The Rise of the Third Reich

"According to reliable information, the Soviet Red Army's military-level strategic groups on the Western Front battlefield are, from north to south, in order: the Northern Front, which is responsible for the battlefield north of Petrograd; the Central Front, which is responsible for the battlefield around Moscow; the Central Front, which is responsible for the battlefield south of Moscow, The Orel Front in charge of the battlefield north of Kharkov; the Steppe Front in charge of the battlefield east of Little Russia (Ukraine); the Caucasus Front in charge of the Caucasus battlefield..."

Lieutenant General Geiger, director of the Military Intelligence Agency, continued to introduce at the military conference the Soviet military trends that the German side actually grasped.

Due to the restoration of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union's red regime was also shaken internally, and real traitors began to emerge in large numbers. Therefore, the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht was also able to master a lot of Soviet secret information that was originally inaccessible. This includes a large amount of information about the strength and deployment of the Red Army.

Geiger continued: "In addition to the above-mentioned five front armies, the Soviet Red Army currently has four independent armies on the Western Front, namely Warsaw Group Army, Leningrad Army Group, Minsk Army Group and Crimean Army Group, which are directly under the Supreme Command. All these four independent group armies are currently under heavy siege, and people's hearts have been quite shaken.

Among them, the Warsaw Army Group has been besieged for more than a year and a half, its supplies are about to be exhausted, and it may surrender to the Russian Imperial Government at any time. The Leningrad Army Group, which was besieged in the center of Petrograd, was also extremely shaken. According to reliable information, the upper levels of the Army Group were in contact with the Queen's government to discuss surrender conditions. "

The four surrounded armies were all downgraded from the front armies. This has almost become a practice of the Soviet Red Army. Whenever a front-level unit is besieged, it will be downgraded to a group army to avoid being too embarrassed when it is annihilated.

However, this arrangement was meaningless in 1944, because the Russian Empress had been restored, so what else could the Soviet Union have to embarrass?

What we have to consider now is not face, but life!

And these four armies surrounded by the European Allied Forces and the White Army are now related to the lives of the Soviet Union and Comrade Stalin.

Because the Russian Empress Olga is sparing no effort to win over these besieged Red Army troops - they are organized troops! And the total number exceeds 1.5 million!

If they all defect, the total strength of the Belarusian regime will be close to 3 million, and it will immediately be possible to seize Moscow by relying on its own strength.

For Her Majesty the Queen in the Peter Palace, relying on the power of "German Father" to capture Moscow is somewhat inconsistent with Russian aesthetics. If the capital of the Soviet Union can be captured by its own strength, then the Romanov dynasty's status in Russia can be truly consolidated.

"Except for the four encircled armies, the current total strength of the Soviet Red Army is still close to 10 million." Lieutenant General Geiger spoke of the number of the Red Army, and his tone became solemn.

The Soviet Red Army still has a lot of people, as many as 10 million! This shows that Stalin's regime still has a firm grip on the remaining territory and population of the Soviet Union. Moreover, a sufficient amount of material assistance can be obtained through the Trans-Siberian Railway to maintain a large army.

Geiger finally said: "The total number of Red Army officers and soldiers belonging to the front-line combat troops is about 6-6.5 million, of which at least 5 million are concentrated on the Eastern Front (Western Front of the Soviet Union) battlefield and will fight us in the final struggle!"

There are still 5 million front-line troops... Although there are not as many European coalition troops on the Eastern Front battlefield, the task of eliminating them is still very arduous.

Hessmann thought about it in his mind, and it seemed that the more than 1.5 million red troops surrounded were really the key to a quick victory on the Eastern Front battlefield.

If these people resist to the end, the number of coalition forces that can be contained will not be less than 1.5 million.

If they surrender, there will immediately be 1.5 million more troops on the coalition side, and there will be 3 million more troops on the coalition side that can be used to attack the Soviet Union!

Thinking of this, Hessman has already made a decision. He said: "My opinion is: the four trapped Soviet armies, including the Warsaw Army Group, the Leningrad Army Group, the Minsk Army Group and the Crimean Army Group, will be forced to land or be induced to surrender. As the focus of this year's first phase of operations in the eastern battlefield.

To achieve this goal, our army should advance around Moscow and strive to create a situation of surrounding Moscow. This can make the besieged Soviet army completely despair about the future and finally surrender to the Russian Imperial Government. "

The history of the Russian Empire revolves around Moscow and Petrograd. Now Petrograd is basically lost. If Moscow wants to be lost again. Then the general trend of the Soviet Union in the eyes of the Russians will be gone, and the besieged Red Army will definitely switch sides and surrender - after all, Russia is their real motherland!

