Film and Television: Starting from the Journey to Guandong

Chapter 158

Beginning in 1942, with the completion of Germany's wartime structural transformation, Germany relied on its manpower and weapons that were slightly superior to the Soviet army, as well as its military quality that still had obvious advantages, focusing on attacking Moscow and the Caucasus, pushing the front line to the Volga River and along the River construction fortifications.

Judging from the actual war process in 1942, Germany had no problem achieving the above strategic goals given its advantages in manpower and weapons.

Then, by the end of 1942, Mao Xiong will lose 70% of its population and industry, as well as most of its main food-producing areas. Its war potential will be basically destroyed, and it will lose its ability to fight back against Germany.

At the same time, slave countries such as the Baltic Sea, Ukraine, and Belarus will be involved in the garrison of the defense line.

Beginning in 1943, if Mao Xiong can still maintain Stalin and continue the war, then the German army will concentrate an assault force (similar to the Southern Front in 1942, without the need to invest all its strength) to capture the Ural Industrial Zone and completely destroy Mao Xiong's war potential. .

And mobilized considerable land forces to enrich the Atlantic defense line, and Italy blocked the Allied attack (in fact, the scale of the Allied attack in 1943 was limited, as long as the German army invested part of the main force to defeat the Allied attack).

At the end of 1943, the main force of the Army was transferred to the Western Front, completely eliminating the Allied forces' attempt to conduct large-scale cross-sea operations.

As for the subsequent development, according to my understanding, it cannot be decided in a short time.

The Allies will be unable to attack Europe for a long time, and the German army will not be able to attack the United Kingdom. As for whether Germany can integrate Europe and Britain and the United States for a decisive battle or a long-term confrontation or peace talks, it is unpredictable.

In fact, Germany only began its wartime institutional transformation after the defeat of Stalingrad in 1943. Arms production grew rapidly and reached its peak in 1944.

In 1944, Germany's arms output was more than twice that of 1941, and its aircraft output was even more than six times higher (in fact, if the transformation had occurred in 2, since Allied bombing had not yet taken hold, aircraft could be transformed into more tanks and artillery). Compared with the Mao Xiong of the same period, each major technical weapon has its own advantages and disadvantages (the German army's aircraft and trucks have a clear numerical advantage, and the Mao Xiong has an advantage in the number of tanks and artillery) and overall it has certain advantages.

At the same time, taking into account the quality advantage of the German army's weapons, the German army's overall weapon advantage will be more obvious;

We must know that the Allied strategic bombing reached its climax at that time, and the main resource-producing areas had been lost. It is optimistically estimated that without strategic bombing and the loss of resource-producing areas, production could have increased by 30%.

Looking at the population, Germany had a population of 6500 million at that time (mainly Germans, other ethnic groups can be ignored). After occupying Austria, the Czech Republic, and Eastern Europe, a total of 9000 million Germans could be mobilized.

The pre-war population of Mao Xiong was 1.6 million, of which 9000 million were ethnic Russians. After losing 1941% of the population at the end of 30 (mostly white bears and Ermao bears), the remaining population was 1.1 million, of which less than 8000 million were ethnic Russians;

From the above comparison, the Mao Xiong people no longer have a population advantage, and even the Mao Xiong people, who are the most determined in war, are at a disadvantage.

Then, with the same mobilization capabilities, Germany, which has also shifted to a general war, will have at least the same manpower as the Mao Xiong.

Based on the above analysis, assuming that Germany entered the wartime system from the beginning of the war in June 1941, and completed the transformation by the end of 6, then in 1941, the German army had the same number of troops as the Mao Xiong, but the equipment was more than twice that of 1942. With the above technical weapons (slightly more than the Mao Bear), firm control of the air, and a clear advantage in military quality, there is no suspense in achieving the strategic goal of capturing Moscow and the Caucasus and driving the Soviet army to the Urals.

At the same time, as the front advances, Mao Xiong's manpower and industry will further shrink, further increasing Germany's advantage.

If the goal is achieved in 1942, the war potential of the Mao Xiong will be basically destroyed.

Another plan is to establish a puppet state (the Baltic States, Ermao, and White Bear) in Mao Xiong, which will consume the national power of Mao Xiong while increasing its own strength.

