Imperial Overlord

With Zhukov, a loyal general, and the 2 million main force in his hands, Stalin felt safer.

In addition, Stalingrad is also a strategic location. It can be connected to the important cities of Kharkov and Kyiv in front of it, which can be regarded as a major traffic road.

At the same time, it is the Baku Oilfield, the most important oil-producing base of the Soviet Union, to the south, and there is no worries in terms of energy.

Stalingrad itself is an industrial city, it can produce tanks such as T-34, and it can be regarded as a reliable logistics supply base.

At the same time, it is more than 1,000 kilometers to the east, which is Chelyabinsk. It is really impossible. It can also retreat east and go back to Chelyabinsk.

Thinking of this, Stalin became more and more convinced that it was a good idea to decide to go to Stalingrad.

He called his secretary and the accompanying commander of the escort, General Vatutin: "Change the itinerary and head south to Stalingrad, is there any problem?"

After hearing this question, Vatutin was stunned for a moment. Stalin's plan to retreat to Chelyabinsk had been drawn up long ago, but the change was a big deal.

"Comrade Stalin, the great leader, changing the itinerary at this time is prone to problems... It's better to go to Chelyabinsk first, and then make changes..." Vatutin really did not want Stalin to change the itinerary.

As a commander, his hope is that the unit can complete the mission as planned, and does not want to go to trouble.

In his view, Stalin's temporary change of the marching route was a huge problem. On the one hand, changing the plan temporarily will cause loopholes in the original arrangement; on the other hand, changing the plan also means more variables.

Not to mention security reasons for the time being, it is just a temporary change of destination, whether the leader was kidnapped or not, who can say clearly?

If the people in Chelyabinsk questioned this issue, and Stalin felt that the Chelyabinsk side had betrayed, and the two sides did not trust each other, then it would be completely over.

Therefore, Vatutin was a sensible person, and quickly said to Stalin: "We change the path at will, and I am afraid that there will be some misunderstanding in Chelyabinsk."

"What misunderstanding?" Stalin's secretary frowned and asked before Stalin spoke.

Vatutin hurriedly explained: "We temporarily changed the path, and no one can prove whether the leader was held hostage by me or others. If the other party questions this issue, we don't have any ban..."

"Why do they question? I'm fine, I'm in Stalingrad, don't they still believe it?" Stalin frowned and asked gloomily.

On weekdays, he moved a position and temporarily changed a place, and there was really no problem.

Because it was a time of peace, the control of the country was still there, and there was no war. But this is not the case now, the Soviet Union is now in chaos.

Everywhere was out of control because of the war, and a large number of territories became occupied areas. In this case, changing the leader's transfer route is indeed worrying enough.

"Comrade Stalin, if you insist, we will stop in Vladimir now... Then we will call Chelyabinsk and Moscow, explain the situation, get their confirmation, and then go to Stalingrad." Vatutin raised his chin and gave his advice.

He has backed down a bit, after all, he has no right to interfere with Stalin's decision. So he has ignored the impact of the temporary change of the road on his **** work, and just hoped that it would not cause more trouble.

After Stalin heard this suggestion, he was very unhappy - this feeling that he needed both sides to ask for instructions before he could act, he had not experienced it for many years.

The last time I needed to ask others to do something was when Comrade Lenin was alive...

"Then stop here, wait for the reports on both sides to complete, and then go south!" The secretary would be more reasonable to do such a thing, standing beside Stalin, opened his mouth and instructed Vatutin: "Comrade General, please hurry up and arrange. Come on, we'll be in Vladimir at night!"

Stalin waved his hand impatiently, motioned Vatutin to go out first, and then looked at his secretary.

The secretary squeezed out a smile in embarrassment, and explained to himself that he had made decisions without authorization: "Besides you are all Vatutin's soldiers..."

As he said, he looked at the door of the carriage, and after making sure it was closed, he continued: "If something goes wrong, we will really become Vatutin's prisoners!"

Hearing what his confidant secretary said, Stalin opened his frown and said, "Hmph {I can't figure out any tricks!"

After all, Stalin's Guard is the strongest combat force~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The cavalry and other troops that Vatutin brought are actually the outer Anben team, which has no radiation into the core.

But after all, the troops on the periphery are numerous and powerful, and once there is real trouble, Stalin's situation will not be too good.

Thinking of this, Stalin felt that it would be safer to go to Zhukov, a trustworthy commander.

So, he looked at his secretary and said, "Inform Moscow and Chelyabinsk in the quickest way! I'm going to Stalingrad!"

Hearing what his immediate boss said, the secretary quickly nodded and said, "Yes! Comrade Stalin, the great leader! I'll make arrangements now!"

Eighty percent of the people who followed Stalin out of Moscow were people who relied on Stalin's breath. It is unlikely that they will be sentenced to Stalin, but they are also mediocre people with little assertiveness.

If these people were not mediocre, then it would not have appeared after Stalin's death, Khrushchev came to power, and then turned his back on Stalin's affairs.

Knowing this, Stalin believed that Vatutin would not take him as the emperor to make Zhukov wait for the princes.

The first is that Vatutin does not have that ability, and the second is that Germany will not give him the time.

Just when Stalin's guards stopped moving in the Vladimir area, the Germans did not rest.

Guderian's armored vanguard was already advancing in the direction of Tula. The foresight that Stalin did not choose Ryazan as the retreat route was evident, and the Germans were not far from Ryazan.

And Stalin, who fled, was still parked not far from Moscow at this time, waiting for the announcement of the change of the retreat route...

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