As the old saying goes, everything pays attention to the time, place, and people, and fighting a war depends not only on strength, but sometimes on God.
Countless historical experiences tell us that before going to the battlefield, you really have to look at the weather forecast.
Today Lao Hou will tell you about the extreme weather on the battlefield that catches people off guard.
Speaking of the impact of extreme weather on the war, it is necessary to mention the famous moscow defense battle on the battlefield of World War II.
The victory in the defense of Moscow gave the German fascist army, which was invincible by relying on the "Blitzkrieg", taste defeat for the first time, and also paid a terrible price.
The defeat of the battle was fatal to the Germans, who were gaining momentum at the time, because it not only demoralized the German offensive, but also gave them a taste of the power of the war of attrition and protracted war.
You may be curious, the German army at that time did not have anything else, but there was no shortage of weapons and tough generals, although the strength of the fighting nation was not weak, but for the Invincible German Army at that time, it was not enough to be afraid.
But they didn't do it, and the only thing they didn't count was the weather in Moscow.
In fact, in the beginning, Hitler did not expect that the battle would drag on for so long, because the progress of Germany before this could be said to be overwhelming.
In just two years, Germany had taken most of Europe and in a very short time had reached moscow.
Seeing that Moscow was about to be pocketed by itself, many German officers had begun to revel in the revelry, and unexpectedly, the Soviets immediately punched them in the face.
After all, the name of the Soviet fighting nation was not self-styled, and at the last moment, the Soviet army actually chose to resist tenaciously, resulting in the German army being unable to attack for a long time, and this delay was dragged out until the winter.
The local temperature dived instantaneously, and the minimum temperature reached minus thirty degrees, so the bad weather let the German army know what is called "force majeure" factor.
What was the situation on the German side? The motors of aircraft and tanks went on strike one after another, and the cannon guns could not be used normally.
Looking at the German soldiers, their clothes are still thin autumn clothes, some people even wear shorts and shorts, in this extremely cold weather, let alone war, it is good to pick up the gun.
A large number of German soldiers froze to death, and the morale of the whole army fell below zero along with the temperature.
On the other hand, on the Soviet side, they fought in the local area of cotton clothes, cotton pants and leather gloves, as well as special ear protectors to protect themselves from the cold, and even weapons and equipment had special cold protection measures.
In the face of this extreme weather, the German military was also in a hurry, hitler knew and immediately sent supplies to the front, but the front was too long, until the clothes arrived at the end of the battle.
So the question is, according to the previous operation of the German army, why did they not grab Soviet supplies?
Friends, they don't want to grab it, they don't have to grab it!
As early as before the start of the moscow defense war, the Soviet military began the "clearance plan", what can eat and drink can be used, the Soviet army has long been packed up, even the leaves around the battlefield have been burned by the Soviet army, so in this weather, the German army either quickly left, or could only be frozen alive.
This sudden extreme weather was a blessing to God for the Soviet Union. Why?
Due to the frequent defeats of the Soviet army on the battlefield earlier, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army can be said to be greatly reduced, the problem of weapon loss and loss of combatants cannot be solved at all, and some troops cannot even shoot a single shot.
Throughout World War II, the defense of Moscow can be said to be a very important battle, through this battle, the Soviet army not only regained confidence, by the way, but also broke the myth of the invincibility of the German army, but also paved the way for future counterattacks.
In fact, the battle affected by the extremely cold weather is not only the Moscow defense war, I believe that friends who have watched "Chosin Lake" should be quite impressed by the extremely cold weather experienced by the Battle of Chosin Lake.
The Chosin Lake area was originally a bitter cold place on the Korean Peninsula, and under normal circumstances, the temperature here should be kept at about minus 30 degrees.
However, in the year of the battle, it suffered from the extremely cold weather once in 60 years, and the temperature of more than 40 degrees below zero was not good even if it was "fully armed".
Especially for the volunteers who hurried into the DPRK and could not even change their winter clothes, under the wind and snow, this group of volunteers from southern China was dressed in autumn clothes, had no advanced weapons, did not have sufficient food, and they had no choice but to resist hard.
After the battle, more than 30,000 people were frostbitten to death by the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, which was even more than the number of casualties in the battle.
It is hard to imagine how the Chinese Volunteers could do four or two pounds under such harsh and extreme weather.
But the extreme weather on the battlefield is fair to everyone, and although the U.S. military has plenty of food and winter clothes, it is equally difficult for them to cope with this kind of cold weather that has been rare in decades.
In just one division of the U.S. Marine Corps, the number of frostbite deaths and frostbite combined was nearly 7,500, which was not much better than that of the Volunteers. In this case, the two sides are no longer fighting for firepower, but perseverance.
In this battle, the American army was beaten by the volunteer army out of the despair that had never been seen before, there was no end to the snow, there was no hopeless confrontation, only the orders issued by the commander kept urging them to advance, and the only thing waiting for them in front of them was the 100,000 volunteers hidden in the ice and snow.
If the "Ice Sculpture Company" had not sacrificed, if the non-combat attrition at that time had not been so many attritions, I believe that the volunteer army in this battle could have destroyed more than just a "polar bear regiment".
In fact, during World War II, the extreme weather that affected the war situation was not only extremely cold, but also high temperature.
The high temperature of 50 degrees is not to mention the war, and it can be "dehydrated" with a single movement.
The Pacific Theater during World War II was basically a showdown between the United States and Japan, and although the war was brutal, something that made people cry and laugh.
The war took place on the island of New Guinea, the world's second largest island on the south side of the equator, and the temperature could not be lowered, while the American and Japanese armies entangled in this "sauna" island for a year.
Even less coincidentally, the two armies also caught up with the hottest year of the 20th century. In this extreme heat weather, the Japanese army, which was extremely short of materials, was miserable.
On the first day of Japan's landing on the island, more than 40 people died of heat stroke due to unbearable heat, so there was basically no fire confrontation on the island at that time, and both armies were busy looking for a cool place to escape the heat.
The Japanese army was more unlucky, the good place was not grabbed, and the material ship was also destroyed by the US army, which led to the Japanese army on the island did not have any summer tools, let alone fans, they could not even drink a cup of cold water at that time.
The American planes circled around their heads, and the Japanese troops below were like street rats, not even a fixed camp, and from time to time someone would fall down with heat stroke.
Looking at the US military, it is not necessary to say that the Americans will enjoy it, everyone has a small electric fan, ice water is available at any time, they also found a summer resort for themselves, not only a beautiful and cool environment, but also easy to defend and difficult to attack.
We also know that the Americans have always put the word freedom on their lips, compared with the Japanese army on the island steaming sauna, some American soldiers are not satisfied, they think that this ghost weather must not be accompanied by some ice cream?
Listen, sir, meet!
So these Americans were ingenious, they vacated the auxiliary fuel tank of the fighter, loaded it with raw materials for making ice cream, and then let the plane fly to a high altitude to cool down, and when the plane came down again, the US military could eat the ice cream of the summer artifact.
In the face of the extreme heat on the island, the quality of life of the Two Armies of the United States and Japan is completely different, in order to humiliate the Japanese army, the Americans also specially sent a large bucket of ice cream to the Japanese army, and by the way, they did not forget to mock it, which really made the Japanese army angry.
But the gas could not win, and the Japanese army was really choked by the extreme weather at that time.