According to the unanimous consensus of Western military experts, if a unit suffers more than half of its casualties, it will be judged to have lost the ability to continue fighting. Those who can continue to fight with more than 60% of their casualties are considered to be very powerful elite divisions.
It is rare for troops to continue to fight despite more than 70% casualties. Troops that do not surrender are rare. Of course, there are some who can fight the enemy until the whole army is annihilated. King Leonidas I of Sparta led 300 warriors to fight against the Persian Empire and was known as the Hundred
The story of the annihilation of ten thousand troops at Thermopylae has been widely circulated throughout Europe.
However, after the advent of the era of thermal weapons, from the beginning of World War I to the present day, troops who can fight to the death and fight with the enemy to the death, at least in the broad sense of the European capitalist countries, are pretty good.
, of course, including the United States on the other side of the ocean.
The casualties of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment have already exceeded the two figures of half and 60%, and they are infinitely approaching the annihilation of the entire army, standing on the edge of the cliff of the abyss.
In the hellish Stalingrad, there was no place for a coward to hide and survive. This was as clear as ironclad truth.
Malashenko did not want to give an order to continue fighting. If the fight continued, the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment might really lose all its numbers! There was no one who originally belonged to the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment.
The soldiers can leave this city alive. Even if the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment is established again, it is just a brand new force that inherits the name of a hero and has no meaning.
But the more cruel fact is that there is no point in escaping from this kind of thing. In this crazy and war-filled city, you will die or I will die! I don’t want to do anything and try my best to kill the enemy soldiers.
The person who had subdued him, and the body lying on the ground in the end was undoubtedly his.
Looking around without saying a word, all Marashenko could see were faces filled with war exhaustion and numbness. Only the pair of eyes embedded in the dark faces with traces of war.
Still shining with the light of life and faith.
The real hesitation lasted less than ten seconds. Malashenko took a deep breath and no longer cared whether he could leave the city alive.
When the war has reached this point, everything is beyond his control and has gone too far. It is so far away that no matter how many things Malashenko can do by relying on his identity as a time traveler, it is already pale and powerless. This is also for those who do not have any
With the addition of cheat codes, it is a great sadness to be able to travel by yourself.
"We continue to fight, comrades. If there is nothing to eat, we will snatch it from the Germans! If there is no water to drink, we will bite out the blood vessels of those Germans and drink the last sip, and then drag them together into the abyss to cleanse their sins! No.
We don’t need medicines. Field hospitals are not our destination. Even if we die, we will die among the corpses of Germans, rather than die on a hospital bed and then be carried and buried in a pit!"
"As your team leader, I am very happy to be able to go to this day with you. This is my responsibility and a great honor in my life!"
"Future generations will remember our names, and children will sing and read our stories in class! Our sacrifice today is just for our descendants and future children who will not have to be covered with scars like us. All people can
Live your own beautiful life under the same peaceful sky!"
"Sacrifice is meaningful. I will fight with everyone until the last moment! The person who survives to the end will be the last commander of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment! Even if there are no tanks, we will let those Germans
Know that there are only Red Army heroes standing in front of the steel tracks, and there are no weak cowards who kneel down and try to survive!"
"The future belongs to us and to all the brave warriors fighting under the red flag!"
"The Motherland is calling, comrades! Let Stalingrad become the tomb of the Fascist Sixth Army, Ulla!"
Political Commissar Petrov once said that at some point he even had the illusion that Malashenko was more suitable to be a political commissar than him, especially in terms of morale mobilization and pre-war propaganda. Malashenko's overall level was almost comparable to that of Malashenko.
A generation of literary giants who have studied in party schools for three years is generally jaw-dropping.
What Political Commissar Petrov said was not wrong. Even if he only said these words to Malashenko in a half-joking tone, there is no doubt that all the appropriate descriptions are indeed vividly displayed in Malashenko.
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When all eyes were focused on the weapon held high in Malashenko's hand, the First Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment walked through the dark road of blood and thorns, and was once again illuminated with a path to guide everyone forward.
direction.
That is the common fate of all the commanders and fighters of the 1st Guards Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment, including Commissar Petrov, including Lavrinenko, including Captain Karamov, and of course Malashenko himself and his men who have been reduced to
Infantry crew No. 177.
The intensive bombing by the Luftwaffe continued, shrouding the entire city like a hell in explosions, smoke, and violent tremors of death.
After carrying out a wave of bombings, the German bombers returned to the front-line airport as quickly as possible. The German Air Force ground crews waiting at the airport rushed forward pushing carts carrying ammunition, and the refueling trucks drove to the aircraft as quickly as possible.
Plug the refueling hose next to it to add fuel.
It was already the second time, the third time, and even the German pilots who had forgotten how many times they were returning jumped off the plane tremblingly. They ate and drank the supplementary food handed over by the ground crew next to their cars.
Take a few sips of the minimum amount of water that won't make you die of thirst, and temporarily quench the fire in your throat.
When the refueling hose was unplugged from the aircraft's refueling port, the pylon locked the bomb, and the crisp sound of firm fixation echoed in the ears, that was when these tired German pilots took off again.
Standing not too far away from the airport runway, watching these tired young men return to the sky, the man who shoulders the responsibility of the Chief of Staff of the German Air Force's Fourth Air Force couldn't help but shake his head slowly.
, lamenting softly.
"This is so crazy! Our best boys are being used like livestock just to suit that lunatic's wishful thinking! I don't understand why the Führer would appoint such a crazy guy to be the commander of the Sixth Army!