The Fourth Disaster, Starting from the Movie Eight Hundred

At this moment, Liu Qi spoke in the group: "Have you ever thought about this? Making the enemy clearly understand how they lost is also a very important lesson from war."

"how do I say this?"

"Simply put, it's about crushing the enemy head-on, bit by bit, even when they're struggling mightily. By the end of the battle, the loser will be even more convinced and subconsciously obey everything the victor has planned for them. You can look at the changes in Germany after World War II and the various reforms the Five-Star Emperor implemented in Japan. These were all achieved through absolute and unquestionable victory, and they also greatly reduced the cost of managing the occupied territories."

"And let me be frank. If victory comes too quickly, sometimes impurities can't be completely cleared. One of the hidden purposes of war is to get rid of the old and bring in the new. If old ideas, systems, institutions, and classes refuse to give in, then let them physically disappear!"

Chapter 240: The Soviet Union launched a counterattack,

(First update: I was taken to the production line and made a machine slave. Sad~)

"Yeah, if we win too quickly, what if the person who deserves to die doesn't die?"

"There are advantages to advancing slowly. At least it allows as many insects as possible to jump out."

"Yes, yes, yes. Let's test the consciousness of Europe's ruling class and see how many of them truly care about their own people."

“This number shouldn’t be much.”

"That would be a good reason to start a purge."

"That's right, collusion with the Nazis, crimes against humanity, betrayal of the motherland, selling out state assets—just pick one and you have a ton of charges. Enough to be shot eight hundred times. And yet, he's being executed red-handed."

"In that case, we can't move too quickly. We must show those people that there's hope for the Nazis to win. We must also make it clear in advance that we will never compromise with them, forcing them to resist to the end and completely purge them!"

"It's such a happy decision!"

So the original battle plan was cancelled, and the players began to redeploy the front lines, but they still had to attack, and grind down the enemy bit by bit until their lives and flesh and blood were almost gone. Even if the rulers above still wanted to continue, the entire country would lose the ability to continue the war.

This also means that the whole of Europe will be completely reduced to ruins, and the remaining talents will be divided up by various countries, directly entering a state of decline and starting the next cycle of order.

Just as the Volunteer Army was deploying its troops, the first batch of volunteer soldiers from Xinhua and the Japanese Communist Party (People's Republic of Japan) also arrived at the Qinghai training base. They would undergo a one-month equipment familiarization training here and then be incorporated into the Volunteer Army's combat units.

In fact, the Volunteer Army did not ask Xinhua and the Japanese Communist Party to provide troops, but both governments firmly believed that this world war was a turning point for the proletariat and communism, and they must contribute manpower and manpower to bring that beautiful dream era one step closer to all mankind.

"This is not just our war, but a war that will determine the future of all mankind and human civilization. The unity of the proletariat of the world is not just a slogan, it requires more concrete actions!"

With the teacher’s speech “Workers of the World, Unite and Strive for a Turning Point Victory” delivered in Xijing, the communist forces around the world began to gather again.

Because they really saw the dawn of phased victory.

It is not the short-lived self-admiring glory of the Paris Commune, nor the Soviet Union's authoritarian ideology of prioritizing national interests, nor is it a squatting and messy war like that in Spain, but a fight for a better tomorrow on the scale of the human world.

Human beings have never lacked the spirit of self-sacrifice, but have lacked the power to awaken it.

Now, a force powerful enough to change the world extends an invitation to all of humanity.

Comrades, join me in creating a better tomorrow.

Asia, Europe, Africa, America, Oceania, people from different places, different skin colors, different languages, but with the same beliefs, began to rally under one flag for a better tomorrow.

From this moment on, the world proletarian revolution is redefined and a new struggle has begun!

But capitalism is still fighting among itself.

Now it is a battle between free capitalism led by the United States and state monopoly capitalism led by Germany, and then it will be a battle between domestic industrial capitalists and financial capitalists.

The greedy Ouroboros is a monster that even wants to devour itself.

Seeing such a strong response to the call issued by the Volunteer Army, the Soviet Union became anxious.

He is eating from my pot!

But at this time, the Soviet Union obviously did not have the ability to take back the blame, so Comrade Cifu was even more eager for a glorious victory.

The Soviet Union needs victory, a great victory, and it needs it now!

So in July 1943, when the German army had not yet been significantly weakened, the Soviet Union launched Operation Bagration. Three million elite Soviet troops rushed towards the German offensive.

In fact, the Soviet army wanted to bypass the enemy, but their intelligence system could not provide the German army with accurate battlefield action routes, and the commander originally in charge of the area was replaced by Model just a month ago.

That was Otto Moritz Walter Model, the Nazi's iron wall, the famous "Führer's Fire Brigade" in history, and an UR-level commander who was good at defense and counterattack.

