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Volume 2 Iron Torrent Chapter 1078 The Final Counterattack 3

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    "boom¡ª¡ª!"

    The dull and loud sound with long lingering sound lingered over Moscow for a long time. The historical city was submerged in thick dust and fog. Thousands of dilapidated buildings were trembling. The broken glass was falling with a faint sound. More than one million Soviet soldiers  The soldiers and the larger number of residents subconsciously jerked their necks, no matter where they were hiding.  Those who are closer will inevitably shake their heads twice and pick their ears to recover a little bit of their buzzing hearing.

    That movement was really too big!

    The perpetrator was the train gun that was dragged from the rear and used as the backbone!

    The B-37 main gun, which was originally intended for use on the "Soviet-class" battleships, was bound to be outdated before the war broke out, and it needed strong assistance on the ground, so the old guys used the four cannons they had already manufactured.  Two train guns were built, and the other two were dismantled from the fortress to build a train chassis!

    The first super train gun was not transported to Moscow until long after the war broke out, and it was adjusted after Zhukov ran here from Leningrad as a firefighter.  Not to mention that the previous defense was in shambles, the officials took the lead in fleeing, and the panic and retreat caused a series of troubles. He corrected them one by one, and launched a project in which women, who accounted for three-quarters of the total number, were involved in the construction of fortifications and structures.  Then the tank power on both wings acted as an ambush and delay, and various designs finally withstood the craziest initial stage of the attack.

    As for the super train gun, which is regarded as the backbone of boosting military morale, Zhukov withstood various doubts and pressures and dragged it directly to the city center for deployment. With its basic range of up to 45 kilometers, it can suppress enemies attacking from all directions.

    ??The investment in this 406mm super killer weapon is every time its 1150kg shell is fired.  It made the whole city's hearts shudder. No one within a one-kilometer radius could stand the terrifying roar without covering their ears. But it really boosted people's spirits. It made people feel a sincere sense of power!

    The sound of firing alone can overwhelm the explosion of artillery shells fired here by the German army.  Moreover, the smoke boiled over and over again, causing explosions in the distance. Even if most people could not see it, the propaganda force immediately put a number on it without blushing, claiming how many German soldiers were killed and how many tanks were destroyed.  Or a cannon.

    In the early days, this kind of exaggerated rhetoric did not convince the public.  Obviously the Germans in front are attacking extremely sharply, and the resistance pressure is huge. If your thing is really useful, why don't you block it?

    But as the battle entered a stalemate, the Germans were held back by the mud and the sudden drop in temperature, and they lost all their energy.  The most terrible thing is that the wrong tactics were used. Most of the Russians who took a breath immediately became interested!  As a result, the glorious deeds of various snipers, heroic artillerymen, fearless warriors, meritorious machine guns, and super train guns were gradually accepted by most people, and they were pursued as role models, inspiring military morale!

    There is no doubt that it is the most noisy train gun.  It is bound to become the most appealing among them.  Because every roar can be heard by soldiers and civilians on the entire battlefield. In the direction of the strike, soldiers on the front line can also see the exploding fireworks column. This thing is definitely a boost!

    Facts have proved that Zhukov's strategic thinking is really awesome. In the entire Soviet-German battlefield, there is probably no busier senior commander than him, and no one can grasp the big strategy better than him.  And guidance on the battlefield situation!

    "In real life, the number of enemy troops killed by this train gun was really pitiful. The shells fired for dozens of kilometers were not accurate at all. If the German army paid a little attention, there would be no big trouble.  But no one could explain this clearly, and Zhukov didn't expect this slow and laborious guy to have much effect.  A total of ten rounds cannot be fired in a day¡ª¡ªthe lifespan of the medicine room is only more than a hundred times.

    What he plays is the effect of spiritual warfare.  As long as this behemoth roars, the people and soldiers of Moscow have the courage to continue fighting against the harsh environment.

    The Germans naturally discovered the existence of this guy. The unstoppable 406mm shells are so threatening!  It can easily create a crater the size of a football field, and an earth-shattering explosion may erupt not far away at any time, which has a great impact on the morale of the military.  Targeted, multiple air strikes, precise long-range artillery bombardments, etc. were launched.

