Chapter 243 The Great Patriotic War: The Enemy at the Gate!

After a classic opening that the ancients had gradually become familiar with.

On the sky curtain, a magnetic narration voice sounded.

[The Great Patriotic War: Enemy at the Gates is now being broadcast for you. 】

When he saw that the content was about the Great Patriotic War, even Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, who was in a bad mood, put aside his worries for the time being.

Look at the sky carefully.

"Fusu, you also watch carefully."

"This war should be the ceiling of war in human history."

“There is definitely a lot to learn and be wary of.”

On the canopy.

First, a German-painted aircraft appeared.

The plane suddenly lost control while flying in the air and crashed to the ground.

[In the early morning of July 19, 1942, a German communications plane crashed over Soviet positions.]

[After a fierce battle, the German army recaptured the crashed plane. ]

[But the German pilot on the plane had been killed, and the briefcase was seized by the Soviet army.]

[The top-secret document in the briefcase is the new combat plan code-named Operation Blue.]

[This was part of Hitler's plan to seize oil fields in the Soviet Caucasus region and cut off the Soviet Union's oil supply.]

Seeing this familiar scene.

The barrage and Fusu of the Qin Dynasty couldn't help but complain.

"Another pre-war intelligence delivery?"

"This has really become a German military tradition, hasn't it?"

[The plan was delivered to Stalin's desk.]

[But Stalin said that this plan was only a small part of the entire operation, and we must be prepared.]

[In June 1942, the German army began to implement Operation Blue.]

[The general content of the whole plan is to divide the entire German Southern Army Group into two. ]

[Among them, Army Group A was responsible for attacking the North Caucasus region and seizing the Soviet Union's oil resources.]

[Army Group B continued to break through eastwards and reached Stalingrad, an important city on the Volga River! ]

While the German battle plan was being told on the sky curtain.

Some battle scenes are also given.

And the German attack arrows on the map.

It can be seen that the German offensive is still very sharp.

The arrows can't stop at all!

In one breath, a large occupied area was carved out on the southern front of the Soviet-German battlefield.

[German columns attack the Stalingrad front.]

[The southern section of the Soviet front was quickly breached.]

[The Soviet army on the entire front was defeated.]

[And in a small town 300 kilometers west of Stalingrad, it was surrounded by German troops. ]

Faced with the overwhelming defeat, Stalin was also angry!

Stalin roared to Marshal Timoshenko, who was in charge of the southern front:

[Why does our Supreme Command know nothing about the location and situation of the frontline troops? ]

[As far as I know, there are more than fourteen divisions and more than 100,000 troops still fighting there! ]

[Timoshenko, facing Stalin's wrath, could only barely say how many troops had successfully broken through.]

[So a few days later, Timoshenko was removed from his post as commander-in-chief of the Southeast Front. ]

The video footage of Stalin on the sky is breathtaking!

That strong aura of oppression, even when transmitted to the ancients through the sky, still made many people feel shocked and frightened.

Even Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, who always felt that his majesty was unprecedented and unrivaled.

See the angry look of Stalin on the sky.

One cannot help but feel awe-struck by this Soviet leader.

"This Stalin is indeed a man with an iron will."

"You can tell from his appearance."

"This kind of temperament can't deceive people."

"If anyone in the future Soviet Union dares to make Stalin angry, he must be careful, because the consequences will be very serious."

The sky continues.

【Faced with a deteriorating situation, the Soviet army chose to change its commander.】

[But the change of generals at the last minute did not produce very good results. ]

[In the face of the German army's fierce summer offensive, the Soviet defense line continued to collapse. ]

[Several important towns were lost in succession, and a large number of soldiers surrendered and were captured.]

[Some of the surrendered soldiers even became so-called German volunteers. ]

[German volunteers were puppet soldiers recruited by the German army from residents of occupied areas or from prisoners.]

[Usually, they were responsible for the logistics of the German army.]

【But later, as the German soldiers became more and more exhausted in the battle, some volunteers also began to join the battle. 】【It can be said that in the summer of 1942, the Soviet Union suffered unprecedented difficulties. 】

[Its difficulty is even greater than the period of time in the summer of 1941 when the war started and millions of troops were lost within a few months!]

