Chapter 97
On the battlefield, negativity is a mentality, a phenomenon, and contains philosophy that can be underestimated in the world. *Extreme literature* can help subordinates or allies get rid of negativity, and the commander has something to do. If not, even if the commander is talented, it will be even more difficult to turn the situation around!
After Lake Hinialved Lake sent a telegram to the German Corps that surrendered to the Soviet army, the Soviet side immediately issued an announcement in the name of the Soviet base camp: Any German who surrendered on the battlefield can choose to return to Germany after the war, or go to Nordic Europe freely, or join compatriots who remained in the Soviet army to serve as German volunteers. Taking a two-pronged approach, even if the officers of the German army still had concerns, how dare the Allied Command continue to entrust important tasks to these shaken Germans?
However, the Allied Front in 1948 has changed a lot from a year or two ago. The number of US troops was killed, disappeared, captured and retired due to injuries reached more than 1.7 million. Even though the recruits were constantly recruited from the country, the proportion of forces stationed in Europe and the United States in the battlefield of the Allied countries dropped from nearly 55% to 41%. The losses of the British troops also reached more than 800,000. Constrained by the population base and reserve forces, their replenishment of troops was far less than the consumption, and the proportion of troops dropped from 21% to less than 10%. The French troops did not participate in the war at the beginning of the war, and the situation of the Polish army was always relatively embarrassing. These two countries also contributed one-third of the land troops to the European Allied forces at most, but their combat effectiveness has always been
The most popular players on the Allied Front, except for performing well in a few battles, played the role of followers and even soy sauce on most occasions. One has gone up and down, and more than one million Germans gradually changed from auxiliary forces to main combat forces with their usual rigor, dedication and excellent military qualities. The proportion of combat troops has steadily increased, and by the time the Soviet army launched a strategic offensive again, it had reached nearly 20%. In other words, the wavering of the German team means that the Allied forces lost one fifth of the combat troops in a short period of time, and it was one fifth of the absolute main force among the second-rate troops. In this way, the Allied Command could only use reserve troops or demolish the east and west walls to fill the gap left by the German military's uncontrollable combat power!
On the other hand, the large-depth defense line located in central and eastern Poland is not as indestructible as the Allied forces publicized. Since the German army bypassed the Maginot Line to defeat France, no military decision-maker will invest nearly astronomical funds to build an inmovable defense system. Its existence is nothing more than setting up a "man-made fence" on the vast Polish plains... In fact, its construction process took only five months. The French took out the design, the Americans provided funds, and the Germans contributed professional engineering troops.
Nearly one-third of Lan's labor population undertakes the main basic engineering. The defense line has a defensive depth of 40 kilometers wide, outposts, minefields, anti-tank trenches, main defense line, preparatory defense line and reinforcement area. The main defense line is also equipped with a large number of concrete fortresses and armored turrets, and thousands of artillery that are not evenly new and old are fixed in the defense line area. However, more than a month ago, the Soviet intelligence department obtained the design drawings of this defense line. Combined with detailed geographical information, they could easily formulate a lucky and effective offensive plan. In the later stages of the Soviet aviation army, they were short of
Under the circumstances of force, the spring rain became a natural factor to cover the Soviet ground forces. Taking advantage of the rainstorm for several days, the Soviet army launched an offensive frenzy again. The German team was originally responsible for the defense, and other alliance teams temporarily replaced the southern region of Olshtin, Chehanov and Radom, the Soviet army with tank troops as the main force of assault all broke through the defense line in a short time. Once a break in the line defense line appeared, the rest of the areas were solid and useless. The Allied Command quickly dispatched strategic mobile troops - the elite US military equipment.
The A Division, fills loopholes in the future. Britain and France also dispatched troops stationed in Germany to reinforce on the front line. In addition, the Allied aviation troops were put into the battlefield at all costs, and the Soviet offensives in many places were curbed. However, this was destined to be the recurrence before the tide collapsed. The experienced Soviet infantry were unwilling to fall behind. They then formed a breakthrough in the middle and south of the defense line. Taking advantage of this turbulent situation, the Slovakians and guerrillas also launched armed riots with the support of the Soviet Union, greatly restraining the Slovakian army and the Allied troops stationed in northern Slovakia.
