Chapter 980: Must Live to the Day of Victory

The solemn "Internationale" sounded in the streets and alleys of Moscow. People who were on their way or busy with other things all stepped forward in unison, stared at the tweeters one by one, held their breath, and waited for the broadcast after the "Internationale" ended. .

"March 31, 1944, TASS news agency," a solemn male voice sounded after the end of "The Internationale", sounding as if he was announcing the death of a great leader, "The heroic struggle of the Leningrad Army, As of yesterday afternoon, most of the commanders, soldiers and political workers of the Leningrad Army fought bravely and fearlessly against the fascist bandits who had an absolute advantage in numbers and weapons and equipment, and provided the most resolute resistance to the fascists. The bandits committed heavy casualties, but they also suffered huge casualties, losing all their personnel and equipment. Most of the commanders, fighters, and political workers, including the commander and political commissar of the Leningrad Army, all died heroically and organized resistance. As of yesterday afternoon, the entire city of Leningrad fell..."

Upon hearing the news, everyone on the street opened their mouths, and many people were sobbing softly.

The second capital of the great motherland actually fell, and the heroic Leningrad Front was destroyed. What on earth happened?

Could it be that...the cause of GC-ism is really going to fail?

Just when everyone was feeling panic and panic, a voice with a Georgian accent sounded that reassured them.

"Fighters of the Red Army and Red Navy, commanders and political workers, male and female workers, men and women on collective farms, intellectual workers, brothers and sisters who are behind enemy lines and temporarily trapped under the oppression of bandits! We who are destroying Germany Glorious men and women of the guerrillas behind the enemy lines!

On behalf of the Soviet government and our Bolshevik Party, I appeal to you: for the sake of our great Soviet motherland and socialist ideals, unite and overcome difficulties on all fronts, including the front, behind enemy lines, at sea, in the air, and on the fronts of labor and production. Work hard, overcome all difficulties, and deal the heaviest blow to the enemy...

There is no doubt that victory will belong to us in the end. Because there were times when our country was in a more critical situation than it is now. Think back to 1918. At that time, three-quarters of our country's territory was in the hands of foreign armed interventionists. We temporarily lost the Ukraine, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Urals, Siberia, and the Far East. We had no Unionists, no Red Army - we were just beginning to create the Red Army - not enough food, not enough weapons, not enough uniforms. At that time, fourteen countries besieged our country. But we never lost heart or were discouraged. At that time we organized the Red Army in the flames of war and turned our country into a military camp. At that time, the great spirit of Lenin inspired us to fight the war against the armed interventionists. What was the result? We defeated the armed interventionists, recovered all lost ground, and won victory.

Our current situation is much better than it was twenty-six years ago. Our country is many times richer than it was 26 years ago, whether in terms of industry, food or raw materials. We now have the Allies joining us in a united front against the German invaders. We now have the sympathy and support of the people of various European countries who were trapped under the oppression of Nazi tyranny. We now have an excellent army and navy to defend the freedom and independence of our motherland. We do not feel serious shortages in food, weapons, or clothing. Our whole country and people of all nationalities in our country unanimously support our army and navy and help them smash the invading banditry of German fascism. Our reserve of personnel is endless. Now the spirit of the great Lenin and his victorious banner inspire us to fight the Patriotic War just as they did twenty-six years ago..."

There was a soft "click" sound, and a radio gifted by the United States in Stalin's office in the Kremlin was turned off.

Stalin turned around and looked at his son Yakov, who had just detoured from Petrograd to Turkey to answer Moscow. He sighed softly and said: "I must have turned into a joke in the eyes of the enemy, right? I really thought that the Leningrad Army Group fought to the end..."

"Father..." Yakov Dzhugashvili wanted to persuade, but he didn't know how to speak.

Stalin waved his hand to stop his son's words. It is necessary to give the Leningrad Army a "glorious burial"!

Otherwise, the Leningrad Army will become a domino that shakes people's hearts, and the Warsaw Army, the Crimean Army, and the Minsk Army will all follow suit one by one.

However, even if Stalin pinched his nose and recognized the identity of the "martyr" of the Leningrad Army, the truth could not be hidden for long. At least the generals of the besieged Warsaw, Crimean and Minsk armies will soon know the true situation.

In particular, the Warsaw Army has been trapped for too long and its supplies will be exhausted. By then, even if Vasilevsky is determined to be a martyr, it is impossible for the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers below to starve to death along with him.

