The loss of Sevastopol annoyed Stalin. ◢ with ◢ dream ◢ small ◢ .lā

"I don't know what happened on the Crimean Peninsula!" In the conference room, Stalin swept the officers attending the meeting with a cold gaze and said coldly: "The situation was originally very favorable to us, wasn't it?" Sevastopol was a difficult fortress to conquer, and the Kerch Peninsula was also very well defended by the terrain, with 120,000 and 260,000 men garrisoned respectively, compared to 160,000 enemy troops...... Even our troops were still in a two-sided attack on the left and right sides of the enemy, but the enemy easily captured Sevastopol! ”

Saying this, Stalin picked up his pipe and said with a calm face as he stuffed it with shreds: "Can anyone tell me why?" ”

Oketyabrysky, who had escaped from Sevastopol, decided that he had to give an explanation, so he got up and replied: "Comrade Stalin, because the enemy attacked the power station unexpectedly, and ...... Sevastopol was understaffed, the city did not have the necessary reserves and was empty! ”

Stalin did not speak, but silently lit his pipe, took a deep breath and exhaled a long breath, and suddenly a cloud of smoke hung around Stalin.

As the smoke cleared, Stalin asked: "That's all?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Stalin!" Oktyabliski replied: "It was a mistake on my command, please hold me accountable!" ”

"No, Comrade Stalin!" At this time, Mekhlis, who was sitting on Stalin's left-hand side, stood up and said solemnly: "I don't think these are the reasons for the defeat of this battle of Sevastopol. Of course, I think it was indeed a command error on the part of Comrade Oktyabrysky, but it was not the lack of troops or the surprise attack of the enemy, as he claimed. In fact, what is more important is that Comrade Oktyabrisky organized this campaign with the idea of passive defense, and in the case of superiority in troops, it is more necessary to attack the enemy than to defend passively, you must know that we have a total of 80,000 troops, which is more than twice the enemy's strength, and we also have the artillery of the fortress batteries and the Black Sea Fleet, they could have easily annihilated the 160,000 fascists who attacked the Crimean Peninsula, but Comrade Oktyabrisky did not do so. Now, our advantage is losing little by little......"

"But, Comrade Mekhlis!" Oktyablisky defended himself: "The enemy has air superiority, it is difficult for our navy to play a more role, and the roads are muddy and unsuitable for attacking, and if you do this, you will cause a lot of casualties among our troops......"

"That's exactly why you lost this war, Comrade Oktyabrysky!" Mehris said in an arrogant tone: "The battlefield does not tolerate such cowardly thoughts, and you should make a deep reflection on this!" ”

Oktya Brisky was speechless.

Mekhlis, head of the General Political Department of the Red Army and deputy People's Commissar of Defense, was Stalin's Ponzin and at the same time a typical Stalinist figure...... Ignorant, arrogant, with little combat experience, with only political correctness.

It is said that Mehris also once argued with people about whether the moon would shine or not...... He was told that the moon itself does not emit light, it only reflects the sun's rays, but Mehris did not think so, because the moon he saw was obviously glowing.

Indeed, this is difficult to understand for a person who has not graduated from elementary school.

Stalin was silent for a moment, and then he said: "I think that the words of Comrade Mekhlis are justified, we should boldly launch a counteroffensive against the Germans!" ”

"Comrade Stalin!" As soon as these words came out, Oktyablisky hurriedly said: "I think that our army is not ready, and the current situation is not suitable for a counteroffensive!" ”

"Are you talking about muddy roads?" Stalin asked rhetorically.

"That's one of the reasons......"

"But!" Stalin interrupted Oktyabrysky: "Didn't the Germans attack on these roads?" ”

As soon as Stalin said this, Oktyablisky was speechless.

"Comrade Stalin!" Kuznetsov also had to get up at this time and said: "I also think that this is not the right time for a counteroffensive, and our preparations are not very sufficient......

"The Germans were just as ill-prepared!" Stalin said: "In fact, we have ample intelligence that the Germans are below us with increased supplies and troops, which means that if we could have defeated them at the Battle of Moscow, we can defeat them now!" ”

After a pause, Stalin continued: "Comrades, you have all seen the results of the passive defense, such a strong fortress as Sevastopol will be occupied by the enemy, and I have reason to believe that if this continues, the Kerch Peninsula will have the same fate." On the other hand, we all know a little ...... As soon as the Germans were ready to attack us, we didn't even know where they were going to attack. So why don't we take advantage of the fact that we are now the first to launch a counteroffensive? This way, on the one hand, it can disrupt their plans, and on the other hand, it can also hold the Kerch Peninsula and take the initiative, you know, as long as we can hold the Kerch Peninsula, the enemy will not be able to attack! ”

In a way, Stalin was right in this statement.

Because the four armies on the Kerch Peninsula were like time bombs buried behind the German lines, like a thorn in the flesh, the Soviet army did not allow it to be easily disintegrated by the Germans like Sevastopol.

And if the Soviet army launched a counteroffensive with the Kerch Peninsula in other directions, it could form a trend of "internal and external cooperation", which would contain the German army from carrying out the offensive plan.

Seeing that there was no objection, Stalin ordered: "I order, Comrade Mekhlis, as a representative of the Supreme High Command, to go to the Kerch Peninsula to inspect the preparations. When the time is ripe, we will launch a counteroffensive against the enemy head-on with the whole of our army! ”

Hearing this, Okjabrisky's heart sank to the bottom...... He knew that Mekhlis was ostensibly "inspecting preparations," but in fact he was a political representative with the power of life and death, and that a counteroffensive on the Kerch Peninsula was already doomed, and that it was Mekhlis, a fool who could only talk about courage and spirit, who commanded the offensive on the Kerch Peninsula.

Oktyabrisky gritted his teeth and tried to prevent the tragedy from happening, but he heard Stalin continue: "Remove Comrade Oktyabrisky from the post of commander of the Black Sea Fleet!" ”