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At 5:17 on the morning of May 5, more than 30 of the most elite armored units of the SS, 20 armored divisions, 11 infantry divisions, and more than 4 trucks, assembled outside Rostov, began to start. They are not right Not toward Stalingrad, but upstream of Stalingrad.

The commander of this escorting fully mechanized corps was Viking Army Commander Steiner. On the way to Stalingrad, there was basically no Soviet line of defense. More than 60 Soviet troops completely relied on the city of Stalingrad and established countless The farthest position is no more than [-] kilometers away from the city of Stalingrad, and the commander of Stalingrad is Timoshenko who escaped from Odessa.

Timoshenko’s failure in Odessa was inexplicable, and his Ukrainian front army surrendered without a fight. Although Timoshenko ran away in a submarine at the last moment, he was severely criticized by Stalin , Stalin asked Timoshenko to come to Stalingrad to perform crimes and meritorious service. Now Timoshenko is not commanding Ukrainians, but the regular Soviet Red Army, which makes Timoshenko feel relieved.

Timoshenko learned the lesson of Odessa last time, of course he would not put all his troops in the city, and besides, there would be no room for more than 60 troops in the city.Timoshenko asked his troops to arrange defensive positions around the city. These positions are not linear defensive positions, but composed of countless circular positions. A company and an extra regiment are arranged in the small circular defensive positions. If viewed from the air, The surrounding area of ​​Stalingrad is completely surrounded by various large and small circular trenches and fortifications.

Of course, this kind of defensive position has many advantages, but it is not conducive to counterattack, because Timoshenko never thought about counterattack.That's what Timoshenko meant.Sir, I will stick to Stalingrad.See what tricks you Germans have.It is impossible for the German SS to take Stalingrad, which is defended by more than 60 people, in a short period of time. Of course, Zhang Jun would not be so stupid as to use people to fight for Stalingrad. That would be extremely stupid, Zhang Jun Of course Jun would not do such a thing.

"Boom...boom..."

The escort assault group has a total of eleven armored divisions, almost 700 taels of tanks, and other vehicles, that shocking momentum.It is enough to shock everything. There is a torrent of steel on the ground, and there are countless planes escorting it. After this period of air strangling, the Soviet planes in Stalingrad are basically reimbursed. The Soviet and German planes really have no choice. In comparison, it would be very good to be able to hit 1:5. In the entire battle for Stalingrad's air supremacy, Germany had only more than 30 planes shot down, while the Soviet Union lost nearly 1 planes.The battle damage is almost 10:[-], and now the Soviet Union's aircraft in Stalingrad are basically exhausted.

But Zhang Jun still sent an aviation division to escort his escort corps.These eleven armored divisions are Zhang Jun's lifeblood, so they can't suffer any huge losses, otherwise the SS will be in danger.

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At the Stalingrad headquarters, Timoshenko stared intently at the sand table with a pipe in his mouth. Now the battle situation is extremely unfavorable to the Soviet Union. The Soviet front has unfavorable news every day. It is not that the German army broke through here. Surrounded by German troops there, it can be said that the entire Soviet Union was in extreme tension and fear.

But fortunately, there are several good news. The first good news is that the Soviet Union finally signed the "Soviet-Japanese Non-Aggression Treaty" with Japan. Now the Soviet Union does not have to worry about fighting on two fronts. The more than 200 million troops deployed in the Far East They are being transported by rail day and night, and in a month at most, these troops will arrive near Moscow. In addition, youths drawn from all over the Soviet Union are also stepping up their reorganization. As long as the Soviet Union can hold Germany back for two or three months, the entire Soviet army will It has reached about 500 million, and there are still about 500 million reserve soldiers. As for guns and ammunition, it is indeed a bit difficult in a short period of time.

The second good news is that the United States has agreed to the Soviet Union’s request for a lease. This time, the United States seems to be very generous. It directly approved the Soviet Union’s application for a US$100 billion arms lease. The Bering Strait reached the Far East of the Soviet Union, and part of it was transported by the Far East Railway.The ice-free port of Murmansk in the Soviet Union can also take over a large amount of leased arms. As long as these arms are in hand, Timoshenko believes that the Soviet Union's 500 million troops will soon be armed. With such a huge military force, Timoshenko will Brother does not believe that the Germans can destroy the Soviet Union.

The third piece of good news was sent by the Anglo-French alliance on their own initiative. They actually sent weapons to the Soviet Union for free. Regardless of the purpose of Britain and France, the Soviet Union would not refuse anyone who came. They would accept as much as they sent, and even asked for it. Thinking that the Soviet Union did not understand the purpose of Britain and France, Stalin was a thief!

