The winter in the Eastern European Plain is much harsher than the winter in the Northeast.

It is often accompanied by terrible blizzards and foggy weather where you can't see your fingers.

Even the bear man himself has difficulty moving forward in this kind of weather.

Therefore, Lufeng had to arrive in Rostov when the weather was good, and then stationed, built fortifications, and sent reinforcements.

Nest in the fortifications to spend the whole winter.

Both Weicks and Manstein wanted to strengthen Rostov's defense, but they couldn't.

At this time, there were three army groups on the southern line, namely Army Group A, Army Group B, and Army Group Don.

Army Group A led by Kleist, the 1st Panzer Army under its jurisdiction, the 17th Army, and the Crimean Command

But at this time, Army Group A was still 600 kilometers away from Rostov, fighting in the Caucasus.

Manstein's Don Army Group, under the jurisdiction of the Holliday Battle Group, the 6th Army, the Hoth Battle Group, and the 3rd Romanian Army

However, the Don Army Group led by Manstein, the Holliday Battle Group and the Hoth Battle Group were on their way to rescue Paulus' 6th Army.

Paulus's 6th Army was surrounded like rice dumplings in Sucizonggrad.

Weikers B Army Group: German 2nd Army, Hungarian 2nd Army, Italian 8th Army, Fetter-Pick Battle Group.

The 8th Italian Army was defeated by Landwind.

The 2nd Hungarian Army engaged Golikov's Voronezh Front.

The bear's Voronezh Front Army was only a tentative attack by a few advance battalions, and it had already caused the Hungarian troops to mess up.

The attack of Maoxiong's 40th Army was extremely smooth. With almost no loss of infantry and tanks, it defeated the Hungarian 7th Light Infantry Division.

As for the German 2nd Army in the north, it was confronting Vasilev.

An astonishing situation has emerged on the Eastern European battlefield.

German Paulus's 6th Army was encircled in Sutszonggrad.

On the periphery are Mao Xiong's encirclement and annihilation troops.

Outside was Manstein's rescue force.

Further outside is the large encirclement of Huaxia troops and Maoxiong troops.

The two wings of the encirclement are the German Army Group A and Army Group B, which have been cut off from their retreat.

On the fourth day of the offensive, Manstein's face was extremely ugly.

As the general who is most familiar with mechanized warfare, Manstein has already seen that this time the bear troops are using the theory of "blitzkrieg" to surround his troops.

Although Manstein received a promise from Mustache that he would send troops from the Western Front for reinforcements.

But Manstein knew that with the current Mao Xiong's offensive, when the troops from the western front arrived, the entire Don Army Group and Army Group A would disappear from this world.

Never sitting still, Manstein decided to take the initiative.

Manstein stopped pacing back and forth and asked, "Where is the 57th Panzer Corps, where is the 'Viking' Panzer Infantry Division of the SS?"

"What about the 16th, 17th, and 23rd Armored Divisions?"

The intelligence staff officer on the side whispered: "The SS 'Viking' armored infantry division was defeated by an unknown unit yesterday afternoon."

"Later on the retreat they encountered another force and were nearly wiped out."

"Most commanders, including the division headquarters, were killed, some commanders surrendered, and a few soldiers escaped."

"But it is unlikely to survive on the vast snowfield."

Manstein's eyes widened in disbelief: "What did you say? The 'Viking' division was wiped out!"

The 'Viking' division has more than 15000 people and dozens of tanks. This is a huge force, and it was defeated in one afternoon.

Manstein had no idea what kind of hospitality the 'Viking' division was receiving.

The emerging rocket nest-style ancestral 107mm rocket launcher was pushed onto the battlefield by tracked vehicles.

What is this thing? It is to install 12 rocket launching nests on a vehicle, and one rocket launching nest can launch 30 107 rockets.

With 10 tracked vehicles, the number of launches is enough for Li Yunlong to use a battalion to throw grenades.

However, there are more than 200 such tracked rocket launchers in an army.

Moreover, such a launch vehicle can not only launch conventional rockets, but also various types of ammunition of the same caliber such as incendiary bombs, smoke bombs, terminal-sensitive bombs, armor-piercing bombs, and even landmines.

Yes, when Landwind first designed the vehicle, it also considered using this vehicle as a rocket mine vehicle.

The 'Viking' Division suffered an absolute saturation blow, so that the position was broken by China's 2nd Army that day.

The subsequent finishing work was handed over to the Maoxiong infantry unit.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Just when Manstein was anxious, a fierce explosion sounded not far from his headquarters.

This is the sound of shells exploding, and Manstein responsibly stated that he had never heard such an explosion.

This was unlike any shell Manstein had encountered before.

This also means that a terrible thing is happening. The vanguard of the Bear Army has reached the vicinity of the Don River Army Command.

Manstein's first reaction was not to run away, but to wonder if he was suffering from severe auditory hallucinations due to too much pressure.

After several explosions in succession, the entire headquarters fell silent.

A moment later Manstein asked, "Did you hear anything?"

The other staff officers were nodding wildly. As long as there was nothing wrong with their ears, they must have heard the series of violent explosions just now.

Manstein ordered: "Call the front line immediately to find out what happened!"

The communications staff officer immediately picked up the phone at hand and asked what happened on the defense line, and the reply he got was that there was an unknown shelling on the position, and the shelling is still continuing.

This situation does not need to be analyzed, it must be Mao Xiong's troops.

Manstein slapped the table: "Damn it! Why is the bear marching so fast this time!"

"In just four days, it has already advanced to my headquarters!"

"It's only less than [-] kilometers away from Rostov!"

The troops in Manstein's hands were sent out to rescue Paulus's 6th Army, and they could not be taken back at all.

For a while, Army Group A will not be able to reach Rostov to establish a direction.

For the incoming Chinese Second Army, the road to Rostov was unimpeded.

Manstein looked helplessly at the defense zones of the various troops on the map, and ordered without emotion: "Withdraw! Get out of here immediately!"

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