stonecrandall Chapter 1165
Chapter 1165
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: 0.075s Scan: 3.483sIn fact, the situation of the Soviet army is exactly as Timoshenko said.
They are already in a huge encirclement of the German army!
At this time, it is extremely difficult for them to break out.
They must choose a direction to launch an attack, defeat the German army in this direction, and get out before the German army in other directions arrives, so that they can break out of the encirclement!
If they can’t do this, they will be trapped inside the encirclement.
“However, no matter how difficult it is, we can’t just sit there and wait for death, right?”
Budony was a little anxious, his wife, children and family were all in Moscow!
If he died on the front line, who would take care of his family?
Moreover, with Starlin’s unpredictable temper, even if they fought to the last moment and died for their country,
Starlin might not necessarily treat their families well, and might even vent her anger on their families because of their unfavorable performance in battle.
Zhukov and Rokossovsky had already demonstrated this to them.
One of the two was captured, and the other surrendered.
As a result, Starlin treated them equally and directly ordered the arrest and interrogation of the families of the two men, on the grounds that he suspected that they had colluded with the SS of the Third Reich for a long time and intended to… Treason.
Although the KGB did not catch the man in the end, the families of these two men seemed to have been rescued by the SS.
However, this should be an agreement reached between the two and the Third Reich after they surrendered, and it does not mean that they colluded with the Third Reich from the beginning.
However, Starling ordered the arrest without any evidence.
His behavior itself was enough to make the generals below feel sympathetic.
Budyonny thought that he could not compare with Rokossovsky, and the other party’s status in Starlin’s heart was much higher than his.
But even if it was Starlin’s trusted general, once he was defeated, the punishment he received was not ambiguous at all.
Starlin had no intention of thinking about the old friendship at all.
“That depends on how you want to fight~!”
Timoshenko glanced at Budony. Compared with Budony’s anxiety, he seemed particularly calm and composed.
This detached attitude made Budony very confused: Doesn’t he worry about his family at all?
“Our homeland is in the east, and the main force of the German army is in the west, so if we want to break out, we must break out to the east!”
Budyonny said without hesitation what he thought was the most correct judgment.
Timoshenko nodded slightly. This judgment certainly couldn’t be said to be wrong. After all, if it were someone else, they would probably give the same answer.”So what you mean is that we should fight to the death with the German troops stationed in Mins City and fight our way out of them.” However
, Timoshenko’s next words made Budyonny sweat!”We have no choice, this is the only way to go!”
Budyonny gritted his teeth and said.
The German army in Mins has more than 700,000 troops, including the famous First Army.
Both the Eighth Army and Guderian’s First Army are not easy to deal with.
If they want to break out from here, they must go through a hard and bloody battle!
Many people may fall on the battlefield before breaking out and never return home!
Moreover, even if they try their best to launch an attack, they may not be able to break through the German defense line.
Because they don’t have much time left!
The German troops in other directions are approaching them quickly, and the huge encirclement carefully prepared by the German army for them, At this time, the encirclement was shrinking rapidly!
I am afraid that within a week, the German army would be able to shrink the encirclement to the point where they could not move.
At that time, the German army would not have to attack at all, but just encircle them, cut off their food and water, and they would starve to death or die of thirst!
Timoshenko looked at Budyonny deeply. He had clearly given him such an obvious hint.
But this guy’s wooden head still did not react!
Or, he had understood his hint, but pretended not to understand.
Maybe he was still thinking about Moscow’s family?
“Well, in that case, I will give you one million elite soldiers. You will immediately march eastward to pursue the German troops that attacked Lida City before. You must not let them meet up with the German troops in Mins City!”
“Remember, once you catch up with the Germans, you must immediately launch a fierce attack on them. The more fierce your attack, the greater our hope of breaking through!”
Since the other party is determined to break through, and there is indeed a possibility of breaking through, then I will go crazy with him!
“I understand. I’ll leave now!”
Budyonny didn’t ask any more questions. He put on his military cap, saluted Timoshenko, and then strode out of the headquarters.
Timoshenko kept looking at the other’s back until he left the headquarters.
“.~I hope Budyonny can catch up with this German army. In that case, we may still have a 50% chance of breaking through successfully!”
“However, if he fails to catch up with this German army, then the probability of our army breaking through the German defense line within seven days is probably less than 10%!”
Without air cover, without logistical supplies, and with their own morale so low.
Facing 700,000 German troops ready for battle, they have to defeat the enemy within a week, which is indeed very difficult.
Therefore, a 10% probability is a more reasonable estimate.
However, the other 50% probability assessment is a bit of an overestimation of the Soviet army’s combat effectiveness!
……
“General, there is a Soviet army following behind us. They are moving very fast and it seems they are coming towards us!”
After breaking through the city of Lida, Guderian stayed in Lida for a while. In the end, because the Eighth Army did not move south, he gave up Lida and chose to retreat back to Mins.
Compared with Lida, Mins is obviously more important. Considering that the Führer and the Supreme Command had planned this plan for a long time, Guderian felt that they would most likely not approve the very radical combat plan he had submitted before.
So without waiting for Berlin’s reply, Guderian had already ordered a withdrawal.
And the facts were similar to what he expected. Not long after his army had just broken camp,
Berlin’s telegram came, and the Führer indeed denied his combat plan.
After receiving this telegram, it would certainly be impossible for Guderian to say that he was not frustrated at all.
However, just when he was feeling a little frustrated, a Soviet pursuer suddenly appeared behind him.
This swept away the clouds of worry in Guderian’s heart!
He stood up and said loudly:”Find out the enemy’s strength and commander immediately, and let the Second Army prepare for battle!”
“Hehe, the enemy is really brave to lead the army to chase an armored group in the wild!”_Faloo reminds you: Three things to do when reading – ∪ Collect, recommend, and share!