The Waffen SS now had to compete for time with the Red Army's offensive force, which was twice their size. If they successfully withstood the Red Army's attack, or occupied the Kremlin before the Red Army's troops broke through the SS's defenses, then everything would be easy. . All disadvantages can be remedied, but if not, Lin Wei can only knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach, and prepare to compete with the Soviet Union for national strength.
Five full divisions and 180,000 armed SS troops were brought into Moscow by Lin Wei. With nearly 2,000 tanks and the support of the air force at any time and anywhere, Lin Wei once thought that he had laid enough ground for victory. The road is smooth, and the rest of the time is just waiting for victory to come. However, the bravery and tenacity of the Soviet soldiers made Lin Wei change his original goal again and again and lower the standards in his heart again and again. The original pride has long since disappeared. Now Lin Wei has only one purpose, to do his best to kill as many people as possible, and to fight to the death with the Soviet Red Army that is encircling and suppressing him.
All heavy weapons have been handed over to the sniper units in the west and south. As the Soviet 49th Group Army's attacks in the south became more and more fierce, in the evening, Lin Wei had to transfer the Skeleton Division to Paul Hauser. General, I hope to maintain stability on the southern front. Now, Lin Wei, who once had five full divisions, has only four regiments left to capture the Kremlin. This is because Lin Wei once guaranteed that each division would capture the Kremlin. The opportunity was deliberately left behind. But the situation still hasn't improved much. The Gendarmerie Division, Police Division, Skeleton Division, and Imperial Division were all transferred to the southern front by Lin Wei. The Viking Division and the Air Force's Paratrooper Division are on the western front. The most powerful troops around Lin Wei now are only The two thousand leader's guards were left. In other words, if the Kremlin's Red Army soldiers once again caused heavy losses to the attacking troops, Lin Wei would have to order his direct guards to fight for their next attack. This was terrible. Not good news.
Silently watching the Skeleton Division, like the police division yesterday, lining up neatly across the Moskva River from the bridge to the other side, Lin Wei secretly said, "Teacher, I hope you can understand what I mean and help the SS out of this predicament." pull out!"
Even if Lin Wei is not at the end of his rope now, he is still not far away from that step. 180,000 armed SS troops entered Moscow. At that time, Lin Wei expected that the most difficult process would be to not completely annihilate the Soviet Red Army on the front line of Moscow. But now, Not only was there no trace of the plan to annihilate the Soviet Red Army, but it was about to defeat the troops he had built. The current death toll of the SS has been counted to 38,000. Including the wounded, it can be said that half of the number has been lost. You must know that even in modern warfare, once the battle loss exceeds 30%, it is very dangerous. Not to mention losing half of his strength.
Just one day ago, Lin Wei thought that while withstanding the Red Army's attack in two directions, he could leave a division of troops as a reserve to support tight areas at any time, but it was just like all Lin Wei's earlier plans. Based on what was calculated on paper, Lin Wei was once again destroyed by the ruthless facts. Lin Wei, who once again overestimated his own strength, had to overturn his judgment immediately and concentrate his forces to defeat the enemy in one direction first, and to the west. The two Red Army groups are obviously beyond the capabilities of the current SS, and the Soviet 49th Group Army on the southern front has become a good choice.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the departing Skeleton Division arrived at the southern suburbs. The fighting here had just stopped. General Paul Hausser struggled to repel the Soviet 49th Group Army's countless attacks. General Paul Hausser, who clearly knew how many troops Lin Wei still had, understood what Lin Wei meant when he saw the only remaining main division with no combat mission. The person who demolished the Eastern Wall to repair the Western Wall changed from Stalin to Lin Wei. Unlike Stalin's capital, Lin Wei's troops were far less abundant and naturally more dangerous. Lin Wei gave a difficult problem to General Paul Hausser. If the 49th Soviet Army could not be defeated in a short time, the Soviet Red Army from the west would rush in. If both sides of the defense would collapse, the only option now was to send a message. It is hoped that General Yu Paul Hausser can turn the tide and take advantage of the weapons advantage that the Waffen SS still has to kill the not-so-powerful 49th Army of the Soviet Union.
"Let General Theodore Eick and General Alfred Windenburg come!" said General Paul Hausser. Alfred Windenburg was the deputy commander of the police division and their division commander. Instead of following the police division, he commanded the troops to continue competing with the Kremlin.
