Chapter 252: Operation Uranus! If we hold on firmly, there will be a solution?
Huo Qubing conducted an overall analysis.

"I believe the German commanders can see the threat of a Soviet counterattack."

"I once thought that the German army would retreat in tears, but now it seems that the German army has no intention of retreating."

"I now suspect that the German army might underestimate the strength that the Soviet Union has accumulated for its counterattack?"

"For example, the German army might think that the Soviet Union could at most send 500,000 men to counterattack."

"But what if the Soviets send a million men to counterattack?"

"What about the Germans? How can they hold up a defense line prepared for half a million men?"

"And don't look at the city of Stalingrad. The Soviet Union's exchange ratio will definitely not be very good. There will definitely be countless casualties."

"But I noticed more and more that the Soviets were actually filling the city with people."

"And it was filled with ease."

"Since the Soviet Union seems to be able to handle it with ease."

"So where did their extra troops go?"

"It is possible to engage in battles in other directions."

"But it's also possible..."

Huo Qubing stood up and drew a deadly arc on the table with a chopstick.

"Prepare to encircle and annihilate the German forces in the direction of Stalingrad!"

One of the most talented generals in Chinese history.

Huo Qubing also grew very fast.

When he put aside the idea in his mind that the German army would win.

When trying to analyze the war situation between the Soviet Union and Germany from the perspective of the overall strategic situation.

Huo Qubing had already realized this very clearly.

The German troops in the direction of Stalingrad were in extreme danger.

The Soviet Union, which is at ease, will definitely prepare a massive counterattack with unprecedented force!
Canopy.

[Paulus's flanks require a large number of legions to protect. ]

[But the German High Command was unable to send out enough flanking troops.]

[In order to consolidate the defense line, corps from Germany's allies such as Italy and Romania were also sent to the Don River for defense. ]

[The Germans had a great advantage over the Soviets in the field battles, and they believed that the Soviets could not break through the defense line.]

[Even if a breakthrough is achieved, it can only be a small-scale breakthrough of part of the defense line. ]

[It is impossible to launch any truly threatening attack. ]

【However, the German army was totally wrong! 】

[As early as September, the Soviet army had already begun to formulate a plan to completely encircle and destroy Paulus's army.]

[This plan was named Operation Uranus.]

[Jointly implemented by the Don Front, the Southeastern Front, and the Stalingrad Front.]

Compared to their enemies.

[The Soviet Union's counterattack force actually did not have a clear advantage.]

Will the action be successful?

【The key lies in the tactical skills of the commander and the soldiers. 】

[Operation Uranus is about to begin, but misfortune has arrived ahead of time.]

[On the eve of the operation, a snowstorm hit and visibility dropped sharply. ]

【The Soviet army is facing tremendous pressure.】

[Under bad weather conditions, if effective air strikes could not be provided, the entire Uranus operation would be doomed to failure.]

【The key is when air force support was forced to be cancelled. 】

[The Soviet counterattack forces have crossed the Volga River from the south.]

[There was no place for them to hide on the Great Plains.]

[If the action is delayed due to weather conditions, it means that the counterattack troops that attack first will be completely exposed to the enemy's artillery fire.]

[The arrow is on the string and has to be shot. 】

【November 11, 19:.】

[The Soviet army officially begins a major counterattack! ]

[First there was intensive artillery bombardment, and then the famous Katyusha rocket launcher. ]

[In fact, the accuracy of artillery fire is not very high. In a blizzard, artillery fire has no accuracy at all.]

[However, the Romanian army, an ally of the German army, was completely defeated after the first round of attacks.]

【They gave up their defense line completely. 】

[The Soviet army was able to make a very sharp advance.]

[The German 48th Armored Division rushed to stop the Soviet army. ]

[The two sides engaged in a large-scale tank battle.]

[The German army was defeated a day later.]

[One of the reasons why the armored division was defeated within a day was that this German armored division was usually responsible for the reserve support mission.]

[Many tanks are currently undergoing repair and are idle.]

[Many tanks' electrical wires were bitten off by rats.]

[In an emergency battle, it cannot be activated in time, and may even be completely scrapped. ]

[The Soviet army continued to launch a fierce offensive south of Stalingrad.]

[Under the offensive of the Soviet front, the Romanian Fourth Army was quickly defeated.] [The two Soviet fronts advanced rapidly from the north and south.]

【And continue to extend the flanks. 】

[In the heavy snowstorm, the Soviet army encountered great difficulties in its march.]

