Chapter 374 Manstein made up his mind
With the panic of Soviet aviation and the yelling, Soviet aircraft were shot down and destroyed more and more. Moreover, many Soviet pilots were not even able to escape and parachutize, and even the plane was destroyed and exploded.
Even those Soviet pilots who were able to successfully parachutize were shot and killed by German fighters in mid-air, sprinkled with blood in the sky, and left the world from then on.
But even so, the air battle continued fiercely until the last plane.
Konisburg, Manstein and Colonel Schultz Bitger, General Bussey, and the commander Lieutenant Staerberg were guarding the streets of Konisburg, which were under high alert. While patrolling the progress of the construction of the city fortress, they talked about the battle situation on the front line.
Behind them, a platoon of guards followed closely, protecting them with guns and live ammunition.
"How is the progress of the Battle of Sicily? Are the British and American troops resisted by Guderian's troops?"
After chatting for a while, Manstein suddenly turned around and looked at the messenger behind him, Lieutenant Staerberg, and asked.
"Based on the information on each front line released by the head of state, we can know that the battle in Sicily is now in a white-hot stage. As for the casualties on both sides, there are a lot of casualties, both our troops and British and American troops!"
"No matter how the current progress and situation of the Battle of Sicily are still under the control of the head of state!"
The messenger Lieutenant Starberg sent Chen Yanlong to the command centers of various military commands, and then summarized it and said.
"Well! The Battle of Sicily should not have any major problems, because the head of state has personally led the aircraft carrier fleet there to assist in the battle!"
"What about Rommel? Has he controlled the traitors in Italy now? Especially the members of the palace in Rome, and the Italian king!"
Manstein continued to ask.
"Rommeel has just surrounded Rome and has not yet attacked Rome!"
The commander Lieutenant Staerberg continued to respond.
"Well! Why is he so slow? Why hasn't he annihilated the Italian rebels? Didn't the Head of State dispatch him and his troops to the Italian border early in the morning to station?"
After hearing this, Manstein frowned and said dissatisfiedly.
"This may be a delay in the marching time! Because it still takes a certain amount of time to get from the border to Rome! Because Rommel's troops have a large army of 7 divisions!"
The commemorator Lieutenant Staerberg replied.
"Hmph! Forget it, no matter what he is doing! What I want to know most now is the battle between our air force and the Soviet air force. How is it going to fight?"
Manstein continued to ask after snorting coldly.
"Our aviation troops have the upper hand, and the number of casualties is three times less than that of the Soviet army!"
The messenger Lieutenant Staerberg happily reported.
"Okay! This is the aviation force of our empire. It is so hateful that these Soviet troops bombard us. This time, let them try the power of our aviation force too!"
Upon hearing this, Manstein praised loudly with excitement.
"But now our aviation troops are still on the front line and the Soviet aviation troops are engaged in life-and-death battles and fighting for the consumption of living forces! When can we also fight back to the front line and support these aviation troops? Marshal!"
The commander Lieutenant Staerberg suddenly asked in regret.
"I also want to send troops to the front line immediately to worsen the Soviet army's battle! But everything must be followed by the orders of the head of state, because now the battle of Sicily is in fierce battle and the Italian regime is in turmoil, so we are not suitable for a large-scale head-on battle with the Soviet army!"
"Otherwise, we will not only disrupt the deployment of the head of state, but also put our troops in the dilemma of the Eastern Front! And in two or three months, the cold winter will come to the earth, so we must not only build the Konesburg city fortress to fight against the Soviet army that will invade in the future."
"We also need to prepare winter clothes and other military supplies, because we may immediately return to the front line and fight fiercely with the Soviet army! So we must not freeze thousands of soldiers to death in the cold winter as before in the cold winter!"
"We cannot make huge mistakes in the past! And we cannot bear such huge casualties again! With the fierce Eastern Front Wars in recent years, our soldiers are also very huge. If there are a few more large-scale casualties, then our Eastern Front Wars won't take long to fight, and we will be defeated by the Soviet army due to the shortage of troops!"
After hearing this, Manstein sighed deeply and said in one breath.
"I agree with the marshal's idea!"
As soon as he finished speaking, General Busai, who had not spoken much, suddenly interrupted.
"Me too!"
"Me too!"
Then Colonel Schultz Bitger and Lieutenant Staerberg, the commander, immediately agreed.
"By the way, is there any movement on his side of Moder? Where has he been dispatched by the Head of State?"
Manstein suddenly changed the subject and asked.
"He and his troops are in the Dnieper River area, resisting the Soviet bombing!"
The messenger Lieutenant Staerberg thought for a while and replied.
"What! Didn't he receive the order from the head of state to evacuate the Dnieper River area together? Why are he still fighting against the Soviet army?"
Manstein said in surprise.
"I'm not very clear about this, but I have a friend in his army and serve as a combat adviser! I heard from my friend that Model seems to be organizing a secret battle with the newly built 503rd Heavy Armored Division, preparing to counterattack the Soviet army! Kill the Soviet army off guard!"
The commander Lieutenant Staerberg said hurriedly.
"Did Model have a problem with his brain? Now the Soviet army is carrying out a large-scale counterattack. He only has a little force and wants to fight against the Soviet army's large forces? And he also had a whimsical idea of causing a sudden attack on the Soviet army and catching the other party off guard?"
"It's so stupid! He might have even brought his 9th Army and the 2nd Army Group into it! He even killed the 503rd Heavy Armored Division together!"
Upon hearing this, Manstein cursed angrily.
"So should we stop them from doing this?"
The commemorative Lieutenant Staerberg said nervously.
"Report his situation to the Head of State! At the same time, you also ask your friends to closely monitor Model's every move and reveal more to us! We must not let Model take the troops to die in vain! Although I don't like him very much, and I am not a particularly good friend, it is not the time for us to launch a large-scale counterattack against the Soviet army. We must wait for the Battle of Sicily before we can let go!"
Chapter completed!