After receiving the telegram from the rear, Dukhanov was shocked. He immediately realized that he had been fooled!
"Damn it, damn Hans, they are deliberately digging a hole for us, luring us into their trap!”
After coming to his senses, Dukhanov broke out in a cold sweat!
He realized that he was now in danger. If he could not jump out of the German trap as soon as possible, he and his army would most likely be wiped out here!
"Stop the pursuit, change the rear team to the front team, and immediately reinforce Schrueser Castle!”
Dukhanov made a move to retreat, but he did not directly give the order to retreat. Instead, he used a trick to cover up the fact that he was retreating in the name of assisting Schrüsel Castle.
The pursuing Soviets were confused when they heard the order. In their opinion, the German army had already been defeated by them. They were about to pursue and destroy the German army. If they gave the order to retreat at this time, wouldn't it benefit the Hans?
Although they didn't understand, they didn't dare to disobey the orders from above. After receiving the order, the Soviets on the front line immediately stopped chasing and prepared to retreat.
This change was immediately noticed by the German army.
"General, the Soviets are retreating!"
"It should be Zalmut who succeeded, right?”
After seeing the actions of the Soviets, Manstein realized that it was time to blow the horn of counterattack!
"Pass on my order, order the heavy artillery to bombard the supply troops behind the Soviets and stop them from approaching Schrüsel Castle!”
"The 49th Division will occupy the left flank of the Death Corridor. Have them bring along their portable mountain cannons. After occupying the high ground, immediately fire at the Soviets at the foot of the mountain and disrupt their formation as much as possible!”
"The 11th army will be the main attack. The artillery group of the group army will cooperate with your actions. Your mission is to use the fiercest attack to delay the Soviets as much as possible.”
"I will personally lead the 54th Army, the Romaniya Mountain Army, and the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 7th regiments to attack from the right flank!”
After quickly assigning their respective tasks, Manstein jumped into an armored vehicle and headed to the front line!
The German soldiers were like a sophisticated machine. After receiving the order, they immediately began to move.
The German army had changed from being " vulnerable " and " defeated " to a group of extremely bloodthirsty and ferocious beasts. Like a tiger descending from the mountain, they launched a tide-like attack on the Soviets.
The Soviets, who were still immersed in the fun of chasing and thinking that the enemy was nothing special, never expected that the army that they had just defeated and abandoned their helmets and armor would become so unfamiliar and terrifying in an instant!
The Soviets, who had yet to recover from their shock, lost their positions one after another under the fierce attacks of the German army.
Their already weak defense line instantly became like a dilapidated old house, shattering into pieces!
At this moment, Duhanov, who was leading the retreat, was also in trouble!
After capturing Schrueserburg, Zalmut's 30th Army did not rest. Instead, they immediately went south and set up a position on the south side of the Death Corridor, blocking the retreating Soviets in the area south of Lake Ladoja.
Duhanov did not expect the German army to move so quickly. He thought that it would take a long time for the German army to attack Schruessel Fort. If he led his team back in time, he might be able to rush to the garrison before the German army captured Schruessel Fort and defeat the German army from behind.
However, he did not expect that the defenders in the fortress would collapse much faster than he had expected. This caused their reinforcements to turn into a strong attack.
If he wanted to take back Schruessel Castle, he had to defeat the German army in front of him!
However, the enemy had already built a defensive line. If they could not break through the German line, they might be completely annihilated, let alone recapture Schruessel Castle!
After realizing the seriousness of the matter, Dukhanov ordered the troops to launch a fierce attack on the German positions at all costs. At the same time, he urgently asked for help from his superiors, hoping to get support from the surrounding friendly forces!
After receiving the distress message from the 67th Army, the people of Leningrador immediately became nervous!
Just as the 67th Army was attacked by the German army, the German army also launched an attack on the Soviets 'positions almost at the same time.
General Leeb used all the available forces in his hands and dispatched the 18th corps and the 16th corps.
In addition, he also allocated a portion of heavy artillery and some servant troops to disguise as the main force of the German army. They made a big fuss in the south of Leringlass, as if they were going to launch a general attack on Leringlass.
This series of actions successfully confused the commander of the Soviets!
Almost at the same time, they received the telegrams of the attack on the Soviets. The generals in the Soviets 'headquarters were all dumbfounded.
They didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't know what the German army was up to.
Didn't the KGB say that the German army was lacking in strength?
But why were they able to attack almost all of their own units at the same time on such a long front line?
It didn't look like they were lacking in troops at all!
On the contrary, it seemed like he wanted to finish him off before the arrival of the harsh winter!
Could it be?
The commanders of the Soviets immediately thought of a possibility!
"That must be it!"
"That's right, that's definitely the case!"
They believed that the news of their counterattack against the German army must have been leaked, so the German army would attack them before they were ready for the general attack!
In this way, the Soviets 'plans would be completely disrupted, and their stored combat supplies would be consumed to deal with the German attack.
Furthermore, if the situation was not handled well and too many troops were wiped out by the German army, the entire situation on the northern front line might immediately collapse.
Once the northern front line collapsed, the northern army group of the German army would definitely go south and join the central army group or the southern army group!
If the German troops in these two places received the support of the Northern Army Group, the situation of the Soviets would be even more dangerous!
Thinking of the serious consequences of defeat, the Soviets in Lelingrador suddenly became nervous!
Under such circumstances, they did not dare to take the slightest risk.
Therefore, it was impossible to send troops out of the city to rescue the 67th Army!
Moreover, it was not only the 67th Army that was attacked at the same time. The 42nd, 55th, 23rd, and even the 2nd and 8th Armies in the east were also attacked by the German army.
In this case, the Soviet commanders did not believe that the German attack in these places was real. They judged that these feints were to mobilize the defenders of the city to facilitate the German attack on Lelingrador!
And the one supporting the northern front was Lelingrador!
Therefore, they naturally chose to ignore Duhanov's call for help and chose to hold on!
And this action pushed the 67th Army to the edge of the cliff!
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