In order to ensure Germany's strategic goals and further use the manpower in the occupied areas to strengthen itself and weaken Mao Xiong, it can establish a puppet state in the occupied areas and use Mao Xiong's national conflicts to further weaken Mao Xiong.

Viewed separately;

The three Baltic countries:

The three Baltic countries have a relatively shallow degree of culturalization and a relatively deep degree of Germanization. They have always been relatively close to Germany since their independence in 1918.

After Mao Xiong reoccupied the three countries in 1940, they carried out brutal nationalization in a short period of time and put nearly 6% of the population into the Gulag, arousing strong anti-Soviet sentiment.

After the German attack in 1941, the three countries welcomed the German army with great enthusiasm and had a considerable mass base;

It’s just that Germany’s subsequent national policy failed to disappoint the three countries and did not play a big role;

With the counterattack of the Bears in 1944, a large number of people from the three countries joined the German SS to fight against the Soviet Union out of fear of the Bears. Therefore, if Germany promised the independence of the three countries at that time, it would easily collapse the three countries.

Ermao, white hair:

The Ermao and White Mao suffered great losses during the collectivization and industrialization process of Mao Xiong. In particular, the Ermao lost nearly a million people during the famine in the 30s. This was something that Germany could take advantage of.

In fact, scenes of welcoming German troops in Baimao and Ermao were also very common.

Therefore, Germany can completely win over the ethnic minorities in Mao Xiong by establishing a puppet state and further weaken Mao Xiong. The details can be as follows;

The Eastern European territories occupied by the Mao Xiong from 1939 to 1941 were ceded to Romania, Bulgaria and other Eastern European slave countries, and the Eastern European countries were tied to the chariot (if the war fails, nothing will be gained).

Allow the three Baltic countries, White Mao, and Ermao to establish independent countries and sign a contract: the German army will help the independent countries eliminate the bear forces and stabilize their political power. The independent countries will join the Axis Powers and declare war on the Allies, and provide security forces to help Germany consolidate communication lines and provide regular military forces and The German army continued to attack Mao Xiong together.

A governor-general was established in the occupied Mao Xiong area, which was directly ruled by Germany and carried out war-supporting war.

The above measures will allow Germany to consolidate the occupied areas and supply lines with less force, effectively weakening the power of the bear (the Russians who are the most determined to fight are less than 60% after all), and at the same time, through the direct occupation of the territory of the bear, it can still be supported by war. war;

This will further cooperate with Germany's overall strategy to ensure the final victory of the war.

But no matter how you plan your what-if analysis, casualties are inevitable.

Throughout the second station, 61 countries and regions with a population of more than 20 billion were involved in the war. Although the anti-France achieved final victory, nearly 7000 million soldiers and civilians died during the entire war, and more than 6000 million people were injured. .

Among all the warring countries, Mao Xiong was undoubtedly one of the countries with the heaviest casualties.

Military casualties were close to 3000 million, and there were nearly 2000 million civilian casualties.

It is said that at the end of Mao Xiong's second station, from high-ranking officials to common people, it was almost impossible to find a family that did not lose people in the war. Of course, this also meant that a considerable number of families were exterminated in the war.

Before the outbreak of the Second Station, Mao Xiong had a large number of troops and relatively advanced weapons and equipment. It could be called a world military power. However, such a country actually suffered such heavy losses in the war. This is by no means the strength of the German army. It is a simple explanation, but it is inevitable due to many reasons.

First of all, before and after the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Mao Xiong's senior leaders did make many mistakes in judgment and command, causing many unnecessary losses.

For more than half a year before the Soviet-German war broke out, through various intelligence collections, various signs showed that Germany was about to launch an attack on the Bear.

However, the senior leaders of Mao Xiong were blindly confident and felt that Mao Xiong had strong military strength. They insisted that Germany would not provoke itself before it solved Britain and fell into a two-front war situation.

On the first night before Germany was about to attack the Soviet Union, Mao Xiong had not prepared effectively for war. As a result, in the early stages of the war, it fell into complete passivity. A large number of tanks and aircraft were scrapped in warehouses and airports, and a large number of troops were still there. Without knowing which direction the German troops were, they had been surrounded or eliminated, causing serious losses.

