USSR 1991

He hesitated and said, "You mean that instead of returning to Berlin to rescue the Bundeswehr, we will directly attack Dresden and Schwerin?"

Perry nodded and said, "Attacking Berlin is just a temporary delay. The real purpose is to take down at least half of Saxony and former Pomerania. That's the point."

He finally came up with a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, which temporarily relieved President Mario's emotions.According to the current situation, it is too late to save Berlin. The only way is to force East Germany to surrender with a two-front attack.Jonishkis is not so stupid as to exchange two states of East Germany for one Berlin.But it was too late to rescue Dresden and Schwerin.

"The better ending is that East Germany took Berlin, but lost the two northeastern states. The worst ending is that they only have half of Brandenburg left. So we still hold the initiative in this war , President Mario."

The Minister of Defense's speech gave President Mario hope. Although the German Democratic Republic adopted a pre-emptive strategy, the United States has a strong ground force advantage and an information-based combat system.No matter how powerful East Germany was, it was only as good as it was at the beginning.

"What about the Soviet Union?" This is what President Mario is most concerned about. "The Soviet Union has stationed a large number of peacekeeping troops in Dresden and Schwerin. If we attack, we will definitely face the Soviet troops. Is the time really going to spark a conflict between the two countries in Germany?"

Minister Perry also fell silent. The biggest obstacle to attacking East Germany was the Soviet Union.The German Democratic Republic can unceremoniously declare war on the combined forces of the Bundeswehr and the U.S. Army, but it is impossible for the United States to declare war on the Soviet peacekeeping forces.Moreover, the strength of the Bundeswehr is not enough to carry out third-front operations.

This problem is really a headache.

"Wait a little longer, we still don't know what the Soviet Union is doing. It's not too late to make a decision after we understand the actions of the Soviet Union." President Mario just wanted to get a share of the German Civil War and make a fortune Just withdraw, never thought of having a frontal conflict with the Soviet Union.

Of course, the Soviet Union also had its own plans. The peacekeeping forces placed almost all their bets on the battle of Berlin. Except for some armored units used to maintain the stability of the situation, most of the other T72 and T80 tanks were launched. For this final battle in Berlin, the peacekeeping troops stationed in East Germany no longer have any trump cards.

The situation is indeed very bad. Yanayev has also considered the United States' tactics of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao". Otherwise, even if Berlin is captured by then, the opponent may push back the two states of East Germany. Such war damage is unbearable for East Germany. of.Berlin is important, but in the end only half of Brandenburg remains, and no one can accept such an ending.

Therefore, the Soviet peacekeeping force must take on the task of guarding the former Pomerania and Saxony.However, the weakness of the armor made Yanayev also have to consider a desperate way.

Use the few armored forces on hand to create a preemptive posture of a large army pressing down on the border.

When Yazov heard Yanayev's thoughts, he was completely taken aback.Betting all the armored forces on the front line and creating a posture ready to attack at any time is a risky method of walking a tightrope.

"Adventure? No matter how adventurous it is, we can only take a gamble. While the Americans have not found out the true details of the Soviet Union at all, we must create a situation where the Soviet Union may counterattack the Federal Republic of Germany at any time. Force the Americans to make concessions. The guard tanks The remaining armored forces of the No.70 Ninth Division were all deployed along the front line, so that the United States and the Soviet Union were preparing to attack the Federal Republic of Germany from the north and the south at the same time, forcing the other side not to dare to attack rashly."

Yazov scratched his head, seeming to be seriously considering the feasibility of Yanayev's suggestion.

"But in this way, our rear is actually empty. What if the United States really rushes to attack? It doesn't take a few rounds, and our armored forces will be exhausted. In this way, the Americans will notice In fact, we don’t have much strength anymore?”

Yanayev smiled mysteriously, and he said to Yazov, "Don't forget, the Americans don't want to have a head-on conflict with the Soviet Union. Just let them stay away. President Mario will not be stupid enough to gamble It’s obviously not worth it for us.”

"This is a big gamble, General Secretary Yanayev." Yazov said in a deep voice, "As long as the United States adopts an offensive strategy, we will be completely exposed."

"The White House is not an idiot, and the chances of them taking a big gamble are about zero."

Yanayev said, "But we just want to create an illusion for the other side that a torrent of steel is ready to flatten West Germany."

Chapter 751 The Iron Defensive Line

Five hours after the outbreak of the Battle of Berlin, the U.S. Joint Operations Command, like the Federal Ministry of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany, conducted emergency consultations.It is hoped that the US military's right to operate on German soil will be expanded, at least to allow them to cooperate with the Wehrmacht and launch an attack on East Germany.

