"Damn it, where is our air force? Why are they just watching? Doesn't Western Front have two aviation groups?" Konev's eyes turned red as he watched German Air Force massacre the Russian army.
"Western Front's two aviation groups are nothing more than empty shells. In the previous battles, we lost a large number of aircraft and pilots and are in the process of rebuilding. In addition, our I-16 fighter jets and I-15 fighter jets are no match for German aircraft. The Yak-1 fighter jets, Lager-3 fighter jets and MiG-3 fighter jets are still undergoing test flights and are far away from mass production service., It will take a while. Besides, even if it is in service, I am afraid that it will not be a match for the Germany people. Although Americans has assisted a group of fighters, their performance is not much better than ours. It is simply impossible to expect those guys from the Aviation Group to fight against the Germany people." General Zhukov shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Although, the scale of Bolshevik Air Force is very large. But that's just a numerical advantage. In terms of quality, I cannot praise it at all. The huge gap in fighter performance and the quality gap of pilots makes them Bolshevik Air Force simply have no strength to compete with German Air Force.
Lieutenant General Konev has nothing to say. Under such circumstances, Joseph still insists on asking the Russian army to launch a counterattack against the Germany people. This is completely treating war as a child's play! However, he couldn't say this. Otherwise, the political workers in the army would definitely not let him go.
The Russian soldiers on the ground suffered heavy losses under the blow of German Air Force, leaving corpses on the ground. Even the bravest troops will lose their courage and confidence in such circumstances. The Russian army is undoubtedly the same.
"God! Run away. If we continue to attack, we will only be killed!" A Russian soldier whose will to fight had collapsed shouted and turned around to run away.
The power of example is infinite. After someone took the lead, the rest of the Russian soldiers began to turn around and run away. This immediately affected the entire battlefield. A large number of Russian troops began to collapse. Even though the political workers tried their best to stop them and even shot and killed a few fleeing Russian soldiers, it was of no use at all.
General Zhukov saw this scene and did not stop it. In his opinion, such an attack itself is no different from committing suicide. If it can be stopped, it will undoubtedly be the best.
After the collapse of the Russian army, political workers requested General Zhukov to order another attack. However, General Zhukov did not accept their request, but asked to wait for the opportunity again.
Those political workers were very dissatisfied with this. They sent Telegram to Area Army Headquarters, accusing General Zhukov of delaying the fighter plane. However, it was suppressed by Marshal Voroshilov. On the one hand, Marshal Voroshilov knows that Joseph values General Zhukov, and he hopes to sell General Zhukov a favor. On the other hand, Marshal Voroshilov is planning to use General Zhukov as a scapegoat after the attack fails. Now that General Zhukov has been dealt with, doesn't it mean that he has to take the blame? Marshal Voroshilov would not do such a thing.
With the support of Marshal Voroshilov, General Zhukov was not intimidated by those political workers. He decisively stopped the attack, and then brought in Lieutenant General Konev and 20th Army Corps commander Lieutenant General Lemezev to discuss how to break the situation.
"Comrades, you must have seen from the previous battles that the enemy's defense line is very strong, the firepower is also very powerful, and it can also receive air support. Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible for us to break through the enemy's defense line. Blindly launching a strong attack will only cost unnecessary casualties." Zhukov said.
Lieutenant General Konev and Lieutenant General Lemezev both nodded, and they also recognized what General Zhukov said. However, the order to attack was given by Joseph, so it was impossible to give up halfway. In that case, let alone them, not even General Zhukov can afford such serious consequences.
"Now we are only attacking the defense line of Poles and Belarusians. It is already so difficult to defeat the defense line defended by German military. If we attack German defensive line, we don't know how many casualties we will pay." Lieutenant General Lemezev said.
Although German military is powerful, the Russian army is ashamed of itself. However, they never paid attention to the armies of Germany's slave countries. They believe that with the combat effectiveness of the Russian army, there is no problem in defeating those Puppet Troops. But the final result proved that everything was not what they imagined. Those Puppet Troops, under the training of Germany people, their combat effectiveness has also been greatly improved. It is undoubtedly very difficult for the Russian army to break through their solid defense line.
General Zhukov also agrees with this in his heart. You must know that 19th Army Corps and 20th Army Corps are the elite forces of the Russian army. In the previous battles, the Russian army had lost a lot of elite troops, and there were not many remaining main forces. Now, even if they use the main force, they can't defeat the enemy's defense line. This undoubtedly shows that it is almost impossible to achieve the goal of Joseph and severely damage the effective forces of German military and Puppet Troops.
However, now they have been forced to a dead end. If they give up, Joseph will definitely not agree and will severely punish them. Therefore, they could only bite the bullet and continue to attack. If it can cause greater casualties to German military and Puppet Troops, it can be regarded as barely fulfilling Joseph's expectations, and maybe it can pass.
"Comrade Commander, if we launch an attack during the day, we have almost no chance of winning. The enemy's firepower is very strong and there is air support. Our strength advantage cannot be used at all. If we attack at night, we may have a chance. Then Germany's air force will no longer be able to dispatch, and the enemy's firepower advantage will be limited at night. Our troops will have a great chance of breaking into the enemy's position. "Lieutenant General Konev said.
General Zhukov thought for a while, then nodded. Although it is unknown how many people will freeze to death and suffer frostbite if we launch an attack on a cold winter night, it is still much better than being killed by enemy aircraft or intensive machine gun fire. What's more, now they have no retreat and can only choose this method.