"Comrade Chief of Staff!" Stalin suddenly shouted angrily, frightening everyone at the scene.

Huasilevsky then stood attentively like a conditioned reflex and said respectfully: "Come!"

"I order you..." Stalin spoke very strongly, and everyone was waiting for the following text. Zhukov frowned. He estimated that the following half of the sentence should be, "Immediately provide Comrade Tolbuhin with sufficient equipment and supplies, and let them reinforce Tambov..."

But this sentence was not said in the end, but instead became "I will transfer this new front-line army to you, and I will obey your command. We must find a way to curb the German offensive and solve the problems of the prominent department of the central defense line!"

"Yes!" When he heard the tone was so serious, Vasilevsky did not dare to neglect it. He agreed that Comrade Stalin had obviously become really angry. If he bargained, he would probably be taken directly. He almost didn't dare to take it!

Seeing that Huasilevsky accepted the order readily, Stalin was obviously relieved. To be honest, in order to change to the era of great purge, as for Huasilevsky's current attitude, tomorrow he would be a "traitor and traitor" hat, but he knew that he had to rely on these people now. Judging from the war situation over the past year, although Huasilevsky also made mistakes in command, in most cases his judgment was basically in line with the actual situation, although he was often not very listened to.

This kind of unpleasantness is cheaper than that of Temuxingo or Budoni!", "Yes, yes, yes!", "Ensure the completion of the task!" It is much more valuable. Since the General Staff inferred that Tambov's German army was preparing to surround the site to attack the aid, and speculated that there was another German armored army in ambushing Orel and Voronezh, it was probably true. Because not only Wasseylevsky and Zhukov said this, Meletskov also held similar opinions. What is even more surprising is that even Tolbuxin, who had been serving in the Northwest Front Army and had only urgently met with the General Secretary and was about to serve as the new commander of the Front Army yesterday, thought so.

When he thought of so many people's high opinion of each other, Stalin did not dare to do anything randomly: sending 300,000 to 400,000 Red Army was just a trivial matter, if he made mistakes in decision-making, the General Secretary's prestige would be completely unsafe.

He finally discovered that although tame and obedient generals were more capable of executing orders, most of them could not fight tough battles or difficult battles. In recent years, the generals who performed relatively well were either thorny or slippery, while the obedient Temuxingo, Pavlov and Qiulenev suffered defeats, which was not ordinary defeat, but a crushing defeat! These three people alone almost ruined the army of 1.5 million.

Sometimes, if a person calmed down and thought about it, he felt a little regretful about the execution of Tukhachevsky so quickly. What if this person was still there? Wouldn't the war be so embarrassed now? And Buluhell (Gallon). If he had not had such a bad temper at the beginning, if he was willing to express allegiance to himself, how could he have the consequence?

His face calmed down and he asked, "So, can you tell me what you plan to do next?"

"Comrade Zhukov and I discussed several solutions together, and combined with the front army you just transferred to me, we initially plan to do this." Huasilevsky walked to the map and explained it one by one:

First, from the Northwest Front, the Western Front dispatched 400,000 troops to attack Viazima, which is an important hub of the western railway and a strategic fulcrum that the German army must ensure. We have some advantages in this direction and can find ways to attract the attention of the German army, force the German armored troops to be exposed and divert to the Viazima line;

Second, the newly reorganized Moscow Front moved the grassland military region as a whole, allowing Comrade Konev to lead the existing troops of the grassland military region to move to the front line of Liangzan and make an offensive posture to confuse the German army;

Third, after the armoured army that was convinced that the German ambush was withdrawn, Comrade Tolbuhin attacked westward, striving to open the gap in the Tambov encirclement, or to respond to the withdrawal of the Bryansk Front;

Fourth, Comrade Bagramiyan occupied Karachi as soon as possible and attracted Manstein's Southern Army Group to mobilize troops to consolidate the defense line in order to create opportunities for Comrade Vatujing's southwestern front attack;

Fifth, Rokosovsky's Don Front and Yelemenko's Stalingrad Front remained temporarily unmoved, putting pressure on the opponent to ensure that the Germans in the South Wing will no longer be transferred to the central battlefield...

Stalin nodded while listening, and soon figured out the intention of Vasilevsky: Now the focus of the German army is concentrated on the central battlefield, three armament army groups are concentrated, and three armament groups are also concentrated. If troops are drawn to fight head-on in the central battlefield, there is no chance at all, because the terrain is flat and there is no danger to defend, and it is far away from the two wings, which can allow the German armored troops to fully utilize their advantages and are not conducive to the Red Army's advantages. The Red Army should go against the way, attacking the two wings of the German front, forcing the enemy to concentrate their troops from the center to reinforce the two wings, so that they have a chance to maintain a stable front.

