The Third Reich in Desperation

Nodding his head, the political commissar habitually spread out the battle map for Timoshenko.

It has become a tacit understanding between Timoshenko to mark the drawings for Timoshenko and accompany him to deduce the final map of each battle plan.

Soon, Timoshenko completed a rough deduction on the map with the help of the political commissar.

"No problem!" Timoshenko confirmed again after completing the 23rd game confirmation.

Gritting his teeth tightly, Timoshenko poked his index finger at a spot marked with a red circle on the map, and said word by word: "As long as you take this place, no matter how hard you hold the rest of the Mannerheim Line, you will be able to block it." The fatal breakthrough we made. Once our breakthrough spreads to the wings, the Finns are finished!"

Following the position where Timoshenko poked, the political commissar saw the breakthrough that Timoshenko repeatedly confirmed - the Vyborg area!

In fact, Timoshenko's strategy was entirely correct.Once the Soviet army captured Viborg, it meant that the Mannerheim Line of Defense was completely cut.Next, the Finnish army, which has lost its natural and advantageous location, will inevitably be defeated.

And in front of Vyborg, which Timoshenko wanted to capture with all his heart, was stationed a division of the entire Swedish Volunteer Army Aid to Finland who came from afar.

In this upcoming duel, the Soviet Union is the most powerful country in Eastern Europe, while Sweden is the most powerful country in Northern Europe.

The meeting of the two powerhouses will determine the direction and even the ending of the Soviet-Finnish War!

Chapter 276 Waiting for the body to be collected

Those stationed in the area in front of Vyborg are actually not the Finnish army.

The reason for this was not that Marshal Mannerheim was unaware of the importance of Viborg.

However, even knowing that Vyborg's defense is the top priority, Mannerheim has no way to mobilize a single soldier there.After two months of bitter fighting, although the Finnish army achieved a huge victory, they defeated more than ten divisions of the Soviet army and wiped out tens of thousands of enemies.The Finnish army's own strength has also been consumed by more than 30.00% compared with the beginning of the war.The continuous loss has long exceeded Mannerheim's psychological bottom line.

If it hadn't been for the military support from the countries of the League of Nations, as well as some technical equipment shipped by Germany from non-member countries of the League of Nations.Perhaps, the Mannerheim defense line named after him has long been unable to support it.

Now, the Finnish troops who are familiar with the complex terrain areas on the Mannerheim line of defense have filled them in according to their aptitude.However, due to the lack of troops in the monotonous Vyborg area, they had to be handed over to the volunteers from various countries who had just arrived for defense.

Besides, the defenders in Viborg seem to be quite capable now.

First of all, apart from Finn himself, volunteer troops from the other three Nordic countries have gathered in the Vyborg area. They piled together and called it an army-the Nordic Army.

In total, this army has an 8000-strong Swedish short-formed division, a 1000-strong Danish short-formed regiment, and a 700-strong Norwegian reinforced battalion. Together, there is no integrated division under Timoshenko's command. There are many troops.

The weapons and equipment of this Nordic army, except for the Swedish division which accounts for the majority, are not bad. The volunteers sent by Denmark and Norway basically use the same level of weapons as the Soviet cannon fodder divisions.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the Nordic Army has a small independent Swedish Air Force volunteer unit.Although they all use old-fashioned fighters, for Finland, which lacks guns and guns, it is better than nothing.

In addition, the volunteer division sent by Sweden also brought a small amount of artillery, so that the Nordic army would not only have light weapons to use.As for the volunteer troops sent by Denmark and Norway, it really feels like millet plus rifles.

"Let us hope that the Nordic Army can hold it!" In his combat headquarters, Mannerheim worriedly analyzed with several staff officers.

Just now, they got the battle report that the Soviet army launched a large-scale bombardment in the direction of Vyborg and concentrated air strikes and bombings.

In fact, for this battle, Timoshenko dispatched more than 500 planes and deployed more than 440 artillery pieces at one time, and made fierce pre-aircraft firepower preparations and artillery fire preparations for the frontal Danish regiment of the Nordic Army and its rear.Not long after Mannerheim received the battle report, the report of the defeat of the Danish army came immediately.

"The Nordic Army has dispatched the entire Swedish division to launch a counterattack, and even the air force of the Swedish Volunteer Army has also been dispatched." A young staff officer wearing glasses tried to cheer everyone up: "The Swedish army is the most powerful among the four Nordic countries. Strong troops. With them dispatched this time, the plan of the Soviets may have failed."

The morale-boosting words of the young staff officer brought a bit of self-consolation to the headquarters.Before this time, the Swedish volunteer division, the main force of the Nordic army, had never made a move.And Mannerheim, the Finnish marshal, actually did not have command over the Nordic army.

Although I have never seen Swedish troops fighting, everyone believes that the Swedish Volunteers must be very capable of fighting.It was even rumored that the Swedish Volunteers had a large independent air force and countless artillery.

For the struggling Finnish army, there are reinforcements from the largest Nordic country behind them, which is a strong psychological support for them.Even if it is self-deception, even if this support soldier is deliberately exaggerated, or even fabricated to be outrageously powerful, no one will object.

They need a hope too much, even if it is a fragile, ethereal, unreliable hope like a bubble, they are willing to believe.

Since high hopes have always been placed on it, it is rumored that the miraculous German army did not come.That can only boast the volunteer force sent by Sweden as an ideal substitute for German reinforcements.Such titles as "No. [-] in Northern Europe", "industrial power", and "European powers" were simply added in one go.

If Vyborg hadn't been attacked by the Soviet army, Mannerheim would have been willing to keep the support army there as a beautiful display to support the will of the Finnish army.

