Major Pat moved four mortars and several boxes of smoke grenades into the woods.

"Brothers, our four mortars can shoot out a smoke screen covering both ends of the bridge in about a minute and a half with the maximum rate of fire. There is no wind today, and the smoke screen should last for a long time.

.We have to use this time to rush across the bridge. Brothers, the smoke screen will interfere with the enemy's aiming, but the enemy will still blindly fire at the bridge road.

, their firepower density will still be very high, and the smoke screen will also interfere with us. Therefore, although this action cannot be completely called suicide, it is not far away. Once you decide to join the breakout ranks, you must understand,

Whether we can rush over, and how many people can rush over, all depends on God's will." Major Pat said to the people gathered around him.

"If we were on the Eastern Front now, I would not tell you this at all. Everyone also understands that breaking out is the only option. The Russians will not let us off casually, just like we will not let them off casually. This is not the East

We have no blood feud with the Americans or British like we have with the Russians. Even if we are captured here, we don’t have to

You are worried that you will be sent to Siberia to dig coal. For safety reasons, staying as a prisoner is also a good choice. And in the previous battles, you have already fulfilled your obligations to Germany. You do not have to participate in this

It's a near-death adventure, and I hope that everyone who joins this operation will do so voluntarily," Major Pat continued.

"Then, Major, why do you plan to risk a breakout?" a soldier asked.

"Ah," Major Pat thought for a while and replied, "I am different from you. I am an officer and a party member. And, the most important thing is that when the empire was prosperous, I got more things than you.

More. Therefore, I have more obligations than you."

Everyone fell silent. After a while, Major Pat said:

"We don't have much time, we have to decide now. Raise your hands if you are willing to challenge me!"

A few people raised their hands immediately, while others hesitated and raised their hands one after another. But many people remained silent.

"Okay, we don't have time. Just rush with me!" Major Pat said, "Besides, we need someone to help us control the mortars..."

The sudden shells landed on the bridge head and the bridge deck, and then thick smoke rose. The entire bridge, as well as both ends of the bridge, were quickly shrouded in thick smoke.

"Quick! Quick!" Major Pat took the lead and rushed into the thick smoke. They all wrapped a soaked towel on their faces - the smoke was poisonous, but they did not have gas masks on their hands, so they had to rely on

This is it.

It was difficult to tell the direction in the thick smoke. Major Pat could only open his eyes wide and try to see clearly what was around him, especially what was under his feet, while running as fast as possible...

"Captain! What are the Germans doing?" Gunner Gru said.

"They want to run! Why are they still standing there? Open fire on the bridge!"

Gru turned the muzzle of the 25mm Gatling gun towards the bridge, and then the six 25mm barrels of the gun rotated crazily, and a bright orange flame whip fiercely swept towards the bridge deck.

passed.

As soon as Major Pat rushed onto the bridge, he heard an ominous crackling sound like dense rain. He knew that it was the sound of the enemy's 25mm cannon shells hitting the bridge deck. Although he could see it in front of him,

The distance was limited, but he still saw shells with orange traces hitting him one after another. And screams began to sound around him.

However, Major Parker knew that he could not stay for a moment at this time. The shells whizzed past him, but he remained unmoved. His vision was blurry, but he continued to run at high speed. Then he suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and then his whole body

Losing weight - there was a big hole on the bridge that had not been repaired in time. Major Parker stepped on the air and fell directly out of the hole, rolling towards the river and falling.

…

"Marshal, telegram from the Führer." The adjutant handed a telegram to Marshal Kruger.

Field Marshal Kruger opened the telegram, looked at it, and smiled.

"Hitler thought I was too tired, so he asked me to take a rest." Marshal Kruger threw the documents on the table.

"I really need to rest. I haven't had a good rest since the war broke out." Marshal Kruger continued, "I want a complete rest... However, I still have to persist until my successor arrives.

Well, my successor is Marshal Model. Well, Model is a good commander, but he is really unlucky. The situation here is not comparable to that of the Eastern Front. Things here cannot be rectified by manpower.

. He better understand this."

Marshal Model is a rare defense expert in the German army. Unlike ordinary German generals, most of the German generals' most brilliant performances were in the early and middle stages of the war. As time went by, as the enemy became increasingly powerful,

The performance of these generals is no longer as dazzling as it was in the early days. Marshal Model is an exception.

At that time, Model did not show any special talents, but as the German army became increasingly passive, Model's performance became more and more outstanding. So under this situation, Model became Hitler's fire captain, almost everywhere.

If the problem is solved, Hitler will send him wherever he goes. It feels like Uncle Joseph used Zhukov in the early days of the war.

Most of the time, Model did not live up to Hitler's expectations. He was always able to use the broken army in his hands efficiently to stabilize the situation. Now that the situation on the Western Front can almost be called a collapse, Hitler naturally thought of it again.

Model.

Marshal Kruger himself also transferred from the Eastern Front to the Western Front. He knew that the situation on the Eastern Front was very different from that on the Western Front, but Model lacked time to understand this difference. Model was indeed very capable.

But it doesn’t take time to adapt to the battlefield on the Western Front.

When he first arrived on the Western Front, didn't he lack understanding of the Western Front and even ridicule Rommel because of his fear of the Allied air power? Therefore, he had to think carefully about how to make Mo

Marshal Del was able to understand the characteristics of the Western Front more quickly.

