"In view of the fact that the commander of the Ninth Army, Chuikov, has now resigned, I temporarily act as the commander of the Ninth Army," General Meretskov said while looking at the map, "Due to the fact that some time ago, the Ninth Army's third The 163rd Division and the 44th Division suffered devastating blows, and the remaining units of the Ninth Group are temporarily ordered to be on standby. Do you have any questions?"
"No more..." answered General Meretskov's neat echo.
According to the order of General Meretskov, the 19th Army of the Seventh Army, under the jurisdiction of the 24th, 70th, and 43rd Divisions, is on standby to contain the Finnish forces currently operating in the Lake Ladoga area. army. The 123rd Division has jurisdiction over the 245th, 255th, 272nd Regiments, and the 323rd Artillery Regiment. There is also the 40th Tank Brigade, which has the 155th, 157th, 160th and 161st tank battalions. Then prepare to cross the Lake Ladoga area as the first sequence of troops to attack the Mannerheim Line of Defense.
In order to provide strong support for the offensive, the 10th Tank Corps, under the jurisdiction of the 1st and 13th Tank Brigades, also marched towards the Mannerheim Line together with the 123rd Division.
General Meretskov did not forget to leave behind reserve troops, which included the 138th Division, the 150th Division, the 136th Division, and the 20th Tank Brigade.
(1) The 138th Division has jurisdiction over the 554th, 650th, and 768th Regiments, the 295th Artillery Regiment, and the 436th Tank Battalion.
(2) The 150th Division has jurisdiction over the 469th, 674th, and 756th Regiments, the 328th Artillery Regiment, the 418th Howitzer Regiment, and the 442nd Tank Battalion.
(3) The 136th Division has jurisdiction over the 387th, 541st, 733rd Regiments, and the 291st Light Artillery Regiment.
(4) The 20th Tank Brigade consists of the 90th, 91st, 95th Tank Battalions, and the 291st Armored Vehicle Battalion.
"But, General, what should we do with the 18th Motorized Infantry Division that is now besieged on Lake Ladoga?" asked a division commander.
General Meretskov was stunned for a moment and said in a low voice, "I have sent the Siberian Ski Brigade to support them. That area is not suitable for large troops to drive through. Whether they can get out of trouble depends on their luck."
No one in the headquarters spoke. Perhaps feeling the depression in the atmosphere, General Meretskov lit a cigarette. At this time, it was like an infection. Everyone began to puff away, as if from the 18th The Motorized Infantry Division saw its own future.
After a long time, the headquarters had already vaguely resembled a chimney, and General Meretskov said, "Go back and prepare. If everything goes well, when the Mannerheim Line is conquered, Finland can be forced to attack." "The contract has been signed, go down and prepare first, I want to discuss it with General Khabarov." At this time, General Meretskov no longer had the extravagant idea of annexing Finland, because he knew that it was too unrealistic, and The Soviet Union may not be able to afford that price.
After the meeting, General Meretskov contacted the commander of the Eighth Army, General Khabarov, via radio. He told General Khabarov the plan he had made, and said, "Khabarov, it's not that I want to abandon the 18th Motorized Infantry Division, but in this situation, the 18th Motorized Infantry Division The hope of the chemical infantry division being rescued is slim. I have already dispatched the Siberian Ski Brigade to rescue. However, even the troops going to the rescue are in danger after passing through a large forest. What do you want me to do?"
General Meretskov used reason and emotion, and constantly persuaded General Khabarov. Finally, General Khabarov agreed to General Meretskov's plan. After the communication between the two sides was completed, General Khabarov stayed in his headquarters for a long time without coming out. As the commander of the Eighth Army, he personally promised to cooperate with the actions of the Seventh Army, and in fact ruined the survival of the 18th Motorized Infantry Division. He must have felt very uncomfortable.
After a long time, General Khabarov finally recovered slowly. After all, being immersed in strange emotions for a long time may affect a commander's decision-making. Khabarov, who has become a general, obviously cannot make such a mistake. After making this mistake and controlling his emotions, General Khabarov ordered the commanders at all levels of the Eighth Army to come to his place for a meeting, revealed General Meretskov's plan to them, and said, " When I agreed to this plan, my body was shaking non-stop, because I knew that once I agreed, the fate of the 18th Motorized Infantry Division would only be left to God to decide."