    But Zhukov had considered all of these in advance and made a large number of corresponding arrangements.

    First of all, the artillery is located in the center of Moscow. If you want to attack directly, you must penetrate the many defense lines. This is a difficulty, which is equivalent to blocking the possibility of the German army's attack.

    Secondly, the outside of the cannon has a protective shell as huge as a building. The armor thickness exceeds that of a battleship. Unless you use a special super-heavy tandem armor-piercing projectile or a battleship main gun of the same caliber to shoot directly at close range, you can't easily penetrate it!  This basically protects against shells fired from a distance or bombs dropped from the sky.

    Furthermore, there are a lot of rocks surrounding the artillery carriage.The barrier of the car makes it impossible for low-trajectory artillery shells to hit, and the car body is also camouflaged to a certain extent, and it can often move along the rails. It is even more difficult to hit accurately!

    Finally, Zhukov carefully constructed a huge air defense array around the train gun!  There are hundreds of anti-aircraft guns of various calibers and multiple heavy machine guns deployed staggered to form multiple firepower networks, covering all levels of airspace below 10,000 meters.  It would be extremely difficult for the German army to launch an air raid and attack!

    It can be said that unless the Germans have Zhu Bin's cruise missiles, or ballistic missiles, high-altitude laser-guided missiles, etc., it will be difficult to destroy this train gun!  Too difficult!

    The Germans, who believed too much in armored cluster raids, faced the Soviet Russians' desperate mass mobilization and forcibly constructed a thirty-kilometer-long multiple-depth defense line outside the city. Not to mention the speed, each cluster of armor gathered together.  As soon as the torrent stopped, it was immediately hit by hundreds or thousands of heavy artillery!

    In the early days of the war, Lao Maozi had a serious shortage of large-caliber heavy artillery. He could not even get 100 of the advanced heavy artillery with a caliber of 203mm like the B-4. The huge number of 122mm howitzers was not powerful enough, and the old antique 152mm cannon moved  It is difficult, has poor accuracy, is not well deployed, and is not easy to use.

    Zhukov simply leveled a large number of anti-aircraft guns and used them the same way as the German 88mm guns.  Deployed on all sides in the center and front of the position, when the tanks come, they will blast them hard!

    ¡°In two months, the German army launched many tank group charges, but they were all blocked by muddy terrain, wide anti-tank trenches, numerous artillery, and T34 tank groups that rushed out from the side to attack from time to time.  Being held back, progress was slow. Not only did we advance one kilometer a day, but every step we took would cost thousands of soldiers casualties!

    ¡°Although they killed more Soviet soldiers and civilians, this exchange was more difficult.  It is extremely disadvantageous for them on the offensive side.  Especially the lightning raid was useless, and a series of army plans were completely disrupted. As the severe cold came, the trouble was big!

    The stubbornness of the Germans once again led to failure!

    As the main offensive force of the central cluster, Guderian, like Manstein, was overly superstitious about the power of the armored cluster.  From the beginning of the war to the present, the invincible attacks have given them paranoid confidence, thinking that one set of tactics can conquer the world. However, they cannot respond flexibly according to the battlefield conditions like Rommel. The result is now like this, a dilemma!

    In fact, what Luo Zhendong represents is China¡¯s experience, which is similar to the Soviet Union¡¯s defensive position warfare of ¡°building a stronghold and fighting stupidly.¡±  Either directly use brute force to completely destroy it, or use the number of infantry to suppress the formation, using bulky armored troops and artillery as auxiliary forces, using a huge number of infantry to fight for positions layer by layer, advancing step by step, controlling the rhythm, and finally forming a tidal effect.  , completely crushing the opponent's fighting spirit.  Finally, let¡¯s engage in a brutal city alley attack and defense battle!

    This tactic will inevitably result in huge casualties.  The speed is not necessarily that slow, small victories are accumulated into big victories, steady progress is made at every level, the results are consolidated, and the morale of the military remains high.  The pressure is always on the enemy's side.

    However, Hitler had already been dazzled by his previous victory!  Waves, France, and the Netherlands, these countries were all quickly defeated by lightning raids. He completely ignored the strategic depth of Soviet Russia, which often started at thousands of kilometers, and did not take into account the influence of climate and geography, so that he fell into today's embarrassing situation.  !

