I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 120



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EP.120 Warsaw Uprising (1)

The landing of the Western Allies greatly encouraged Stalin.

“Finally, the Westerners have opened a proper second front.”

The steel secretary had been waiting for this moment.

“Comrade Zhukov.”

“Yes, Comrade Secretary.”

“Please begin the briefing.”

At Zhukov’s nod, Chief of the General Staff, Colonel Vasilevsky, personally took up the baton and explained the outline of the operation.

“Operation Bagration. The operation began on June 18, 1944. A total of 240 divisions were mobilized for this operation, and the goal was to completely surround and destroy 60 divisions of Nazi Germany in the central Belarus region.”

As it was the largest-scale operation mobilizing 10,000 tanks and self-propelled guns, 10,000 aircraft, and 50,000 field guns, the Soviet army’s superiority was clear.

The Soviet General Staff estimated that the ratio of strength between the two armies would be at least 1:5.

“Is the Korean army not moving?”

“We have decided to launch an offensive in the North once we have achieved results on our side. The Koreans have not yet fully arrived with their troops, so they have not yet gained a firm upper hand.”

If that’s the case, then I couldn’t do it.

The secretary stood up from his seat, looking at the map.

The generals stood up following the secretary, their expressions tense.

Stalin looked at the symbols on the vast map and pointed to a spot with his finger.

“Let’s make this the final destination of this offensive.”

At the Secretary’s fingertips was Warsaw, a city that had been reduced to ruins by the last war.

At dawn on June 18, 1944, while the Germans were still asleep, Soviet batteries advanced to their pre-arranged deployment areas.

The number of cannons that had been dissipated was so great that they were rubbing against each other.

“Commence shelling!”

The Soviet artillery fire swept through the German positions in an instant.

I didn’t even have the presence of mind to shout, “This is a surprise attack.”

Some were crushed to death by the collapsing earth from the shelling that shook the earth, while others were left dumbfounded by the shock of the shelling.

While the Germans were exhausted from an hour of preparatory artillery fire, the Soviets rammed in six prepared tank armies.

This tank corps continued to expand during the war, regaining its massive size in 1941.

Each tank corps had approximately 1,000 tanks.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that their striking power was on a whole other level compared to the German Panzer Army, which operated about 300 tanks on the same level.

As Soviet tanks continued to surge forward, minefields and anti-tank defenses lost their meaning.

To begin with, a significant number of the troops who were supposed to guard it were paralyzed by artillery fire.

“What about the troop dispatch? How did the troop dispatch go?”

“After that, partisans rose up in large numbers in the rear and blocked the roads and railways.”

The Germans paid a heavy price for their abuse and exploitation of the Soviet people.

In Belarus, 200,000 partisans rose up, blocking major transport routes and raiding German supply bases in response to the Soviet offensive.

There were also many areas where communication lines were cut.

Because of this, the German army was unable to immediately mobilize troops to respond to the attack, and could only watch helplessly as a hole was made in the front line.

In the midst of all this, many frontline commanders were bound by Hitler’s orders to defend their positions.

“Stop being such a retard and back off. I’ll take responsibility.”

Infantry General Kurt von Tiffelskirch, commander of the German 4th Army, personally boarded the liaison plane to try to save his men in this critical situation.

“Your Majesty! The liaison aircraft is in too great danger of being intercepted by the Soviets.”

“But how can I just sit still in this situation? All my men are going to die!”

Some generals, like Kurt von Tiffelskirch, personally flew on their radios to the front and commanded the battles, but most watched helplessly from their command posts.

“I have to cross that bridge!”

The desperate German army tried desperately to cross the river and flee westward.

But the right to provide it belonged to the Soviet Union.

As soon as I opened my eyes, Soviet fighter planes were firing machine guns and bombers were dropping bombs.

Not one or two, but thousands of them relentlessly tore at and pounded the retreating German columns.

A significant number of German soldiers were killed or left behind here.

Heavy equipment losses were also enormous.

The German army had to abandon or self-propelled guns or destroy tanks and other equipment it possessed.

“You can’t give it to Ivan. Break it.”

The German army shed tears as they abandoned weapons that could not be replenished.

In this way, the German soldiers managed to escape with only their bodies, moving through swamps, rivers, and forests while avoiding the pursuit of the Soviet Air Force and infantry.

General Kurt von Tiffelskirch risked being shot down twice while directing this withdrawal.

Still, thanks to this effort, many German soldiers were able to retreat on foot to the vicinity of Minsk.

However, around Minsk, Soviet tanks that had broken through the front line were forming a new encirclement.

“What? Minsk is already under siege?”

The German generals were shocked when they learned belatedly that a second Soviet encirclement had formed around Minsk.

The Soviets’ speed war was too fast and too deadly.

It was so swift and bold that it reminded me of the German Wehrmacht in the first half of World War II.

Even the German high command now realized the crisis.

“I will send reinforcements to help you withdraw.”

The 9th Army, which had been driven south of Minsk to Bobruisk and surrounded, belatedly heard of reinforcements from the Supreme Command.

When the 12th Panzer Division arrived at Marina Gorka near Bobruisk, the commander of the 9th Army said:

“Nice to meet you. But the 9th Army is already gone.”

