The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

The reference coordinate systems of both parties are different, but an unexpected result is given.

As expected, the volunteer army is more outrageous.

Although some people are no longer present, their legends still echo (funny).

On the first day of the battle, the Soviet and German fighter planes suffered a one-to-one loss ratio, but Soviet pilots had long been accustomed to this kind of high-intensity air combat, and their rear-line pilot training system was designed to make up for the large losses of front-line pilots.

There was no other way. When fighting against the Volunteer Army, their Hurricane tactics were too terrifying, and they always had an endless supply of elite pilots. This was a battlefield advantage that the Soviet Union did not have. In order to fight back, the Soviet Union could only find ways to train pilots in a quick and easy way, at least to prevent the Volunteer Army's planes from sweeping the battlefield with impunity.

The cruel reality has proved that once the volunteer army's planes control the battlefield, all moving targets on the ground will be like French fries in their eyes and can only be picked up.

The result was that starting from the fifth day after the war broke out, the frequency of combat between Soviet and German pilots in the sky dropped rapidly, to the point where each side was considered to have won by maintaining the safety of their respective troops in the sky. The difference was that the Soviet Union's pilot replenishment efficiency was astonishingly fast, while Germany had been losing elite pilots trained in previous battles.

After the advantage in the sky was exchanged, the war between the two sides returned to a one-dimensional plane. The Soviet Armored Front fought against the German Armored Army Group. Both sides started fighting and found that the other side was quite difficult to deal with.

The Soviet Union's armored tactics were obviously more mobile and flexible, like mercury flowing on the ground. In short, they could launch attacks from places that Germany could not expect. Germany's systematic application of armored clusters also taught the Soviet Union a lesson. After all, not all armies are like the Volunteer Army, where both frontal and feint attacks can be turned into main attacks.

But what made the German army uncomfortable was that they could not penetrate and encircle the Soviet army no matter what. The Soviet Red Army seemed to have a precognition cheat, and used limited manpower to manage their own defense line so tightly that it was difficult to understand why they did this, and why as long as the defense line was attacked, they could quickly determine the true main attack direction of the German army.

There was no way, they were forced to do it. When fighting with the Volunteer Army, all Soviet commanders tacitly agreed that as long as there was a loophole in the defense line, if it was not filled up within five minutes, they would consider retreating to the second line of defense, because there would soon be a large number of Volunteer Army soldiers growing like potatoes sprouting, and the Volunteer Army was like the tanks and fortresses in StarCraft. As long as they sat there, they could defend it until the end of time.

As a result, the Soviet defense line became wider, thicker, and longer. It can be said that the trench tactics were deployed to the extreme, and this change was also called the "Volunteer Army Shock."

This means that in the face of the powerful combat effectiveness of the Volunteer Army, many countries had to pick up old tactics again and adopt a passive defense method of "building a strong camp and fighting a stupid battle". At most, they would launch a defensive counterattack. As long as the Volunteer Army did not break through their circular offensive, it would be considered a huge military victory.

The Soviet army was tortured by the Volunteer Army and only had this pursuit left. This also made their defense system simply a big circle within a small circle, with circles within circles. There were minefields outside and barrages inside.

Faced with this incredible defensive fortification jointly built by the Imperial Fist and the Iron Warrior, the German army couldn't understand it no matter how hard they tried. They were not Abaddon, so why should they be treated at the level of a Chaos Warmaster?

Barbarossa in history saw the spire of the Kremlin in winter, but in this parallel world, one month after the offensive began, the German army was still struggling to break through the defense line in Poland.

The Southern Army Group that invaded Ukraine was not in a much better situation. It was unable to advance into Moldova. The German army was almost driven crazy by the Soviet army's layers of defense lines.

The Soviet army was pleasantly surprised to find that these Germans were too ordinary. Compared with the volunteers, they simply did not have the ability to fight to the death after occupying a place. Their ammunition supply had a clear logistical route, and their own guerrilla harassment was useful.

So the Soviet army began to attack the German army's rear supply lines endlessly. The Soviet Red Army, which was interspersed and mobile, showed strong combat effectiveness and adaptability, often making the German army have no way to go up or down. Many supplies had to be stopped from being transported because roads, railways and bridges were destroyed. This situation even spread to Germany's vassal states. For example, Romania was attacked by a Soviet infiltration force.

The damage caused was not great, but it was a very dangerous signal, that is, the Soviet army was still able to fight back under such a strong attack.

The Soviet army's idea this time was also very simple.

Hehehe, I must win this time!