    Every time the giant artillery shocks, it means that the Soviet army's strength is restored by one point.  The German commander Field Marshal Ferdo von Bock, who was at the forefront of the battlefield, was overwhelmed. After being scolded by Hitler many times, he had no choice but to carry out rigid tactics.

    However, the impatient Hitler was eager to capture Moscow quickly and took out all the big killers at his disposal, including four P1000 Giant Rats commanded by Guderian, two K5E train guns equipped with 280 mm main guns, and another  The 800mm Gustav super train gun is also in the process of moving here - it is really not easy to move that thing. It takes three months of hard work. The roads along the way are reinforced, the railways are repaired, and more than a thousand people are waiting on them.  With more than 4,000 people on alert, that¡¯s a problem!

    It's hard to say when it will be shipped here, but Krupp was ordered to upgrade the P1500 Super Rat equipped with a 380mm main gun. The prototype has been released, and the test has proved that it performs well. It was requested by System to be shipped to the front line as soon as possible.  , No matter what, we must suppress the Russian artillery and break through the frontal defense line!

    The wrong tactics are still being enforced forcefully!

    Thanks to Zhu Bin who brought millions of pieces of various cold-proof clothing and shipped ships of high-priced equipment, the German army was able to barely withstand the deadly cold winter.

    Today's German soldiers basically wear fleece thermal underwear, thick woolen sweaters, and thickened cotton jackets. The clothing materials are also blended with wear-resistant and waterproof materials, and are worn on collars, hoods, elbows, knees, shoulders, etc.  There is a whole piece of tumbleweed.??Wrapping, first-class anti-freeze effect.

    On everyone's feet is a pair of thick-soled leather shoes. Although they are bulky, they ensure that their legs and feet will not be damaged. Coupled with a black and white, waterproof and durable camouflage cloth cloak and woolen gloves, the Germans are covered from head to toe by the Chinese.  Cargo occupation.

    On the military camp, there are a large number of solid alcohol blocks and stamped alcohol pots, self-heating canned lunch boxes, high-energy compressed biscuits, etc. to support the daily needs of German soldiers.  This was many times better than what the Germans had made themselves. Although the cost was low and it was sold to them at a sky-high price, it still couldn't stop the German soldiers from loving it.

    Think about it, in the weather of dozens of degrees below zero, with waist-deep snow covering the battlefield, hiding in a thick snow cave, burning an alcohol pot, gnawing on hot cans or biscuits, you will feel warm from the inside out.  .

    The quality of tools made in China is really not that good. They are not as beautiful as those made in Germany, and they are not as heavy as those made in Germany. The thin stainless steel pots make people worry that they may be crushed at any time.  But they have no choice, at least it¡¯s better than nothing!

    These high-priced supplies exchanged for gold allowed the Germans to survive the most terrible winter.  By the beginning of 1942, the tired and unreplaced German army finally began to fail in its attacks.

    Zhukov, who was keenly aware of this change, certainly would not miss a good opportunity. He immediately organized 30 army groups to launch a sudden counterattack from the flanks, and in one fell swoop captured Rogachevo, Istria, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, etc.  land, and forcefully advance towards Kalinin and other places.  The German offensive was reversed and the defense became precarious!

    Of course, Hitler was unwilling to accept such a defeat. He dismissed Army Commander-in-Chief Brauchitsch, took charge personally and issued a tough order: "Don't give in! Fight back wherever you are attacked! Before the fortifications are built in the rear, any  People cannot retreat!¡±

    But after all, the force cannot match the reality.  Guderian and Hepner finally realized their tactical problem and took the initiative to retreat the armored cluster that was not functioning smoothly under pressure.  In order to make enough buffer space, he was dismissed by the furious Hitler.

    "However, it was Hitler's stubbornness that forced the German army to use supply depots as strongholds to fortify layers of defenses and resist the attack. This prevented the German army from repeating Napoleon's mistakes and not only did it not collapse.  He also successfully pinned the enemy near the battlefield. Zhukov, who was unable to follow up and lacked high-speed maneuverability, could not overcome the bad snowy battlefield. He barely chased out for a while, and after regaining some of the lost ground on the periphery, the counterattack slowed down.