But no one dared to make a claim.Because Cole had already explicitly prohibited the random movement of American troops without the permission of the German government.Cole was just afraid that he would become the second unlucky guy who would bring the whole country under the control of the United States because of the wolf entering the house.

"The German Democratic Republic Army is attacking Berlin from six cities at the same time, forming a ring of steel and slowly encircling Berlin. They intend to force us to retreat in the direction of Potsdam and drive the Bundeswehr out of Berlin completely. Since we cannot be wiped out, simply Just leave the net aside and let our army retreat, what a bunch of cunning foxes."

The German Minister of Defense has realized what the Democratic Republic of the Army wants to do. They want to force the Bundeswehr to withdraw from the city of Berlin.The reality is that the Bundeswehr is already outnumbered.

Minister Scharpin's desktop was full of telegrams sent back from the front. Since the outbreak of the war, the situation on the front line has become worse and worse, and the German Democratic Republic's offensive is much more intense than before.

Minister Scharpin said to Cole, "So I suggest expanding the operational rights of the US armored forces in the Federal Republic of Germany, at least allowing them to cooperate with our troops to attack Schwerin or Dresden and relieve the pressure on Berlin. The importance of this city is comparable to that of Berlin. Prime Minister Kerr, if we don’t untie the U.S. Army and give them a certain degree of freedom, it is impossible for us to win this battle. The opponent’s strength is much stronger than ours. .”

Cole didn't speak, he just looked at the Minister of Defense in front of him, and asked word by word, "So, has Minister Shalpin considered that there are other people besides East Germany as our enemy? It’s not just the Soviet Union that is unlucky for Germany, do you think the Americans are the saviors? Don’t think I don’t know what little calculations are going on in President Mario’s mind, he’s just like Yanayev, he’s the same guy!”

Cole does not want the United States to use this German crisis to completely abolish itself. The European Union is the painstaking effort and crystallization of his painstaking efforts, and it must not be destroyed in the hands of the Americans.That's why she insisted on relying on Germany to solve the problem itself.But all this seems a bit too idealistic in the face of cruel reality.

Minister Scharpin lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I know that it is difficult for Prime Minister Cole to accept the Americans' taking advantage of the fire, but without the support of their army, it would be impossible to just rely on the bastards of the Bundeswehr." Win the war."

"Even if Minister Scharpin didn't have Americans, we just lost East Germany." In Cole's eyes, the American army is more hateful than the German Democratic Baath Party.

"No, without the Americans, what we lost was not East Germany, but Berlin, a strategic location. All of us are aware of Berlin's influence on Germany's politics, economy and military." Minister Scharpin argued , He just wants to win the power of the US military to cooperate with the National Defense Forces.

"If there is no assistance from the United States, we will wait for a total fall. At that time, not only Berlin, but also the Democratic Baath Party with an inflated appetite will further encroach on several other states." Minister Scharpin's face became very ugly, "At that time, it will not be something that can be resolved through peace talks."

In Scharpin's almost half-forced and half-pleading tone, Cole finally agreed to the actions of the American army in Berlin, allowing the [-]nd Armored Cavalry Regiment to move freely on German soil.But with the defense of Berlin as the priority criterion, the U.S. troops stationed in Hamburg, Erfurt and Magdeburg cooperated with the Bundeswehr to carry out strategic deterrence against East Germany, allowing the opponent to forcibly disperse its forces to ease the pressure on the south and north.

Although the United States is still somewhat dissatisfied with Germany's command operations, it generally agrees with the restrictive conditions proposed by the other party.After the US troops have the right to mobilize, they can quickly and effectively deploy against Soviet operations.

However, the United States was still a little late. The Soviet Union had already assembled a large number of armored troops waiting to attack. The No. 30 Seventh Division of the Guards almost transferred the second-line troops to the front line as an armored force to put pressure on the American army.

So the United States discovered that the front lines of Saxony and former Pomerania had assembled a large number of armored forces almost overnight. In order to put psychological pressure on the United States, the Soviet Union assembled almost all BMP infantry vehicles and tanks on the front lines.Tanks including some damaged engines were also deployed on the front line, serving as capital to blackmail the opponent.The remaining damaged tanks of the Western Army Group were removed and placed on the front line.

So what the U.S. reconnaissance troops saw were continuous Soviet armor clusters. The Sea of ​​Steel combined with T72, T80 and T64 is deployed on the front line against the invasion of US imperialism.The footage captured by the scout helicopter is the ground covered by steel bodies, and the row after row of infantry vehicles and tanks is frightening to watch.

