Chapter 50: The Führer's Ambitions
"It would be great if there was something like what you said." Ye Chuchu understood what Sun Hui meant, and nodded excitedly.
"This is just a little bit of my imagination based on the account in this notebook, a little illusory, so I can't pin all my hopes on this, in comparison, it is better to try to take advantage of all the favorable conditions around me." Sun Hui said.
"To be honest, Brother Sun, I've always been worried that one day we call the Germans to arrest ...... It's really better to die...... Ye Chuchu lowered his head and whispered, not pulling his hand out of Sun Hui's hand, but holding Sun Hui's hand instead, clasping it tightly with his fingers.
"Don't be afraid, Chu Chu, there is me." Sun Hui held her hand and felt the slight sweat oozing from her palm, "Believe me, nothing like that will happen." I promise. ”
"Hmm......" Ye Chuchu blushed and nodded lightly in the dark.
There was a sudden low roar in the dark night, and a dark red glimmer of light penetrated into the observation window, but Sun Hui and Ye Chuchu were completely immersed in the warmth brought by these two hands, and they did not get up to look at it as before, and the other girls were still asleep and did not wake up.
Outside, no one from the resting Soviet soldiers and civilians escaped - everyone knew what was happening: it was the German army launching a night attack on Leningrad with artillery fire.
On the same night, there were still some people who were not idle.
By order of the Führer, at 11 o'clock, the Reich Deputy Head Baummann, Air Marshal Goering, the SS Chief Himmler, the Propaganda Minister Goebbels, the Chief of Staff of the German Army Halder, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army von Murphy. Field Marshal Brauchitsch, commander of Army Group Center von Blauchitsch. Field Marshal Bauk, Field Marshal Guderian, Commander of the Assault Forces of Panzer Group, and Commander of the Assault Forces von Bauderian. Admiral Horen came to the Führer's stronghold - the "Wolf's Lair".
The summoned people gathered in the hall and sat on tall and intricately carved oak benches around a long table, covered with a dark brown velvet tablecloth embroidered with the emblem of the National Socialist Party, like some giant spider with black tentacles. The heavy bulletproof iron door opened silently, and Hitler walked in briskly. He wears a gray uniform with a gold party emblem on his lapel, an armband, and a pair of yellow leather shoes on his feet.
Everyone jumped up and stood up straight, stretched their right arms upward, and shouted in unison: "Hey! Hitler! ”
"Hey!" Hitler replied in a low voice, strode to the center, pressed his hands to the table, and looked at everyone sternly: "All sit down, please take a seat!" ”
As soon as the people sat down, Hitler put his hands behind his back and walked nervously along the table.
"Gentlemen!" After a long pause, he said: "I put the best army, air force and navy in the world under your command, and our generals, like a flock of sheep, have lost precious warplanes in Petersburg, under the city of Kiev, on the battlefield of Smolensk!" Four months have passed since the glorious 'Barbarossa' plan drawn up by the headquarters of the armed forces has been carried out ineffectively, and although we have occupied a large part of the enemy's territory, we have not achieved any of the planned strategic objectives! We must proceed from the situation on the Eastern Front and make amendments to the Blitzkrieg plan. ”
Hitler paused, looked around at the seated people, and brushed a strand of hair that covered his eyes. Suddenly he stretched his right arm upwards and nervously shouted: "The Russian army is weakened!" In Petersburg, in Kiev, in Vyazma, in Smolensk, in Orel, in the Moscow direction, they have not yet recovered from the heavy losses of our valiant and warlike army. The time has come to deal a fatal blow to Moscow, the capital of Russia, to the heart! I don't understand, why did the Army General Command delay and let go of such a favorable opportunity? Why let the Russians hold a military parade on Red Square under the nose of our invincible army ?! This is at the front line: what are our bombers doing ?! ”
"Oh, it's a shame I didn't know about it beforehand, and it was bad weather that day when I couldn't fly......," Goering interjected carefully.
"What are our military reconnaissance agencies doing? Why didn't you know in advance about this bold action of the enemy? Hitler stared at General Halder's face, took a deep breath, and sat down in his chair.
Halder hurriedly got up, stood upright, and whispered: "My Führer! You are fully justified in accusing the General Command of the Army and military reconnaissance work. The situation on the Eastern Front is moving so fast that we often can't keep up with it. My Führer! I have the audacity to report to you and draw your attention to the fact that the General Army Command has drawn up an offensive plan codenamed 'Typhoon' to crush and destroy the Russian forces defending the red capital. ”
General Halder left the table and walked over to the huge map hanging on the wall. The map marked the battle line with zigzag black lines, and the broad blue arrows, like steel spears, pointed directly at Moscow, Leningrad, Donbass, and Sevastopol.
Halder picked up the whip, put on his monocle, raised his voice and continued: "My Führer! In accordance with the 'Typhoon' plan, our invincible army launched an offensive on September 30, and the Panzer Army led by the 2nd Army and Field Marshal Guderian dealt a powerful blow to the enemy forces in the Shostka area of the Bryansk front. On October 2, our troops unexpectedly inflicted heavy losses on the enemy forces on the Western Front in the area of Roslavli and Tukhovshena. Despite the desperate counterattack of the enemy, our troops broke through the line and on the evening of October 6 surrounded a large group of enemy forces on the Western Front and the reserve line in the area of Vyazma. ”
"Having broken through the Bryansk line of defense of the Russians, our nimble tank and mechanized units occupied the city of Orel and advanced deep into the Bryansk front. However, the Russians threw in new infantry corps in the Mtsensk area, giving the enemy in the Bryansk field a chance to retreat. Our Russian troops, who were encircled in the Vyazma area, which had expected to surrender, also launched a fierce counteroffensive. Therefore, our army, which was supposed to drive straight into Moscow, now had to engage in a bloody battle with the encircled enemy army. ”
"This is your greatest mistake," said Hitler, frowning, "and after encircling the enemy, you should put down roots in the ground, leaving a minimum of troops to blockade and build an impregnable wall so that they cannot break through." When they run out of ammunition and food, they themselves will surrender, otherwise, they will starve to death like rats. ”