The Japanese's worship of the strong has reached a twisted level, especially in countries that have beaten Japan with their own hands. The harder they beat Japan, the more obedient the Japanese will be.
When treating the weak, the Japanese do not pity and help, but bully. As the saying goes, they bully the weak and fear the strong.
There is a custom in Japan that old people over 70 years old will be sent to the mountains to fend for themselves. Those who are unwilling to go up the mountain will be thrown off the mountain. The Japanese have found an excuse for this behavior that makes them feel at ease. It is called
Worship the mountain god.
This can explain that Takeuchiji never complained about southern Africa and Australia, but resolutely found the reasons within himself.
Takeuchiji is not even trying to compromise. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Instead, he really thinks so. Even if the guards of the prisoner of war camp pull Takeuchiji out and shoot him, Takeuchiji will not resist. Instead, he will blame himself.
The work was not done well and caused trouble for the guards.
In medical terms, this is classic Stockholm syndrome.
There were many people like Takeuchiji in the prisoner-of-war camp, and the list White provided to Angel included more than 400 people.
In White's words, pick any one of them, give them a gun, and let them attack Tokyo. They will work harder than the Australian Expeditionary Force.
An Qi believed White's words were true, but more than 400 people were too many. Ang Qi cut and deleted, leaving only 20 people for White, and the rest were still subject to public trial.
"It is simply impossible to manage 300,000 prisoners of war with 20 people," White complained.
"Believe me, it's enough." An Qi was not worried.
After the public trial, all potential dangers will be executed, and those who remain will cooperate honestly with the reform. If these prisoners of war can change their minds and work for the Allies for ten or twenty years, An Qi would not mind letting them go home.
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Just when the East Asian Allied Forces decided to hold public trials of prisoners of war, the Battle of Berlin had reached its most critical stage.
In order to occupy Berlin before the Allied forces on the Western Front, Russia mobilized 270 divisions and cavalry divisions from three fronts including the 1st and 2nd Belarusian Fronts and the 1st Ukrainian Front, 20 tank corps and mechanized corps, and 14 air force armies.
A total of 2.5 million troops, 6,250 tanks and assault guns, 42,000 artillery pieces, and 7,500 aircraft.
The Berlin garrison consists of 48 infantry divisions, 9 motorized divisions, and 6 armored divisions affiliated with Army Group Vistula and Army Group Center, with a total strength of 800,000, 10,400 artillery and mortars, and 1,500 tanks.
and assault artillery, and 3,300 combat aircraft.
Preparations for the battle had begun as early as mid-February, before the Vienna Offensive had even begun.
Mustache knew that the hatred between Germany and Russia could no longer be resolved, so he began to frequently contact the Allies on the Western Front since the end of last year, hoping to negotiate with the Allies and end the world war in a peaceful way.
The Allied forces on the Western Front abided by the spirit of the Casablanca Conference, refused to negotiate with Germany, and demanded Germany's unconditional surrender.
This request was also rejected by Mustache, who then concentrated his main forces in the direction of Russia, hoping to fight a city assault similar to the Battle of Volgograd in Berlin.
The Battle of Volgograd was the turning point of the entire World War II. Since then, the German army has lost the ability to actively attack and can only passively defend and exhaust itself, and finally the front line shrank to Berlin.
When Russia fought the Battle of Volgograd, Zhukov had almost unlimited reinforcements and a large amount of support from southern Africa and the United States, so Russia could persist until the end and turn defeat into victory.
Now that Germany is at the end of its rope, Gotthard Heinrich, who succeeded Himmler as the commander of the Vistula Army Group, is short of troops. Not only is there a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, but also food and medicine. He and the German Army Chief of Staff Klei
Boss thought that negotiations should be held with the Allies, but Mustache still did not give up.
Mustache is a politician, a speaker, he can even be a painter, the only military strategist who is not qualified.
The German army was unstoppable in the early stage not because of Mustache's commanding ability, but because the appeasement policies of Britain and France and Mustache's adventurous spirit played a huge role.
The victory in the early stages of the war made Mustache forget himself. He actually had many opportunities to completely change the war, but he always made wrong judgments at the most critical moments.
After the annexation of the Sudetenland, if Mustache could stop in time, he would have the chance to become the greatest German in history.
