Chapter 722: What do you think, Marshal Rokossovsky
"But I feel that we must first deploy the German frontline positions, conduct adequate reconnaissance and observation, and discover their intentions."
"At the same time, we also need ground troops and air forces to cooperate with our surprise attack, so that we can quickly and successfully attack the Germans and kill them by surprise!"
"In particular, the German Army Group "North" that you just mentioned, we need to know its dynamics and whereabouts even more! ”
"It is one of the three main army groups that the German army invaded our homeland, and according to our investigation, although the German army in the northern group does not have as many troops as the original 1.6 million, it still has more than 900,000 troops, and it has recently been reequipped with weapons and equipment by Hitler!"
"So this opponent must not be taken lightly! Moreover, the current commander-in-chief of Army Group North was handed over to Walter Moder, and the former commander, Field Marshal von Quchler, has been relieved of his post! ”
Zhukov added.
"It's Walter Moder again! Didn't he already take over Army Group II and Army Group IX? ”
"Why is it that even Army Group North has been accepted now? It seems that Hitler took him very seriously! ”
Hearing this, Marshal Rokossovsky was surprised.
"Yes! Moreover, according to the information we have, the current German Army Group North has the 16th Army Corps under the command of Ernst Busch, the 2nd Army, the 10th Army, the 28th Army, and the 18th Army under the command of von Quchler; The 1st Army, the 26th Army, the 38th Army, the 4th Panzer Corps under the command of Erich Hoppner, the 41st Motorized Corps, the 56th Motorized Corps, and also the 1st Air Group for air support! ”
"But these are superficial intelligence and information!"
"As for whether there will be any follow-up replenishment of troops and new weapons and equipment, it is unknown!"
Zhukov continued.
"And what about Army Group South and Army Group Center under Manstein?"
"These two army groups were reorganized by Hitler into the German Army Group, because the 6th Army and its 10 infantry divisions and 1 armored division under the Southern Army, as well as the 8 infantry divisions, 3 armored divisions, and 1 armored infantry division under the command of the 1st Panzer Army, as well as the 12 infantry divisions, 5 armored divisions, 8 infantry divisions, and 5 armored divisions under the command of the 8th Army, after the Battle of Stalingrad, these units were all severely damaged by us!"
"And the current German Army Group South was reorganized on the basis of the German Kempf Army Group group, and some veterans were drawn from the remnants of the German 69th Mountain Army, 57th Panzer Army, 3rd Panzer Army, 64th Army, 60th Panzer Army and 52nd Army under the jurisdiction of the German 1st Panzer Army!"
"As for the commanders-in-chief of the army group, Walter von Reichenau and Frederick Paulus, these people have surrendered to us; And the reserve officers such as Karl Hollid and Maximilian Anglis, as well as Maximilian Freterpico and Hermann Balke, it seems that Hitler did not give them the commander of the army group, but only used it as a reserve! ”
"As for the apparent intelligence of Army Group Center of Germany, it is now shown that they possess armies from the 3rd Panzer Group, the 5th Army, and the 6th Army; The remnants of the 39th Motorized Army, the 57th Motorized Army, the German 4th Army, and the German 9th Army were transferred to lead the new recruits to reorganize! ”
"The details need to be further investigated by our intelligence agencies! But the only thing we can be sure of now is that the commander of Army Group Deutsche after the merger of Army Group South and Army Group Center is Manstein! ”
"And recently Hitler has also sent a lot of new weapons and equipment to supply Manstein's troops!"
"At the same time, they are building massive defensive positions, and these defensive positions are not coming towards us, but towards their German rear!"
"They seem to be preparing to defend our troops, and may be planning to attack the German mainland!"
Zhukov told everything he knew about the situation and information.
Marshal Rokossovsky listened quietly and did not say much, especially after listening, he frowned even more deeply and thought about it.
Judging from the strength of the troops on the surface, the strength of the Soviet army is definitely more than that of the German army, but the thing that makes him and Zhukov most entangled now is that he does not know how many new weapons and equipment the German army has stored on the Eastern Front this time to fight them.
"What do you think? Marshal Rokossovsky! ”
Looking at Rokossovsky, who was frowning deeply and thinking, Zhukov was silent for a moment and then asked.