunners, who had given the enemy a fistful of potatoes, now sneered with an evil grin.
Anti-aircraft guns didnt have to be fired only at the sky.
The Germans had used the 88mm gun to shoot down planes and tanks, why couldnt the Soviets do the same?
Well lets sprinkle some on their heads now.
***
The medium tank battalions equipped with Tiger and Panther tanks boasted a power of a hundred to one.
It was an impossible feat for any other armored unit that had been equipped with Panzer IV or Panzer III, or various assault guns or half-tracks, to delay and stop the Soviet armys corps-level offensive with just a battalion.
Damn it
The Soviet armored units that had been pouring over the horizon were retreating again, preparing for the next attack.
The wide field was still filled with Soviet tanks that had been destroyed, spewing thick smoke.
With just 16 tanks in one company, they had stopped a hundred-strong attack and destroyed dozens of them.
But the Tiger company was not without damage.
[Retreat, 1st company, retreat.]
The commander ordered them to continue retreating, ordering a delaying action. The Tiger tank, which boasted a magnificent weight of 70 tons, twice that of other tanks, was impossible to tow.
They had to abandon this powerful tank just because the tracks were broken, the drivetrain was torn, or the fuel was exhausted!
The company commander muttered a low curse. Damn Soviet bastards.
It seems that these non-combat losses are bigger than the ones we lose in battle.
It seems so.
The company commander nodded bitterly as the platoon leader spoke his opinion.
Out of the 16 tanks, only three were destroyed by the enemy. But they had to leave four behind. The recovery tanks didnt know where they were, and the soldiers were nervous about when the Soviet army would attack again.
Blow them up. If we split the fuel, none of us will make it back.
Company commander!
Theres no choice.
How many of our allies lives could we save if we took just one more of these?
How many Soviet tanks could we stop? We had to stop the vicious Soviet army, who would rape our wives and sisters and loot our cities, for at least one more day, one more step.
Bang! They put a few shells in and detonated them, and the Tiger tank shook once and bent its barrel down, spewing dark smoke.
The company members sobbed, and some stared blankly at the sky.
Why do we have to lose!
The Germans screamed.
Why, why do we have to lose!
