Chapter 703: German-Soviet War (46)

None of the five or six grenades thrown in from outside the door exploded, becoming "duds" and lying quietly on the ground. However, the people in the room knew the quality of their own grenades, so they naturally did not dare to pick them up and throw them back. They just curled up in the corner of the conference room, shivering and sweating.

Maxim, the division commander outside, waited for a long time, but there was no explosion in the room. He frowned slightly, knowing that there was a problem with these grenades again. "Change grenades!"

Soon the soldiers found several 1930-style grenades, which were an improved version of the 1914-style grenades widely used by the Tsarist Russia in the First World War. The projectile body is made of steel plate stamping and is filled with TNT. Ammonium nitrate was also used in the case of TNT shortage during the war. The bomb is equipped with a fragmentation sleeve outside the projectile body, which is similar to the German M24 grenade.

The RGD-33 grenade just thrown in was an improved version of the 1930 model, but it was obviously not very successful.

Hearing that another grenade was about to be thrown in, Political Commissar Alexei knew that they would not be lucky enough to escape this time, and could not help but beg loudly. "Comrade Maxim, we can discuss it! Considering that we have worked together for so many years, there is no need to kill them all like this?!"

"Work together?" Division Commander Maxim sneered. "We have worked together for many years, but you have also been arrogant and bossy for many years. I have never forgotten this anger. You mentioned discussing, then you have to ask these soldiers if they can discuss it? Do you think there is any discussion?!"

A deafening shout suddenly rang out around. "No!"

The legs of the people in the room softened and they almost fell to the ground.

Division Commander Maxim stopped talking nonsense and ordered people to throw grenades.

Several 1930-style grenades thrown in exploded with a bang, and the shock wave knocked the RGD-33 grenades on the ground all over the ground. The detonator finally hit the pin, and explosions occurred one after another. The terrible shock wave and fragments swept across the entire conference room in an instant.

After the smoke in the room cleared, several soldiers rushed into the conference room and saw that the entire conference room was blown into a mess. Those political commissars fell to the ground with blood and flesh, and some of them were still alive and made weak cries for help. Those soldiers were not polite, and raised their bayonets to hit everyone in the chest a few times.

Then the division commander Maxim walked in and looked at the corpses on the ground with disgust and waved his hand. "Drag them out and find a place to bury them. Contact the German army and we surrender."

Hearing the news that a Ukrainian division in the encirclement surrendered, Yannik knew that this was a good start and decided to strike while the iron was hot. "Drop leaflets in other cities, asking them to lay down their arms and surrender within three days, otherwise their cities will be bombed into ruins."

"Hang all the families of these traitors!" And Stalin in the Kremlin was roaring as usual. Those Ukrainian locals were fine, but these political commissars actually took the lead in surrendering? Cowards! It's simply a shame for the Soviet Union! !

The German army's surrender leaflets were scattered in various cities, and the effect was immediate. Except for the Soviet and American troops in a few large cities, the rest of the Ukrainian and Belarusian troops surrendered one after another.

Yannick found Rundstedt to discuss the war. "Marshal Rundstedt, do you think we should continue the attack, or clean up the remnants of the Soviet army in Belarus and Ukraine first? It's safer?"

In 1812, Napoleon led the mighty French army to sweep across Europe, but was defeated under the city of Moscow. It is said that it was God who saved Russia, because just when Napoleon was about to win, the severe cold suddenly came.

In the winter of 1941, God once again stood on the side of the Russians. On October 1, Moscow had a rare heavy rain; on October 6, the first winter snow fell in the vast areas around Moscow. The increasingly bad weather made the German army's "Typhoon" plan, which was at the beginning, stop at once, as if it had suddenly stepped on the emergency brake.

The continuous autumn rain caused many rivers to burst their banks, and large areas became sticky swamps. The German army had to be at the mercy of the mud. The mud on the road was often up to the knees. The army had to stop and the tanks that were fighting had to withdraw to drag the artillery and ammunition trucks stuck in the mud. The infantry slipped in the mud and became exhausted.

However, the German army in the heavy snow was really "adding insult to injury". On November 3, the first cold wave hit, and the temperature suddenly dropped below zero degrees Celsius, and it was still dropping rapidly. On November 13, the temperature was minus 8 degrees Celsius; on the 27th, a sudden and severe cold wind brought the temperature in Moscow to minus 40 degrees Celsius in less than two hours. A thick layer of ice formed on the ground, and the German mechanized troops were finally able to start moving again.

However, the severe cold that rescued the tanks from the mud mercilessly destroyed the soldiers who had to drive to fight. Winter made the German army face greater difficulties: insufficient logistical supplies and lack of cold protection facilities. Many soldiers wore thin summer clothes and shivered in the biting cold wind. Many people were severely frostbitten. Thousands of German soldiers were frozen into cripples, and many contracted malaria, which made people shiver and feel weak all over. The cold weather made the sights on the cannons useless. The fuel often froze, and the gasoline also froze into a sticky state. When starting the tank, it had to be ignited and baked underneath for a while. Complaints and frustration began to fill the German army. Many people began to talk about Napoleon's defeat in 1812 and the Russian monument in Tarutino. They sighed helplessly: Why does God always favor Russia?

Yannick didn't want to repeat this mistake, so he wanted to speed up the attack. Based on the experience of the Stalingrad Battle in the original time and space, he did not expect to capture Moscow within this year, but at least he had to gain a foothold in Moscow before October.

However, he was a little worried that if he did not clear the remnants of the Soviet army in the encirclement of Belarus and Ukraine, they would cause trouble in the rear. After all, they were remnants, but they were not a small number, plus the US military had more than one million.

"Your Highness, we can continue to attack. The remnants of Belarus and Ukraine are not to be feared at all. If they hide in the city and refuse to come out, they will be trapped to death, but if they dare to leave the city's support, they will only be wiped out. Therefore, we only need to keep a part of the troops on guard."

Yannick thought about it and nodded. "Then attack."

Attacking is simple to say, but he also knows that once he crosses the border between Belarus and Ukraine, the resistance of the Soviet army will increase exponentially. Whether it is the deterrence of Stalin's "Order No. 270" or the patriotism of the Soviet soldiers, the next war will only be more tragic.