"Let him retreat from Karachi." Zhukov said after pondering for a long time.

"Do you think you can keep Borisso Grebsk like this?"

"Can't be able to defend." Zhukov sighed, "Go to guard Balashov. If you retreat a long time ago, you might be able to build a line of defense based on the Hopiol River. If you go too late, I'm afraid I have to collect his body..."

"Okay, what should Tula do?" Huasilevsky was a little anxious. "The most important thing now is the front line of Moscow. If we can't hold on, Moscow will be over."

"Let Konev lead the troops of the Grassland Military Region and the Tula defenders to defend and launch a counterattack, and temporarily no troops were drawn to him." Zhukov said in confusion, "How did this German army emerge? I feel strange. It seems that there are not many troops to analyze the situation from the report, otherwise Konev would not have retreated so quickly last night."

"The Germans are crazy. They punched west and kicked east, and their thoughts are very messy. After Halder was dismissed by Hitler, the German General Staff had just made some combat plans that they couldn't understand. They felt that there was no clear goal. Wherever they hit, was it the corporal who was messing around himself?"

Zhukov couldn't help but sigh.

"What did you see?" Vasilevsky grabbed his hair in distress and asked Zhukov in confusion.

"It's not that they have no plans, but that plan is viciously impossible to say, they are not simply trying to occupy here or there, their target is just to kill people - to destroy our living forces!"

"What kind of military logic is this?" Vasilevskiton was stunned. "I know Hitler emphasized this purpose, but it was that the battle's auxiliary effect was almost the same."

"Don't take it lightly. How much has we suffered permanent losses since the war began? 14 million or 15 million?" Zhukov looked worried, "If this continues, all Russian men will die."

Huasilevsky disagreed at first, believing that a big country like the Soviet Union had more than twice the population than Germany, so how could it be killed by massacre? But calm down and think about Zhukov's words, and then follow Zhukov's inference to calculate the numbers, and finally he was scared and sweated:

Of course, the total population of the entire Suzhou region is large, but excluding the western part, the total population of the land occupied by the German army in the south is less than 120 million, and about half of the men are (the actual population is smaller). If the elderly, weak, sick and disabled are calculated only in the population that can serve, there are probably only over 40 million (16-60-year age groups). If the loss of 15 million people and the civilians killed in the war, there are only 25 million men who can serve.

"If the same loss ratio is maintained over the next two years, what will be left?"

If 15 million is reduced from 25 million, there will be only 10 million strong men who can carry guns to defend the country and go to factories to take on work, and the number of new men of appropriate age will not exceed 1 million every year. That means that only 12 million men can serve in Russia in two years. Faced with this number, Huasilevsky said in a trembling voice: "This means that Russian men are completely destroyed!"

Zhukov nodded in pain: "If you think about the current grain production and crude oil production, you may die this year."

"I..." Vasilevsky finally understood where he was inferior to Zhukov. When he was still analyzing the German military's behavior from a military perspective, Zhukov had already viewed the problem from a political and strategic perspective.

"I will explain Comrade Stalin, and Bagramiyan probably cannot escape the dismissal. The retreat order will be issued early. As for the future..." Zhukov looked worried, "I don't know what to do."

Before Zhukov set off, Stalin's phone call came over and asked in a scattered manner: "Comrade Constantine, the Germans are attacking Tula, do you know?"

"I know that I have ordered Comrade Konev to launch a counterattack on the spot and fight back the enemy."

"Can he do it?"

"I believe he can do it by transferring Tula and Ryazan's defenders together."

"What's going on in the Central Battlefield? I'm going to shoot him in this bucket!" Even though I was three steps away, Huasilevsky could still hear the angry voice on the phone.

"He did not fight well, but the enemy was too strong. The Bryansk Front could not withstand the two German armored armies, and the Central Front could not withstand it. It was already good that he could support it with his flanks and reserves."

"Let Vatujing support him? Let him be sure to take Karachi."

"It's useless, Comrade General Secretary." Zhukov thought for a long time and finally decided to tell the truth. "If the German army captured Borissogrebsk, it means that they would open a gap in the central battlefield, and even if they occupied Karachi, they would be unable to change this situation. Vatutin's troops cannot move lightly, otherwise there will be danger in the direction of Stalingrad. Once Stalingrad is lost, the entire southern wing will collapse."

"Where to let Bagramiyan hold on to Borisso Grebsk?"

"It is likely to become a second Tambov encirclement."

"Then what do you think should be done now?"

