Continuing to hold down the few Guards troops in their hands is definitely not what these Ukrainian generals want to see. They fight with them not to die in vain. But if they comply with the unanimous request of the frontline officers and approve the retreat
, not only failed to explain to Stalin, it was a shameful failure for the entire "Thunderstorm" plan, and he himself could not accept it.
Now, including the Southern Front fighting side by side with the Southwest Front, the strength of the enemy and ours is roughly one to one. The German army does not have an advantage in strength just because it has a Romanian ally.
This kind of force ratio is enough to ensure that the Ukrainian troops can use oppressive tactics to at least eliminate the Romanian army!
Despite this, Kilponos still suppressed this tactic in his heart and did not immediately order an attack. It was not until he obtained the northern front that the German army and the Finnish army joined forces and completely recovered the three Baltic countries, and then the focus shifted
It wasn't until he fully marched into the hinterland of the Soviet Union that he made the decision to fight on the southern front!
The attack arrow composed of Ukrainian troops has been urged to rush towards the Romanian army's attack position in a step-by-step manner, and has been engaged in a war of attrition with attack against attack.
This time, when news of the appearance of German troops finally came back from the front line, Kilponos grabbed the phone.
"Order all Guards troops! Advance!"
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"Ula!"
The Ukrainian troops of the Southwest Front achieved a record that they were very proud of. Despite being short of ammunition and extremely short of supplies, they actually fought vigorously against three Romanian armies commanded by the Romanian leader Antonescu.
A very interesting phenomenon is that both sides obviously know that defense will be much easier, and they both know that the other side will definitely launch an attack.
However, neither side chose to defend, and both chose to be a struggling attacker.
On the Allied side, Romania borne the expenses and losses.
As for the Soviet Union, this is Ukraine making sacrifices for the sake of the overall situation.
However, after the Ukrainian troops fired a few shots and rushed out of the attack position, they quickly looked for bunkers nearby and formed a confrontation with the Romanian troops.
"Ivan! Damn it, what are you doing, rushing so far forward to seek death?!"
"What, the political commissar is supervising the battle from behind? Why didn't he come up himself? He listened to me and just retreated with everyone else. He was too far forward."
"Those parasites robbed us of our food and left us in Ukraine to starve and fight for them. In the end, they did not replenish our weapons and left us to die with our bare hands!"
“…..”
These Ukrainian troops who stopped were not discussing any offensive tactics. They were just moving to another place to curse the senior commanders in the rear after being driven away from the attack position by the political commissar.
"Hey, if it weren't for these bastards from the rear threatening us with our families, who wouldn't have been willing to rebel long ago? Now I heard that Zhukov and Pavlov were having a conflict, but they didn't send us the logistics supplies. Let us
Caught in the middle." A lieutenant colonel sighed as he leaned behind a small house that had been abandoned for a while.
Now a Ukrainian army here is reluctantly stationed in an uninhabited town that was abandoned due to the war.
Behind them are the political commissars supervising the battle, and in front of the town are Romanian enemy troops.
So, they simply stationed themselves in this uninhabited town, waited for a while, and then withdrew to their attack position after adding more equipment and engaging in battle.
"Hmph! They cheated us when delivering supplies, but when the war mission came, they never forgot about us." The Ukrainian division commander who took the lead also cursed along with his subordinate officers at this time.
Because he is Ukrainian, even as a division commander, he cannot escape the fate of cannon fodder and is rushed to the front line.
"General, this is not an option!" The lieutenant colonel who had sighed before saw the division commander speaking and quickly answered.
"Yes, if this continues, we will have to be forced to die on the front line. Once we are all dead, those bastards in the rear will be able to occupy our homes and enslave our families more unscrupulously." Another lieutenant colonel officer also joined in.
This high-level meeting.
"It's just that we have nothing to do." Seeing that everyone was talking about this matter without hesitation, a colonel who had been complaining for a long time actually joined in the chat: "Even if we surrender to the other side, those bastards can still do anything to us.
The family took action. In this way, our lives were saved, but the lives of the family members were not."
Over the years, Ukrainians have been persecuted a lot. The Soviet Union will use various methods to suppress Ukrainians in the future. Those who capture strong men and drive them into the army to serve as cannon fodder are relatively good. At least they have enough to eat. But their
My compatriots, there are not a few people who have been sent to concentration camps or sent to Siberia. Countless people have died of starvation and exhaustion!
If Germany had not set up a federation and recruited a large number of Ukrainian workers to build railway and road networks under the supervision of the Soviet government, and then the Germans would provide food to these Ukrainians. If this were not the case, the Ukrainian ghosts who starved to death would still be there.
Hundreds of thousands more!
"Teacher, what can you do? As long as you speak, we will listen to you!"
Several Soviet officers, at this time, regarded their Ukrainian division commander as a life-saving straw, hoping for a direction.
"What can I do?" The teacher who was expected by everyone just smiled bitterly, covered his forehead and said in a deep voice: "There is no bright way out, but I heard that it seems that
Many people in the domestic railway and highway departments have been accepting bribes from the Germans, and they have also protected many Ukrainian workers."
Having said this, the division commander raised his head and continued with gloomy eyes: "I heard from a friend that Germany sent a businessman named Schindler to recruit Ukrainians to work as workers in the United Railway Co., Ltd. Although now we and Germany
During the war, these German businessmen and technicians were retained as long as they declared their willingness to continue building roads for the Soviet Union."
Finally, the division commander slowly came to the point: "I think maybe we can surrender to Germany on the condition of asking Germany to contact the businessmen who stayed in the Soviet Union and the officials they bribed to protect our families...
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"General Paulus."
Through the established telephone line, Model, who commanded the SS, was having direct communication with Paulus about the war situation.
"You can change direction and attack further north." Model's tone on the phone was still calm and calm, and there was no trace of anxiety.
He put his left hand behind his back and held the microphone in his right hand and said to Paulus: "I appreciate your kindness, but I hope that all the battles in the southern provinces will be carried out by the SS themselves."
"Kilponos finally chose to mobilize the main force to deal with General Manstein." A Del said in a calm tone, as if he was talking about an unimportant matter, "Locally, your Sixth Army and Manstein
General Stein's 11th Army has the advantage in strength."
"But if we don't divide our troops, the pressure from you will be..." Paulus maintained his usual respectful attitude: "I don't mean anything else. It's just that according to the plan you proposed, the SS
We will face Soviet troops that are nearly twice our own."
Originally, on the southern front, the strength ratio between the two sides was close to one to one. But if Paulus and Manstein were to have to bear fewer Soviet troops, the number of enemies left for Model to deal with would naturally be greater.
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"Execute it," Model paused, and his tone gradually became as sharp as a sharp blade: "Although the SS troops are smaller in this battle, the border of the southern province was lost from our hands before!"