Chapter 238: Micromanagement is a belief

(Third update! I finally have time today, please vote~)

"Trash! All of you are trash! Why don't you go get Billy? Feed Stalin!" -p

The Führer is now very angry, angry in every sense of the word, and the reason is very simple. His original plan of knocking down the Soviet Union within three months now seems to have become an impossible task.

A month has passed since the offensive began, and the German army is still rolling in the mud with the Soviet army. It would be a miracle if they could defeat the Soviet Union in three months.

"Führer, the Soviet defense system is far beyond our imagination. They even spared no effort in the tundra. Soldiers on the front lines report that in some areas, roads and bridges are completely stripped clean by Soviet guerrillas the moment they leave. Their methods are exactly the same as those used by the Volunteer Army's road-stripping teams."

The road-robbing team here is actually the players' own guerrillas. After all, in the military field, destroying the enemy's logistical supplies is an effective way to ensure the complete annihilation of the enemy. In addition, players can call for various supplies and support at any time, so they like to infiltrate alone and then redeploy, directly allowing the transport team behind the enemy to face the main force-level firepower attack.

For the transport team, the intensity of the battle was far beyond their expectations, and they basically had no choice but to surrender.

The logistics of the Italian army were specially praised. After being captured, they not only did not resist, but also honestly repaired bridges and roads and built prisoner-of-war camps. As long as they were given sufficient supplies, these people could turn the local area into an Italian-style town in the shortest time, and it would be impossible to tell that it was a prisoner-of-war camp.

Anyway, this is how the volunteer army's prisoner-of-war camp in the Sinai Peninsula was run. Those Italian prisoners of war did not run away, but instead looked like they wanted to settle down here, which made people laugh.

"I don't want to hear these excuses. The victory I want is to occupy and take Moscow, not to watch our front line remain motionless for several days. I will supply you with whatever you need, but you must speed up the advance!"

What can the generals say? The head of state has ordered a KPI assessment, so you can't refuse. You can only find a solution quickly.

A number of famous German generals were trying their best to speed up the advancement, but they also knew that no matter how hard they tried, their success would not depend solely on their own efforts. The enemy's weaknesses were also an important factor.

Wait, wait patiently, wait for the opportunity to come.

Can you wait?

I have indeed waited for it, and this opportunity was given to me by Dalinzi himself.

The reason is very simple. Comrade Steel asked the Soviet army on the front line to launch a counterattack. The results did not have to be huge, just destroying one or two German divisions would be enough to let the whole world see that our Soviet big brother is also combat-ready.

Comrade Ci Fu had a reason to think so. Ever since the Volunteer Army began to spread across the globe, the Soviet Union's international influence has plummeted. After all, both sides belong to the same ecological niche. At the same time, the Volunteer Army has formed a superior alternative to the Soviet Union in all aspects. This undoubtedly directly robbed the Soviet Union's base, making Comrade Ci Fu very uncomfortable.

So he wanted to take this opportunity to prove the strength of the Soviet Union through victory, which was also a political battle.

Can the political battle be fought?

Of course it is possible to fight. The Soviet Union really needs such a political battle at this time, but who will fight, how to fight, who will fight, and when to fight are all problems. The most sensible approach is definitely to listen to the opinions of the front-line generals and let them deploy according to the actual situation, but Comrade Cifu made a fatal mistake at this time. He wanted to micro-manage.

"The advantage is mine!" (Fenghua accent)

Even at this point, micro-management is not a problem. Comrade Cifu was once a hero of the classical financial industry in the Caucasus and had led troops. His ability is definitely not bad, but he is still too far away from the front line. Generals who are both civil and military are obviously rare in the Soviet Union, and Comrade Gangtie is just not suitable for commanding large troops. But he is the chairman of the Soviet Union. Thinking about the previous purge, who would dare to say no at this time?

In addition to the above reasons, after the Soviet Union successfully withstood Germany's three-pronged attack, it also gave Comrade Steel some unnecessary illusions, that is, the German army was nothing special and was far inferior to the Volunteer Army.

Objectively speaking, Comrade Ci Fu's idea was not wrong. After all, those who are against heaven cannot beat those who cheat. However, he did not realize a big problem. That is, under the training of the Volunteer Army, the Soviet army became stronger and also became an elite force specialized in defense. It is good at defensive counterattacks and crushing weak opponents. However, when the two sides are evenly matched, if you jump out and engage in mobile warfare with the opponent, it is an act of asking for a fight no matter how you look at it.

Many people think that defense is simpler than offense, but in fact, for a general who plans the overall situation, defense is more difficult than offense. If you are attacking, you only need to focus on a few points, but if you switch to defense, unless you are one hundred percent sure that the enemy must go here, you have to pay attention to every point on your own defense line. In most cases, the defender's troops are at a disadvantage, and these troops also need to be mobilized. The difference from the enemy is that the enemy has a larger offensive space and more directions to choose from, while your troops are maneuvering within the defense line.

