Chapter 920： Negotiate first

Construction of the Brest Fortress began in 1833. After many expansions and constructions, a huge fortification fortification was formed. It consists of four independent islands separated by the Bug River and the artificial canal. The central castle is located in the center of the entire fortification area.

The central fortress is located to the southwest of the Terespol Fortress, to the south is the Warren Fortress, and to the north is the Kobrin Fortress as a barrier. Each fortress is surrounded by rivers, and the fortresses are connected by bridges.

This fortress was built right on the main road.

The northern part of the fortress is densely forested. This kind of forest is not suitable for the rapid advancement of tanks. The southern part of the fortress is the invisible Platt swamp. It is a nightmare for infantry and armored troops. There is only Brest this throat The land is the land that must be contended.

Germany occupied this place and could invade the Soviet Union at any time. Therefore, at the beginning, Germany made up its mind and would not leave it to the Soviets. In history, the Soviets were in fortresses and created a major obstacle to Germany.

At the same time, three kilometers east of the fortress is Brest New Town, where there are Warsaw-Moscow Railway and Brest Railway Station.

Brest New City is occupied by the Soviets, but the Brest Fortress has always been occupied by the Germans!

At this time, here, a temporary headquarters has been established, and the troops secretly transferred by the Soviets are temporarily left in the city or hidden in the woods outside the city.

Timoshenko's face is serious. His opponent is Germany, and the Germans, until now, have not fought a defeat. They have conquered the entire Western Europe. Now, the Soviets want to teach the Germans a lifelong lesson, of course. It is very difficult.

"Our current main force is three infantry divisions, four independent infantry regiments, plus the border garrison. From a strength point of view, we have the advantage." Timoshenko said: "But we also want to Considering the difficulty of this battle, we have to play our tenacious style!"

Everyone at the scene knows that the Finnish war is now embarrassing the Soviets. There are still Germans behind it. However, the Western Special Military Region of the Soviets is not a bogus!

"General, don't worry, our Western Special Military Region will surely complete the mission successfully." At his side, General Pavlov said.

In charge of this battle is the Western Special Military District. This is a military district organized after the completion of the war to invade Poland. Historically, after the war broke out, it was the Western Front of the Soviet Union, and Pavlov was the commander of the military district. .

Now, facing Timoshenko, Pavlov was confident.

In fact, in the past, Pavlov planned the battle against the Brest Fortress alone. Now, even though Timoshenko came from Moscow, he fell on Pavlov’s head. There are not too many worries, for him, this is a simple battle.

"Everyone, we have all forgotten a question. We can't go up to fight, right?" Khrushchev, who was the supervising army, said.

This issue has not really been considered by others.

The specific offensive line and tactics have been worked out, but no one thought about this question, how to make the first shot?

Timoshenko and Pavlov are all straight-line soldiers. In their eyes, there is nothing to say about this, and they will directly attack!

"Although we know that the Brest Fortress is owned by our Soviets and is forcibly occupied by the Germans, and we also know that the Germans have stumbled us in Finland, but after all, on the surface, we and Germany are still friendly. It's related." Khrushchev said: "If we directly start the fight, then Germany might think that we are fighting undeclared."

Khrushchev’s words stunned the two generals: "Comrade Khrushchev, you suggested that we should teach the Germans at the Brest Fortress!"

"Yes, I suggested it at the beginning, but we can't do it directly, so I now have a better idea." Khrushchev's eyes are full of smiles: "I suggest that we go to the fortress to negotiate first. Said that one of our soldiers was lost and suspected of entering the fortress. We need to go in and search."

Khrushchev’s words still cannot be understood by the two of them. Looking at the two questioning eyes, Khrushchev can only continue to explain: "If the Germans are willing to let us into the fortress to find someone, then we can Go straight in. If the Germans don't let us in, then we can use this as an excuse to bombard the fortress and attack!"

That's it! Sure enough, it is Khrushchev who is full of bad water!

Both Timoshenko and Pavlov were born in the military, while Khrushchev was born in political work. The two actually looked down on Khrushchev, but now, Khrushchev’s idea, Really clever.

"Okay, then we will go to ask for someone!" Timoshenko said: "After we telegraph to Moscow, we can officially start the implementation. If nothing happens, tomorrow morning, we will go to ask for someone. If the Germans don't Promise, in the afternoon, we will begin to bombard the fortress and attack at night!"

A radio wave flew out of the city of Brest and flew to distant Moscow. At this time, the Soviets did not know that their code had been completely deciphered by Germany.

In World War II, the decryption and anti-decoding of passwords have always been carried out intensely.

For example, in history, the British succeeded in deciphering the German Enigma code, but only Churchill and a few high-ranking generals were aware of this "super secret" and took measures such as concealing the source and blocking the news.

At the same time, after the British suffered repeated failures in the North African battlefield, after several investigations, they finally discovered the fact that the "black code" of the American military attache abroad was deciphered by the Germans, and notified the American allies in time. And the Americans continued to use the "black code" to send irrelevant information and false intelligence to lure the enemy into deep, holding the nose of the "desert fox" Rommel on the invisible second battlefield, and smoothly introduced him to the place. Good death trap.

Now, it is impossible for the German password to be cracked, because Germany has adopted more advanced frequency hopping technology, and the radio they receive is always garbled.

The passwords of the Soviets have always been unreliable and are often successfully deciphered. For this, the Soviets adopted a fairly simple and effective solution, which is to change the password frequently!

The latest password replaced by the Soviet Union has also been deciphered by Germany, so Khrushchev’s ghost idea was almost simultaneously known to the Germans on the opposite side.