The German army was literally finished.

The 4th and 9th Armies, which were at the forefront of the Soviet offensive, were trapped or melted away, while the 2nd and 3rd Panzer Armies were in shambles and running away.

A small relief force from mainland Germany managed to rescue some troops, but not enough to save the entire collapsing army group.

In response to this crisis, Hitler appointed Walter Model as commander of the Army Group.

“My dear enemy, I believe that the general can handle this situation. Please do something to control the front line.”

The model responded to Hitler’s demands:

“I need full authority.”

After receiving a free hand from Hitler, Model went to the front to organize the battle while concurrently serving as commander of Army Groups North and Center.

But the model was not a superhuman who could turn around a situation that had already fallen apart.

“Hahaha. Germanskies. They’re falling apart even more than at Stalingrad.”

German losses were already approaching 300,000.

Soviet forces continued to advance westward through the hole in the German lines.

This time, the Federation was poised to end Germany.

“Let’s get moving too.”

The South Korean army, which was busy with propaganda work while facing the Northern Army Group in the Baltic, also had to bear heavy losses.

“Even the Korean military is moving?”

As soon as the model heard the story, he ordered the Northern Army to withdraw.

In any case, the Northern Army had no choice but to withdraw since its flank had been breached.

The South Korean army continuously distributed propaganda leaflets as they pursued the retreating German army.

“If you go that way, Ivan will be waiting. Ivan or us. Be wise.”

The South Korean military launched a persistent propaganda offensive.

Some of the German soldiers, who had already sensed defeat, fell behind and were captured by the Korean army.

Throughout July, South Korean forces swept through most of Estonia and Latvia, taking 40,000 German prisoners.

Lee Jeong-yoon put the prisoners he captured in this way on a train and sent them to Manchuria.

“What about the local civilians who resist?”

If we just leave them alone, there will be some troublesome friends at the rear.

Lee Jeong-yoon came to a clear conclusion.

“Send those guys to Manchuria too.”

If you dig coal or something in a mine, you’ll probably reflect on yourself.

As the South Korean army swept through the Baltic region, it also received requests for protection from some German civilians.

“The German settlements swept by the Soviets were rife with rape and murder. Please send us to Manchuria.”

Even if it means leaving behind their home and property, Ivan wants to avoid it.

That was the feeling of the Germans who immigrated to the Baltic region.

“Let’s do that.”

The Korean military also loaded these people onto trains and shipped them to Manchuria.

Lee Jeong-yoon thought as he watched the human savings coming in one by one.

‘If we go all the way to East Prussia, we might be able to capture millions of them?’

Only then did Lee Jeong-yoon realize His Majesty’s true intentions.

His Majesty’s grand plan to choose the East Prussian route instead of the Balkans, where it would be easy to build up achievements and increase contributions, was undoubtedly to target German civilians.

Lee Jeong-yoon decided to increase the speed of advance a bit more.

However, the advance along the Baltic coast was not as easy as expected.

“The German Navy?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The Germans mobilized large battleships, including heavy cruisers and pocket battleships, to the Baltic Sea to support German forces on land.

If a 280mm main gun shell hits the ground, no tank or anything else can withstand it.

Even the army’s artillery was no match for the naval guns.

The large German ships periodically came ashore in groups of several and opened fire.

Lee Jeong-yoon, annoyed by this situation, requested support from the Soviet Baltic Fleet.

but.

“Our large naval ships cannot deploy.”

“No, why?”

“Who is responsible if losses occur during combat?”

The Soviet Navy had no intention of deploying warships that were extremely new-looking.

The Baltic Fleet’s battleships, cruisers, and destroyers were enough to overwhelm the German Navy in the Baltic Sea.

In fact, even if only destroyers were sent, it would have been difficult for the German Navy to set up coastal bombardment like that.

But I didn’t do it.

At best, they would send out torpedo boats or submarines to make a fuss.

There was no way to stop the German Navy’s Baltic Sea operations with such passivity.

‘If you have power but don’t use it, it’s just scrap metal.’

Lee Jung-yoon learned one important lesson from the behavior of the Soviet Navy.

In any case, due to the German Navy’s display of power, Lee Jeong-yoon’s expeditionary force had a much harder time than expected on the Baltic coast.

In fact, the same was true for the Soviet Army.

The Soviet army, which had advanced to Lithuania and Poland with great momentum until early July, was finally reversed by Walter Model, who had reorganized his battle lines.

“Do you know what it means when they say the model has been remodeled?”

“I don’t know.”

“It means that the model has rebuilt the front line.”

The Soviet 2nd Guards Tank Army, which had broken through the German lines and advanced to the vicinity of Warsaw, was beaten and crushed by the panzer divisions that Model had assembled.

The ambitious offensive of the Soviet army seemed to be coming to an end.

However, the grand offensive launched by the Soviet Army was enough to raise a single corpse that had been dead until then.

“Poland is not dead yet!”

Poles, sensing an opportunity to revive themselves, staged a massive uprising in Warsaw.

Thus began the Warsaw Uprising, stained with blood and death.