The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 1163

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Guderian’s plan was crazy and very difficult to execute.

But he was lucky. The German Air Force completed the bombing mission on time without delay and flew away after dropping the last bomb.

At this time, Guderian’s troops had just rushed to the Soviet position and launched a fierce attack on the Soviet army, whose smoke had not yet dissipated.

The cooperation between the two was like the same person using his own hands. The connection was extremely perfect, and the difficult subject of multi-service coordinated operations under the information conditions of later generations was completed decades in advance!

The Soviet army, which was stunned by the explosion, did not react at all and was hit by the German armored forces.

If it were normal times, the huge rumbling noise of the armored forces would probably be heard by the”153″ Soviet soldiers several kilometers away.

In this case, it is impossible to launch a surprise attack, and the Soviet army must be prepared.

But today’s situation is quite special. Compared with the roar of the ground force’s engine, the explosion from the air bombing is obviously louder.

Therefore, the sound made by the German ground forces during the march was completely covered by the bombing in the air.

It is precisely because of this that the Soviet army did not notice that the German ground forces had already touched their front, which led to many Soviet troops not realizing what was happening when the German army launched the attack!

This led to their failure to respond effectively in the first time!

Facing an opponent like Guderian, if you can’t stop his attack, then you can only lie down and die!

As long as he can tear even a hole in your line of defense, the result will inevitably be the collapse of the entire line of defense!

This is the case with the Soviet army in Lida City, but their collapse came faster!

Guderian took an armored division as the vanguard, broke into the Soviet position, and then rushed south without hesitation.

The German army that followed began to use this armored division as the core and continued to expand the gap on both sides.

Along the way, almost all of the Soviet troops were dispersed, and most of the troops had not figured out what was going on before they fell into the encirclement of the German army.

Guderian used armored assault tactics to build two semicircular encirclements on the flat ground.

The breach of the encirclement faced the north, and the north happened to be the direction where the main force of the German army was located, so the Soviet army was actually completely surrounded!.Suddenly, they were hit and surrounded before they could figure out the situation, and then they were hit hard by German artillery fire.

The Soviet army was completely stunned by the German combination of punches. The previous bombing had already caused them huge losses. They had not recovered yet, and they were attacked by the second wave.

Moreover, the second wave of attacks was more fierce than the previous air attack. Looking at the German soldiers who came out of nowhere, the Soviet army was terrified.

Not long after the battle, groups of Soviet soldiers laid down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender to the German army.

And more of them took advantage of the cover of night to flee in all directions!

Facing the fleeing Soviet army, Guderian sent a small number of troops to pursue them, and the rest of the troops stayed behind to eat up the Soviet troops in the encirclement before the main force of the Soviet army arrived. There were many Soviet troops in the encirclement, and some of them were still very stubborn. It seemed that they were pinning their hopes on the main force of the friendly army coming from behind!

As long as the main force of the Soviet army could be faster and arrive before the German army wiped them out, the German army would have to abandon these Soviet troops and retreat.

After all, Guderian’s troops were limited and could not fight against the millions of Soviet main forces. However, the main force of the Soviet army was at least sixty or seventy kilometers away from them. At the speed of the Soviet army, from receiving intelligence to gathering and setting off, they finally arrived at their destination.

The whole process would take at least five hours!

If they were attacked and harassed by the German Air Force on the way, this time would be even longer!

Therefore, the Soviet army in the encirclement had to hold on until at least dawn!

However, because of the darkness, they had no idea how many troops, firepower, and combat effectiveness the enemy they were facing was!

In this situation, the Soviet army had no idea whether they could hold out until dawn…..

“Have you persuaded them to surrender? Are they still unwilling to surrender?”

Guderian didn’t like to fight positional warfare, but he certainly didn’t want to let go of the Soviet troops in the encirclement.

So in order to reduce losses and end the battle as quickly as possible, after encircling these Soviet troops, he selected a group of surrendered prisoners of war and asked them to loudly persuade the Soviet troops in the encirclement to surrender.

However, this method didn’t seem to work very well. Except for a very small number of Soviet troops who chose to surrender, the rest of the Soviet troops continued to show an appearance of holding on to the end, and it seemed that they were going to fight to the death!

“The Soviet commander seems to be trapped here. Under his leadership, the Soviet army should be able to hold its ground and will most likely not surrender!”

After interrogating the prisoners and confirming the situation, the staff officers speculated that the Soviet commander may not have retreated or escaped, but was trapped here with other Soviet troops.

If the commander is also here, then it is understandable that the Soviet army on the opposite side is unwilling to surrender!

“Humph, since they refuse to surrender, let them go to hell!”

Guderian had never held out much hope for surrender. Hearing this news, 4.4 was only a little angry, thinking that the other party was a little ungrateful.

In his opinion, no matter how hard these Soviet troops struggled, it would be useless.

Even if they held on tonight and did not become Guderian’s prisoners, they would definitely become prisoners of other German troops in the future. It was just a matter of time!

After all, the Soviet army’s retreat had been blocked by him and General Bock. The Soviet army, which had lost its retreat, had nowhere to escape! If they could not escape and could not fight, then if they surrendered without peace of mind and became prisoners, they would only be a corpse!

“Five minutes later, concentrate the artillery fire of the entire army to bombard the enemy’s headquarters and kill the enemy’s commander. Then let the first and second armored armies launch a charge together to win a round and defeat the enemy!”_

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