stonecrandall Chapter 1134
Chapter 1134
This was more than just a fierce battle!
This was simply a nightmare!
Rokossovsky had just met Zhukov when the German Air Force came to him!
With the help of the reconnaissance aircraft, the German Air Force effortlessly found the Soviet troops hiding in the mountains. Without even a word of greeting, the Germans immediately launched an air strike against them.
B-52 bombers lined up and dropped a large number of bombs in a carpet bombing manner.
What’s more unethical is that most of these bombs dropped are napalm bombs!
For this operation, the Air Force prepared for more than half a month and prepared more than 200,000 napalm bombs to be given to the Soviet army in the mountains as a gift.
Since it was just the beginning of spring, the flowers and trees in the mountains had not yet turned green, and a lot of dead grass in winter was still rotten, so after these napalm bombs were dropped, they immediately caused a raging fire!
The German army was ready to set fire to the mountain and burn the entire Carpathian Mountains with the Soviet army inside.
Of course, this was impossible.
Just as Goering’s air force launched intensive bombing on the Soviet army in the mountains, Guderian’s troops had already entered the mountains and opened up a hundreds of meters wide isolation belt in the mountains. With this isolation belt, the fire can be controlled and will not spread to the entire mountain range!
The Carpathian Mountains run through the entire Central Europe and even extend to the empire.
Therefore, if one is not careful about setting fire to the mountain, the empire itself will be implicated. Mainz will definitely not do such a thing with low returns and high risks.
The Soviet army, which was subjected to the intensive bombing by the German army like a storm, was stunned!
What’s going on?
Where did these German troops come from?
Why didn’t they get bombed before? Why did they get bombed as soon as the reinforcements arrived?
Moreover, looking at the scale of the bombers dispatched by the German army, they might have sent all the bombers they could mobilize, right?
What are they planning to do? Are they really going to destroy them in the mountains?
Faced with this situation, the morale of the army, which had finally been stabilized by the reinforcements, immediately began to become chaotic again.
“General Rokossovsky, the Germans must have found our position by following your troops!”
Zhukov pulled Rokossovsky into a cave and said to him in shock.
Rokossovsky swallowed hard, thinking that the other party was trying to pass the blame, and subconsciously wanted to refute, but he heard Zhukov continue:”How are your defense arrangements at the foot of the mountain? The German actions are definitely not as simple as aerial bombing. I suspect that they have already dispatched ground troops to block our retreat!”
What Zhukov is most worried about now is that the German army will force them into the Carpathian Mountains!
As long as they can be forced in, the German army does not even need to attack, they just need to wait patiently, and they can wear them out!
Moreover, when Zhukov’s troops were besieged before, they could still count on the local army to rescue themselves, but if they are trapped here with the troops brought by Rokossovsky at this time, then don’t expect reinforcements to come to rescue them!
Because the Russian bear can no longer send reinforcements!
Even if they are able to send reinforcements, it is hard to say whether Starling will continue to take risks after learning from the failure of Rokossovsky’s operation.
So Zhukov is very concerned about the defense of the outer exit at this time!
Rokossovsky’s troops entered the mountains, and they must have come in through a certain entrance.
Since this entrance can come in, then naturally they can also go out from here.
As long as they leave this damn place, they may still have a chance of survival!
But if they continue to be trapped here, they will definitely die!
“Most of my troops are left there, so the entrance should be safe, don’t worry about that!”
Rokossovsky was relieved to hear that the other party was asking this question instead of blaming himself.
“That’s good. In that case, let’s start breaking out right now. If we don’t do it sooner, once the German ground forces surround us and hold us back, we won’t be able to escape!”
“However, the bombing outside is so fierce, and the fire is spreading faster and faster. Can we get out smoothly?”
General Rokossovsky felt the rolling heat waves coming from outside and asked with a frown.
Zhukov also realized that it would be very difficult for them to get through this sea of fire, but no matter how difficult it was, they had to try. If they didn’t try, they would be burned to death by the fire!
“Let the tank and armored vehicle troops clear the way, directly hit the trees, and then use their tracks to crush out a firebreak!”
Zhukov made up his mind and thought of a more violent method – using tanks to clear the way.
It must be said that this idea is still very groundbreaking!
In later generations, when the fire department was fighting a fire, it would sometimes use equipment such as fire tanks.
The role played by this tank was similar to what Zhukov had just described.
That is, using its own thick skin and flesh to directly use violent means to clear obstacles, thereby clearing the road and creating opportunities for the evacuation of the besieged people.
At this time, although the Soviet army was not equipped with professional fire tanks, it was not impossible to use them under special circumstances.
After trying it, the Soviet army soon discovered that this method was actually effective.
However, the raging fire not only produced unbearable heat waves, but also produced a large amount of toxic and harmful gases during the burning process.
Soviet soldiers who lacked the protection of gas masks kept falling and falling behind in the process of breaking through.
By the time they arrived at the entrance mentioned by Rokossovsky, Zhukov’s troops had been reduced by at least 30%!
Such a huge loss made Zhukov feel heartbroken.
“What a cruel method! Just a big fire burned down my 300,000 troops. Third Reich, I will remember this hatred firmly, and will repay you tenfold or a hundredfold in the future!”
Perhaps because he was too angry, or because he was close to the exit of the valley, Zhukov thought he was finally out of danger, so he said a cruel word before leaving!
However, after saying this, Zhukov was dumbfounded!
At the foot of the mountain, there were densely packed German troops stationed. Judging from the scale, there were at least three army groups and millions of troops!