The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 380

"What? You said that more than half of the first regiment has been killed?" Klaus asked in surprise.

"Yes, one regiment is at the forefront of the defensive position, and has been bombarded by most of the tanks, artillery and aircraft. We have lost and seized the position of one regiment, and we have repeated it five times. Already." The chief of staff explained in a low voice, but obviously lacked confidence.

Only at this time did the chief of staff understand why Model asked them to shrink their defenses.According to the Soviet army's crazy crowd tactics that don't care about casualties, even if they want to hold the outer positions, it is completely futile.

Prior to this, the chief of staff had complained about the new Commander Model, questioning whether he understood tactics.

Klaus thought for a while after hearing this, nodded, and then said: "You are right. Even though we have already shrunk the defense line once and strengthened the defense strength, we still cannot fight the Soviet army to the death. Once Our army continues to suffer losses, and this line of defense will also be in danger of being breached due to insufficient troops somewhere."

Once it is broken through, it is basically a lost game!

"Pass me an order, all the soldiers in the defensive position retreat to the second defensive position!" Klaus thought for a while, and finally made the decision to continue to shrink the defense line.

And this decision was made by Model before the war.

"Yes! Master! I'll do it right away!" The chief of staff took the order without hesitation this time.

At the same time, on the Soviet position, the Soviet political commissars are doing the usual pre-war mobilization speeches and war supervision threats to the cannon fodder who are encouraged to charge...

"You are all great proletarian warriors! You pin the hopes of General Secretary Stalin! You must not retreat! You must continue to charge! Otherwise, the motherland will judge you for treason!"

The SS soldiers on the opposite position, after hearing the words of the Soviet political commissar in the loudspeaker, stared at the position one by one. Of course they did not understand what these Soviet soldiers meant. Some optimistic The SS boys even jokingly said to their comrades-in-arms, "The Soviets are chanting scriptures and asking for God's blessing, right?"

But then, they understood the meaning of what the Soviets said from the actions of the other party.Because the Soviets followed up and launched group charges against them again and again like desperately.

"My God! The Soviet soldiers are crazy!" A SS soldier looked at the crazy Soviet soldiers in surprise, and couldn't believe what he saw.

Before that, the boys of the SS had always regarded their life as their patent.But today, they discovered that they may not be the only ones who are desperate to fight.

Whether forced or voluntary, Soviet soldiers seem to have common characteristics with the SS.

Text Chapter 581 The Third Reich in Desperation (Supplementary)

A dilapidated Mercedes-Benz quickly drove into a dilapidated factory building in the eastern suburbs of Berlin.

The street lamps in the factory area were deserted, glowing in twos and threes. Many bulbs had burnt out wicks, but no one replaced them.The main room in the factory area was already in a mess. The central table and the gun racks in the corners were already covered with dust, which made the factory look like it was deserted and abandoned all the year round.

It was originally an armory, a secret factory where the Weimar government under the Treaty of Versailles hid weapons from the League of Nations.

I heard that there was a rather legendary story that happened here back then.Reinhardt, who was not yet the head of state at that time, once escaped the assassination of Ludendorff's men, Gudel, nicknamed "Assassin's Assassin", here.

Since Germany openly rebelled against the Treaty of Versailles and expanded its armies to prepare for war, this former secret armory has also lost its value and significance, and has been gradually abandoned.

To this day, another German major has followed in the footsteps of Goodell and came to this place where Goodell once failed, preparing to complete the task that Goodell failed to complete 20 years ago.

"Hiss..." The major in the car turned over and jumped out of the convertible Mercedes before the car braked to a complete stop. Go through the small door on the side of the factory building.

Under the dim light, they walked down the narrow stairs without handrails, and walked to a small room on the second floor, which was obviously the former administrator's room, and stopped in front of a mottled wooden door.

A man in casual clothes handed the major a key with his left hand, motioning for him to open it.

The major nodded slightly, turned sideways, and took the key awkwardly with his left hand, which had three fingers on it.

The reason why he didn't take the key with his right hand can also be seen from the empty right sleeve of his military uniform.

However, the major's left hand has been used very skillfully. With his only 3 fingers, like a twisted rope, he turned the key in a circle, then aligned it with the keyhole of the wooden door, and inserted it quickly and accurately.

