The Third Reich in Desperation

An hour, just an hour.This ambitious counterattack ended with the complete defeat of the Swedish division, the "Nordic first force", and the anticlimactic end.

Those fighter planes and artillery that they were proud of were submerged in the huge firepower of the Soviet army as soon as they had a face-to-face encounter.In the Nordic army, the Swedish division, as the only unit with fighter planes and artillery, can indeed be regarded as a powerful presence.

However, they were only comparing within the Nordic army, which lacked guns and guns!

Compared with the Soviet army, their heavy weapons are simply a drop in the bucket, very few.They only had 25 fighters in total, but the Soviet army could dispatch 250 of them in one batch.They had only 27 cannons in total, but the Soviet army also had more than 400 cannons in one local direction.

The Swedish division's little preparation was really not enough in front of the wealthy Soviet army.At the first moment of contact between the two armies, these soldiers from Sweden immediately realized how stupid they were doing.

The mantis arm is the car, beyond your own strength!

If they hadn't been the attackers and had taken the initiative to attack, the Soviet troops who were fighting back were not prepared and could not concentrate all their forces to attack the Swedish division. I am afraid that they would not even have a chance to escape.

Now, taking advantage of the fact that the Soviets have not yet reacted, they only use artillery and planes to bomb the positions of the Swedish Volunteers, and there is still a chance to "turn in".If you stay on the ground and resist, it is estimated that there will only be annihilation of the whole army.

"Run quickly! There will be no chance if it is too late."

"You guys! Don't shoot foolishly there. It's useless if you can't hit their plane. Just run!"

"We're leaving first, so hurry up. If the Soviet army starts to charge later, none of us will be able to escape."

In the chaotic camp of the Swedish division, the volunteer divisions at all levels who had lost contact with the division headquarters during the first round of Soviet bombing, coincidentally led by the grassroots commanders, began to break up.

If it was said that they had only heard their own propaganda before, Yelang's arrogant volunteers blindly believed that they were powerful.Now, under the education of the shells that fell on their heads in reality, no matter how slow they reacted, they should understand one fact-the Soviet army with powerful firepower has completely gained the absolute upper hand!

"Swish, swish, swish..." Knowing that the ending was doomed, the Swedish soldiers who survived the Soviet bombing resolutely abandoned the useless rifles and guns in their hands that would only increase their weight. Ammunition, throwing away all the "burdens" that can be discarded, so that I can run faster and live longer in the future.If you're lucky, you might be able to escape... No, it's going to the mainland of Sweden to consolidate your country's national defense.

When he saw his fighter plane in front of him, he was shot down by the Soviet Yak fighter plane that was on the way.When he saw that his artillery position had only fired the first round of shelling, the coordinates were exposed, and then received a devastating blow from the Soviet heavy artillery. After being wiped out, even the strongest fighters could not remain indifferent.

In the end, when I saw that the division commander who lacked battlefield experience was attacked by Soviet bombers in the uncamouflaged division headquarters, more than a dozen senior commanders of the entire Swedish division and a whole guard company were all killed on the back of the slope. When the headquarters.

The rout was inevitable.Moreover, it is out of control!

Therefore, this vigorous counterattack was forced to end with the collapse of the highest command at 5 hours and 28 minutes after the decision to start.

An infantry division of more than 8000 people, with the death of a dozen command-level personnel, fell into a state of scattered soldiers without a leader.If such a thing is placed in the army of other countries, especially the German army, it is almost impossible to happen!

If it follows the German entrusted command method, even if all senior officers are lost.As long as there is still a non-commissioned officer, the team will not collapse!

This command method invented by Mao Qi gave the subordinate commander great autonomy, so that when encountering a situation, he did not have to ask the superior for every detail, but dealt with it immediately and decisively.In this way, the combat command link can be reduced, and the command speed can be greatly improved, so as to gain the initiative on the battlefield.

At the same time, this command method also avoids the confusion of lower-level officers due to losing contact with their superiors.

If there is no order from the general, it will be commanded by the school officer.Without the command of the school officer, let the lieutenant lead the team.Even if the officer dies, the non-commissioned officer has the right to step up.Of course, if there were no officers or non-commissioned officers left, the war would be over.

However, the Swedish volunteer division, which has lost most of the middle-level commanders and almost all the grassroots commanders are still alive, does not have such a model, nor does it have the consciousness of fighting to the death...

Even if, even if they have learned the command command mode invented by Napoleon represented by the French army, they can barely maintain their positions under this "system rigidity" mode.

They are simply too inexperienced and too lacking in courage.Whether it was the division commander's order to meet the enemy blindly, the layout of the positions, the concealment work of the headquarters, the deployment of artillery firepower, the determination of the attack time, etc., none of them were in place and reasonable.

To put it bluntly, even an officer who has just graduated from a German military academy would not be able to make such a dizzy decision, and lead indiscriminately over and over again.

Under normal circumstances, when the casualty rate reaches 30%, an army will be on the verge of collapse.

In the Battle of Verdun, known as the turning point of World War I, the proud French elite troops survived to a casualty rate of 38%.

