Chapter 668

East of the Dnieper River, Broval.

Across the river is Jifu, the largest city in Ermao. Originally, the headquarters of the Mao Xiong Alliance's Ermao Front Army was located in Jifu. However, as the troops of the Third Reich were directed towards the base, for the sake of safety, the front army headquarters could only withdraw to Brovali.

As for Jifu, it has completely become a fortress. The millions of troops of the Woolly Bear Alliance, with Ji Mansion as the core, built a large number of fortifications, almost fortifying the entire city. There are a large number of fortifications densely covered in the city. In order to withstand the fierce shelling and bombing of the Third Reich, a large number of bomb holes and air raid shelters were also built.

In order to be able to defend Jifu and even make the Third Reich Army Group South pay a heavy price in Jifu, the Ermao Front of the Mao Xiong Alliance tried their best.

"Comrade Commander, the Third Reich has already deployed troops on the east bank of the Dnieper River. The forces they are currently gathering are mainly concentrated in the direction of Kifu and the lower reaches of the Dnieper River. It can be seen that both the Kifu and the lower reaches of the Dnieper River are very likely to become the key offensive directions of the Third Reich. Lieutenant General Baghramyan, Chief of Staff of the Ermao Front, said.

General Konev, commander of the Ermao Front, nodded:"Yes, your analysis is correct." Kiev is the most important city on the west bank of the Dnieper River. Especially when we have deployed heavy troops, it is impossible for the Third Reich to turn a blind eye. They must capture Jifu before they can safely continue their attack eastward. Otherwise, the base will be like a nail, holding back the large number of troops of the Third Reich!"

After the start of this phase of the battle, the losses of the Ermao Front were not large in the early stage.

In other words, General Konev realized that the Great Western Plains of Ermao to the west of the Dnieper River was simply undefendable and impossible to resist. When the Third Reich attacked with heavy troops, it took the initiative to retreat the main force to the east, gave up a large area of ​​territory in the west, and built a defense line with the Dnieper River as a natural chasm. This saved the main force of the Ermao Front.

Of course, giving up a large area territory, which made Joseph very dissatisfied. He could not tolerate the troops of the Woolly Bear Alliance voluntarily giving up these territories. In Joseph's view, not even an inch of the territory of the Woolly Bear Alliance could be lost.

If it were not for Marshal Shaposhnikov and Zhukov The generals are all on the side of General Konev and think that it is more appropriate to abandon the western plains of Ermao and use the Dnieper River as a line of defense. Maybe General Konev has been relieved of his duties by Joseph.

But even so, Konev The general is also under great pressure.

If he cannot lead the Ermaofang to resist the Third Reich's attack on the Dnieper River and make the Third Reich pay a heavy price, then he may have nothing to do. By then , Joseph will definitely not let him go again. No matter who pleads for mercy, I'm afraid it will be useless.

This leaves General Konev with no way out now, and he can only bite the bullet and go to the dark side.

"Comrade Commander, the defense of the base should not be a big problem. We have deployed millions of troops in Jifu. Moreover, a defensive position was built in Jifu. All civilians in the entire Jifu have been evacuated. This has become a military fortress. If the Third Reich wants to live in the country, it will definitely pay a heavy price. However, the lower reaches of the Dnieper River may be difficult to defend. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the navy of the Third Reich has entered the Black Sea and opened the transportation line from the Third Reich mainland to the Black Sea. This means that their navy is also very likely to attack us. Under such circumstances, it is very difficult to defend the eastern defense line of the Dnieper River."Lieutenant General Bagramyan continued.

"This is indeed a very big problem for us. At present, the only thing we can do is to strengthen the defenses of the lower Dnieper River and all the way to the Crimean Peninsula. We have deployed three armies with more than 200,000 people on the Crimean Peninsula. In the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, five armies with more than 400,000 people were deployed. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of troops on the Dnipropetrovsk front line. If this cannot withstand the attack of the Third Reich, then we have no other way!"General Konev seemed helpless.

The current Ermao Front Army still has three million troops. Especially when Mosk decided to send an additional one million reinforcements to them. In terms of military strength, the Ermao Front Army is very Sufficient.

However, the current war does not necessarily mean victory due to large numbers of troops. Facing the powerful offensive capabilities of the Third Reich, the army of the Woolly Bear Alliance has almost lost the ability to defeat the Third Reich's army in frontal combat. The only thing they can do is to resist the attack of the Third Reich's army during defensive operations, and then continue to consume the effective strength of the Third Reich, thus forcing the Third Reich to give up the attack.

"By the way, Comrade Political Commissar, how is the cleanup of the Ermao surrender elements in the army going? General Konev asked.

After the troops of the Third Reich entered the western part of Ermao, they were welcomed by the local people of Ermao.

Even among many troops of the Ermao Front, a large number of soldiers fled and surrendered.

This made Ko General Nev and others were very vigilant, worried that it would affect the army's subsequent operations.

"Comrade Commander, we have organized special personnel to clean up. Some of the Ermao surrender elements with such dangerous ideas have been arrested and imprisoned. Many other people have also realized the mistakes and harms in this regard. After serious criticism and education, they realized these problems and agreed to correct them. We have also organized strong-minded personnel to supervise. During the war, there shouldn't be any problems."General Burmistenko, political commissar of the Ermao Front, said.

General Konev nodded:"Very good, although our enemy is very powerful. However, as long as all of us can strengthen our confidence, I believe that we will be able to defend the Dnieper River defense line and cause great losses to the enemy. As long as we can win this battle, the entire war in Ermao will undergo a fundamental change and become more beneficial to us!"

General Burmistenko and Lieutenant General Bagramyan both nodded._To read the underlined version of the novel, please download Feilu Novel A