stonecrandall Chapter 1161
Chapter 1161
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City, the base of the Soviet vanguard.
Due to the continuous air raids and harassment by the German army, the Soviet army stumbled along the way.
Not only did the army suffer heavy losses, many soldiers were killed or injured in the bombing, and more importantly, they had many deserters.
In World War II, during the Soviet-German War, there was a large-scale desertion in the Soviet army.
Due to the frequent defeats on the front battlefield, hundreds of thousands of people were lost at any time, making the Soviet army feel desperate and afraid of the war.
In this case, there was a large-scale desertion in the Soviet army.
And for these deserters, Starlin’s treatment method can be described as ruthless.
Once these deserters are caught, they will be shot directly, and their families will also be implicated, and they will not be able to raise their heads for the rest of their lives.
But even with such harsh means to stop the behavior of fleeing from the battlefield, the effect is still not good. It was not until the Soviet army won several battles on the front battlefield and broke the myth of the invincibility of the German army.
Encouraged by the news of victory, the number of Soviet soldiers fleeing 907 has decreased a lot.
However, in this time and space, the Soviet army did not fight the German army at the beginning. They fought either the White Army, the Polish or the Romanians.
The strongest opponent was only the coalition forces composed of multiple European countries.
The combat effectiveness of the coalition forces was actually very average, so the pressure on the Soviet army was not particularly great.
In this case, the Soviet army did not have a large-scale escape, because their enemies did not seem to be invincible!
But all this changed after the German army participated in the battle!
The German army is famous as the most capable and most outstanding army in the world at this time.
Before fighting with them, the bears had heard of their great name!
Therefore, in the hearts of the Soviet army, they generally had awe and even fear of the German army, a powerful opponent.
After the war, this awe quickly turned into fear and despair!
The German army’s unrestrained tactics and powerful air strike force put them in a huge passive position at the beginning of the war.
After learning that the two German armies had rushed thousands of miles and surrounded their retreat route, panic quickly spread among the Soviet army, and when they were constantly bombed and harassed by the German Air Force during their retreat, fear quickly turned into despair
, and many Soviet soldiers believed that they had no chance of retaking Mins from the Germans. If they could not retake this place, they would not be able to open up a safe passage for retreat!
At this time, the German Southern Army Group had already attacked Ukraine from the south, cutting off their retreat route from the southeast. The German Northern Army Group was already attacking Leningrad, cutting off the possibility of the Soviet army meeting them from the north.
In this case, the Soviet army had very few retreat routes to choose from, and there was almost only one route to Mins.
However, it was unimaginable how difficult it was to successfully jump out of this encirclement under the German army’s pursuit and interception plus air bombing!
In this case, many smart people have realized that if they continue to follow the large army, they are likely to die on the way or on the battlefield!
If they take advantage of the chaos to leave the main force, take a small road to retreat, or take off their military uniforms and disguise themselves as civilians to escape, the probability of escape is still very high!
At least it is much higher than if they continue to stay in the army and rush headlong into the place where the German army is heavily armed!
As a result, the wave of escape began to appear, and it intensified and gradually became uncontrollable!
After discovering the wave of escape in the army, the commander of the Soviet army immediately took it seriously.
He took very severe measures to punish the escapees, and imposed martial law throughout the army, and arranged a large number of sentries and cordons to prevent soldiers from escaping.
However, after these measures were implemented, the Soviet army could hardly move.
Because once they moved, the German bombers would come over their heads again to harass and attack them.
Every time the German Air Force visited, the Soviet army would experience great panic and chaos, and this chaos would cause those soldiers who wanted to escape to take advantage of the chaos to escape.
Moreover, after the implementation of the high-pressure policy, this matter was almost unsustainable.
At this time, the whole army knew that someone had escaped. No one could say what kind of impact such news would have on them, and whether it would stimulate more people to escape!
Therefore, after entering Lida City, the Soviet army was stationed here and could not continue to go north.
In fact, the commander of the Soviet army did not want to continue to go north. If he continued to go north, he would sooner or later run into the main force of the German army.
Facing the German army of two armies, he was not sure to defeat the enemy.
Once defeated, he would either die on the battlefield, or be sent to a military court or shot on the spot because of unfavorable combat.
In short, neither result is a good result.
Therefore, taking advantage of the excuse that the army needed to stop and reorganize due to the wave of escape, let the army stay for a few more days, and wait until the main force behind caught up, he could smoothly follow the main force to move together.
If the main force still cannot break through the encirclement of the German army, then he will accept his fate.
The commander of the Soviet army thought they were safe if they stayed where they were, but they didn’t know that trouble would come to them on their own initiative!
On the night of the second day, just after General Bock’s Eighth Army conquered the southern part of Mins and occupied the entire city of Mins, the German Army and Air Force set out at the same time and swooped down on Lida.
The first to arrive was the German Air Force reconnaissance aircraft unit!
After changing to infrared night vision goggles, the pilots of the Air Force could clearly see the distribution and actions of the Soviet troops on the ground.
When they took all the intelligence into photos and took them back, German bombers followed one after another, suddenly appeared at night, and launched a fierce bombing on the Soviet troops on the ground!
Because they had not been prepared for the German air raid at night, the Soviet army was generally relaxed and did not take strict air defense measures to prevent air raids.
As a result, after the German air raid was launched, the Soviet army in Lida suffered heavy losses, and several camps turned into a sea of fire, and countless soldiers were buried in the sea of fire.
Just when the Soviet army in Lida was completely in chaos, Guderian’s troops suddenly appeared! _Faloo reminds you: Three things to do when reading – ∪Collect, recommend, and share!