Never predict victory until the last minute, especially on an ever-changing battlefield, you must pay more attention to this point. The battle in the direction of Podolsk went very smoothly, but in the general direction, Lin Wei once again received frustrating news. The offensive of Army Group Center was once again contained. The repeated bad news simply made Lin Wei doubt himself. The army under command was not composed of Italians. The reasons for the frustration of the attack were still the same, including excessive losses of weapons and serious casualties among soldiers. Whenever a critical moment comes, the Wehrmacht cannot always regard death as its final destination like the SS. Although being an SS soldier is pitiful to some extent, as a commander, who wouldn’t want to have such a soldier who is not afraid of death
Marshal Bock's reasons are very good. As of now, the entire Army Group Center has lost 150,000 people. This number is more than half of the losses of Army Group Center since the war began. Taking this as a reason, Marshal Bock certainly did not want his troops to be criticized more. This idea is understandable, but Lin Wei will never accept it. Lin Wei also has his own reasons. The losses of the Soviet Red Army must be greater than that of the German Wehrmacht, which has superior equipment. They have not retreated, and the Wehrmacht certainly cannot.
"Damn it, the loss is too great!" Lin Wei threw the telegram explained by Marshal Bock to the ground and cursed, "The head of state is very wise in one thing. These pedantic generals and the soldiers lack sacrifices." Spirit! I have superior equipment and superior numbers. Not only have I not made any progress, but they even asked me to stop my plan. This is impossible!"
Crawford, who had just entered the room, happened to hear Lin Wei's complaints again. He could only pretend to be deaf and didn't hear anything. He picked up the telegram and sat aside. Lin Wei could vent on his own, but there was another person next to him, so he was naturally embarrassed to destroy his image, so he asked, "How was the battle on the southern front? Admiral Hauser should have achieved satisfactory results, right?" ?”
"Leader, this is the battle report!" Crawford didn't waste any words and directly gave Lin Wei what he wanted.
Compared with the battle on the southern front, the performance of the Soviet 49th Army was like two armies. Unlike the overwhelming momentum at the beginning and the bravery and tenacity in the stalemate, the Soviet Red Army after the avalanche did not even have a single attack. Little threats. The advancing German armor and the rapidly following infantry drove the Red Army back and forth like ducks. Knowing that they themselves did not believe it, this unit had shown the courage to fight to the death with them just a few hours ago. But without personal experience, they simply did not believe that these people were actually in the same army. Although the dramatic change in the battle was somewhat unexpected, it was not completely incomprehensible to Lin Wei. It was impossible for the German army to become completely like the Soviet Red Army and turn a blind eye to the fate of cannon fodder. But Germany also has its own advantages. Although it cannot persist in fighting under such conditions like the Red Army, it will not collapse even in the most difficult moments. To put it simply, the Wehrmacht may not be as passionate as the Red Army and can go to the battlefield with a little incitement, but it is better than stability. Germany's good staff system can completely avoid collapse at the first touch.
Although he is aware of the current problems of the National Defense Forces, Lin Wei has no solution. Unless under those conditions, he will not be able to unleash the potential of the National Defense Forces. If the equipment and numerical advantages are lost, if the Red Army and the Wehrmacht are now at odds with each other, and if Berlin is now besieged instead of Moscow, the Wehrmacht will fight to the death even without Lin Wei's instigation, but that is not possible now. Now it is impossible for the National Defense Force to be like the Soviet Red Army. "Invading others is different from being invaded. The enthusiasm for fighting is completely different!" Lin Wei said with a sigh.
Lin Wei is naturally not an indecisive person. Now is not the time to be a thinker. These problems can be solved slowly later. But if you can't solve your problem now, don't worry about it in the future. The danger still exists, but it's just a little further away.
"Withdraw the troops on the southern front immediately. The Red Army in the west will definitely speed up when they hear that the Red Army on the southern front has been defeated!" Lin Wei clarified his thoughts and said; "Blow up the bridge on the Moskva River and leave a small number of troops to guard Moscow. On the north bank of the river, most of the soldiers should fall to the west!" After looking at the time, Lin Wei said again, "Give me one more day, and I will be able to capture the Kremlin. The time is just right! No matter what, The most dangerous moment has passed!" Defeating the Red Army on the southern front bought Lin Wei a short time, but Lin Wei seemed to have enough time, and Lin Wei really didn't care about an attack that could not form an encirclement. What is coming will eventually come. Stalin will definitely let the Red Army attack from the south again, but as Lin Wei said, this will take time.