"General, don't feel guilty. Whoever it is, there is nothing you can do about it at this time." At present, the only well-preserved remains of the Eighth Army, the commander of the 75th Division advised, this is due to General Khabarov's Because the 15th Division is a reserve force, General Khabarov shook his head and said; "Your 75th Division will attack the Mannerheim line of defense together with the 7th Army, and the Finnish army here will be handed over to The 56th Division."
"Thank you, General," the division commander said happily after hearing this, "I will definitely rectify the name of the Eighth Army."
General Khabarov looked at the very confident division commander and sighed secretly, "I hope you can learn the lessons of the Soviet army in the beginning and stop being arrogant."
Just as the Soviet army was adjusting its strategy, the battle between the Northern Combat Group and the Soviet 18th Motorized Infantry Division had reached a critical moment. The Soviet army has been suppressed into a corner, and the lake in the southeast corner and the mountain col in the west have been completely controlled by the Northern Combat Group. The current 18th Motorized Infantry Division is just fighting a trapped beast. The news of the arrival of the Siberian Ski Brigade gave them a glimmer of hope. For this glimmer of hope, the besieged Soviet army showed great enthusiasm Come and greet.
This is Colonel Michel Gebermeier. Since he participated in the Soviet-Finnish War, he has encountered the most difficult troops to deal with. The troops he encountered in the past will soon collapse after running out of ammunition and food. The remaining time , basically the Northern Combat Group was chasing the defeated troops. There had never been a force that made Colonel Michel Gebermeier feel so tenacious.
But the more this happens, the more Colonel Michel Gebermeier is determined to completely and ruthlessly annihilate this unit, because if the unit in front of him escapes, it is very likely to grow into his powerful enemy in the future. From this point of view, Michel Gabermeier and Lin Wei are the same. As long as they feel that the person in front of them may become their enemy, they will incur a merciless blow.
In view of this, Colonel Michel Gebermeier immediately issued an order, "Order the 4th Grenadier Regiment to take over the troops in front, let the 1st and 2nd Grenadier Regiments have a good rest, and the 3rd Grenadier Regiment Go around to the back of the encircled enemy, isolate the Soviets, and don't let them get close to the forest. The 1st and 2nd Grenadier Regiments have a thirty-minute rest period, and after that time, immediately resume the attack."
Colonel Michel Gebermeier adopted a rotation system to maintain pressure on the Soviet troops in the encirclement at all times. If the time is short, the Soviets can still hold on, but after a long time, the Soviets are not strong men, and they soon begin to be unable to support it.
As a last resort, the Soviet Union at least once again shrank its already very narrow defense line to concentrate its forces. Colonel Michel Gebermeier is now very depressed. The now surrounded Soviet army is like a tortoise. Although There is no threat to myself. But Colonel Michel Gabermeier couldn't find a place to put his mouth.
"Now we can only make the Soviets realize that no one can come to rescue them, and then they can give up resistance." Colonel Michel Gabermeier thought to himself. Thinking of this, Colonel Michel Gabermeier His eyes were cast into the dense forest.
The 27th Finnish Infantry Regiment, after discovering that the Soviet troops entered the dense forest, immediately began to track them. They wore sleds and constantly judged the distance to the traces based on the traces left by the Soviets, and when they had a guide Under the circumstances, relying on the familiarity of the terrain here, I continued to close the distance between myself and the Siberian ski tour.
Just when Lin Wei started bleeding the Soviets in Finland, in Germany, in Berlin, Hit? Le had already begun preparing for operations against Norway and Denmark, when a man named Vidkon Abraham Laurits Quisling appeared. Was Vidkon Abraham Laurits Quisling a Norwegian national? The leader of the Alliance, like the National Socialist Party in Germany, this national? Alliance is a fascist? Sri Lankan political party.
This man was born in 1887 and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy. When he was still twenty years old, he was sent to Petrograd as an army attaché. The success of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union in 1917 made this young Norwegian officer quite heartbroken. Therefore, when he returned to Oslo, he offered his services to the Labor Party, which was still a member of the Communist International at that time. He once suggested that he organize a "Red Guard", but the Labor Party did not trust him and his plan and rejected him. So Quisling turned around and went to the other extreme. After he served as Minister of Defense from 1931 to 1933, in May 1933, he sold the theories and strategies of the National Socialist Party, which had just gained power in Germany, and founded a group called " National? Union" fascist party. However, Nazism was unpopular in Norway, and Quisling himself did not even get a seat in the parliament.
Vidkon Abraham Laurits Quisling happened to have a very good relationship with Rosenberg. Rosenberg was the theoretical enlightenment of the National Socialist Party. Can you say Hitt? Ledu was a student of Rosenberg.