That's what Shulka thinks, but not so in London.

Churchill frowned as he watched as he received the intelligence from Colonel Stephen.

It took a few moments before he put the papers aside in his hand, lit a cigar thicker than his fingers, and expertly puffed out the smoke.

"Stewart!" Churchill asked Menzies, the head of MI6, who was on the side: "What do you think of this information?" ”

"The tactics of the Soviets are not as archaic as we think!" Menzies replied: "In fact, I was surprised by their performance, especially this 1st Guards Tank Brigade, from the whole battle...... They were in fact a mobile force that was constantly on the battlefield to crush the enemy, much like the Germans fought in a way that was very similar to how the Germans were fighting. What's even more surprising is that they were able to win with the Matilda tank as well! ”

"That's because of what they call 'bazooka' new equipment, isn't it?" Churchill asked.

"Yes!" "But Your Excellency, a new piece of equipment is very powerful for the Germans, but strictly speaking the Soviets don't know anything about it," Menzies said...... Even this anti-tank weapon has not been taken seriously in the United States, but the Soviets have used, perfected and put it into the battlefield to achieve victory. It's unimaginable......"

"I don't care about that, Stewart!" Churchill interrupted Menzies: "I only care about the form of this war, do you think the Soviets are gaining the upper hand?" ”

Churchill should certainly think more about the bigger picture than the side things.

"Yes!" Menzies replied: "The Soviets surprised one piece of equipment after another, impressive tactics, and victory in the Battle of Moscow...... We believe that the situation is developing in a good direction for the Soviets! ”

Churchill stood up and paced a few steps, then walked to the window and looked out at the drizzle, and said thoughtfully: "This is not a good thing for us, Stewart!" ”

Menzies did not answer.

There is no doubt about this, Britain would have preferred that both the Soviet and German armies would be defeated, rather than that the Soviets would drive the Germans out cleanly.

As a result, the Germans turned their attention to Britain and Africa.

"And we are even constantly transporting relief supplies to the Soviet Union!" Churchill said indignantly in the smoke: "This is the stupidest thing we have ever done, to give supplies to others, and only to put ourselves in danger!" ”

"What do you mean!" Menzies asked.

"We are also short of supplies in Africa, understand?" Churchill said: "Even to the point of whether we want to withdraw from Africa and abandon the Suez Canal, so we have to give priority to Africa!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!" Menzies understood.

Soon after that, there was war in Africa, and then a considerable part of the supplies that were supposed to be sent to the Soviet Union, including those sent by the United States to the Soviet Union, were intercepted by the British.

There were three main routes for the United States and Britain to aid the Soviet Union, one was from Norway to the north of the Soviet Union, and the other was from the Trans-Siberian Railway to the Soviet Union. A more important route is the Caucasus from the Suez Canal to Turkey to the Soviet Union, or the Caucasus by land from India.

The reason why it is important is that many materials are actually produced in India and then shipped to the Soviet Union, such as canned food, ammunition, etc., and there are many factories in India...... Indians are large and labor is very cheap.

At this time, the British colonization of India was very cruel. This was mainly because Britain was in a state of war and urgently needed war materials, so they did their best to exploit Indian labor and even heavily taxed, which directly led to the intermittent famine in India from 42 onwards.

After the war, Britain was eager to recover, and its exploitation of India continued unabated, even though Britain even promised independence and freedom after victory.

This led to a massive famine unprecedented in human history in India in 46 years, with a conservative estimate of 26 million people dying of starvation.

However, of course, these were not things for Churchill to consider, he only knew that India at this time was a very good production base, whether it was food, military uniforms, ammunition, or more importantly, the transportation was convenient in all directions, no matter where it was delivered...... At least for World War II.

Even a considerable part of the supplies sent by the United States to the Soviet Union were produced in India.

This transport line was affected, which immediately caused a shock in the top echelons of the Soviet army.

Shulka learned about it from Mekhlis.

On this day, Mehris called Shulka to his headquarters.

"Comrade Shulka!" Mehris said: "I heard that the T34 tanks have been replenished with fifty units? ”

"Yes, Comrade Mehris!" Shulka replied: "They arrived in three batches!" ”

"Fifty T34s!" "It's already a pretty strong force, complemented by other tanks and half-tracks...... Do you think that we are not yet enough to launch an offensive against the enemy? ”

"Comrade Mehris!" Shulka said: "I'm worried that the format has changed! I mean, the German reinforcements have arrived, and at the same time they have improved the logistics of the airfield in time......"

It's a given.

The reason why the Germans had not been able to improve the airfield facilities before this was because they were attacking all the way forward, and improving the airfield facilities was considered unnecessary, because the front would soon move forward, and the planes would move forward.

When the defensive line was now largely stabilized, and air supremacy was very important to the German army, the first thing to do was to strengthen the airfield.

When he heard this, Mehris fell silent.

Because he also felt this change in the situation on the battlefield, the Soviet army's counteroffensive was weak and could no longer be fought in many places.

But Mehris hesitated, because he thought that this might be his chance: wouldn't it be more remarkable if the other troops could not move and he could lead the 1st Guards Tank Brigade to victory after repeated battles?!

However, just then, a phone call came in.

After answering the phone, Mehlis couldn't help but be furious.

"These bastards, these abominable Britons!" Mehelis: "They cut us off!" ”

Shulka couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and after asking, he realized that it was the Caucasus Mountains that gave the question.

Shulka couldn't help but frown.

This seems to have never happened in history.

If anything, it was the Germans who fought all the way to the Caucasus Mountains to cut off this transport line.

But now the Germans have not entered, but for other reasons this transport line has been broken.

It's really unpredictable.