What a coincidence, Zhukov is also a firefighter, but the problem is that he is not in charge of the overall command now. The real boss is in Moscow watching the sand table and making micro-manipulations.

In response to the Soviet counterattack, Model reported the battle situation on the front line to the Führer in the rear, while deploying layers of defensive fortifications on the spot. During this period, he learned a lot from the Soviet army, especially the Soviet army's defensive counterattack, which was a model of impeccable defense. This made Model very appreciative, so he decided to follow suit this time.

However, Model did not set up defenses by copying the others. Instead, he deployed a defense line that was more suitable for the physique of the German army based on the characteristics of the German army. The defense line itself was also a trap for counterattacks. As long as the enemy attacked, the attacked location would cave inward. Then both sides would not move at the beginning, but when the enemy reached the limit of attack, their return route would be cut off directly.

Model called his tactics "pitterplant", which is actually a standard dynamic defensive pocket formation.

But even with all the preparations made, Model was still scared out of his wits by the Soviet army's performance. The enemy almost broke through his pocket formation.

The combat effectiveness of the Soviet elite troops was quite terrifying, and it fully demonstrated the value of training with the Volunteer Army. Even though the German Panther tank was superior in performance to the T-34-85 used by the Soviet Army, and the small number of KV-100s (the 152 gun was replaced with a toilet head version of 100 guns), the Soviet Army's level of tactical coordination was not inferior to that of the German Army, and was even slightly higher.

The Soviet army was so terrifying, what kind of opponent was the volunteer army that easily defeated them?

This was the first thought that flashed through Model's mind, and then he thought of Rommel, who had retreated back to Egypt in the Sinai Peninsula not long ago.

At that time, I even mocked the other party a little, but now it seems that it is a skill for him to get away with it.

Fortunately, Model also had some trump cards. When the Soviet tanks broke through the German positions and were about to break through the last line of defense of the German army, three huge monsters blocked their way.

There are really three seats instead of three vehicles. Compared with the Pangu super-heavy tanks of the Volunteer Army, these German super-heavy tanks appear to be much smaller, only half the standard. This is also the largest tank that can be quickly built with the current German technology level.

Interestingly, its designation was E-100, the Maus tank.

Is there something wrong?

There's nothing wrong with that. Naming is inherently random, and with the help of Mithril Corporation, Germany had already begun developing the E-series general-purpose tanks. So, stimulated by the Volunteer Army's Pangu super-heavy tank, it's not surprising that the E-100 came out ahead of schedule.

The E-100 is 20 meters long, 8 meters wide and 7 meters high. It is equipped with twin 280mm main guns and is surrounded by a gallery gun structure similar to that of a pre-dreadnought. However, this area is actually isolated from the interior to ensure that the destruction of the gallery guns outside will not affect the interior. The gallery gun weapons are also at the machine gun level, ranging from heavy machine guns to 40mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft and anti-plane guns with depression angles, which can be regarded as specially customized for the E-100.

Such a behemoth of war was barely produced by Germany working overtime and with the help of the Mithril Company. There are only three of them in total. Now they are sent to the front line to break the deadlock. Originally, they were to be assigned to the Southern Army Group because it was charging towards the Soviet oil fields. Germany's demand for oil is the same as that of the US military, the more the better.

But coincidentally, all these equipment had to be circulated in the central region, and during the transit, the Soviet counterattack began.

So Model directly intercepted these three behemoths and let them play a role on the battlefield.

Unlike the players' cheating deployment, Germany wanted to move these three behemoths from the rear, so it could only lay special lines for transportation. It also reinforced several bridges along the way and disassembled them for transportation, but at least they were transported. With air supremacy ensured, these behemoths would be a nightmare for the other side as long as they appeared on the battlefield, whether attacking or defending. And now, the Soviet army ran into this nightmare head-on.

"fire!"

Amid the roar of three twin-mounted 280mm main guns, the Soviet offensive momentum came to a halt with a "click". Anyone could see that attacking three steel fortresses was suicidal for the Soviet army, which only had 85mm and 100mm guns. Heavier equipment was obviously not something they could bring with them during the assault. Even if they did, facing three movable iron lumps, unless they fired at close range, with the long-range accuracy of World War II artillery, most of the time they could only hear a noise.

Moreover, they were not acting alone. There were many other tanks and armored vehicles next to the E-100. Under their cover, the even more terrifying Iron Cross steel torrent began to attack in the opposite direction.

"Just keep moving forward, and we'll take care of the rest!"

This was what the E-100 crew shouted to the other tank crews, and was met with cheers of "Long live the tank."

Humans have gigantic phobia, but on the other hand, there are also those who worship giants. Especially when a huge monster rushes out of one's own army and starts charging under enemy fire, the effect of boosting morale is simply incredible.

