The Third Reich: The Return of the King

Chapter 1137

Zhukov was unlucky.

His troops had just come down the mountain and had not had time to get ready. The German army on the opposite side showed no respect for martial ethics. Two armored armies rushed over from the left and right, instantly breaking the Soviet army’s formation into pieces.

Without a formation and in an open area at the foot of the mountain, there was no need to think about the subsequent battle. The German army completely slaughtered the Soviet army with a one-sided advantage.

Zhukov was also relatively lucky.

Because he was wearing the uniform of a Soviet commander, the German soldiers had long been eyeing him and deliberately did not fire at him, so he survived the battle.

However, although he saved his life, he lost his freedom. As a trophy of the German army, Zhukov was immediately escorted to the empire’s homeland with other captured Soviet soldiers after being captured, preparing to go to Berlin for a walk, so that the people of Berlin could appreciate the”heroic” posture of the Soviet army.

Rokossovsky witnessed the whole process on the mountain. From the beginning to the end of the war, the German army took less than five hours. In five hours, hundreds of thousands of troops led by Zhukov were wiped out!

This German army was even stronger than he imagined.

Fighting with them in the open area in the wild, the Soviet army had no chance of winning!

After figuring this out, Rokossovsky was completely desperate.

He knew that it was impossible for him to break through with the Soviet army successfully, and with the strength of the German army and their combat effectiveness, even if the Russians really overcame all difficulties and sent a troop to rescue them.

Rokossovsky was not optimistic that they could successfully rescue them.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just talk about this German army at the foot of the mountain, how are they going to defeat it?

Rokossovsky didn’t see any flaws in the German army anyway. In this case, he really didn’t know how the local reinforcements could win.

Of course, there is an exception under one situation.

If the German army wanted to annihilate more Soviet troops, they could deliberately open a gap and lure the Soviet army to go deeper, so that they could annihilate more Soviet main forces at one time.

Thinking of this, Rokossovsky finally understood.

It turned out that all this was a trap set by the German army. After they surrounded Zhukov, they were not in a hurry to attack. In fact, they were luring the Russians to send reinforcements to rescue the besieged Soviet army. Once the reinforcements were dispatched, the German army could surround the point and attack the reinforcements.

The German tactics were very simple and the intentions were quite obvious, but why didn’t I find out before?

If I had discovered the German intentions earlier, and then responded in time, abandoned this action, or been more careful, the result might be different now.

However, Rokossovsky also understood that it was useless to say these now. The key question he had to think about now was what he and his army should do?

Zhukov and his troops had been defeated and captured, so he didn’t have to consider what to do for the time being, but Rokossovsky couldn’t, because he still had millions of troops under his command!

Even if he doesn’t consider himself, he has to consider these soldiers!

“Send people down the mountain to contact the German army and tell them that we are willing to surrender, but they need to agree to several of our conditions!

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After hearing the conditions put forward by the Soviet envoy, several German commanders looked at each other in bewilderment.

“Hey, hey, have you figured out the situation? You are surrounded now, not us. Don’t you think it’s too much for you to make so many demands at once?”

Because they had just won a victory, the German commanders were in a good mood.

After listening to the conditions of the Soviet representatives, they only felt very strange and funny, but they didn’t feel angry.

In fact, there was nothing to be angry about. The other side wanted to surrender, but they were worried about their fate after surrendering, so they asked for a sky-high price and bargained on the spot at this time.

The German army didn’t mind wasting time with them like this. Anyway, the German army had very stable logistical supplies and could hold on for a few months or even half a year.

But the Soviet army was different. There was no food for them in the mountains.

If they didn’t surrender, it wouldn’t be long before they were so hungry that they couldn’t even stand up.

So the German commanders were surprised. If they were Rokossovsky, they should be anxious at this time, right?

They asked for a sky-high price like this, weren’t they afraid that the German army would not talk to them?

“I think if you can’t come up with any guarantee conditions to ensure our safety, I don’t think we will lay down our arms and accept your arrangements!”The

Soviet representative’s attitude seemed very tough, and he insisted on the conditions he had mentioned before, as if he would talk if he could, and not talk if he couldn’t.

This posture was quite intimidating, but unfortunately, he met the best of the German army. The commanders of these army groups were not so easily intimidated by him.

“”Okay, we know your attitude. Let’s do this. When you go back, tell Rokossovsky that we will seriously consider the conditions you proposed. When we have considered it, we will send someone to contact you!”

Kesselring said to the Soviet representative with a smile. After that, he did not give the other party a chance to continue speaking, and directly asked the guards to send him away.

“General Kesselring, are you really going to accept the proposal of the bear man?”

Kesselring’s attitude was so kind that several German generals were almost deceived by him.

After the Soviet representative was sent away, several people asked with concern

“Really? I didn’t say that. I just asked them to calm down and think carefully. I didn’t say they should accept their conditions!”

After hearing Kesselring’s words, those with more flexible minds immediately understood.

“Oh, General, you are planning to use the tactic of procrastination, just keep the Soviets hanging, but don’t give them a reply. When they can’t stand it anymore, they will naturally lower their demands and send people to talk to us. Then we can take the opportunity to put forward some of our demands!”

Kesselring smiled and said,”Yes, this is exactly what I plan to do. If the Soviets in the mountains dare to come down and fight us, we welcome them very much.

If they want to surrender, we also welcome them.