"Comrade Zhukov, what is the current situation in the armies of all fronts?"

In the Kremlin, an important meeting of the Supreme High Command of the Soviet Army was held. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, General Zhukov, stood up and said: "Comrades, now that the German troops have gathered a large number of forces in the area of Belarus and Latvia, it is estimated that they will launch a large-scale offensive against our Western Front and the Northwestern Front. ”

Stalin looked at the lower left corner of the map, staring at the rich region, "And what about the direction of Ukraine?" Did the Germans make any moves? ”

Zhukov thought for a moment and said: "Comrade Stalin, the German army has not yet made any large-scale movements on the Ukrainian side. ”

"There was no movement?" Stalin frowned and thought for a moment, "It seems to me that the reason for the massive build-up of the Germans in Belarus and Latvia was not to attack the Western Front and the North-Western Front, but to attract our attention and divert our focus and main forces to Belarus and the Baltic coast."

When the time comes, they will launch a fierce offensive against the Southwestern Front and the Southern Front of Ukraine, capture Kyiv in one fell swoop, and then capture the Donbass, even the industrial region of Kharkov, and capture the shipbuilding center of Nevlaiv. ”

Marshal Timoshenko did not understand why the Germans were massing forces around Belarus, but they focused their strategic goals on Ukraine. He frowned and asked Stalin: "Comrade Stalin, why did the Germans seize Ukraine at this time?" Shouldn't their target be Moscow? ”

Holding his large pipe, Stalin said: "Ukraine is the industrial center of our country and the region with the largest grain production in the USSR. If I were Hitler, I would definitely concentrate the main forces and capture the Ukrainian regions first.

In this way, it will greatly reduce the already insufficient food supply of the Soviet Union, and at the same time, it will destroy our industrial base in Kharkiv and Donbass, and reduce our supply of industrial products. ”

At this time, a young voice appeared: "Comrade Stalin, if I were Hitler, I would also do what you just said, first take Ukraine, seize the agricultural and industrial resources of our country, then march to the Caucasus, seize oil resources, and finally advance in the direction of Moscow."

However, judging from the previous tactics of the Germans and the combat readiness of the German army, they must have come to Moscow this time. ”

The person who spoke was the youngest member of the Supreme High Command, and he was Manturov, who had received the rank of general before he was 30 years old.

"Comrade Manturov," questioned Marshal Semyon Budyonny, who had always been loyal to Stalin, "how can you judge the tactics of the German army if you are not a German, and you have not studied or studied at the Frunze Military Academy, and you have a weak foundation in military theory?" Also, how did you know about the combat readiness of the German army? ”

As a time-traveler, a time-traveler with a little study of the Soviet Union in World War II, Manturov certainly did not know the tactics that the Germans were eager to achieve, as well as the preparations for ending the war before winter.

It's just that in front of these marshals, Manturov can't say all this, and if he does, he will expose the identity of the traverser, and at worst, he will be charged with "German spy" by someone with a heart.

In order not to reveal his identity, and at the same time to explain the characteristics of the German army's tactics, Manturov had to start from the previous wars: "In fact, from the previous wars, it is not difficult for us to judge the characteristics of the German army's tactics. From the invasion of France, to the invasion of Poland, to the invasion of our country, the Germans have always used a set of tactics called 'blitzkrieg'.

This tactic, what is pursued, is the shock of speed! The purpose of this set of tactics is to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in a short period of time, to divide and destroy the enemy's forces, to obstruct the enemy's rear routes, to threaten the enemy's logistics, and finally to achieve the goal of disrupting the enemy's disposition, forcing the enemy to change its frontal force, and causing the enemy to be in a disorderly position in the organization and distribution of troops.

However, in order to achieve a 'shock in speed' on the battlefield of the Soviet Union and to divide the strength of our army in a short period of time, the Germans must have superiority in troops, assemble a large number of mechanized troops, and have absolute air supremacy, all of which are necessary conditions for launching a blitzkrieg. ”

Budyonny again questioned: "Comrade Manturov, you are right. In any war, if you want to destroy the enemy's main force in a short period of time, you must have absolute superiority in forces and absolute air supremacy.

But what does this have to do with whether the Germans are attacking Ukraine or not? They can still amass a large number of troops and deploy a large number of air forces in the vicinity of Ukraine in order to gain superiority in strength and air supremacy. ”

Manturov continued: "At present, our army still has more than fifty divisions in Ukraine, and the German army has only 36 divisions. In such a situation, they need to send at least 30 divisions to Ukraine to have enough ground forces to launch a blitzkrieg.

But where do these 30 divisions and more than 600,000 troops come from? Judging by the current situation of the mobilization of the German army, it is impossible for them to mobilize such a large number of troops from the rear in a short period of time, and they can only transfer them from Army Group Center.

And now, the main forces of Army Group Center are massing in the area of Belarus and Lithuania, and not in the direction of Ukraine, which shows that their strategic goal is not to seize Ukraine, but to seize Estonia and Belarus. ”

"But," Marshal Voroshilov also questioned his son-in-law, General Manturov, "in Belarus and on the Baltic coast, the Germans did not achieve absolute superiority in forces. Could it be that they will also launch a blitzkrieg when they do not have the advantage of forces? ”

"Krim," Manturov affectionately called, calling his father-in-law's nickname, and then said: "At present, on the battlefield in Belarus, the German Army Group Center deploys 60 divisions with a strength of more than 1.2 million people. Although we also had 60 divisions, the number of the Red Army did not exceed 1 million because of the low rate of division strength.

Under such circumstances, the German army already had a strength advantage of 200,000 troops, although in terms of proportion, it could not be regarded as an absolute superiority in strength, but these 200,000 soldiers had been able to play a key role, and the number was not small at all.

In addition to superiority in ground forces, another key factor in launching a blitzkrieg is air supremacy. Only by gaining air supremacy could the Germans launch a successful blitzkrieg.

At present, on the battlefield in Belarus, the number of German aircraft has been significantly replenished, and their newly developed Fw190 large firepower fighters have also been deployed in large numbers in Belarus and Lithuania, and they have gradually gained air supremacy in some areas, obviously in preparation for blitzkrieg. ”

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