"Are Stalin's partisans still there?"

"It's almost extinct, and we still pity them, secretly stuff them with a little food, and the government army comes and helps them cover up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 But then when the fields were divided, they jumped out to make trouble and wreak havoc, and no one was facing them...... They deserve it...... No, he worked as a guerrilla, and then he didn't wash his hands. ”

Following the direction of his finger, a middle-aged man in his 40s in the crowd smiled embarrassedly.

Hoffman nodded, thinking to himself: as long as the local people do not support the partisans, they will definitely not be able to get along, after all, the hardcore Bolsheviks are a minority, and as long as the majority of people can get along for a long time, there is little chance of taking risks.

"Führer, would you like to try our pale ale?"

"Okay." Hoffman agreed, and the dutiful Gensha took it and took a sip before handing it to Hoffman. After the latter took it and tasted it, he found that it was clear and slightly bitter, and the aftertaste was endless.

"This wine is good, it is two flavors with German beer, you make it yourself?"

"The old Shelaev's craft, but he hasn't done it for more than 20 years."

After tasting it, Speer also felt good, and asked strangely, "Why?" I think it's okay. ”

"The Bolsheviks called this the tail of capitalism, and they killed a lot of people in the first place, and they didn't dare to borrow the three guts of the old Shelaev, besides, the grain has always been tight, how can there be any excess to use to make wine?"

Hoffman laughed: "Now that you let go of the brewing, make a factory, give it a loud name, and maybe you can become a winery owner." ”

"Don't you dare to be a ...... boss," said the old Shelaev with a honest smile, "Yuan first likes it, and every year in our village will give you the best barrel of good wine!" ”

"Do you know where the Führer lives? It's far away! ”

"How did I not know? The Führer must have lived in the Imperial Palace in Berlin......"

The crowd was filled with laughter, and half an hour later, the group of Ukrainian peasants reluctantly saw off the Führer and his party.

When the train restarted, Hoffman looked happy and asked the lieutenants, "Did you take a picture of the scene just now?" ”

"It's all filmed, including the one you drink." Dalges laughed, "It's the first time I've seen you drink on an occasion like that, and if they had a bit of business acumen and spread the word about it, maybe the brand would have hit the ground running." ”

"Then I'll have to charge them for endorsement fees." Hoffman laughed and said to Speer, "But seriously, if I go to the general to run for the leadership of Ukraine, I guess I can get elected." ”

Speer flattered: "This is not good, you have to choose the leader of all Europe." ”

Two days later, on September 21, Hoffman's special train arrived at its destination, St. Petersburg. Immediately after the Axis occupied Leningrad, the Russian Liberation Army announced that it would change it back to its original name, St. Petersburg, and at the same time establish it as the capital of the new state.

The name of the new Russian state and the constitution of the new Russian state have been intensively contemplated by the convening of the deputies, and although the opinions on the designation of the state as the Russian National Socialist Republic have basically reached a consensus, at least they will have to go through the motions with the "Constituent Assembly" scheduled for December 15. However, Hoffman did not arrive in St. Petersburg for the Constituent Assembly, but for the next phase of the Eastern Front.

After the two large-scale battles of Spring Awakening and Castle, even though the Soviet Union and Germany made a breakthrough in separate peace, Stalin did not make up his mind to make a complete peace, but continued to use various means to delay time, the delivery of Leningrad delayed the attack until September 5, and in the next two weeks, the Red Army released nearly 40,000 Axis prisoners of war, delaying the time to about 20. With the end of the autumn harvest and the Red Army receiving some food, coupled with the shortening of the front and the movement of troops after the abandonment of Leningrad, the idea of peace was somewhat repeated and wavered.

In this situation, Hoffmann was thinking about a third major blow to the Red Army, and although the Germans understood that the Red Army might be stalling for time, whether it was the resettlement of refugees, the reception of Leningrad, or the return of Axis prisoners of war, it was itself an indispensable part of the German army's military and political offensive, so it also stopped. By 15 September, more than 50 percent of the Panzer Divisions had completely completed the transformation task, and 40 percent of the Panzergrenadier Divisions and about 25 percent of the Infantry Divisions had also completed the corresponding transformations, and the overall pace was faster than the Supreme Command had expected -- it was expected that by the end of this year, the overall reorganization progress would exceed 70 percent.

In addition to the continued rapid progress of the renovation task, the long-stalled production of the Leopard tank has finally begun, and Hoffman agreed to convert part of the No. 4 tank production line (500 units per month) to Leopard tank production from October 1, Speer estimates that the monthly production of the converted Leopard can exceed 150 units per month by the end of the year. Compared with the situation in the history when the Leopard was hurriedly launched and the results were full of problems, this time the Leopard has undergone repeated trial production and experiments, and learned from the relevant experience of the Tiger, and the technical indicators and performance have tended to be more stable.

In addition to the Leopard, the Ministry of Armaments also reported that the King Tiger tank, an upgraded version of the Tiger, had also overcome many development difficulties and that a prototype would be built for acceptance in January 1944. This progress is in line with logical and intelligence needs, and the Ministry of Armaments has also maintained a high degree of attention to the development of the Red Army's tank vehicles, and various circumstances indicate that the Red Army is in trial production of the T-34/85, and it is expected that this new tank will appear on the battlefield in the next few months. While the Tiger still has an advantage over it, the 4th tank will start to lose its strength. Now the whole army is waiting to fight the T-34/85 with the Leopard.

Keitel had made up his mind that once the Leopard had proven itself on the battlefield and achieved a significant advantage over the 4, he was ready to propose the formation of the Type 1944 Panzer Division, replacing the 4th with the Panther as the main tank of the armored force.

Even though Stalin tried his best to stall for time, he could not come up with any more means, and although Molotov kept saying that he would continue the talks and deliver more Axis prisoners of war, the General Staff, based on previous statistics, believed that the Red Army had few prisoners of war left, and that there might be some high-value targets, such as officers of the rank of colonel, German personnel suspected of being spies, etc., but the number was at most in the hundreds.

Hoffman did not intend to do nothing in this year's summer offensive, and saw that Stalin would recuperate, and it would be even more troublesome if the Red Army was revived, so he secretly issued an order in late August to seize the last offensive window from September to November to deal a third blow to Stalin. (To be continued.) )