"Long live Germany!"

With the sound of E-100's twin main guns firing, the German army's morale was boosted, and the Soviet army was forced to retreat. However, the cover work was obviously not done well, or under the order of Comrade Steel, the Soviet army rushed too fiercely. By the time they arrived here, the original attack formation had been scattered. If the enemy had been broken by now, it would be fine, but if there was still strength to fight back, the surrounding German troops would follow suit and form a terrifying encirclement with no dead ends.

At this time, the Soviet front-line generals had already realized the crisis of the situation, but they had to send a telegram to Moscow first to tell Comrade Cifu that the situation was not good, and this back and forth would take a lot of time.

The good news is that after realizing the unfavorable situation, Comrade Cifu immediately delegated command to the front-line commanders, allowing them to quickly adjust according to their respective situations. He also allowed the Soviet army to retreat.

The bad news is that because of this telegraphic reporting process, the German army has completed its pocket formation against the Soviet army.

Led by three E-100 tanks, the Soviet and German sides launched an unprecedented tank battle in the Soviet-controlled Poland.

More than 2,000 tanks from both sides collided, fought and smashed each other, but the front line began to gradually move into Belarus. Judging from the current situation, whether Belarus likes it or not, it will become the Soviet Union’s "Belarusian Balcony".

Comrade Cifu obviously could not accept this kind of failure in which his own home was turned into a battlefield. On the one hand, he ordered the Belarusian side to fortify their defenses and clear the countryside, and on the other hand, he forced the Soviet troops on the front line not to retreat. But the Soviet troops who broke through the pocket formation did not retreat. Would they continue to fight on both sides of the pocket formation and act like a walnut caught between two iron pliers?

Zhukov was extremely anxious. These were elite veterans who had survived the battle with the Volunteer Army. In Warhammer 40K, they would have had thirty gold nails on their foreheads as forehead protectors. If they were all killed, the Soviet Union would probably have to start preparing for the Battle of Moscow immediately.

Finally, under the collective advice of Soviet generals headed by Zhukov, Comrade Steel fully realized his mistake, revoked the wrong order, and truly loosened the Soviet troops on the front line and began to retreat into Belarus. Finally, a barrage of heavy artillery was used to stop the further advance of the German army in the Minsk area, barely saving 300,000 elite troops, but these elite troops needed to readjust their status before returning to the battlefield.

Originally, the number was one million. They were veterans who had fought against the Volunteer Army. The remaining veterans were honed through training and qualifications. The Soviet Union's action was indeed a rapid advance in the early stage, allowing the world to see a different Soviet Union, but the heavy losses in the later period also made the Soviet Union's reputation completely placed behind the Volunteer Army by the world's proletarian revolutionaries.

The same is true for the Soviet Union. The real big brother is still the volunteer army.

Fortunately, the Soviet front was still able to be maintained. After this setback, Comrade Steel no longer micro-managed the situation and completely delegated power to the front-line generals. He then focused his energy on logistics and awarding medals, as well as carrying out more active diplomatic work abroad. It can be said that he learned a lesson from his failure.

The German side was ecstatic. The Führer personally went to the front to award Model with medals and promoted him to Marshal, in charge of the entire Army Group Center. Next, Model would carry the Führer's expectations and march towards Moscow.

There is also good news, that is, Turkey has opened the Bosphorus Strait, which is equivalent to leaning towards Nazi Germany in the battle team. Although there is no alliance, as long as Germany works harder, the comrade who stood by Germany in World War I can be won over again.

But what Türkiye did not expect was that just as they were showing signs of escalating relations with Nazi Germany, the warning from the Volunteer Army came.

"Enemy or friend? Türkiye, please answer."

Chapter 241: Constantine, green ivy is also a kind of radish!

(Second update! May Day is only two days off, ahh ...

Ismet İnönü, a character that most Chinese people have no idea who he is unless they search on Baidu. However, in Turkey's history, this second-generation leader in the true sense has had a profound impact on the country because he continued Kemal's policies while carrying out reforms.

The most taboo thing about national inheritance is that the next person to come up overturns everything done by the previous one. No national policy can withstand such a tossing.

Therefore, the founding monarch is important, but his successor is equally important. The former determines whether such a country will appear in the world, and the latter determines how far this country can go on this road, because any policy will only form inertia and become common sense and habits accepted by the whole country if it continues for more than three generations.

You know, for Turkey, the greatest significance of Kemal's reforms is to secularize it. In the Middle East, secular countries are often the most combat-ready countries and are closest to the organizational form of a complete country.

It has to be said that in this regard, countries with a long history are relatively well-off. Turkey's predecessor was the Ottoman Empire, and its historical heritage is definitely better than those barbarians in Europe who can't talk about history without Rome.

