November 11, 1942, Eastern Front, Southern Front.
At this moment, not only the Third Reich or Mao Xiong, but the whole of Europe and even the whole world were focused on this battlefield called Stalingrador!
After three months of bloody and cruel fighting, in early November 1942, the German army finally slowly advanced to the Volga River under the tenacious resistance of the Soviets. They occupied 80% of the city and divided the remaining Soviets into two narrow pockets, forcing them into a dead end!
At this point in the battle, it seemed that the German army could be declared victorious!
However, after a year and a half of the brutal war, the Soviets were no longer the disorganized, weak, and weak soldiers who only knew how to flee!
They used their tenacious will and amazing sacrifices to block the German army's attacks again and again!
The remaining 20% of the Urban area, which had long been blasted into ruins by the German artillery, stood firm under the violent attacks of the German army and was firmly in the hands of the Soviets!
At the rear of the battlefield, thousands of Soviets were like moths to a flame. They flocked from the Soviet-controlled area on the east bank of the Volga River, braving the bombardment of the German army and taking great risks to continuously participate in this tragic battle.
The tragic casualties caused the Volga River to change color. The blood of the fallen soldiers dyed the river red, and the bodies floated down to the Caspian Sea!
However, the most tragic battlefield was on the other side of the river, in Stalingrade!
The city had been reduced to ruins. Every building, every street, the soldiers of both sides would repeatedly fight for it several times or even dozens of times.
As the battle continued, by November 1942, both sides had gathered more than 30,000 cannons!
Tens of thousands of cannons roared day and night. The originally dark night sky was lit up by the orange cannonballs!
Every day, hundreds of thousands or even millions of artillery shells were fired at this battlefield. The fierce bombardment turned the bodies of the soldiers on both sides into dust along with the soil on the battlefield...
The German army had never encountered such a tenacious army. The positions they had taken during the day would definitely be taken back by the Soviets at night. Every step they took forward had to pay a very painful price!
This cruel battle had completely evolved into a bloody meat grinder, crazily devouring the lives of the young soldiers on both sides!
Starting from September, in just over two months, the Soviets had already invested hundreds of thousands of troops. These soldiers who had just walked out of the new barracks and had not even had time to complete the recruit training often did not survive more than three days on the battlefield before they became corpses!
At first, the German army thought that such tragic casualties would definitely defeat the Soviets, but later things proved that they were wrong, and ridiculously wrong!
Even with such a huge number of casualties, Mao Xiong did not give up the battle. They continued to send more troops to Stalingrader!
What was worse was that winter had arrived!
In 1941, when the German-German war broke out, the German army was also unstoppable on the battlefield. However, when they advanced to the city of Mosco, the capital of Mao Xiong, they encountered the invasion of the cold. The German army, which lacked winter clothes and winter supplies, swallowed the bitter fruit of failure on the battlefield for the first time. The head of state's dream of parading in the Red Square was turned into a bubble!
In 1942, the German army, having learned the painful lesson of last winter, knew what kind of nightmare awaited them once winter arrived!
At that time, their own troops would be weakened by the cold and heavy snow. On the other hand, the Soviets had the advantage of being on their home ground and would only become stronger as they fought!
What was worse was that the Volga River would freeze in winter. By then, it would be easier for the Soviets to cross the river. They would no longer be limited by transportation capacity and could send a large number of troops at once!
Once the Soviets gained the advantage in terms of military strength, it meant that the end of the German army was coming!!
Under such circumstances, the head of state of Bolin urgently mobilized his troops and was prepared to launch the fiercest attack before winter arrived. He wanted to defeat the enemy in one go and win this battle!
Thus, the attack on November 11th came as scheduled. In history, this was the last attack launched by the German army during the Battle of Stalingrador!
What awaited them would be the ruthless iron fists of the Soviets!
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"Has Princeps gone mad? Our flank is as empty as a piece of paper. There is only one Romani and two Italian divisions in the western defense line. The Soviets in Voronezh have already gathered. There are at least 250,000 Soviets here. As long as they attack, they will definitely be able to defeat our weak flank. At this time, they still want to send more troops to Staringlass. Isn't that sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?”
In response to the Chancellor's order, the German generals at the front line were not without criticism. In fact, at this point, everyone knew that it was very difficult for them to win this battle. If they continued to fight, they would be in danger of being surrounded by the Soviets!
Mosco's Starlyn was determined to devour them. He had secretly prepared more than three million soldiers and laid down a trap. Once winter arrived, they would launch a general attack on the German army.
At this time, the German army needed to think about how to retreat safely, not continue to attack blindly!
"Paulus's Sixth Army is already completely trapped in the battlefield of Stalingrador, and Kleist's First Armored Army in the Caucasus region has yet to withdraw in time. If we retreat now, once the Soviets counterattack, our entire army might be defeated. At that time, the situation will be reversed in an instant.”
" I don't know." General Wilkes, the commander of the Southern Army Group, frowned and said," Besides, you should all know what the consequences are for going against the Ruler's will!”
General Weix took over from the dismissed General Bock in July. General Bock was very capable and experienced. Since the outbreak of World War II, he had performed very well and achieved brilliant results on various battlefields. But even so, because of a disagreement with the head of state on the issue of Voronezh, he was quickly dismissed by the head of state.
Such an outcome made people even more afraid to disobey the head of state's orders.
However, the million German troops in the south were in danger. If they did nothing, what awaited them would definitely be a defeat, an unprecedented defeat!
For the sake of their own fate and the future of the empire, they could not sit idly by and watch such a thing happen!
"Then what should we do? Were they really going to carry out the head of state's orders?”
Everyone was burning with anxiety, but they couldn't think of a good solution.
"If that person is still around, perhaps there is still a chance!”
"That person? You mean? The one in the north?"
"That's right, it's him!"
"General Erich van Manstein, Field Marshal of the Empire, Commander of the Eleventh Army in the North!”
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