Chapter 849

In Moscow, the Kremlin, Zhukov's car slowly stops in front of the gate of the building. Two rows of Soviet soldiers stand at attention and salute. Zhukov slowly gets out of his car and walks up the steps of Red Square.

Through the long corridor, Zhukov followed his guard step by step to the appointed door of the conference room. Here, two guards reached out to stop Zhukov's guard from moving on, only indicating that Zhukov and his secretary could push the door in. Two of Zhukov's guards took a look at Zhukov and stepped aside.

Zhukov tidied up his uniform, looked down at the dust on his boots, looked at his secretary, then reached out and tapped on the door of the conference room.

"Come in, please Inside came Stalin's voice. Zhukov opened the door and found more than a dozen generals of the front army and senior commanders of the air force and Navy sitting in front of the conference table. The smallest one here is also the rank of general, even Marshal Timoshenko, who has been suspended.

Long live the great leader, comrade Stalin Zhukov stood at the door and saluted, shouting out slogans. His greetings echoed in the empty conference room, making the room particularly quiet.

"Marshal Zhukov, this time you are invited to return to Moscow from the front line. The main purpose is to listen to your views on the war situation on the front line and to have a more intuitive understanding of our current situation on the front line." Stalin sat in the first place, only gently pointed to his own position, motioned Zhukov to sit down, and then gently said: "all of you here are generals who are absolutely loyal to the motherland, you can speak freely, I just want to hear your views on the war."

"Yes! Great leader comrade Stalin Zhukov went to Stalin and sat down on the empty chair. Then he took the file bag from the Secretary's hand, took out a lot of documents from it and spread them out on the table in front of him. He sorted them out bit by bit, and everyone waited patiently. No one spoke, only the rustle of paper rubbing.

A few minutes later, Zhukov finally sorted out his thoughts, looked up at Stalin and said, "as the front-line commander you personally appointed by Comrade Stalin, I have some views on the situation of the front-line war."

"The first is the north. Although the German army is gathering forces from Finland to put pressure on Leningrad, I personally think that the war situation in the north is actually irrelevant. Whether Leningrad is in our hands or not, it is not of great significance." Zhukov took out a document and handed it to Stalin, then whispered, "as the northern theater, I personally think it is the least important."

Stalin took Leningrad's defense report, looked at it and threw it on the conference table: "obviously, the Germans are not very interested in Leningrad either. It is said that the group army attacking there is the E group army which was crippled on the battlefield and has no deterrent force."

After he said this, he looked at Marshal Timoshenko. It is obvious that the marshal, who has been cheated by the Southern War Zone, now has a new use. That's why he appeared at such an important strategic meeting: "Marshal Timoshenko, I order you to go to the Northern War Zone to stabilize the situation and guard Leningrad, an important city. What's your problem?"

"No problem! Comrade Stalin! I am willing to live or die with Leningrad! " Tiemuxinge stood up and said at attention.

His determination seemed to satisfy Stalin, so Stalin reached out and pressed him down, motioning him to sit down: "good! I believe you can keep your promise After that, he looked at Zhukov and waited for his number one man to continue to talk about the front line.

"In the central front line, I deliberately gave up a large area of land between Minsk and Smolensk to gain time and space for our troops. The Germans are now suffering from supply difficulties, and the plan to attack Moscow will not make any substantial progress in the near future. " Zhukov said that he handed Stalin the air investigation report and some results of calculation.

Obviously, Stalin was very concerned about the battle in Moscow. He picked up the information and watched it carefully. The assistant behind him was also very considerate. With a wave of his hand, a waiter pushed a huge map over. The map was nailed to a huge board, just like a wall with many wheels under it, Make sure that this huge map moves as you like.

Zhukov stood up and went to the side of the map. He was the commander of the army. When he looked at the map, he was obviously more professional than a pile of reports and data tables. He stretched out his arm, grasped the whip in his hand and pointed forward, The end of the whip just hit the position of Smolensk: "the specifications of the rail from Minsk to Smolensk are different from those used by the German army. Even if the speed of the reconstruction project is accelerated, it will be barely completed until May this year. During this period, the German logistics supplies almost all rely on trucks and mules."

