Seeing so many troops waiting on the periphery, Vlasov couldn't hold back anymore. He stood up and asked, "Dear Marshal, why do we have so many troops to deliberately retreat and let the enemy go? I think the losses in the past two days are completely unnecessary."

Although Vlasov was supported by Germany, his ability to fight was not bad. When he heard about the reserve army group, he knew that the battle would not be lost. And he wanted to say something, to see what the Germans were about him, and to support himself just to defeat Stalin or to really want to establish a Western Russian regime. Vlasov was obviously unwilling to accept the latter. He wanted to completely kill Stalin and the Bolsheviks and completely unify Russia instead of just half as now.

Manstein knew his ideas well, so he avoided talking about political factors and said: "Our army's intention was to lead as many Red Army as possible to the prairie and completely eliminate them. The gains and losses of one city and one place, and the losses of some troops were necessary prices and were not within the scope of military considerations. If such a favorable situation were not built, how could the heavy army group of the Red Army emerge from the solid urban defense system?"

Guderian smiled and said, "General Vrasov, I know you are heartbroken for the losses of your subordinates, but as far as I know, among the more than 40,000 troops you have lost, only 10,000 are real casualties, and the rest are all surrenders or re-entering Stalin's arms. Shouldn't you find a way to eliminate such unresolute elements? Elimination is obviously more beneficial than elimination in the future."

This sentence made Vlasov speechless. This is what annoyed him. He believed that as long as these troops were influenced, they would not surrender to Stalin for a longer time. But obviously the Germans did not think so. The Germans believed that these troops were still unreliable. They had to surrender at the beginning. Now they were exposed as soon as there was a test. It would be better to be exposed early than to be exposed later. However, he was unreasonable in this regard. He said nothing about it. Why was only the Russian People's Liberation Army who turned against the water? The Ukrainian Army, the Cossack Army, and the Kalmyk Army all followed the Germans well. There was indeed a Cossack division that did not obey the command, but all the members were killed in battle. Only the Russian People's Liberation Army could turn against the water.

"I……"

Although Manstein and other soldiers did not look down on Vlasov very much, they at least knew that this person would be useful to the head of state. In the future, they would be the head of state and were unwilling to make the conflict too stiff. They said, "I understand your feelings, but this is inevitable. Besides, when this battle is won, we will capture more Red Army soldiers. What troops will we add at that time? Maybe we can get a few guards to enjoy it."

Vlasov was quickly convinced, and there was no way he could not accept it. This should not be his concern.

"From the battlefield situation in the Caucasus, it is impossible for so many troops to be deployed at the same time, and the battlefield width is not enough. I am considering letting the Thor's Hammer Army be divided into two clusters and invested in batches."

Goodrian laughed: "Let me guess how you plan to put it on."

"OK."

Guderian walked to the map, took the pencil of the staff and began to draw: "Divid it into two clusters on the left and right. The left-wing cluster cuts into Saratov, attacks about 300-350 kilometers in the right direction, and detours to the right to cut off the connection between Stalingrad and Astrakhan; the right-wing cluster is waiting for the enemy to attack Rostov, and then our army starts to attack from the Luhansk line to capture Volgatonsk, and cooperates with the left-wing cluster to strive to bring the enemy southwest front army, and the Don River front army is in."

Manstein laughed: "It's worthy of being Scud Heinz. He thinks it's basically the same as me. The right wing is completely consistent, but the left wing is slightly different."

"Left wing?" Goodrian browned, "You want to?"

Manstein took the pencil, re-outlined along Guderian's handwriting, and smiled: "You are all planning to push forward 300-350 kilometers from Saratov, why not just hit a little more?"

On the map, he circled Uralsk, the most important city on the right bank of the lower Ural River, and said loudly: "The left-wing cluster rushed forward 400-450 kilometers, took Uralsk, and went straight down the Ural River to Atlau on the north coast of the Caspian Sea."

Everyone gasped: Guderian only wanted to solve the problem of more than 1 million troops in Vatuting and Rokosovsky. According to Manstein's arrangement, he wanted to eliminate the three fronts of the Southern Wing Red Army on the west bank of the Ural River in one go.

"The Central Army Group and the Eastern Army Group that attacked the middle road will be able to block the middle road of the Ural Mountains in another 3-5 days." Manstein pointed on the map with a coaching stick. "I have communicated with Marshal Model. He personally led 300,000 to 400,000 people to block the entrance, leaving 100,000 troops to support, and the remaining more than 600,000 troops will be transferred to the south, attack along the Ufa-Sterlitamark-Sarawat-Olenburg line, cut off the Ural River, cut off the connection between the Red Army in the South Wing and the Ural Industrial Zone, and then coordinate the attack with the Thorhammer's left-wing cluster."

Guderian nodded: "I thought the head of state would ask the central government to attack the Ural Industrial Zone?"

"It's too far. Besides, our bottom line of peace talks is to cut along the Ural Mountains, so there is no need to drag it too long."

