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Chapter 92 Cold Wave

I have had some problems at home recently and I really can’t update it. I bow and apologize! During the Spring Festival, I will go to the countryside as usual, speed up the update speed after the festival, and strive to end the long journey of "The Empire Sphere" by the end of February, and then... a new chapter, please stay tuned!

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From being trapped in Munich to being brutally annihilated, the Soviet Austrian Front troops persisted in the dilemma for a full 21 days. In this not short period of three weeks, the three main groups of the Soviet Baltic Front, the Polish First Front and the Polish Second Front were always restrained by relatively weak opponents. The poor performance could certainly be explained in one way or another, but the iron and ruthless consequences brought the expected misfortune to their main commanders - the dismissal order came the second day after the German army announced the victory of the Munich Battle. The main army and the commanders of the corps of all fronts were also involved in the offensive responsibility of the army. A large group of outstanding generals had to accept investigation and trial by the Military Commission. Once they were found to have shown malfeasance or even suspected of treason, what awaited them would be the cruelest punishment.

As more than 100,000 remaining soldiers of the Soviet Austrian Front were fighting desperately in the Grafen and Waschebourg areas in southeastern Bavaria, millions of German soldiers on the front were still working hard to continue to expand the victory. At the same time, the Moscow's power group quickly selected those who were able to take the responsibility from the active generals. These generals who were appointed in danger did not dare to delay for a moment. They all arrived at their posts within 24 hours, and the efficiency was shocking. Immediately afterwards, the Soviet troops who rescued their companions in the south launched a new round of offensives. The fate of the generals promoted the front-line officers and soldiers, and the soldiers burst out with the momentum of death in the severe cold. The Soviet Air Force was also in this harsh climate.

Forced attacks under conditions, with additional losses in exchange for limited fire support. However, such investment did not bring the expected progress to the Soviet army. In addition to breaking through several German positions in the north of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Soviet army with superior forces kicked steel plates in Hessen, Thuringia and even northern Bavaria. In some areas, the German positions remained motionless, while in other areas, the German army only gave up one or two defense lines in front and turned into existing fortifications in depth to continue defending. The concrete style of the Italian football team was used alternatively here. Although the Soviet officers and soldiers were of course brave enough, the German soldiers had the iron spirit to defend their country!

Clever and reasonable deployment is conducive to the combat effectiveness of existing soldiers. However, this puts high demands on the entire command system. As the Soviet army strengthens its attack on the entire line, the German Joint Staff suddenly becomes a hot pot, and everyone in it is too busy to settle down. All the reserve forces invested in defense have been dispatched to battle. In order to deal with various emergencies that may arise in the coming months, the General Staff had to transfer the respite troops that were consumed by the Munich Campaign to the defensive area, and sent several newly formed American troops to the front line in advance. For these outstanding German generals who racked their brains for participating troops, this is a piece of cake.

There must be no chess game. Fortunately, this time they received strong assistance from the other side of the Atlantic. On the one hand, the US government has continuously transferred the weapons and supplies stored overseas to the Germans, and acquiesced to domestic volunteers to go to Germany to participate in the war. On the other hand, German residents who immigrated to South America in the early days also returned home enthusiastically under the inspiration of the national survival and death, and received recruit training in secret training camps in France, the Netherlands and Belgium. In the past month, the German team has suffered huge consumption in terms of soldiers, equipment and ammunition. Without these assistance from the West, it would be difficult for them to continue the war.

On the battlefield, the Germans and the people were united and united. Outside the battlefield, international public opinion turned to the weak who were invaded, and even the weather favored the frustrated people of the two world wars. December, a cold wave that had not been encountered for several years hit, and blizzards fell in Nordic countries and many places in Britain. The bad weather blocked traffic and seriously affected the normal lives of residents. As expected by 60 million Germans, the cold wave easily crossed the strait and swept the European continent. Bremen, Hamburg and other places had a rare temperature of more than ten degrees below zero, and Berlin became a snowy city. As for Bavaria, southern Germany, the mountains weakened the impact of the cold wave, but the temperature was also relatively high.

It dropped several degrees before, and the outdoor temperature during the day was maintained at minus 6 to 8 degrees, and the temperature was as low as minus 10 degrees after night. Most Soviets lived in Eastern Europe and Northwest Asia for generations and were accustomed to the severe cold weather in winter. However, deep into the hinterland of Germany, poor supplies made it difficult for them to obtain sufficient cold protection materials, and continuing to maintain a strong offensive became an "impossible task". Although the urging of superiors follows, in eastern Hesse and northern Bavaria, the Soviet offensive had actually stopped, and in Thuringian, the Soviet army's 1st Front Army was able to occupy some insignificant towns and strongholds only when the German army retreated voluntarily.