The initial defeat of the Soviet army was inescapably responsible for the wrong judgment of the top leadership headed by Stalin.

Secondly, the German army had planned for a long time and had made long-term preparations before the Soviet-German war.

After solving France, on June 1940, 6, Germany began to study a combat plan against the Soviet Union. By June 22, 1941, Germany had been preparing for a full year, rotating most of its experience from the Western Front. Rich commanders and fighters raised a large amount of military supplies, and together with a large number of allied and slave troops, they secretly assembled on the Soviet-German border.

At the same time, Germany's smoke bombs before the war were indeed successful. They deployed a large number of English translators in the army, carried out continuous air raids on the British Isles, and deliberately declared that the deployment of troops to the Soviet-German border and the posture of attacking the Mao Xiong were for the British. Look, the German army will attack the British mainland at any time.

At the same time, they exported a large amount of advanced technology to Mao Xiong, and the relationship was particularly harmonious.

This series of work confused the top management of Mao Xiong, and they had no idea what the German army wanted to do.

Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that in the early days of the Soviet-German war, the German army's long-planned sudden attack caused huge losses to the Mao Xiong.

In the early months of the Soviet-German war, the Soviet Union, which was completely confused about the enemy's situation and faced with continuous defeats, did not think about how to organize a defense, but fantasized about launching an immediate counterattack, trying to The German army immediately drove out the bear.

Therefore, orders were issued many times to stop the retreat of the Soviet troops who were about to be surrounded and immediately counterattack.

Many Soviet troops who were able to withdraw from the encirclement were eventually completely surrounded and annihilated.

Many cities that should have been abandoned failed to hold on after unnecessary resistance, and the army suffered heavy losses, worsening the already serious situation.

During the Battle of Kiev, the Soviet army, which could have withdrawn from the encirclement, persisted in defense under Stalin's order. In the end, 65 Soviet troops were surrounded and annihilated. It was called the most successful annihilation war in world history.

Although these meaningless sacrifices temporarily delayed the German army to a certain extent, slowed down the German army's assault in the direction of Moscow, and bought precious time to defend Moscow.

But it has to be said that if it weren't for the ice and snow of Mao Xiong in winter and Mao Xiong's abundant human resources, it's really hard to say whether Mao Xiong could hold Moscow.

After the victory in the Battle of Moscow, the Mao Xiong leadership was once again blindly confident, believing that the German army had passed the limelight and the Soviet army could begin a counterattack.

Once again, the counterattack order was wrongly issued. Not only did the counterattack fail, but also suffered heavy losses. The advantage that was finally obtained was lost again, and the situation worsened again.

In the summer of 1942, when the German army launched another summer offensive, Stalin did not show any weakness and launched an offensive. As a result, he suffered heavy losses in Kharkov and once again lost more than 20 Soviet troops.

Finally, if we advance too quickly in the later stages of the war, heavy losses are inevitable.

In the later stages of the Soviet-German War, although the Soviet army took the initiative in the war, the German army was not a vegetarian after all. Although its troops were limited, active defense was more than enough.

However, there was almost no war in which the Soviet army did not fight with more troops and fewer troops, and there was almost no battle in which the lives of officers and soldiers were considered.

Although losses and casualties are unavoidable in war, the Soviet army advanced too quickly in the late counterattack, and it has obviously changed from recovering the country to seizing cities and territories, competing with Britain and the United States for post-war power. range.

Let’s talk about the Battle of Kiev. This was a decisive battle between Mao Xiong and Germany during World War II. It was the largest encirclement and annihilation battle in the history of human warfare so far.

For Mao Xiong, this was an unprecedented catastrophe. After this battle, Mao Xiong's most powerful southwest front army was completely annihilated, the southwest portal was opened, and Moscow and other hinterlands were seriously threatened.

The main reason for the defeat of the Soviet army was that Stalin, the steel mentor, was a layman and an expert in commanding, and was stubborn and stubborn. He repeatedly rejected the correct suggestions of his subordinates with his politician's thinking.

Kiev is the capital of Ermao, and the Battle of Kiev is mainly fought in a circular area with Kiev as the center and a surrounding radius of 200 kilometers.