Since the start of World War II, the 30th Infantry Division of the German Army has set a new record, abruptly reaching a casualty rate close to 90%, and then even launched a counterattack.

Now, following the German 30th Division, the Swedish Volunteer Division has once again set a new record for troop casualties and collapse.

That's right, they once again set a new record for the casualty rate of a division-level troop collapse - the whole division quickly collapsed with an overall casualty rate of less than 5% at the moment when the morale was at its highest, setting a new negative record!

Body 2 Chapter [-] is not a coincidence

Piracy detected!No one knows what language to use to describe this dramatic defeat.Or maybe, there is no need for words at all, just look at the comrades who are fleeing together, look at your empty hands, and the ammo clips with empty ammunition, and you can understand how useless this battle is!

The Swedish army has always been known as the "No. [-] combat force in Northern Europe".So not only others, but even they themselves think that their "No. [-] in Northern Europe" is the only existence that can fight against the "No. [-] in Eastern Europe" of the Soviet Union.

But in the final analysis, those are just cowhide that blow to the sky. It's okay if you don't poke them, but they will break if you poke them!

There are more than 8000 troops, and now there are more than 7000 left.Judging by any professional military professor, this is far from an unbearable loss.

But such a relatively complete large-scale corps was scattered so easily.Turned into sand, messy with the wind.

The Swedish volunteer division has been the essence of the entire Nordic army from the very beginning.Although their training time is relatively less than that of European countries such as Germany and France, it is definitely the longest and most among the four Nordic countries.

In the Nordic army, his Swedish army has the largest number of troops, the best weapons, the best training, the longest military history, and countless legends.

Less than half an hour after the artillery battle started, the backbone of the Nordic army collapsed, fell apart, and rotted!

And no matter from which aspect, this is a failure in this war.

The Swedish army, which was given high hopes, was not even able to resist it in a decent way.

The Nordic army, from this moment on, is finished.At the same time, Vyborg, who gathered the remnant Danish soldiers and the Finnish squad and was stationed by the Norwegian battalion, also finished together.And the whole Mannerheim Line, the whole Finnish army, and the whole of Finland!

This battle can be called the turning point of the entire Soviet-Finnish War!

The defeat report was finally passed back to the Nordic Army headquarters in Vyborg.As the last formed unit of the Nordic Army, the Norwegian battalion led by Alfred had given up all the outlying positions that were impossible to hold, and retreated back to Vyborg.

"The Swedes lost, but they didn't report to us. They didn't even contact us." Frowning, Alfred spoke to Marvin in a deep voice, "Do you know what this means?"

Although Marvin had made clear his attitude of working for the Germans, Alfred at this moment could only cooperate with him.

After all, Marvin also had a certain degree of control over the troops, and he had won over many officers under Alfred.If you insist on confronting him, I'm afraid that both sides will suffer.

And no matter how close Marvin was to him, he was still a Norwegian after all.In the final analysis, what Marvin and even Quisling behind him are doing is, to some extent, considering the way forward for Norway.

Since Alfred is going to deploy Viborg's perimeter defense right now, he can cooperate well with Marvin.

From Alfred's point of view, even if he wanted to slip away with his troops in the end, he would still have to stumbling the Soviets and slow them down.And the specific way he made a stumbling block was to let the Finnish militias around Viborg serve as cannon fodder, exchanging the blood and sacrifices of the Finnish people for defense time.

If Marvin, who came from Norway with him, is not allowed to do this kind of thing, is it possible to discuss it with the Finnish second lieutenant who is staying in Viborg?

"It means that they were completely defeated." Marvin thought for a while, met Alfred's gaze and said, "Perhaps, we are about to exchange fire with the Soviet army."

Although he said so, Marvin also knew that with him and Alfred having only about 20 Norwegian soldiers with only light weapons, plus more than [-] Finnish guerrillas and [-] Danish soldiers, no matter what No matter how you look at it, you are at an absolute disadvantage in strength.

Although they are now the military department that manages the entire Nordic army in name.But without the Swedish division, this military headquarters with less than 1000 people is just an empty shell of self-deception.

Only one and a half regiments of troops can be used.This kind of people will definitely not be able to defend the entire Vyborg defense sector that the Nordic Army was originally in charge of.Of course, even the urban area of ​​​​Vyborg cannot be defended.

"How about..." Marvin thought for a while, trying to copy the way the Finnish guerrillas gathered the Danish regiment's rout, and suggested to Alfred: "I'll disperse the company outside Viborg, Try to bring back the remnants of the Swedish division and strengthen the defense line."

Because Alfred never gave up his preparation to slip away, he took all the people from the Norwegian battalion back to the city of Viborg under the pretext of returning to the city of Viborg, leaving only the Danish volunteers and the Finnish guerrillas. , and the trenches of the Finnish Civil Guard stationed outside the city of Vyborg.And now Marvin wants to send the troops out again, which obviously violates Alfred's original intention of doing so.

"It's actually meaningless to do this." Alfred raised his eyebrows, walked up to Marvin, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do you know why I asked you just now, what does it mean if you can't contact the Swedish division?"