The Rise of the Third Reich

"Hitler!"

Roars full of rage resounded in the Kremlin, almost shaking the roof. This was the roar of the proletariat - uttered by Comrade Stalin himself, which sent shivers down the spines of all Kremlin workers.

Marshal Pavlov and Marshal Shaposhnikov, who were standing in Stalin's office and were preparing to report the latest military situation, were also trembling slightly. Because they already knew the reason for Stalin's roar, the Germans arrogantly rejected the Soviet Union's peace request. Hitler and Hersmann did not even meet Molotov, and even German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop did not go to Switzerland, leaving Molotov dry.

As for the reason why the Germans did what they did, in Stalin's view, it was simply nothing to find fault with - Hitler actually declared that the Katyn Forest incident was an unforgivable atrocity!

The German Nazis actually wanted to stand up for the Poles! Don’t they want to annex Poland themselves? And half of them were eaten, and many Poles were sent to various parts of Europe as refugees under the pretext of "Soviet invasion". I heard that some Poles were resettled in Syria... This is obviously to make the Poles free for the Germans. place, now he is a good person.

This Hitler is so reactionary!

"Comrade General Secretary..." Seeing that Stalin's anger had subsided slightly, the Red Army Chief of General Staff Shaposhnikov bit the bullet and began to ask for instructions, "Comrade Golikov, commander of the Bryansk Front, requested that the 38th and 38th 40. The 48th Army broke through.

In addition, Comrade Konev, commander of the Southwestern Front, requested to abandon the Dnieper River defense line and move to the Kharkiv-Donetsk line..."

Although the Germans were rejoicing as if the war had been won, in fact there were still bloody battles on the Soviet-German battlefield in the past two days.

Among them, the most fierce fighting was in the "junction battlefield", but the main fighting areas were moving south and east.

On the No. 13 collective farm battlefield north of the "junction battlefield", during the daytime on May 15, the fighting was no longer fierce. After fighting for several days, the Soviet 5th Tank Army was finally beaten to death and surrounded the collective farm No. 13. The German 11th Armored Corps and 24th Armored Corps dispatched their main forces southward, leaving only 2 armored grenades. The military division continued to besiege the remnants of the 5th Tank Army.

The two German armored divisions and one Panzergrenadier division that moved south joined the main force of the 1st Armored Group on the evening of the 15th and participated in the decisive battle of Gomel.

After defeating the 1st and 2nd Soviet Tank Armies, the main force of the German 1st Armored Army (a total of 4 armored divisions and 3 panzergrenadier divisions) did not stop to rest, but on the morning of May 16 After receiving a supply of oil and ammunition, they immediately sent their troops south and invaded left-bank Ukraine from the north.

In this way, the "junction battlefield" has now become four battlefields.

One is "Collective Farm Battlefield No. 13", where the remnants of the 5th Soviet Tank Army were besieged by the Germans.

One is the battle area between the 14th Army and the Soviet 38th and 40th Group Armies around Trubchevsk.

Another one is the Bryansk battlefield, where the Soviet 48th Army was surrounded by two German armored corps.

The last battlefield is in the Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. The German army's 4 armored divisions, 3 panzergrenadier divisions and a motorized infantry corps are fighting with the remnants of the 1st and 2nd Soviet tank armies. The 3rd Tank Army (belonging to the Southwest Front), the 9th and 12th Tank Armies (belonging to the Southwest Front) fought fiercely there.

So although the battle at the junction now has a winner, it is not over yet. There are also the Battles of Kolkhoz No. 13, Trubchevsk, Bryansk and Chernihiv that are going on at the same time.

However, no military experts in the Supreme Command and the Bryansk Front Army Headquarters and the Southwest Front Army Headquarters below believe that the above four battles are still possible to win.

Since defeat is inevitable, why not take advantage of the fact that some troops can still be withdrawn to withdraw the Red Army, which is at an extreme disadvantage?

"No! Can't retreat!" Stalin immediately shouted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "This is not allowed! The Red Army cannot retreat, not even a step... and now the Southwest Front Army is being attacked by German troops from the northwest and northwest. Attacks launched from all directions would make it impossible to completely withdraw the troops to Kharkov and Donetsk.

In addition, the Germans still have 2 huge armored groups in Bryansk Oblast, which are at least equivalent to an armored group army, if the 38th, 40th and 48th Army break through. This army group will move south to attack Kharkov! How can the Southwest Front resist it then? "

Stalin's words also make sense. The Southwest Front is now being attacked by the German Army Group South in the west, and beaten by the reinforced German 1st Panzer Army in the north.