Except for a few large rivers, the territory of Ermao is entirely covered by the vast plains of Eastern Europe.

The land here is fertile and irrigation is convenient, and it has always been a big granary for wooly bears.

However, wartime is very conducive to large-scale mechanized corps operations, and it inevitably becomes a Shura field where enemy armored forces run rampant. Therefore, the existence of everything is dialectical.

Kiev is located in the north-central part of Ukraine, on both sides of the Dnieper River, and its two tributaries, the Pripyat River and the Desna River, meet nearby.

Kiev is surrounded by Zhitomyr (border city) at 9 o'clock in the west, Lviv at 8:50 minutes, Berdichev at 8:40 minutes, and 8 o'clock in the southwest. The city of Vinnitsa, Uman and Odessa in the south at 6 o'clock, Cherkasy in the 4:30 direction, Lubny at 4 o'clock, Priluki at 3 o'clock, Roma at 2:50 Inside.

On June 1941, 6, Germany tore up the "Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact" and launched an aggressive war code-named "Barbarossa". The German army launched a blitzkrieg raid on the Bear from three directions: the north, center, and south. The heavy German military groups responsible for these three combat directions are:

On the northern front, Army Group North, commanded by Marshal von Loeb, was responsible for the 16th Army, the 4th Armored Army (Manstein served as an armored corps commander in it at this time), the 18th Army, the 1st Air fleet.

Their goal was to start from East Prussia, travel through the central and western regions of the Soviet Union, seize important port cities on the Baltic coast of the Soviet Union, and finally capture or destroy Leningrad. The total strength was 29 divisions.

在中线，由冯·博克元帅指挥的中央集团军群负责，下辖第4集团军、第2装甲集团军（由“装甲兵之父”古德里安指挥）、第3装甲集团军（由隆美尔的老上司赫尔曼·霍特指挥）、第9集团军、第2航空舰队。

The goal is to start from the east of Warsaw and attack Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, via Brest, Minsk, and Smolensk. The total strength is 51 divisions.

在南线，由德国老帅伦德施泰特指挥的南方集团军群负责，下辖步兵第17集团军、克莱斯特的第1装甲集团军、步兵第11集团军、步兵第6集团军（就是后来在斯大林格勒一败成名的那支队伍）、第4航空舰队。

The goal is: under the cover of more than 1400 aircraft, attack the Soviet Union's "big granary"-Ermao, start from Lublin to the mouth of the Danube and capture Kiev, and then invade the Woolly Bear Steppe in the south until the Volga River and the oil-rich In the Caucasus region, the total strength is 63 divisions.

But they only had one of Kleist's 1st Panzer Army.

Of course, the protagonist is the Southern Army Group, which faces the Mao Xiong Southwest Front, with a total of 6 armies, 69 infantry divisions, 11 cavalry divisions and 28 armored brigades. The commander is General Kilponos.

However, because there is also a Southern Front Army to the south of the Ermao War Zone, Steel Mentor set up a theater general headquarters on these two front armies, with the respected Soviet "cavalry" Marshal Budyonny as the general commander.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Marshal Budyonni can mobilize the combat forces of the two fronts.

The two front armies under his command have 150 million troops, and the southwestern front army has about 90 troops, mainly defending in Kiev and Uman.

On paper, his strength is indeed crushing the German Army Group South, but the Southwest Front is far behind the German army in terms of weapons and equipment, soldier quality, and armor tactics.

The most important thing is that Mao Xiong lost air superiority no matter which front he fought on.

From a broad perspective, the Battle of Kiev can be divided into three stages:

The first stage: the small encirclement of Uman, a battle that belongs to the "one-man show" stage of the Southern Army Group.

At this stage, it was mainly carried out by Army Group South alone. After the sound of the "Barbarossa" cannon, German Marshal Lundstedt commanded Army Group South to advance quickly, and the early capture was very smooth. Lviv at 8:50 and Vinnitsa at 8 o'clock to the southwest.

Kleist's First Armored Group also crushed the counterattack launched by four Soviet mechanized corps at Brody led by General Kilponos. This was the largest tank battle between the Soviet Union and Germany in the early stage. Although the Soviet army The number of tanks far exceeds that of Germany, but its "armored blitz" tactics cannot be compared with the battle-hardened German army.

