Imperial Overlord

"What? Broken?" Zhukov's eyes widened in shock when he heard that his defense line had only been held for a few hours before being penetrated by the German attack. . :.

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He originally wanted to entangle with the German army on the opposite side in Kursk for a while, and the German army also gave him time to arrange the entanglement - at least, when Vatutin left, Zhukov thought so.

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For about 10 days or so before, the German army did not launch a large-scale attack, but only used bombing and artillery shelling to interfere with Zhukov's construction of his fortifications.

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But suddenly, just a few hours ago, the German army launched a frontal attack, and Zhukov suddenly realized that the strength in his hand seemed to be unable to stop the German army from advancing.

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"Order! The 6th Guards Tank Division retreat immediately! Retreat in the direction of Kharkov!" Frowning, Zhukov had to give the order to retreat.

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It must be too late to move the 4th Guards Tank Division, and this unit Zhukov has been planning to go into battle next month.

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Now that he is forced to join the 4th Guards Tank Division, it means that he has used his own reserves in advance, and the battle is still unable to continue.

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The only thing that made Zhukov a little regretful was that, if it was not good, his infantry would be chased by the German armored troops, and the slaughtered armor would not be left.

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That's a force of more than 100,000 people, maybe more than 130,000 - these infantry can't be faster than Guderian's armored force, they can't go back to Kharkiv at all.

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"General... If you can't take these troops, then Kharkiv..." Looking at his distressed boss, the staff officer reminded.

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Zhukov knew that if he gave up the 100,000 infantry in front of him, even if his remnants retreated to Kharkov, they might not be able to stand there.

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As a qualified commander, he just thought about it and realized that only the 6th Guards Armored Division and the 4th Guards Armored Division could successfully retreat to Kharkov.

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In addition, there is also the 8th Guards Tank Division, which is holding its position in Higray, and this unit can also be safely withdrawn.

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After all, it seems that the armored troops in his hands are still alive, but the infantry troops are hard to say.

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"Of course I know what you're talking about! Of course I know!" Zhukov snorted bitterly, then walked to the map anxiously.

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The retreat that he and Vatukin discussed before was because he was afraid that such a situation would suddenly appear! As a result, before Vatukin could get far, his position was breached.

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The most terrible thing happened after all, which also put the Soviet army in the Kursk region into a situation of doom.

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"If it's according to my plan, we should retreat in a planned way! Now it's a rout! It's really unsatisfactory!" Zhukov complained while clenching his fists.

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'Draw' 30,000 people from the position to go first, at least 30,000 infantry can be taken away, and maybe they can cause some trouble for the German army in the Kharkov area.

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It's good now, I can't take a single infantryman with me, then Kharkov might have to give it away—if he gave it to Kharkov, how can we defend Ukraine?

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"Ukraine is estimated to be unable to hold back... At most, it can only cause some trouble for the Germans in Sevasto 'Pol'..." whispered in a low voice, Zhukov did not intend to 'waste' his own troops any more. .

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He weighed it, and the other side of the infantry divisions of the Guards who had suffered heavy losses was absolutely inescapable.

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He intends to stay with these routed soldiers and throw them to the German army as a stumbling block: "Let the three infantry divisions on the left flank hold the line of defense in place! Fight to the last soldier!"

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"Let the 16th Infantry Division of the Guards and the 14th Infantry Division of the Guards retreat as far back as possible... it's better... it's better not to let the Germans bite in the field!" Zhukov thought about his words, but he realized It's like saying nothing about this request.

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There is no Soviet army willing to be chased and killed by the German army in the field, which is of course something the commander tries to avoid.

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Zhukov's troops in Kursk are under the command. These Guards infantry divisions are relatively advanced, so they can be said to be relatively main troops.

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How much can be taken away depends entirely on the efficiency of the German army in pursuit and killing. Zhukov hoped that the 'bait' he dropped would allow the Germans to slow down their offensive.

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"Pack up! We can't wait to die in Kursk! Get the car ready! Let's go back to Kharkov!" Zhukov looked at his office, shook his head and said.

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This is the strongest building in the city, they used the first floor, the outside is full of sandbags, and the windows are only 'exposed' with a gap.

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It was a pity that a headquarters that was built with great difficulty had to be abandoned after a while.

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But no one wants to stay here, because staying here means being surrounded by the German army, being destroyed here after being attacked by artillery fire.

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Zhukov decided to run away. Unlike the marshals like Timoshenko who would rather die, he retreated with his main force without hesitation.

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It was still very embarrassing to walk, and even the commanders of many troops left their headquarters with people without notice.

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The 55th Infantry Division of the Soviet Guards, which was far away from Kursk City, did not have many troops left, and there was no order for them to retreat.

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Now, this division is still guarding his position and has no intention of leaving.

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And their next door, the 56th Guards Infantry Division of the Soviet Army, after hearing the news that the 6th Guards Tank Division on the flank had begun to retreat ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ began to retreat.

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Of course, they didn't have the movement speed of the 6th Guards Tank Division, so in this run, they ran out of the shape of a crescent scimitar.

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The 6th Guards Tank Division in the center and the 4th Guards Tank Division of the Reserve Guards moved the fastest and received orders the earliest, so they traveled the farthest.

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Next to them was the 8th Guards Tank Division near Higray at the farthest point, and they were also moving, only slightly slower.

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The left wing of the 4th Guards Tank Division... It was originally the right wing. When retreating, it became the left wing of the 16th Guards Infantry Division and the 14th Guards Infantry Division. There are more cars and many horses, so the movement speed Not too slow either.

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The unfortunate 56th Infantry Division of the Guards ran, but it was the slowest - but they were definitely not the most unlucky, the most unfortunate were some of the city defense units and the miscellaneous units, they and the remnants of the 55th Infantry Division of the Guards, They are all people who have been completely abandoned.

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A 'chaotic' and 'chaotic' retreat began like this, only because the frontal defensive position was easily broken through by the Germans.

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