Chapter 1009 Father, We Have Tried Our Best 3

"Let General Hube attack!" As usual, Hessmann did not say no to Guderian's suggestion. He looked at the situation map around Moscow and said, "Now the Soviet army's attention must have been attracted by the 48th Armored Corps, and their southern line must be empty. The 1st Panzer Army should be able to cover the more than 300 kilometers in 5 days... By then, even if the 48th Panzer Army is at a disadvantage, we can still put Moscow in our pocket."

The combat effectiveness of the 48th Panzer Army is certainly extraordinary. In Hessmann's opinion, being at a disadvantage means that the Soviet army will be in a stalemate and it will be difficult to resolve. If the 1st Panzer Army, which has 6 armored divisions and 3 armored grenadier divisions, can stab the Soviet army from behind at this time, Moscow will be surrounded anyway.

In fact, the large detour of the German 1st Panzer Army was an insurance for the assault of the 48th Panzer Army.

Moreover, a few days after the German 1st Panzer Army launched a flanking operation, as the roads in Moscow and Kalinin gradually returned to normal, the German Army Group Center and Army Group North would launch a large-scale offensive. In order to cooperate with the 48th Panzer Army's assault and the 1st Panzer Army's flanking.

Hersman looked at the map and whispered to himself: "... As long as the 48th Panzer Army can win, the war against the Soviet Union should be basically over in 1944."

The basic end he said did not mean the destruction of the Soviet Union, but the siege of Moscow and the capture of one of the Caucasus and Volga-Urals industrial areas. As long as these two goals are achieved, the Soviet Union will no longer be a powerful industrialized country - without the Volga-Urals industry and the Caucasus oil, the Soviet Union's industrial production will at least be reduced by 70% to 80% on the current basis.

There is no more Red Army tank sea!

Considering Hitler and the Nazi Party's "special feelings" for the Soviet people, it is impossible for the German army to completely destroy the Soviet Union. So after encircling Moscow and taking over the Caucasus or the Volga-Urals industrial zone, the German army will "retreat to the second line" and let the White Russians fight the Red Russians in the future.

When Hersman was thinking about whether the next target was to attack the Volga-Urals or the Caucasus nearby, there was a knock on the door of his office. Hersman turned around and saw his personal secretary Natalie standing at the door. Her face was full of charming smiles: "Ludwig, Vasilevsky agreed to surrender after Moscow was surrounded... But he will not accept any titles and official positions granted by Olga, and he and the officers and soldiers of the Warsaw Army Group will become prisoners of war."

Vasilevsky now has no way to deal with hundreds of thousands of starving troops. The morale of the troops has completely fallen to the bottom, and it is impossible for them to follow Vasilevsky to devote themselves to the cause of GCism.

And it is not very meaningful for Vasilevsky to die for his own cause, and once he dies, the troops below are likely to defect as a whole.

So this famous marshal in the Soviet Union came up with a way out of surrendering as a prisoner of war - he took everyone to the prisoner-of-war camp to eat first, and he had no control over whether they would submit to the empress after arriving at the prisoner-of-war camp.

In addition, according to European practice, troops would destroy their weapons before surrendering as prisoners to avoid being used by the enemy.

Therefore, now that Vasilevsky led his troops to surrender, it was also worthy of the GC cause.

"Okay." Hersman shrugged and said to Natalie, "Let your people tell Vasilevsky's representatives: We will give prisoners of war due treatment and dignity in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Convention."

The current German army is in the style of "Old Europe", and they think they have chivalry, so they are not likely to abuse prisoners. At most, they let the prisoners move bricks for exercise...

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Moscow Oblast, Vysokovsk.

The headquarters of the German 48th Armored Corps moved here during the day on May 4. General Hermann Balck, the commander of the 48th Armored Corps, issued an order for the entire army to switch to a defensive state and start building anti-artillery fortifications in the early morning of May 5.

The reason why he issued such an order was that the assault of the 48th Armored Corps had completely achieved its goal. Although the city of Klin was not captured, the capture of Solnechnogorsk was the same. Moreover, the city of Klin was also besieged, and the Soviet 62nd Army was also crippled.

Now that the 48th Armored Corps has been in place, it is time for the Soviet Red Army to make a move.

Balck also had a number of the Soviet Red Army's counterattacks in his mind, which was nothing more than a sea of ​​tanks + a sea of ​​people + artillery + night attacks. Since the second half of 1943, the Soviet Army has basically used these few tricks.

The German army now has night vision equipment and is not afraid of night battles at all. The power of the E-50A tank and the "Cheetah" tank destroyer is also obvious, so there is nothing to be afraid of a sea of ​​tanks. As for the sea of ​​people, they are even less afraid. Would the German armored soldiers be afraid of the large number of opponents?