They tried to cut off the advancing German column, but were hit by pincer attacks from the north and south of Kleist at Dubno.

Although the German advance was temporarily halted on June 6, the Soviet army was exhausted and began to retreat. Kleist's First Armored Group took advantage of the situation to advance eastward and arrived a few kilometers away from Kiev and Uman at 29 o'clock to the south in mid-July, with the potential to encircle Kiev.

At this time, his mentor Stalin was dumbfounded. He hurriedly appointed Marshal Budyonny as the commander-in-chief of the southwest theater in the face of danger, and rushed to Kiev and Uman to command operations.

When he arrived at the front line, the German Army Group South had penetrated into Ukraine from three directions. Kleist's 1st Armored Army advanced in a wedge-shaped formation south of Kiev and north of Uman, and captured Berdi north of Uman. Chev and Kazatin.

The 17th Infantry Army of the Southern Cluster advanced to the south of Uman, thus sandwiching Uman between the south and the north.

Faced with this situation, Marshal Budyonny used to be a cavalry commander and knew how to raise horses, but he didn't know much about armored combat tactics. The commanders of the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army self-righteously assumed that the German army would not pay attention to Uman's defense. The army will continue to advance westward, crossing the Dnieper River between Kiev and Cherkassy and heading towards Donbass, completely ignoring the encirclement faced by the Soviet 6th and 12th Army in Uman. threats.

Based on this judgment, the Iron Mentor in Moscow took it for granted that he ordered General Budyonny to lead the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army to block the German army on the Dnieper River and not let the German army cross the river. To put it bluntly, it was to prevent Uman's Soviet army from retreating.

As a result, an opportunity to retreat to the southwest and avoid being surrounded was lost.

On August 8, the German 2st Armored Group and the 1th Infantry Army, contrary to the expectations of the Southwest Front command, formed an encirclement in eastern Uman and began to pour artillery shells on the Uman defenders frantically.

The fighting lasted until August 8, when the Soviet army ceased resistance. A total of 8 divisions of the Soviet 6th and 12th Army Groups in the Uman encirclement were defeated. About 12 people were captured. 10 tanks and 317 artillery pieces were captured. Uman This is the end of the small encirclement battle.

The second stage: Guderian's Second Armored Group moves south and joins forces with Kleist's First Armored Group to cut off the Soviet Southwestern Front's retreat.

After the small encirclement battle of Uman, the Soviet Southwest Front was already in a disadvantageous situation, because from Zhitomir at the 9 o'clock direction in the west of Kiev to Uman at the 6 o'clock direction, they were all occupied by the German army, which meant that Army Group South had already faced the enemy. The Southwest Front formed a semi-encirclement situation.

However, since the strength of the Southwest Front Army is the strongest compared to the other two groups, Uman's loss will not be enough to break his muscles and bones.

Therefore, Budyonny, a long-tested warrior who had made great achievements in the Lenin era, continued to support himself in the southwest battlefield.

But the old marshal's firm belief does not mean that others have such an awareness. At this time, the Western Front Army directly north of Kiev has been completely wiped out under the "wise command" of General Pavlov. Army Group Center is southeast of Kiev. direction to attack Smolensk, and the battle is coming to an end.

They are 550 kilometers away from Army Group South. If a straight line connects the two Army Groups, the center of the straight line will be about 500 kilometers from the rear.

In other words, the area occupied by the German army is approximately an equilateral triangle, and the main force of the Soviet Southwest Front is within this triangle, forming a huge protrusion. From a broad strategic perspective, it has surrounded the Southwest Front. .

Uncle Xi, who was far away in the "Wolf's Den" in East Prussia, was looking at the battle map and thought of a huge conspiracy. Since Army Group South was blocked in Kiev, and Army Group Center was about to approach Moscow, why didn't I catch him? How about seizing this opportunity to split Army Group Center's forces and cut off Budyonni's retreat?

In this way, I will definitely eat the fat meat of the Southwest Front Army.

Otherwise, the Southwestern Jiangsu Front would cut off Army Group Center's retreat.

Uncle Xi hurriedly flew to the front line and explained his thoughts to the commanders of the central cluster.

