Chapter 245 Super Exchange Ratio! Manstein's Battle to Become a Coach!

Canopy.

[While defending the Sevastopol Fortress, the Soviet Union's counterattack against the Crimean Peninsula also began. ]

【Between the Crimean Peninsula and Russia’s Caucasus region. 】

【There is a long and narrow Kerch Strait. 】

[This strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov. ]

[The narrowest part is only 4.5 kilometers. ]

[Plus, across the Kerch Strait is the Russian mainland. ]

[It can be said that we crossed the Kerch Strait to support the Crimean Peninsula. ]

[It is quite convenient for the Soviet army.]

【The Soviets developed a landing plan.】

[However, there is insufficient fleet support to provide a landing plan. ]

[Coupled with bad weather, the Soviet Union's first wave of landings was a complete failure.]

[More than 7,000 people were dispatched, but almost all of them were wiped out.]

[It posed no threat to Manstein.]

【Fortunately, the weather cleared up afterwards. 】

[Seeing that the weather had improved, the Soviet army went all out this time, deploying 50,000 troops to successfully land overnight.]

[On the Kerch Peninsula, the German army faces the threat of being surrounded. ]

[The commander of the 42nd Army on the German front smashed the radio station.]

[Without Manstein's authorization, he evacuated the battlefield privately.]

[This unauthorized evacuation made Manstein very angry! ]

【Because it is according to Manstein’s plan. 】

[Although the number of German troops was less than one-fifth of the Soviet landing force. ]

[But if you can hold on firmly, you will find a way. ]

[A wave of central blooming, the overall situation can be determined! 】

[And now, Manstein angrily said that the commander of the 42nd Army had messed up everything! He was dismissed and soon imprisoned. ]

[After this landing, the German army owned most of the Crimean Peninsula. ]

[The Soviets controlled the southeastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.]

【With the advantage of the Kerch Peninsula being almost connected to the Soviet mainland and relatively convenient transportation, the Soviet army launched a protracted confrontation with the German army on the Kerch Peninsula. 】

[The confrontation started in January and lasted until May.]

[In order to recapture the entire Crimean Peninsula, the Soviet Union launched several large-scale offensives.]

[The losses were huge but the results were minimal.]

[During this period, the German army suffered only more than 20,000 casualties in the Crimea direction.]

[The Soviet Union suffered more than 350,000 casualties.]

[During this winter and spring period, Manstein used extremely limited resources to achieve an extremely amazing exchange, which also earned him further trust and prestige from the Führer.]

……

Outside the sky.

Even though Huo Qubing was a fan of Germany in World War II.

But during the confrontation on the Crimean Peninsula, the casualty ratio between the two sides reached such an astonishing and incredible level.

Huo Qubing was also seriously shocked.

"No, Manstein knew before that he was very good at formulating the German army's grand strategy and plans."

"I thought he was a man who could plan and strategize, like Zhang Liang."

"Didn't expect that his actual command and combat capabilities would be so strong?"

"He led a small number of German troops to engage in a positional battle against a Soviet army that was several times larger than his own."

"The exchange ratio is more than ten times!"

"If we were to lead the way with sparks and lightning, we would surprise the Soviet army, surround the Soviet army, attack its vital points, and annihilate it."

"It's understandable that the exchange ratio is more than ten times."

"But now it seems that Manstein and the Soviet army are fighting on the battlefield?"

"How did you type this?"

"I can only say that Manstein was a very good commander, and the German army during World War II was also very powerful."

Since the beginning of this video.

Wei Qing had been keeping silent, carefully watching and analyzing the situation on the battlefield.

He also took the initiative to speak out:

“Although compared to the big battles like the Battle of Kiev and the Battle of Moscow.”

"The Crimean campaign was smaller in scale."

“But it’s actually very difficult.”

"For this campaign, Manstein's resources were indeed extremely limited."

"The German army's trump card is the armored forces, and Manstein does not have it."

"It's just a makeshift fake armored division."

"To compare it to the Han Dynasty, there is no regular cavalry corps."

"It was just a cavalry corps made up of pack horses, donkeys, cows and the like."

“And you can see it by looking at the map.”

"The southeastern Kerch Peninsula occupied by the Soviet army has a narrow terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

"The German army did not have control of the sea, so the Soviet Union only needed to defend the Western Front, which could further reduce their pressure."

"If the Soviet Union had honestly defended and hunkered down on the Kerch Peninsula, they might not have been beaten with an exchange ratio of more than 1 to 10."

"It was mainly the Soviet army, which was not strong enough to fight back."

"Keep forcing a counterattack."

"Naturally, the lives of the soldiers will be sacrificed in vain."

It can be said that when Tianmu first introduced the battle, some ancient people raised some doubts about Manstein's ability.

I feel that although he is very strong, he is not to the extent of being one of the strongest generals of the entire era.

But now, after watching the gorgeous exchange ratio played by Manstein during the standoff on the Crimean Peninsula.

