The Rise of the Third Reich

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There was a crashing sound, and everything on the desk in Kremlin Office No. 1 was swept to the floor by Stalin's arm. The political bureau members and several most senior generals in the office were so frightened that they trembled for a while.

Pavlov and Shaposhnikov did not dare to raise their heads.

The news of the complete failure of the Battle of Gomel has just come! In last night's night battle, the tank group commanded by General Vatutin fought hard all night on the plain south of the Dobrusz Forest, and finally ended in a disastrous defeat.

The commander of the group, General Vatutin himself, was killed in the battle, more than 500 tanks/assault artillery were lost, and more than 20,000 Red Army soldiers were killed, seriously injured, and missing. If we include the losses of the 1st Tank Army and the 2nd Tank Army in the previous few days of combat, these two tank armies, which Stalin had high hopes for, lost a total of more than 1,600 tanks/assault artillery (not all were battle losses, Many were abandoned after malfunctions).

And now the remnants of the two tank armies that have just retreated into Ukraine on the left bank are still being chased and bombed by Breguet attack aircraft and Hs129 attack aircraft. In the end, even if the entire army is not wiped out, they will most likely be bombed into infantry!

In addition, a German "Panzer Group" moving south from Smolensk also completed the encirclement of the city of Dobryansk this morning. The 38th, 40th, and 48th Group Armies belonging to the Bryansk Front were also surrounded.

In addition, the 5th Tank Army, which was besieged in Collective Farm No. 13, seemed to be facing a dead end.

At this point, the victory of the joint meeting has been decided, and all six armies of the Soviet Bryansk Front have been surrounded or basically annihilated!

The most powerful mechanized group of the Soviet Red Army no longer exists! Stalin also lost his bargaining chip with the Germans in Switzerland.

And ceding left-bank Ukraine and East Belarus in exchange for peace meant political suicide for Stalin - this was losing Ukraine! It was the most valuable grain production base, coal mining area, steel industry and machinery industry center of the Soviet Union!

If it loses, the Soviet Union will no longer be able to become strong, and Stalin will become a sinner of the country and nation. How could a criminal continue to rule the Soviet Union? How could the party and the people accept the leadership of a sinner?

This is the Soviet Union (Russia)! The Russian people have always supported tyrants and opposed weak monarchs!

"Give... give Molotov power," Stalin muttered after a while, "tell him... that we can give up East Belarus to Germany, and... we also promise not to invade British India, We can also provide 10 million tons, no, 15 million tons of crude oil to Germany for free every year. In this way...Germany can use this oil to defeat the United States!"

The political bureau members and Red Army generals present all sighed inwardly. With the war going on like this, how can we get peace by cutting off half of Belarus?

When the Germans finish cleaning up the main force of the Bryansk Front, Left Bank Ukraine and Smolensk may not be safe, Leningrad will most likely fall into a tight siege again, and even... even Moscow is at risk of falling!

The Soviet Union is now in danger of subjugation!

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"Haha, well done! Now the main force of the Soviet tank corps is finished!"

At this time, Hessmann, Chief of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht, also received a successful message jointly sent by Marshal Manstein and General Mackensen.

Although he is a fake God of War, he still knows the value of this "Battle of the Junction" - the field battles on the Soviet-German battlefield are now fought by tank corps. If there is no powerful tank corps, ordinary infantry can only be fought. It's just a matter of defending a city. It's impossible to maintain a continuous front.

In the original history, the German armored regiments on the Soviet-German battlefield were basically at a numerical disadvantage, so the Soviet army could maintain a long front against the German army.

And now, after the Battle of the Junction is completely over, the three Soviet tank armies will definitely be wiped out! If you count the tanks assigned to the combined army lost in Belarus, Smolensk and Bryansk. The number of tanks/assault artillery lost by the Soviet Union is likely to exceed 5,000!

Moreover, the Soviet Union will soon lose Donetsk, the center of the steel and coal industry, and Kharkiv, the center of the machinery industry. Its ability to replenish tanks/assault artillery will be greatly reduced. The loss of these 5,000 tanks/assault artillery will probably be difficult to make up for.

On the other hand, Germany has no production bottleneck for tanks because it is backed by the machinery and steel industries of most of Europe. The only constraint is the lack of oil, but this difficulty will become less and less due to the commissioning of the British synthetic gasoline project and the increase in production from the oil fields in the Middle East.

So from now on, the German tank corps will not only have an advantage in quality, but also greatly surpass the Soviet Union in quantity!

Of course, the premise for Germany to maintain this dual advantage of tank force quality and quantity is that the Soviet-German war continues.

If peace negotiations can succeed in the near future, Germany will no longer need to pursue numerical superiority.

