"Rommeel's troops are all German ace troops, with strong attack power and high fighting will. Of course, they can't be beaten head-on. Even if they are surrounded by all sides, they may be rushed out by their opponents. This is why we used 10,000 troops to surround and block the enemy last time. But the supply line is his fatal weakness. Once I block the supply channel with heavy troops and do not fight with him, the enemy will either attack a huge group of 50,000 troops, or suffocate to death."

"Will Hitler give up this army? If we draw 10,000 troops to the Central Asian front, our defense in the hinterland will be even more empty. If you don't plan to use the main forces of the four fronts on the southern front." Kutsnetsov made an opinion, "The enemy can completely use these 10,000 troops as bait, and then push them all the way to the Ural Industrial Zone."

"Isn't this the result that Comrade Vasilevsky hopes to see?"

Huasilevsky said angrily: "I do not intend to use the two fronts in the middle lane. If you do this now, I have no support."

"So I have to bet. I bet now that Hitler cannot give up this 10,000 army." Zhukov had bright eyes and a very firm tone. "First, Rommel was Hitler's beloved general. He was not only his guard battalion commander, but also a war hero packaged by the official fascist organization. Hitler could not give up him; second, although Rommel's army was not the largest, it was a very famous force, including the Great German Division, the 15th Armored Division, Prince Eugen's Mountain Infantry Division and the First Mountain Infantry Division, as well as the German First Paratrooper Division and the Italian Paratrooper Brigade, no unit was a famous person."

Zhukov had a very detailed grasp. All the 5th Armored Army under Rommel's troops were top-notch A-level troops, and they even completed the 1943-type organization. Originally, there were Vikings in the army sequence. Later, because the Vikings, together with the Guard Flag Team and the Imperial Division were selected, they all allocated the First Mountain Infantry Division to Rommel. The latter was quite satisfied with this because in terms of the terrain of Central Asia, the heavily armed Vikings were not as appropriate as the standard mountain infantry division. What's more, due to supply constraints, the 5th Army could no longer afford the third 1943 armored division, and both armored divisions were struggling with difficulty. If it weren't for the transport aircraft formation that helped a lot.

"If even a marshal like Rommel and his ace troops who are famous for their great achievements and symbolize German glory can choose to give up, then I have nothing to say. Hitler is indeed a hero of his generation and deserves the position of European overlords. Soud and Germany should hurry up and make up for it." Zhukov explained, "This is a gamble, but I believe the Germans will take the bait."

"If this trapped beast really surrounds this trapped beast, what are you going to do next?"

"For troops that must be rescued, the enemy has only two choices: either draw troops from the middle battlefield to go south to rescue, or draw troops from the Southern Army Group to advance east to rescue. No matter which option is good for us, our army can take advantage of the situation to fight back."

"Add a reinforcement?" Stalin was excited, "Let the four front troops on the southern front work join forces with the Central Asian troops to attack reinforcements?"

"No!" Zhukov suddenly said, "This is not my goal. If we just attack the points, we would not be able to succeed."

"Then where are you going to do it?" Stalin asked curiously.

Huasilevsky understood a little and immediately shouted loudly: "I object. Besieging Rommel's troops has been a major gamble. I don't want you to bet again, and to suppress the future of the country and the Red Army..."

"Now we can only give it a try. Any delay is a chronic suicide. If we win, we sit down and talk to the Germans about the conditions; if we lose, we accept the conditions of Germany unconditionally, and simply use the Ural Mountain as the dividing line..."

"No, I still stick to my original proposition, stretch the German protrusion and attack from below the protrusion."

"This is a speculation." Zhukov retorted without hesitation, "What should we do if the enemy does not take the bait? What if the enemy only advances to the existing front this year, and then wait for the bridge and railway to repair the supply problem next year and then push it step by step? Do you retreat 1 ooo kilometers?"

Huasilevsky defended unconvincedly: "The international situation may undergo major changes next year, and the domestic situation will improve, at least there will be no problems such as food crisis."

“What if it continues to deteriorate?”

"I said, what are you arguing about?" Stalin, who felt a little confused about the two people who were fighting each other, looked at Zhukov and then Vasilevsky. He didn't know what they were arguing about, so he had to turn his attention to Kutsnetsov, "Can you tell me about the strategies of the two people and who makes sense?