"Wehrmacht..." Lin Wei was still dissatisfied with the failure of the two million-strong Army Group Center to make any achievements. He sighed and said, "Let's settle our own affairs first. Tomorrow is the last day. I don't want to see Klimt again after tomorrow." There’s a red flag on the Forest Palace!”
Yes, Lin Wei believed that the attack of Army Group Center was obviously weak, at least Lin Wei did not get any benefit from it. However, Marshal Bock in Smolensk and Marshal Kruger and Marshal Guderian outside Moscow did not think so. At least they believed that Army Group Center had tried its best to help Lin Wei complete the plan to encircle and annihilate the Red Army around Moscow. As for not The progress was entirely due to the Reds' relentless defense. Army Group Center was indeed attacking as much as possible, so they were not wrong. Based on historical judgment, Lin Wei believed that Army Group Center still had potential, so Lin Wei was right.
Army Group Center's attack on November 4th was indeed very vigorous. The first to launch the attack was the German artillery, knowing that there were also the behemoth Gustav railgun, Dora mortar, and Gunma cannon, plus the Central There are more than two hundred artillery batteries concentrated in the army group. The bombardment started in the morning, and the shells flew toward the intended target, a huge erupting crater, with a sharp whistling sound. Soon the whole village turned into a huge ruin. After the intense firepower preparations are over. The artillery immediately changed to Xu Jin barrage to suppress possible German counterattacks. The ground troops of Army Group Center began their assault. They cautiously broke out of their defense lines and rushed towards the German target like a tide. Soon, the first layer of defense zone consisting of barbed wire fences, minefields and trenches on both sides set up by the German army was breached. The remaining first-line Red Army launched a desperate block against the attackers. But this can only slightly delay the actions of the German army.
In the first half hour after the attack began, the Red Army hardly counterattacked. Apart from sporadic firefights, the Germans did not encounter large numbers of Red Army troops. This made the Germans very satisfied, because, in their view, these Germans had been wiped out by their own artillery. Soon the Germans broke into the Red Army positions. But the speed is not very fast. The key is that the German army was already a little tired from the earlier difficulties, and there were also creeks and ditches. Destroyed railway lines and self-made craters blocked the advance of the leading German armored forces. Real Red Army defense. When the German tanks had just entered five kilometers of the Red Army position, the Red Army artillery, which had not fired, began to speak. Large-caliber howitzers and mortars launched a devastating bombardment on the path of the German advance.
The soldiers of the Wehrmacht may not have the same fighting style as the SS, and they will basically not engage in desperate attacks. But they had received rigorous training and kept a cool head on the battlefield. They will not defeat their opponents in one fell swoop, but slowly pressing the Red Army's space will have the same effect. In the northwest and southeast directions, Marshal Kruger and Marshal Guderian gave up their previous disputes and worked together to squeeze the living space of the Soviet 50th Army. They are not advancing fast, but as long as the Germans occupy even an inch of land, the Red Army will not be able to regain it. The simple and heavy, but very practical combat techniques are working bit by bit.
"Still dawdling?" Maybe Marshal Bock already thinks that the progress of Army Group Center has been great enough, but Lin Wei thinks it is still far from enough, because the 33rd Army withdrew from the west of Moscow last night and the SS The army exchanged fire. The brutality of the street fighting had taken its toll on the SS, and now it was the SS's turn to use Moscow's buildings to hold off the Red Army's advance, and so far, so good.
Now even if Lin Wei is extravagant, he doesn't dare to waste time anymore. The final battle in the Kremlin is bound to come, and Lin Wei doesn't want to wait any longer, "One day, only one day, there is really no time..."
The artillery bombardment was no longer needed, and the artillery could not achieve the expected effect against hundreds of defenders. In this case, the few remaining artillery shells were simply left to deal with future battles. There is no need to shout slogans or conduct any pre-war agitation. Today's soldiers no longer need Lin Wei to incite. At eight o'clock, when the sky regained its brightness, five hundred soldiers rushed into the Kremlin and went straight to the building on the west side of the Kremlin. It was the only building in the entire Kremlin that was still occupied by the Soviets. A place of control.
The intruders were well prepared for the SS attack. Knowing their own strength, they certainly knew that the SS would not wait any longer. Likewise, the last elites of these garrisons are also preparing for the last battle of their lives. Click, click, click... Before the SS soldiers rushed to the building, the heavy machine gun set up on the second floor of the building had already sounded. Obviously, in the battle for the building later, the heavy machine gun had no effect. It was better to give it to the party now. The Guardsmen do some killing.