As the only three marshals of the Soviet Union, Timoshenko would of course inform him of these confidential situations. Based on Timoshenko’s analysis of these situations, a world alliance against Germany or an alliance against European countries was about to be formed. The four main countries, the United States and the Soviet Union, will abandon their differences in political systems and forcibly bring them together under the pressure of Germany. Whether they are in the same bed with different dreams or seem to be divorced, it is an extremely dangerous signal for Germany.

"Report to Comrade Marshal Timoshenko: According to reports from the front, the German SS suddenly concentrated more than a dozen armored divisions, as well as a large number of trucks and planes, to attack our upstream."

"Oh, you quickly marked the route of Germany's attack on the map, and at the same time sent a large number of scouts to understand Germany's specific strategy."

The intelligence officer who reported the situation hurriedly marked the general direction of Germany's attack on the map with several staff officers, and then contacted the reconnaissance force.

"Comrade Vatutin, what do you think?"

"Comrade Marshal, we still don't understand what the strategic purpose of the Germans is. All their troops are basically armored divisions. Even if I want to send troops to stop them, I'm afraid there is no way, especially when we lose air supremacy. Down.

I judge that Germany's offensive may have two purposes. The first is that the Germans want to completely cut off our land line of communication to Moscow. It is impossible for the Germans to realize this strategy. Stalingrad on the Volga River On the side of the city, more than 20 of our troops have arranged a complete ring of fortifications. If the Germans really want to do this, they can only wait for heavy losses.

The second situation is that the Germans want to attack along the Volga River, and then go directly to the back of Moscow. Even if the German devils have more than a dozen armored divisions, there is no way for them to supply, so this should not be true. "

In fact, Timoshenko was only engaged in defensive warfare, and there was nothing outstanding in offensive warfare. Now that Vatutin analyzed it this way, Timoshenko decided that preserving his vitality and resolutely defending Stalingrad is the kingly way.In fact, Timoshenko's thinking is not a big mistake. If his infantry and garbage tanks go to a field battle with the advanced tanks of the German devils, there is absolutely no hope of victory. How much the German SS hopes that the Soviet army will go out of the city for a decisive battle!

Steiner commanded the torrent of steel to roll away. There was no defense from the Soviet army at all along the way. The entire assault group rushed to the ferry of the Volga within a day. Steiner quickly arranged his armored troops into a huge In the semicircular defensive position, a stable ferry was established, and then the pontoon bridge troops began to build bridges.

Because Zhang Jun mobilized enough pontoon bridge troops, Steiner erected a total of four pontoon bridges. Vincent was the first to let his armored vehicles cross the river to establish a defensive position on the opposite bank. By this point, the Soviet Union had lost the armor to stop Vincent. Assault group possibility.Besides, the Soviet Union went there to find so many armored troops to encircle and suppress Vincent during the assault. The Soviet Union did not have them. Most of the Soviet armored forces were transferred to Baku and Moscow, and there were basically no armored forces in the rear.

Although there are four pontoon bridges in the entire ferry, it still took Vincent a day and a night to send all the vehicles and personnel to the other side of the Volga River. The road returns to a stop between Rostov and Stalingrad.

After Steiner paused, Zhang Jun would dispatch three armored divisions, but he would transfer ten European Union infantry divisions to Steiner, with a total strength of around 25. The 25 troops were not used to attack Stalingrad, but The monitoring of the Soviet army in Stalingrad prevented the Soviet army from going out of the city to attack the buttocks of the Baku troops.

More than 60 EU troops, and 20 are going to attack small cities and towns in the Rostov region, and the remaining 30 will follow Zhang Jun's SS main force of 100 million to attack the Baku region.

In order to fight the battle of Baku well, Zhang Jun first threw a nail—Vincent's Italian SS. They went to the Soviet Union to turn the world upside down, attracting most of the Soviet Union's firepower and vision.There are only 5 SS armored divisions guarding the SS buttocks, and there are also ten EU divisions.The remaining 130 million people were all transferred by Zhang Jun to the front line of Georgia, a republic of the Soviet Union.

A few hundred kilometers from the Georgian border to Baku.It is all due to the depth of the defense of the Soviet Union. The total strength of the two sides is very different. The SS has more than 100 million and the Soviet Union has more than 200 million. The Soviet Union has geographical advantages and defensive advantages, while Germany has the advantages of advanced weapons and good quality of soldiers. Georgia There are seas on both sides, the Black Sea on one side, and the Caspian Sea on the other. The width of the entire Soviet defense line is only about [-] kilometers.

... (To be continued..)

ps: Brothers, for the honor and survival of the Führer, all the monthly tickets are sold, not for money, but for the survival of the Führer.