This also consumes physical strength and energy. In many places, our defensive forces often face an enemy offensive force that is more than five times the size. If the terrain permits, the intensity can be increased to more than ten times.

It is foolish to spread the troops evenly on the defense line. Fist to fist must be used. This is why the defender must always ensure that he has a reserve force that can be called upon at any time.

In the current situation, the Soviet army has successfully delayed the German army by relying on its defensive fortifications. The next thing to do is to drag the enemy until their physical strength is exhausted, and then defend and counterattack. This is the safest and most reliable way to ensure victory. However, in this situation, the superiors actually think that they have a great advantage and want to send F2A up.

If it were anyone else, Zhukov would definitely curse, but now it was Comrade Steel who asked for this, so the only thing he could do was to fly back to Moscow quickly, appeal to his emotions and reason, and hope that Comrade Steel would not do such a stupid thing.

We will definitely win, please be patient.

But Comrade Cifu, who had never experienced the beatings by the German army, obviously had a kind of mysterious confidence in the German army. Zhukov tried his best to persuade him but failed, which made Comrade Gangtie angry and embarrassed.

"Are you afraid of the Germans?"

Zhukov was speechless. Was this a question of fear or not? But he also understood that this was the end of it.

As he left the office dejectedly, other generals came over and patted him on the shoulders. These people also came to persuade Comrade Gangtie to calm down, but they got the answer they least wanted to hear.

In Chinese history books, there are only three words to describe it - the emperor did not listen.

send!

The generals shook their heads. Now they could only go back and redeploy their defenses. They hoped that there would still be room for recovery after the plan actually began.

Chapter 239: Players’ quick-victory tactics

(Fourth update! 10,000 words updated, where are the comments? Where are the votes~)

When the resources of both sides are not much different, the attacking side needs to mobilize more resources, but if the original defending side wants to transform into the attacking side, it means that the troops on the defense line must be concentrated and turned into a fist ready to attack.

So when the Soviet army began to prepare for a counterattack under the instructions of the highest will, the Soviet troops on various defense lines began to become weak, and the reserve forces originally used for defense became the main force preparing for the attack. Various war weapons also began to be deployed and concentrated in designated locations, preparing to give the German army a surprise.

If Germany had a more reliable intelligence system, they would have realized that this was a good opportunity to launch a counterattack. However, Nazi Germany's intelligence system was in a state of chaos, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were all participating in the effort. From the front line, the Soviet army's movements were not obvious under the cover of the huge positions.

However, the Soviet Union's intelligence work on Germany was not much better. Because of the performance of the Fifth Column of the International Volunteer Army in the Soviet-Finnish War, many Europeans who originally had communist tendencies began to have a favorable impression of the International Volunteer Army. Then some of them directly chose to go to Northern Europe to join the International Volunteer Army and became the current personnel of the International Volunteer Army stationed in Northern Europe. They are well-equipped, well-trained, and have a per capita communist belief of MAX.

But the outstanding talents in any era are limited. If they chose the Volunteer Army, they would naturally subconsciously stay away from the Soviet Union. Therefore, except for the intelligence personnel that the Soviet Union had already deployed and hidden, the awakened people from other countries who had voluntarily joined the Soviet intelligence system were all on the side of the Volunteer Army this time, and the Volunteer Army also promised to liberate their hometowns.

This is equivalent to cutting off a section of the Soviet intelligence system in disguise.

As for the Allied intelligence system, they were not originally connected to the Soviet Union, and would not provide any intelligence to the Soviet Union with good intentions, but players would sabotage them.

Players are very enthusiastic about causing trouble for British and American intelligence personnel, and they call it: ensuring fairness between the two sides in World War II.

There is a double standard of fairness, but don’t worry about it. As long as the players think it is fair, it is fair.

The extremely chaotic and evil Fourth Disaster ideology (nods).

The result was that the Allied intelligence system in Germany was almost completely destroyed, and what was left were only some scraps of information that were of no use at all. Even if these people had a good impression of the Soviet Union and wanted to provide intelligence assistance, it was basically of no use. So both sides were in a state where intelligence had to rely on front-line reconnaissance and analysis had to be made up by the generals.

However, the actual situation on both sides was one-way transparent to the Volunteer Army, so in Xinhua Xi (Lan) Jing (Zhou), a huge sand table, the battlefield situation of both the Soviet and German sides were copied here, and then the next direction was judged through the war game simulation of the big guys.

"Comrade Steel is too impatient. Now is not the time to counterattack."

"If it drags on for another four or five months, into winter, the Soviet army will gain even more advantages."

