The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

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""Your Excellency, Marshal, there is a problem at the front. The German army is using missiles to attack us. The 40th Army on the left bank of the Dnieper River has suffered heavy losses, estimated to be around 40,000 men." At the

Soviet headquarters, a communications staff officer came over with a telegram and said in a serious tone.

Upon hearing this, everyone in the headquarters was shocked. They were still discussing how to attack the German army, but the German army over there actually counterattacked.

Zhukov showed worry on his face, and he tried hard to say,"Don't make a fuss. This is not the first time that the German army has used missiles to bomb us. General Vatutin, you should return to the front line immediately and see what is going on. In addition, you must hold your position. I suspect that the German army is going to launch a counterattack."

"Yes!"General Vatutin was already extremely anxious. If Zhukov had not been here, he would have jumped up long ago. After all, the main target of the German attack was his Voronezh Front, and he did not want his front to be completely wiped out.

Once his front was completely wiped out by the German army, he did not think he would have the luck and fate of Timoshenko. He would definitely be brought to a military court, and someone would definitely be held responsible for the deaths of 800,000 people.

After all, 800,000 people are not 80,000 people. The bearded man would definitely push someone to take the blame, so he was very worried about the situation of his troops.

"You all go back to your own units, command your own units to evacuate, and build a new defense line according to the plan."Zhukov turned around and said to the rest of the people.

"Yes!"As everyone left the headquarters, Zhukov stared at the map again and murmured,"It looks like we really need to send in reinforcements."

Although he was not good at handling tactical details, he had a keen sense of battlefield judgment. He had guessed the real goal of the Manstein Group, which was to annihilate the Voronezh Front in one go, so he had to send in reinforcements now, otherwise the Voronezh Front would be in real danger.

"Moscow's reinforcements are too far away. By the time they arrive, it will be too late. We can only draw them from other places."Marshal Zhukov muttered while looking at the map.

The nearest one is Volgograd, where there are still 800,000 troops. It is no problem to draw 500,000 troops. Even if the German army is strong, at least 100,000 troops should be used to plug the gap. In this way, the strength of the German army besieging the Voronezh Front will be weakened. As long as he can hold on until the Moscow reinforcements arrive, he can launch a counterattack.

"Order Volgograd to immediately dispatch 500,000 troops to support the Voronezh Front and have them advance at the fastest speed. Marshal Zhukov turned to the operations staff and said

"yes!"

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On the other side, when Vatutin arrived at the front line, he knew he was late.

At this time, the Voronezh Front's position was full of deafening explosions, billowing smoke, and flames.

The worst thing was that the Voronezh Front's troops had suffered heavy losses at this time, and nearly 100,000 people were wiped out in such a short attack time. Nearly

100,000 people were wiped out again. General Vatutin almost fainted. For the first time, he suspected that he was the Pig King, otherwise why were his subordinates a group of pigs?

"You are all a bunch of rubbish. You killed another 100,000 people in just a short while?" Vatutin scolded his men.

"Are the Germans so terrible? Are they completely unable to defend?"

"How long has it been? One hundred thousand people are gone?"

"You guys are a bunch of trash."

""Commander, the German offensive is too fierce. We can't stop it. It's too strong." A major general said with a look of fear.

Tanks all over the mountains, dense fighter planes, and rockets were flying in succession. One of his infantry divisions was wiped out in less than ten minutes. Under such terrifying firepower, it was simply impossible for human power to resist.

"Bastard." Vatutin took out his pistol decisively and shot the general who had shaken the morale of the army.

"Anyone who dares to fear battle or retreats in the face of battle will be killed!"

Upon hearing the word"kill", everyone shut up and dared not say anything more, but the fear in their eyes could not be dissipated. Seeing this scene, Vatutin closed his eyes, thought of what Marshal Zhukov said before leaving, and said in a cold tone:"Pass on my order, all troops must hold their ground and must not retreat. The supervision team will supervise the battle, and anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy."

