Humans in World War II: Army Defeated by Beacon Fire

Chapter 34 The wheel of history cannot be stopped, try to escape Stalingrad

It was precisely because of these changes that Edward and others failed again.

At the same time, the failure of Operation Winter Storm was heard from the outside, which meant that the only German rescue force had been repulsed.

Even Man Shuai couldn't turn the tide, so you can imagine how bad the situation was.

The Fourth Armored Army retreated for [-] kilometers before stopping.

The fate of the Sixth Army surrounded by ice and snow can be imagined.

Operation Uranus launched by the Soviet army has been successfully implemented.

The next step was Operation Jupiter, which completely ate up the German Sixth Army.

The German troops, who resumed their attack early the next morning, encountered a fierce counterattack.

dong dong dong!dong dong dong!
Among them, there are three 120mm mortars that continue to harvest the lives of German troops.

"We finally missed everything and reached the final ending!"

Edward murmured to himself as he looked at the terrifying 120mm mortar shells that kept falling.

"Back up!"

As Edward's retreat order was issued, the German army left hundreds of corpses and fought hard for several hours. Everything came to nothing.

Edward knew that everything was still the same and there was nothing he could do to change it.

"Inform them to come to the meeting"

Edward immediately ordered, and then the messenger started to call for people.

In a room with doors and windows, Edward lit a cigarette and waited for everyone with a sad look on his face.

As the door was pushed open, everyone entered the house one after another.

"What follows is top secret. You are all my brothers. I am also honest with you. Are you willing to follow Paulus to dig potatoes and coal in Siberia?"

Edward asked directly after everyone sat down, dropping a bombshell.

"What? Commander Paulus wants to surrender?"

Everyone asked with a burst of surprise.

"Can't you see the current situation clearly? The temperature is already close to minus 700 degrees! We need about 300 tons of supplies. The plane can only drop about [-] tons every day. In three days, we have lost [-] tons. , do you know what this means? More than half of people will go without eating or drinking for two consecutive days! It’s only three days! What about the next ten days? Can you bear it for many days without eating or drinking? I don’t need to say more about the results. Is that so? Our food and drink have all been stored in advance. Otherwise, do you think we don’t have anyone dying of hunger?”

Edward's words made everyone think about the recent difficulties. After they retreated, various supplies began to be seriously lacking.

"Boss, just tell me what you mean. Brothers are all counting on you now."

Bill is a brother who has been in the same squad as Edward since the Battle of Barbarossa.

Moreover, those who relied on Edward to survive along the way after the Winter War have already placed great trust in Edward.

"Yes, boss, we all obey your orders."

The battle has reached this point, and the loyalty and honor to the empire have long been worn away.

There is no one alive who is not wandering in hell, and many people have gone crazy.

A large number of soldiers even rely on taking drugs every day to maintain their condition.

"I am preparing to break out of Stalingrad. This is a road destined to death. Either die in this damn hell, or go into Siberia to dig potatoes and coal like pigs and dogs."

Edward looked at everyone and said.

Everyone remained silent and continued to listen to Edward's words.

Because they all know that they don't have the ability to leave here, so what they need now is Edward to coordinate their departure.

"I will not embarrass you brothers. I am willing to give up my life and never meet my family again to be loyal to the Führer. Those who are loyal to the empire will stay here. If you want to survive, just follow my arrangements. I dare not say that you will take them all out, but I can guarantee you that 60.00% of the lucky ones will leave this damn hell."

Edward's words of hope made everyone feel energetic again.

"We are willing to follow in your footsteps, Captain" everyone said in unison.

Among them are Lieutenant Lawrence, who has only been in the team for a short time, and Second Lieutenant Malte of the armored platoon.

The two of them didn't know how dangerous the current situation was.

"Applying to the regiment headquarters for supplies, we need a large amount of light weapons and ammunition. After getting the supplies, we will leave here overnight."

Edward had already made up his mind to run away, and the entire Sixth Legion was already growling with hunger.

There are no longer a few mutinous soldiers, and the dog tag military police are already very busy.

As long as the supplies Edward applied for were not food and drink, the Germans still had some ammunition.

So a lot of weapons, equipment and ammunition have been approved.

"Everyone has a double supply of bullets and a Soviet weapon. We will rob their supplies whenever we have the chance. Each of us has eight potatoes and a pound of bread. If we can leave Stalingrad alive and walk thirty kilometers, Then there is really hope.”

Edward gathered the remaining 276 German soldiers and prepared to run away.

The food they ate was the supplies that Edward had started searching for in November, and then they were all sealed up.

After everyone distributed the supplies, they waited for two days before setting off.

A blizzard came and it was almost minus 35 degrees.

In such bad weather, Edward led everyone to start walking on the snow on wooden boards.

The visibility was already less than ten meters. Two soldiers were at the front, holding German flags to avoid being discovered and accidentally injured.

If the German troops stationed at the station saw that it was one of their own, they would not bother to ask about it in such a heavy snowstorm.

I walked like this from about 6 o'clock in the evening to around 2 o'clock in the morning, and finally walked out of the main city and entered the suburbs.

"Look for the supplies we buried"

As early as in the outer areas, they had already transported supplies on half-track motorcycles and hid them in these places every night.

"Boss is so blind that he can't find the target location at all, and our mark can't be seen. If we had sent people to search again during the day, the brothers would have been exhausted by the time they left."

Mason reminded Edward to speak.

"Yeah! What you said is right. In that case, let the brothers make a snow cave in groups of three to hide and rest."

Edward nodded and motioned for everyone to find a place to rest. In addition, those who were resting in the center could have some space to move around. As for those who were on guard outside, they dug a channel to hide their crawling positions. It didn't need to be far away, just a hundred meters was enough. Compared with Visibility was already extremely low in this snowstorm.

After arranging everything, Edward and everyone started digging out the snow.

Open a hole, then start digging down, and finally dig inside.

The snowy winter is just deep enough for one person to lie down, and even lying down and smoking a cigarette is more than enough.

The entrance to the hole was covered with a tarpaulin.

There was still a blizzard raging here throughout the day, and a group of three soldiers hid in the snow cave and reinforced it before squeezing in to keep warm. Not to mention that the temperature in the snow cave was not bad.

After each of the soldiers ate something, they got into their sleeping bags and began to sleep.

When I get up before dark, I will boil myself a cup of boiling water and eat some potatoes and bread to make do.

During the day, Mason led a few people to dig out a supply area. Two hundred liters of kerosene was an important treasure for them.

There are also two boxes of cans and some biscuits.

The rest of the journey will be better with some of these supplies.

But the Soviet army will soon be in sight, and the suburbs will be captured soon.

But now if you go out, you will be fleeing under the nose of the Soviet army.

　I'll be fatter tomorrow, and I'll be able to output stably the day after tomorrow. I'll update it three times a day.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)