"How is the situation at the front line?"
In the command center of the Soviets in Leningradsky.
Hearing the sound of gunfire coming closer and closer from the east, the Soviets in the command post could not sit still.
"The situation is not good. The German army's attack in the southeast direction is too fierce. They have taken several of our positions in succession.”
"Ah, so close? The German army is so fast!"
"Yes, they are quite fast. I don't know what method they used to bypass our front line of defense. They often appear from the rear and catch us off guard.”
A commander who had just come down from the front line said with lingering fear.
When his troops first encountered the German army, they clearly saw the enemy on the opposite side of the street a moment ago, but the enemy suddenly appeared behind them in the next second.
As a result, the barbed wire fence and firing points that they had set up to block the streets were all useless. The attacks from the rear caught them off guard, and they were defeated by the German army almost immediately. Many troops were even completely wiped out by the German army!
The Soviets had never experienced such a battle before, so they could not react in time. Their commander was also a little afraid and did not know what tactics the enemy had used.
As a result, while the Soviets were still confused, the German army took down several positions of the Soviets and expanded their control. At this time, at least a quarter of the urban area of Leningrador had fallen into the hands of the German army.
Considering that this was only the result of the attack of one division of Manstein's army group, this result was shocking enough!
"Hmph, what are those commanders at the front line doing? Are they all good-for-nothings? The German army only sent in one division, but they defeated three of our divisions in just five hours. If the German army sent in an entire army, wouldn't it mean that all of us added up wouldn't be enough to defeat the German army?”
Govorov angrily scolded the frontline commander!
Everyone couldn't help but complain in their hearts. You were the one who caused this situation, but you pushed the responsibility to others. Isn't this too shameless?
If it wasn't for Govorov's refusal to increase the number of soldiers in the 55th Army, which led to the encirclement of the 55th Army, and the 23rd Army being attracted away by the attack of the Finns in the north, Manstein's 11th Army wouldn't have had the chance to advance to the city of Lelingrador!
"Now is not the time to pursue responsibility. We must find a way to deal with the German army!”
Lieutenant General Zhdanov, military commissioner and secretary of Leningradsk, stood up and said to the crowd,""I will personally go to the front line to take a look and see what the situation is. If I don't come back alive, everyone should make plans to relocate the headquarters!”
After saying that, Zhdanov put on his helmet, took a Bobossa submachine gun, and walked out of the command post without looking back!
Everyone in the command post looked at each other. Although Zhdanov had a military rank, he was mainly responsible for administrative work.
In this case, shouldn't the commander of the front army, General Govorov, be the one supervising the battle at the front line?
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Govorov with disdain.
Govorov's expression was uncertain. He could feel everyone's disdain, but he did not dare to pick up a gun and go to the front line like Zhdanov.
What a joke! The situation at the front line was terrible. In just five hours, three divisions of the Soviets had been defeated, with more than 20,000 casualties!
On average, one soldier would die every second!
With such terrifying casualties in front of them, no one could remain indifferent!
If Zhdanov wanted to go, then let him go. Without his restraint, his voice in Lelingrador would only be greater!
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Leringlass, the German camp.
Manstein had already entered the city with the troops.
However, although this was called the city, it was actually just a pile of ruins.
In the path of the German attack, almost every house was blown up by them.
Therefore, apart from the houses that had been blown up beyond recognition, the rest of the houses had two big holes in them. Some even had three or even four big holes.
These holes were clearly caused by the soldiers of the 239th Division during the previous attack.
Although the German army used a new tactic to catch the Soviets off guard, this did not mean that the battle was not intense!
On the contrary, when the German army blew up the houses and took a shortcut to appear behind the Soviets, the battle between the two sides was almost completed in an instant!
Whether it was the Soviets who discovered the sneak attack of the German army, they used their firepower to repel the German attack and resolve the crisis of the German sneak attack.
It was the German army that managed to sneak attack and instantly killed the German army behind the position. The battle between the two sides ended in an extremely short period of time.
This kind of battle that broke out in a short period of time and ended quickly was unusually bloody.
As long as a gunshot rang out, there would be casualties on both sides, and it would be large-scale casualties!
Ever since the First World War, when heavy machine guns were used on a large scale, there had never been such an efficient battle like today!
In the past, thousands or even tens of thousands of bullets were needed to take the life of a soldier.
However, in this battle, every three bullets would kill a soldier. Therefore, Manstein found that almost all the streets where battles had taken place were covered in blood.
In many places, the corpses of the fallen soldiers from both sides piled up like mountains, and blood flowed far away from the piles of corpses.
Manstein was secretly shocked. He raised his wrist and looked at the time.
"It's time. Inform Wolfgang to have the 22nd Division of the 11th Division replace them and let them rest!”
"If they continue fighting, their organizational system will be destroyed!”
Although he did not see the casualty statistics of the 239th division, Manstein estimated that Wolfgang's division had suffered a lot of casualties based on his intuition.
Taking advantage of the fact that the casualties of the troops had not reached the level of being greatly damaged, they had to be replaced and go to the rear to rest. They would be able to quickly recover their combat strength after they were replenished with new recruits in the future.
However, if they were crippled or exhausted, it would be difficult for them to recover their combat strength.
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