stonecrandall Chapter 1131
Chapter 1131
The Soviet army was not an easy opponent to deal with, and Mainz knew it well.
Historically, in the early days of the Soviet-German War, the Russians were beaten so badly by the Germans. The frontline was defeated one after another, and the losses were even more severe. Hundreds of thousands or even nearly one million troops were annihilated repeatedly. In just half a year after the war, the Soviet army lost nearly five million troops.
If any country suffered such a huge loss and faced an almost one-sided situation, I am afraid it would have given up resistance and chosen to surrender long ago, right? In this regard, the Gauls in Western Europe set a glorious example for other countries in the world!
During the Gallic Campaign, the French army was not annihilated by the Germans at all. The Germans just defeated them. Before they had time to annihilate them, the Gauls could not wait to withdraw from the capital, handed over the Iron Tower City, and then surrendered.
It may be a bit exaggerated to describe the Gauls as surrendering at the speed of light, but it is still very shocking to surrender after only resisting for a month. After all, Gaul is a veteran power in the world!
If you compare the situation of the bear with Gaul, you will find that in 1941, the bear’s situation was worse than that of Gaul!
But in this case, the bears are still resisting stubbornly!
In the face of Guderian’s fierce attack, they actually repelled the German attack magically. From then on, they began to gradually reverse the passive situation and began to fight back little by little. In the end, the bear’s millions of troops entered the imperial capital of Berlin and won the Second World War. It is already very difficult to persist in resistance under such unfavorable circumstances.
And it is a bit scary to be able to turn the tables in this situation!
During World War II, if the Eagle Sauce, Gaul, and the Sun Never Set were placed on the Soviet-German battlefield and faced with the collapse of the bears, they would probably not be able to hold on!
Only the Russians under Starling are capable of doing this. If it were any other leader, the Russians would probably be in trouble! Although the Third Reich in this time and space is much stronger than in history, and the empire has solved other enemies at this time, the surrounding environment is more comfortable, and there is no need to estimate the containment of the enemy on the Western Front.
However, even so, Mainz still dare not underestimate the Russians, because the potential of a fighting nation like the Russians in war is too terrible.
Their 160 million population can be fully mobilized. With the mobilization strength of the Russians, they can at least form an army of 15 million people. This is different from the enemies that the German army has encountered before. It is difficult for other countries to have such a terrible mobilization ability as the Russians.
And other countries do not have such a large population as the Russians!
To deal with the Russians, whether it is the empire in history or the empire at this time, the only way is to win quickly, and the war must not be dragged on, especially not until winter.
The winter of the Russian bear is extremely unfavorable for the European army. Not being able to adapt to the cold climate in high latitudes will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the empire’s army, and under the low temperature environment, the empire’s equipment advantages cannot be fully utilized.
Moreover, the Russian bear has a strong ability to adjust. If they are given a winter, they may find a way to deal with the German army. Then, using the special climate and terrain in their own country, the Soviet army may cause great trouble to the German army!
With the size of the Russian bear, even if their army’s combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the German army, they can still cause huge casualties to the German army. Therefore, in order to conquer the Russian bear, it is necessary to defeat and annihilate their army in the shortest time, and also to quickly attack their country and occupy their main cities in the country, without giving them time to react and adjust!
Only in this way can the Russian bear be solved at the lowest cost.
As for how to efficiently kill the Soviet army, the Third Reich in history used the method of surprise attack without declaration of war to do so. Operation Barbarossa caught the Soviet army off guard, resulting in heavy losses to the Soviet army, which was defeated by the German army and collapsed.
At this time, the empire could not copy the tactics of the German army in history, because the two sides had already been alert to each other, and the two countries were only one step away from declaring war on each other.
In this case, it was impossible to expect to use surprise attacks to attack the Soviet army as in history. The Soviet army was not a fool, and it was impossible for them to reveal their flaws at this time!
Therefore, the German army had to think of other ways to concentrate the Soviet army as much as possible, and to allow the German army to eat them up quickly and easily.
The solution given by Mainz was very simple: lure the snake out of the hole!
Guderian fought very beautifully in the south. He surrounded Zhukov’s troops, causing the Soviet army to be unable to accept such a huge loss, so they had to send troops to rescue the army.
And if they want to rescue this army, they must leave the territory of the bear and go deep into the enemy
‘s territory! Therefore, the key to this battle is how to trick the Soviet army out of their own country!
The Soviet army is not stupid, and they naturally know that it is very dangerous to leave their country and fight in other countries.
Therefore, if they are not absolutely sure, they will not move easily!
What the German army has to do is to let the Soviet army go out boldly and let them think that their trip is safe!
As long as this goal is achieved, the battle is half won!
Once the Soviet army leaves the mainland and enters Poland, the Soviet army will gather together, and it will fight on the German army’s home ground. The German army has the advantage of time, place and people, and it is much easier to eat them!
The only thing to worry about is that the German army cannot launch an attack too early, otherwise it will alarm the Soviet army and make it flee early.
In that case, the German army is afraid that there will not be many Soviet troops left, and it will not be able to achieve its combat objectives!
Therefore, the play must be played in full. Mainz asked the German army in East Prussia to change its defense, greatly reducing the troops stationed in East Prussia, and at the same time withdrawing an army group from Poland, which greatly reduced the strength of the German army on the front battlefield.
In this way, even if the German army launched an attack on the Soviet army, they would not be able to eat up the Soviet army due to insufficient manpower. Even if the Soviet army could not rescue Zhukov’s troops, at least they could ensure that they could withdraw smoothly along the original route!