There is a saying that Crank is wrong. The Americans still value him very much, otherwise the main force of the Atlantic Fleet would not have come out to encircle him in the South Atlantic. However, Hoffman really doesn't care about the Horse Island Fleet for the time being. Now there is a more important battle to fight the second British Airstrike in the west and the Soviet counterattack in the east, which involves the head of state's energy.

With Hoffman's intentional or unintentional indulgence, the fires of the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus finally became more and more prosperous. By the first week of April, the total Soviet troops gathered in the Caucasus had nearly 400,000 people and nearly one front army. Even so, Chernyakovsky continued to receive materials and technical troops from the eastern coast of the Caucasus Sea. By April 8, the Caucasus offensive cluster had obtained more than 1,000 tanks, of which nearly half were relatively advanced is-1, t-43/85 and American Sherman. Among the remaining more than 500 tanks, there were more than 200 T-43/76, and the earlier T-34/76 were less than 200, and the number of other light tanks was even smaller.

In order to compete for air supremacy around the Caspian Sea, the Red Army's aviation forces also dispatched all their lives. In recent days, they took the initiative to fight with the German army, especially after receiving the supplies from the US military twice in a row (the Soviet Union actually obtained 36 ships and the Japanese actually obtained 24 ships), Comrade Stalin went crazy and sent all the way to the Caspian Sea and Central Asia. He mobilized more than 600 aircraft, of which nearly 400 were fighter jets of various types, and the remaining more than 200 were the unique Il-2 of the Soviet Union. As for the bomber troops, Sri Lanka

Dalin no longer expects them to come out and die. Voroshilov, who is in charge of military production, believes that the raw materials and oil consumed by a bomber can often be used by two fighter jets, and the training of bomber pilots is more troublesome than fighter jets. Therefore, in the second half of 1943, especially after 1944, the Soviet side completely stopped manufacturing bombers and concentrated all resources to focus on the development of fighter jets. The goal was also clear, competing for battle air supremacy and local air supremacy.

The main opponents the Luftwaffe encountered are the main forces of Jacques-3 and La-5, but new aircraft such as Jacques-9 and La-7 have also begun to be equipped in batches. The US aid aircraft is still tragic. It is neither the popular p-47p-51 nor the navy's f4u, nor the meteor jets that the United States and Britain themselves have not equipped much yet. Now there is a protection fee. Advanced fighter jets cannot be given at all, and the Americans and the Americans themselves do not want to give the Red Army P-63. But no matter how garbage the P-63 is, it is much better than the original p-3940 series. Comrade Stalin is still very grateful for Comrade Roosevelt's generosity. Even when he knew that Japan was going to get a piece of the pie, he also sent the Red Army extremely precious high-grade aviation fuel, armored steel, aluminum ingots and other urgently shortages. So I would like to express my gratitude to me.

So he not only presented all the physical objects and information of I-1 and T-43/85 in accordance with the requirements of the US, but also gave additional compensation and gave the wreckage of German technical equipment obtained on the battlefield, such as the assaulter, Himmler organ and other goods, and even the tiger tanks that the US military was most interested in. In addition, he negotiated with the Japanese side, asking the Japanese side to receive the protection fee to release a group of American crew members who were initially detained. Stalin and Molotov were very thoughtful. If someone entangled some of the Soviet supplies in the future, they could explain to the United States that they had to redeem them with things to exchange for American citizens. The Japanese side, who had benefited, quickly agreed, and the United States was of course deeply grateful.

Japan is living a comfortable life now. The joint fleet is robbing outside Australia and New Zealand. The Indian dispatched troops, which have continuously increased their troops, have defeated the British army, and the materials aid to the Soviet Union have been distributed to 40%. Mainland China is also making money frequently, and trade with Europe has returned one batch after another. They have begun to provide them to Japan. They are deeply satisfied with all parties and believe that it is the best since the war begins.

Day. The proposal to form 15 security divisions was naturally approved. Even at the meeting of the Five Majors, the Minister of the Tibetan Affairs Office also took the initiative to say that if the army really needed it at the end of the year, it could form another 15 security divisions. It was so happy that King Minorhito of Higakuro Miya praised "blessing of ancestors". After all, no one is a god. They did not know that Spruins would soon take the TF44 fleet, four escort aircraft carriers and two British local masters to go to India to find their troubles.

Of course, the Japanese side also got the p-63. Japan also had a low evaluation of the p-63, thinking that it was not as good as the f-190 or other German aircraft, so she asked the Soviet side whether she could exchange the Sherman tanks, and would rather exchange two aircraft for one Sherman. Now Japan is almost one of the countries with the most complete Sherman models in the world. Britain and the United States used the gasoline version of Sherman, and the Soviet Union received the diesel version of Sherman, but Germany and Japan had two versions, but there were very few German diesel versions, which were far less than Japan. So the Japanese army, especially the Kwantung Army, wanted to form more pure American-made chariot brigades, but the tanks were also urgently needed by the Soviet Union and were reluctant to exchange the p-63.