[It is clear that just from the lost territory and the number of casualties. ]

[In the summer of 1941, the losses were significantly greater, and the casualties were even more severe.]

[But for the Soviet Union, the summer of 1942 was even more difficult.]

【Why is this?】

Han Dynasty.

As usual, Liu Che continued to watch the sky curtain with Huo Qubing and others.

Seeing Tianmu raised this question.

Although Huo Qubing was a fan of Germany, he still said with some doubt:
"I know the German army is powerful, so it's normal that the Soviet army is no match for the German army."

"But looking at the map on the sky screen, it is clear that in 1941, the Soviet Union suffered a real great defeat, a huge collapse!"

"In a few months, an area half the size of the Han Dynasty was lost."

"Millions of troops were lost, and millions of square kilometers of net prime land were lost."

"And no matter how you look at it in 1942, most of the front lines were relatively stable."

"The number of soldiers lost would not have been greater than in 1941."

"Moreover, the Soviet Union had previously successfully defended the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Leningrad."

"It should boost morale."

"In this case, how can the sky dot say that the Soviet Union had a harder time in 1942?"

"No matter how you look at it, 1941 is more annoying, right?"

The young Huo Qubing was a good fighter.

However, when it comes to the overall situation between the two superpowers, Huo Qubing is obviously still relatively immature.

And Emperor Wu of Han, Liu Che, standing aside.

After a short period of consideration, the approximate reasons have been analyzed.

Emperor Liu Che has always been fond of Huo Qubing, his favorite general.

In addition, since he had seen the sky curtain before and knew that Huo Qubing died very early, Liu Che treated Huo Qubing as a treasure.

Not only was he not allowed to do any work all day long.

I give him rewards every day, so I let him take a rest, chat with me and relax.

Now Huo Qubing had a puzzled expression on his face.

Liu Che was also very rare, explaining to Huo Qubing very patiently and gently.

"Although it is not directly stated on the sky screen."

"But I can probably make a guess."

Liu Che slowly stood up and pointed at the map of the Han Dynasty hanging nearby.

"Qubing, let me ask you, if our Han Dynasty has accumulated countless money, food, soldiers and horses, and is about to attack the Xiongnu."

"Suddenly, the Xiongnu took the initiative to attack. The Han Dynasty was not prepared. The Xiongnu launched a blitzkrieg attack, which caused the Han Dynasty to lose soldiers and territory."

"The Xiongnu's troops are even heading straight for Chang'an."

"In this situation, the Xiongnu reached Chang'an within three months, occupied a large area of ​​our Han territory, and annihilated 20 of our Han soldiers. Would you be afraid?"

"Or will you and the elite soldiers you lead be afraid?"

Huo Qubing naturally shook his head repeatedly.

"Afraid? How can we be afraid? We just want to fight back."

"If the Han Dynasty was not well prepared, it would be attacked by the Xiongnu in a blitzkrieg."

"Then I would only think that it was my fault that I didn't prepare in the first place, which led to the defense being breached."

"In the midst of the panic, we suffered disastrous defeats in several battles and lost 200,000 troops."

"But I am confident that as long as we are given some time to adjust, we can rebuild our army."

"We can first build a solid line of defense and wait for an opportunity to counterattack!"

Liu Che nodded, and then asked:

"Then I ask you."

"If you form an elite counterattack force, but still have more defeats than victories in the battle with the Huns, and still suffer heavy losses."

“It’s the second summer again.”

"You know that the Huns have gathered a new force and are preparing to launch a massive attack, which may be even more powerful than last year's offensive!"

"Are you afraid, then?"

"Or rather the soldiers who followed you into battle."

"Most of them had already died in the first year of fighting, and many of the soldiers were newly recruited soldiers."

"Do you think they'll be scared?"

Facing Liu Che's questions.

Huo Qubing was confused.

"Ah this..."

Huo Qubing was speechless for a moment.

Because Huo Qubing himself would never be afraid.

(End of this chapter)