""Yes!" Everyone's heart was shocked and they shouted in unison.

Since the victory of the defense war, the Soviet army has won victory after victory and has rarely used the supervision team. Now it is used again. Everyone shudders when they think of the cold and ruthless eyes of the supervision team.

When the missile attack was over, the German Air Force appeared like a ghost over the positions of the Voronezh Front and carried out carpet bombing.

Moreover, these bombs are all heavy bombs, mixed with incendiary bombs."My God, what did the army do? Why is there thick smoke everywhere?"

"Yes, how can we bomb if we can't see anything?"

Yes, bomb according to the predetermined target." Wen"Yes!"

Just like that, the Soviet positions that had just been bombed by missiles were bombed by German fighter planes again. The soldiers who had escaped by luck were bombed again.

"Commander, please retreat. We can no longer hold the front line."A major general could not help but say

"Bang!"Another gunshot rang out, and the general who was speaking was shot dead again.

"Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed!" General Vatutin said coldly again. He had to be ruthless now, otherwise he would be the one to die, and even if all his troops were wiped out, he could not retreat and had to fight to the death.

"Commander, the Germans are clearly going to annihilate us. We can still preserve our strength if we break out now. Once we are annihilated, the Voronezh Front will lose its designation."This time it was the chief of staff of the Voronezh Front who spoke.

Anyone could see that the Germans' goal was clearly to annihilate the Voronezh Front. If they resisted now, it would only give the Germans a chance to annihilate them.

"Retreat? Where to retreat? Marshal Zhukov is sending reinforcements. If we retreat now, our entire defense line will collapse. What about the other fronts?"

"They are covering our two wings. What will we do if we retreat and leave them behind?" Vatutin did not shoot this time, but said miserably.

"Commander, we have less than 400,000 men left. If we continue to fight, we will be wiped out."The Chief of Staff of the Voronezh Front said bitterly.

Their tank army was almost wiped out, and the rest were infantry. Facing the German tank group, they could only retreat or surrender.

Unfortunately, this time General Vatutin guessed wrong. Not only did the Manstein group besiege him, but the Guderian group also surrounded the Voronezh Front and prepared to annihilate it.

"What did you say? A large number of tanks appeared on the right wing?" General Vatutin asked with an expression of disbelief.

"Yes, it seems to be the Guderian Group, with about 500,000 people and more than 5,000 tanks."The communications staff said in fear.

Everyone knows that the German tanks are very good, the only disadvantage is that there are too few of them. Now 5,000 tanks appeared at once, and everyone was stunned instantly, and their faces turned pale.

"Guderian Group? Isn't he in the Central Army Group?"General Vatutin asked in horror.

He had never expected that Guderian Group would suddenly appear. Not long ago, the Soviet army had detected that Guderian Group had arrived at the Eastern Front, but it had always been under the Central Army Group. He never expected that it would support across regions.

"Send a telegram to Marshal Zhukov immediately."General Vatutin originally wanted to fight to the death, but now it seems that if he doesn't make a choice, he will be wiped out.

"Yes!"

On the other side, General Guderian was commanding the Type 54 tanks to charge forward with high spirits. The steel torrent formed by thousands of Type 54 tanks destroyed any obstacles in front of them.

Seeing the Soviet army retreating, General Guderian smiled. He had received a telegram from His Majesty the Emperor. After this battle, he would be promoted to marshal.

Thinking that he would hold the marshal's baton soon, Guderian smiled even more. After all, marshal was the greatest affirmation of a soldier. What's more, people of the same period were already marshals, and only he was still hesitating about becoming a general. This time he could finally become a marshal.

"Commander, the vanguard has broken through two lines of defense of the Central Front Army. They have been defeated. The vanguard sent a telegram asking whether to continue the pursuit."The operations staff came over with a telegram and said excitedly

"No need to pursue, continue to maintain formation and move forward, and don't stop without my order."Guderian said with high spirits.

