Chapter 254: How did Xier get to the top when she is so incompetent?
At the end of Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen sighed: "Looking at the German troops on the sky, they are almost starving, but they are still fighting."

"Although I have always been relatively supportive of the Soviet Union."

"But at this moment, we have to applaud again those German soldiers who are fighting to the death on the sky."

"I can only say that it is worthy of being called a world war in later times. It is indeed a confrontation between great powers of the highest intensity."

"I don't know if there were any other parties besides the Soviet Union and Germany at that time."

"Can other countries fight a total war of the same level of brutality?"

"I hope my people, and the armies of my Ming Dynasty, can look at the sky more often."

“We must not only see the ferocity and sharpness of the German army in favorable wind conditions.”

“We should also learn from them that they remained steadfast and loyal despite facing desperate situations!”

……

However, emperors and military strategists of all dynasties.

Although I praise and marvel at the morale of the German army when they were surrounded.

But everyone generally believes.

After being surrounded for so long, the German army was on the verge of collapse.

In this case, I am afraid that we will have to wait until the Soviet Union's official final battle begins.

These broken German troops would not be able to hold out for long.

At most, they could put up a slight resistance and inflict some damage on the Soviet Union.

But do we want them to hold their ground?
That's probably impossible.

And the sky screen continued to play.

[The Sixth Army is resisting firmly.]

【But hunger is their greatest enemy.】

[At this time, the besieged German army controlled a vast area of ​​60 kilometers long and 40 kilometers wide. ]

[Under the Soviet offensive, they were forced to retreat as a whole.]

[In less than four days, the Germans abandoned the main airport.]

[Soldiers fought to get a seat on an airplane.]

Only the strongest can board the plane and leave.

[On January 1, after two months of siege, the Germans abandoned the main airport.]

[The German Air Force also began to airdrop the last portion of food and ammunition.]

[Many exhausted German soldiers usually hide in the ruins. ]

[Only when we heard the transport plane flying through the air did we see any signs of life.]

【They were so hungry that they only thought about food. 】

Many miserable German soldiers appeared on the sky.

They were wearing military uniforms, shivering in the cold wind and falling snow.

It looks like it's on the verge of collapse.

[At this time, Paulus's army only had the last few ruins in Stalingrad as their position.]

[On January 1, Paulus submitted a report to Hitler and said:]

[“The soldiers all asked me to allow them to surrender, so that at least those who were still alive could save their lives.”]

[However, Hitler's response was extremely tough: "Surrender is impossible. The Sixth Army must hold on to Stalingrad until the last man dies."]

[Soon, the German troops in the city were divided into two parts, one in the southern urban area and the other in the factories in the north.]

[At this time, Paulus finally realized that he had no reason to refuse the Soviet army's persuasion to surrender.]

[Hitler awarded Paulus the rank of Field Marshal at the last moment.]

[In German history, no marshal has ever been captured.]

[But Paulus just smiled bitterly and said: The Führer is really generous.]

[On January 1, the newly promoted Field Marshal Paulus formally surrendered with his troops.]

[The German troops in the northern factory area are still resisting.]

[It was not until February 2 that the local German troops finally laid down their arms.]

Exciting music sounded from the sky.

[In the final operation codenamed Ring, the Soviet army gained a huge amount. ]

[A total of 91000 German soldiers were captured, with a total of guns and artillery pieces, more than tanks, and more than transport vehicles! ]

[And a large number of other weapons and equipment. ]

[A total of five million troops were deployed on both sides of the Battle of Stalingrad, and more than two million were killed or wounded.]

[The disastrous defeat at Stalingrad caused extreme panic within the German army.]

[A three-day national mourning began throughout Germany. ]

[Their seemingly unbreakable front line also had a huge gap. 】

[The Soviet High Command seized this favorable opportunity and launched an all-round attack.]

[Italian and Hungarian troops retreated rapidly along the Don River.]

[The German troops that attacked the Caucasus region could only withdraw hastily.]

【Hitler ultimately failed to acquire the critical Baku oil fields.】

[The winter offensive lasted until March 1943.]

[The Soviet army successfully recaptured Kursk. ]

[They are about to join another huge battle! ]

……

The thrilling video of the Battle of Stalingrad ended. Ancient people were immersed in the content of the video.

After watching the film, modern audiences also discussed this classic battle.

