The Third Reich in Desperation

在古德里安的带领下，下辖1个装甲师、2个摩托化师和1个步兵师的第19装甲军既是第4集团军的中路，又是北方集团军群的攻击前锋。

After the war started, he led his troops to quickly break through the Polish border defense line, and completely completed the encirclement of the Polish "Pomeranian" group army in the "Danzig Corridor" area within two days.Although the encirclement scale was slightly smaller than that of the Southern Group Army, this encirclement battle eventually reduced the Polish army's main frontier troops by nearly [-], which was also a brilliant victory.

Compared with the huge encirclement battle of the Bzura River that Manstein won by strategy, Guderian's shining point lies in the ultra-low casualty rate he achieved by relying on tactical weapons.

The outcome of the Battle of the Buzula River was that the 8th Division of the 30th Army of the Southern Army Group was completely lost, with more than 3 casualties in the entire division.Bock relied mainly on Guderian's armored forces, and after annihilating all 1 infantry divisions and 2000 cavalry brigade of the Polish "Pomeranian" army group, the total casualties of the Northern Army Group were less than 4.Among them, the four front-line combat divisions commanded by Guderian only killed 150 people and injured 700 people.

However, Guderian, whose troops are still healthy, has also encountered a big troublesome problem now-the 19th Division advanced too smoothly, and captured more than 2 Polish soldiers almost easily along the way. The advance of the prisoner will inevitably seriously affect the advancing speed behind him.

"General! Commander Bock sent a telegram asking us to break through the Polish army's fortification area in Brest-Litovsk, and then join the vanguard armored troops of the Southern Army Group as soon as possible in Fuwo on the Bug River. Dawa joined forces." A staff officer of Guderian introduced next to him.

"It just swallowed an army group in Poland, and immediately urged us to rush to Wwodava. Admiral Bock really has a big appetite." Guderian looked at the map hanging on the wall, and after a long time, he Then he said: "No! With such a large group of prisoners, we will definitely not be able to make it through. Even if we make it to Fuwo Dawa, it will take at least a week or more. By then, the vanguard of the Southern Army Group will probably have arrived long ago."

After hearing this, the staff officer said helplessly: "We rushed too fast, and there are no other friendly troops around to go up. Even if we want to hand over the prisoners, we can't find friendly troops to take them."

Guderian had a melancholy look on his face, dragging his chin and thinking: "I also want to increase the speed, so as not to waste the mobility of our armored forces. But the [-] captives only have legs, and they can't keep up with our tanks. speed."

Just when Guderian proposed the idea of ​​leaving the captives behind and rushing at full speed, a staff officer came up with a compromise plan for him.

"Commander, we can let the slower 14th Infantry Division stay behind to escort the prisoners and move forward slowly. Anyway, the 14th Infantry Division always slows down the marching speed of the whole army. In this way, we can also concentrate the speed The fastest 3rd Armored Division, 2nd and 20th Motorized Divisions were advancing at full speed."

After the staff finished speaking, he glanced at Guderian's eyes, and what he found in the army commander's eyes was a satisfied approval.

"That's right, your suggestion is very creative!" Guderian nodded, patted the staff officer's shoulder in praise, and said, "I'll give you a promotion report and apply for a medal. I can Let me tell you responsibly, based on the relationship between me and the head of state, whether it is a promotion or a medal, you have to decide!"

"Thank you, General, for your promotion!" The staff officer immediately stood at attention and saluted.He has been in the position of lieutenant colonel for several years, but he still has no chance to move up.Although he has been serving as a staff member to Guderian, the head of state's favorite, Guderian has nothing to do on weekdays, why should he promote him as an inconspicuous little staff member.

He had long believed in his heart that without aristocratic background and unwilling to flatter him, it would be very difficult to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

"Don't think too much, this is what you deserve." As if seeing through the psychological activities of the staff, Guderian said lightly: "Since the head of state came to power, the promotion criteria for officers have no connection with whether they have noble backgrounds or not." .Those who are talented and make contributions can be promoted. Even those incompetent noble family children can only go to the grassroots and slowly climb up step by step."