"You go and sort out all the combat records after we came to the Western Front, and select the relevant records that best demonstrate the enemy's combat characteristics, um, that is, the use of overwhelming material power to simplify the situation. These things may have an impact on

Marshal Model is useful."

…

When Model saw Marshal Kruger at the headquarters of Army Group B, he simply couldn't believe his eyes. Is the man in front of him Kruger? He was the original one who distinguished himself with tenacity in the battle on the Eastern Front.

The famous Field Marshal Kruger? Model felt as if he had been overwhelmed by the Allied offensive.

"This is the situation you are going to face now. The entire army group is about to be surrounded. The head of state just sent me another instruction. It is still the same old one of 'not to retreat even one step', but I suggest you, Marshal, you

Just pretend that you don't know about this matter - there will always be some things that are missed during the handover anyway - and continue to retreat. No one in Germany is better than you in arranging the retreat.

Even better. Withdraw as many young men as possible. Army Group B can only count on you now. Please pay special attention to the enemy's air power, and don't be easily swayed by orders from Berlin. The advice I can give you is

There is only so much. As for how to defeat the opponent and win, Model, I can't do that, and I hope you don't have too much hope."

Marshal Kruger completed the transfer of command of Army Group B with such a pessimistic tone. Then he raised his Marshal's Scepter to greet Marshal Model, then turned and left the office.

"What kind of blow caused this 'intelligent Hans' to completely collapse!" Looking at Kruger's back, Model couldn't help but feel this way.

However, Model did not have time to be too emotional, because the current situation of his army group is really not optimistic: the army group has actually been surrounded, but there is still a small gap less than ten kilometers wide. If the Americans and

The British are willing to make greater sacrifices, and they will soon be able to plug these gaps. In any case, it is impossible for the entire army to withdraw completely from this encirclement. How much can be withdrawn, and how much more can be withdrawn, depends on

It was the enemy's reaction because he had almost no cards in his hand.

Model sat at his desk, flipping through the pages of the records left by Marshal Kruger. These records allowed Model to gradually see a terrifying opponent he had never encountered before.

This opponent is able to use thousands of heavy bombers to prepare firepower at any point in the entire campaign area, and their air power can attack any node in the entire campaign area twenty-four hours a day. On the Western Front, there is no real rear,

All rear areas are exposed to enemy attacks,

Any maneuver will be attacked by air power. Therefore, the efficiency of all combat operations will drop sharply, while the losses will rise sharply. The opponent's ground troops also have enviable mobility capabilities. They move on the ground.

The speed is much higher than the troops in his hands. Model knows

He said that the success of his best defensive counterattack depends largely on seizing the time difference and delivering a fatal blow. But when facing an opponent with super mobility, he must seize this time difference.

It’s not easy. Because the opponent reacts too quickly, it feels like playing football to defend against counterattacks.

At that time, he suddenly discovered that the opponent's four defenders all ran 100 meters in less than 11 seconds. What's even worse is that there is also a great offensive player in this team who is completely unstoppable, making the other players just

It's enough to defend well, there's no need to take risks. There's no chance to take advantage of this!

"By the way, there is no need to take risks!" Marshal Model felt that he had touched something. "The heavy fog from last night to noon today caused the entire Allied forces to stop. What would have happened if they had not stopped at that time? They

The army will fall into chaos together with our army. But our army has already lost the most in that damn attack before.

A powerful fighting force. The result of the melee must be that they suffered some losses and we were all finished. If it were the Russians, they would definitely be willing to do this. But neither Sam nor John seemed willing. Not only did they hope to win, they even wanted to

They prefer 3:0 to 6:2 when keeping opponents clean. There seems to be something that can be exploited here..."

…

"Marshal, there is a military train going to Berlin in the evening. Are you going to take this car back to Berlin?" the adjutant asked Kruger in the car.

"No, I won't go back. What are you going back for? To be tried for treason? I don't want to go back so early. But I have a letter that you can take to Hitler." Marshal Kruger leaned on the back seat tiredly

The above replied.

The letter had been written and placed in Kruger's coat pocket. Along with the letter was a small glass bottle containing some small tablets called cyanide.

…

At the Wolf's Lair headquarters, an aide handed a letter to Hitler.

"Führer, this is the letter left for you by Marshal Kruger."

"Oh, let's see, what will this coward who commits suicide in despair say? Well, I guess he will say, 'Führer, we surrender, we can't defeat them, let us kneel down and surrender, as long as we are willing

Kneel down and lick their leather boots, maybe they'll get mad

Mercifully, kindly grant us a Treaty of Versailles again. Don't dream! Think about how the Romans dealt with the Carthaginians? Don't have such illusions! We have only one way, that is victory or destruction!

Ah, let's see what he wrote."

Hitler pulled out Kruger's letter and read it in an extremely exaggerated tone with malicious intent:

"'When you read this letter, I am no longer alive. Life has no meaning to me. Rommel and I have already foreseen today's situation. Who is willing to listen to us? I don't know the experienced people

Can Field Marshal Model control the current situation? If he cannot control it, and the new weapons you are looking forward to cannot succeed, then, my Führer, is determined to end this war. What the German people have experienced

The suffering you have suffered is too great, and now it is time to end this horror. I have always admired your greatness. If fate is stronger than your will and genius, I hope you will be strong enough now.
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