Seeing that the defense line was full of holes and was shaking, the Allied Command never reactivated the German troops of more than 200 regiments in Poland, but they were unwilling to let these German soldiers return to the country. Therefore, there was usually only one order given to these troops: garrison on the spot and not retreat without authorization. As a result, millions of German defense officers and soldiers watched the fire across the back of the defense line, and watched millions of officers and soldiers from the Eastern and Western camps fight fiercely for the sake of national interests. As late May approached, the Allied Forces, which were both inferior in the troops and momentum, finally fell into a defeat. No one had gathered troops on the Polish plains and organized the defense line. Under the powerless control of the Allied Command,
The troops rushed to the Oder River Basin in panic. After crossing the river, they were the eastern German defense line built at the same time as the Polish Great Deep Defense Line. However, the retreat from the eastern Polish Eastern Front was only more than 100 kilometers, and the retreat from the Great Deep Defense Line to the Oder River Basin was 300 miles away. Trains full of wounded and American and British officers and soldiers were running on the railway line to Germany. Most French and Polish troops could only move slowly on the crowded roads. The strength of the country determines the status. The difference between high and low is always in the league team. If it is safe, everyone will be at peace. Once a disaster strikes, this different treatment will be highlighted without any concealment!
Four million alliance teams fled in front, six million Soviet troops were chasing behind, and tens of millions of troops marched on the land of Poland. Even if the planes flew to critical heights, it was difficult for people to see the full picture of the incident. In an era where satellite shooting technology was still decades away, people could only use their imagination to figure out what a spectacular scene it was. Among the tens of millions of people chasing each other, a hundred of them were organized into 243 infantry regiments, 181 engineering battalions and 46 artillery units.
Wande Army seemed very alternative. They watched the teams that were still colleagues of the Allied forces with extremely complex moods retreated through railways and highways. Hundreds of Allied fighters and bombers were still trying their best to stop the Seven Stars of the Soviet aviation and ground forces. But gradually, the number of these Allied fighters was getting smaller and smaller, and the traces of Soviet reconnaissance aircraft and fighters could be found in the sky. The order to garrison at the site was not cancelled or changed, and the German team naturally became a rear guard.
Although they dug up temporary positions and were ready for combat, the generals of the various departments quickly reached a private agreement. They ordered the laying of eye-catching German flags in their defense areas and planted warning flags in the minefield in front of the positions. As long as the Soviet army did not forcefully break into their defense areas, the officers and soldiers would only hold on in the trenches. When the situation was unclear, a tacit understanding was quickly reached between the attacking Soviet army and the helpless German team. Soviet fighters threw flyers in the German defense areas instead of bombing them.
The Soviet troops bypassed the German defense zone and continued to move forward. Only when the bridges and roads of the German defense zone must be used, the two sides will send liaison officers to negotiate in person. Then the German team will "lose" part of the defense zone and let the powerful Soviet torrent roll past them, "encircling" them in the defense zone. Of course, this is very different from the normal surround. There is no artillery attack, no siege, or even cut off or destroy the water source, but it is just a dull waiting.
Although there is no clear evidence that most of the German defense forces on the front line chose to surrender to the Soviet Union or were already negotiating the surrender, Mike, the new commander of the Allies' European Command.
Mr. Arthur and his allies made a difficult and important decision: declare a state of emergency in Germany on the grounds of collective rebellion by the German defense forces. All Germans who remained in the country must wait for the next order in the military camp, and Germany's military defense will be fully taken over by the Allies!
As the Allies arrived in Germany continuously through railway lines, the Allies at least did not have to worry about not having enough troops to occupy and control Germany.
Without the ability to resist, German President Hoff Helsten and senior generals of the Defense Forces wisely had serious consequences but chose to compromise. They announced in the name of the government and the army that Germany had entered a special period. The army and the people must put national interests first and unconditionally accept and cooperate with the control of the Allied Team. The universal suffrage and the formation of the Congressional Cabinet could only be postponed. Given that the Allied forces were preparing to use the German eastern defense line to resist the Soviet attack, after obtaining the consent of the Allied Command, Holsten issued another evacuation order, evacuating the residents of eastern Germany to the central and western regions. Since the allied countries did not agree that Germany used the army to assist the people in evacuation, the German leaders had to hand over the task of organizing the evacuation to the local government agencies that were still operating and the domestic party that was willing and capable of assisting from the side, the German Baath Party, was unstoppable!
To treat the symptoms, we must treat the root cause, and fight the snake and beat seven inches. If the allies continue to attack Northern Europe despite the decline of the continental war, the Soviet Union will lose the checks and balances of the nuclear weapons of both sides. However, the top leaders of the allies obviously did not grasp the real inside story, and did not distinguish which is more important, the Northern Scandinavian Free Empire or the Soviet Union. As the situation in Poland deteriorated, the allies suspended their military offensive in Northern Europe and gradually withdrew their naval fleets and marine forces from the Norwegian front to strengthen the Allies' strength and tactics.
Chapter completed!