Chapter 181 550 million offensive! Guderian again!
[In the early morning of June 1941, 6, after the war officially broke out. ]

[The German army, together with its allies and servants, totaled more than 550 million troops, advancing on a front of thousands of miles.]

[The main force of the German army is 550 million people, divided into 190 divisions. ]

[There are also 4900 aircraft, 3700 tanks, and 47000 artillery pieces of various types. ]

[Although the total strength of the Soviet army exceeded five million. ]

【But since we also need to defend other directions. 】

[As a result, there were only three million troops available in the western border area, which was at a disadvantage compared to the German army.]

[Germany's army of more than five million can be divided into three attack directions. ]

[They are the Northern Army Group led by Field Marshal von Leeb. ]

[The direction of attack is through the Baltic Sea region, heading straight for Leningrad! ]

【Field Marshal von Bock commanded Army Group Center.】

[The attack direction is the Belarus region, passing through Minsk and Smolensk and heading straight for the Soviet capital Moscow. ]

[The Southern Army Group was commanded by Rundstedt, and its main offensive direction was Ukraine.]

[The goal is to annihilate the main forces deployed by the Soviet Union in the Ukrainian region and seize the Caucasus oil fields. ]

……

See this video about Operation Barbarossa.

See its exaggerated scale.

The ancients could only be said to have doubted life!
Everyone knew before that the scale of this operation was absolutely huge.

In order to deal with the Soviet Union's five million troops that were well prepared.

The size of Germany's army is definitely much larger than the previous blitzkrieg on Poland or France!

But even the ancients, who made the boldest estimates, could never have imagined it.

The German army actually deployed 190 divisions and 550 million people in Operation Barbarossa!

Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but think of his campaign to destroy Chu.

It is also an opponent with a vast territory.

He also mobilized the entire country's troops, and the 60-strong army destroyed the State of Chu with an overwhelming force.

Now it seems.

Faced with the Soviet Union, whose area was much larger than that of the Chu State, the German army went all out right from the start!
Sui Dynasty.

Even Yang Guang, who was always ambitious, was shocked to see that the German army had dispatched more than five million people to carry out Operation Barbarossa.

I simply couldn't believe my eyes!

After a moment, Yang Guang, who had stood up in shock at the numbers, slowly sat down.

"With such a huge military force, in my opinion, it will be difficult for the Soviet Union in the future to resist it."

"Unfortunately, our Great Sui Dynasty can only mobilize 100 million people at most."

"They are no match for the German army of later generations!"

"If I can mobilize an army of 500 million, I will be the greatest emperor in Chinese history!"

tomorrow.

Zhu Qizhen saw Tianmu’s introduction of Operation Barbarossa, the German troops dispatched, and their surging offensive momentum.

He also shook his head for the Soviet Union in later times.

"Well, now I have confirmed that the Soviet Union cannot stop such a large army."

"The next thing to see is, within the four months of Operation Barbarossa, how badly will Germany beat the Soviet Union?"

"Also, after the Soviet resistance is crushed, will their remaining territory surrender directly or just cling on like that?"

"It is possible that parts of the territory will be directly occupied by Germany, just like France."

"The remaining territories will become puppet regimes, right?"

The sky continues.

[On the first day of the war, the German army launched an unprecedented thunder offensive under the cover of a large number of aircraft and artillery. ]

[The German army's first focus of attack was the Soviet Air Force.]

[Many Soviet fighters took off hastily to fight, but were destroyed by the concentrated firepower of the German air force.]

[A large number of Soviet planes were destroyed on the runway before they could even take off.]

[On the first day of the offensive, the Soviet Union lost more than 1,500 aircraft! ]

[It can be said that the Soviet air force on the front line has been completely defeated. ]

[At the same time, with the advantage of air superiority, the German armored forces, along with a large number of infantry, began to advance deep into the Soviet defense line.]

[The strongest fortress encountered was the famous Brest Fortress. ]

[However, Guderian did not insist on storming the strong fortress, but led his armored forces to bypass the fortress and continue to advance deep into the territory.]

[So the first line of defense set up by the Soviet Union on the border was broken through almost immediately.]

[As a major armored country, the Soviet Union naturally also fought bravely. ]

[Not only the air force, but also the Soviet tank forces launched multiple rounds of counterattacks. ]

[But only a small number of T34 tanks could gain an advantage against the German armored forces. ]

[And the large number of outdated T-26 tanks that had not yet been updated were completely useless in the face of the German army's superior tanks.]

[Guderian continues to blitz! ]

[His Second Panzer Army marched straight to Minsk.]

[Within the first week of the war, Army Group Center broke through more than 300 kilometers of Soviet defenses.]

[A super encirclement was built from Bialystok all the way to Minsk. ]

[In this encirclement, there are more than 400,000 troops of the Soviet Western Front. ]

[Faced with the danger of being surrounded, the Soviet Union did not order a retreat until then.]

【But the encirclement was already very small at this time. 】

[Outside the encirclement, the Germans used swamps and forests to force the Soviets to operate in a very narrow bottleneck area.]

[In the end, only a small number of Soviet troops escaped the encirclement.]

[World War II, the first major battle between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Battle of Minsk! ]

[Ended with a disastrous defeat for the Soviet Union! ]

[In this battle, the entire Western Front Army of 50 men was annihilated, of which more than were captured.]

