German Army Group B's headquarters, Marshal Guderian is discussing the current situation with several Army Group Commander. When German Army Group C launched a large-scale attack on the Russian Southwestern Front Army, several armies of Army Group B, as well as the slave state army under their control, also launched a fierce attack, and Russian Western Front Army was retreating steadily.
However, Russian Western Front Army has strong troops, even though it is surrounded by a large number of troops German military German military. But it will take time for German military to eliminate these Russian troops in the encirclement. Therefore, this also gives the Russian army more time to react.
"Gentlemen, Marshal Rommel is progressing very smoothly. Russian Southwestern Front Army cannot hold out for long under their attack. Soon, Army Group C will defeat Moscow. Then, they feinted there, and then Kitakami cooperated with us and Army Group A to eliminate Russian Western Front Army and Northwestern Front Army in one fell swoop," Marshal Guderian said with a smile.
This time the battle plan has a high probability of success. Once successful, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the Russian army's effective strength. By then, it will undoubtedly be much easier for Germany to defeat Russia.
"Joseph should be shocked by Marshal Rommel!" Fedor von General Bock said with a smile.
The other German military generals also laughed. As one of the main enemies of Germany, Russia is undoubtedly very powerful. However, such a powerful country, under German offensive, is now on the verge of collapse. This makes the generals of German military very proud. After all, it was all done under their witness.
"It doesn't matter if Joseph is shocked, let him know that if he wants to fight against the Empire, their strength is not enough." Marshal Guderian said disdainfully.
For the generals of German military, Russia dared to declare war on Germany first and launch an attack. This was regarded as a provocation to Germany. Now, Germany used powerful military force to teach Russians a lesson. This is undoubtedly very relieving for them.
Of course, even if Russia does not take the initiative to attack, this war will still break out. After all, going to war against Russia and destroying Russia is a national policy that Germany has already formulated. Germany If he wants to dominate the world and maintain his world hegemony, he must defeat all countries that threaten him. In this case, Germany's world hegemony can be stabilized.
"Gentlemen, Army Group C is about to launch an attack on the flanks and rear of the Russian Western Front Army. Therefore, we also need to seize the time and eliminate as many Russian troops in the encirclement as possible before that to free up more troops. In this case, in After Army Group C launched the attack, we were able to surround more Russian troops. If these Russian troops were allowed to escape, it would undoubtedly be more difficult for us to destroy them once they fled back to Moscow," Marshal Guderian said.
"Yes, Your Excellency!" All the generals said.
"However, Your Excellency, with the strength of us and Army Group C, there should be no problem in solving Russian Western Front Army. However, it may be very difficult to eat Russian Northwestern Front Army at once. After all, after Army Group C Kitakami, Russians will soon guess our combat intentions." General Bock said.
Guderian nodded. "Russians can guess it! Army Group A will also launch a fierce attack. By then, Russians's Northwestern Front Army will be entangled by them. Even if they can escape, it will only be a small part. Their main force will definitely be eliminated by us."
Although German military's right hook combat plan is to eat up several fronts of the Russian army. But, that's under ideal conditions. If you really want to achieve it, it will undoubtedly be very difficult. As long as the main forces of the Russian front armies can be eliminated in this combat plan, it will be very good. In this case, German military's right hook combat plan this time can be considered a success.
The Army Group A headquarters of German military, Commander Marshal Blomberg, also issued the order to attack. Army Group A Although there are only three German military group armies, as well as four group armies from Finland and Baltic States, the total strength is only 1.4 million. However, the combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Those troops from Finland and Baltic States, after experiencing the previous Battle of Ulyanovsk, can be regarded as having experienced the baptism of war, and their fighting will and combat effectiveness have changed by leaps and bounds. Although their real combat effectiveness is not as good as German military, it is at least not worse than the Russian army. It can even compete head-on with the Russian army.
It is for this reason that after Army Group A of German military launched the attack, Russian Northwestern Front Army was under great pressure. A large number of troops were routed and surrounded.
Commander of the Russian Northwestern Front Army General Kurochkin, Political Commissar Lieutenant General Bogatkin, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Vatutin, constantly asked for help from Moscow. However, all they got in return were orders to hold their ground.
After German Army Group C captured Podolsk, Assault Troops composed of 9th Army Corps, 16th Army Corps, 17th Army Corps and 18th Army Corps began to advance rapidly northward.
Two Armored Division and four Mechanized Infantry Division of the 9th Group became the arrows of this assault. Steel Torrent, composed of more than a thousand tanks, is enough to destroy any enemy standing in front of them.
In addition, the Russian army did not expect that German military would send such a powerful force to attack north at this time. As a result, they were not prepared at all, nor did they organize strong troops to defend. They could only watch as hundreds of thousands of elite German military broke through the Russian Western Front Army's flank defense line and surrounded all Russian Western Front Army's troops to the west of Moscow.
After surrounding Russian Western Front Army, German Army Group C's advancement did not stop. Marshal Rommel left behind 17th Army Corps and 18th Army Corps to build a defense line and reinforce the encirclement. At the same time, two Ukrainian Army Corps Kitakami reinforcements were mobilized from Podolsk. And German 9th Army Corps and 16th Army Corps are still continuing Kitakami, preparing to cut off Russian Northwestern Front Army's retreat and surround this front army.