Just when the Soviet senior leaders were furious about the frontline battle, tens of thousands of German teams gathered in North Rhine-Westphalia took advantage of the weakening of control of the Soviet air force and launched a counterattack. Although most of the inexperienced recruits were involved in combat in this area, thanks to the good American equipment and the diligence and rigor of the Germans, these troops commanded by General Hermann Bark delivered a surprising answer in the six-day offensive operation. They defeated the 53rd Army of the Soviet Army, created a glorious record of encircling and annihilation of enemy regiment-level tank troops with infantry, drove the Soviet army out of the North Rhine-Westphalia region, and restrained the Soviet army's troops in southern Germany.

As the Second Soviet-German War shifted from a stalemate in the Soviet army to an offensive and defensive stalemate, countries that were humiliated by the Soviet army in the previous war were quietly changing their positions. The number of non-believer ships entering the North Sea under various names continued to increase, and departments similar to joint command were formed under the banner of strengthening exchanges and communications. A group of US-British submarines also crossed the Skagerak Strait into the Baltic Sea under the "friendly invitation" of Sweden; the Allies stationed in France, the Netherlands, and Belgium had the largest expansion since 1948. The 16 best-equipped armored divisions of the US Army gathered behind the Allied Defense Line in a full-staffed state. The rumors that some armored divisions had been taken over by the German army are shaken by the Soviet army.

The confidence of grassroots officers and soldiers. In addition, the German battlefield has gradually become an ideal place for the United States, Britain and other countries to test new equipment. The Soviet Air Force and ground air defense forces have shot down more than a dozen jet fighters with typical Western styles. What worries the senior Soviet leaders is that these fighters have been equipped with epoch-making guided weapons. The Soviet Union is far behind Western technology in this field. The brave Soviet pilots have to shoot down the other side at a greater cost than before. On the ground battlefield, the newly emerged US-made line-guided anti-tank rockets have caused serious harm to the proud armored forces of the Soviet army with their outstanding performance. The strategic significance behind this makes the senior Soviet leaders even more worried...

On December 14, 1950, the Soviet government responded to the ceasefire proposal issued by the United Nations, led by the United States, Britain and France, and sent diplomatic and military representatives to Switzerland to negotiate with the representatives sent by the Democratic Germany on the ceasefire. In response to the Soviet Union's request to thoroughly investigate, hand over and punish war criminals of the Third Reich, Germany made a tit-for-tat request, that is, the Soviet Union handed over the German and Communist Party personnel who provoked the dispute, cut off all assistance from these rebels, and did not station heavy troops in Poland, Czech Republic and Austria adjacent to Germany.

Since both sides were unwilling to accept the requests from each other, the first ceasefire negotiations ended in vain, and the two sides re-engaged "dialogue" on the battlefield. After the impact of the cold wave weakened, the Soviet army, whose troops were greatly strengthened, launched a new round of offensives. However, at this time, the Soviet troops who were trapped in Graffin and Washerbourg areas for more than a month were powerless to continue. More than 40,000 Soviet officers and soldiers below Lieutenant General Davarish surrendered to the German army. At this point, the Soviet army's invincible reputation no longer existed, and the Soviet army's invincible reputation was also fundamentally shaken.

After cleaning the battlefield and transferring prisoners, the German army took the initiative to give up the fiercely contested Würzburg, Ingolstadt and Flesing and other areas. The main forces involved in the Bavarian encirclement and annihilation war quickly retreated to the west to rest. The German troops who fought in Austria also took the initiative to retreat without being intercepted by the Soviet army. On December 23, the Soviet army occupied Munich and the next day occupied Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, but the Soviets arrived immediately.

Christmas was not happy because the provocative actions of the anti-Bolshevik camp became increasingly bold. At the call of a considerable number of domestic people, the US Congress once again discussed and voted on the aid to Germany bill. As the situation of the Second Soviet-German War had undergone a fundamental change compared with the previous vote, with the prospect of using the German team to resist the Soviet torrent, more than 60% of the members of Congress voted in favor. According to the statutory procedures, Thomas

President S. Dewey signed a motion before the New Year in 1951, which means that the "American factory" with unique productivity and creativity will provide material support to Germany in an open manner. Before this, although the United States had secretly handed over hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons and equipment to the German armed forces, this did not include the various main equipment developed by the United States after the war - the "Paton" series tanks developed and manufactured to fight against the Soviet armored forces, the improved "Pershing" series tanks, the F84 jet fighter jets that were mass-produced to control the air supremacy of the battlefield, and the P-51d fighter jets with considerable quantity and excellent performance. After the restrictions are relaxed, the US side will send a large number of instructors to Germany while providing equipment assistance to help the German government double the size of the army in four months and achieve a balance of quantity and quality on the battlefield.!~!

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