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"Comrades, I recommend that Comrade Vlasov, Comrade Vasilevsky, Comrade Konev, and Comrade Bagramyan be promoted to the rank of marshal, and at the same time be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the gold Lenin medal in recognition of their contributions in the great Outstanding performance in the Patriotic War."

On the outskirts of Moscow, in the Kontsevo villa, Stalin, the fatherly leader of the Soviet Union, was presiding over a meeting of the high command.

At the beginning of the meeting, Stalin made a proposal to promote the commanders of the four group armies surrounded by the enemy to marshals.

"agree!"

"agree!"

"agree……"

The members of the high command attending the meeting all understood what Stalin was thinking - those four marshals and heroes of the Soviet Union were not easy to be!

In the history of the Soviet Union and even Russia, there has never been a marshal who surrendered to the enemy. Therefore, if these four commanders do not want to be infamy for eternity, they should lead the troops to fight until the last man is shot, and then die heroically for the cause of communism.

Stalin picked up his pipe and took a puff, then blew out a circle of smoke and said slowly: "In addition to the four comrades commanders, other commanders, political staff and outstanding soldiers of the four armies should all receive corresponding promotions and promotions." An honorable title or medal."

There are not just 4 people who need to die gloriously, but more than 1.5 million!

Therefore, the benefits cannot only be given to 4 people, but should be shared by everyone, so as to boost low morale.

"The People's Commissariat of Defense and the General Political Department must come up with a promotion plan as soon as possible," Stalin continued, "and must complete this matter within March."

"Okay, Comrade General Secretary."

"I will definitely follow your instructions."

The people who responded to Stalin were the First Deputy People's Commissar of Defense Marshal Pavlov and the Director of the General Political Department Mykhlis - the king of small reports. Although he lost the Battle of the Bulge (he was the military commissar of the Bryansk Front), he did not He was not punished and returned to Moscow to continue his work as director of the General Political Department.

Stalin took another drag on his cigarette, then looked at Zhukov and Pavlov with bright eyes, "Do you have any thoughts about the upcoming decisive battle?"

Zhukov smiled slightly. The Soviet Union has been extremely passive since the war started. Because the enemy of the Soviet Union is not only the European Union headed by Germany, but also Russia!

When Russia and the Soviet Union were enemies, the Soviet Union's situation was of course extremely desperate.

"Comrade General Secretary," Zhukov said, "it is certain that the focus of the German invaders and White bandits' attacks will be Moscow."

The whole world knows this!

Olga's capture of Moscow may have been determined by a message to the west of the Ural Mountains, so the German army would not disperse its forces and must concentrate all its efforts on attacking Moscow.

If Moscow were to be captured, it would not be a Soviet-German war, but Queen Olga would be putting down the rebellion.

"We must concentrate our efforts to defend Moscow!" Stalin waved his arms, "This is related to the cause of communism and the fate of everyone."

The cause of socialism is illusory, but the destiny of all people is real.

Stalin paused and then said: "We must try our best to keep the German invaders and White Bandits as far away from Moscow as possible. This is very critical!"

This is a political necessity! If Moscow was surrounded, the hearts of the entire Soviet Union would be shaken.

And everyone knows that the treatment for those who rebelled against the enemy before the fall of Moscow and those who rebelled after the fall of Moscow was definitely different.

Therefore, once there is a high possibility that Moscow will fall, this expectation will realize itself.

"Comrade General Secretary," Zhukov said to Stalin with some embarrassment, "I'm afraid it is inevitable to fight in Moscow... The enemy's strength currently exceeds ours by many, and we have no ability to defeat them outside the strong city of Moscow."

Probably because he had suffered enough from his blind command, Stalin now attached great importance to the opinions of military experts. After hearing what Zhukov said, he no longer forced the Red Army to complete impossible tasks.

"So, can we launch a powerful counterattack outside Moscow?" Stalin still refused to give up. "We now have a very powerful tank force, more powerful than ever in history, right? Maybe we can Use a counterattack to tell the Soviet people that Germany is not impossible to defeat."

Since the outbreak of the world war in September 1939, Germany has not been truly defeated once. Therefore, the myth that the "German army is invincible" is like a big mountain, weighing on the heart of every communist fighter.

"You can give it a try." In fact, Zhukov, like Stalin, also wanted to defeat Germany once. Even a partial victory would be a great inspiration. He thought for a while and then said: "Now we already have a tank that can compete with the Tiger tank." It is against the JS-2 heavy tanks, so as long as the problem of air supremacy can be solved, the counterattack can achieve some success. "

"Air supremacy?" Stalin turned his attention to Marshal Novikov, the commander of the Red Air Force. "Comrade Novikov, is there anything you can do?"

"Weather," Marshal Novikov thought for a while and replied, "we can use the opportunity of continuous rain to launch a short and favorable counterattack. The weather forecast said that there will be a rain for several days in early April. Mixed with snow.”