After the annexation of Poland, although Britain and France declared war on Germany, they did not take any action and fought a strange sit-down war. At this time, if Mustache gave up expansion, peace would still be possible.
Even after defeating France, if Little Beard does not take the initiative to tear up the "Russian-German Non-Aggression Pact", he will still have a chance to join forces with Big Beard to rule Europe.
Now Mustache still does not think that he has no chance to make a comeback. He gave an order to General Waller, the commander of the German Army Group South who was holding on to Vienna, and ordered General Waller to lead his two combined armies to join Berlin and bypass the Russian army.
, dealt a fatal blow to Russia.
This order completely failed to take into account that General Waller was facing a frenzied attack by two Russian front armies. The entire Vienna had been surrounded. General Waller did not even have the ability to break out of the encirclement, let alone return to Berlin, and his death was imminent in the blink of an eye.
Mustache also gave an order to German Navy Marshal Dönitz, ordering Dönitz to command the navy to land in St. Petersburg, conduct a sneak attack on Russia's empty rear, and force the Russian army to return to the country to support the country.
Dönitz was also unable to execute this order. Dönitz's navy was busy evacuating the Germans from the encirclement of the Russian army. Even if Dönitz brought back all the German warships, Heinrich would not be able to mobilize even one.
People went to attack St. Petersburg.
800,000 German troops faced 2.5 million Russian troops, not including the Allied forces on the Western Front who were also advancing crazily.
If the Allied forces on the Western Front are included, the total Allied forces that have entered Germany's domestic operations exceed 4.5 million, while Germany's total remaining forces at this time are only 1.6 million.
Heinrich knew very clearly which one, Russia or the Allied forces on the Western Front, posed the greater threat to Berlin.
Therefore, there were as many as 1,500 German tanks participating in the defense of Berlin, while the German troops fighting the Allied forces on the Western Front only had about 200 tanks.
Heinrich deployed three defensive belts along the Oder and Ness rivers, with a depth of 20 to 40 kilometers. The Battle of Berlin was officially launched on March 20.
Adhering to Russian tradition, before the Battle of Berlin began, the Russian army carried out a week-long artillery bombardment of German positions as usual.
Since the Battle of Volgograd, artillery bombardment of this scale and intensity has not occurred for a long time.
Compared with the period of the Battle of Volgograd, Russia's industrial capabilities have been greatly restored.
Compared with the Battle of Volgograd, the tank repair factory was located on the battlefield. After repairing here, it would go to the battlefield there. The tank crew did not even need to carry too many shells, because the tank would be destroyed in a short time.
During the bombardment of the Battle of Berlin, Zhukov concentrated 6,000 artillery pieces, most of which were large-caliber heavy artillery and rocket launchers.
As for the small-caliber artillery at the battalion and company level, it is not included in this statistical range at all. In Russia, it is not even qualified to enter the heavy weapons list.
A week-long bombardment by 6,000 artillery pieces was also a huge test for the logistics supply capabilities.
We must also thank the Germans for the high-standard roads and railways they built in Russia in order to facilitate the transportation of troops and supplies. With convenient transportation, the Russian logistics and transportation department was able to continuously transport artillery shells produced by rear factories to the front line.
The Germans' counterattack capabilities are actually not weak either.
In the core area of the German position, an average of one division was deployed every three kilometers on the front, 600 artillery pieces, and 170 tanks were deployed every kilometer.
Although the number of artillery and tanks was large, due to increasingly difficult logistics, the German counterattack was not strong. Even the Luftwaffe was unable to exert its full strength due to lack of fuel.
Nominally, Heinrich had 3,300 aircraft that could participate in the war.
Half of these 3,300 aircraft are still parked in factory buildings due to lack of key parts and are not even deployed in the military.
Of the remaining half, half were unable to take off for combat due to various faults that could not be repaired in time.
Of the half, nearly 60% were also unable to take off due to lack of fuel and pilots.
This calculation shows that there are less than 300 German fighter planes that can take off for combat.
At the same time, Russia has 7,500 combat aircraft. These aircraft can all take off for combat, and they are either aided by allies in recent years, or they are the latest models produced by Russia itself, and their performance is quite advanced.
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While the ground bombardment was going on, the Russian Air Force also frequently dispatched to carry out carpet bombing of German positions and urban Berlin.
