June 13, Kharkiv, Army Group South Headquarters.

"Führer, the failure of the Battle of Grozny cannot be entirely blamed on the 17th Army and General Morrison!"

Marshal Rundstedt, commander of Army Group South, said to Mustache:

"The biggest reason for the failure of the Grozny campaign was our underestimation of the enemy's aerial bombardment!"

The impact of Grozny's defeat was huge. It would most directly force the troops of the Third Reich to withdraw from the North Caucasus and return the newly acquired oil fields and raw material production areas to the Soviets.

Mustache secretly came to the headquarters of Army Group South. His main purpose was to discuss with the generals of Army Group how to reverse the decline of the South.

The moment Lundstedt opened his mouth, Mustache was dissatisfied. His brows were deeply furrowed and he was not angry for the time being.

Seeing that Mustache did not speak, Rundstedt looked at Lieutenant Colonel Winter, the director of the Reconnaissance and Intelligence Department, and motioned for the latter to report.

Winter was very nervous when the head of state was in front of him. He spoke unconfidently:

"Head of State, the Intelligence Department has found out that there are 100 enemy aircraft participating in the air attack on Grozny, all of which are bombing 6A for the Chinese Super Sky Fortress!"

Mustache glanced at Winter, who shivered and continued subconsciously:

"Judging from the intelligence we have, the Super Sky Fortress can carry up to 9 tons of ammunition."

"In this bombing, each Super Flying Fortress carried at least 7 tons of napalm bombs, totaling 700 tons."

"700 tons of napalm bombed a small city and almost wiped Grozny off the face of the earth!"

People like Mustache and Lundstedt knew what napalm was.

In fact, the armies of the Third Reich, Little Japan, and the United States all used napalm on the battlefield.

The reason why napalm is not used on such a large scale as China is because the military considers that the cost of napalm is too high and is not proportional to its performance on the battlefield.

Generally only used on fire-breathing tanks.

Never imagined the effect of throwing hundreds of tons of solid ball bombs into a single battlefield?

The Chinese Air Force tells Mustache with practical actions:

The large-scale use of napalm on the battlefield can work wonders.

If it doesn't work, then the scale isn't big enough.

"Seven hundred tons of napalm bombs were thrown into the battle of Grozny at once, which shows that China has been planning for this for a long time!" Lundstedt said.

The mustache unexpectedly nodded, agreeing with Rundstedt's words.

The Bolsheviks could not even produce all the artillery shells needed by their own troops. They had no technology and no ability to produce napalm.

All artillery shells used on the battlefield were transported from China across thousands of miles.

700 tons of ammunition is not a small amount, and the Chinese are actually willing to put it into a battle in one direction.

It shows that the Chinese people have already planned this.

And a little mustache to be sure:

The Chinese Air Force will have no napalm available in a short period of time.

Even if China's domestic productivity can keep up, it will still take time to transport it to battlefields thousands of miles away.

Mustache suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Lundstedt:

"Does the military have any other options besides abandoning the North Caucasus?"

The Führer's tone was very unkind, and Lundstedt replied carefully:

"Führer, the entire Eastern Front is in a war, and no troops from all directions can be sent to support each other."

"The enemy has control of the air, and our logistics supplies are being bombed every day. They are in danger."

"Although the longer the war lasts, the more likely it is that the Bolsheviks will collapse. But we must clearly know that the Bolsheviks have the support of China and the United States, and it may take a long time for them to collapse!"

"And our army simply can't last until that time!"

"The 17th Army in the North Caucasus here is defending the Don River with Manstein's 11th Army, and supporting the 6th Army in the Stalingrad area!"

"In this way, we have enough troops and we will definitely be able to continue to hold on to the Don River. As long as the Stalingrad area is not lost, we will have the opportunity to retake the North Caucasus at any time!"

"If the North Caucasus is not abandoned, the enemy is likely to break through from three directions: the North Caucasus, Stalingrad and the Don River!"

Mustache looked at the map of Rundstedt, his stubborn eyes gradually dimming.

The surrender of two infantry divisions and one mountain division to the enemy only affected his mood, but the loss of the oil fields in the North Caucasus was difficult for Mustache to accept.

He always believed that the generals of the Third Reich only knew how to fight and did not understand economics.

He has been trying to change this situation in the army, but it seems to be failing today.

After sighing several times in his heart, he said with a slightly gloomy mood:

"Okay, order the 17th Army to evacuate the North Caucasus and rebuild defenses near Rostov!"

Rundstedt was overjoyed and praised the leader in his heart.

..

Mustache's guess was correct. All the napalm bombs in Jiang Dong's hands had been consumed.

The total number of incendiary bombs is only about 800 tons, and now it has completely bottomed out.

Jiang Dong felt a pain in his heart.

But Little Beard didn't know that in addition to incendiary bombs, Jiangdong also had other more terrifying and desperate ammunition.

Stalingrad's Paulus escaped the disaster of napalm bombs, but he will face more shocking and terrifying white phosphorus bombs and cloud bombs.

"The Southern Front reported that the 17th Army seems to have plans to evacuate the North Caucasus." Wu Zhan said to Jiang Dong:

"The joint command hopes that we can come up with a combat plan for the next phase. The overall goal remains unchanged and seeks to annihilate the Third Reich's Army Group South."

Jiangdong slid his finger from the North Caucasus on the map to the Azov Sea and said:

"The road from the North Caucasus to Rostov is not easy. Under our air strikes, the enemy's retreat will take at least half a month to complete."

"If we can get Paulus to surrender before the 17th Army reaches Rostov, then we can be free to use the Armored Group Army as the core and cooperate with the Mao Xiong Southern Front in the east to annihilate the retreating 17th Army!"

Jiang Dong narrowed his eyes slightly, dropped his pencil and said:

"Just formulate a combat plan based on this idea and seize the time!"
Chapter completed!