Chapter 638

At ten o'clock in the evening of June 21, the Kremlin command gathered the important generals of the Soviet Red Army: Zhukov, Timoshenko, Vasilevsky, who were nervously waiting for the report from the front, and the final opinion of the simulation office was that the German army would attack the Soviet Union at ten o'clock in the evening of the 21st.

Yesterday evening, the deployment was carried out, the hundred divisions that Zhukov wanted, fifty divisions have been put in place today, and fifty more divisions are still on the way to the rapid march, and these fifty divisions will arrive at the designated position by tomorrow morning at the latest, and by that time, the total number of troops deployed on the border line will exceed that of the German army.

In the absence of troops in place, Zhukov was really afraid of fighting tonight, so several generals gathered in Stalin's office in the Kremlin, which was the headquarters of the Soviet Red Army, and several communications staff officers were responsible for several directions, tense contact with all directions of the border line, and the unified voice was: Where are you in the war?

After eight o'clock in the evening, almost no one in the headquarters spoke, even the air, which was also still at the moment of eight o'clock,

A communications staff officer reported: "The three fronts of the south-west report that there is no fighting anywhere in them, that there is an unusual silence, not even the occasional gunshot,"

The second communications staff officer reported: "The four fronts from the west reported that the border was not very peaceful, and that there were gunshots from time to time, but no soldiers crossed the border,"

The third communications staff report: "The four fronts of the north-western direction report: where are they very quiet, not a single skirmish,? ”

Stalin breathed a sigh of relief and calmly said: "Everything is normal, there will be no war on the 21st,"

Zhukov ordered: "Order all the departments of the Western Front to continue to guard the movements of the German army, without any careless thoughts,"

"Yes, Marshal," the three communications staff officers returned to the communications room,

Zhukov said: "Comrade Stalin, I think we can't sit in our office and wait for the war to happen, because the fact that there is no war that should happen tonight does not mean that there will be no war tomorrow, we should go to the front, so that we can keep abreast of new trends."

Stalin nodded: "I agree with this idea, but you go, to whom will the General Staff be handed over?" ”

"Just give it to Vasilevsky, I believe he did better," looked at the deputy chief of the General Staff Vasilevsky beside him, Zhukov put forward his opinion,

Vasilevsky seemed to want to say something, and Stalin waved his hand: "So decided, while Comrade Zhukov is out, there will be Vasilevsky acting in the General Staff, Comrade Zhukov, tomorrow morning, immediately fly to the North-Western Direction, make an appointment with several fronts there, form a general command in the North-Western Direction, you don't have to be the commander-in-chief, but you can have full authority over all aspects of the army,"

Zhukov saluted: "Thank you, Comrade Stalin, for trusting you so much,"

Stalin waved his hand and continued to order: "Timoshenko rushed to the west, formed the four fronts of the army, formed the general command of the west, then directly served as the commander-in-chief, and the security of Moscow was handed over to you,"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I will immediately rush to form the commander-in-chief of the Western Analysis," Timoshenko saluted,

Stalin said: "Let's go tomorrow morning, in the south-west direction I will appoint Marshal Budyonny and Comrade Khrushchev to form a general command in the south-west direction, and if difficulties arise, Comrade Zhukov should also rush there immediately to find out the situation and correct the deviations." ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin, I have formed the General Headquarters of the Northwest Direction, and I can immediately rush to the Southwest, but in what capacity shall I command them?" Zhukov, of course, also had his own opinion.

Stalin immediately said: "You go to the front as a representative of the high command, and I will telegraph the armies to accept your command, well, dismiss the meeting, sleep well, and set off tomorrow,"

Of course, the power of the representatives of the High Command is much greater, and to put it realistically, it is Stalin's representatives, who would dare not listen? Facts have proved that Stalin's decision was a wise decision, Zhukov led the Soviet Red Army and finally defeated the fascists, if it is said that Hitler launched a surprise attack, and said with a clear conscience that the Soviet Red Army was still sleeping, it is nonsense,

However, at the beginning, it was still half a beat slower than the Germans, and that's it.

Just as everyone was leaving Stalin's office, Su Junsheng rushed in: "Emergency, everyone wait a minute-"

Everyone had to stand down again, and Zhukov asked: "General Su, what happened again?" ”

Only then did the pace of the Soviet soldiers slow down, and everyone followed the Soviet soldiers into Stalin's office, and the Soviet soldiers put a telegram on the table: "The armored brigade is calling, everyone see,"

The telegram read:

Führer: Just after receiving the General Headquarters of Army Group Center, the armored brigade must break through into the territory of the Soviet Union at 4 a.m. on June 22, and the armored brigade should launch an attack slightly later than the infantry division and the mechanized division, so it can be concluded that the time of the attack on the Soviet Union is 3:10 a.m. on June 22, and the armored brigade operator No. 2.

Zhukov to: "Comrade Stalin, you should immediately inform the border troops to sit down and prepare for war, the German fascists are at war against us,"

Stalin did not immediately talk but walked around twice with a pipe in his hand, then stopped, spit out the smoke in his mouth, and said slowly: "The order can be issued, we, as the leaders of the country, must be calm, is Hitler's move testing our bottom line?" ”

Everyone had to stand down again, and Zhukov asked: "General Su, what happened again?" ”

Only then did the pace of the Soviet soldiers slow down, and everyone followed the Soviet soldiers into Stalin's office, and the Soviet soldiers put a telegram on the table: "The armored brigade is calling, everyone see,"

The telegram read:

Führer: Just after receiving the General Headquarters of Army Group Center, the armored brigade must break through into the territory of the Soviet Union at 4 a.m. on June 22, and the armored brigade should launch an attack slightly later than the infantry division and the mechanized division, so it can be concluded that the time of the attack on the Soviet Union is 3:10 a.m. on June 22, and the armored brigade operator No. 2.

Zhukov to: "Comrade Stalin, you should immediately inform the border troops to sit down and prepare for war, the German fascists are at war against us,"

Stalin did not immediately talk but walked around twice with a pipe in his hand, then stopped, spit out the smoke in his mouth, and said slowly: "The order can be issued, we, as the leaders of the country, must be calm, is Hitler's move testing our bottom line?" ”

Stalin did not immediately talk but walked around twice with a pipe in his hand, then stopped, spit out the smoke in his mouth, and said slowly: "The order can be issued, we, as the leaders of the country, must be calm, is Hitler's move testing our bottom line?" ”