"That's good news, even if they fail, given the time, as long as the Soviets can hold a few key points, holding out until winter shouldn't be a problem." -p

"The biggest variable now is Comrade Steel himself. Why is he suddenly wanting to micromanage?"

"This is probably not just a military consideration, but also a political one. Our volunteer comrades put too much pressure on the Soviet Union, forcing the Soviet Union to find ways to win victory elsewhere to make up for its own political failure."

"But they are just making up for it. They still can't beat the volunteers."

"If the current trend continues, it won't be long before they can't even defeat our People's Red Army."

The first generation pointed at the layout on the sand table and chatted and laughed, and their attitude towards the Soviet Union was very relaxed.

Who makes Xinhua in this world have such a big advantage at the beginning? To the north, there is the new Soviet Union led by Trotsky, which is absolutely impossible to become an enemy of Xinhua. It is a quasi-ally. The countries to the south have a buffer zone with Xinhua controlled by the Volunteer Army and the New Guangxi Clique. This kind of superior geopolitical situation last appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and before that was the Han Dynasty.

This is the true meaning of popularization, dominating Asia and being the only one.

Of course, we dominate in terms of strength, but we do not seek hegemony over the outside world. It doesn’t matter what others think. Xinhua has its own national policy and will stick to it firmly. But if other small countries think they can take advantage of Xinhua’s weaknesses, they’d better ask themselves why they dare to disrespect Xinhua so much.

You must have eaten too much red beans!

In addition, the political structure within Xinhua also underwent a fundamental change. The pro-Soviet faction completely lost power and was either eliminated or marginalized. The industrialization and agricultural collectivization that Xinhua was currently carrying out were all assisted by the Volunteer Army. Xinhua did not owe the Soviet Union anything, so it could naturally look at the Soviet Union with more confidence.

When I'm in a good mood, I'll call you Big Brother because you're the first socialist country. When I'm in a bad mood, you're just a white guy who got beaten up by the volunteers and got out of Asia.

Respect is respect, interests are interests, and one thing is another.

Beacon Era player group.

"The Soviet-German War has begun. Should we also play a dungeon?"

"Thank you for the invitation. I'm in the Soviet Union, observing secretly."

"Good guy, let's do a first-hand live broadcast."

"It's quite interesting, a Panther tank versus a T-34/85."

"Wait a minute, the Soviet Union already has the top-of-the-line T-34?"

"We've already developed the Type 59, so it's only natural that the T-34 would upgrade based on our finished product."

"How is the battle situation now?"

"In general, the Panther tank is superior to the T-34. They've increased their frontal armor to 100mm, and it's angled at 30 degrees. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, the T-34's shells are really useless."

"Then we can only attack from behind, or shoot at close range."

"The latest intelligence is that the Soviets have taken out their heirloom 100mm tank gun and tried to fit it into the T-34's turret. Unfortunately, they couldn't do it, so they had to come up with the SU-100."

"That's fine too. At least it's a 100mm main gun."

"Where is the SU-152?"

"Alright, alright, comrades, please be quiet for a moment. I have something to say. Please listen carefully."

"I see. This is the Idea King's speech. What is it?"

"Speak quickly and don't be shy."

"Ahem, I was thinking, right now, the entire Europe is actually supported by Germany, and Germany is also the de facto industrial center of Europe. So what if we use the player's characteristics to sneak into Germany directly, and then blow up the entire country in one go?"

The chat group was silent for a few seconds, and then began to refresh frantically.

"Yes, yes. Anyway, the whole of Europe is actually supported by German tanks. Why can't we just attack the heart of Europe and shut it down?"

"Players can sneak into Germany alone, deploy their troops, and steal a base directly behind the enemy. This tactic is completely feasible!"

"Wow, doesn't that mean World War II ended all of a sudden? Isn't that a bit too fast?"

"Ending the war quickly will reduce many casualties, which is a great benefit."

"Okay, okay, this is exciting, this is what I want to see."

"Since everyone agrees, let's make a detailed plan and deliver a fatal blow to the heart of the Axis Powers!"

"I think, since we've already used this trick on Germany, why not include Japan as well?"

"Then we need to divide our forces, are you sure?"

"As players, we're not afraid of anything. It doesn't matter if we're confident or not. We'll just give it a try."

"But this is equivalent to exposing our biggest trump card. Other countries will definitely be wary in the future, and our options will be even fewer."

Using gameplay to fight is a double-edged sword. The biggest problem is that the system will impose a time penalty. Once the player starts to act, the game system's task refresh is activated, and a time-limited task with a time penalty comes. If it is not completed, the reputation will be lost. However, the reputation value of the Volunteer Army can be discounted in the system mall.