Main text Chapter 182: The Lion Fights the Rabbit

The German army won two encirclement battles, one in the south and one in the north, and the number of Polish troops captured alone exceeded 40.00% of the total troops on the Polish western front. This is not counting the number of wounded and killed that is difficult to count.

In several other small-scale pursuit battles, the German army captured another [-] Polish defeated soldiers, which further hit the already low morale of the Polish army.

Coupled with the British and French allies sitting idly by, and the Soviet army's repeated attacks on the eastern front, the rule of the Polish government can be said to be in a precarious state.

Several times, Smi Gray wanted to draw one or two divisions from the relatively stable Eastern Front to fill in the gaps in the Western Front.But the order came to his lips, and he was swallowed abruptly.Does he dare to transfer the troops on the Eastern Front?Can he tune it? !

Although relying on the virtues of their ancestors, the Polish army fought evenly against the Soviet army with the same outdated tactical thinking on the Eastern Front.But once this kind of battle is in full swing, one or two divisions that are in front of the Soviet army will be taken away.What did the troops on the Eastern Front use to resist the wave after wave of Soviet army tactics, relying on faith?

"Report! Major General Filipovitz has returned with the 13th Cavalry Division." An emotional liaison officer shouted into the meeting room where Smi Gray held a military meeting.

Then, the dusty Filipovitz strode into the door of the conference room.

"Marshal!" hurried Filipovitz saluted from Smeigret.

A fierce general in the Polish cavalry unit, because he was lucky enough to lead his troops to the Eastern Front to fight against a group of Soviet troops commanded by a group of foreign administrative committees half a month ago, he avoided being as confused as his colleagues on the Western Front. The confused ones were taken away by the German army.

Filipovitz had just returned from Starry Night on the Eastern Front. His once charming blond hair was now disheveled like a chicken coop, and sweat dripped down his dusty face.At first glance, this looks like a beggar.And the collar of his uniform was obviously buttoned up hastily a second before rushing into the headquarters, and even the buttonholes were misplaced.

Although Filipovitz looked embarrassed, no one laughed at him.

At this moment, every Polish soldier who stayed in Warsaw was full of surprises when Filipowitz came back!

"Why don't you tell me when you come back?" Smeigre stepped forward and hugged this travel-worn Polish "tiger general".

"Marshal, the Eastern Front is barely stable..." Before he had time to rest, Filipovitz panted and saluted: "Although the Soviet Army has mobilized millions of troops, they The orders of the commanders at the lower level were disorganized, and they would do nothing but order the soldiers to charge."

After finishing speaking, Filipovitz suddenly picked up a glass of water, slammed the table after the cow drank it, and said, "If the Soviet army hadn't adopted an unfocused attack on all fronts, our army had to divide troops to guard everywhere, and I would It’s not like we can only draw out one division to rush back!”

"It's good to be able to come back, it's good to be able to come back. If Ximian played half as well as you guys, I wouldn't be in such a mess." Smi Gray sighed at Filipovitz.

"What? The situation on the Western Front has been corrupted to the point of irreparability!" Filipovitz, who has been fighting in the East for a long time, obviously doesn't know the details of the Western Front very well, with an incredulous look on his face: "That Berente As for the major general, isn’t he very powerful? Didn’t he come up with some way to save it? At the beginning, he easily designed and eased the crisis on the Eastern Front for us!”

Smeagley did not return Filipovitz's words.His instantly livid face caused the temperature in the entire meeting room to drop below zero.One could even hear Smeigre's heavy breathing, gnashing of teeth, if one strained one's ears.

If Berente left one step later, Smi Gray would disregard the international consequences and disregard the international consequences to dismantle him to vent his resentment towards France's treachery.Now that Filipovitz mentions Berente's name, it's tantamount to sprinkling another handful of salt on Smi Gray's bloody wound!

A group of officers and staff officers who stayed in the meeting room didn't even dare to speak out, and nervously looked at Smeigre with his veins exposed.

"That idiot French major general came up with a blind idea and caused us to lose 25 elites. He was afraid that I would hold him accountable, so he slipped away!" Smi Gray didn't choose to lose his temper in front of his favorite general, but in the end he just said quietly.

