After Stalin launched the national general mobilization, from December 1, 1941 to May 1, 1942, the Soviet army had expanded from more than 310 divisions and almost 150 brigades, close to more than 9 million troops, to 11 million troops, and was organized into more than 420 divisions and 150 brigades, with nearly 10,000 tanks, nearly 2,000 aircraft, almost 1,600 multiple rocket launchers, almost 400,000 vehicles, more than 10,000 artillery pieces, and more than one million horses. However, the Soviet army was able to have more than 10 million troops at that time, including female soldiers at that time.

Therefore, after mobilization, Stalin was able to obtain a total strength of the Soviet army that exceeded the German army's strength of more than 6 million, that is, more than 310 divisions.

However, in terms of the number of planes and tanks, the Soviet army at that time was less than that of the German army.

However, in the fierce battle, the Soviet army lost almost 6 million people, of which almost 3.6 million were killed and wounded, and countless officers and soldiers were captured and disappeared by the Germans, as well as those who escaped.

For this reason, Stalin and other high-ranking members of the Soviet army also immediately organized the main field forces of the Soviet army, the reserves of the supreme commander's troops, and the army organized into large infantry regiments, including those who are not combat forces, and established a total of 12 front armies, 10 military districts, 4 fleets, and almost 70 group armies mixed with various arms, and 2 air defense armies, as well as 3 campaign clusters and other troops.

These forces were deployed on a long front from the Arctic to the Black Sea against the invading German forces.

The most combat-ready of these units were the field combat units of the Soviet Army and the reorganized units of the reserves of the Supreme Command.

And now in 1943, due to the emergence of Chen Yanlong, the Soviet army was defeated and defeated one after another, for which Stalin and other high-level leaders increased the Soviet army's tank troops and mechanized troops by double, for example, the number of tanks from 11 tank corps, 88 tank brigades, and 1 motorized infantry brigade in May 1942 to 22 tank corps, 176 tank brigades, and 1 motorized infantry brigade, etc., but during this period, the Soviet army was secretly strongly supported by Roosevelt.

Otherwise, the Soviet army would not have been able to obtain so many mechanized troops and tanks, so the tanks and armored units that the Soviet army has put into combat operations are also mixed with a large number of US tank types and armored vehicle types.

The Soviet Army's aviation army was also from the original 2 aviation corps and 16 aviation clusters in May 1942; It has become 4 air corps and 32 air clusters, but many of the pilots here are rookies, as well as the British and American allies, and some amateur pilots who are avid pilots.

Because Britain and the United States and other countries are also in great need of pilots to fight against the Japanese and German armies, they have no way to send a large number of pilots with flying experience and combat experience to the Soviet Army for support.

Moreover, with Stalin's character, he would not allow other countries to mix a large number of pilots and combat troops into their own army, even if their common goal was the German army.

Moreover, the military industrial zone east of the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Army has been continuously accelerating the production of tanks, airplanes, thousands of artillery pieces, and countless other weapons and equipment after reconstruction.

As soon as the weapons and equipment came off the production line, they were transported to the front line and distributed to the officers and men of the various units of the Soviet Army, and then let them be used in battle.

And one of the greatest contributors to the tank units of the Soviet army, as well as mechanized units such as armored forces, was Tank Lieutenant General Yakov Nikolai, who served as the head of the Department of Automobile and Armored Tanks of the Red Army.

It was his appearance that made the Soviet army go from zero to nothing, from the initial 4 wartime tank armies to almost 30 tank armies in December 1942; And now, at the end of November 1943, the tank army of the Soviet army has increased by three to four times.

Of course, the People's Commissariat of Defense (NKO) of the Soviet Army, which is responsible for supervising and organizing, as well as the deployment of new arms and units, also contributed a lot.

Of course, these decisions were more or less made by the Soviet Army's Defense Council (GKO), the highest decision-making body of the Soviet armed forces and the national defense system, and the Soviet High Command was only the command organ of the military body of the State Defense Council.

Of course, the supreme decision-maker is Comrade Stalin himself, and without his tacit consent, or with his approval, I am afraid that officers at all levels of the Soviet army will never be allowed to do anything big.

Moreover, in the original history, at 9:30 on January 12, 1943, the Soviet army concentrated a large number of artillery and mortars to cover the German positions in the Schlüsselburg area for almost 3 hours of heavy artillery coverage, and the German troops still besieging Leningrad were attacked from the south and north by the Soviet 61st Army and the 2nd Shock Army respectively, and then after about a week of fierce fighting, the Soviet Army's Leningrad Front and Volkhov Front, The rendezvous was smoothly carried out in the workers' villages No. 1 and No. 5, thus breaking through the 17-month German siege of Leningrad.

In January 1944, the Supreme Command of the Soviet Army decided to put the Leningrad Front under the command of General Govorov, the Volkhov Front under the command of General Meretskov, and the Second Baltic Front under the command of General Popov into the later stage of the Leningrad campaign, preparing to uproot and annihilate all the remnants of the German army there.

This was also the first of Stalin's famous "Ten Strikes", but the current trend of the battle was that in 1943, Stalin had already invested the Leningrad Front under the command of General Govorov, the Volkhov Front under the command of General Meretskov, and the Second Baltic Front under the command of General Popov, as well as other main forces, including the reinforcement aircraft carrier fleet borrowed from the British and American allies, into the Battle of Leningrad.

For such a large-scale troop operation, Stalin and Zhukov were originally very confident; But now it was a sudden blizzard, as well as unexpected surprise attacks by the German special forces, as well as surprise attacks by other small units one after another.

In this regard, Zhukov had been irritably, observing the high-definition Leningrad battle map hanging on the wall.

And when Zhukov finished muttering to himself, Rokossovsky, who had not spoken much beside him, also pondered quietly.

But from time to time, the two of them looked out of the glass window, gazing out at the increasingly crazy and cold blizzard outside.

"This was the first of Comrade Stalin's "ten strikes", and such an important battle was entrusted to me, but how should I now face the Germans, who are becoming more and more cunning and unpredictable? ”

After a long time, Zhukov muttered to himself again in annoyance.