The Third Reich: The Return of the King

After receiving the order, the Fourth Army immediately set out from Atobek.

Starlin’s men had just arrived in Yekaterinburg and were about to stop to rest and catch their breath, but they didn’t expect that the German army had already caught up with them!

“Did this group of German soldiers grow wings? Why are they faster than us?”

Starling felt incredible.

They had been evacuating here from Kazan all the way, all transported by rail.

After they completed this journey, in order to prevent the German pursuers from approaching.

Starling issued an order to destroy important infrastructure such as railways, roads, bridges, and culverts.

The Soviet army, which was responsible for the rear-end mission, then retreated and destroyed, destroying several important railways along the way.

They blew up a large number of train stations, dug up hundreds of kilometers of railroad tracks, and deliberately blew deep holes on some tracks to increase the difficulty of German repairs and slow down the speed of the German pursuit.

After the Soviet army’s destruction, the railways along the line had been almost destroyed by them. It was basically impossible for the German army to use the railways and roads they had used before to pursue them.

Therefore, Starling judged that the German pursuit would be greatly affected. Due to the delay, the German army cannot pursue them until they repair these railways, roads and bridges.

Therefore, he plans to stop in Yekaterinburg, continue to transfer people and materials to the Far East, and wait and see the situation to see if there is a chance to make a comeback and go back to get some supplies.

If the German defense line in the south is empty, they may have a chance to go south and visit Central Asia.

Although the British Empire has declined, it has been two years since they fled to South Asia.

In two years, the British Empire should have established a firm foothold in South Asia, and may have made good progress.

Therefore, if they can connect with the British Empire, they will be able to get support from the British Empire in the future and will not have to fight alone!

However, the sudden appearance of the Fourth Army completely destroyed Starling’s plan and disrupted his rhythm.

“”Head, let’s retreat quickly. The German army is coming fiercely. We can’t stop it!”

The people around him had become accustomed to running away all the way, so no one wanted to fight with this German army at this time.

The Fourth Army of the German Army is an armored army and the main field army of the German Army Group South.

If such an army is encountered on the open battlefield, it will take at least two or three times the number of troops to defeat them. At this time, the Soviet army is seriously insufficient, and the total number of troops may be less than 400,000.

Among them, there are a large number of new recruits they have absorbed from Kazan. The number of the original elite troops with combat experience has dropped to less than 100,000.

It is impossible to expect such a small army to fight this German army!

If the German army came not as an entire army, but as an army, the Soviet army might still be a little interested, but facing an army with a similar number of people but far superior strength, the Soviet army really has no appetite at all!

They think they don’t have such a good mouth. If they bite it, it’s hard to say whether they can eat others, but their own teeth will definitely break!

“Well, give up Yekaterinburg and retreat eastward immediately!”

Although Starlin was very unwilling, he had no choice but to give up here.

After all, he had given up such an important Kazan, so what was Yekaterinburg?

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At the garrison of the Fourth Army, they immediately took action after receiving Guderian’s order.

But after they launched the action, Manstein’s order also came.

Although Guderian took advantage of the loophole and did not violate the military order, when Manstein heard that he had dispatched an entire army to deal with the bears, Manstein was shocked!

He was really worried that Guderian would accidentally wipe out Starling and his men. If that happened, it would be a bit of a headache for the Empire. It would not be of much benefit to them to eat this Soviet army, after all, there was not much oil and water to be squeezed out of them.

On the contrary, leaving them to act as a troublemaker for the Far East and the bears would create huge benefits for the Third Reich at the political and strategic level.

Therefore, it is possible to pursue the other party, but it is not possible to surround the other party. At most, it can only defeat the other party and drive them to the Far East, so that Starling will no longer bless the fantasy of going south to Central Asia and colluding with the sun never sets!

After receiving Manstein’s order, the Fourth Army also knew their responsibilities.

So, they deliberately slowed down and let the Soviet army enter Yekaterinburg, and then they came late and appeared behind them.

The purpose of doing this is to make way for the other side and let them retreat to the east, while putting pressure on the other side so that they dare not stay here.

As long as the Soviet army leaves, the German army will immediately go south, enter Central Asia, and begin to prepare for the next war.

As for the remaining Soviet troops who fled to the Far East, that is not their business. This kind of thing should naturally be handed over to Denikin’s puppet regime to deal with!

The Fourth Army originally thought that Starling would fight with them in Yekaterinburg. After all, this city is one of the few large cities in Siberia. If they continue to go east, the Russian bear will no longer have any large cities.

However, Starling’s clean retreat surprised them.

The other side probably chose to retreat immediately after sensing the danger they brought.

They admired the decisiveness of the other side’s choice and the speed of retreat!

This army is indeed an escape army.���The troops along the way have even gained experience in running away.

However, if such an army that is good at running away goes to the Far East, can they really fight?

You know, there are two players in the Far East now, the Celestial Empire and the Foot Basin!

Among these two players, the national strength of the Foot Basin is not as good as the former Mao Bear, but it is naturally much stronger than the current Mao Bear.

What’s more, they have just obtained the iron ore in Australia and have the mining rights of the iron ore. With the oil obtained from Southeast Asia, their industry may soon usher in a wave of development peaks.

Therefore, in the next few years, the comprehensive national strength of the Foot Basin will continue to grow rapidly.

On the other hand, after the Mao Bear lost their industrial base, it is very difficult for them to develop from scratch.

Therefore, they will probably not have a good life if they run to the Far East.

At that time, not only will Denikin’s Mao Bear puppet regime want to attack them, but even the Foot Basin and the Celestial Empire will probably be wary of or even attack them!