Chapter 751: Steel Defense
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Five hours after the outbreak of the Battle of Berlin, the US Joint Operational Command held urgent consultations like the Federal German Ministry of Defense. www.biquge.info hoped that the American army's right to operate on German soil would be expanded, or at least that they would be able to cooperate with the Wehrmacht in launching an attack on East Germany.
But no one dares to assert themselves. Because Kohl had previously explicitly forbidden the movement of American troops without the permission of the German government. Cole is afraid that he will become the second unlucky guy who will lead to the United States controlling the whole country because of the wolf in the house.
"The German Democratic Republican Army is attacking Berlin from six cities at the same time, forming a ring of steel and slowly encircling Berlin, and they are intending to force us to withdraw in the direction of Potsdam and drive the Bundeswehr out of Berlin completely. Since they can't exterminate us, they just let our army retreat, what a bunch of cunning foxes. ”
Germany's defense minister has realized what the DPR is trying to do, which is to force the Bundeswehr to withdraw from the Berlin metropolitan area. The reality is that the Bundeswehr is already outnumbered.
Minister Scharpin's desk was littered with telegrams from the front, which had become worse and worse since the outbreak of war, and the German Democratic Republican Army (DERF) was attacking much more fiercely than before.
"So I propose to extend the movement of American armored forces in the Federal Republic of Germany, at least so that they can cooperate with our forces in attacking Schwerin or Dresden, and relieve the pressure on Berlin." These two cities are as important as Berlin, and Chancellor Kohl, if we don't loosen the restrictions on the U.S. Army and give them a certain amount of freedom, we can't win this battle, the other side is much stronger than us. ”
Kohl didn't speak, he just looked at the Minister of Defense in front of him and asked word by word, "So did Minister Scharpin consider that our enemy is anyone other than East Germany?" The Soviet Union was not the only one who wanted to see Germany unlucky, do you think the Americans were the saviors? Don't think I don't know what little calculations President Mario has in mind, he, like Yanayev, is all the way! ”
Kohl does not want the United States to take advantage of the German crisis to completely abolish itself, and the European Union is the result of his painstaking efforts and the crystallization, and it must not be destroyed in the hands of the Americans. That's why she insisted that Germany should solve the problem on its own. But all this seems a little too idealistic in the face of the cruel reality.
Minister Scharpin lowered his head and whispered, "I know that it is emotionally difficult for Chancellor Kohl to accept the Americans' robbery, but without the support of their army, it would have been impossible to win the war with the Bundeswehr alone." ”
"Minister Scharping, even if there were no Americans, we would have only lost East Germany." In Kohl's eyes, the U.S. military was even more hateful than the German Democratic Baath Party.
"No, without the Americans, we would not have lost East Germany, but Berlin, a strategic location. We are all aware of the political, economic and military influence of Berlin on Germany. "Minister Scharpin argues that he wants to win the right of the U.S. military to cooperate with the Wehrmacht.
"Without the help of the United States, we would have waited for a total fall. At that time, not only Berlin, but also the inflated appetite of the Baath Party will further encroach on several other states. Minister Scharping's face became very ugly, "At that time, it will not be something that can be resolved by peace talks." ”
In an almost half-pressing, half-pleading tone, Cole finally agreed to the actions of the American army in Berlin, allowing the 2nd Panzer Cavalry Regiment to move freely on German soil. However, with the defense of Berlin as a priority, the US troops stationed in Hamburg, Erfurt and Magdeburg then coordinated the actions of the Bundeswehr to carry out strategic deterrence against East Germany, allowing the other side to forcibly disperse their forces to relieve the pressure in the south and north.
Although the United States was still somewhat dissatisfied with Germany's command of the operation, it generally agreed to the restrictive conditions proposed by the other side. With the right to mobilize U.S. troops, they could quickly and effectively deploy against Soviet operations.
