"Comrade Zhukov, Germany people dispatched a large number of Armored Forces to attack our positions. Now, the suburban positions in the south, west and north directions of Moscow have been lost. The ministries suffered heavy losses and had to push into the city to defend." Major General Lyapin, the former Reserve Front Army chief of staff and now the Moscow Garrison District chief of staff, reported.
General Zhukov nodded with a serious face. He did not expect that German military's offensive would be so fierce. 15 Armored Division, 30 Mechanized Infantry Division, Steel Torrent composed directly of tanks and armored vehicles, overwhelmed the Russian defense on the outskirts of Moscow. And this also allowed the Russian generals, including General Zhukov, to once again see the power of German military. Obviously, in field operations, the Russian army is no longer a match for the Germany people. Even when they were fighting in the wild, they no longer had the ability to even stop the Germany people. German military The huge Armored Forces will drown all enemies.
"I didn't expect that the Germany people would launch such a huge Armored Forces attack. I didn't expect that our troops would be defeated so quickly!" General Zhukov said helplessly.
"Comrade Commander, Kremlin, I'm afraid they also know the situation on the front line. How should we explain it?" Lieutenant General Front Army Political Commissar, now Moscow Garrison District Political Commissar, was a little worried.
You know, Joseph has been paying attention to this battle. The reason why he stayed in Moscow, which was surrounded by German military heavy troops, instead of escaping to other safe places, was to urge the Russian army to resist the Germany people's attack. It is even expected that the Russian army can defeat the Germany people in one fell swoop. Now that the front line is like this, you don't have to think about it to know that Joseph will definitely be very dissatisfied.
"Comrade Joseph, I will explain it to him." General Zhukov said. He knew that a scolding would probably be inevitable.
Lieutenant General Krugenov nodded and said nothing more.
"Order all ministries to strengthen defense! After the Germany people capture the Moscow suburbs, they will definitely attack the city. The real battle is about to begin. Although the Moscow city has been destroyed to a great extent. However, it is still difficult for the Germany people's Armored Forces to fight in the urban area. In this case, we still have a high chance of resisting the Germany people's attack." General Zhukov said.
"Yes, Comrade Commander." Both Lieutenant General Krugenov and Major General Lyapin replied.
Later, Zhukov received a call from Kremlin, asking Comrade Joseph to summon him.
General Zhukov had no choice but to rush to Moscow and explain to Joseph the reason for the defense failure.
Although, Joseph was very dissatisfied with the Russian army's failure in the defense in the suburbs. But he had no choice but to do it. With the Germany people dispatching a large number of Armored Forces, the Russian army had no choice. Even in its heyday, the Russian army probably couldn't stop German military from Steel Torrent consisting of more than 7,000 Tiger-Panther tanks and a large number of armored vehicles, let alone the current Russian army.
General Zhukov assured Joseph that after the battle spreads to Moscow's urban area, German armored forces's attack power will be greatly restricted and the Russian army can withstand German offensive. General Zhukov's assurance made Joseph feel a little better. After encouraging General Zhukov, he let General Zhukov leave.
On May 15, German military's attack on Moscow in the urban area officially began. Because the battle has advanced to the Moscow urban area, this allows the German artillerymen position to be further relocated. German military can assemble a large number of artillery and fire directly into Moscow's urban area.
Although the current Moscow urban area has been bombed into ruins by German Air Force. But countless Russian soldiers, like invincible little warriors, built fortifications among the ruins and set up firepower points in an attempt to stop German offensive. German artillerymen can directly provide fire support for infantry. In this case, infantry losses can be further reduced.
On May 15th, German military and three Army Group dispatched 13 Mechanized Infantry Division and 39 Infantry Division to attack the urban area of Moscow from the south, west and north of Moscow.
In the first round of attacks on Moscow's urban area, German military did not invest many slave-state troops. After all, it seems that the Russian army's defense in Moscow city is the strongest. If Puppet Troops is rashly allowed to enter the battlefield, they will undoubtedly suffer heavy losses. Once Puppet Troops's morale is affected, the next battle will probably be even more difficult to fight.
Wait until German military inflicts heavy damage on the Russian army in Moscow city, and then send Puppet Troops to the battlefield. In this case, Puppet Troops can persist in the battle and continue to consume the Russian army's effective strength. The main force of German military can be withdrawn from the urban area of Moscow. Only a small number of troops need to be left in the Moscow urban area to ensure that the battle develops in German military's favor.
"Da da da!"
The machine gun of an infantry fighting vehicle is firing, suppressing a Russian barricade. The twin-mounted 20mm rapid-fire cannons on the infantry fighting vehicles were also firing wildly. The dense artillery shells hit the barricade completely unable to fight back.
Under the cover of infantry fighting vehicles, dozens of German military were charging along both sides of the street.
"Boom!"
A Russian anti-tank firepower station on a crumbling three-story building opened fire.
A Armor-piercing Shell accurately hit the infantry fighting vehicle that was showing off its power.
The defense of infantry fighting vehicles is not as good as that of tanks. At such a close distance, it is even more impossible to defend against the Russian army's Anti-tank Gun. Armor-piercing Shell launched by Anti-tank Gun immediately tore through the infantry fighting vehicle's defense. The armored soldiers inside emerged from it covered in fire.
Without the fire suppression of the infantry fighting vehicles, the originally suppressed Russian barricades immediately launched a counterattack.
Two machine guns began to fire, causing the attacking German military to suffer heavy losses. The rest of the troops were also suppressed and did not dare to move forward.
The battle became more fierce. Without the cover of armored vehicles, German military can only use other methods to eliminate the Russian troops here. In that case, the losses of the troops will undoubtedly be greater.
"Machine gun fire, mortar fire, destroy the enemy's fire points! Snipers, find the anti-tank fire points of Russians and suppress them!" A second lieutenant platoon leader ordered with a livid face.
"Ta-ta-ta!" One General Purpose Machine Gun and three Squad Automatic Weapon began to fire.
A mortar and three Grenade Launcher also began to fire wildly.
The three snipers used Sniper Rifle to suppress the exposed Russian anti-tank firepower.