"25 elite! This is almost catching up with the entire combat force on the Eastern Front. How could it be so easy to disappear?!" Although Filipovitz had heard that the Western Front was stinky, he did not expect it to be so fierce. Smelly.

The conceited major general Berente did not give him the impression of being an idiot, but he seemed very reliable.In all fairness, Filipovitz thinks he is no better than others.But even if such a reliable and excellent general did not save the situation on the Western Front, it could only be that the Germans were too strong, it could only be that the strength of the German army had exceeded a certain level, and a certain Polish army was not even strong enough. reached the extent!

"More than that, we also lost 10 main forces on the northern front. We lost no less than 7 people on the scattered defense lines." Smi Gray's bachelor said all the bad news in one breath: "The British and the French Guys fired a few shots in the west (not even a shot, actually) and then quit, leaving us on our own. Now, we've got no reinforcements!"

France's attitude can be said to have directly ruined Smeigre's last glimmer of hope.Without the support of reinforcements, it would be absolutely impossible for the Polish army, which was attacked on both sides, to survive until the end of the war on its own.

The troops fleeing on the western front are now retreating thousands of miles along roads large and small like ducks being chased away.Those who can't run away simply disarm and surrender.Apart from confusion and depression, Smi Gray could not find any other adjectives to describe the current situation of the frontline troops.

After hearing this series of bad news, Filipovitz was silent.He suddenly realized that he only brought back a cavalry division, which didn't seem to help the situation at all.No, even if all the troops in the east are brought back, it won't change the bad situation!

"Marshal, I think there is no need for us to try to stop the German army. What we can do now is to withdraw those who can withdraw and gather as many people as possible to defend our capital, Warsaw."

Filipovitz crazy?

He wants to give up a large area of ​​territory on his own initiative, and let the German army drive straight in!

Smeigre went mad with anger. It was because he refused to return the Danzig Corridor to Germany that this war was caused. As his confidant and beloved general, how dare Filipovitz say that this completely violates his own territory? Do not let the advice of principle come.

Soon, however, Smeagle restrained his anger.After all, he is also the overlord of one party, and he still has certain skills to be able to achieve this position.For example, now, even in his anger, he can clearly realize that Filipovitz dared to make such a suggestion, and there must be his necessary reasons.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Smeagle said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Marshal! Then I'll say it straight." Filipovitz saluted.

"In general, our army's deployment on the western front has no strategic depth, so that the Polish army was either annihilated or divided and surrounded by the German army's high-speed and deep advance. It became a lone army behind the German army, and the resistance quickly fell apart. On one point, we did miscalculate.”

"Moreover, although Britain and France have millions of troops on the western front, they stand still and declare that they will not fight. This makes it impossible for us to escape defeat no matter how hard we persist."

Speaking of this, Filippovitz paused, and with an extremely ugly expression, said in a crying voice: "The only thing we can do is to fight in Warsaw to protect the last dignity of this country."

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At the same time, in the Fuhrer's residence in Berlin, Reinhardt held a press conference with domestic reporters.He gave a confident and humorous speech under the flashing light: "The remaining task of the German army is just to kill a rabbit. From a military point of view, the war is over. But what I want to tell the Polish Marshal Smi Gray is that I I personally believe in the dogma that the lion fights the rabbit and does his best, so I ask him to be mentally prepared. This kind of mental preparation should be done in advance when he refuses to return the German territory!"

Text Chapter 183 The Strange 111 Vehicle Group

Historically, Germany commissioned Daimler-Benz to design a new 34-30 ton tank in order to develop a tank that could compete with the Soviet T-35.

What Daimler-Benz ultimately designed was, in fact, almost a copy of the Soviet T-34.Different from the complex design of German tanks in the past, Daimler-Benz strives to achieve a simple design similar to the Soviet T-34 tank in terms of body, turret, diesel engine, driving system, suspension system and tracks.

Although this plan was ultimately rejected in history, this time it was confirmed in advance because of the T3 tank plan proposed by Reinhardt.