However, there are many smart people after all. Some people proposed a plan to exchange bombers for P-63s, which was approved by Voroshilov. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement. The Soviet Union exchanged 93 P-63s from Japan with 40 Pe-2s. Japan was deeply satisfied with this and was even more satisfied after the test flight evaluation. It believed that the Pe-2 was currently not as good as the German Ju-188 bomber, and was better than other goods in Japan. Especially compared with the Italian B bomber introduced by the Army that year, the main equipment of the country-made Dragon or Dragon-swalking Heavy Explosion (it was said to be a heavy explosion, but the amount of ammunition carrying was not as good as the Pe-2).

After the project started, other things were easy to handle. The Red Army had a lot of PE-2s in stock. Since bombers were not the most urgent task now, they could all be exchanged for even more scarce supplies in the hands of the Japanese army. So the armored steel and aluminum ingots were not heated up yet, and in a blink of an eye, they became PE-2s again. The Soviet side did not feel sorry for this because they had better tu-2 bombers in their hands. Besides, only a hundred PE-2s could not change anything, so they could just use them for **Converted in a few months, the British and Indian troops would have the opportunity to taste the bombs dropped by the PE-2 painted with the Japanese logo.

Faced with such a complex situation in the Transcaucasus, Zeitzler could not sit still and ran directly to Rostov to prepare for the counter-offensive work. But here he heard the shocking answer from Marshal Manstein of the Eastern United War Theater: "Counterattack? What are the counter-offensive things? Let the Russians fight! I wish they could come over."

"I know you have deployed a lot of troops to the south Caucasus again, but the reconnaissance situation shows that the three fronts of the Red Army on the Stalingrad line are eager to try. If the enemy advances north and south and encircles our southern Caucasus troops, I am afraid that the follow-up will be more troublesome."

The Caucasus's headquarters refers to the Caspian Army Group under the charge of Marshal Kleist. Before the establishment of the Eastern United Theater, the Southern Army Group had a total of three ACC armies, among which the ACC armies group was the Kleist Army Group, the B Army Group was the Hot Group, and the C Army Group was the Rommel Cluster; after Manstein became the commander of the Eastern United Theater, the three armies groups were integrated, and Marshal Kleist B

The army group and the former headquarters of the Southern Army Group formed a new army group. Marshal Hot served as the commander. The front line in charge was generally along the Volga River from Samara to the outer periphery of Stalingrad, with nearly 600,000 troops. The northern wing was Marshal Weix's Eastern Army Group, and the southern wing was Marshal Kleist's Caspian Army Group; the most elite attack spearhead was the 4th Armored Army Group with General Joelge Hans Reinhardt as the commander.

The Caspian Army Group was formed by the merger of the former headquarters of the Group A and the Rommel Cluster (Sherner is the commander of the Fifth Armies, not the commander of the Central Asian Army Group). Marshal Kleiste serves as the commander. The front line includes the Volga River basin from Astrakhan to Stalingrad, the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian coast. Its northern wing is the Southern Army Group and the Southern wing is the Turks of the Transcaucasus. Theoretically, Central Asia is also the jurisdiction of the Caspian Army Group, but due to the relatively long journey and the special circumstances of the Central Asian Army Group, Scherner obtained independent status. The total strength of the Caspian Army Group, which excludes Scherner's troops is above 500,000, and the most elite offensive force is General Eberhard von Mackenson as the commander of the 1st Armored Army Group.

In Zeitzler's view, Kleister alone has sufficient confidence in dealing with the Red Army's troops in the Caucasus. Even if Malinovsky's independent army on the east coast of the Caspian Sea is not difficult, if Yelemenko and even Rokosovsky's two fronts pounced down together, it would be very difficult to deal with the latter two forces. The total strength of the latter two is nearly 900,000. Even if Marshal Hot's support force is included, it is 750,000 vs 1.55 million, the German army is obviously at a loss.

Manstein agreed with all Zeitzler's judgment and analysis, but the response strategies he planned to adopt made Zeitzler and Kleister himself not understandable.

"Block the Russians at the Caucasus Pass and put them in." Manstein smiled, "They like to come to the Caucasus so much, so let them come... It's spring soon. The Caucasus grassland is so beautiful, it would be a pity not to come and see it!"

"Prairie!Prairie!" Zeitzler and Kleister recalled these two words and suddenly reacted, "You want to put it in and fight a tank cluster war?"

"How can the mountainous areas and muddy areas in the Transcaucasus fully utilize the advantages of tanks?" Manstein smiled strangely, "The head of state prepared a big meal for them..."

PS: The card is quite serious. Please wait a little longer. Please ask for a monthly ticket in two days, so as not to scold me... I will roll away with my head in my arms.

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