The news that the commander of Army Group East Prussia of the Third Reich, Maximilian von Wickers, was promoted to field marshal, and after the news spread throughout Army Group East Prussia, not only did not make the soldiers excited and happy, but made them rush to great despair.
They are not fools, and naturally they know the reasons and the significance of this.
Maximilian von Wickers, who has become a marshal, has no other choice but to fight to the death until everyone dies here, even in the face of an unfavorable situation.
This also caused the entire East Prussian Army Group to fall almost into despair.
Although they love their country and adore their head of state, it does not mean that everyone is willing to lose their lives for it! If they could, they would naturally want to live.
But now, this has undoubtedly buried their hope of living!
And this makes the next battle even more tragic.
Marshal Maximilian von Wicks, after all, did not want to be a disgrace to the entire empire, and he had already issued an order that all troops should fight to the death and fight the Russians to the last soldier.
“Knock knock!”
An armored vehicle of the Russian army, which is firing fiercely at the defense line of the Third Reich Army ~ fiercely.
The 20mm cannon, frantically strafing the fire, made the soldiers of the Third Reich Army in the position – unable to raise their heads.
Some Russian soldiers, who followed behind the armored vehicles, took the opportunity to launch a charge towards the defense line of the Third Reich Army.
At this time, a soldier of the Third Reich Army jumped out of the rubble on the side, and the cluster grenade in his hand was thrown on the tracks of the armored vehicle.
Although, the soldiers of the Third Reich were instantly beaten into a sieve by machine gun bullets.
But his actions were still successful.
“Boom!”
Explosions sounded, armored vehicles were blown up on the spot.
After losing the cover of armored vehicles, the Russian soldiers were immediately suppressed by the originally suppressed Russian army, and suffered heavy casualties.
“Call for artillery coverage! We need artillery support! ”
The commander of the Russian army ordered loudly.
The signal corps called for artillery support from the rear by radio.
Two minutes later, six 105-mm light howitzers from a 105-mm howitzer position launched heavy shelling on the area.
“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
One shell after another fell from the sky and smashed the defense line of the Third Reich Army. The violent explosion blew the Third Reich Army’s defense line to pieces.
With their own artillery support, the Russian soldiers immediately broke through the defenses of the Third Reich Army.
On the battlefield of East Prussia, the soldiers of the Third Reich were already at an absolute disadvantage. But even so, their performance is very tenacious, often fighting to the death. Even if the Russian army wants to move forward, it must repeatedly compete with them. In this process, the losses of the Russian army were also not small.
However, the losses of the Third Reich Army were still much greater. The Russian army already had an absolute advantage in the East Prussian battlefield. There were fighters strafing in the sky, bombers bombing. On the ground, there was artillery support, as well as tanks and armored vehicles to provide cover.
In contrast, the various technical weapons of the East Prussian Army Group of the Third Reich Army had been lost almost as much in the war. So much so that they are almost completely suppressed in terms of firepower. In battle, the losses are naturally greater.
At the same time, due to the rapid consumption of various materials, many troops have begun to lack ammunition. This undoubtedly further limited the combat effectiveness of the Third Reich Army.
If they want to resist the attack of the Russian army, it will undoubtedly be more difficult.
Although the fighting remained fierce, the Third Reich Army could no longer stop the Russian advance. At the same time, they could no longer inflict much losses on the Russian army.
“Your Excellency, the resistance of the Germans is still very tenacious. However, it is difficult for them to pose much of a threat to us anymore. At the current pace, it is expected that in a short time we will be able to take the whole of East Prussia! Lieutenant General Toburkhin, chief of staff of the North-Western Front, said.
Admiral Voroshilov nodded: “We need to speed up the progress, we are running out of time.” It is necessary to take all of East Prussia within the time specified by His Majesty. Order the troops at the front, do not skimp on ammunition, open the way with artillery fire. Wherever they encountered positions where the Germans resisted tenaciously, they covered them with fire. ”
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As the so-called poor interspersed with roundabouts, rich is covered by firepower!
The Imperial Russian Army had strong artillery firepower, but also mastered air supremacy and was able to receive strong air support. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）
Under such circumstances, they naturally do not need to skimp on firepower, let alone let the soldiers go to desperate.
Problems that can be solved with shells definitely do not allow the soldiers to desperately.
Although the Russian Empire had a large population and a large army, the life of every soldier was also very precious, and it was necessary to ensure that they could survive the battle as much as possible.
“Yes, Your Excellency Commander!” Lieutenant General Tobolkhin answered.
The next attack of the Russian army was even more fierce. At the same time, artillery fire and aerial bombardment became more powerful.
This made the resistance of the Third Reich Army even more difficult.
Every attack of the Russian army is often accompanied by powerful artillery strikes. This caused the soldiers of the Third Reich Army on the defensive line to lose their lives under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Russian army.
The fierce resistance of the Army of the Third Reich lasted until the end of August.
In the end, because the weapons and ammunition have almost been consumed, even if they want to resist, they can’t go up with their bare hands, right?
At the same time, because the casualties of the troops were too great. So much so that many soldiers of the Third Reich have collapsed their will to fight.
In such a situation, troops began to surrender to the Russian army.
Slowly, more and more soldiers of the Third Reich surrendered.
Even some generals of the Third Reich Army began to surrender to the Russian army.
The war situation developed to such a point that the East Prussian Army Group of the Third Reich Army had been completely defeated.
On August 27, 1840, the remnants of Army Group East Prussia surrendered to the Russians. And the commander of Army Group East Prussia, Marshal Maximilian von Wicks, chose to commit suicide by drinking bullets.
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