The collapse of Army Group Warsaw was only a matter of time... and not for long.

In addition, once the Leningrad Army surrenders, the main force of the German Northern Army Group and the White Russian Army will be completely liberated.

If all these troops are committed to the front line of Kalinin State, then the planned "Red Guards" counterattack will have much less chance of winning.

Thinking of this, Stalin sighed again: "Yakov, you go to the United States immediately. I will instruct Litvinov to make arrangements for you and take your wife and children with you."

"Father, what about you?" Yakov looked at this great father who was not very close to him.

Stalin shook his head and smiled coldly: "I cannot leave Moscow... The cause of communism must be watered with blood, the blood of enemies and the blood of martyrs!"

He clenched his fists and lowered his voice: "Even if the Soviet Union is temporarily destroyed, our cause has not failed. Because Hitler and Hersman may be able to use the powerful military power of capitalist Europe to defeat us, but they have absolutely no way to solve it because European unity and intensified class contradictions.”

Stalin paused and then said: "The Germans have put most of the people in Europe into a community and want to turn them into citizens of a unified country. However, they have ignored the various contradictions that have arisen... Yakov, can you imagine that in the future, poor Russian workers, Spanish workers, Ukrainian workers, and workers from other underdeveloped areas in Europe can freely go to Berlin, Paris, and London to work? How many job opportunities will this take away? Capitalists will definitely use this opportunity to significantly lower wages. Overproduction and economic crisis will occur. Countless European working class people who have nothing and are suffering from hunger and cold will eventually become believers in GCism. As long as our faith does not die, there will be red flags in the future! A day in Europe!

Do you understand it? You must live to see this day! "

…

While Stalin was explaining his "future affairs" to his son, Hersman was having a somewhat difficult meeting with Prince Yusupov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Imperial Army, in the newly recovered Russian Imperial General Staff Building near the Winter Palace. .

The content of the talks was about the war situation west of the Ural Mountains - according to Hersman, the war with the Bolsheviks should be divided into two stages.

The first stage was to drive the Bolsheviks east of the Ural Mountains and regain all the territory of the Russian Empire in Europe.

After completing the first phase of its tasks, Europe should have a period of recuperation and resumption of production. Because the long-term war has turned half of Europe into ruins. If it is not restored and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, maybe the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union have not been wiped out. Bolsheviks in other countries in Europe have risen up to make revolutions. It is like the first time. The same thing happened during the world wars.

While Europe is resuming production, the United States also needs to suppress it. The United States and Japan are currently engaged in a fierce battle in the Hawaiian Islands. Although the Japanese have just held a grand victory celebration, the German Wehrmacht General Staff is deeply suspicious of this. Very worried that the Japanese will be defeated by the United States in a few months!

According to the latest report from Japan, the Americans have now landed on the beach of Niihau Island and were killed by the invincible Imperial Japanese Army. However, it has been almost a week since the Americans suffered heavy losses, and it seems that the Americans have not been affected. Driving into the sea, this is not a good sign.

Once the Americans gain a foothold on Niihau Island, the next step is to exhaust the U.S. Army Air Force and the Japanese shore-based air force. This is impossible to win under any circumstances. In Hersman's memory is the loss data of American pilots (crew members) in the European and Pacific theaters of World War II. In the European battlefield, there were 72,000 casualties among pilots (crew members), and in the Pacific battlefield, there were 27,000 casualties.

It's almost like three dead in Europe and one dead in the Pacific.

But now there is no European battlefield to bleed American pilots. Although there is a Guyana-Caribbean battlefield, the scale of combat in this battlefield so far is much smaller than that of the European battlefields in history. It is not even one-tenth. The top is 5 % or so, there are not many American pilots at all.

Therefore, the strength that the United States can use in the Pacific battlefield now far exceeds that of the same period in history. Even if Japan occupies the natural maritime fortress of the Hawaiian Islands, failure is still expected.

Unless Germany switches its forces to the Caribbean battlefield after its initial defeat of the Soviet Union and pulls the main U.S. forces from the Hawaiian battlefield back to the Caribbean battlefield.

Of course, the two reasons Hersman is telling Yusupov now are actually excuses. The real reason why Germany was prepared to stop its offensive after helping Belarus capture the west of the Ural Mountains was that it still had no way to digest the huge Russian population.