"Prepare cannons of caliber of 150 mm or more!" Putting down the binoculars in his hand, Marshal Rundstedt felt that he really had a good grasp of it.

He was less than 20 kilometers away from Moscow, a place that probably only Napoleon had ever visited in Europe.

Now, he has arrived, arrived at this place, and is ready to conquer this place with his army.

"Let the artillerymen prepare, greet Stalin and tell them that we have really arrived this time!" He pointed to Moscow in the distance and said to his kumite.

Then he thought about it again, and then opened his mouth and instructed: "One round of shelling is fine, don't waste supplies." ”

Being able to transport artillery shells from a distant rear supply base to under the city of Moscow is a remarkable thing in itself.

Therefore, any action needs to be carefully calculated, this is a war of accounting, it is a war of logistics troops, and any decision on the front line needs to be calculated before it can be carried out.

"Suzu! Bell bell! The phone rang, and on the artillery position that had just been arranged, an officer grabbed the phone in front of him and asked, "Hey! Here it is...... Right! I see! Sir! After 10 minutes, the shelling can begin...... Yes! Yes! We've got plenty of ammo! Yes, sir! ”

After putting down the phone in his hand, he looked at the chief of staff beside him and said: "The general command of the army group has called and asked us to start shelling Moscow. ”

"The Air Force could have bombed Moscow ten days ago, but the Führer never gave the order to attack." The chief of staff said with a wry smile.

Then he said what many people thought with some helplessness: "Everyone thinks that the Führer wants to take a complete Moscow, but who knows that the Führer just thinks that it is more wasteful to bomb with the air force......"

The bombers of the Air Force have long been prepared, and after such a long time of accumulation, they have long been numerous.

It's a pity that even so, the Luftwaffe is still a baby bump in the Führer's mind, and it is easy to be reluctant to take it out for consumption.

At this moment, the Luftwaffe has a super-sized air force system with more than 15,000 pilots and 8,000 flight apprentices.

Even the United States, which has deep pockets, has no way to surpass the Luftwaffe, which has a complete training system, in terms of the number of pilots at this moment.

If you count the ace pilots, and the quality gap of fighters, then the Luftwaffe has surpassed the US Army Aviation in terms of overall strength.

Moreover, this Luftwaffe has made up for its shortcomings, has a large number of long-range bombers, and has become a strategic force.

There are two aircraft manufacturing plants in the north of the United Kingdom that have signed production contracts with Germany, specializing in the production of improved American B-17 bombers, namely the JU-118 bombers of the Luftwaffe.

It was originally a production line in Lancaster, England, but now it has been modified to become a production line for the JU-118 and has begun to work for the German war machine.

In fact, the Germans did not trust the British companies, but they were too busy to accept such aircraft equipment.

What is even more interesting is that after these planes were produced, they were not flown to Germany, but transported to Germany by sea ship.

Because these planes only produced wings and fuselages, internal weapons and engines, all of which were installed by Germany.

After all, Germany did not want to give its weapons to the British, because the more the British knew, the more the Americans knew.

"Let the positions 1 and 2 open fire! Take a break after one round, and get ......hot after another round," the chief of staff complained and gave his own advice.

The artillery commander nodded and said: "Let the Soviet artillery fire first, after all, they don't have many shells." ”

Along the way, Germany captured numerous large-caliber artillery pieces of the Soviets. These guns carry a lot of ammunition and are relatively easy to find supplies.

The initial retreat of the Soviets was so chaotic that it was too late to destroy the artillery. And when the Belarusian troops surrendered, they also handed over their support weapons.

Stalin said that artillery is the god of war, so the Soviet Union also popularized artillery on a large scale. In terms of the application of artillery, the level of the USSR was quite high.

This also means that along the way, the Soviet artillery captured by Germany has excellent performance and a large number, and the biggest advantage is that these guns have been transported halfway......

The only problem is that these guns are not very well processed and have average accuracy. And the German artillery did not use such weapons, and it was not convenient to operate.

But these are all problems that can be solved, for example, when important suppressive fire is fired, the artillerymen use German artillery to fire, and when it is a deterrent to scare people, Soviet artillery is used.

So this time, it was the Soviet artillery that fired first, and the caliber was all guns of more than 152 mm, and they covered the outskirts of Moscow, and the artillery fire was very fierce.

This time, because of the distance, in fact, it was not only the relationship of the front line, but even the main blocks in Moscow were heard with muffled shell explosions.

The German artillerymen stuffed one after another 152-caliber shells into the gun's chamber and then poured their own shells into the spire of Moscow with the longest range.

Of course, these shells can't fly that far, but they can explode closest to the city of Moscow.

Looking at the black smoke from the explosion in the distance, Rundstedt, who was standing behind the artillery mirror, nodded with satisfaction and looked away.

"Guderian's attack near Kaluga is going well, right?" He looked at his chief of staff, as well as the commanders, division commanders, and regimental commanders of the troops stationed on the front line, and asked.

"General Guderian's troops, which have now bypassed Kaluga, are advancing near Tula......" the chief of staff gave the latest message more than an hour ago.

Guderian's armored corps, crossing the river from both flanks of Kaluga, fought to the vicinity of Tula, just south of Moscow.

As long as Tula is captured, Moscow can really be encircled on both sides - this is a great pressure on the Soviet Union, at least for the Soviet troops stationed in the city of Moscow, a disaster.

Once Germany occupies one more flank, Moscow will be surrounded on three sides, and those who will not retreat will be those who are ready to live and die with the city of Moscow.