    At this time, members of the military observation team dispatched by China.  They handed over the first summary one after another and it was submitted to Hitler's desk.

    Looking at the various opinions and proposals of Luo Zhendong and other generals and officers above, Hitler was unable to accept them at first.  He could not admit that his strategies and tactics were wrong, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of German casualties. He spent half a year without making any progress. Instead, he gave the Soviet army ample practical opportunities to train millions of civilians into qualified soldiers!

    As the leader of the observation team, General Yu Baoguo said very frankly that they used this method to fight the Japanese army when they were weak and survived a year-long stalemate.  After investing astronomical amounts of resources, they finally used the vast battlefields of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers to train a full 2 ??million qualified soldiers, thus laying a solid foundation for the Northeast Counterattack.

    Hitler was incredulous at first, but the facts are before his eyes.  The Chinese have defeated the armed forces of all major powers except Germany, including the United States, Russia, Japan, Britain, and France. No matter how proud the Germans are and look down on others, they still know how difficult it is.  Regardless of equipment factors, the key is to choose the right strategy and tactics!

    "Don't compare us with the nasty Japanese devils!"

    Behind his back, Hitler roared in great displeasure. He hated being criticized by an inferior nation and being compared to Japan.

    "However, compared to Chairman Chiang, Mustache's military ability is sometimes slightly better.  He secretly convened a group of Wehrmacht leaders to discuss the Chinese views. The highly respected Marshal Sekt first expressed his support: "We can launch an attack according to the proposal of our Chinese friends!"

    Thanks to the medical treatment provided by the City of Light, this meritorious veteran did not die and became a symbol of auspiciousness in the German Wehrmacht. Hitler had to show respect, and his appeal was unparalleled in the entire German army.  Said, immediately received a burst of support.

    Hitler had no other solution other than getting angry. He had to twist his nose and order Loeb and Manstein to try to return to infantry tactics with part of their strength in the northern cluster, and mobilized the navy to detach a force to enter.  Baltic support operations.

    In addition, Goering was forced to mobilize a large number of fighters and bombers to form a huge force of 1,500 fighters and 300 bombers. In early February 1942, he launched an attack on Leningrad.??

    After taking away the Fourth Armored Group Army, the Northern Cluster has quite a lot of people, and the artillery force is still there. It is just that the impact power of the armored cluster has weakened, and in the new tactics, their role is not that important.

    The German North Sea Squadron, headed by the battleship Tirpitz, quickly rushed to the Baltic Sea, cooperated with the submarine force and air force, and suddenly launched an unprecedented fierce attack on the Soviet Navy!

    The German artillery deployed along the Gulf of Finland also moved forward vigorously. The long-range artillery of the Littoral Battle Group pressed forward, and the two K5E train guns continued to bombard the ships in the bay with extended-range shells. Especially the addition of two hundred V2 missiles, the intensive attack  At this moment, the Soviet Navy was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. The overwhelming "Peregrine" attack aircraft exerted terrible precision strike capabilities, and the dense anti-aircraft guns mounted with German heavy-duty gliding bombs bombed out of range, almost completely paralyzing the aircraft that had made great contributions before.  Sea power!

    The artillery fire suppression that had been interfering and obstructing the ground attack was cleared!  Manstein seized this precious opportunity, mobilized artillery in the entire southwest, and launched an intensive carpet bombing targeting a front line no more than ten kilometers wide!

    The artillery shells advancing layer by layer continuously extended forward from the 10-kilometer position, covering more than a hundred heavy engineering vehicles, pushing through the snow to create a wide channel, and removing all kinds of obstacles, anti-tank trenches, etc. that blocked the front.  Once it was filled up, it was accompanied by more than a hundred Tiger heavy tanks and thickly armored large-caliber assault guns, which intensively bombarded the Soviet fortress while steadily pushing forward.

    In the rear, there were a total of 300,000 infantrymen, more than 60% of whom were armed with automatic weapons and barrier-breaking rocket launchers, forming up to ten waves of attacks, rushing towards the gap that was definitely not wide!
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