Man in World War II: The Fall of an Empire!

Chapter 83: Crisis of Army Group Center, William sees through the Soviet conspiracy

After a busy day, Ram and several others were in a meeting.

"Colonel, is this considered a dismissal for us to build a defensive line here?"

Ram asked incomprehensively.

"I have a bad feeling! I think this is a scam! A big scam. It is clear that the Soviet army has been able to gather thousands of heavy tanks and a large number of T34 tanks, but they seem to have deliberately deployed a large number of T26 tanks on the border. , T28, BT7, these tanks that can be broken at the touch of a touch, shouldn't they deploy important weapons on the border and stand ready? They clearly have the opportunity to encircle Minsk in reverse, but why do they hold back? "

An inexplicable feeling of fear arose deep in William's heart.

If William is right, Army Group Center is likely to be severely damaged by the Soviet army.

This is the result of the German army being able to jump out despite its tenacious combat effectiveness.

If it was really eaten and the remaining sporadic troops jumped out, William couldn't even imagine what the consequences would be.

William even wondered if he had traveled through the wrong time. Are the Soviet troops in this world so alert?

Shouldn't it be the low combat effectiveness of the Soviet army caused by the Great Purge?
Why the Soviet army was so tenacious during the Battle of Minsk was no different from the battle at Stalingrad.

"Damn!"

The more William thought about it, the more frightened he became. The collapse of the central army group meant that both the upper and lower army groups were in danger.

These are more than 500 million German troops. Once destroyed, the entire Germany will collapse instantly.

I can only hope that I am wrong.

But the uneasy feeling made William very uncomfortable, and he immediately ordered [-] security soldiers from the Raytheon Group to be mobilized to immediately take a train to Minsk.

There is still fierce fighting ahead, and the German army has torn apart the Soviet defense line and is advancing deep into Smolensk!
William was dumbfounded after receiving the battle report from the front.

This Smolensk is the graveyard that old Zhu Tou dug for Bock!
Look at the arrangement of the Soviet army, and then look at the squeezed front of the German army.

"Immediately call Marshal Bock and tell him that the whole of Smolensk is a scam, that is, a cemetery. Take a closer look at the current layout of the German army. The narrow front can be cut off by the Soviet army at any time. The Soviet troops hoarded on both sides are not there. Are you bringing someone to watch?”

William immediately ordered his correspondent to send a message to Marshal Bock.

After Marshal Bock looked at what William said, he walked towards the sand table and his expression suddenly changed.

"Order all troops to withdraw from Smolensk immediately, quickly!"

Marshal Bock saw this and yelled this sentence with an almost roaring voice.

Correspondents immediately began to issue emergency messages to various units.

Just after the message was sent, the Soviet army launched a fierce attack.

This means that radio communications have been eavesdropped by the Soviet army.

Otherwise, the attack order would not have been issued just a few minutes after the German troops were ordered to withdraw.

The Soviet heavy tank army composed of 300 taels of tanks directly tore through the narrow German defense line like a knife cutting through tofu.

The 88mm gun is quite powerful, but it is also difficult to withstand the rapid impact of tanks.

A large number of T34 tanks rushed out, and the distance of 2000 meters was only a few minutes for them.

Run and shoot at the same time, but if you hit a shot, the 88mm gun will be destroyed.

And the number of 88mm anti-aircraft guns is also limited.

Even if the German army made tight defenses, it would not help.

The 40 German troops in Smolensk are still inside.

At least 40 people were also entangled on the left and right wings, unable to move. There were only about 30 people left on the front. The Soviet army pressed up with more than 60 people.

The German army's combat effectiveness is indeed good, but it will be difficult to sustain it for long with such a disadvantage.

After a hard battle, Marshal Bock moved the defense line back more than 20 kilometers.

Just by retreating, Lao Zhutou ate up 8 to [-] people.

If this continues, the entire Army Group Center will be doomed. "Marshal Bock, this is a conspiracy. From the beginning, there were hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder on the border, plus the cannon fodder along the way, there were almost a million people. I now know that the Soviet Union eradicated them with our hands. Internal restless elements, but we pushed down all the way and felt invincible. Millions of Soviet troops were wiped out with a snap of our fingers, because those were what the Soviets wanted us to wipe out. Now we are facing the real elite of the Soviet Union! I guess it should be later There are still about 300 million people gathering, and at least 150 million elites will be mobilized from the Far East."

William's words made Marshal Bock dumbfounded again.

However, as a marshal, he must have some countermeasures, otherwise he would still be a marshal with a hammer.

At night the Germans began a heavy artillery bombardment, which lasted for two hours.

Bock reported the situation of the entire Central Army Group to Mustache, and at the same time reminded the upper and lower army groups to prepare to retreat.

Once the Central Army Group attacks the street, it will be difficult for the two Army Groups to withdraw.

Mustache did not expect this result.

After all, he had just defeated the powerful France. How could the Soviet Union be so powerful?

All kinds of information were sent here and summarized. One reason is that the tanks are not on the same level at all.

按照德军现有的坦克连T34-76都打不过，更别提KV-1-2，IS-1等重型坦克了。

The Soviet army is also equipped with the SU76 self-propelled artillery, which can be used as a howitzer or cannon, and is also effective against tanks.

There is also the SU85 tank destroyer.

This thing has the power to instantly kill all German tanks.

In such a situation, what can you rely on to challenge the other party?

The reason why Commander Africanon relied on anti-aircraft guns to win was because the opponent only had so many tanks, and the quality of the tanks was hard to describe.

At least Marshal Long's Panzer III tank plus the 38T light tank can compete with the opponent's tanks.

But facing the Soviet tanks, there was no possibility of collecting them.

Marshal Bock withdrew about 54 people and returned to Minsk.

As for those who are surrounded or entangled, there is no way to save them.

Almost all of the 54 people are infantry. Being able to hold the line of defense is considered a blessing. To rob people is to continue sending all 54 people in.

The German troops in Smolensk continued to hold on after the airdrop.

This was beyond the Soviet army's expectations.

Transport planes began to continuously drop supplies to the surrounded German soldiers.

Among them, the RPG street battle produced by Raytheon Group is the king.

As long as your tanks dare to come in, I will definitely send you away.

After hundreds of RPG rocket launchers, the originally shaky German army in Smolensk rose again and stabilized.

As long as there are enough bullets, it will not be a problem for the German infantry to fight against the Soviet infantry one against three.

When the heavy tank comes in, it will use RPG to attack you. The range of this RPG is much longer than that of Iron Fist.

It can directly send a rocket launcher to the opponent at a position of 120 meters to destroy the tank.

It's much more powerful than the tens of meters of the Iron Fist rocket launcher.

With these good things in hand, the surrounded German army not only did not collapse, but also remained strong.

Air superiority was still in the hands of the Germans, so air strikes were basically useless.

When it comes to shelling, once there is shelling, there will be planes in the sky.

I'll destroy your artillery position immediately when I find it. Let's see how many artillery pieces you have destroyed for me.

This also caused some embarrassment to the Soviet army.

I originally thought of bringing him in and killing him, but in the end, the monkey got into his stomach and was blinded!

(End of this chapter)