Zhukov organized three armored assault forces at the same time and once again used onion-peeling tactics against the Germans at night. As a result, the three armored assault forces were successful and eliminated tens of thousands of German troops. This also greatly increased Zhukov's confidence and determined to continue
Use the onion-peeling tactic to weaken the effective strength of the German army.
At the same time, due to the Soviet army's continuous use of onion-peeling tactics, the German army suffered great losses, and the German army's current armor strength was greatly weakened and unable to compete tit-for-tat with the Soviet army. Therefore, Von Kruger believed that,
The current troops were unable to deal with the Soviet armored assault troops, so von Kluge decided to deploy Paulus's 6th Army, the most powerful force in the German army, to the German front line in Moscow.
Paulus, whose full name is Frederic Wilhelm Paulus, served successively as Chief of Staff of the German 10th Army, Deputy Chief of Staff of the German Army and Commander of the 6th Army.
Paulus was born in Breitenau, Hesse, Germany. His father was an ordinary bookkeeper. After graduating from high school, Paulus applied for the Naval Academy, but was not admitted because he did not have aristocratic blood.
So he joined the 3rd Baden Infantry Regiment as a private, but because of his outstanding ability, he was promoted to a second lieutenant in the second year.
Since then, Paulus has been continuously promoted, and now he has become a general of the German armored forces and commander of the 6th Army.
Paulus had an excellent strategy, but he was only an excellent staff officer, and a good staff officer may not be a good army commander. Paulus was only a battalion commander among the front-line troops, and he was too rigid in details.
, lacks decisiveness and determination? Most importantly, he is still a sycophant, insisting that Hitler is an unparalleled military genius?
At this time, the 6th Army was incorporated into Army Group South. Paulus was very lucky. After serving as the commander of the 6th Army, he actually achieved a great victory and wiped out tens of thousands of Soviet troops, which also earned him the knighthood.
Cross of Medal.
Due to the unfavorable outcome of Army Group Center, Paulus's 6th Army was recently ordered to be transported to the Moscow front. After several days of trekking, the main force of Paulus's 6th Army finally arrived at the Moscow front to strengthen
Defense of Moscow.
The 6th Army has a large organization, directly under the jurisdiction of the 168th Infantry Division and the 213th Guard Division. The 17th Army has the 50th, 62nd, and 298th Infantry Divisions; the 29th Army has the 44th and 289th Infantry Divisions;
The 44th Army is composed of the 9th, 57th, 262nd, and 297th Infantry Divisions; the 55th Army is composed of the 75th and 111th Infantry Divisions. There are a total of 13 infantry divisions with approximately more than 200,000 people.
Although they are all infantry divisions, the 6th Army has extremely powerful combat effectiveness and is the most elite force in Germany. It has a tenacious fighting will and advanced weapons. Therefore, the 6th Army has become the trump card in the hands of the German head of state.
This time Army Group Center mobilized the 6th Army, which was the result of von Kluge's continuous requests to the German head of state. With the arrival of the 6th Army, the situation on the Moscow front changed again.
In von Kluge's headquarters, Paulus, dressed in military uniform, came to von Kluge. Paulus was now a general, and von Kluge had just been promoted to general, so Paulus asked Fon Kluge.
Kruger saluted and said: "Paulus, come and report!"
Von Kruger smiled slightly, shook Paulus's hand vigorously, and said: "Paulus, we parted ways in Berlin, but after a few months, we met again."
"Yes, great changes have taken place in the past few months. I never expected that we would meet in Moscow," Paulus said.
Paulus continued: "Under the wise leadership of the Führer, we will definitely defeat the Soviet Union and achieve the final victory in this war."
Von Kruger knew that Paulus was a fanatical admirer of the Führer. Because of this, he won the Führer's trust and became the commander of the most elite 6th Army. So he followed Paulus and said: "Yes, Germany
Man will definitely win the final victory of the war."
"Paulus, the Soviets used onion-peeling tactics before, which caused a lot of damage to our army. That's why I transferred your troops to Moscow in order to crush the Soviets' onion-peeling tactics."
"Oh? Peeling the onion tactic? Interesting." Paulus narrowed his eyes.
"No matter what tactics the opponent uses in the 6th Army, we always have only one tactic," Paulus said.
Von Kruger asked: "What tactics do you use?"
Paulus said: "No matter what the opponent's tactics are, the 6th Army will crush them with thunderous momentum, continue to attack, and attack again. If I have to give it a name, then I would like to call it thunderous tactics."
Under the crushing force of powerful combat power, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, it will be meaningless." Paulus said confidently.