This doubt was largely dispelled.

And the sky continues.

【With the coming of summer, it is the time for the German army to be active again. 】

[The German army gathered key forces, preparing to capture Stalingrad and open up the Caucasus. ]

[In response, Hitler ordered Manstein to take over the entire Crimean Peninsula as soon as possible so that the German Army Group South would have no worries.]

【Manstein took the opportunity to demand more resources from Hitler. 】

【This time Hitler satisfied Manstein. 】

[A regular armored division was assigned to it, and air supremacy over the Black Sea was also ensured. ]

[And the German super cannon that Hitler personally liked very much but was very controversial. ]

[For example, the Karl mortar, the Gustav railway gun, etc. 】

[On May 8, Manstein, who had received reinforcements, ordered a general offensive.]

[Straight Poker is located in the Kerch Peninsula in the southeast of Crimea. 】

[It’s still the old blitzkrieg tactic. ]

[First, the air force bombed me! ]

[Most of the Soviet fighter planes were destroyed at the airport.]

[At the same time, under the cover of a large number of artillery, German soldiers began to attack the Soviet defense line. ]

[It was the German infantry that launched the first offensive.]

[It took them only half a day to capture the anti-tank positions of the Soviet defense line, and then began to dismantle those anti-tank devices.]

[Manstein sent another naval force, which landed quietly behind the Soviet position under cover of night.]

[This puts tremendous pressure on the Soviet Union's second-line positions.]

[What’s even more ingenious is that Manstein used the poor-quality armored brigade he had previously formed on the southern front.]

[Use their high mobility, just like the Toyota pickup truck racing in modern warfare, and start racing on the southern line! 】

[It looks like the German armored forces have broken through the defense line and are about to encircle all Soviet troops. ]

[The Soviet army was in chaos and fear.]

【After a set of blitzkrieg combination punches. 】

[The German Army's regular armored division is officially dispatched! ]

[Under the advantage of air force firepower, the Soviet armored forces were quickly defeated.]

[The entire Kerch Peninsula was surrounded by German troops, a large number of Soviet defenders surrendered, and a small number of them launched the Kerch Strait Triathlon. ]

[In just one week, the fighting on the Kerch Peninsula was over. ]

[In this battle, the number of Soviet Crimean Front troops killed and captured was close to 200,000.]

【Only 60,000 people successfully retreated.】

[The German losses were surprisingly small.]

[The total number of casualties was only 7500, and the total number of tanks and self-propelled artillery lost was only more than .]

[The overall exchange ratio is over thirty to one.]

[During World War II, this was the battle with the most unequal exchange ratio.]

[Next, in the entire Crimean Peninsula, only the Sevastopol fortress group in the southwest remained. ]

【There are not many ways to attack a fortress. 】

[The fortress complex that was built since the Tsarist Russia era is indeed solid and has fierce firepower. ]

[Even top generals can only fight tooth and nail against a group of fortresses. ]

[The Gustav railway gun is known as a giant artillery that is flashy but not practical. Even though most of the time it fails to hit the target, there is one shot that hits the target! ]

【Blow up the Soviet Union's underground ammunition depot.】

[Many other fortress bunkers were also destroyed bit by bit by the salvos of Karl's mortars and 88mm anti-aircraft guns.]

[After attacking buildings and bunkers for a while, the German infantry launched a general attack. ]

[As a result, I was beaten badly on the first day! ]

[More than 2,000 people were lost.]

[In the following rounds of offensives, no matter how Manstein adjusted the direction of the attack, there was always little effect.]

[If the Soviet Union still has control of the Black Sea as before, I am afraid that even with all kinds of huge cannons in hand, it will still be difficult to capture the Sevastopol Fortress. ]

【But this time, air supremacy over the Black Sea has been seized by Germany. 】

[It is difficult for ships to transport support. ]

[Without the supply of resources, the fortress's defense capability gradually weakened. 】

【The Sevastopol Fortress finally fell. 】

[However, the remaining Soviet defenders moved to the underground of the fortress and continued to fight for a while.]

[The remnants of the Soviet Union, unable to hold the fortress, were forced to retreat to the seaside.]

[Some senior commanders were picked up by specially dispatched submarines.]

[And most of the ordinary soldiers can only fend for themselves. 】

[Those who were good at swimming swam, and those who couldn't find a piece of wood and forced themselves to swim. Most of the Soviet troops were eventually annihilated or captured.]

【Among the 120,000 Soviet troops in the entire Sevastopol fortress. 】

[3 were killed, 7 were captured, and only 2 successfully retreated to the Caucasus.]

【In this protracted overall battle in Crimea. 】

[The German army lost more than 100,000 men, while the Soviet Union lost more than 500,000 men.]

【Manstein used his excellent micromanagement skills to achieve great military success despite limited resources.】

[He was deified in one battle and promoted to the empire marshal. 】

(End of this chapter)