"Volodya, do you remember what day it is?"

Holding a spoon in one hand and Katya's white, slippery left hand in the other, Manturov drank beetroot soup and said: "I remember that three years ago today, I officially took office as the first secretary of the party committee of the Novosibirsk region and began my revolutionary career. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Katia put down the spoon in her hand and scolded pointatically, "What? Vladimir Fedorovich Manturov, you forgot about such an important day? Love doesn't matter to you at all, does it? Power is all that matters to you, isn't it? ”

This day three years ago was actually the day when Manturov officially became the first secretary of the Novosibirsk Party Committee, but it was also the day when the two of them met in this time and space.

Of course, Manturov did not forget this important day, and the reason why he said this was just to try Katya's reflection and see if she cared about this love and marriage. "Honey, it looks like you care about me."

"Why don't I care about you? You're the most cherished man in my life. ”

"Katyusha, I am also the most cherished woman in my life." Manturov also put down the spoon, looked at Katya's beautiful black pearl-like eyes, and said, "Actually, I haven't forgotten the meaning of this day. It was on the evening of January 3, 1938 that we met again in the Central Park of Novosibirsk.

From that day on, I already decided that you were my other half, and we came together like this. ”

After hearing these words, Katia's heart suddenly warmed, what she wanted most in her life was to have a man who loved her and cherished her, and this wish had been fulfilled 3 years ago. "It's good that you haven't forgotten."

"Ahem!" Voroshilov, who was on the other side of the table, began to speak: "You can't say these words to us on purpose, do you?" ”

"Of course not." Katia's face began to redden, and it was only then that she realized the existence of her parents.

Voroshilov smiled and said: "It seems that your relationship is real, and your love is also real. ”

"Of course it's true, do you think I'll marry someone who doesn't love me?"

"It's hard to say," Voroshilov teased, "Volodya likes your appearance and political background, so he takes the initiative to pursue you, and you fancy his political potential and hope to achieve yourself through him, so you are willing to marry him." ”

"Dad, how can you say that?" Katia explained: "You are insulting love! It was a big blow to my psyche. ”

"Insulting love? Is it that serious? Voroshilov continued: "Well, I was wrong, then what am I going to do to compensate for the loss of your heart? ”

"How about we go hunting together next Sunday?"

Voroshilov thought for a moment and said: "I'm afraid this will not work, there may be a big operation of the German army in the near future, and an emergency may occur at any time." Volodya has taken on another heavy workload, and I'm afraid we won't have this time. ”

"The Germans? What actions will they take? Katia asked curiously.

"It's a military secret, and we can't reveal it."

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It was at this time that Army Group Center of the German Army Group had already begun to prepare for this big operation.

"Comrades-in-arms, this is the offensive plan drawn up by the Supreme High Command and the General Staff." Pointing to the corresponding location on the map, the Chief of Staff of Army Group Center, Henning von Tresko, said to the commanders of Army Group Center: "According to the plan of the General Staff, we will be responsible for attacking from the Belarusian area to the southeast, entering Ukraine, and advancing towards the area of Kyiv.

Army Group South, on the other hand, will break through the Manturov Line after we have entered Ukraine, and then advance eastward to the Kiev area to engage Army Group Center's forces. ”

"So, which troops are responsible for this mission?" The question was raised by the commander of the Fourth Army Group, Ludwig Kubler.

"These tasks will be given to the Second Army, which will be commanded by Colonel-General Maximilien von Weix, and the Fourth Tank Group (which will be commanded by General Richard Ruauf).

According to the plan, the 4th tank group first concentrated its forces and broke through to the strip between the Mozyri and Krosten fortresses of the Manturov Line, looking for a breakthrough between the two fortified areas, where the defense was relatively weak, concentrating forces to break through again, and then concentrating the main armored forces and continuing to advance to the southeast and approaching Kiev.

The Second Army, after the 4th Tank Group had broken through the enemy's defensive line, advanced to the area east of Krosten, and then joined forces with Army Group South's Sixth Army to flank the enemy troops stationed in the Krosten fortress area and assist Army Group South in breaking through the enemy's defensive line.

After Army Group South breaks through the enemy's lines, the Second Army, together with the forces of Army Group South, will advance towards the Dnieper River valley, thus threatening Kyiv and threatening the supply lines of the Russian army in Romania and forcing the Russians to retreat from Romania.

If the Russian army does not retreat from Romania, our army will continue to advance and occupy the area west of the Dnieper, while Army Group South will advance to the Black Sea coast, cut off the supply lines of the Russian army in Romania, encircle the main Russian army in Romania, and then encircle and annihilate it. ”

After listening to this battle plan, everyone present frowned.

Since Guderian's 2nd Tank Group was surrounded and annihilated by the Soviet troops, the generals of Army Group Center have learned some experience from it and have tended to be conservative.

Before the encirclement and annihilation of the 2nd Tank Group, there had been tactical disagreements between Guderian and the commander of Army Group Center, Bock. The conservative Marshal Bock did not agree with Guderian's aggressive and speculative tactics, and Guderian did not agree with the "outdated" and "conservative" tactics advocated by Marshal Bock, which led to bad relations between the two sides.

In order to achieve his goal, Guderian repeatedly violated the orders of Army Group Center Command and broke through without authorization, as a result, his troops successfully broke through, but they were cut off by the Soviet army, and finally did not escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated.

After Guderian was captured, Army Group Center had one less person who dared to talk back to Bock.

Field Marshal Bock also made a big fuss about the encirclement and annihilation of the Second Army Group, using this incident to prove that he was right, and even thought that the Germans should retreat as much as possible, as a result, the generals of Army Group Center became more and more inclined to conservative tactics, and some people (including Bock) even advocated stopping the attack on the Soviet Union and defending in place.

However, just when Bock was about to defend in place, the German High Command and the General Staff actually gave the order to attack, and the offensive plan was so aggressive that Bock, who advocated defense, felt overwhelmed.