"We have a stronger faith than our enemies! This allows us to endure more severe losses than our enemies." Rokosovsky stood in front of the German map stained with his hands behind his back, and said in a calm tone. His troops captured this German position more than half an hour ago, but paid a heavy price of 20,000 soldiers.

The two sides fought repeatedly on nearby positions, and in the end, the Soviet Red Army won the biggest victory since the beginning of the war. They captured almost 3,000 German soldiers and seized 4 150mm caliber heavy artillery, 4 105mm caliber cannons, plus 2 75mm caliber anti-tank cannons and other weapons.

The military band set up their own equipment on a position where the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dispersed, and then sang the soldiers who were exhausted from below but were still rushing forward. If Akado came here, he would hear a familiar melody and a very familiar song.

"Whenever the pear blossoms bloom all over the world, the soft veil floats on the river, Katyusha stands on the handsome shore, and the singing sounds like a bright spring light." A group of female Soviet college students stood on the trenches, standing in neat rows, singing this just-written love song to the Soviet Red Army running farther. On New Year's Day, January 1, 1939, this song was sung for the first time in the Soviet troops, and it was immediately sung and became one of the most popular songs of the Soviet Red Army.

Rokosovsky was very satisfied with the current attack speed of his Guards. The Soviet meteorological department expected the bad weather to last about 10 days, which is undoubtedly a very favorable condition for the Soviet Red Army that is about to attack Kiev. After all, their air force is really not an opponent of the Luftwaffe.

"We have lived on this land for thousands of years, and that's our advantage! We know the cold here, we understand the snowfall here, stand here to feel the cold wind that pours into our necks, and I know that the terrible snowfall will last at least a few more days." He said to his assistant confidently: "And our opponent obviously underestimated the bad weather conditions in the Soviet Union."

Even if the preparations were more sufficient, the German army could only barely make it impossible for the arrival of winter to not affect their combat operations. However, the Soviets could take advantage of this harsh weather. They knew how to use these strange climates. This was the extension of the geographical conditions and the terrible thing about their local advantages.

Although he had already gained all his advantage, Korosovsky's heart was still shocked by the tenacity and strength of the Germans. He carefully prepared the attack that could tear apart the German defense line. Now he only broke through the German defense line. The difficulty of the offense far exceeded his plan. He even couldn't figure out how many such difficult opponents the Germans had.

He knocked out a German infantry division at the cost of losing two divisions. Although he achieved the greatest victory since the war began, he knew that this exchange was not enough to promote it with a big victory. The Soviet Red Army had to invest more troops and make greater sacrifices to completely tear the opposite German defense line.

Rokosovsky walked out of the underground bunker that was originally the German front command and felt the cold wind blowing on his face: "Liszt... This German general is really a difficult opponent. He has not given up his position yet. What are you waiting for? Waiting for the distant Guderian? Or is waiting for the incompetent Klug?"

The news from the other direction was not very reassuring. Guderian's troops had captured a large area of ​​Soviet territory like a race. The most powerful armoured army of the German army had entered between Kharkov and Donetsk. Timusingo, who was in charge, could not tell whether the Germans were going north or south.

Klug's army has been doing nothing on the flank of Liszt, which makes people hard to remember that there is a mediocre general there. This man who relies on obeying Akardo's advice and thus becomes the front-line general of the empire, still looks like a gentle and good man. Wherever he is, even the Soviet Red Army opposite can breathe a sigh of relief. He is simply a peace ambassador during a war.

"Send a telegram to General Zhukov and assure him that my troops will invade Kalingovic before noon tomorrow." He walked in the trenches that had been cleared but were still covered with blood, and ordered the deputy following him: "Tell the entire army to accelerate the attack! Above the regiment commander, you must go to the battle in person when charging! If the division commander and the commander cannot capture the target on time, there is no need to interrogate them, and immediately implement the military law!"

At this moment, Liszt on the opposite side was frowning at the combat map in front of him. It showed that two divisions of his troops were defeated by the Soviet Red Army, and one other division was completely annihilated. An hour ago, he had just sent a telegram to the General Staff to complete the destruction of this division.

The e-group army is gradually moving towards destruction. In Liszt's jurisdiction, he has even organized all the garrison troops in the rear into combat troops. These new recruits with only rifles have been incorporated into the front line to supplement several divisions with heavy losses. However, the entire e-group army is still unable to make ends meet and is seriously reduced to an outrageous level.

Each division of this army reduced its personnel by more than 5%, and some even reached 20%. The losses of two divisions exceeded half, and one was completely destroyed. This did not include the ammunition and medicine consumed on the front line, and the losses were already great enough to a level that the German army had never seen before.

"Ring-ring!" The phone rang out suddenly. Liszt grabbed the phone and Akado's voice came from inside: "Good afternoon, General Liszt, I am Akado Rudolph."

"Crash!" Liszt quickly stood attentively, and then replied respectfully: "Long live the great head of state, Akado? Rudolph! My head of state! Do you have any instructions to me to serve?"

"It's very simple! I just heard the loss report about the e-Group Army. I think I need to call you personally. I want to know if I'm sure if I'm stuck on the position for 10 days?" Akado's voice came from his headphones. Obviously, he must be concerned about how much the battle situation in northern Kiev would deteriorate.

"My Head! I can guarantee that my troops will continue to hold on for another 10 days, and if necessary, they can even hold on for 11 days. But if the nearby reinforcements do not move in advance now, can they arrive at the defeated e-group army on time in such bad weather?" Liszt said worriedly: "At that time, I am afraid you will lose the entire e-group army, even Kiev behind the e-group army."

Akado was silent for a while. When Liszt thought the phone had dropped, he slowly spoke: "I have a way to reinforce 20,000 people within 10 days, and they are well-trained elites. However, this army will only appear in Kiev, not anywhere else. You just need to continue to follow the plan and retreat little by little."

"Try to preserve your strength and wait for the moment of victory to come, my General! Victory will definitely belong to the Third Reich!" After Akado said this, he hung up the phone.

"I really want to know if I can't stop the opponent's attack, then the next step-by-step will be useless... At this time, the head of state called me personally and asked me to stick to this direction for 10 days." Putting down the phone in his hand, Liszt once again moved his eyes away from the already chaotic maps, and then murmured to himself: "It's just that I'm persisting here, without the subsequent support preparation, what's the use?"

Acardo called Liszt and asked him to hold on for 10 days. Liszt was a little sure of this, but he had not yet received the specific number of troops to reinforce his troops, nor had he heard of several armies operations approaching, which made him very worried. He was worried that his army would bear unbearable losses, and his defeat would make the situation in the entire southern region uncontrollable.

"Let the five rotating divisions be replaced on the front line! Don't reserve ammunition reserves! Fight me hard on the last line of defense! Then give up Kalinkovic and retreat to Ovruchi!" He called his chief of staff and some nearby commanders and division commanders. Liszt issued an order according to Akado's request. He was preparing to move his defense line between Koroskin, Marin and Ivankov, so that the e-group army can have at least two days of rest time, and also allow Liszt to calmly arrange his defense line in these cities.

"Let those supplementary soldiers watch the prisoners build new defense lines! I give you a day, and you must build a defense line in these places that is enough to keep us on for more than 3 days!" Liszt pointed to these cities and said to his subordinates.

So a large-scale retreat began. The German army gave up their defense line that they had held for two days and retreated to Karinkovic behind him, where their rear guards fought a cruel encounter with the three divisions of the Soviet Red Army who had caught up and entangled them, and gave up Karinkovic, an important city at dawn.
Chapter completed!