Chapter 1119 Encirclement and Annihilation

"Comrade Commander, the Ninth Army has been defeated, and our retreat has been cut off by the Germans!" A staff officer reported to Marshal Budyonny.

Suddenly, everyone in the headquarters was stunned and stopped what they were doing. Although, when the Germans first launched their offensive, they already knew that the Germans wanted to cut off their retreat. However, in just two days, the most powerful group army in the hands of the Southern Front was defeated by the Germans. Such a result is really hard for them to accept.

"How many troops are there in the Ninth Army?" Marshal Budyonny asked.

"The 2nd Mechanized Army lost all. The 18th Mechanized Army suffered heavy losses. The 2nd Cavalry Army also suffered heavy losses. The 14th, 35th, and 48th Infantry Army suffered little losses."

"Send a telegram to Comrade Cherevichenko and tell him that from now on, concentrate all forces, break through the German defenses, and reopen the passage!" Marshal Budyonny ordered.

The southern army is now surrounded on three sides, and the south is the sea. They are not fish and cannot swim back to Bu'e from the sea. Therefore, if you want to return to Bu Russia, you have to break the encirclement of the Germans. Although, it's very difficult. However, this is their only option. Otherwise, they will be surrounded and wiped out by the Germans and Ukrainians.

"Yes, Comrade Commander."

"In addition, order the 12th Army and the 18th Army to stabilize the line of defense. The 9th Army of the Independent Infantry also sent reinforcements to buy more time for the 9th Army." Marshal Budyonny ordered.

Of course, Marshal Budyonny also knows that this is very difficult. The 12th Army and the 18th Army were originally much smaller than the 9th Army. Even the Ninth Army couldn't withstand the attack of one German army, let alone the siege of two German armies and three Ukrainian armies. It can be said that the current Russian Southern Front Army is simply struggling. Facing the fierce attack of the German and Ukrainian troops, their troops are being eaten up bit by bit. Soon, the entire Southern Front would cease to exist.

"Political workers at all levels, now you must play your role. Make sure that the troops at all levels implement the orders of the commander. If anyone dares to violate the order, I authorize you to arrest the relevant personnel!" Political Commissar Zaporozhic will say.

At this critical juncture, he obviously hopes to use strict orders to bring out the combat effectiveness of all the troops, so that they can fight to the death when facing the siege of the German and Ukrainian troops, so as to gain a chance of survival.

Marshal Budyonny did not stop this. He also knew that now he had to do everything possible.

In the east of the encirclement, the German Second Army built a 50-kilometer-long defense line, which firmly blocked the Russian army's way to retreat eastward. After receiving the order from Marshal Budyonny, Lieutenant General Cherevichenko, commander of the 9th Army of the Russian Army, had no choice but to push all the troops in his hands up. The surviving 14th, 35th and 48th Infantry Corps are attacking the German defenses with all their might. However, from the current point of view, their attack has not achieved any effect, and it is no different from sending them to death.

"Attack! Continue to attack. No retreat without orders!" A Russian officer shouted loudly.

The troops under his command are braving the German army's bullets and bullets to attack. However, most people have fallen on the way to attack. As far as the firepower of the German army is concerned, if the enemy wants to break through their defense line if they blindly defend, they will pay an extremely heavy price.

The current Russian army is doing such a thing.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

On the artillery positions of the German army, the artillery is firing. Under the guidance of the school firing plane, they were able to accurately drop the shells into the Russian offensive formation.

The shell exploded, and the Russian soldiers were torn to pieces one by one, with limbs and arms broken, flying everywhere.

Although, due to the rush of time, the German defense line was very simple. In many places, trenches were not even dug. It was just a defense line composed of firepower points and foxholes. But even so, the Russian army could not break through.

The corpses of Russian soldiers had piled up a thick layer in front of the German defense line. The blood stained the soil red. However, the offensive of these Russian soldiers still did not stop.

It's not that they don't want to stop, but they dare not stop.

On the offensive position of the Russian army, political workers formed a supervisory team and set up machine guns. Anyone who retreated without an order would be shot by machine guns. Some Russian soldiers did not die under the guns of the German army, but died under the guns of their own people, so that those Russian soldiers did not dare to retreat, but could only attack desperately forward.

"Buzz!"

There was a sound like a wild bee flying in the sky, and the soldiers of the Russian army hurriedly lay down on the ground. They already knew that this was a German plane coming.

Before that, German planes had bombed them many times, causing heavy casualties to the Russian army. So, they already know how to avoid these planes.

A Predator ground attack aircraft appeared over the battlefield.

These ground attack aircraft use aviation machine guns and machine guns to straf the ground. Many Russian soldiers were torn to pieces. Occasionally, a valuable target is found, and these ground attack aircraft will drop bombs to destroy it.

With the assistance of these aircraft, the defense line of the German Second Army, although very simple, was impregnable. The Russian army attacked again and again, all in front of the German defense line, and the head was smashed and bloody. Apart from leaving behind a lot of corpses, no results were achieved at all.

"God! We are no different from sending officers and soldiers to die!" Lieutenant General Cherevichenko, commander of the 9th Army, was in the rear. After seeing the German army slaughtering the Russian army with powerful firepower through binoculars, he couldn't help feeling frustrated. Said.

"Comrade Commander, although the Germans are strong, our soldiers will not back down. Under Comrade Joseph's wise leadership, we will definitely defeat them in the end!"

Lieutenant General Cherevichenko had no choice but to say nothing more. He knew that it was useless to say anything now. After falling into the encirclement of the Germans, they had no other choice but to fight to the end and let everyone die. Especially under the supervision of these political workers, even surrender has become impossible.