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Therefore, Stalin ordered the Soviet infantry to go as high as possible to the fifth floor and attack the German troops on the street from their mouths. This achieved very good results, especially when the powerful defensive grenades were dropped from high floors.
The explosion in the air caused huge damage to the German officers and soldiers on the street. Moreover, this style of attack also exposed the weak tops of German tanks and other armored vehicles to Soviet firepower, even if
Many of the powerful Lion tanks were destroyed by Soviet infantry anti-tank weapons, which made the German commander Manstein furious. Although the German army quickly used anti-aircraft tanks to strafe, snipers were waiting for various methods to carry out the attack.
Although they were restrained, the cloud explosion failed to work, and the German casualties were far greater than expected. More importantly, the German army wasted a lot of time in clearing these "dangerous buildings."
In addition, because the ancient barricade tactics are built in a relatively open environment, they can greatly weaken the lethal effect of cloud explosions, and can also effectively hinder the German army. Even after being breached by the German army, the Germans have to demolish it before they can let it go.
The tanks passed by, which bought precious time for the people in Moscow to evacuate.
Even so, the cloud burst still plays a certain role. Even if the special killing effect is not taken into account, the power of the individual cloud burst is not inferior to that of a 120mm caliber mortar, and it is extremely flexible and convenient to use, making those who rely on the barricade layer
The Soviet army, which was blocked at all levels, suffered heavy losses.
Although the Soviet troops on the high buildings on both sides of the street acted as surprise troops, they were trapped in a situation of isolated reinforcements. Facing the attack of the German army's locally superior forces, these nails were eventually pulled out one by one. Although
Their hard-fought goal of "buying time" was achieved.
But no matter what, the Second Battle of Moscow is still unforgettable for the Germans. The Soviet army’s effective tactics and tenacity to fight to the death caused the German army to pay a huge price beyond imagination, and many Soviet civilians who had not had time to evacuate frequently pulled
The heroic act of handing out hand grenades before the battle and killing the German army together left the German army with lingering fears even after the battle.
In the end, the German army occupied the entire city of Moscow after a month of hard work and wiped out more than 100,000 Soviet troops. However, the German army itself also paid a heavy price of more than 300,000 casualties, of which more than 50,000 were killed.
The cruelty of street fighting was once again proven. What was even more unacceptable to the German army was that Moscow’s
The vast majority of civilians evacuated safely. Even most of the main Soviet forces in the Moscow Military District withdrew to preserve their effective strength. At the same time, most of the factories in Moscow were destroyed in time. The German army only occupied an empty city of little use, and fought with
The Napoleon in history was exactly the same. This made Manstein feel uneasy.
And soon another piece of news came that annoyed Manstein. Some German troops, especially SS troops, suffered too many losses in street fighting. After the war, they spread their anger towards the Soviet civilians who had not had time to evacuate the city.
And massacred them. In addition, during the evacuation of Moscow citizens, the Germans
During the Second Battle of Moscow, the number of civilians killed and missing in the Soviet Union was as many as two to three hundred thousand. However, the atrocities committed by the German army further aroused the hatred of the Soviet soldiers and civilians against the invaders. After that, the German army became more difficult to catch.
prisoners, and the losses in the battle are increasing.
But this is all for the future. For the Allies in 1944, the fall of Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union, was undoubtedly a heavy blow. The jet aircraft and new medium tanks used by the German army on the battlefield for the first time made the leaders of the Allies even more worried.
He frowned. Fortunately, no matter how powerful the tanks were, they could not be used against the United States and Britain, and the Soviet Union's unusually vast territory still had enough depth to this day; and although the German me262 jet fighter made any Allied fighter
Comparable
It is dwarfed, but anti-aircraft artillery can still deal with it (although the hit rate will drop by several percent), so it is not completely helpless. Moreover, jet aircraft need longer runways. After the Germans invent better artillery,
Before the launch of the aircraft carrier, this kind of jet aircraft could not be used on aircraft carriers. However, for future counterattacks, Roosevelt and Churchill unanimously decided to increase investment in jet aircraft research projects in order to develop an aircraft that could compete with German aircraft as soon as possible.
new fighter aircraft.
In fact, the Allies' first jet aircraft "Meteor" has also been secretly put into service at this time, but it is more difficult to operate than the piston type, so it has not yet formed combat effectiveness. After the German Me262 became famous in the first battle, its sex
The "Meteor", which was slightly inferior in performance, was obviously dwarfed by comparison, and even worse than the piston fighter, which was not as good as the me262 in performance, but was at least much more reliable. Therefore, Roosevelt and Churchill had exchanges
After that, it was decided that the "Meteor" jet fighter would only be used as an advanced trainer aircraft for the time being, and it would not be sent out to fight with the Me262, so as not to suffer too much loss and affect morale. The focus of the response was placed on the development of new models, and it was only based on the predictions of scientific researchers.
The estimated gap is 510 years. Even if the Allies gather a large number of outstanding scientists and engineers and invest a huge amount of investment almost as much as the Manhattan Project, they will not be able to completely catch up within one or two years [
In addition to the new weapons of the German army, Roosevelt and Stalin also saw greater dangers from the Second Battle of Moscow: a year later, the number of cloud explosions used by the German army increased rapidly. According to the research on cloud explosions by the two countries, both of them
I am sure that the German oil extraction and petrochemical industries have significantly developed compared to before. This is not good news.
As estimated by the two leaders, oil production under German control increased significantly during the year. First, the restoration and reconstruction of the Soviet Maykop oil field occupied after the Battle of Stalingrad achieved certain results. It is expected that in 1944
The total output can reach 4 million tons. If it is still controlled by the German army in the coming year, it should be able to reach more than 7 million tons. Although it is not as high as the peak output of tens of millions of tons, this progress
Firstly, its value far exceeds the number of oil production itself; secondly, the first phase of the Arab Federation's Libyan oil base project has been completed, with an annual crude oil output of up to 10 million tons, and the quality is no less good than that of Minas in Indonesia.
Light crude oil may even be the best quality crude oil in the world. If World War II is delayed until five years later and the third phase of the project is completed, the annual output can exceed 50 million tons, becoming one of the largest oil bases in the world.
Germany's petrochemical industry has also made great progress thanks to the efforts of Farben. Especially in the early research on aviation kerosene, it has surpassed the Allies, which started relatively late. Allied aircraft have the advantage of the quality of aviation gasoline.