"If there were more than 600,000 troops, I think this goal could be achieved."

According to Manstein's military configuration, it is necessary to implement the large detour encirclement tactic on the southern wing, and divide the entire southern Red Army into two encirclement circles. The first large encirclement circle is the northern half arc formed by the left-wing cluster and the eastern army group turning south. In addition, the southern half arc formed by the two army groups Hort and Klester. This is the main encirclement circle, roughly equivalent to surrounding 1.8 million Red Army with 2.3 million German troops; the small encirclement circle uses the advantage of the naval power to transport troops on the Batong line to the north, cooperate with the Iranian troops to advance north, repeat the strategy of occupying the Transcaucasus, and hold the attacking aircraft group of Chernyakhovsky who is currently attacking.

Of course, it is impossible to completely protect it. After all, Chernyakovsky still has the way to retreat from the Caspian Sea, but under the pursuing of relentless pursuit, he

As for why he went ashore from Batumi, Manstein didn't say anything, Guderian didn't ask, but Vlasov's eyes flashed and understood: After Batumi landed, the German army closed the attack channels of Turkey's northeastern Turkish and then extended his hands to the three Caucasian countries. At that time, the German army blocked the Turkish offensive route and wanted to grab territory? Yes, forcefully pass from the German front and then say that the Turks could not even defeat the Russians, how dare they open fire with the Germans? There is no need to fight hard at that time. As long as the troops landed on Batumi landed on ashore and the Iranian army (including the German and Iranian troops in Iran) attacked, the Russians could fight to the death.

Therefore, there are not many troops arranged by Manstein to land in Batumi. There is only one infantry army in the reserve army group, with a total strength of over 100,000, plus more than 50,000 German troops and 150,000 Iranian troops in Iran, which is enough to deal with the situation. The southern half of the arc of the small encirclement is the outer Caucasus landing forces, and the northern half of the arc is the Klester cluster, with a total strength of about 300,000 surrounds and 400,000 (no repeated calculation of the Klester cluster forces). Overall, it is surrounded by 2.2 million troops with 2.6 million troops. Of course, the Red Army may have drawn 200,000 to 300,000 mobile troops in Central Asia, but even after addition, it is only a barely equal to the German army. This completely ruled out that the Turks' strength is equal to zero in Manstein's combat plan.

In the overall battle concept: the task of the Kleist cluster is the heaviest. He must use hard defense to prevent the two attack groups of the north and south of the Red Army from eating them. He must play the central style of blooming when the final decisive battle begins. The distance of the Thunder Hammer left-wing cluster is the farthest, and it must attack about 600-800 kilometers of routes; Hort's Southern Army Group's command and coordination responsibilities are the heaviest. He must be responsible for coordinating the South, Caspian Sea, preparing three armies, and also defending Rostov.

"The focus and key to the victory of the battle is time. Should we first detour and successfully build the overall encirclement, or should the enemy eat the thorn (referring to the Klester cluster) that lies in the encirclement first."

Marshal Kleist, who hadn't spoken, smiled and said, "Everyone can rest assured. Although I rarely fight defensive battles, it does not mean that I don't know how to fight defensive battles. I can fight offensive battles and offensive defenses in the Caucasus grasslands."

Everyone laughed. In the past month, the marshal did not fight defensive battles, but he repeatedly used a knife-dragging strategy during the pursuit, and used short assaults to make the Red Army miserable. This is why he can retreat calmly every time without being affected by the enemy.

"So I'm very sorry, Heinz, your army group will be split and put into the front line." Manstein said in a sorry tone, "I think this arrangement is more reasonable."

Guderian shrugged: "I had expected this for a long time. Everyone thinks that the Thor's Hammer is too powerful and is a waste, haha..."

"So, how do you choose? Go to the North Line and go to the Central Line to kill the Caucasus Grassland?" Manstein did not say that a commander of the army on the South Line could finish the work, and it was full of rugged mountains, so there was no need for Guderian's big chariot.

"Since you all call me Scud, I'm the only one who does the big detours. I can run fast."

All the staff members couldn't help laughing, and it was rare to hear Marshal Guderian have such humor.

"So, the right-wing troops of Thor Hammer and the commander's candidate?"

"Paul Hauser went to the right wing to lead troops, Zepp Dietrich went to the left wing. The right wing must fight head-on with the enemy, and its strength is slightly stronger. The guard flag team, Empire, Skeleton and Youth are four armored divisions, and Nordland, and the national leader of two grenadier divisions; I will take the rest of the troops to the left wing."

"Okay, after the combat plan is formed, it will be reported to Berlin today, and the troops will act quickly according to their responsibilities."

"yes!"

Manstein turned his head and told Vlasov: "Your army cooperated with Marshal Kleist in the Caucasus to engage in defensive warfare. If there is any compromise, wavering, or escape situation, the highest measures will be implemented regardless of status and rank."

"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!