Lelingara, a port city on the east coast of the Baltika Sea, had been one of the most important cities in the country since the 17th century.
Back then, in order to reform Mao Xiong and let Mao Xiong embark on the path of a powerful country, Peter the Great resisted public opinion and led Mao Xiong's people to move their capital here. From then on, Mao Xiong's path of westernization began.
This city had become the most important city for the furry bear people in the past 300 years.
After the First World War, the red bear moved its capital back to Mosco for safety and political reasons. It renamed the original capital to Lelingrador to commemorate the founding father of the red bear.
Although Lelingrador was no longer the capital of Furious Bear, the city was the largest in terms of population, industry, and economy. At its peak, there were more than 4.5 million residents living here, far more than the capital, Mosco.
However, due to the war, the city rapidly declined in just two years.
The entire city was reduced to ruins in the fierce tug-of-war between the two sides. The residents in the city suffered heavy casualties, and most of the remaining people were evacuated.
At this moment, Lelingrador was more like a military fortress than a city!
In order to defend the city, the Soviets mobilized more than two million troops to guard the city's flanks and prevent the German army from invading.
In order to fight for this place, the German army was also tit-for-tat. They placed heavy troops around the city and eyed it covetously. There was the possibility of launching an attack at any moment!
For the Soviets, the most difficult period was when the war broke out last year. At that time, the German army gathered millions of troops and mobilized several armored armies to attack.
The Soviets had thought that the city could not be defended and were ready to give up the city and retreat to preserve their strength.
However, under Zhukov's insistence, the city survived the storm of attacks from the German army. Finally, the situation stabilized, and the two sides fell into a stalemate. The German army used the siege method to deal with them!
It was also during the siege that most of the residents of the city starved to death or froze to death. The population of the city was halved, and the entire city became a purgatory.
The bear-men in the city had thought that after enduring the most difficult period of time, the bitterness would come, and what awaited them would be a beautiful tomorrow.
After all, Mosco's kind father had already planned the battle plan for the beginning of next year. The Soviets were ready to launch a large-scale counterattack!
In the end, he did not expect that things would develop beyond the scope of the script!
After the German army won a great victory on the northern front, the situation became delicate again.
In the past few days, a series of actions by the German army around Leringlass proved that they had once again developed ideas about the city and were likely to attack them again.
However, this news did not cause any waves in Lelingrador.
The residents of the city had long been accustomed to the frenzied attacks of the German army. Since the day the war began, the battle had never stopped, so much so that many furry bear people had even developed the habit of falling asleep listening to the sounds of the German army's artillery.
If the German artillery suddenly stopped one day, they might even lose sleep.
The reaction of the Soviets stationed in Leningrador was also dull.
"The German army is attacking? Let them do it. In the past year, which attack of theirs had succeeded?”
The commander of the Soviets, General Govorov, was disdainful. In his opinion, the defense line designed by General Zhukov in the past year was impregnable and impossible to break!
If the German army wanted to take down Lingling, they were dreaming!
"Pass on my order. Have all the troops enter the defensive position according to the predetermined defensive plan. We will avenge the 67th Army!”
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On November 18, 1942, the German army officially launched an attack.
Under Marshal Leeb's personal command, the German army launched a fierce attack on the position of the 55th Army.
After absorbing the experience of the previous failure, Marshal Leeb especially applied for a batch of 280mm short-barreled mortars in this attack.
The range of this type of mortar cannon was not far, but it was extremely powerful. Moreover, the weight of the cannon was very light. Ordinary trucks could tow it around.
With these cannons, the German army began to attack the strongholds guarded by the Soviets.
The first to be attacked was Sruzko's 55th Army!
As the most prominent group of Soviets on the southern front, this group of Soviets became a roadblock for the German army!
"General, the artillery is ready, and the air force's bomber is about to be in position. This time, there are a total of two aviation battalions to assist us.”
Quhillel, the commander of the 18th group army, said to Marshal Leeb excitedly.
He had received news that Manstein had been transferred to the commander of the Southern Army Group, and Marshal Leeb would most likely retire after this battle.
This meant that he was about to become the commander of the Northern Army Group. Once he became the commander of the Northern Army Group, as long as he performed well in the future, it was very likely that he would be promoted to a marshal!
The current Marshal of the Reich was not as common as he was in 1944 and 1945. At this time, the value of a Marshal was still very high, so almost all the senior officers of the German army looked forward to the day when they could be awarded a medal and become a Marshal!
Quhillel was no exception!
If he won this operation, it would be the evidence that he would be promoted to a general.
Marshal Leeb looked back at the huge artillery group behind him. In order to take down this tough bone, the German army had prepared 3,600 cannons!
Seeing thousands of cannons aimed at the city in the distance, this spectacular scene awakened the blood in his heart!
The old marshal took a deep breath and waved his arms vigorously, letting out an angry roar."Fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Thousands of cannons responded to their marshal's order with deafening roars!
At 3:15 p. m. on November 18, 1942, under the fierce bombardment of the German army, the decisive battle that erupted around Lelingrador officially began!
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