During last year's battles and the winter defensive campaign, the armies of some of Germany's Protectorates and puppet states had taken part in the fierce fighting on the front lines. Although the Puppet Troops were less capable and less well-equipped than the German military, they had performed remarkably well in battle. Faced with the Russian military's ferocious offensives, they had not only held the line but also inflicted enormous casualties on the Russians.
They had even performed well in brutal street fighting. Though their casualties had been somewhat higher, they had endured the trial by blood and fire. Compared to units that had never seen a battlefield, they were fundamentally different.
At the very least, the combat effectiveness of the armies of the Kingdom of Ukraine, Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Belarus, Baltic States, and Finland was guaranteed. Therefore, the commanders at the front could boldly employ these Puppet Troops in offensives.
"Order every Infantry Division to set out immediately. The German military has already surrounded those Russians. All we need to do next is wipe them out!" Lieutenant General Sakel, Commander of the 1st Polish Army Corps, issued the order.
The 1st Polish Army Corps' ten Infantry Divisions and one Mechanized Infantry Division immediately followed behind the German military, broke through the Russian lines, and charged into the Russian positions.
Other Polish and Belarusian forces likewise joined the offensive. Even the Hungarian and Bohemian armies, though they had never been to war, dispatched some troops to attack alongside them. These units could not be called elite, but after being tempered by the battlefield, they could at least barely display some combat effectiveness.
The other Army Groups likewise sent Puppet Troops onto the battlefield. There was no helping it; the German military had committed far too few forces. The five