"Comrade Zhukov's opinion is to mobilize troops in a series of ways: first use heavy troops to trap Rommel's troops, lure the German troops to rescue and mobilize the opponent's troops and front lines, and use some of the troops to delay time after the winter. He used the battlefield space to carry out a reverse attack from the heavy army groups of Stalingrad and Moscow to advance north and south, and rushed to the Voronezh line; Comrade Huasilevsky's opinion is to continue to retreat, lure the enemy to reveal flaws and then move forward in a positive clamp attack from the two bottoms of the protruding parts, preparing to solve the outgoing German troops in one fell swoop, and strive to push the front back to the late summer period..." Kutsnetsov outlined a different overall strategic concept for Stalin on the map with his teaching stick.

Zhukov's offensive plan involved the use of 40,000 troops: among them, 10,000 troops dispatched from the middle battlefield were responsible for dragging Rommel; 50,000 troops plus the first batch of troops to restrain the reinforcements sent by the German Southern Army Group and the Central Army Group; the main offensive forces were 10,000 troops on the three fronts in the direction of Stalingrad on the southern front and 750,000 troops on the north front and Moscow on the north front, and 750,000 troops were responsible for the connection and liaison dispatch between the battlefields.

The core idea is to lead the center of the German army from the middle to Central Asia and the Caspian Sea, and then the Red Army took advantage of the German army's time to return to aid to launch a general attack in the opposite direction. Overall, it is called a reverse solution, also known as a big solution. Because although the Red Army still has more than 80,000 troops on the books, the real war is 50,000-60,000 people, of which about 10,000 cannot be moved in the Far East and Siberia, and there are still about 10,000 to guard the important areas. Sending 40,000 is basically equivalent to taking all the troops out of their own. If you win, the situation will improve fundamentally. Not to mention having the upper hand, you can at least maintain a relatively decent draw.

Huasilevsky's offensive plan was actually a defensive counterattack plan, which required a total of about 20,000 troops: among which 10,000 troops were transferred from the middle battlefield to lure the German army to lengthen the front line and continue the attack, prompting the German army to lengthen the supply line to more than 10,000 kilometers, and then dispatched about 50,000 troops from the north and south to conduct an assault, cutting off the supply passage of the protruding German army and forcing the German army to retreat. During the German retreat, the 10,000 troops, which had originally continued to retreat, were responsible for turning back and counterattacking, striving to eat up the 1-2 armies that were cut off from the German army, restore the overall front to the scene in the late summer, and defeating the German army's offensive attempt.

Its core idea is to lead the main force of the German Central Army Group and the Eastern Army Group to the Ural Mountains. The Red Army took advantage of its internal operations, familiar with the situation and relatively less dependent on logistics, and fought with the German army. It hoped that the German army would reveal flaws during the retreat. Since both the battlefield range and the use of troops were smaller than Zhukov's plan, it was also a positive solution or a small solution. Winning would bring about improvements in the situation similar to the Moscow counterattack, but it would not shake the German army's advantages, but it would only make the opponent pay more and greater costs, and at the same time, the war would inevitably become long-term.

Due to the relatively weak combat effectiveness and low industrial capacity of the Red Army, both plans inevitably have flaws:

The flaw of the big solution is that it requires too high tactical command. Not only does the first step be to trap Rommel, but the second step is to use Rommel as bait to mobilize the German army. If the German army does not take this bait or completes the rescue mission soon, Zhukov's plan will inevitably fail;

The flaw of the small solution is that the enemy's strategic vision is too urgent. The point is that Germany hopes to find and eat the main force of the Red Army in the middle battlefield as soon as possible and then force the Soviets to sign the underworld alliance. If the German army is not in a hurry to achieve the results of the battle, it can completely ignore the temptation and teasing of the Red Army, and fight steadily and step by step until the second half of 1944.

After listening to Kutsnetsov's analysis, Stalin's face was unstable. These two plans actually reflected the different value orientations of the two: Zhukov repeatedly emphasized the quick peace and preservation of vitality, so he hoped to determine the outcome of the battle; Huasilevsky always advocated delaying the change and exchange space for time, so he hoped to extend the course of the war. For example, if a person suffers from a serious illness, Zhukov advocated major surgery to either clean up the chronic diseases and gain new life, or just prepare for the funeral; Huasilevsky advocated conservative treatment, wanting to wait for a while to see if there is a turning point or new special medicine (the international situation changes drastically)

These are two completely different ideas. Stalin himself was in trouble: should he take advantage of the fact that he still has some capital to make a stud or to gradually stop the loss and exchange small losses for the opportunity to continue to survive.

"Give you 4 hours to form a complete plan. I will hold an emergency meeting tonight, and the Politburo and the Supreme Command will review and discuss it." Stalin hesitated and did not know which decision to make, so he planned to hand over the content to other senior officials for discussion. In case of any problems in the future, he would have a decent retreat.

"Yes!" Zhukov and Vasilevsky looked at each other, and then agreed. (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!