【The entire territory of Belarus fell.】

[But the German army did not stop at all and launched a series of fierce attacks! ]

[Guderian began to force a crossing of the Dnieper River on July 10.]

[Hoth's armored forces also occupied key cities such as Polotsk and Vitebsk. ]

[The two armored groups of Guderian and Hoth were like two sharp knives forming a powerful pincer attack.]

[The Soviet army sent waves of troops to Smolensk for support.]

【But the battle was ineffective and the situation became increasingly critical. 】

【On July 27, the Smolensk encirclement was fully formed.】

[The Soviet army resisted very bravely in the Battle of Smolensk, causing great casualties to the German army.]

[But it still couldn't change the fate of more than 400,000 Soviet soldiers being captured.]

[This is another epic defeat! ] [When the war reached this point. ]

[Of the 164 divisions of the Soviet Army, nearly 90 were completely or partially destroyed.]

Outside the sky.

Warring States Period.

Wu Qi was stunned at this moment. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

They could only look on in shock at the achievements of the German army in later generations.

Looking at the map, the territory gained by the German army in one month.

Until he was stunned for a long time.

Wu Qi then said slowly:

"If I remember correctly, it's only been a month since the war started, right?"

"In one month, 90 Soviet divisions were destroyed?"

"The key is that the Soviet Union looks really strong!"

“But the German army still achieved such a huge result in just one month!”

Although Wu Qi was the second sage in military strategy.

But Wu Qi did not advocate war.

I also know the dangers and disasters of war.

At this moment, Wu Qi only felt waves of terror.

"I don't know if I were in command of the Soviet army at the time, would I be able to withstand this lightning attack by the German army?"

Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing looked at Guderian's troops on the sky, advancing wildly across the vast map of the Soviet Union.

Arrowhead representing Guderian's armored forces.

It sharply tore open one hole after another in the Soviet defense line.

Large groups of Soviet troops were surrounded and annihilated in a pincer attack.

Huo Qubing was extremely excited watching this!

"Guderian! Guderian! Guderian again!"

"From Poland, to France, and now to the Soviet Union!"

"Guderian's armored corps has gone crazy!"

"It feels so good! It feels so good!"

"After this battle, Guderian will be promoted to Field Marshal!"

"Oh! I'm so envious!"

Huo Qubing felt itchy when he saw this.

"I really envy Guderian. As a soldier, he can perform in the center of the world's largest war stage. It's really enviable!"

"As a soldier, Guderian was born at the right time!"

Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, looked at his favorite general, revealing the youthful enthusiasm unique to his age.

Also laughed.

"Good! You are worthy of being my most valued young general!"

"Perhaps I cannot give you a stage with tens of millions of people like the Soviet-German War of later generations."

"But don't worry."

"At least in our era, the center of the war stage will belong to you, Qubing!"

Say it.

The king and his ministers watched the follow-up of the sky curtain together.

But in the late Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao also looked at the sky with envy.

But I don't envy Guderian.

But I envy those who have Guderian.

"He is truly a tiger general!"

Canopy.

【When the war reached this point. 】

【It’s only been over a month. 】

[However, of the 164 divisions of the Soviet Army, nearly 90 were completely or partially destroyed.]

[The Soviet leader Stalin, the resolute leader known as the Man of Steel, was once beaten into autism.]

[I locked myself in the office all day and could hardly work. ]

[And the German leader Hitler shouted in ecstasy:]

[Within four weeks, the war will end victoriously! ]

[After winning the Battle of Smolensk, Germany opened the way to the Soviet capital of Moscow.]

[However, the combat effectiveness demonstrated by the Soviet army during the Battle of Smolensk also began to cause great difficulties for the German army.]

[The German Army's Central Army Group and other main forces suffered heavy casualties. ]

[They were forced to use the reserve forces in large numbers.]

The sky continues.

[After the Battle of Smolensk, the German army's original plan was to attack the Soviet capital Moscow.]

[Field Marshal von Bock, commander-in-chief of Army Group Center, and Chief of the Army General Staff Halder have almost issued orders for the troops to advance towards Moscow.]

【But at this time, Hitler directly interfered with the front-line command. 】

[An order was issued that even the generals on the front line were very dissatisfied with.]

[Hitler directly ordered: Guderian and Hoth's tank units to leave the Central Army Group and reinforce the southern and northern wings respectively. ]

[The generals of the Central Army Group wanted to quickly attack Moscow and end the war.]

【But Hitler said they didn’t understand the economics of war. 】

[At this point in the map, we can see that the Central Military Region has created a huge salient due to its strong military strength.]

[In the north, the Northern Army Group responsible for attacking Leningrad was struggling and making relatively slow progress.]

[At the same time, the Southern Army Group was also unable to defeat the nearly one million Soviet troops in Ukraine.]

[In order to ensure the follow-up of the flanking troops. ]

[Also to obtain food and other resources in Ukraine. ]

【Hitler directly ordered a halt to the attack on Moscow.】

[Although this made the commanders at the front somewhat dissatisfied, Guderian even flew back to meet the Führer in an attempt to persuade Hitler to change his order.]

Outside the sky.

Yue Fei looked at the sky nervously, feeling somewhat complicated.

Although Yue Fei had already seen that Germany in later generations would invade other countries everywhere.

Logically speaking, I should hope that the German army would fail.

But from a soldier's perspective, Yue Fei hoped to see famous generals like Guderian being able to play freely.

(End of this chapter)