Chapter 577 Grodk
After a night of rapid march, the first mountain land arrived west of Sudak in Krim early the next morning and built a line of defense there... It makes sense to arrange the 1st mountain division to build a line of defense in the mountains west of Sudak. First of all, they are mountain divisions suitable for fighting in the mountains. Secondly, they are stationed behind the German defense line of Sudak, which is the German defense line. The retreat of the 42nd German Army will not be chased by the Soviet army and become defeated.
This situation generally would not happen to the German army, and their retreat would be defensive and blocking them layer by layer.
The problem is that the 42nd Army, a unit composed mainly of Romanian soldiers, was carried out.
Romania is Germany's main oil supplier, but this country has been in a sway state for a long time, that is, on the one hand, it is unwilling to offend the Allies and on the other hand, it is unwilling to offend Germany. It was not until Britain and France were defeated that they had to choose a side station to avoid destruction.
In fact, this is the fate of small countries. Just like Switzerland, Sweden and other countries, even if they live a wealthy life, they will never become powerful countries. In the face of disputes between big countries, they can only be fat on the chopping board at the slaughter of others.
Because of this mentality, the Romanian army does not have much combat requirements and certainly vulnerable combat effectiveness.
But even so, their quality is slightly better than that of the Soviet army... The Soviet army lost about one million troops in the Battle of Moscow. At this time, the Soviet army was filled with a large number of recruits who were not trained, and the Romanian army had at least been trained.
Therefore, the Romanian army fought in the following battles, with two infantry divisions and one cavalry division (the cavalry division was later reinforced to Krim Island) covering each other and fighting and retreating to the Sudak area.
The Feodocia scene is a completely different story.
The Soviet army rushed towards the German defense line one by one, and fell down in front of the defense line one by one... The German army almost did not need to set up landmines, roadblocks or barbed wire, because the muddy roads made it very difficult for the Soviet army to charge.
Qin Chuan once went to the front line to observe the battle situation. In the aperture of his telescope, the Soviet army almost had difficulty even advancing, because everything was deep in mud, and the tanks made a "rumble" roar in the artillery fire but could not move forward a little. The cannon was trapped in the rear and pushed slowly by humans, because the car that was dragging the cannon was also trapped.
The Soviet soldiers had helplessness and confusion on their faces. They were at slaughter and had no idea what they did or what the meaning of doing.
There were neither foxgloves nor trenches in front of them, and there was no cover in all directions. Some of them were bullets and shells fired by the German army.
What's worse is when the Soviet army launched a cluster charge... Perhaps the Soviet army hoped to rush through the German firepower net in this way, but all this was obviously futile, because more than ten artillery batteries and dozens of giant cannons in Sevastopol had been used by the German army and aimed the muzzle here.
There was a loud "rumbling" sound like thunder, and balls of smoke burst into the sky in front of the German positions completely submerged the Soviet soldiers who were charging.
When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, we saw the bodies of Soviet soldiers lying in various positions and broken arms on the bright red soil. Many of them had even been blown into pieces and unknown.
Such an attack by the Soviet army was of course stupid. They did not achieve any purpose except consuming the German ammunition.
But this is not the fault of the Soviet soldiers.
It is not difficult to imagine that the Soviet command must have been performing a scene where the Soviet army commander was refusing but was rejected by Mehlis without authority or even directly dismissed. As a result, the Soviet army still had to rush forward one by one, as if they were on the execution ground, as if they were on the execution ground.
These do not require Qin Chuan's care. What Qin Chuan needs to care about is that the Soviet army on the left wing has advanced 5 to 6 kilometers forward, and the Soviet army, which can only attack in front of Feodosia, was unable to replenish the personnel for a while because of the heavy casualties, so a gap of 2 kilometers wide and 51st army on the right wing was opened between the 47th Army on the left wing and the 51st Army on the right wing.
"The opportunity is here!" Manstein looked at Qin Chuan: "Everything is like you said, Captain. Your analysis is much more accurate than the weather forecast of a meteorological expert."
"I have fought in Africa, General!" Qin Chuan said: "The Africans there believe in gods more, so there are witch doctors in their army. Before each battle begins, the witch doctors will tell them on behalf of the gods whether they will win or lose in this battle!"
"Hmm, then?" asked Manstein.
"You may ask me, will you win or lose in this battle?" Qin Chuan said.
Manstein was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "It's a very interesting joke, Captain, you're very humorous!"
This is a cold joke, but people like Manstein, who are more traditional and noble, like this kind of joke.
"But now!" Manstein continued: "I don't need to ask you, the 'witch doctor'. I believe we will win this battle. Even if we fail to reach the end, our spirit will definitely occupy the Port of Kechi!"
Qin Chuan understood what Manstein said, and he planned to lead the mobile force to carry out an assault.
The "spirit" in Manstein's words can be said to be a portrayal of oneself, or an incentive to the morale of the entire army.
This mobile unit has a total of two infantry divisions and an armored division.
The 30th German Army had three divisions: the 28th Hunter Division, the 50th Infantry Division and the 132nd Infantry Division.
Manstein formed the 28th Hunter Division, the 50th Infantry Division and the 22nd Armored Division to form a mobile unit... Among them, the Hunter Division refers to light and fast mobile infantry, equipped with many side tricycles and cars.
In fact, the 50th Infantry Division was similar, because Manstein collected all the available means of transportation during this period and even temporarily recruited a thousand war horses from the Romanian Cavalry Division.
The remaining 132nd Infantry Division was arranged to continue to restrain the German army in Feodocia.
Manstein also gave the mobile unit a loud number: the "Grodeck" Motorcycle Brigade.
Originally, Qin Chuan didn't know what "Grodek" meant. After asking Colonel Slein, he realized that it was a poem written by a poet named Tracker. The poems and essays were about spirit:
Spirit is flame,
And maybe only as a flame,
Spirit is a erratic thing.
It illuminates and makes it shine,
Chapter completed!