So in Balke's view, the only threat to the 48th Armored Corps is the Soviet Red Army's artillery.

Of course, the threat of the Soviet artillery to the German army in this time and space cannot be compared with that in history.

Because Germany also has a helper in artillery, the French, and now the French Army has sent more than 10,000 artillery to the Soviet-German battlefield, so the number of artillery on the battlefield is also far greater than that of the Soviet army.

In addition, the Allied Air Force has now gained an overwhelming advantage on the Eastern Front. Therefore, the threat to the Soviet artillery group is also very great. The Soviet army can only use their artillery cautiously during the day when the weather is good.

However, Balke still dare not underestimate the threat of the Soviet artillery, because his armored corps was inserted alone between Moscow and Kalinin. Its location is conducive to the Soviet army concentrating its forces for attack, and of course it is also conducive to the Soviet army. Artillery was concentrated in large numbers.

Therefore, in the early morning of May 5, General Balck, commander of the 48th Armored Corps, decided to shrink his troops appropriately and at the same time began to build defensive positions that could withstand Soviet artillery fire.

The contraction of the German army was quickly discovered by the Soviet troops on the northern front line of Moscow State. While breathing a sigh of relief, they immediately reported this change to the Central Front Command.

"Comrade Chief of General Staff, the German armored group has stopped attacking."

When Kokopev reported the latest changes on the front line to Zhukov, there was no smile on his face. Because the Germans stopped advancing, it meant that the Soviet army must counterattack immediately, otherwise the Germans would soon build fortifications in the triangle between Voloramsk-Lama River-Solnechnogorsk. In particular, Voloramsk and both sides of the Rama River, a tributary of the Volga River, will be heavily fortified to prevent the Soviet army from moving south along the Rama River from the northern line to steal the German army's retreat - the Soviet northern line tank cluster Now it is concentrated between the lower reaches of the Rama River and the Volga River (the area south of Kalinin City). Going south along the Rama River is the best attack route.

If the German army was heavily fortified in Voloramsk and along the Rama River, it would be difficult to implement the pincer plan.

"Start the action tonight," Zhukov said calmly. "The artillery and tanks have entered the position, and the fighting will begin tomorrow night. Fight hard!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Deputy Chief of General Staff Rokossovsky walked in hurriedly and brought a piece of frightening bad news.

The German armored group that occupied Orel not long ago has finished its rest and is moving towards the territory of Tula Oblast.

Their mission is probably to outflank Moscow and join forces with the German armored forces that broke into northern Moscow and cut off the Red October railway line.

In this way, Moscow fell under the siege of the German army!

Zhukov nodded slowly: "Okay, we still have 5-10 days to beat the damn Germans... As long as the Germans between Voloramsk-Lama River-Solnechnogorsk The armored group is defeated, maybe Moscow will not be surrounded..."

Kokopev suddenly asked: "What about the Kalinin Front? I'm afraid they will soon be attacked by the German Army Group North. Their current situation is very unfavorable. Not only are they attacked from the front and back, but they may also fall into a situation of being surrounded and divided. Should we let them move towards the Yaroslavl region?”

Zhukov looked at Chief of Staff Kokopev steadily and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Kokopev, do you think that without the resistance of the Kalinin Front, the Front will be able to fight against the two German army groups at the same time? However, the Kalinin Front must be saved, and the best way to save them is to attack. As long as the German armored forces attacking the Red October Railway are defeated, the crisis between the Kalinin Front and Moscow will be resolved at the same time.”

"I see……"

Zhukov nodded, then turned to look at Deputy Chief of General Staff Rokossovsky: "Konstantin, Konstantinovich, can you serve as the commander of the Steppe Front?"

"Grassland Front Army?" Rokossovsky was startled. He didn't understand why Zhukov proposed to command the Grassland Front Army at this time?

Zhukov nodded: "Comrade Govorov is going to serve as the commander of the Far Eastern Front... This is what Comrade Stalin has just decided. The Far East must have an experienced commander who is good at fighting defensive warfare. So I would like to recommend You serve as the commander of the Steppe Front Army, and Comrade Pavlov agrees to recommend you to the Steppe Front Army.”

"Okay, I can replace Govorov." Rokossovsky thought for a while and agreed to Zhukov's suggestion - staying in Moscow now is not a good thing...

"That's great," Zhukov smiled, "I have one more thing to ask you."

"what's up?"

Zhukov looked around and saw that no one else was present except Kokopev.

"Prepare to evacuate troops and supplies to the Caucasus!" Zhukov said, "Transfer important supplies first. Once Moscow is besieged, the troops will evacuate immediately!"

"Ah?" Rokossovsky was stunned again and again, and then asked after a long while, "Is this what the supreme commander meant?"

Zhukov shook his head and said very seriously: "This is to save the Supreme Commander. It is what we should do. Do you understand?"