The Third Reich: I Became Emperor

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"I think Zhukov of the S Army must have seen through my pincer attack, but what can he do even if he saw through it?"

A staff officer next to him asked in confusion:"Commander, the purpose of the pincer attack is to force the enemy to stretch the front line and fight on two fronts, but it requires a large number of troops to participate, and our scattered forces are easy to be surrounded and annihilated."

Hearing this, Manstein smiled and said:"You are right. If I hadn't changed my equipment, I would definitely not use the pincer attack, because Zhukov would definitely see through it, but after changing my equipment, our combat effectiveness has increased several times, which has eliminated the gap in numbers, and the air supremacy is on our side. We have too many advantages."

In other words, Manstein dared to boldly implement the pincer offensive because he was absolutely confident that his subordinates would definitely bring surprises. On the other hand, Zhukov decided to inspect the front line. On the way there, he knew very well in his heart that although the S Army is very strong now, especially in terms of manpower and weapons and equipment, which have been expanded several times.

However, the materials consumed every day are an astronomical figure. Such a large number of troops and equipment will consume national reserves, and the daily oil is a huge expense.

So he is very worried about food reserves, as well as reserves of resources such as oil. If this time he cannot defeat the D Army in the shortest time and completely drive the D Army out of his own territory, then there will definitely be many unpredictable problems in logistics.

In order to support the war, basically the farmers only leave 660 daily rations, and all the rest of the stored grain is handed over. Coupled with famine and reduced grain production, if it were not for the support of the M country, it would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, they can't hold on now. This war can't be delayed too long. It must be stopped at most in two months.

"No matter what, this battle must win in the end, and it must be won as quickly as possible."Zhukov thought, gritting his teeth as he became more and more annoyed.

If he knew that the D Army had begun to solve the problem of high grain production, he would probably stop the attack immediately.

With grain, the D Army is definitely better than the S Army in terms of combat effectiveness and willpower, and there is absolutely no benefit in wasting time with them.

"If the target of the D army is really the Voronezh Front, then the combat operations of the Voronezh Front will be in danger."Just after arriving at the front battlefield, Zhukov looked at the battlefield in the distance through a telescope and said with some concern.

The Voronezh Front where Vatutin is located is his elite force. Once this front is completely wiped out, it will be a huge loss for the subsequent strategic operations.

"The Central Army Group of the D Army also joined the counterattack? And advanced to the south?"At this time, Zhukov received another telegram from the communications staff. This time his face looked even worse. Obviously, the strategic initiative was on his side, but in the end, it went to the D Army.

"This is to cut off the reinforcement route of the Voronezh Front." Zhukov muttered while holding the telegram and looking at the map.

The reason is very simple. If the Voronezh Front is left to face the millions of elite D Army alone and chooses not to rescue. Their Central Army Group will cut off the Voronezh Front's retreat, and the front will be surrounded by the D Army from front and back.

Then the front will face attacks from the D Army on the right bank, left bank, and even the central part of the Dnieper River, which will catch the front off guard, or even lead to defeat and annihilation.

On the contrary, if Zhukov goes to rescue, the D Army's siege plan will be shattered, and it may even counterattack.

But in that case, the defense on both wings will be much weaker, and the Central Army Group, which is eyeing him covetously, will definitely not watch him rescue.

"Bastard." Zhukov felt that his troops were not enough at the first moment. In fact, it was not that his troops were not enough, but that the quality of the individual soldiers was too different. If it was really a one-on-one fight, the S Army soldiers were no match for the D Army soldiers.

"What should we do?" Zhukov paced back and forth anxiously. The chief of staff next to him thought for a while and suggested:"Your Excellency Marshal, how about this? After we rescue the Voronezh Front, we will immediately switch to a strategic defensive posture and just resist the offensive of the D Army."

Hearing this, Zhukov's eyes lit up. Yes, let's rescue the Voronezh Front first, and then we can talk about the rest.

He immediately dispatched the Central Front, Steppe Front, Southwestern Front, and Southern Front to support the Voronezh Front.

The four fronts provided support from different directions. The Central Front blocked the southward advance of the Central Army Group of the D Army, while the Steppe Front and the Southwestern Front blocked the attack of the D Army from both wings. The Southern Front was responsible for being a commando and looking for favorable opportunities to raid the main force of the D Army.

However, at this time, Manstein had assembled six armored divisions and thousands of tanks, including the Imperial Armored Division, the Skull Armored Division, the 13th and 14th Armored Divisions, and two Type 54 tank armored divisions.

Thousands of tanks were in a wedge formation, rushing towards the tank group of the Voronezh Front.

For a time, a fierce tank battle broke out again. Facing the tank group of the D Army that was similar to theirs, the S Army did not panic. There were still thousands of tanks galloping behind them. As long as they could delay the tanks of the D Army, they could wipe them out.

"Hurrah! Hurrah!"

"Go! Go!"

"Fight to the death!"

"Kill these sons of bitches"

"fire!"

"Hold on! Right." In a short time

, within a range of less than ten kilometers, more than two thousand tanks fought each other. The S army relied on its fearless momentum to move forward, while the D army relied on the performance of its tanks to continuously surround and kill the S army tanks.

The two sides fought hard and it was difficult to tell who would win in a short time.

"Switch to armor-piercing shells." The commander of a Type 54 tank said coldly.

"Yes!"Soon the loader loaded the shells, and the gunner aimed at a KV-2 heavy tank.

""Fire!" With the order, a KV-2 heavy tank that was slowly advancing on the opposite side was blown into a pile of scrap metal with a loud bang.

The Sixth Army of the D Army still served as the vanguard, setting up a defensive line at the front line of the Dnieper River and engaging in an overwhelming battle with the S Army troops that successfully crossed the river.