However, the American side was still a little late, the Soviet Union had already gathered a large number of armored forces waiting for the attack, and the 37th Guards Division almost transferred the second-line troops to the front line to act as an armored force to put pressure on the American army.
So the United States discovered that the Saxony and Western Pomeranian Asian fronts had amassed a large number of armored forces almost overnight, and in order to put psychological pressure on the United States, the Soviet Union had almost all BMP infantry tanks and tanks massed on the front line. Tanks, including some with damaged engines, were also deployed on the front line to act as capital for blackmailing the other side. The remaining damaged tanks of the Western Army Cluster were removed and placed on the front line.
So what the American reconnaissance team saw was a continuous cluster of Soviet armor. The combined T72, T80 and T64 Sea of Steel was deployed on the front line against the invasion of US imperialism. The reconnaissance helicopter captured the earth covered with steel bodies, and the columns of infantry vehicles and tanks were terrifying to watch.
The commander of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Sfield, was to death with an ugly face after seeing this information. The U.S. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment had a total of 120 M1A1 tanks, of which nearly 100 were distributed between the southern and northern fronts, and only 20 returned to support Berlin. However, according to the intelligence of reconnaissance planes, the Soviet peacekeepers had nearly 280 tanks of various types, more than twice that of the Second Panzer Cavalry Regiment, not to mention that they also deployed a large number of bomber formations and MiG-29 fighter formations in Dresden and Schwerin. According to incomplete statistics, the Soviet Union sent more than 200 fighters to East Germany, and the current situation is completely crushing the strength of the red butchers in the air with the torrent of armor.
Sfeld had hoped to send more air forces to support ground forces, but the Defense Department refused. At the same time, the Bundeswehr refused to allow American fighters to enter Germany, controlling German air supremacy.
"Remember, the first priority of the United States is not to engage Soviet peacekeepers, and an exchange of fire would be tantamount to seizing the excuse of the long-term garrison. Attacking from now on is not the first priority. Defending the line is. Minister Perry was terrified and ordered the armored cavalry regiment to block the attack of the Soviet steel troops, he did not expect that the other side had invested far more armored troops here than he had imagined.
Faced with this situation, it is impossible to attack.
They had no choice but to avoid the Soviet front and go on the defensive.
The Soviet Union's blackmail tactics were very successful, and a large amount of public opinion propaganda combined with psychological deterrence made West Germany mistakenly believe that the Soviet ground and air forces were completely superior in both quantity and quality.
However, the Bundeswehr Air Force's intimidation was a major headache for Sfeld, who were afraid of the Beech anti-aircraft missiles in East Germany, and even more so of the Soviet Air Force stationed in East Germany.
The ground forces of the East German in the "little Soviet Union" have been taught in previous battles, and anyone knows that the so-called "peacekeepers" presented to them this time are in fact real elite Soviet troops, combat units transferred from the Belarusian and Ukrainian fronts.
Until 1989, there had been great ambitions to flatten the steel core of the Soviet Union.
Fear haunts the Bundeswehr garrison, and everyone is willing to go beyond the mine. The armoured line of defense that divided East and West Germany split the country in two, and anyone who tried to expand their influence into East Germany had to consider whether they could cross this line of steel.
The T72 and T80 tanks spread out in a row across the plains, and the line formed by the real armoured forces was like a great wall of steel, holding back the West German Wehrmacht and American armored forces.
Army helicopters in coordination with the ground forces are on alert in the air, including electronic warfare helicopters to electronically jam the opponent at any time. Having tasted the sweetness of the Caucasus Civil War, the Soviet Army naturally would not miss any opportunity to demonstrate electronic information warfare.
The steel behemoth of the Soviets showed its sharp fangs in front of the American army, and this was not the T72 tank armored division that boasted of the fourth in the world on the Gulf battlefield, but the trump card unit that had truly experienced the fire and bloodshed.
If the American armored forces want to invade East Germany, they must first step over their steel defense! (To be continued.) )