Uncle Xi's plan was fiercely opposed by Guderian, Holt and other generals. They believed that Moscow was already close at hand, and they could reach the city with just a little more fuel. Why bother to make another mistake halfway?

Under such a fierce offensive of our armored group, even if we gave old antique Budyonny ten courages, he would not dare to take the retreat of Army Group Center.

But his arms couldn't twist his thighs. Uncle Xi had absolute authority in front of these generals, otherwise he wouldn't be called "boss".

On August 8, with strong disdain and dissatisfaction with the former Austrian "corporal" Uncle Schie, Guderian led his 25nd Armored Group and began to move south, heading straight into the rear of Budyonni's million-strong army.

Gu Bushuai's powerful armored cluster set off a cloud of dust, sweeping towards the Ukrainian plains like a gust of wind and fire.

At this time, the Soviet Supreme Command, including Steel Mentor, misjudged Guderian's strategic offensive goals. They thought that Gu Bushuai was going to encircle the Soviet Bryansk Front Army and Reserve Front Army from the southern flank, and then attack in a roundabout way. Moscow.

Because the infantry group army attacked frontally, and the armored troops were outflanked from the north and south wings, this was the normal routine of the German "blitzkrieg". It was normal and logical for the Soviet Supreme Command and Steel Mentor to understand it this way.

While they were stunned, they gave Guderian more time to move south.

It was not until the end of August that Stalin woke up from a dream and discovered that the German army did not play according to the routine.

The mentor hurriedly sent the 43rd Army of the Bryansk Front and the Reserve Front to attack Guderian's eastern flank.

Yereomenko, commander of the Bryansk Front, confidently assured Stalin that he would definitely be able to prevent Guderian from going south.

However, he used 10 infantry divisions and a number of tanks to carry out counter-assaults and scratches on the flanks of the 2nd Armored Group. They could not stop the advance of Guderian, the "first generation master" of armored blitz warfare.

At the same time, the commander of the German Army Group South, Rundstedt, cooperated very well and ordered the 17th Infantry Army to cross the Dnieper River. The 1st Armored Group of Kleist broke into the back of the Soviet army as quickly as possible, planning and Guderian The 2nd Armored Group met north and south behind Kiev to form a pincer offensive.

At this point, the German army's intention to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army in the Kiev area has been exposed.

In this extremely unfavorable situation, the Soviet army should retreat proactively to avoid being surrounded.

However, mentor Stalin remained stubborn and ordered the Southwest Front Army to hold its position at all costs. Not only were the original defenders not allowed to evacuate, but a large number of troops were also transferred to Kiev from all over the country to put heads into the pockets of the German army.

On September 9th and 7th, perhaps the Führer was not reassured by the conservative style of the old commander Rundstedt, so he sent Chief of the German Army General Staff Halder to the Southern Army Group Headquarters, and he arranged the various joint operations. item details.

At this time, Guderian's 2nd Armored Group had advanced southward and penetrated into Romny at 2:50 o'clock and Lochvita at 3 o'clock behind Kiev.

而南方集团军群的步兵第17集团军把苏军部队牵制在4:30方向切尔卡司以北第聂伯河的下游，装甲克莱斯特第1集群渡过第聂伯河向北推进，准备与古德里安的先头部队在罗姆内和3点钟方向的洛赫维察地区会合。

At the same time, Marshal Reichenau's 6th Army (Paulus, who was captured at Stalingrad, was still chief of staff) would move eastward, crossing the Dnieper and Desna rivers and entering Kiev. And began to annihilate this large number of surrounded enemies.

这是一个双重合围的计划。外线是第1、第2两个装甲集群，内线则是以步兵为主的第2、第6和第17集团军。

By September 9, the German army had made good progress as planned. The 9th Infantry Army and the 17th Infantry Army have crossed the Dnieper River and contained the enemy on the front.

From the rear, Gudri's armored group conquered Romney, a strategic military location in the direction of 2:50, and rushed towards the st Armored Group of Kleist. Prepare to rendezvous.

On the 11th, Marshal Budyonny finally realized that he was in danger and asked Stalin to withdraw eastward, but was rejected.

