Chapter 950: Two Decisions

When most of the King Tiger tanks of the Germans could only lie on their positions because of lack of fuel, and when the fixed turret was used, the Stalin tanks of the Soviet Russians began to exert their might.

The early birth of the Tiger tank and the King Tiger tank made the Stalin 1 tank not born, and directly transitioned to the IS-2, and even the IS-3 tank has begun to be put into service, but the Soviet Russian industry has suffered a heavy blow, and the number of production is small, especially the Stalin 3 tank that has just come out of the laboratory, less than 80 of which have begun to enter service, have basically been put into the Ryazan front.

On the opposite German position, there are at least 200 second-hand Tiger Kings eliminated in China, accounting for almost one-third of the number of Tiger Kings on the entire Eastern Front.

Don't underestimate the small number of these Tiger Kings, even in the original history, the production of Tiger Kings did not exceed 500 vehicles, but when the Tiger Kings began to exert their might, the momentum of the Iron Kings could be felt on the entire battlefield.

This was one of the spiritual pillars that the Germans were able to hold the front line of Moscow in several counteroffensives organized by Soviet Russia. According to the proud statement of the German tank crews, no matter how many T-34s the Soviets and Russians came, they would always be intimidated by the Tiger King, and then devoured by the Tiger and Panthers.

The Germans gathered these tiger kings, and they also had the intention of counterattacking to the city of Ulyanovsk again, but unfortunately the bad weather in Soviet Russia was not only severe cold, but also heavy rain, coupled with the pressure on the Western Front, which made the German counterattack plan delay again and again.

Lao Xi took into account the relationship between Soviet Russia and Britain and the United States, which was always mixed with distrust, so he still decided on the strategic deployment of the Eastern Front to turn to defense, especially after the sudden landing of Britain and the United States in France, the counterattack plan on the Eastern Front was vetoed.

The vast territory of Soviet Russia, which the Germans had already occupied, was enough for them to digest for a long time. If possible, Lao Xi, who had left a hand, also hoped to exchange the remaining territory for a temporary peace with Soviet Russia, although this was very slim.

So when some of the dexterous Panthers were transferred to the Western Front. They were enough to beat the Allied Sherman and Firefly tanks all over the place. Even the Pershing tanks, which the Americans hastily went into battle, joined the ranks. The Western Front also has no less than the Tiger King on the Eastern Front.

The pinnacle of the Tiger King is not so simple to surpass.

Even if it is born ahead of schedule, the Allies will need a certain amount of technological accumulation to catch up and talk about surpassing.

this plane. The Pershing tank, which was born in advance, is obviously not able to compete with the Tiger King, and the upgraded version of the Super Pershing with the hammer code name is sure to compete with the Tiger King. It's just that it's still squatting on the proving ground. The Centurion tank, which was also born ahead of schedule, is still in the final test at a weapons test site in Canada, and it is no longer in time for the Battle of Paris.

War always throws a few whips on the backs of people surrounded by inertia, and the wheels of productivity are momentarily accelerated.

Although it is only 44 years now, many weapons of 45 years have already begun to appear.

Not only the Allies, but also the Germans, in the case of continuous integration of European production capacity, in the first half of 42 years have launched the plan of generalized tanks, that is, with the fire of Berlin, the E series tank program buried in history with the Third Reich, also out of the experimental stage early. Preparations for production began.

The early appearance of the Haw Par tank also gave them more inspiration.

Tiger 3's roar is also starting to get closer and closer.

But no matter how awesome the steel monster is, it is short of oil. The same lying nest.

Although the King Tiger tank is already majestic enough. Even in front of the Stalin 2 tank, it was able to show the spirit of a king, but the German front line was short of oil reserves. In addition, there were logistical problems on the Eastern Front, which caused many Tiger Kings to defend in situ, and even other Black Panthers and Tiger were also unable to break out the sharpness of German tanks because of the lack of fuel and even ammunition.

Tanks that stand still are easily surrounded by opposing tanks, and they are also easy targets for heavy artillery. Although there are semi-underground tank fortifications that can weaken the artillery attack, under the attack and guidance of Soviet and Russian fighters in the air, and under the dense rain of shells and bombs of the Soviet Russians, even the Tiger King can only hold back his hatred.

Even if the Russians lost the Baku oil fields, they could not hesitate to use steel to sway oil with steel under the rich oil resources of the second Baku in the Ural Mountains, and Stalin's roar finally showed itself on the German battlefield and won the lead for the Soviet army.

After that, on the vast land from Tula to Ryazan to the city of Gorky, the German-Soviet side fought continuously for more than 2 months.