"The Swedish division launched a counterattack?" Mannerheim was not as optimistic as the young staff officer.On the contrary, he closed his eyes in pain, and said with a wry smile: "Where do they get their confidence? Is it by their dozens of planes, or their dozens of artillery pieces?"

No one can answer Mannerheim's question, because everyone here knows that, whether it is aircraft or artillery, the Swedish division has not enough for the Soviet army.

Even if the Finnish High Command blows up the Swedish Volunteers for propaganda purposes.But their real strength is still there.

Now Mannerheim really wants to yell at the commander of the Swedish Volunteer Army. How much money does he have, and he doesn't know how much he has?Even defending the position may not be able to hold on, so why fight back!

This is a typical life-changing, wanting to die!

It is estimated that the troops on the front line will soon get the news that the Swedish division, the main force of the Nordic army, will counterattack strongly.

This kind of news can never be hidden.Besides, by the time the Nordic Army informed Mannerheim of the news, they had already set off.Even if Mannerheim wanted to hide it, he missed the best time.

He could even imagine that the struggling troops on the front line got gossip and hoped that the Swedish Volunteers would launch a beautiful counterattack to stabilize the urgent mood of the battle situation a little bit.

And then, after the expected defeat of the Swedish Expeditionary Force, Mannerheim couldn't even imagine the disappointment, despair, and painful expressions of the frontline soldiers...

After a long time, when Mannerheim realized that everything now had become an established fact.He slowly opened his eyes, rubbed his forehead vigorously and asked: "Forget it, I can't call these Swedes back... By the way, they ran to the whole army to fight back, and handed it over to the Nordic Army's vigilante." What about the fort defense mission?"

"They said in the telegram that the defense task was handed over to the volunteer troops sent by Norway to strengthen the battalion." The young staff officer who had just spoken blindly for the Swedes swallowed his saliva, holding the telegram in his hand and said in a low voice: " The Nordic Army also said that as long as the frontline is going well, there is no need to worry about defense. They believe that the best defense is offense. Once the battle is favorable, they will continue to mobilize Norwegian volunteer troops in the rear to expand the results..... ..”

A bunch of idiots!Thinking of those Swedish volunteers who were doing bad things with good intentions, Mannerheim pinched the bridge of his nose and said, "Let our nearby squad gather the defeated Danish volunteers and cooperate with the Norwegians to defend Viborg."

"As for the Swedish division..." Mannerheim took a deep breath, and said slowly, "Wait to collect their corpses."

Text Chapter 277 The Emptiness of Vyborg

With the departure of the Swedish Volunteers, the major neighborhoods in Viborg immediately became much deserted.

In this important city garrisoned by the Nordic army, there is only a Norwegian army with a reinforced battalion left.Of course, that might be a little inaccurate.After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Finnish citizens in the city, thousands of reserve "civilian guards" and women's service teams.

Perhaps it is not accurate to use the word garrison. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are only a few hundred Norwegian volunteer battalions, all equipped with rifles and light weapons.Even the forward positions on the outskirts of the city can't be guarded!

Rather than saying that these troops were left to defend against Soviet attacks, it would be better to say that they maintained order in Vyborg and its surrounding areas, or simply existed, proving that the city was still in the hands of Finland.

Without the Swedish division that supported the Nordic Army, the trenches and fortifications on the outskirts of Viborg appeared much empty.Those self-confident volunteer soldiers from Sweden disappeared.The Norwegian Battalion is the last group of formed units left by the entire Nordic Army in Viborg.

Counting from the start of the Soviet attack on the position of the Danish regiment, in less than three hours, the Swedish division, which had been gearing up for a long time, completed all the deployments.In order to fill in the wide defense line they left behind, the Norwegian battalion was almost split into squad-level units, squatting in the forward trenches.

As for Vyborg, which is relatively far behind, it can be said that it is not much different from the undefended state.

Several Finnish guerrilla detachments joined the trenches at the front of Vyborg after gathering many defeated Danish regiments.Even many unarmed Finnish "civilian guards" also ran to the front.Everyone knows that the final ownership of Vyborg will determine the direction of the war, but among all people, including the citizens of Vyborg, no one dares to assert that their side has the possibility of holding on.

The anxious Finnish officers and the commanders of the Norwegian Volunteer Battalion gathered in Viborg, what they can do now is to try their best to gather the broken soldiers of the Danish regiment who have lost their fighting spirit, and mix them into various trenches , and finally waited for the end of the duel between the Swedish army and the Soviet army.

If the Swedish division can really repel the Soviet army, Naviborg's defense will be greatly strengthened.But once the defeat report comes, what awaits them will be a difficult defensive battle.

The moment to decide the course of the war has arrived!

Unlike the Swedish division, which wanted to repel the Soviet attack, as one of the three major members of the Nordic Volunteer Army, the commander of the Norwegian battalion, Alfred, had no interest in defeating the Soviet Union.He is neither as eager for meritorious service as the commander from Sweden, nor is he eager to defend Vyborg to defend his country like the Finnish officer.

After all, their own country is still under the pressure of the "excuse" imposed by the British, and may face the Volunteers of the Allied Forces Aid to Finland who forcibly landed on the mainland at any time.And the reason why their Norwegian battalion was sent to cooperate with the Finnish army at this time was entirely to appease the reprimands from the League of Nations, and to use actions to prove that Norway was biased towards the League of Nations.

But Norway sent troops, but the League of Nations under the control of Britain and France did not appreciate it.They insisted on sending [-] troops to Norway, and then took the opportunity to go to Finland to fight.