That's right, during the attack on Berlin, Big Beard and Zhukov didn't even care whether civilians were harmed.
Other allies have no say on this issue. The Russians just respond tooth for tooth, eye for eye.
"To achieve the best effect, carpet bombing is best carried out at an altitude of 1,500 meters." Military advisor Coker from the East Asian Allied Forces did his duty. This is the final conclusion reached by the East Asian Allied Forces after many actual battles.
Good height.
The Allied forces in East Asia had nothing to do all day long to study how to bomb more efficiently. As soon as new methods emerged, they were immediately applied to the battlefield.
The opportunity is rare. After the world war is over, there will be no such good opportunity again.
"Why?" Lieutenant Colonel Peter of the Russian Air Force asked without hesitation.
Although there is competition within the Allies, overall the cooperation between Russia and South America and Britain is very pleasant.
The Russians are also big-hearted. Although Britain and France diverted trouble to the north in the early days of the war, this had nothing to do with southern Africa and the United States.
On the contrary, most Russians are grateful for the selfless assistance provided to Russia by Southern Africa and the United States.
It is said that without assistance from southern Africa and the United States, Russia would probably not be able to survive the Battle of Volgograd.
Coker also has great respect for his Russian counterpart.
In any case, Russia's 10 million casualties are real.
This number was not announced by the Germans, but officially recognized by Russia. As for how much water was in it, Coker did not know.
Based on the information returned by military observers, the federal government of Southern Africa judged that the number of casualties in Russia so far should be around 30 million.
What's even more outrageous is that the United States combined German and Russian war reports and judged that Russia's casualties should be around 42 million.
Which number is true is a matter of opinion.
"If the altitude is too low, the threat from ground-based air defense weapons will increase sharply; if the altitude is too high, the efficiency cannot be guaranteed." Coker taught him everything. The cost of heavy bombers is very high, and efficiency comes first.
"It doesn't matter. If one bombing cannot achieve the purpose of destroying Berlin, then ten times, a hundred times!" Peter is not worried about efficiency. This is really not a problem in Russia.
The way of making tea in Russia is different from that in southern Africa and the United States.
When the Southern African Expeditionary Force and the U.S. Army need weapons and equipment, they must first submit an application, then submit it to Congress for approval, and finally make unified purchases to achieve the purpose of saving money.
Russia's military-industrial enterprises belong to the state, and there is no such thing as procurement within the planned supply system. The factory produces bombers, and all that is needed is the cost of maintaining the factory's operations. The purchase of raw materials and sales profits have nothing to do with the factory.
Therefore, the performance of Russian products may not be advanced enough, but the quality is absolutely guaranteed.
From an arsenal's perspective, I wish a bomber could last a hundred years.
In southern Africa and the United States, the warranty period is only one year, but not one more week.
If you use something for a hundred years, whose money will the company make?
Coker was also speechless. He noticed that Peter did not say "German positions", but "Berlin".
"Have you considered the cost of doing this?" Coker wanted to calculate an economic account with Peter.
"What is the cost?" Peter really wasn't pretending to be stupid. He could only throw bombs, but he couldn't make bombs.
It's not Peter's fault.
The Russo-German War broke out in 1941, and it is now 1945, enough time for an ignorant child to grow into a lively and active teenager.
Peter is only 21 years old this year. When the Russo-German War broke out, Peter was not even an adult yet.
Reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel at the age of 21 is not uncommon in Russia.
Cocker is now convinced that the Russians do not pursue efficiency and are not deliberately wasting assistance from southern Africa and the United States. Instead, they are deliberately torturing the Germans like the Allied forces in East Asia.
It's really intentional.
If Zhukov wanted to end the war as soon as possible, there would be no need for a week of artillery bombardment. Thousands of tanks would push through in a row. The Germans would not be able to withstand it. The Russians also have such capabilities.
After experiencing the baptism of the Russo-German War, Zhukov is also a famous general. His understanding of armored forces is no less than that of the three German heroes.
For such a famous general, it is said that thousands of tanks would not be pushed past in a row. After the Kursk Tank Battle, Zhukov would not make such a mistake when commanding tanks.
However, on the first day when the ground battle broke out, this scene actually happened.