Even if the German army quickly adjusted and continued to support, in the face of the Soviet army, which was also constantly supporting and pressing, Manstein, the commander near Moscow, could not recover the defeat even if he held the title of the king of strategy, and he lost the first hand and the gap in strength was large.

He could only do his best to reduce the losses of the German army, coupled with the excellent performance of a group of German generals, relying on the defense line along the Oka River, little by little to contain the crazy Soviet army.

But the insane Russians did not hesitate to sprinkle cannon fodder, and they filled in the Oka River and attacked the city of Moscow before the anniversary of the October Revolution on November 7.

At this point, the Ryazan Campaign, which centered on Ryazan, the place where Batu first attacked Russia, came to an end.

Around this battle, both sides committed a total of 3.2 million troops, 34,000 artillery pieces, more than 7,000 tanks and 6,000 aircraft.

In the largest tank battle along the Oka River near Ryazan alone, more than 1,500 tanks and self-propelled guns from both sides fought each other over 100 square kilometers.

The Germans had a slight upper hand in this tank battle, losing more than 300 vehicles and knocking down more than 700 Russian tank armor, including 8 Stalin 3 tanks. But the whole battle was lost.

If Meng Xiang hadn't extended a helping hand, I'm afraid the Germans would have lost even more badly, and they might not even have been able to participate in the second Battle of Moscow, which was even more tragic later.

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When the news of the initial defeat of the Germans came, Meng Xiang was still thinking about the future trend of China.

Huaxia and Yingmei's turn of face is Meng Xiang's worst plan. Of course, it is also possible to continue to delay, so that the Germans will lose their temper in Britain and the United States, and retreat in the face of the strong China, and China and Britain and the United States will share Germany together. Meng Xiang kept Soviet Russia in order to erect another opponent of Britain and the United States.

Each situation has its own plan, and even Meng Xiang has not decided for a long time, and Huaxia will finally take that path.

And even if you want to cooperate with the Germans, you need to boil up the Germans and suppress the strong momentum of the Germans, so that Huaxia can get the maximum benefits.

Britain and the United States suddenly opened up a second battlefield in Normandy, the actual damage to the German army was not great, at most it was passive in the general situation, if the German army reacted properly, it might even rely on the reinforcements drawn from everywhere to drive the British and Americans into the sea again, but before the German counterattack began, the assassination of Lao Xi disrupted everything and triggered a series of unlucky things for the Germans.

On the Eastern Front, Soviet Russia was the first to attack, causing the German army to retreat step by step, touching the corner of the city of Moscow.

While the Germans were in turn focused on the Eastern Front, the British and Americans also organized a large-scale offensive on the Western Front.

The Germans, who had been unable to defend themselves, were finally defeated near Paris and were invaded by the Allies.

This series of news also triggered the passivity of the Axis countries in the general situation, making Meng Xiang dare not sit idly by anymore.

If the Germans were to be quickly resolved, the next Allied target would surely lead to China under the full hatred of Britain and Soviet Russia, and there would also be an American that wanted to earn greater benefits.

Although Meng Xiang did not have the guidance of the golden finger of history, when he got a large-scale retaliation from Lao Xi and caused German chariots to stagger everywhere, combined with the reference of his many think tanks, he still felt that Germany was in a series of chaos.

Although he has not yet decided to make a direct move, he has made two decisions.

"Didn't the Americans have a Lend-Lease Act, and we could also Lend-Lease. They rent weapons, we used to rent out laborers, now we rent out mercenaries! Meng Xiang said to all his men.

"What if the Allies also hire us to fight ourselves?" Fan Chong was a little unoptimistic about Meng Xiang's childish approach.

"Our guns will not be aimed at our own people, and the accusations of our mercenaries, who are only responsible for the guards in the rear, generally do not go to the battlefield." Meng Xiang bit heavily on the word general.

The heavily armed Chinese mercenaries, although open to both the Allies and the Axis powers, were limited enough to tilt the entire program toward the Germans.

The decision was a temptation. In fact, this is a further expansion of the functions of the peacekeeping force. It's not about how many people are fighting, it's about the attitude of the parties.

At this time, Huaxia's plan to fight against Britain and the United States has not yet been prepared, and Meng Xiang needs to test the bottom line of Britain and the United States step by step.

"Start the third phase of the plan to shoot the sun, strengthen the attack on the Japanese mainland, and take them as soon as possible!" Meng Xiang's second temptation began again.

Germany's series of bad situations in Europe made Meng Xiang worry about long nights and dreams, so he wanted to swallow the fat of the Japanese mainland directly, and by the way, see how the Americans reacted.

After this period of preparation, we can also take the Japanese mainland more securely, and be prepared to guard against the Americans.

"If the Americans are really not interested, then use war to talk!" After a period of inspection, Meng Xiang, who had more confidence in his heart, said decisively.