【But the Soviets persisted in their attack.】

[A task force consisting of two motorized infantry companies approached the river crossing bridge near Karachi in the evening of November 11.]

[Can we take this bridge? ]

【It is the key to the success of Operation Uranus. 】

【The bridge was guarded by German troops.】

[But they couldn't believe that Soviet tanks would penetrate so deeply into the German-occupied area, and even initially mistakenly thought that these tanks with headlights on were their own.]

[By the time they realized something was wrong, it was too late to blow up the bridge.]

[Thus, on the fourth day of Operation Uranus, the Stalingrad Front and the Southeastern Front successfully joined forces.]

[Formed an encirclement of Paulus's army. ]

[But forming an encirclement does not mean destroying the enemy. ]

[The German troops in the encirclement did not panic. They continued to fight firmly and hold their positions.]

[Hitler also encouraged Paulus, saying that he would do everything he could to ensure that you get enough supplies and break the encirclement at the right time.]

When Tianmu talked about this, the ancient people had nothing to complain about.

After all, an army cannot panic when it is surrounded.

It is basic common sense to first defend the existing positions and then seek opportunities to break through.

But the audience of the barrage were confused.

A large number of barrages began to flood the screen.

"I'm not panicking even though I'm surrounded. Is six episodes so strong?"

《Ace troops, here to make trouble for you! 》

"Although the Sixth Army was surrounded at the time, they still had sufficient supplies, and they were not afraid of a direct hand-to-hand fight with the Soviets, so they were definitely not panicking."

《Meyer: "Are there enough supplies now? Soon they won't be."》

«Remembered Reichsmarschall Goering and his so-called air bridge.»

Paulus: "Goering, where are my supplies?"

Meyer: "I'm not coming!"

"In fact, the Sixth Army should have broken out at this time. With their current combat effectiveness, and a little cooperation from the outside, they can easily break out."

"Who told the leader to like micromanagement? If they insist on holding on, there is a way."

"Meyer was also a scumbag. He promised to transport 500 tons of materials a day, but in reality he could transport less than 200 tons, and he often stopped completely afterwards."

"It was promised that at least 500 tons of supplies would be provided every day, but in reality..."

《11月23日只有75吨；24日110吨；25日35吨；26日30吨。》

"These are all clearly stated in the six-volume report."

"He smacked Goering in the face."

《Meyer, the famous anti-German general! 》

"Although Goering was a jerk, objectively speaking, he did his best to command the air force in Stalingrad and tried every possible way to mobilize as many planes as possible."

"But the weather is too bad. Winter in Russia is not only unsuitable for infantry operations, but also for air force operations..."

"If you want to transport enough supplies, you have to pray for sunny days."

"In Episode 6, hundreds of thousands of elite troops were surrounded. Why didn't the Führer let them retreat?"

"Does the Führer really believe that the Air Force alone can feed hundreds of thousands of people?"

"Hundreds of thousands of German troops were surrounded, but from another strategic perspective, these hundreds of thousands of German troops also held back the larger number of Soviet troops, preventing them from participating in battles in other directions."

"It's terrible! Does that mean that at this moment, Hitler is willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of people from six episodes? Just to make them hold out a little longer during the encirclement?"

"A merciful army is not a good one! Hundreds of thousands of people in six episodes are just numbers to Hitler."

The barrage of comments were discussing the sinkhole of Imperial Air Force Marshal Goering.

And why did Hitler force micromanagement and prevent the Sixth Army from retreating?

And this problem.

This is also what many ancient people wanted to ask.

Ying Zheng even began to directly doubt the level of German leader Hitler.

"The only person who could decide not to allow hundreds of thousands of people to retreat was the German leader."

"Could it be that Hitler was a madman who knew nothing about military affairs?"

"Even when faced with a huge disadvantage, you still feel that as long as you hold on firmly, there will be a way out?"

For the first time, Ying Zheng began to doubt Hitler's ability to govern.

Although Ying Zheng saw from the sky that letting the Sixth Army continue to hold on could tie down a large number of Soviet troops.

But Ying Zheng thought about it and felt that doing so would definitely be a disadvantage.

After all, an elite ace troop was completely wiped out during the siege.

The blow to the overall national defense strength and the morale of the entire country is particularly huge.

Ying Zheng was somewhat puzzled and said to himself:
“This doesn’t look like a very good Hitler.”

"I remember that he was not of noble birth, and now it seems that his military ability is average."

"How did he get to that position?"

(End of this chapter)