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However, Mustache's stubborn racist stance made it difficult for him to effectively utilize the industrial production capacity and human resources of the occupied areas as the Japanese did in history. In order to avoid difficulties in clearing them in the future, he even specifically ordered to limit the expansion of the puppet army.
.Although Hu Weidong once expressed to the German side the importance of making full use of the occupied areas, and Mustache has always attached great importance to his opinions, but in terms of his fundamental stance, he has always been very stubborn, otherwise he would not be Xiaobeard.
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Although the puppet army was ultimately ineffective, the guerrilla struggle in the occupied areas of the Soviet Union was still quite difficult. This was partly because their struggle methods were not flexible enough and focused on cooperating with the regular army rather than mobilizing the masses. Their struggle strategy also relied on simple armed forces.
Attacks are the main focus, so it is easy to be encircled and suppressed by the enemy, so that losses are too fast and it is difficult to develop and grow behind enemy lines; on the other hand,
This is because the German army is now heavily concentrated on the Eastern Front, and there are even more troops from allies, slave states and puppet troops. At the end of 1942, there were no less than 3 million enemy troops on the territory of the pre-war Soviet Union alone, which was more than the number of troops active in the area.
The total number of guerrillas is n times greater. Under such circumstances, the difficulty of developing guerrillas is comparable to the establishment of the Jidong base area during China's Anti-Japanese War.
The occupying forces were extremely cruel to the Soviet guerrillas. Almost every captured guerrilla was brutally tortured to death. If they were women, the end would be even more miserable, and so would the Soviet masses who protected the guerrillas.
were treated cruelly. As for the Jews, they were even more
Without any reason, they would be arrested and thrown into concentration camps or directly executed. According to incomplete statistics later by the Soviet government, from the outbreak of the Soviet-German war in August to the end of the year, no less than 500,000 civilians died abnormally.
Nearly half of them are Jewish, and this is just the beginning
While brutally massacring the people in the occupied areas, the already wary Nazis also began to massacre the Jews and Soviet prisoners of war detained in the concentration camps. But at this time, Mustache at least remembered one of Hu Weidong's original suggestions. It made people openly
The eldest son of Stalin who was previously captured was released. I hope that in this way
Differential treatment shook the Soviet military's morale. However, Stalin, who saw through Mustache's insidious intentions, said, "We have no prisoners of war, only deserters and traitors to the motherland." Without hesitation, he directly ordered that his son, who had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, be shot immediately for surrender.
This news shocked everyone at home and abroad in the Soviet Union.
After learning about it, Hu Weidong couldn't help but sigh, "It is indeed 'steel'. It might have dampened the morale of the Soviet Union, but what he did instead greatly boosted morale. (Although Stalin's policy towards prisoners of war was very cruel.
, but after the release, the proportion of Soviet prisoners of war did drop significantly, and the German army could no longer do what it did in the early days of the war.
Such a capture would result in hundreds of thousands of prisoners. This is true both in history and in this time and space.), but now winter has arrived, and the mud caused by the Soviet Union’s spring permafrost melting also affects its counterattack. This delay is half a year.
By the time we can fight hard, most of this anger should have been vented, and the problem is not too big."
As Hu Weidong said, the winter in the Soviet Union was so cold that even the Soviets who were accustomed to it found it difficult to launch a major offensive in the harsh winter. They could only occasionally seize some fighter planes and achieve some local results. And the German army faced the Soviet Union's
The severe cold is even more unbearable, especially for the German troops on the northern front. Unless the Soviets come over, they can basically avoid going to the wilderness.
But this is not necessarily a bad thing. Historically, Mustache was keenly aware that the oil in the Caucasus was the lifeblood of the Soviet Union in the early days of the Soviet-German War. After the Battle of Kiev, he wanted to concentrate his forces to capture the Baku Oil Fields, but because of the Wehrmacht's
The generals generally wanted to capture Moscow to complete their victory, but in the end they failed.
Implementation. After the defeat in Moscow, the Soviet Union gradually turned to counterattack, and the German army was even less able to spare the force to attack the Caucasus. In the end, throughout the Soviet-German War, the Soviet Union was able to obtain a steady supply of oil from Baku, allowing their aircraft and
The tanks always had surging power and eventually completely defeated the Germans.
And now, since it is impossible to attack Moscow and Leningrad due to the coming of winter, only the relatively warm Caucasus region (although the latitude of the Caucasus is not low, its western coast has a warm Mediterranean climate) can only attack.
, even if the mountain
The region cannot be captured due to the cold and terrain. Taking advantage of the German navy to gain a foothold in western Georgia will also be very beneficial to the war situation in the coming year. Moreover, Turkey, which has only eaten meat and not gnawed bones since joining the Axis camp, should also come out.
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Since they did not resist the temptation and accepted Cyprus and Greece captured by the German army, the Turkish government now has no way to turn back. In addition, Turkey and Russia have always been feuding, so they quickly ordered the troops stationed in the northeastern mountains.
Two hundred thousand elite troops launched an attack on the three Soviet republics in the Caucasus. At the same time, the German army took advantage of its sea power and began to land on the western coast of Georgia in large numbers.
The Soviet Army Headquarters naturally knew how important the oil in the Caucasus was to the Soviet Union. However, after the defeat in Eastern Ukraine, the army needed to be reorganized. In addition, the cold weather was not conducive to the Soviet troops in the north going south for rescue. Therefore, the Caucasus Front could only fight alone.
, but the arrival of "Firefighting Captain" Zhukov defeated an army of 100,000 people.
Although the German and Turkish troops were coming fiercely, under the command of Zhukov, the Soviet army performed to a high level rarely seen since the beginning of the war. In addition, the rugged terrain of the mountainous area and the severe cold in winter were not conducive to offense but conducive to defense. Stalin
The shooting of his son for surrender made the Soviet army determined to fight to the death.
The German army finally suffered its first defeat since the Soviet-German war. Leaving behind more than 30,000 corpses (total casualties were close to 200,000), the German army withdrew from the Caucasus Mountains in disgrace. The Turkish army, which had increased its troops to 400,000 at most, suffered more than half of its casualties.
Just like their ancestors, they were once again beaten to pieces by the Russians.
What's even more troublesome is that it is difficult to fully deploy its troops in rugged mountainous areas, and the German Army's strongest armored forces cannot be used. There is no way to achieve a quick victory, and they can only consume each other with the Soviet army who are desperately resisting. This is a waste of human resources.
The relatively insufficient Germany was undoubtedly unbearable, so no matter how unwilling he was, Mustache had no choice but to agree to the frontline commander's request to withdraw. (To be continued...)