Imperial Overlord

Dnipropetrovsk did not live up to Stalin's expectations, and they used their actual actions to prove their loyalty. The Soviet army did not surrender or retreat, but remained on the ground for three days without retreating.

For three days, except for some peripheral defensive positions, the German army made no progress and the city was still under the control of the Soviet army!

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that the Germans did not attack with all their strength. But no matter what, they have completed one-third of their "victory results".

According to Stalin's instructions, as long as the Soviet army stayed in Dnipropetrovsk for 10 days, the mission was completed.

Therefore, as long as they stick to it for another 7 days, they have completed their responsibilities and made their own contributions to the continuation of the motherland.

Crowded in not-so-solid trenches, the Soviet soldiers faced intense German artillery fire and terrifying suppression.

"Marshal Bock! Are we really in no hurry to attack Dnipropetrovsk?" The two division commanders asked softly, standing behind the commander-in-chief of Army Group d.

Marshal Bock, who put his eyes on the goggles of the artillery team, averted his eyes, opened his mouth and waved his hand and said: "The battle order issued by Yuan, before winter comes, we only need to take Dnipropetrovsk and Hal. Kov and Donetsk will do."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the two subordinates who didn't know what to say, and said comfortably, "Yuan doesn't want the troops to spend the winter in the field, so he plans to have most of the troops rely on the city, and wait. Winter is coming."

"The combat mission of our army group is to capture Kharkov and Donetsk in the last two months." Bock said as he walked to the door of the observation post, smiled and said softly: "So, Don't be in such a hurry to attack Dnipropetrovsk, just another ten days!"

Army Group d, commanded by Bock, now has two main directions of attack, one is to attack Dnipropetrovsk and the other is to attack the Crimean Peninsula.

In order to ensure the safety of the Black Sea route as soon as possible and make his transport route operate at full power as soon as possible, Bock focused his attack on the Crimea Peninsula.

He wants to concentrate his superior forces and first kill the Soviet troops guarding the peninsula, so that his rear has no worries.

In this way, he consciously slowed down his attack on Dnipropetrovsk, and even meant "to appease the rape".

"With Dnipropetrovsk, the Soviet army can only add more manpower to this pocket...Isn't the purpose of gathering so many artillerymen to make this place a ruin?" Bock walked out with his hands behind his back. Observation post, while muttering softly.

What Army Group d had been waiting for was for the Soviets to reinforce the defenses near Dnipropetrovsk and fill in more troops.

As the final battle before winter came, Bock wanted to use Dnipropetrovsk to contain a large number of Soviet troops, and then surrounded and wiped out these Soviet troops, and then took Donetsk in one go.

"Boom!" A large-caliber artillery shell exploded from the Soviet army's position in the distance, setting off a larger black smoke that shot straight into the sky.

As the only city that the Soviets held on to the Dnieper River, Dnipropetrovsk has now been bombarded into half ruins by the Germans.

bsp; Many of the buildings here have collapsed and the bridges have collapsed - the Soviet army stands in the ruins, fighting with the German army for every line of defense with flesh and blood.

Anyway, the German army did not attack with all its strength, and the Soviet army was also happy to see it succeed. The two sides played a tacit card here, and it is very likely that they will hit the winter in one breath.

Both sides looked at the problem very clearly. The German army was unable to take Stalingrad before this winter.

The Soviet Union also clearly knew that before this winter, let alone a counterattack, it was a little reluctant to even hold the position.

So, after a short period of probing, the Soviet and German armies cooperated and prepared for the winter of 1941.

After 10 days, Dnipropetrovsk, which had stood for 13 days, was occupied by the Germans, and Marshal Bock achieved the brilliant result of destroying 100,000 enemy troops.

Subsequently, the German Army Group d moved eastward, targeting Donetsk. Following the German left flank, the Italian expeditionary force; deployed on the right flank of the German army, the Romanian troops.

Similarly, Army Group B commanded by Guderian does not have too much pressure now. Yuan ordered them to capture Kharkov before winter.

Therefore, Guderian had a full month to prepare for the attack, which made Army Group B give up the option of continuing to charge forward, but instead gathered near Kharkiv and semi-encircled the city.

On September 27, the Germans captured Paprograd, Guderian's armored forces arrived in Belgorod, and Kharkov was surrounded on three sides.

On the same day, German Army Group A advanced for dozens of kilometers~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and occupied Yaroslavl, an important city northeast of Moscow.

Also on the same day, the troops under the German Army Group C advanced northward and completely encircled Murmansk.

Marshal Loeb personally led the army to attack and captured the area west of the Volga River in Petrozavodsk two days ago. In fact, the Soviet Union has nothing left to cherish.

If Stalingrad is excluded, in fact, the German army west of the Volga River has controlled most of the wealthy areas.

Although it is still a little short of the ultimate goal of the Ural Mountains, the German army has completed their strategic plan.

Except for not forcing the Soviet Union to surrender quickly, the Germans got everything they wanted - including Moscow, including St. Petersburg, but also Minsk and Kyiv.

Li Le's offensive plan was almost exactly the reverse of Hitler's offensive plan: he gave up the attack on Ukraine and went south to seize Moscow.

Unfortunately, the capture of Moscow did not immediately end the Soviet-German war. Similarly, the chaos of the Soviet army after the loss of Moscow also allowed the German army to achieve greater victories in the subsequent Ukraine campaign.

In the Battle of Kyiv, the Germans annihilated more Soviet troops, and annihilated them faster! At the same time, it is also possible for the Germans to capture the entire Ukraine before the end of 1941!

At least for now, apart from the failure to kill Stalin, the German army has gone further than in history, taking one more Moscow and St. Petersburg, and occupying large swathes of Soviet territory in the north.

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Long Ling was lazy, and today will be an update for the time being... Last month's patch was even more explosive, and I haven't rested until now...

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