"Of course..." Huasilevsky also saw clearly that it was impossible to maintain the original situation on the front line, because the Red Army was weak in overall combat effectiveness, and Tambov's protrusion could only exist. In the future, the central battlefield will no longer confront the Voronezh-Karach line, but Tambov-Borisogrebsk line, where a giant protrusion with a width of more than 200 kilometers and a length of 280 kilometers will be formed, and the small protrusion in the direction of Karachi will eventually give up.

"By further lifting and extending the enemy's supply line, a good base can be prepared for the winter counterattack." Huasseylevsky used Zhukov's inspection of the front line to comfort Stalin's current German tank troops after the increase in density, his dependence on logistics convoys will be further increased, which will be a good breakthrough."

"Very good." Stalin nodded with satisfaction, "do as you want as soon as possible, and the situation cannot worsen."

On June 2, 1943, the same day when the huge Japanese combined fleet sailed out of the Gulf of Aden and turned south to prepare to board the Marines in Tanganyika and complete the Seychelles strategic battle, the Red Army began to launch a fierce attack on the 9th Army of the Central Army Group, which was stationed on the Viazima line.

"It's moving! It's moving!" Keitel reported, "My head of state, not only did Moscow gather troops to attack the Viazima line, but it seemed to be preparing to draw reinforcements south."

"Stalin finally couldn't hold back?" Hoffman laughed, "Is there any accurate information?"

"The total force of the southward travels is between 300,000 and 350,000, the core is the 7th Army in the direction of Leningrad, and it may also be the reserve team secretly prepared by Stalin. As for the troops besieging Viazima, judging from the number, it seems that they belong to the two fronts of the Red Army, the northwest and western armies.

"General Moder has ordered General Scherner to stick to the defense line and not to take a step back." Zeitzler frowned, "But there are many Red Army tanks in that aspect, and it is initially estimated that there are no less than 700 vehicles. Do you need to send some armored divisions? The 9th Army now does not have armored divisions."

"What about your advice?" Hoffman turned to Model.

"I originally wanted to draw 1-2 armored divisions to head north, but Admiral Rous gave extremely bold suggestions. He hoped to mobilize the 3rd Armored Army, which is currently located in Voronezh, to move eastward, cross the Tambov encirclement to attack Ryazan in the southeast of Moscow and then deter Moscow."

This suggestion scared Zeitzel a lot because Ryazan is more than 250 kilometers away from Tambov and more than 350 kilometers away from Voronezh. For the Armored Army, it is obviously too deep. Tula is still in the hands of the Red Army. He is likely to encounter a side attack on Ryazan by rashly attacking Liangazan. Hoffman disagreed with this risky style of play. In the past two days, in order to maintain the supply of the two armored armies, he has made him restless in sleeping and eating. If he really goes to the place 350 kilometers away, Rous will not do anything. Just a maneuver can consume most of his fuel reserves first. But he did not completely object, but instead turned his attention to Zeitzel.

The latter smiled and said, "Since we are all going to attack Ryazan 350 kilometers away, why not just be bolder to cross Tambov to attack Nizhny Novgorod 450 kilometers away? Obtaining Nizhny Novgorod east of Moscow and then taking Tambov will mean that we will complete the four-sided encirclement of Moscow."

Everyone laughed, but Model didn't laugh, and said expressionlessly: "General Rous made the second suggestion. If the main force of the 3rd Armored Army is not moving, he believes that the 6th Armored Division and the 3rd Armored Grenadier Division can move first to go north to support the 9th Army."

Zedzler thought about this and agreed, but Model had a different opinion: "I think the 9th Army does not need reinforcements for the time being. It is the troops and defense zone I have led before. At most, it is enough to add an air wing. I am fully confident that I can defend it."

"I want to borrow the 1st Panzer Division assigned to the Eastern Army Group, and then use the 6th Panzer Division and the 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division of General Rous, and then draw an infantry division from Orel, and use more than 70,000 troops from four divisions to attack Tula, and explore the flanks of the Western Front?" he explained, "On the one hand, the Russians want to attack Viazima, and on the other hand, they need to rescue Tambov, and to maintain the defense line of Tula and Ryazan. I don't believe they can provide so many elite troops."

"If, I mean, if, the defense of Tula on the front line is very good, I suggest that Marshal Weix's troops turn to Tula after fighting Tambov, and General Rolls' main force and the rest of Orel's troops also attack Tula. Currently, the second and fourth armored armies of the south are blocking the Red Army in the South Wing, and they will not let them go north to reinforce Stalin to attack Viazima. I don't care, I just want Moscow!"

Hoffman thought to himself: OK, now the commanders of the army group are more and more arrogant. Manstein wants to sweep the heartland of the Soviet Union, and Model wants to take Moscow directly, and he has become the most conservative one in the decision-making level. (To be continued.)
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