Rendel, the commander-in-chief of the German Southern Line Group, who had just been promoted to Field Marshal by the newly ascended German Emperor William III, rushed from Yekaterinnodar to Rostov in anger, and as soon as he got off the plane, he headed straight for the coalition command in the city center.

The German army that launched an attack on the Soviet Union was divided into three major groups, north, middle and south, with a total of 2.6 million troops. Among them, the Central Route Group commanded by Marshal Bok, who was in Kiev, had the strongest troops, with a total of more than 1.2 million troops, followed by Marshal Leb, which had a total of 950,000 troops under its command. On the contrary, the Southern Route Group led by Lundes had the least troops, and the Fourth Army commanded by General Kruger and the Sixth Army commanded by General Paulus, had a total of 650,000 troops. But in fact, the Axis Group on the Southern Route

The regiment has the strongest force. Marshal Catherine, commander-in-chief of the Southern Front, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has four Austro-Hungarian troops with a group of 1.3 million. In addition, 250,000 Don River Cossacks, 150,000 Ukrainian Republican Army, 120,000 Caucasian Army and 150,000 Italian Army. Marshal Catherine has a total of nearly 2 million troops. With such a strong force, he can completely defeat the Charizin, which is only more than 1.1 million Soviet troops defended, thereby further cutting off the ties between Soviet Russia and Central Asia.

For this reason, General Paulus, commander-in-chief of the German Sixth Army, who was marching towards the Don River Bend, formulated an ambitious combat plan, intending to capture Charizin in one fell swoop before winter, and continue to break eastward, capture the entire Kalmyk, and advance to the lower reaches of the Ural River.

While the German army was preparing to implement this large-scale battle plan, on October 3, Marshal Catherine suddenly ordered the entire line to stop the attack and the entire army retreated and turned into defense. The German army lacked the support of the coalition forces, and was dragged down by the Austro-Hungarian Army, Paulus was forced to order more than 50 kilometers from the outskirts of Chalizin to maintain the integrity of the entire defense line with the coalition forces.

The entire attack came to an abrupt end, which made the Germans on the southern front feel extremely depressed, and even Marshal Rendel was angry. The Austrian retreated for no reason and let the entire battle plan be ruined.

But the one who started this incident was His Majesty the Emperor.

"... Never underestimate the severity of the Russian winter cold wave. The threat to us in the severe winter of Russia is even more terrifying than that of millions of troops. I do not recommend that we force a winter battle because of the gains and losses of a city. If this battle is dragged into winter, according to the estimates of the General Staff, the number of non-combat reductions in this battle will exceed 500,000. This is not just a defeat in a battle. It will also seriously affect our entire combat plan next year, and may even reverse the entire battle situation.

We have an advantage in the balance of strength between the two sides, so as time goes by, the situation on the battlefield will become more beneficial to us, so we hope that a military adventure will cause serious losses to our strength. Of course, failure is only one of the possibilities of this battle, but I still recommend that you stop launching this battle and stabilize the current situation.

Our goal is not to completely destroy them, but to minimize the enemy and force them to withdraw from this war. The final outcome of this war is not dependent on the outcome of our Eastern Front, but on the resources we control, our factories, mines and ships. If you postpone this battle until next summer, then I promise that you will add another 10,000 combat aircraft and 8,000 tanks on your hands. Such strength is enough to give you an absolute advantage in front of your opponents, and Germany can almost get such a large number of supplements..."

Facing Lundell, who came to seek revenge, Marshal Catherine just quietly pushed an in-person letter from Emperor Ao to him, and immediately made Lundell speechless.

The last World War allowed William II to win the title of the greatest emperor of the entire German Empire, but the senior generals of the Imperial Army knew that all this was created by the greatest emperor of the Habsburg family in Vienna. It was under his personal command that the Austro-Hungarian Army completely reversed the defeat on the Eastern Front in the early stage of the war and eventually won the war by the German-Austrian alliance.

All soldiers who have a little research on the history of war will be shocked by His Majesty the unparalleled insight and impeccable strategies and tactics in the war. What is even more terrifying is that if you study it carefully, many people can feel that the emperor had already begun to prepare for the war twenty years before the war broke out.

Most historians concluded that if the existence of His Majesty the Austrian Emperor was very likely to lose that war, and then the German nation would face an unprecedented disaster. These secret files released from France after the war can be confirmed. The Allies led by Britain, France and the United States have formulated a comprehensive plan to completely dismember and weaken the German nation in the war...

His Majesty Frederi became the "savior" and "god of war" in the minds of the entire German people. Although His Majesty this emperor almost never interferes in government affairs, almost no one, including the Germans, can go against his will...

So, Marshal Catherine said, "Although this is only your Majesty's advice, I made a decision!" He looked up at Lundell. "Because as an emperor, we never doubt His Majesty's correctness!"

"Don't Your Majesty never make mistakes?" Lundell was already deflated, but he still muttered unwillingly.

Catherine opened her eyes wide and stared at Lundall, her eyes burst into light, "... Maybe, but your Majesty is right. We have the advantage of our strength, and we can wait, and waiting is not a mistake in itself!"

The entire Eastern Front battle came to a standstill before the winter began. The Axis Alliance stopped its attack, and the Soviet army was temporarily unable to launch a counterattack, so the battlefield returned to silence.

At this time, His Majesty the Emperor, accompanied by Marshal Holtie, came to the Constanta Naval Shipyard in Romania to inspect the shipbuilding progress.

In fact, after the war began, Li Haidn basically did not care about the situation on the front line, but instead devoted more energy to focusing on domestic industrial production. In his mind, the end of this war was actually decided before it began. He did not think that the war he had prepared for for decades would be exported.

In this war, how much benefit the Axis Alliance can ultimately obtain depends entirely on the competition on the ocean.

At present, the annual steel production of Germany and Austria is close to 70 million tons, which seems to be a lot. However, while humans enter a mechanized war, the military demand for steel has increased by dozens or hundreds of times. Aircraft, tanks, cannons and huge transport convoys, and also have to take care of weak allies like Italy and Ukraine. The seemingly considerable steel production of Germany and Austria is still facing a dilemma of supply shortage...

As a result, Germany and Austria are stepping up the restoration of iron ore production in Ukraine and Donets, and the two major oil fields of Baku and Maikop have also resumed production one after another. In addition, most of the resources on the African continent are also used by the Axis Group, and the Axis Group's war industry is still developing rapidly.

After opening up the maritime route with China, the labor shortage faced by the Axis powers was greatly alleviated. The arrival of more than 2 million workers recruited from China not only alleviated the production problems of European factories, but also ensured the smooth flow of front-line logistics lines and material supply.

"We have no reason to lose this war, but how much benefit we can get depends on the benefits of our ships!" Lee Hayden said to Marshal Holty. This is a very obvious hint, which means that the entire empire will ensure the supply of raw materials needed to build ships by the Imperial Navy. "Warning with the British Navy is mainly for the Germans. You should choose to seize the British territory in the South Atlantic!" The emperor continued with a smile. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!