As for Asia, Rome has always been there, has been there, is there, and will be there in the future.

Xinhua can get used to the days without any country because a long, long time ago, your ancestors were still deoxyribose.

As the actual second generation (there was a transitional one before him, which can be ignored), İnönü inherited and consolidated Kemalism, allowing Turkey's modernization reforms to be fully implemented. Historically, he also successfully led Turkey through World War II safely, and after the war, he also benefited from both sides because of his special geographical location.

After all, it is Roman orthodoxy, and the elite Luo is out for some ecstasy. Green radish is also Luo!

When the German tanks began to sweep everything, Inonu's attitude could not be said to be wrong. At this time, not taking a clear side and playing both sides is the best choice. Türkiye's current small body cannot withstand the storm of a world war.

But Germany has now integrated all of Europe and has truly turned the Mediterranean into the empire's inland sea. Now that it has achieved this, it is natural for it to reach out to the Middle East and have ideas about Constantinople. It is another route to attack the Soviet Union, and Germany also wants to experience the feeling of sailing on land.

Turkey, as a vital point of the Ottoman Empire, must hold its ground. It cannot simply speak its mind whenever Germany tells it to. Where is the dignity of the Ottoman Empire? Where is the sovereignty of an independent nation? Where is its loyalty to the anti-fascist camp?

At this time, Türkiye cannot take sides. If it does, it will not be able to make money and it will be very dangerous.

Inonu's approach also made Turkey jump back and forth, but without making a clear statement. In the end, it symbolically joined the Allied forces in declaring war on Germany, joined the anti-fascist camp, obtained the status of a victorious country, and avoided being liquidated after the war.

But the Volunteer Army's inquiries undoubtedly put Türkiye in a very embarrassing position, that is, asking it to express its position.

Ally or enemy, you choose for yourself, there is no middle option.

Who made Turkey's geographical location so special? In fact, Germany has always had a combat plan to capture Istanbul, but Germany was powerless in terms of strength. In addition, Turkey cooperated very well when Germany was in an advantageous position, so it did not suffer from war. But now the situation is different. Once Turkey cannot judge the relationship between enemies and friends, the volunteers will acquiesce that Turkey has joined the Axis camp, and then Türkiye will have to compete with the volunteers.

Looking at the German army that was beaten to a pulp in the Sinai Peninsula before, no matter how bold the Turkish army is, it will not think that they, who claim to be descendants of the Turks, can compete with the volunteer army that is so skilled in playing with the steel torrent.

Don’t talk about a 30-70 split. It was clearly the Volunteer Army that struck three times, and Türkiye was waiting for the first seven days.

But if we stand on the side of the Volunteer Army now, the German army...

"The Volunteer Army will provide military protection to Türkiye. This is our commitment," said the Volunteer Army Ambassador Imperial Convention.

Anyway, there was nothing important to do recently, so he accepted the task of being a volunteer army envoy and fully enjoyed the supreme treatment that a super military organization should enjoy at the moment.

The Turkish side almost knelt down to welcome them, and the Imperial Pact did not hide its tracks at all.

It would be even better if a German spy came to assassinate him. No matter whether he was killed in battle or lost his life, the Turkish government would make a sharp explosion.

You had choices before, but now you won’t have any choices.

Therefore, the Reichskommissariat's mission also included "dying" in Türkiye if necessary.

The Han envoy has arrived. Are you touched?

After hearing what the Imperial Convention said, Inonu sat up straight at once, his brain began to quickly calculate the interests involved, and then he quickly came to the conclusion that it would be beneficial for Turkey at this time to get the promise of protection from the volunteers.

The German army dared to have ideas about Türkiye, but it had to think about Türkiye where the Volunteer Army was stationed.

What? The beating in the Sinai Peninsula wasn't bad enough, was it?

"If the volunteers can really provide such help, Türkiye is willing to join the Allied forces!"

"Then it's a deal. Pick a place in your country... Istanbul, and the comrades will be there soon."

"Right away? So fast!"

"You know the efficiency of the Volunteer Army."

So Turkey quickly drew an airdrop zone north of Istanbul. Not long after, dense heavy transport planes appeared in the sky, scrambling to land at the field airport. Trenches and fortifications soon began to appear in the Istanbul area, and field airports also became scattered. The entire deployment took only one day.

Just when countries around the world thought that the Volunteer Army and Turkey would negotiate for ten days or half a month, the Volunteer Army had actually taken control of Istanbul. Anyway, with the combat effectiveness of the Volunteer Army, once they really wanted to take this place, no country thought that Türkiye could resist. The only difference was how long they could hold on before raising the white flag.

"Mr. President, are we inviting a wolf into the house?" Inonu's staff asked worriedly.