Tukhachevsky laughed after hearing this sentence. Sure enough, he was not mistaken!
It turned out that in his mind, his estimated winning rate was similar to that of Mainz. Tukhachevsky also felt that he had a 70% chance of winning, but that was before, and now he is a week slower than expected. Time, so the winning rate will definitely drop, but Tukhachevsky still believes that he has at least a 60% chance of winning!
However, these German officers did not seem to think so, so Tukhachevsky wanted to use practical actions to tell these German officers who looked down on him and the Soviet army that the Soviet army was not as weak as they thought!
They are strong!
On January 12, 192, a battle of Jifu officially started.
This huge battle, which assembled more than 200,000 troops and affected 12 countries, attracted the attention of billions of people around the world!
Throughout January, all news media around the world were reporting endlessly on this battle in Eastern Europe.
Western Europe, Wolfenstein.
Mainz is also paying attention to the battle situation on the front line. Although the German army did not participate in this war, Mainz is still very concerned about the battle situation on the front line.
The reason for this is mainly because during World War II, many large-scale battles involving millions or even millions of people broke out in the area where the war broke out.
The area at the junction of Ermao and Damao is a strategic location that all military strategists must compete for, so they will definitely fight to the end with all invaders for this place!
As the biggest enemy in the future, Mainz pays more attention to the Soviet army than to the British and French troops. He knows that the German army will have a battle with the Soviet army in the future, so he plans to collect information about the Soviet army from now on. Information, and by the way complete the on-site inspection of Mao Xiong, a strategic location!
This is also the reason why he sent Manstein and others to the front line. It is very likely that these people will lead and direct the German army in future battles. At this time, letting them observe the future battlefields can accumulate a large number of first-class troops for them. First-hand information will be convenient for them to use when fighting in the future.
After the Battle of Jifu started, the Soviet army immediately launched a fierce attack southward against Belgorod, where the Allies were stationed. The two sides launched a bloody battle around the city.
Stationed in Belgorod were Romania's servants and part of the Gallic army. Their strength was about four divisions, 56,000!
After Tukhachevsky learned detailed information about the enemy's strength, he directly dispatched two armies and launched a fierce attack on the Allied forces from the east and west directions.
The battle was extremely bloody. The Soviet army, which lacked heavy weapons, paid an extremely heavy price during the attack. On the first day of the battle on January 12 alone, the Soviet army suffered more than 12,000 casualties and disabled four soldiers. division troops.
The Romanian army stationed here performed unexpectedly. They did not collapse as quickly as expected. Instead, they stayed on the position, fought side by side with the Gallic army, and repelled the Soviet attacks many times!
But Tukhachevsky was also a cruel man. He didn't even look at the heavy casualties of the Soviet army. After the front-line troops were crippled, he immediately launched a new attack!
Moreover, in addition to directly attacking Belgorod, he also sent a cavalry division to cut off the railway connection between Kharkov and Belgorod.
At this time, the Allied troops on the front line began to panic. After the railway was destroyed and they lost contact with the rear, the Allied troops stationed in Belgorod began to panic.
The Soviet army carried out its final mobilization before the war. Tukhachevsky called on the Red Army commanders and soldiers to overcome difficulties, carry forward the spirit of hard work and not being afraid of sacrifice, repel the invaders, and protect the new red bear!
Mao Xiong's ideological mobilization effect was good. Most of them were Soviet soldiers with peasant backgrounds. They were fed up with the days when the nobles rode on their heads and lorded it over them. If Mao Xiong hadn't opened up the old aristocracy and used the agrarian revolution to If they were allocated land, most of them would still be serfs of the nobles and landowners!
During the Tsarist era, the serfs with a population of hundreds of millions were not human beings at all in the eyes of the nobles, but a group of animals. They lived a life that was worse than that of animals. Landlords, nobles, and capitalists could ride on them and dominate them. And only the red-furred bears gave them equal social status and gave them fertile land for cultivation!
Therefore, in order to completely break the shackles that oppressed them and protect the fruits of victory they had received, the Soviet army launched an extremely bloody meat bomb attack on Belgorod!
Due to the lack of large-caliber heavy artillery, the Soviet soldiers used explosives, cluster grenades, etc. to blast enemy positions one by one. In the process, a large number of heroic Soviet soldiers were knocked down by enemy machine guns, but even those in front When a person was beaten to death, the people behind him didn't even frown, they immediately rushed forward, took the explosive package from the person in front and continued to crawl forward!
Under this desperate and ferocious offensive, the garrison stationed in Belgorod was finally defeated!
On the afternoon of January 3, all the defense lines outside Begorod had fallen!
That night, the Soviet army launched a general attack here!
The two sides launched a bloodier and more intense street battle around this small town!
The street fighting lasted all night, and on the morning of January 14, the Soviet army finally defeated the defenders and captured Belgorod!
In this battle, the Soviet army destroyed 3.7 enemies and paid a heavy price of more than 70,000 casualties, opening up the strategic route to Kharkov!
After the war, Manstein and others walked into the completely destroyed city on a road stained red with blood. Everyone's faces were very ugly, and everyone was shocked and speechless!
They have never encountered such an army, such an army with shabby equipment and insufficient training. It looks like a ragtag group of people, but it is willing to die in battle and march forward bravely!
The strong spiritual will of this army put great psychological pressure on everyone!
This army was something they had never seen before, completely different from the German army!
"What a terrible army!"
Everyone had been holding back for a long time, and finally someone couldn't help but speak.
Manstein looked back and found that the person speaking was the youngest and lowest-ranking Captain Rommel.
"If possible, I never want to fight against such an army in my life!"
Seeing everyone looking at him, Rommel scratched his head and said with some fear.
This sentence was meant as a joke, but unexpectedly it actually came true in the end.
When other generals were fighting hard on the Eastern Front in the future, Rommel However, he was appointed as the commander of the North African Army and went to Africa to gallop around. Throughout his life, Rommel never set foot in the land of the bear!
This sentence was originally a sentence to enhance the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige. But after hearing Rommel's words, everyone fell silent. No one laughed at his timidity. Instead, they all thought seriously about it.
After seeing the horror of this army, they all thought: What if they themselves If you encounter this army, how should you deal with them?
However, the biggest headache now is not them, but the Allied forces in Kharkov!
The Allies never dreamed that the Soviet army could take them within 2 days. Belgorod, this put their strategic plan into a passive position!
After the Soviet army captured Belgorod, it goes without saying that the next step will be to attack Kharkov! Husband is the key to this battle. If this place is taken away, the Allied Powers' encirclement will be like a hole in the inflated balloon, and the entire encirclement network will collapse in an instant!