"Let Baglamyan withdraw his troops and defend Barashov and establish a new line of defense in the central battlefield. In addition, the Tambov encirclement may not be able to be rescued anymore, as it will only lose its power in vain and affect its defense against Moscow."

The receiver was silent for a long time, and Vasilevsky heard it very clearly, and there was only a sound of gasping in the air like a snoring.

"Can this doom repel the enemy's attack?"

"It's difficult, but we can initially establish a relatively reliable line of defense. We can't solve the problem now, we can only curb the expansion of the problem."

"Then tell me, how should I solve the problem?"

"Can I tell the truth?"

"You can tell the truth with the loyalty of a Communist Party member."

"I think we can consider contacting the German army for armistice negotiations." Zhukov also took the initiative, "regardless of whether it can succeed or not, it will at least give the troops a chance to breathe."

"This is not a question you should consider, this is my problem! Let Bagramiyan retreat immediately to form a reliable defense line..." Without waiting for Zhukov to say anything, the phone hung up with a "click".

"Armistice negotiation?" Huasilevsky wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Zhukov at a loss: He really dared to say it.

In the early morning of June 5, the Red Army, which had already attacked the main defense zone of Karachi, retreated like a tide. Under the attack of three armies at all costs, the front line of Karachi became a bloody area. The Italian defense zone was finally compressed to only 30% of the original ones, and more than 30,000 Italian troops were tightly surrounded within a range of less than 20 kilometers in width. In the end, there were less than 13,000 living people, including nearly 5,000 minor and serious wounded people. The two German divisions on both wings were also injured.

But their results were also extremely brilliant. Bagramiyan gathered 250,000 troops to attack with great momentum. When the troops were evacuated in a hurry, the remaining troops were only over 150,000. Although the exchange ratio seemed to be only about 1:4, considering that the defense forces were less than one-quarter of the opponent's troops, many of the casualties of the Red Army were drawn from the Far East, and experienced veterans, the results were even more precious.

Hoffman was extremely moved by this and specially asked Kesselin, who was still in Italy, to meet Mussolini and express his gratitude.

"Dear leader, the Ram Division fought very well, and it was amazing. They taught the British a lesson in North Africa. Today they made new contributions on the Eastern Front. The head of state and the entire German army were proud of it..."

"Hahaha, right? We Italians can also fight tough battles!" Mussolini jumped two days ago and scolded the Germans for not saving them. Today Kesseling came to express his gratitude and immediately changed his expression.

"Considering that the troops have suffered a lot, the Head of State suggested that the troops be withdrawn first, and he would send other troops to guard it. He hoped to award the commander a Knight Cross with Oak Leaf ornaments." Kesseling certainly knew the twists and turns, but he did not say it out loud. "To express our respect, the Head of State hopes that the Ram Division can be adjusted according to the German 1943 Armored Division during the supplementary process."

"This..." Mussolini's eyes rolled, "There is no problem in principle, but you know..."

"I know, I know." Keselin nodded repeatedly, "The Head of State said that except for the No. 3 assault gun, all other equipment is provided by us." Because the No. 3 assault gun is now produced in Italy.

"Okay, Albert, it's great that you say this!" Mussolini's eyes were lit up with excitement, "This...there are also tiger tanks in the organization, right?"

"There are 330 tanks, including the Tiger."

"Then I would like to thank Adolf for me first. I will go to Berlin to participate on the day of the award."

After Kesselin left, Mussoliniton felt that his vanity was greatly satisfied. He was so vigorous that night that night that he fucked his mistress Klana Betassi three times.

On the third day, Italian media published a report "The mainstay of the New Roman Empire, the invincible legion of our era - the Battle of the Royal Italian Army of the Ram Armored Division", portraying the Ram Division as the ace division of "Ping Ying and Russia", boasting that one of its divisions could fight against the "three Russian armies", not only attributed all the achievements of the Italian infantry divisions on the Karachi defense line to the Ram Division, but also ignored the German infantry divisions that provided cover on both wings.

The people in the Voronezh command were all indignant, but the head of state smiled: "It's okay to brag, I like the Italian leader to brag. After this division is reorganized, we still have to go to the Eastern Front to continue fighting, and the Italian Navy must continue to fight with us."

Zeitzler was stunned at first, then laughed knowingly.

The situation is now very good, Karachi's defense line is encircled but not broken, Tambov's encirclement is just around the corner, Borissogrebsk is coming down again, Hoffman is only staring at the battle on the front line of Lezhev Viazima.
Chapter completed!