On the Osa front, the German army had gathered more than two million troops at this time. Among these troops, the German troops alone exceeded 400,000. This troop size was not inferior to that of the Battle of Stalingrad. This put pressure on the Soviets. Shanda, so not only did Stalin personally call Ouyang Yun and sincerely request China to provide more assistance, but he also asked the top brass of the Soviet Red Army to smuggle the smuggling route and ask Zhang Zizhong to help him speak. Zhang Zizhong had the army at his disposal at this time. Nearly 90,000, including nearly 40,000 from the Japanese Peace Army, the Korean Peace Army, and other countries’ armies, plus 400,000 from the Soviet Red Army, the total is only 500,000, 500,000 to 2 million, The two million also included 400,000 German troops, known as the world's most powerful army. Even if Zhang Zizhong was determined to serve his country and become a benevolent man, he could not be so stubborn that he thought he could win.
Zhang Zizhong has been full of thoughts these days. When Wang Chengyi came to visit, the former seemed very impatient. After figuring out Wang Chengyi's purpose, Zhang Zizhong completely disagreed. Facts have proved that the Second Artillery has a certain power, but its scale is too small. , so the role it can play is only better than nothing: "Commander Wang, the courage shown by your department is admirable, but the Germans have now assembled more than two million troops, and we only have a few people, barely half a million, and, I also have to beware of the Soviet Russians making damaging moves at critical moments. If you don’t come to me, I will actually come to you. The commander-in-chief has repeatedly emphasized that he requires me to ensure your safety. I think you should take advantage of the fact that the Germans have not launched a counterattack yet. Evacuate immediately." Zhang Zizhong said these words with a serious face. People who are familiar with him will know that this is his final decision.
Zhang Zizhong's attitude was not beyond Wang Chengyi's expectation. He knew that the Second Artillery's performance after coming to Osaka could not be equated with the positioning given to them by the Supreme Command, especially Commander Ouyang. There was no negative emotion on his face. , He said seriously: "Commander-in-Chief Zhang, I know that the performance of the Second Artillery Force during this period has not met the expectations of the brothers. I don't want to explain anything for this, but this is by no means our true strength. Commander-in-Chief Zhang, maybe you I don’t know, but we only launched a total of thirty-five missiles during this period.”
"Are you sure you only fired thirty-five?" Zhang Zizhong asked doubtfully. The performance of the Second Artillery Force during this period was indeed unsatisfactory, but that was compared to the German rocket force, but the Germans fired How many rockets are there? By comparison, the results achieved by the Second Artillery Force during this period are quite shocking. The longer the Battle of Ossa drags on, the stronger the Far East Expeditionary Force’s intelligence control capabilities will be, so even though the missiles It is an ultra-long-range strike weapon, but the scouts on the front line and the reconnaissance aircraft pilots in the air provide intelligence. Zhang Zizhong knows that Wang Chengyi and the others have destroyed at least three German arsenals and two fortresses during this period. From this point of view, the two The combat efficiency of the artillery is too high.
"How could I joke about this? The Volcano is very expensive to build. One missile is worth one-half of a Golden Eagle. The total number of missiles we accept has been registered with the Supreme Command."
"But."
"Commander-in-Chief Zhang, I know what you are worried about, but please give us another chance. Believe me, as long as we are here, the German army's strength advantage is only due to our great military exploits."
Wang Chengyi finally convinced Zhang Zizhong, so a battle took place in the Sabi area southeast of Osa. The Second Artillery Battle became famous, and thus began his legendary journey around the world.
In the early stages of the Osa Battle, Sabi was occupied by the Far East Expeditionary Force and became a camp for the coalition forces. This was the main reason why Manstein chose this place as the first target of the counterattack. Among the Axis forces, the Romanian Army, the Hungarian Army, The Italian Army, to use the terminology of later generations, was bluntly said to be soy sauce. In view of this, Manstein had reason to believe that the so-called Japanese Peace Army and the Korean Peace Army among the Central and Soviet armies were also a group of soft-legged shrimps, which were suitable for him to open a gap from now on.
Later generations of military historians studied the Battle of Ossa, and there is a saying that it was the "war of three men". These three men were Manstein, the supreme commander of the Axis forces, Zhang Zizhong, the supreme commander of the Allied forces, and the Soviet Red Army. Among the three people, Supreme Commander Timoshenko, because this war was related to the survival of Soviet Russia, most people thought that Timoshenko was under the greatest pressure. On this point, most of them were wrong. At that time , the one who is under the greatest pressure is actually Manstein,
Of course, Manstein's pressure came from Hitler. Hitler repeatedly ordered him to resolve the Soviet-Russian problem as soon as possible so that he could advance eastward the following year. That was because Ouyang Yun finally pissed him off.
It is a good thing for China that the anti-Nazi forces within Germany have finally grown up and begun to take action. Compared with the Nazis, the anti-Nazi forces are still too weak, so they naturally choose assassination as their main means of resistance. In May of this year, more than ten assassinations against high-ranking Nazi officials and even Hitler took place in Germany. This deviated from the original historical trajectory of that time and space. Heydrich, the number three figure of the German Nazis, was not assassinated by Czechoslovak paratroopers. , but died in the hands of a German army captain named Buerke. Heydrich's death aroused Hitler's anger. He ordered the SS to conduct a thorough investigation. This investigation did not matter, but the Chinese conspiracy was discovered, and then With more and more evidence showing that the Chinese not only planned and organized operations to destroy super bombs, but also instigated high-ranking German military officials across Europe and supported guerrillas from various countries, Hitler finally began to seriously consider the issue of an all-out war with China. Manstein Therefore, we were also asked to destroy Soviet Russia within a time limit.
In the Battle of Sabi, Manstein assembled a total of more than 100,000 troops, half of which were German troops and German retinues.
On the day the battle began, Manstein first dispatched large-scale air force and rocket forces at dawn to bomb the Sabi garrison positions and other Soviet positions in the Osa battlefield to confuse the line of sight, and then suddenly dispatched two elite armored units under his command. The division troops launched a surprise attack from the south of Sabi,
As Manstein expected, the bombing he organized before the attack did effectively confuse the sight of the decision-makers of the Chinese and Soviet armies, so much so that Timoshenko and Zhang Zizhong had a dispute over the direction of defense, and just as they When they hastily decided to stand by and wait for changes, the German army's sudden attack on Sabi disrupted their arrangement. By the time they organized reinforcements, the leading part of the German army had already invaded the Sabi garrison position.