After a while, General Paul Hauser, who saw the two coming, paused for a moment, and then said, "Everyone knows, our situation is not very good now!" General Paul Hauser He evaded the important points and then brought the main topic to the battle, "The losses of each unit are very high. The entire division-based combat is not only inefficient, but also difficult to use now. We must use fast and powerful weapons." Use your strength to defeat your opponents and stabilize the situation here!"
"General, what do you think?" General Theodore Eick asked.
"Formating a battle group, we did it during World War I!" General Paul Hausser said firmly, "The armored division of the Wehrmacht also did this in the Battle of Kiev. Our equipment is better, and the results should be greater. !" General Theodore Eicke and General Alfred Windenburg looked at each other and agreed with General Paul Hausser. General Paul Hausser was right. On August 20, a Russian tank corps and an infantry division broke through the defense line of the German 8th Army on the right wing of the "Gross Germania" division. At that time, the "Gross Germania" division was defending the area near Akhtilka. The division was ordered to take emergency action to restore its original posture. For this purpose, an assault group was formed under the command of Colonel Nazmel, chief of the operations section of the "Gross Germania" division.
The battle group's first battle was outstanding. This group was pitifully small compared with the Red Army in front of it, but it completed its mission within twelve hours. The key to victory lay in surprise and the flexible use of the few tanks available. The Russian army believes that the 48th Tank Corps is still defending the Akhtilka line of defense. Therefore, when the German tanks appeared and immediately attacked the flanks of the Red Army, the Russian army was completely unexpected. The resistance of the Red Army was weak from the beginning. This was the first time that the battle group did not encounter fierce resistance. The Red Army abandoned a large amount of equipment and retreated in panic, almost abandoning the ground and fleeing without a fight. After interrogation, the prisoners learned that the enemy had overestimated the strength of the German army and believed that its strength was several times greater than the actual strength.
With successful experience, General Paul Hausser was naturally ready to play a big game. Immediately, several division commanders took the strongest forces from their respective troops overnight, equipped them with the best weapons, and formed five The entire formation of the battle group had been completed early the next morning, and they were waiting for the Red Army to attack again. Although the five battle groups are not as large as when Germany launched the Ardennes Counterattack in history, they are still half as strong. Each battle group has two thousand to three thousand men, equipped with eighty to one hundred tanks, and fuel. Enough to support them in fighting for two hundred kilometers.
Except for a counterattack launched by Paul & Hausser when they first arrived, the German army did not launch a counterattack in the past few days, and the commander of the Soviet Red Army also believed that the German army, which was smaller in number than itself, had now lost the ability to counterattack. , unfortunately, he has to pay the price for his judgment.
The battle was still started by the Soviet Red Army. In addition to continuing the frontal attack, the Soviet army also sent troops to go around from the side. It was obvious that they were preparing to launch a new attack. Behind the military police division. Near the railway line to Moscow. It is the most convenient shortcut to Moscow. The German army only needs to hold on here. Then they can protect this offensive bridgehead. On the contrary, the Germans in the city who are still besieging the Kremlin are in danger.
Soon, along with the rumble of the motor, the rows of black shadows in the distance grew larger and larger. The T34 tank leads the smaller T28 tank, as if a veteran is leading a novice who has just entered the battlefield, but the driver of the T34 tank may not think of it. The German soldiers defending here could clearly see through the binoculars that in a tank, the upper body of a tanker was sticking out of the hatch. He was wearing a black leather tank helmet and a gray tank jumpsuit. He rested his hands on the hatch and stared straight ahead. A gust of wind blew by, ruffling his light black hair exposed in front of his hat. The Soviet tank driver had a smile that was both contemptuous and arrogant.
"Closer, closer..." The anti-tank rocket in his hand was almost squeezed out of the water. With a nervous and excited mood, the soldier kept praying, one, two, three..., when he shouted three in his heart, The young soldier immediately jumped out from the right side of the tank and steadily pulled the trigger in his hand. The anti-tank rocket in his hand rushed towards the side armor of the T34 tank with hot tail flames. At the same time, the soldier immediately threw The rocket launcher dropped and disappeared from people's sight. Boom..., a huge explosion sounded. The T34's side armor was obviously not strong enough to resist the Iron Fist, and it immediately started to catch fire.
The explosion seemed to be a signal. Immediately, a premeditated ambush began, and explosions resounded throughout the area. From the cockpits of those tanks, pitch-black figures fell down on the burnt grass. Rolling and crawling, jumping and jumping, sometimes falling down, sometimes standing up, and running backwards towards the armored transport vehicle parked behind the tank. The soldiers on the armored transport vehicle also jumped from the vehicle to the ground. There was a burst of gunfire, and the machine guns roared. The whole company opened fire.