Chapter 801 German-Soviet War (100)

Safvati, the commander of the Soviet division, felt that he was really unlucky. First, the Germans ran to the railway section he was responsible for guarding to cause trouble; after a night of sleep, he stretched out to get some fresh air, and was still shot by the enemy. It is said that there are soldiers guarding within a radius of 500 meters. Where did the enemy shoot from? ! The moment he fell down, he heard the gunshots from a distance. In his mind, he instantly calculated the distance of the enemy, which was 800 to 900 meters away from him. He was shot at such a long distance. Is there anyone more unlucky than him in the world?

Hearing the gunshots from a distance, everyone in the command post was shocked, but before they could go out to check the situation, dense bullets came like a storm.

The tent was built of cloth. Facing the high-speed bullets, the defense was about the same as a piece of paper. A bloody storm suddenly set off in the tent.

The surrounding Soviet troops only reacted at this time, but before they could act, the Soviet troops closest to the hill were knocked to the ground by the German RPK machine guns and AKMS assault rifles.

"Retreat!" The machine gun quickly finished a chain of ammunition, and Fred decisively issued an order to retreat. "Haha, today's harvest is not small. A division commander was killed."

The deputy company commander on the side also echoed excitedly. "Maybe there are other officers in the tent."

"Yes, that's even better. But we have to move to another place after we go back." A division commander was killed, and the Soviets would definitely not give up. They had to move at least 20 kilometers away.

The Soviet side was in chaos. Some people went to chase the Germans, and some ran to the command post to save people.

"Comrade division commander, comrade division commander!" The medical soldiers who arrived at the first time saw that the upper body of Division Commander Savvati, who fell in front of the command post, was stained with blood. The whole person was breathing more than breathing out, and it seemed that he was not going to survive.

The rest of the people rushed into the tent, which was filled with a strong smell of blood. Most of them fell in a pool of blood. Two of the regiment commanders were already dead, and another was seriously injured. In addition, two American colonels who came from Moscow last night were also shot and dying.

"What?!" Eisenhower, the commander of the American expeditionary force in Moscow, almost cursed when he received the news. These stupid guys were attacked by the Germans yesterday, and they were attacked again at the same place today. Are you stupid? ! He asked, suppressing his anger. "Didn't you go into the mountains to search and suppress yesterday? How did you get attacked again?!"

"The troops sent into the mountains yesterday encountered a mine ambush by the German army, and suffered heavy casualties. It happened to be dark, so Division Commander Safvati asked them to withdraw first and planned to send a large force into the mountains to search and suppress this morning. As a result, they were attacked by the Germans. Our army strictly protected the 500-meter radius of the attack point, but the Germans were shooting from more than 800 meters away. First, they shot and killed Division Commander Safvati, and then used machine guns to shoot at the command post, and almost all the comrades inside were wiped out."

Eisenhower was speechless. "Will the Germans escape again this time?"

"The sudden attack by the Germans caused some chaos, and our soldiers were busy with rescue, so they took the opportunity to slip away."

Now Eisenhower was completely speechless, and felt that if he continued to delve into this issue, he would have a heart attack and die on the spot. "How many casualties did our army suffer?"

"Your army has confirmed that there are more than 700 dead, more than 300 seriously injured, and the rest are slightly injured to varying degrees."

"Got it." Eisenhower waved his hand, asked the other party to leave, and then ordered someone to pass the news back to the country.

After learning the casualties of his own soldiers, President Wilkie was furious, and what made him even more angry was that two majors of his own side were indirectly killed by the Soviets. "These stupid Soviets!" President Wilkie cursed fiercely, but what else could he do? You can't go across the ocean to slap Stalin in the face. "Then can they still keep their own railways?" They can't even keep a railway, what a waste! !

If the Germans often destroy the railways, then the supplies they support in the past can only be piled up in the Far East and can't reach the front line at all.

"The Soviets said that they have sent a large force to search and suppress them, and they should be able to eliminate them soon."

At this time, General Leahy mentioned another thing. "Mr. President, this morning, German carrier-based aircraft were spotted near the Aleutian Islands. If the next target of the German Pacific Fleet is the Aleutian Islands, it will be extremely disadvantageous to us."

The Aleutian Islands are an arc-shaped island chain extending westward from the southwest coast of Alaska, stretching for 1,600 kilometers, separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean. The Aleutian Islands consist of more than 70 islands with a total land area of ​​80,000 square kilometers. Most of them are barren rock islands with rugged and complex terrain and sparsely populated. The Aleutian Islands originally belonged to Russia. In 1867, Tsar Alexander II sold Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States for US$7.2 million, making it the most remote territory in the United States. However, the US government paid little attention to this place. Until the 1930s, most of the Aleutian area was still in an undeveloped and wild state.

It was not until 1940 that the US military began to strengthen its defense and established the Alaska Defense Command under the Western Defense Command, with Major General Simon Buckner commanding the local garrison.

The Battle of the Aleutian Islands in the original World War II is one of the least known episodes of the Pacific War. The Aleutian Islands are completely shrouded in fog for almost half a year every year. For both warring parties, bad weather is always the biggest enemy. The Aleutian Islands, which seemed to be a shortcut, actually became a strategic trap in the fog. The wartime news blockade and major progress in other important battlefields during the same period made the Battle of the Aleutian Islands completely shrouded in the fog of history. In the battle in the fog for more than half a year, the US Navy and Air Force reversed the unfavorable situation of the sudden attack by the Japanese army and forced the Japanese army into a desperate situation.

"Damn it!" President Wilkie cursed angrily. Now the German army has occupied the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island; now they are planning to take the Aleutian Islands again? Unlike the Hawaiian Islands and Midway Island, once the Aleutian Islands fall into the hands of the Germans, the only sea route for the United States to support the Soviet Union can be said to be completely cut off.

"Let the Soviets guard the Aleutian Islands." Don't the Soviets still have four Soviet-class battleships left? With other battleships, there should be no problem defending the Aleutian Islands, right? After all, compared to the United States, the Soviet Union does not want to, and cannot, lose this transportation lane. "Yes, let's do it, let the Soviets guard the Aleutian Islands. Also, when will our new battleships be in service?"

"Mr. President, our South Dakota-class battleships will be in service in three months at most, a total of four ships." They are the "South Dakota", "Indiana", "Massachusetts" and "Alabama".

"And the Iowa-class battleships will be in service in half a year, also four ships." They are the "Iowa", "New Jersey", "Missouri" and "Wisconsin".

"Very good." President Wilkie nodded, but he also knew that battleships alone were not enough. "How is our fire control radar research and development going?"