Facing the crazy counterattack of the D Army, the commander of the S Army knew that there was no hope of breaking through the defense of the Sixth Army.

The most important thing is that the German army did not intend to just defend and not attack. Instead, it defended and attacked, catching the S Army Voronezh Front off guard and forcing it to retreat step by step.

""Commander, the tank group of D Army is attacking fiercely. The First Tank Army has less than 100 tanks left. If the fighting continues like this, I'm afraid our First Tank Army will be completely wiped out."

The operations staff of the First Tank Army headquarters said loudly.

"Damn, a bunch of rubbish."The commander of the First Tank Army of the S Army roared angrily.

At the same time, the Third Guards Tank Army also staged the same scene. Their number of tanks was less than 100, and they were gradually surrounded by the Imperial Armored Division of the D Army.

There was a trend of being annihilated, and the commander of the Third Guards Tank Army of the S Army hurriedly retreated.

"Bastards, hold on now, no matter how fierce the battle is, you must hold on and wait for our reinforcements to arrive."These are the words of General Vatutin

"Reinforcements?"The commander of the Third Guards Tank Corps of the S Army had a sad face. Where are the reinforcements? They can't hold on until reinforcements arrive.

"Commander, what should we do now?"The operations staff asked worriedly.

"What else can we do? Keep holding on and wait for reinforcements to arrive." The commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Army said unhappily.

On the other side, Manstein, who had been observing the battlefield situation, also issued the latest order:"It's almost time to close the net. Destroy the entire 3rd Guards Tank Army."

"Yes!"

As Manstein's order was issued, the Imperial Armored Division launched the most powerful encirclement and annihilation campaign against the Third Guards Tank Army of the S Army.

And the reinforcements dispatched by Zhukov were desperately supporting at the fastest speed.

However, as time passed, the loss of S Army tanks became even greater. If the tank group of the D Army only had Leopard and Tiger tanks, this tank battle would not be lost too badly, but after the addition of the Le 59 tank, the loss rate of S Army tanks rose sharply.

Although it seems that the number of S Army tanks is large, in fact, one-third of them are composed of T-26 light tanks. Facing the attack of Leopard and Tiger tanks, they can only be destroyed.

As for KV-1.KV-2. T-34 tanks did not have much advantage over Type 59 tanks. It took four or five S Army tanks to seriously damage one Type 59 tank.

As the tank war continued, fierce air battles broke out between the air forces of both sides. However, in front of the J-5 and J-6, the S Army fighters could only flee in despair.

"Marshal Zhukov, the 3rd Guards Tank Army has been surrounded, requesting reinforcements, requesting reinforcements."At the headquarters, General Vatutin held the phone and summoned

"Continue to hold on, you must hold the position, and never retreat. Once you retreat, you will be defeated, and the loss will not be just one tank army."Zhukov said loudly.

"In addition, I have assembled the 2nd and 3rd Tank Corps, the 4th and 5th Guards Tank Corps, a total of 4,000 tanks, and are rushing to support. We must hold our positions."

Zhukov emphasized again that since Manstein's group wanted to eat up the Voronezh Front, he simply used the Voronezh Front as bait and summoned reinforcements to encircle Manstein's group from the outside.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, the Voronezh Front can stop the attack of the D Army. If it can't stop it, then the plan will fail.

"Yes, we must hold our ground."General Vatutin quickly understood Zhukov's meaning and replied loudly.

After hanging up the phone, General Vatutin looked bitter. This was to sacrifice the Voronezh Front to lure out the D Army.

"I just don't know if the 3rd Guards Tank Army can hold out that long."General Vatutin sighed.

Manstein didn't want to know Zhukov's strategy. His idea now was to eat up the 3rd Guards Tank Army first, inflict heavy damage on the enemy, and then plan other things.

At this time, the 3rd Guards Tank Army was jointly encircled and suppressed by the Imperial Armored Division and the 14th Armored Division. There were less than 50 tanks left, and it was impossible to break through the encirclement.

Faced with such heavy losses, the commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Army almost vomited blood and died, but he also knew that he must not surrender, otherwise his family would be implicated, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to fight.

"Damn it, I'll fight you, since we can't break out anyway." Thinking of the consequences of defeat, the commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Army gave the order to attack with bloodshot eyes.

Although there were less than 50 tanks, they were all KV-1, KV-2, T-34 and other tanks. Facing the Panther tanks of the D Army, they were not weak.

"Hurrah! Hurrah!"

"Charge!"

Suddenly, the S Army tanks rushed towards the Imperial Armored Division frantically, and soon the tanks of both sides were destroyed one after another.

"The commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Army personally drove a T-34 tank towards a Panther tank.

""Boom!" With a crashing sound, the Panther tank's tracks were broken and it stopped. Seeing this destruction, the T-34 tank fired at the main turret of the Panther tank. A deafening explosion sounded, and the Panther tank in front was destroyed. At this time, a Tiger tank aimed at the T-34 tank.

"Boom!"Before the commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps had time to get excited, he was hit by a Tiger tank's high-explosive shell. With a bang, he burst into flames.

In this way, the commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps of the S Army was killed by a Tiger tank of the D Army on the battlefield. His death was very tragic.

"Charge!" At this time, the Imperial Armored Division also fell into madness, desperately killing the S Army tanks.

They wanted revenge, to avenge the previous humiliation. The Battle of Moscow almost wiped out the Imperial Armored Division. This time they encountered the Third Guards Tank Army, and naturally they wanted revenge.

"Kill!" When the last S Army tank was destroyed, all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Armored Division roared loudly. They finally got their revenge.