"Heinz," Hessmann smiled at Guderian, "With this victory, the initiative on the Eastern Front battlefield is completely in my hands, and a glorious peace is not far away."

Guderian just nodded, noncommittal.

Hersman continued: "Our focus will also need to shift in the near future. Once peace is reached, the Army will not need to occupy so many resources and labor. Now we should begin to make plans to cut the army and effectively control the new occupation. Territorial plan... Of course, disarmament does not mean significantly weakening the army's combat effectiveness. The Soviet Union is not willing to fail, and we must be prepared.

Therefore, the Army's armored divisions and armored grenadier divisions must still be retained, and the E-50 tank plan must be implemented to the end. In addition, before the E-50 tank is put into production, the Tiger G tank and its improved models should become the main tanks of the armored forces, and the No. 4 tank can be gradually withdrawn from active service. "

As the Tiger tanks matured, the value of the No. 4 tank continued to decline. The current advantage of No. 4 is its relatively strong maneuverability. But if Germany wins peace on the Eastern Front, then the Wehrmacht's mission on the Eastern Front will be defense in the future. Then mobility is not as important as defense and firepower.

Therefore, Hessmann plans to phase out the No. 4 after the Soviet-German peace negotiation and replace it with the Tiger G tank and the Tiger G tank that has actually transformed into a "medium tank" (similar to the historical Black Panther, with an 88mm gun). E-50 tank under development.

In Hersman's view, the day when peace between the Soviet Union and Germany seemed not far away.

"Marshal Imperial, can we really not consider restoring the Russian Empire?" Guderian couldn't help but express his thoughts, "The Soviet Union is a scourge after all. Although it has been defeated by us now, there is no guarantee that it will not rise again in the future. "

"Soviet Russia is coming back? Haha," Hersman laughed.

A Soviet Union that has lost Ukraine, Belarus, and the three Baltic countries is not much stronger than Russia, which will be weak in national power in later generations. In the 1990s, some people might have said that the Soviet Union was resurrecting, but 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was probably just a joke.

Moreover, the Soviet Union, which lost the world war in this time and space, faced a more dangerous international and domestic situation. Being able to survive twenty years without collapse is a miracle, and it is simply a dream to think about it again.

Hersman shook his head and said: "Without Ukraine, the Soviet Union will only become weaker and weaker. How can it possibly rise again? Moreover, our peace treaty with the Soviet Union is not valid forever!"

"Isn't it valid forever?" Guderian asked, "Will there be a second Soviet-German war?"

Hersman shrugged and said with a smile: "That's not certain! We now have Ukraine's grain, coal, steel (Lviv has a huge iron ore) and non-ferrous metals, and we also control the oil sea in the Middle East. In the next 10 years This year will surely be a decade in which Germany’s national strength will advance by leaps and bounds.

The Soviet Union not only lost its most valuable industrial base and grain-producing areas, but the authority of the Bolshevik Party was also greatly reduced. In the next 10 years, it will not be easy for the Bolshevik Party to maintain power. Where will there be room for construction? Ten years later, there is a more powerful German Empire that unites the whole of Europe. Is it still afraid that it will not be able to destroy the Soviet Union? Therefore, the Bolsheviks who overthrew the Soviet Union did not have to rush for a while. The immediate priority was to compete with the United States for global leadership. As long as the world obeys Germany, the Soviet Union will be nothing more than a dish that can be put on a knife and fork at any time. "

Hirschman's approach is to nibble, eat one bite at a time, digest it after a meal, and then move on. The size of the Soviet Union is a bit difficult to swallow in one bite, so it is best to eat it slowly.

Moreover, Germany does not only have the Soviet Union as its only opponent at present. There is the United States across the Atlantic Ocean. If Germany wanted to start a war on two fronts, it would fight the Soviet Union while uniting with Japan to fight the United States. That... there's not enough oil!

The current Soviet-German war has basically not left the railway line very far, and the fuel consumption is already so high that it makes people feel distressed. If the Soviet Union were to be destroyed, who knows where the battlefield would end up? The fuel consumption will be even more scary at that time.

In addition, the United States is not that easy to deal with. Now the advantages of the German and Japanese navies are just a time lag, temporarily suppressing the U.S. Navy before the U.S. "dumpling ship" is launched.

However, the "dumplings" will eventually come! Germany has also been prepared for this. Shipyards in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and even the United Kingdom are now rushing to build ships.

But these ships must be built with oil before they can move. Now the size of the European Combined Fleet requires 20,000 tons per day to operate. If all the ships piled on the slipway are in the water, 50,000 tons or 60,000 tons per day may not be enough!