Now relying on the position, we can grit our teeth and persevere. If we start to escape, we are likely to be chased by the enemy. By the time the troops withdraw to Kharkov and Donetsk, there will not be many people left.

"We need time!" Stalin seemed to have regained his senses at this time and said in a solemn tone, "Now we must plan for long-term resistance, so we need time to move the factories in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Leningrad. Go east of the Ural Mountains...that will be the rear area of ​​the resistance."

Pavlov and Shaposhnikov had nothing to say now. One side was withdrawing troops, the other was moving factories. It was hard to say who was more important. Moreover, even if the troops of the Southwest Front are withdrawn, most of the preparations will definitely be lost, and they will all be riflemen.

If there is not enough equipment to replenish it, even if there are hundreds of thousands or millions of riflemen, they will probably not be able to defend Moscow.

And once Moscow is lost...how long can the Soviet Union's red flag be flown?

…

"Hersman!"

On the outskirts of Leningrad, in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo, the Russian Empress Olga was also shouting loudly, but the target of her teeth was not Hitler, but Reich Marshal Hersmann.

Because her adopted daughter and heir, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, had just reported to her Hersmann's attitude towards "Russian integration" - she could understand that Hitler was opposed to "Russian integration", and the Workers' Party was of course opposed to it. Foreign workers are here to ruin their jobs.

But Hessmann was the head of the Juncker military aristocracy, the backer of the People's Party of the Motherland, and a Junker from East Prussia. How could such a person oppose "fusion with Russia"? If the "integration with Russia" succeeds, the East Prussian Junkers can easily mix with the transnational aristocrats (many Russian aristocrats in history have German ancestry, and most of the blood in the veins of the Tsarist family is also German), so Is it not good?

And the Queen also gave Hessman the biggest red envelope-the heiress of the Yusupov family! If Tsarist Russia is restored, a small part of the Baku oil fields will belong to the Hersman family.

"Your Majesty..." Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, the Russian Crown Princess, looked at the empress who was about to explode with anger and reminded in a low voice, "Margrave Heinsberg (referring to Hessmann) may still support us. , if Stalin refuses to cede Left Bank Ukraine and East Belarus, and this is a difficult decision to make, it will mean serious consequences..."

The Russian Empress snorted coldly: "Those Bolsheviks will cede, there is no doubt about it... The reason why there is no agreement now is because the German army has not yet occupied the left bank of Ukraine. Once the Germans occupy it, Stalin can use 'shelve' Controversy's solution to the problem!"

The empress was a bystander, and she suddenly thought of a way that neither Stalin nor Hessmann had thought of - shelving the dispute and jointly developing...

"Your Majesty, that means we still have time." Prince Yusupov, the Queen's confidant and Hessman's future father-in-law, also attended today's meeting and whispered to the authorities to remind the confused Queen.

“The Germans are not going to occupy all of eastern Ukraine anytime soon,” Prince Yusupov said. “If they consider Crimea a part of Ukraine, then we still have at least a few months to operate. "

"Operation?" The Queen looked at Prince Yusupov, "What operation?"

"Of course we will capture Petrograd!" Prince Yusupov said. "Although Imperial Marshal Hersmann and Chancellor Hitler do not agree with the 'Russian Fusion Theory', once Your Majesty the Queen enters Petrograd, you will become a real Queen, Hessman will still support you, because those behind him support Russia.”

The person behind Hessmann is of course the Junker officer group. Hessmann is their leader but not their master. If Leningrad becomes Petrograd, it means that White Russia has become a climate, "Russian Fusion Theory" Those who will become the mainstream of the Junkers officer corps. Naturally, Hessman could only do what was good.

Moreover, the relationship between Hessman and Olga has always been very good, which can be described as "close". Therefore, Olga's restoration in Russia will be very beneficial to Hersman and his family. For Germany, it is difficult to "integrate Russia", but once it succeeds, it will be hegemony (world domination) for at least a hundred years, and neither Hersmann nor Hitler will go the opposite direction.

"But how are we going to take Petrograd?" asked the Empress.

"I don't know," said Prince Yusupov, "but someone knows!"

"who?"

"Those who wrote letters of allegiance to you!" Prince Yusupov said, "I remember Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Party, once said: The fortress is easiest to break from the inside! Although the 11-month siege did not allow Leningrad to It has become Petrograd, but the inside of this fortress has definitely changed, it is no longer monolithic.”