"When are you going to take action?" Seeing that Paulus was so confident, von Kruger was very happy. Von Kruger knew the combat effectiveness of the 6th Army. He knew that although Paulus was very proud, he was still very proud.
He does have pride. The combat effectiveness of the 6th Army is indeed the most powerful among the German army. They are a group of truly proud soldiers.
"The 6th Army can be dispatched at any time!" Paulus said.
"Well, the Soviet armored assault troops will be dispatched every night. You should also take action tonight. Let's see who is better with their onion-peeling tactics or your thunder tactics!"
"Yes! Please wait for my good news." Paulus saluted von Kruger and strode away from von Kruger's headquarters...
Major General Anatoly is the commander of the 3rd Armored Assault Force, responsible for attacking the German 3rd Armored Group on the Western Front.
Since the German 3rd Armored Army actually does not have an armored division, Major General Anatoly's task is relatively easy. In Anatoly's view, his armored assault troops have powerful assault capabilities and can deal with
Some infantrymen are simply killing chickens with a knife.
Under the leadership of Anatoly, the Soviet 3rd Armored Assault Force took advantage of the darkness to attack the German forward positions.
However, as soon as they arrived at the forward position, the German army was not defeated as quickly as before. On the contrary, the German army actually launched a countercharge against the 3rd Armored Assault Force.
Groups of German troops were not afraid of death. They kept throwing bundles of grenades under the tanks and detonating the tanks. At the same time, many anti-tank guns were discovered in the German forward positions. These anti-tank guns continued to attack the tanks.
Carry out bombardment.
In the night, under the attack of the German army, the Soviet tanks were blown up one after another, causing heavy losses.
Anatoly couldn't help but be shocked. In the past half hour, forty of his one hundred and twenty tanks had been killed, and a full third of them were lost in battle. His opponent was just Germany.
A group of infantry, but these infantry are somewhat different from the original German army. They have higher tactical literacy, more skilled technical movements, and are more fearless of death.
The combat effectiveness displayed by these German troops was shocking. The Soviet army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Anatoly immediately led his troops to retreat, but the German army refused to let go. These German soldiers howled and rushed towards the Soviet army one by one, like crazy.
Under the German attack, seeing Soviet tanks and cars being destroyed continuously, Anatoly's armored assault troops hurriedly fled back to the starting position. However, the German army still persisted and actually broke into the Soviet army.
In the formation, after several bloody battles, they broke through the Soviet army's forward position and attacked the Soviet army in depth.
In the end, it was Kuznetsov on the Western Front who used the reserves to drive the Germans out. However, after this battle, the Soviet army also suffered heavy losses, losing many defense areas and suffering tens of thousands of casualties.
As for the 3rd Armored Assault Force, after an inventory, it was found that two-thirds of it had been lost in battle, leaving only more than 40 tanks and more than 80 vehicles.
The Soviet army on the Western Front was attacked by the Germans. Serov on the Southern Front also launched an attack with the 2nd Assault Force. Similar to what Anatoly encountered, Serov's troops also suffered a sudden attack by the Germans. This time
, the German army prepared a lot of artillery in the rear, and the artillery completely blocked the Soviet army's path forward. Then, the German infantry actually launched a countercharge towards the Soviet tanks.
Under the overwhelming German offensive, Serov's troops were beaten back steadily and suffered heavy losses. When Serov's troops returned to their starting point, only half of the tanks were left.
The Soviet troops attacking on the western and southern fronts suffered heavy losses, and Xu Rui on the northern front also faced a huge test.
Just as he was about to enter the front line of the German army, Xu Rui immediately smelled an unusual smell, which was the smell of conspiracy.
In the past, there were some heavy equipment and solid fortifications at the front of the German army's positions, but this time, Xu Rui found that the German army's front lines were extremely quiet. On the surface, although there were not many German troops, these few German troops were not.
Don't panic, be orderly, as if you are confident.
Xu Rui has rarely seen the German army like this. This German army is different from the German army he has seen before. From what he sees now, it can be seen that they have extremely strong battlefield discipline. In other words, their
The combat effectiveness is also much higher than that of other German troops.
"Stop!" Xu Rui shouted through the car radio.
"Comrade Xu Rui, what's wrong?" Zyuganov asked.
Xu Rui said: "Comrade Zyuganov, don't you think the Germans are too calm? The Germans must have a conspiracy. All troops should withdraw immediately."
"Retracement? Then today's action..."
"Cancel." Xu Rui said decisively.
The 1st Armored Assault Unit led by Xu Rui fled slowly. On the German position, a German officer was so angry that he punched the sandbags on the fortifications with his fist.
The German officers didn't understand what went wrong and why the Soviets went back again. Could it be that they saw some flaw...