On the 13th, mentor Stalin strictly prohibited any form of retreat and ordered the Soviet army not only to defend Kiev, but also to launch a counterattack against Guderian's 2nd Armored Group.

He believed that the old coach Budyonny was timid, so he dismissed him from his post and was replaced by Timoshenko.

After Timoshenko took office, he also believed that only retreat could avoid being annihilated.

He sent his chief of staff to Moscow to see Stalin. This time, his mentor did not show up at all. Instead, he asked Chief of General Staff Shaposhnikov to convey his instructions: hold on to Kiev.

14日，德军展开了包围苏军的最后进攻，第1装甲集群第16师猛攻4点钟方向卢布内，而第2装甲集群的第3师则强攻3点钟方向洛赫维察，3点方向和4点方向相距40公里。

On the 15th, the two armies finally merged at two points in the 210 o'clock direction of Lochvita, 3 kilometers east of Kiev, and completed their rendezvous. The Soviet Southwest Front was unable to escape.

Next, the troops of the Southwest Front were quickly divided and surrounded by the German troops, and they suddenly fell into chaos.

On September 9, the reluctant Iron Mentor finally agreed to retreat.

However, it was too late, the Soviet command was paralyzed, the officers and soldiers were unprepared for a breakout, and no effective breakout was organized throughout the 17th.

German Chief of Staff Halder also gloated in his diary: "The enemy troops in the Kiev encirclement are jumping like pinballs in the circle."

On the 18th, the Southwest Front launched its first breakout against the German 16th Armored Division.

However, German reinforcements arrived and repelled the Soviet charge. The first breakout failed.

On the same day, at the position of the German 2nd Armored Group, the two sides also launched a fierce breakout and counter-breakout battle. The Soviet army dispatched the superior strength of 1 cavalry division and 2 tank brigades to break out, and finally opened a bloody road. The encirclement was broken out, but the German 3rd Armored Division formed a new encirclement.

On the 19th, the unwilling Steel Mentor finally gave the painful order: abandon Kiev.

The Soviet army abandoned the city defense fortress and peripheral fortifications, blew up the bridges over the Dnieper River, and retreated into the city.

The top commanders in the city hurriedly took planes to escape and fled Kiev.

Among these high-ranking officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death, there was one person who would bring great harm to the Chinese people 20 years later. He was the "stick" leader Khrushchev who was the political commissar of the Southwest Theater Command at the time.

On the 20th, the Soviet army organized a second large-scale breakout. It once opened a gap in the German position, but was soon defeated by the German counterattack. However, it was different from the Khrushchevs who fled by plane the day before. For example, the commander of the Southwest Front Kirponos, the political commissar Burmitensko and the chief of staff Tupikov are undoubtedly good. They live and die with their troops, and they dare to show their swords even when they know they are losing. They all died heroically in the breakout battle.

At this point, the senior commanders of the Southwest Front fled to death. The Soviet troops in the encirclement became increasingly chaotic and cut off from their logistical supplies. They had neither fuel nor ammunition and could no longer organize an effective breakout. The encirclement The Soviet soldiers inside were doomed.

In this lifeless environment, the great Red Army soldiers carried forward the glorious tradition of "fighting nation" until death. Under the leadership of grassroots commanders, the entire battalion picked up bayonets, engineer shovels, and helmets. , iron pots, spoons, kitchen knives and all available weapons at hand, shouting the slogan "Ula, Ula", and launched a concentrated charge towards the tank, artillery and machine gun positions of the German bandits.

The loudspeakers carried the inspirational speech of the Iron Mentor Stalin throughout the battlefield, so that many soldiers died in battle with his voice still lingering in their ears.

This desperate suicidal charge eventually turned into a massacre by the German army against the Soviet army. Thousands of Soviet soldiers fell under the gunfire of the German army. The vast fields were filled with the corpses of Soviet soldiers. The situation was Horrible.

After suffering heavy casualties in vain, facing the hell on earth with corpses strewn across the fields and rivers of blood flowing, the Soviet army's subsequent huge reserve team despaired and completely collapsed. They chose to lay down their weapons.

By September 9, the fighting was over. Of the nearly one million Red Army soldiers, less than 26 were killed, and the remaining 10 became prisoners.

