Imperial Overlord

This time, Marshal Loeb, who was in charge of attacking the North Army Group in Stalingrad, was also full of stars.

First of all, the two SS generals, Dietrich and Paul Hauser, were all under his command, and the main SS troops with the highest numbers also joined his battle group.

Moreover, behind him was the provisional fleet of the Baltic Sea, and the gun support firepower provided by the four battleships.

If you add a full 10 K5 train guns and another 4 K12 train guns, his firepower is unprecedented.

In some areas, Germany has an absolute numerical advantage in terms of the number of tanks, planes, heavy artillery and other weapons.

Moreover, the Soviets were not very peaceful, and the Finnish troops were also fighting back south, squeezing the space for the Soviet troops to move.

The three Baltic countries actively signed up to join the army, and even took the initiative to set up patrols to help Germany maintain law and order on the transportation and supply lines.

With the right time and place and people on the German side, it can be said that it is not difficult for Marshal Loeb to win this battle.

Compared with Ukraine with poor infrastructure, the transportation network around Leningrad is still quite developed.

This also provided the basis for the German armored forces to spread their own strength: the better the logistical support, the faster the German semi-mechanized forces would advance.

"Yes! The Germans shelled the city yesterday... The casualties are being counted, and the troops have not been affected... Yes, yes!" Holding the phone, Marshal Voroshilov stood in his position and answered respectfully on Stalin's question.

Leningrad was attacked and shelled by enemy warships with heavy losses. It would be a real surprise if Stalin didn't take care of it himself.

"The statue on the square is still... yes, still..." Of course there is a statue of Lenin in Leningrad, and Voroshilov really wanted to know whether it was the statue or the civilians in Leningrad that mattered.

"Our navy cannot participate in the war. Yes, Comrade Stalin, the situation of the two battleships in the navy is not optimistic, and there is no way to fight the enemy." Marshal Voroshilov was also helpless when it came to the navy.

He had no need to meddle in the navy's business, but the enemy was shelling the city directly from the sea. As the commander-in-chief in this direction, he could only ask the navy's questions.

The two old Russian battleships moored in the port, whether it is the caliber of the main gun or the rate of fire, whether it is the speed or the thickness of the armor, can not be compared with the four battleships in the hands of Germany.

The two submarines that went out to sea yesterday did not find any chance either. The Germans had 10 destroyers in anti-submarine warfare. They didn't even have the guts to try it before returning home.

As for the urban area of ​​Leningrad, it is already a mess. The army was stationed outside the city, and civilians were not allowed to retreat. Food and ammunition were in short supply, and water and electricity supply had collapsed.

It is impossible not to collapse. As a modern city, if it is not paralyzed by almost 200 shells with a caliber of more than 300 mm, it can be regarded as a super fortress.

Power outages and water cuts made life in the city messy, and civilians began to rush to buy food, but the problem of not having much food in the city was exposed.

Voroshilov put down the phone and looked at his chief of staff: "How many refugees are homeless? How many people can we resettle?"

"Comrade Marshal, didn't Comrade Stalin have a request to allow civilians to retreat?" the chief of staff asked helplessly.

Originally, this call was made to Moscow to request that innocent civilians other than soldiers be allowed to leave Leningrad.

But Stalin's first question was whether the statue of Lenin was damaged, and then he asked whether the navy could prevent the enemy from shelling Leningrad again.

After that, he explained some things and ordered Marshal Voroshilov to stick to Leningrad and not take a step back.

From beginning to end, Stalin did not ask the civilians of Leningrad, nor how much support Voroshilov needed.

"He doesn't care about working hard at all. He ordered us to stay here, but he didn't even want to give us an extra bag of food." Marshal Voroshilov shook his head depressedly and said to his chief of staff.

"Comrade Marshal... These words must not be heard by Comrade Political Commissar." The chief of staff looked at the office door behind him and lowered his voice to remind.

"I don't need to report when I hear him. I'm doomed to die here. This is Stalin's order." With a grudge, Voroshilov didn't even want to use the word comrade to describe Stalin.

He sat back in his chair and looked at his chief of staff: "The Germans and Finns will surround us on three sides, but the city is not ready to be surrounded and held."

"Civilians must be let out of here, we don't have that much food to feed them and hundreds of thousands of soldiers..." The chief of staff mentioned the matter of letting the civilians retreat again.

As a soldier, it is humiliating enough to let the country fall and let the enemy invade your country.

If at this time, the civilians are still **** and buried together, the chief of staff feels that he really has no face to see Marx.

"There's no need...they retreat, they can only relieve some pressure, but it has nothing to do with the overall situation." Voroshilov said to his men in despair.

Even if he is not very good at handling modern military operations, he still has the vision of a strategic commander.

The advance of the German army in the central and northern parts has actually completely exceeded the control of Budyonny and his Voroshilov~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In this case, the loss of various strategic points is only a matter of time. . The next thing to see is whether they can hold Moscow, or how much time they can buy for Moscow.

From this point of view, Marshal Voroshilov also believes that it is more in line with the strategic intention of the Soviet Union to tie the civilians to destroy Leningrad and delay as much time as possible.

So he waved his hand and instructed his subordinates: "Order the surrounding troops to shrink near Leningrad..."

All he can do now is the same thing as Budyonny: stay in Leningrad, fight to the last pawn, and buy more time for Moscow.

"Comrade Marshal! The phone number of the commander of the 4th Front Army Corps..." An officer pushed in the door and reported on Voroshilov's report with a lot of focus.

Walking out of the office door, walking to the telephone, grabbing the receiver, Marshal Voroshilov asked, "I'm Voroshilov, what happened?"

"The Germans...the Germans penetrated my defenses!" A desperate voice shouted over the phone.