The commander of the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, Sfield, looked so ugly after seeing this information.The U.S. Second Armored Cavalry Regiment has a total of 120 M1A1 tanks, of which nearly 100 are distributed on the southern and northern fronts, and only 20 go back to support Berlin.However, according to the intelligence of the reconnaissance aircraft, the total number of tanks of the Soviet peacekeeping force is nearly 280, more than twice that of the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment, not to mention that they also deployed a large number of bomber formations in Dresden and Schwerin Formation with MiG-29 fighter jets.According to incomplete statistics, the Soviet Union dispatched more than 200 fighter jets to East Germany. The current situation is completely crushed by the torrent of armor and the strength of the red butcher in the air.

Sfeld had hoped to send more air forces to support ground forces, but was rejected by the Ministry of Defense.At the same time, the Bundeswehr refused American fighter jets to enter Germany and controlled Germany's air supremacy.

"Remember, the first priority of the United States is not to fight with the Soviet peacekeeping force. Once the fire is exchanged, it is equivalent to letting the other party seize the excuse of long-term garrison. Attacking from now on is not the first priority. It is to defend the line of defense." Minister Perry was frightened He ordered the armored cavalry regiment to block the attack of the Soviet steel troops. He did not expect that the armored troops invested by the other party here were far more than he imagined.

Faced with this situation, attacking is impossible.

They can only choose to avoid the edge of the Soviet Union and take a defensive position.

The Soviet Union's blackmail tactics were very successful. A large amount of publicity and psychological deterrence made West Germany mistakenly believe that the Soviet ground and air forces had a complete advantage in both quantity and quality.

However, the timidity of the Bundeswehr Air Force made Sfeld feel very headache. They were afraid of the Buk air defense missiles in East Germany, and even more afraid of the Soviet Air Force stationed in East Germany.

The East German ground armed forces of the "Little Soviet Union" have been experienced in previous battles, and anyone knows that the so-called "peacekeeping forces" presented in front of them this time are actually real Soviet elite troops, from the Belarusian and Ukrainian front forces. Deployed combat troops.

Before 1989, it was ambitious to flatten the steel core of the Soviet Union.

A sense of fear haunts the garrison of the Bundeswehr, and no one is willing to go one step further.The armored line of defense that divided East Germany and West Germany divided the entire country into two. Anyone who tried to expand their power to the land of East Germany had to consider whether they could cross this iron line of defense.

The T72 and T80 tanks were spread out on the plain, and the defense line formed by the real armored cluster force was like a steel Great Wall, blocking the eager West German defense forces and American armored forces.

The army aviation helicopters that cooperate with the ground forces provide vigilance in the air, including electronic warfare helicopters to conduct electronic interference on the opponent at any time.The Soviet Army, which has tasted the sweetness from the Caucasus Civil War, will naturally not let go of any opportunity to demonstrate electronic information warfare.

The Soviet steel behemoth showed its sharp fangs in front of the U.S. military. This is not the T72 tank armored division boasting the world's fourth on the Gulf battlefield, but an ace unit that has really experienced war and blood.

If the American armored forces want to invade East Germany, they have to cross their steel defense line first!

Chapter 752 Hell Berlin

Berlin completely fell into a burning hell, and the time seemed to go back to April 1945, when the last battle to determine the fate of Germany started in this war-torn land.Tanks and armored units mobilized from Ukraine and Belarus entered the battle to take the Reichstag and Prime Minister's Office.Everything is like a reenactment of the Battle of Berlin.The peaceful environment was broken, and Berlin fell into the flames of war again.Gunfire, gunpowder smoke and the smell of blood began to permeate the sky over the city again.

It was also the only fateful war in which years of simmering feud between East and West would come to an end.

The political commissar stood under the ruins, mobilizing the soldiers behind him who were ready to attack at any time before the war.He holds the Makarov pistol high in his left hand, and the direction the gun is aimed at is the direction of the Capitol.

"We have finally come to this point, just one step away, and East Germany will liberate the entire city of Berlin."

"While they celebrate the end of the war, blizzards and tornado rockets will tear Berlin apart, with steel tracks, your bullets, and unyielding hands, inflicting the bloodiest on the tyranny of the dictatorship that oppressed East Germany Revenge, soldiers, the Empire State Building is ahead, and as long as the glory of Prussia stands, the heart of this army will never be broken! We will return as heroes to the arms of Berlin! As victors! Take Berlin! Attack!"

The shocking declaration hit everyone's heart like a drumbeat, and the liberation of Berlin became their only belief.