At 8 a.m. on 7 June, all German units abruptly ceased all offensive operations, even those on interspersed missions.

Many of the Soviet Red Army, tired of the battle, did not know what was going on, but then, they got the answer from the sky!

Countless Luftwaffe planes were as overwhelming as ever, only this time they brought not bombs, but urgently printed leaflets!

Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko had already been killed in the early hours of the same day, and Minsk had already been captured by the Germans!

At the same time, the Soviet government also received an official diplomatic edict from Germany, demanding a 48-hour ceasefire between the two sides, and the German Army Group Center would personally send someone to escort the great and admirable Soviet Marshal Timoshenko to Smolensk, and implore the Soviet government to arrange for the great soldier to be buried in his homeland or in Moscow!

A great soldier deserves the same treatment, even if he has died in battle, he is still great, and no organization or individual can deprive everyone of the praise and love for this great soldier for any reason! History should remember this great military man! ’

This passage appeared on various occasions on this day, and I have to say that once Goebbels's propaganda machine is activated, it is really terrifying!

Moreover, the approach of the Germans was almost infinitely equivalent to chasing ducks to the shelves, leaving Stalin powerless.

Stalin had just received the news from Molotov's mouth that Timoshenko had died, of course, this news still came from the diplomatic note of the Germans, Stalin himself had not yet reacted from the shock, and the Kremlin was already surrounded by journalists from various countries, everyone was waiting for Stalin's response!

The Germans informed not only the Soviets, but even all the influential media around the world, and at the same time, the route of the troops escorting Timoshenko's body to Smolensk was also announced, and the escort was even the commander of the German Army Group Center, Field Marshal von Bock!

Marshal Timoshenko was trapped in Minsk for seven days and seven nights, and sent countless telegrams to Moscow during these seven days and seven nights, but Moscow only gave the order to hold on, and resolutely did not send a single soldier to reinforce it.

However, a great soldier has a great side, Marshal Timoshenko knew that he and his hundreds of thousands of soldiers had been abandoned, but as a soldier, he was still strong and fearless in carrying out orders from the Moscow Kremlin!

It was not until the early morning of June 7 that the heroic Wehrmacht finally broke through the defense of Minsk, and Marshal Timoshenko had to retreat to a corner, still not retreating or surrendering.

Eventually, when the sky was about to lighten, Marshal Timoshenko and his soldiers had no way to retreat, no bullets, no food, no water, no medicine, in this case, Marshal Timoshenko, in order to save the lives of the last few thousand Soviet soldiers alive, gave the order to surrender and shot himself after surrendering.

Goebbels did not specifically say that the Soviet government was not, but it left countless room for imagination, and the Germans themselves admitted that their troops were blocked by Marshal Timoshenko in front of Minsk for seven days and seven nights, but during these seven days and seven nights, Minsk did not receive any support!

Timoshenko's combat ability may not be very top-notch, but he has unparalleled popularity in the Soviet army, and there are too many people who respect Timoshenko, obviously, Goebbels's carefully packaged Timoshenko and the German marshal's personal escort of Timoshenko's body has caused a lot of shock in the entire Soviet Union!

As for the effect of this shock on the Soviets, it is not clear in a few words.

As for the German side, well, things are not as simple as they seem!

To escort the remains of an enemy, do you still need the marshal to deliver it himself?

To escort the remains of an enemy, do you need a whole division to escort it?

Escorting the remains of an enemy requires all sorts of planes flying around the sky and constantly handing out leaflets in mourning for the hero Timoshenko?

Obviously, none of this is needed!

Stalin was not blind, and neither were the generals and marshals under him, with fart. The shares can be figured out, this is deliberate by the Germans!

The first is to show off the Soviet people, and the second is to take the opportunity to spy on the deployment of Smolensk!

However, although they all knew about these two items, they could not change and could not be stopped, because Goebbels did so much that the whole world knew about the German send-off plan, and the whole world was looking here, and the whole world was watching Stalin and his every move of the Soviet Union!

"Comrade Stalin, maybe things are not as simple as they seem!"

"What's going on?"

Stalin, who was already anxious, just wanted to sit down and rest after dealing with the reporters, when he was poured cold water on Marshal Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny.

"The fleet of the Germans has already arrived in Volos, Greece, and will soon arrive in Istanbul, and once they arrive in Istanbul, then the Black Sea Fleet will be completely trapped there, and once they hit the Black Sea, then Ukraine will face an enemy on its back!"

"Alas!"

Sighing heavily, Stalin had nothing to do, Goebbels made the death of Timoshenko known to the whole world, and he couldn't refuse the armistice himself!

It seems that the Germans have the upper hand, and the 48-hour truce at this time is a respite for the Soviet Union, and at the same time a respect for Timoshenko, but only Stalin himself knows the knife hidden in it!

At the same time, now the German fleet is about to arrive in Istanbul, that is, during the 48-hour armistice, the Germans can completely drive the fleet into the Black Sea, and as soon as the 48 hours pass, the Black Sea Fleet will become history, and at the same time, Ukraine, which has always been impregnable, will also face the situation of defending the enemy!

"Do you have any good ideas?"

"Shipwreck! It's the only way! ”

"Shipwrecks? You are crazy? Are you going to cede the entire Black Sea to the Germans? ”

"No, the Black Sea Fleet itself is the weakest fleet, and at the same time it has long been trapped in the Black Sea, and what we are really worried about now is not the survival of the Black Sea Fleet, but when the German fleet will sail into the Black Sea!

We need to block the entrance to the Black Sea so that the Germans will never be able to get in! Not only do we have to sink ships, but we also have to lay mines and seal off the shipping lanes completely! ”

Budyonny's idea seemed to be fine, but Stalin knew that it was simply impossible!

Because the waterways that link the Aegean Sea with the Black Sea are in the hands of Turkey!

The relations between Turkey and the USSR, it was a blessing that they did not do the Germans a favor!

No, Turkey!

"Maps! Quick, get the map! ”

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