"Crack..." The door opened, and a dozen or so men in suits gathered around the central table in the small room, whispering and discussing, suddenly came into the major's eyes.

"Staufenberg is here!" Seeing the major who pushed the door open, several leading men immediately rushed over and hugged him one after another.

Because of the famous accidental assassination incident before, including heavyweight opposition leaders such as Weitzleben and Gödeler, they were all killed by Reinhardt on the wooden bomb that was supposed to kill him. middle.

The opposition in Germany also lost almost all high-level figures for a while.

Today, although Stauffenberg has only a few military ranks.But after all, he is a fighting hero in Africa, and he is considered a little famous.

In the remaining opposition that has lost its backbone, Stauffenberg can already be regarded as an "important figure".

"Staufenberg, how's the situation?" A man in a suit leading the discussion stood up excitedly from the table and walked quickly to Stauffenberg's side.

"We must seize the time to do it!" After hugging the leading man sideways, Stauffenberg excitedly said to the crowd: "Reinhardt has begun to fail in a row. On the southern front, even my previous superior, we General Rommel, the famous German general, was unable to launch an offensive and was forced to retreat to organize defense. On the Eastern Front, the SS, which has always been conceited, also retreated on its own initiative, and was invaded by the Soviets into our southern province. But now we are It would be foolish to fight the British again, to disperse energy and troops."

"What?!" After hearing Stauffenberg's words, many people present were taken aback. Several young men immediately stood up with disbelief on their faces.

"I read that the Social Worker's News also said that the SS was moving in strategically. I didn't expect that they actually moved to the rear! Doesn't this mean that they were repulsed by the Soviets in another way?"

"How is this possible? Didn't the SS never die in battle?"

"Perhaps it wasn't that the front-line commanders of the SS retreated because they were afraid of death, but that the more senior generals felt that they couldn't beat them, so they ordered them to retreat."

"Think you can't beat it?! That is to say, do those above also think that there is no chance of winning?"

When speaking, many people's voices trembled due to excessive excitement.

After all, although these people are against Reinhardt, the reason is not to bring down Germany.For example, Stauffenberg, he wanted to keep the staff headquarters founded by his grandfather.Others in the opposition suffered more from their revenge because Reinhardt touched the cake of the Junkers.

But Germany's defeat came so fast and so suddenly that everyone was a little at a loss.

A few days ago, the German army was still in full swing on the British battlefield, advancing triumphantly.On the other side of Africa, General Rommel is also full of ambition.

As a result, everything was turned upside down in an instant, which was definitely not a good thing for everyone.

"I said... let's wait a little longer. In case something happens to Reinhardt now, the situation might get worse." A middle-aged man, All without worry.

"can not wait!"

Stauffenberg was extremely firm in his veto: "The situation will only get worse!"

"At the beginning, I naively thought that as soldiers, we must first win the war, and when we return victorious, we must clean up the plague at home."

Stauffenberg said with some stubbornness: "But now I realize that if the plague of Reinhardt is not eliminated, we will not be able to truly win the war. His Supreme Command is a deformed mutation that should not exist. The real The one who can lead Germany can only be the General Staff Headquarters with an excellent heritage!"

In fact, Stauffenberg has always been very disgusted with the high command established by Reinhardt.However, after experiencing this failure that almost killed him, he was completely blackened.

"In this case, why don't we go to General Manstein to cooperate? He is recognized as the best think tank in the General Staff Headquarters, and he is famous enough and has a strong appeal!" A young man in his 20s suddenly thought. .

"Is your brain broken?!"

Before Stauffenberg could speak, the leading man in a suit scolded him: "Manstein is Reinhardt's confidant, how could he agree to cooperate with us. If we get in touch with him, I think He'd turn around and go snitch on Reinhardt."

"That's right." Stauffenberg also nodded in agreement, "Manstein will definitely not join our opposition."

He sighed with some regret: "Originally, I was planning to go to my superior, General Rommel. His reputation is as big as Manstein's, and his appeal is not weak. Most importantly, he has always valued me. It's just that this failure made him more or less eclipsed. And based on what I know about General Rommel, after his failure, he will definitely retaliate. That is to say, he will definitely find opportunities to continue fighting with The British strike down."

"In this way, General Rommel, who is dedicated to fighting, will not support our plan." Stauffenberg concluded helplessly.

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