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Chapter 884: The Battle Is All About Consumption

Russians are not big talkers, but they are blindly optimistic and have too many nerves.

Although Peter was dissatisfied with the performance of the Air Force, George felt it was pretty good.

After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War in another time and space, Russia was in a state of collapse, losing 1200 aircraft on the first day alone, of which 800 were destroyed at airports before they took off.

Although Russia in this time and space also suffered heavy losses, the losses were still within an acceptable range thanks to George's shift in key strategic targets. At the same time, the losses caused to Germany were also not small. Compared with another time and space, it can be said to have performed well.

Like the Air Force, the Russian Army's performance was also unsatisfactory.

In order to avoid a sudden attack by the German army, the Warsaw Military District only retained a small number of troops in the former Poland, and the main forces were deployed in Russia.

Although the Russian military had conducted targeted research on Germany's blitzkrieg tactics long ago, after the war broke out, the German army's poor execution still caused the Warsaw Military District to suffer serious losses.

Since last winter, Germany has increasingly used rockets to attack Britain.

Since Germany's rockets were insufficient in number and accuracy, Britain did not suffer much damage.

After the outbreak of the war, the Warsaw Military District's ace unit, the 1st Armored Army, was subjected to intensive attacks by German rockets.

"What we can confirm now is that the Germans used at least 450 rockets, which were significantly more powerful and accurate than the rockets Germany used against Britain, and were almost the same as our rockets—"

Andrei's report made George and Vasily feel heavy-hearted.

George was certain that Russia started researching rockets earlier than Germany and had invested more money than Germany.

Since the accuracy and power of German rockets are now almost the same as those of Russian ones, it can only prove that Germany has obtained relevant research data on rockets from Russia.

"Our research base is isolated from the outside world and located deep in Siberia. How did the Germans get the information?"

Vasily was confused.

George had no answer to this question either.

But now is not the time to dwell on this issue.

When Germany used rockets to attack the 1st Armored Army, Russia did not hold back and used rockets to attack Germany's key factories.

The Germans were still focused on destroying the Russian army.

What George wanted to attack was the Germans' industrial capabilities.

With the scale of Germany and Russia, the war cannot be ended in a short period of time. It depends on the overall national strength.

In the past two years, Little Mustache has fought wars all over the country and accumulated millions of experienced elite troops.

When all these elite troops are exhausted, the war will be almost over.

The biggest threat to Russia is that the United States has not stopped trading with Germany so far and continues to provide blood transfusions to Germany.

George was well prepared for the character of the Americans. The United States would not join the war until Germany's blood had been sucked dry.

On the 23rd, the second day of the war, the German army invaded Russian territory.

Not to attack Warsaw, but to attack the Russian enclave on the Jutland Peninsula.

After the end of World War I, Russia broke the blockade of the Baltic Sea through the enclave of the Jutland Peninsula and gained access to the Atlantic Ocean.

George knew that the enclave on the Jutland Peninsula could not be defended, so after France surrendered, he took the initiative to withdraw the troops stationed in the enclave, and only retained a symbolic garrison force.

The order George gave to this garrison was that they could surrender to the Germans when they attacked.

Even George did not expect that Lieutenant Alexander, who led this army, not only did not surrender, but instead became Russia's first national hero in this war.

Alexander's army consisted of only 160 men.

After receiving police officers and volunteers who volunteered to fight against Germany, the number of troops increased to 600.

Instead of fighting the German army head-on, Alexander led his troops to occupy the Nikolai Fortress, preparing to fight a life-and-death battle with the German army.

The first troop to enter Russia was the 45nd Regiment of the 192th Infantry Division of Germany, led by Terschgent, who had studied in Russia.

After the end of the last World War, Russia was the first country to offer assistance to Germany. The "Russian-German friendship" was widely publicized by the German government and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The 192nd Regiment encountered no resistance from the Russian army and successfully entered the border town of Kim.

The population of Kim is not large, with only about 200 people in the entire town.

When Ter Schegent entered Chiemsee in a jeep, men, women, young and old in Chiemsee were lined up neatly on both sides of the road, many of them holding fruits and eggs in their hands.

Is this the food and drink to welcome the royal army?
Before Ter Schegent had time to be happy, a fat lady on the side of the road suddenly threw an egg at Ter Schegent, cursing: "Invader!"

Terschgent studied in Russia and speaks some Russian.

"Get out, asshole!"

"Traitors, you shall go to hell!"

Ter Schgentt was hit by several eggs, his upper body was covered with egg liquid, and he looked in a miserable state.

"asshole!"

Ter Schegent's guards raised their rifles.

"stop!"

Ter Schgentt's mood was as broken as an egg: "Don't shoot."