It seemed that he had returned to the time when he swept across France. All the prisoners were put aside. I don't have time to capture you. Now he commands thousands of tanks and raids all the way. Nothing can stop his attack.

Soviet fighter planes came to attack, but were repelled by his self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery. Katyusha rocket launchers raided and were turned into a pile of scrap metal by self-propelled artillery.

All the Soviet counterattacks were ineffective. Those Soviet soldiers who stayed in the position were at a loss. They didn't know when the German army had such a powerful tank.

Especially the KV-2 heavy tank, a shot on the German tank, like nothing happened. In the past, it could cause damage to the Tiger tank, but now there is nothing except a trace of bullet marks.

Here is an explanation. The front armor of the Type 54 is only 120mm. But due to the tilt angle, the physical thickness is 200mm, so it is impossible for the shells to penetrate the front of the Type 54 tank.

Of course, if the shells are projectiles and are vertically incident, they may penetrate the Type 54 tank.

It's just that there are too few tank drivers who can launch a projectile. It can be said that tank drivers who can launch a projectile are definitely the ace among aces.

It's a pity that the Soviet army does not have such talents, but occasionally there are Soviet tank drivers who penetrate the Type 54 tank from the flank.

Faced with the Type 54 tank's comprehensive performance that crushes the Soviet tanks, the Soviet tanks finally chose to retreat after leaving behind a piece of wreckage.

At the same time, Zhukov also received Vatutin's telegram, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't expect Manstein to be so courageous. No, it should be the German Supreme Command that is so courageous. He actually transferred the most elite Guderian Group to the front line. This is to completely annihilate the Voronezh Front.

"Damn it! Immediately send an order to have all fronts dispatch troops to support us. We must rescue the Voronezh Front, otherwise one of our fronts will be wiped out."

"Also call General Vatutin and tell him to retreat immediately, regardless of casualties."

Zhukov was also a decisive person. Since he knew Manstein's intentions, he would not watch the Voronezh Front being annihilated.

As for the reinforcements that were coming, they should be used as reserves and wait for the opportunity to launch a local counterattack.

"Comrade Zhukov, do you think the Voronezh Front will be completely wiped out here?"General Vasilev, the chief of staff, said with some concern.

"No, I will never let this happen, otherwise you and I will not escape the leader's punishment."Zhukov shook his head and said firmly.

The last time the Southwestern Front was annihilated, he did not receive too much punishment because the Southwestern Front had only 200,000 people and was not seriously injured. But this time is different. The Voronezh Front has 800,000 troops, which is the most elite force in his hands. Once it is annihilated, it will be a great shock to the entire defense line.

Even the strategic initiative will change because of this. In fact, he did not know that the strategic initiative of both sides had changed.

After all, he did not have detailed information on the German army's new weapons and equipment, otherwise he would not have adopted a deep assault tactic, but a deep defense tactic.

Hearing this, Vasilev also made up his mind. No matter what No matter what the cost, the German army must not completely wipe out the Voronezh Front.

Because this concerns the future of many people and their families. As for whether they will lose 800,000 people, they don't care.

As long as there are sufficient weapons, they can mobilize an army of 800,000 people at any time. This is their confidence.

More importantly, once the elite front armaments are completely wiped out, it will be a huge blow to the entire camp, especially those free armies, which will take this opportunity to expand propaganda. At that time, it will be really difficult to retake Ukraine and other places.

General Vatutin, who received the order, remained silent. At the same time, he deeply admired Zhukov's courage. If someone else was the commander-in-chief, he would definitely let him continue to hold on.

"Order all troops to retreat immediately."General Vatutin put away the telegram and said slowly

""Ah? Retreat?" Everyone in the command center replied in surprise.

"What, do you want to stay here and die?" General Vatutin shouted angrily.

"No, Commander, we are surrounded and cannot retreat. A major general staff officer said cautiously.

"What?"

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