"So I am sure that the Germans will not choose to overcome such difficulties and attack Moscow by force." Zhukov used a pointer to draw a line on the map, connecting the area between Smolensk and Moscow: "to break through my two main forces and four infantry forces, eat hundreds of thousands of troops, and then capture Moscow, for the German army, it is useless except to let us move."

"Comrade Zhukov! Please pay attention to your words! Moscow is the capital of our great motherland. If it falls, it will be an irreparable loss for the whole country. " A general looked at Zhukov angrily and yelled, "this is our capital! It can't fall! " Stalin frowned, but did not stop the other side's questioning. Obviously, he also had this idea. At least for Stalin himself, Moscow was the basis for his rule of the Soviet Union. In any case, he did not want to have the capital occupied by the enemy during his rule of the Soviet Union. Zhukov crossed the line between Moscow and Smolensk with a pointer and said, "here we have a solid defense line. Nearly one million of our main forces are deployed here to take charge of the defense of Moscow. So far, I have no plan to transfer one of these troops to ensure that there will be no accident in Moscow. " After listening to this, Stalin nodded slightly. He agreed with Zhukov's arrangement at the Moscow front. To tell you the truth, Moscow is both a base camp and a base area for him, but these are not the reasons why Moscow can not be abandoned. To tell you the truth, the political significance here is greater than the actual benefits, and it is not something that can not be abandoned at all. However, when the enemy approached Moscow, the whole country was shocked and the country was shaken, he knew that Moscow could not give up. After all, for a person who has been playing politics all his life, the evaluation of political center is enough for him to pay attention to“ It looks like you're focusing on the southern theater. " Stalin did not say what he thought. He asked directly, "well, let's talk about the southern war zone that you value most, and see if it's worth risking Moscow for it." Zhukov nodded, went to Stalingrad, far below Moscow, and continued: "in fact, I always worried that the German army would concentrate its forces and start the Caucasus war first. Now it seems that the German side is more comprehensive than us. They have been deploying the Caucasus war for a long time, around 1927, They are paving the way for the war in the Caucasus. "“ 1927? At that time, we still had a friendly relationship with the Germans. " A general frowned and said, "at that time they were thinking about attacking the Caucasus?"“ It's not exactly, but it's absolutely certain that they're preparing for something. " Zhukov went back to his position, took out a piece of information, spread it on the table, and said, "I investigated some of our records and reports, and got accurate figures in this respect: the Germans used aid construction as an excuse to map the terrain of the entire southern war zone. The roads and railways were built according to German standards, They even redesigned the railway bridge and part of the airport, which exceeded our construction needs at that time. Now these places are high-grade airports for taking off and landing large bombers. It can be said that we have helped them build a lot of military facilities. "“ With these infrastructures and a lot of factory equipment, the German army was able to use the fastest speed to choose the oil transportation line from Kiev to Donetsk to Stalingrad and cut into our most important strategic area, the Caucasus region. " Zhukov went to the map again, pointed to the Southern War Zone on the map with a pointer, and said, "it's convenient for transportation, with railways and good bridges, and even with tank factory repair workshops every other distance. These are all industrial projects they aided us to build."“ My God, they calculated every step. Even when they didn't have tanks, they reserved maintenance factories for their armored forces on our territory along the way? " One of the generals looked at Zhukov in disbelief and said in disbelief“ If anything happens more frequently, it's not a coincidence. Every German assault is rhythmic and purposeful. When they move forward, they always want to make sure to occupy these vital places and save the cost of attack as much as possible. " Zhukov sneered and looked at Stalin, who was also a little shocked. He said: "the more precise they are in their calculations to reduce their losses, the clearer the seemingly disordered key points. When there are several times in a row, we will find that it is not by chance, but the arrangement they really made in advance. "