《It's tragic and shocking! 》

"I really thought that the turning point of World War II was Normandy!"

"No one knows how many times Mamayev Kurgan changed hands, because no one played the entire game."

"Born in troubled times, you can't live a glorious life, but maybe you can die gloriously."

"Even the devil won't go to Stalingrad to fight street battles, because that's the real hell!"

"What a pity that the German elite troops were completely wiped out! This is the worst defeat ever!"

"Even if we lost the battle before, we were able to retreat smoothly. This is the first time we have been completely surrounded and annihilated on such a large scale."

"Paulus is only fit to be a staff officer!"

"An indecisive person is not suitable to be a commander."

"Paulus was not bad at tactical command. He was able to deploy the limited forces in an orderly manner at the most tense moment of the battle."

"Moreover, the soldiers of the Sixth Army still stubbornly defended the front after the Soviets launched a general offensive, causing great losses to the Soviets! They repelled their general offensive several times!"

"At that time, only the soldiers on the front line of the German army could receive 50 grams of bread a day."

"Can this stop the Soviet attack? San Dezi is awesome!"

"Even a ruthless commander like Manstein could not stand it anymore and persuaded Hitler to allow Paulus to surrender."

"It's a pity that Hitler still doesn't allow it. He must let them fight to the last man, and said that if the sixth group can hold out for one more day, it will be beneficial to the German troops in other directions."

"Dezi's logistics are terrible."

"Germany is best at large-scale armored mobile warfare. Isn't it giving up its advantage to attack the city?"

"We should fight a large-scale mobile war!"

"How else can we exercise? We have already defeated the Soviets in the wild, so the only thing left is to fight a siege battle by pushing down the tower."

"In the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet-German casualties ratio was more than six to one. It can be said that the elite German army was stronger in street fighting."

"It's just that the Soviet Union's ability to provide blood transfusions is too strong."

"The six are the German ace, and many of the Soviet soldiers in the city are new recruits, so the exchange ratio is poor. "

"When I was surrounded in episode 6, I was already betrayed."

"If the Sixth Army collapses quickly, the entire Caucasus Army may be surrounded, so they must stay put like a nail."

"Yes, the retreat from the Caucasus was not until January."

"If Paulus had surrendered earlier, it would have been a complete collapse."

"But to be honest, Manstein did his best to rescue his troops."

"When he was closest to Paulus, he was only 50 kilometers away. Paulus was motionless and Mancini was completely unable to lead him."

"Paulus wants to move, but the problem is that he probably only has enough fuel to run ten kilometers."

"The main reason was that Paulus did not dare to move. If he retreated and sold out the entire Army Group A, he would become the sinner of the entire Third Reich."

"Stalingrad should not have been fought in the first place!"

"Hitler had a terrible strategic vision! He wanted this and that, but in the end he had nothing."

……

Outside the sky, the ancients were also discussing.

Ancient people did not know why Germany started World War II.

I don't know how Hitler came to power.

They just saw that Hitler's controversial strategic decisions led to heavy losses for the German army.

And in the end, he was quite cold-blooded.

The entire Sixth Army, hundreds of thousands of people, were treated as abandoned pawns.

So the ancients were puzzled again.

Ying Zheng: "Back then, our Great Qin unified the world! Our advantages were much greater than those of later Germany!"

"But my Great Qin is still moving forward steadily, striking down some and stabilizing others."

“And rarely rush ahead.”

"The biggest rash attack resulted in the loss of 200,000 Chu-conquering troops."

"Of course, in the end, the Qin Dynasty successfully unified the world."

"And what level is this Hitler?"

"One day we will fight France, the next we will fight Britain, and the next we will fight the Soviet Union."

"Attack the Soviet Union from multiple directions at the same time!"

"We have to besiege Leningrad, take Crimea, maintain pressure on Moscow, and take the Caucasus at all costs."

"For this purpose, a million troops must be deployed in the direction of Stalingrad."

"With this level of ability, how could he become the head of Germany?"

"Was there no one left in Germany at that time?"

"How did Hitler become the Fuhrer?"

But Ying Zheng changed his mind.

"The political system of later generations is very different from that of our Great Qin."

"Maybe it was because Germany at that time had its own national conditions?"

"But I always feel that Hitler was so weak that he came to power probably by luck."

"It would certainly make a mess of Germany, too."

(End of this chapter)