The residents merely threw eggs and did not launch a real attack.

The defenders of Fort Nikolai threw grenades at the German army.

Nikolay Fortress was previously a Russian military camp. The arsenal inside the fortress stored nearly 10 million rounds of ammunition, enough to last the defenders for a long time.

The Nikolai Fortress is a reinforced concrete structure with an outer wall that is one meter thick and can withstand bombardment from small artillery.

The German army was organized similarly to the Russian army, with the regiment-level heavy firepower being only 120mm mortars, and heavy artillery being equipped only at the division level. When Terschgent arrived at the Nikolai Fortress, the battle had already broken out.

"The structure of this fortress is very strong. Only heavy artillery can hit the interior of the fortress."

Terschgent's chief of staff was Raum, who also studied in Russia.

"The main Russian forces have withdrawn, and there are only a few defenders left in the fortress. Take it down as quickly as possible."

Ter Schgentt still had an egg yolk on his chest.

"Based on our understanding of the Russian military, we must be prepared to pay a price."

Raum didn't want to use human wave tactics.

There is a river in front of the Nikolai Fortress, and the only passage is a stone bridge about 10 meters wide.

"attack!"

Ter Schgent didn't want to say too much.

Most of the soldiers in the 192nd Regiment were Poles.

For Ter Schgent, it's dispensable.

Perhaps all these soldiers died, and the next batch of recruits would be Germans.

Under the organization of the officers, the soldiers of the 192nd Regiment approached the stone bridge.

In the fortress 100 meters opposite the stone bridge, six heavy machine guns were lined up, ready for battle.

These heavy machine guns were not produced in Russia, but were Maxims produced in Germany during the last World War.

After the end of the last World War, due to the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, the German army was not allowed to retain heavy weapons, not even heavy machine guns.

Germany then handed over tens of thousands of artillery pieces and heavy machine guns to Russia as compensation.

"Don't open fire yet. Wait until the enemy reaches the bridge before opening fire."

Alexander hoped to make full use of Maxim's power.

Influenced by Russia, the German army's offensive method has a distinct Russian style. The sparse skirmish line can disperse the defenders' firepower to the greatest extent and reduce casualties.

These Polish soldiers joined the German army after Poland surrendered. Since they were cannon fodder, they did not receive the most rigorous training.

Seeing dozens of soldiers rushing onto the stone bridge, Alexander gave an order and the machine gunner fired a long burst of fire, and there was no one left on the bridge.

Ter Schgent was not surprised by this result, which is very Russian.

The Russian military manual does have countermeasures for this situation. At this time, smoke bombs can provide good cover for the attacking troops.

Tom-tom-tom——

The mortars continued to bombard the fortress while firing smoke bombs.

This time the attacking soldiers finally broke through the stone bridge.

However, as soon as they entered the square opposite the stone bridge, they were bombarded with intensive grenades.

"Continue the attack!"

Ter Schgentt showed no emotion.

Like the Nikolay Fortress, the Russo-German War reached a fever pitch as soon as it broke out.

On a battle front that stretched for nearly 1000 kilometers, millions of troops fought desperately. The Russian 21st Armored Division and the German 7th Armored Division met near Poznan and were evenly matched.

The commander of the German 7th Armored Division was Wiltz, who also studied in Russia.

The 80th Division under Wiltz was equipped with a total of 40 armored vehicles, fewer than the standard Russian armored divisions were equipped with.

Since the German armored vehicles were only produced in recent years, there is little difference in performance between the two sides.

They were all taught in the same system, and their tactics all abandoned the traditional infantry-tank coordination.

The Russian army's advantage is more armored vehicles and stronger firepower.

The German army's advantage was 20 newly developed tank killers.

Russia is very powerful, and the German army has far fewer tanks than Russia, so they can only make technical improvements.

The German tank killer is equipped with the latest 125mm tank gun. According to the German army's understanding of the Russian army, it can penetrate all armored vehicles currently in service of the Russian army.

What Wiltz didn't expect was that the Russian armored vehicles had an additional layer of external armor installed on the outside of the vehicle body.

Both Wiltz and the commander of the 21st Russian Armored Division, Yolomanov, thought they had secret weapons and were not afraid of the other side's challenge.

The result is something no one wants to see.

In just half an hour, the 21th Armored Division lost more than half of its tanks, and the 6st Division lost more than % of its tanks.

Now, both troops have lost their combat effectiveness and have to retreat to the second line to rest.

The treatment of the armored forces is definitely different from that of the Polish army.

Like the air forces, both Russian and German armored forces suffered heavy losses in the first week of the war.

Russia lost more than 1000 armored vehicles, and the Germans lost more than 700.

Russia can afford this level of loss.

The mustache was furious.

(End of this chapter)