The German army also captured 884 tanks, 3718 artillery pieces, and 3500 vehicles.

Any brainwashed soldiers found among the prisoners of war were shot on the spot.

The rest were sent to the rear to do hard labor.

The Germans were extremely cruel to them. Most of them were tortured to death by labor, freezing and starvation, and few survived until the war.

The Battle of Kiev eliminated Mao Xiong's most powerful Southwest Front, and the Bryansk Front and Southern Front suffered heavy losses.

The situation on the entire Soviet-German battlefield deteriorated sharply. After the German troops occupied Kiev, they moved forward to the Kharkiv Industrial Zone and the Donbas Resource Zone. Moscow and the Caucasus oil fields were seriously threatened.

The most fundamental reason for Mao Xiong's failure was the arbitrary and blind command of Supreme Commander Stalin.

The reason for the "urinary" behavior of the Iron Mentor is the great-power chauvinism admired by the Slavic nation itself.

This caused the Soviet army to basically follow offensive steps in its pre-war theoretical research and actual combat drills.

The reason why they deployed heavy troops in the southwest was to quickly switch to counterattack after the outbreak of the Soviet-German war and encircle the German Army Group Center with the Western Front. They did not expect that the Western Front would be vulnerable.

This makes them lack training and preparation for defensive operations.

Therefore, in the early days of the war, regardless of the actual situation, they always hoped to counterattack as soon as possible and defeat the German bandits as soon as possible. This was similar to the "quick victory theory" of some Chinese people in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and they completely failed to understand the importance of fighting an aggressive war. Hardship, complexity, persistence.

After being beaten by the Germans in the early stage and screaming repeatedly, he was mentally fragile and rigidly dogmatic. He insisted on defending the defense line and refused to give up. The result was one encirclement and annihilation battle after another, but more main troops and more troops were lost. land.

Although the officers and soldiers of the Southwest Front bought precious time with their blood to defend the capital Moscow, the price was too high.

From then on, Stalin began to consciously step down from the altar, correct his mistakes, and no longer interfere blindly with frontline commanders.

At the same time, war is also a melting pot, where real gold is refined and the dross is eliminated.

After experiencing several major defeats, conservative and backward commanders such as the poor cavalry veterans Budyonny, Voroshilov, and Timoshenko were eliminated, and a new generation of Soviet commanders represented by Zhukov grew up. , after paying heavy tuition, they learned the tactics of blitz warfare from their enemies and treated them with their own medicine.

After the battle, Mr. Xi was so elated that he called the Battle of Kiev "the greatest battle in the history of world wars."

However, in the eyes of the vast majority of generals and military historians who participated in the war, Mr. Xi's insistence on attacking Ermao first and shelving Moscow was putting the cart before the horse. He achieved great success in tactics, but made serious mistakes in strategy.

If Mr. Xi can not interfere with Guderian's actions and go straight to Moscow in July-August, then he will take Moscow. From Zheng Zhi, he may be able to force Mao Xiong to surrender or sign an armistice agreement.

In the early stage when the German army was going smoothly, the conservative and backward "old antique" Budyonny in the Southwest Theater did not have the ambition and ability to steal the retreat of the Central Army Group. Even if Budyonny risked his life not to touch the tiger of the Central Group Damn it, if Guderian turns around and fights back, he will still be hit with teeth all over the floor.

Because at this time, no matter which front the Soviet army was in, under the premise of completely losing air supremacy, it was like a frightened bird, and it was difficult to protect itself. Moreover, there is still the constraint of the southern cluster at the rear.

The fall of the capital Moscow would have a much greater impact on the overall situation. Not only would the Soviet army lose its railway hub that extends in all directions and become inconvenient, it would also cause a huge psychological shock, greatly affect the morale of the Mao Xiong soldiers and civilians, and even threaten the Soviet power.

Fortunately, God blessed the fighting nation. During the Kiev Encirclement and Annihilation War, the best opportunity for the German army to attack Moscow was missed forever, because the first heavy snow in 1941 came earlier than ever before. Taking advantage of this time, the Mao Xiong Red Army Moscow's defense was stepped up and enriched.

This early heavy snow will open the door to bury German aggression for the first time.

(End of this chapter)