Chapter 1042 Discussion at the Supreme Military Council

This leisure did not last long, and after the decisive victory of the Soviet Red Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet Red Army took advantage of the victory to attack and regain a large number of lost ground, but while the German army was in a rout, the commander of Army Group South, Manstein, also began to plan a counterattack against the Soviet Red Army.

Manstein voluntarily abandoned some important strongholds and lured the Soviet Red Army to go deeper, and the Soviet Red Army continued to attack, and the battle line became longer and longer, while the German army took the opportunity to complete the build-up of troops.

A large-scale battle is on the verge of breaking out.

When Wang Liang arrived at the Kremlin in the special car of the guards, it was already full of traffic, and Wang Liang could recognize these license plates, which were the special cars of the commanders of various group armies.

The Kremlin, which had been empty and deserted, was now very lively, with the chiefs meeting in the war hall and their adjutants and guards waiting outside.

As a general, after Wang Liang experienced the danger last time, the internal affairs department also specially equipped him with a guard, which was formed as a company, with a total of 120 people, led by a major officer, which was considered a high match.

Wang Liang is still very satisfied with his own guards, and there are three or four cars to follow the road, which is not a privilege that ordinary people can have.

"Bring people to wait here, don't move around." Wang Liang told his guard captain.

Major Guard: "Yes, sir. ”

Wang Liang entered the war hall alone, and it was already noisy at the moment.

This was the highest military meeting for the next operational plan of the Soviet army, and many marshals and generals naturally had their own views and opinions, and in the face of the comeback of the German army, all the people did not have much bottom in their hearts.

Wang Liang entered the venue in a low-key manner, found his place and sat down, as a senior military adviser with the rank of major general, it was naturally impossible to be at the front of such a combat meeting, except for the clerk, Wang Liang should be sitting at the back.

After all, a random person from here is a general, and there are even more lieutenant generals and generals with heavy troops, and it is still generals, commanders and marshals who can speak.

"We, the Red Army, had to launch a preemptive offensive in order to disrupt the German offensive preparations and regain the strategic initiative lost in the Battle of Kharkov. We can no longer blindly focus on passive defense, we need to take the initiative to attack, just like the Battle of Stalingrad, to disrupt the military deployment of the German army. ”

Wang Liang recognized the general who spoke, he was the commander of the Voronezh Front, Vatutin, who advocated taking the initiative, and Stalin was very fond of his plan at present, which was also in line with Lao Si's personality.

Wang Liang's old acquaintances, Zhukov and Vasilevsky, and others could have the opposite attitude, believing that the Soviet Red Army should first remain on the defensive, consume the German offensive energy with a strong defense, destroy its armored forces, and then launch a counteroffensive.

The two sides held their own opinions and argued, so that Lao Si had no way to make a decision immediately, so he could only meet for several days to discuss and make judgments.

After all, it is a democratic country, and it still has to be discussed and voted on collectively.

While they were arguing, Stalin looked left and right, and suddenly asked, "What about General Wang Liang?" ”

"Here!" Wang Liang, who originally thought that he had nothing to do, was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up, as a consultant, the benefits are not taken for nothing, and you have to work hard when you should work.

"Tell us what you think and give me some advice." Stalin Road.

In fact, Wang Liang has been prepared for a long time, and he is really good at this kind of thing, and he can do it easily.

"Chiefs, in comparison, I support Marshal Zhukov's plan even more."

As soon as Wang Liang said this, it naturally made those generals who held the view of taking the initiative to attack extremely dissatisfied. However, Wang Liang is not in a hurry, because he is sure enough to convince them, and we have always persuaded people with reason.

Wang Liang continued: "All kinds of intelligence indicate that the German army will launch a large-scale attack on the Soviet Red Army in the Kursk salient, when will the offensive be? In my judgment, it should be in the first week of July. ”

"You judge? Consultant Wang Liang, what is the reason for my judgment that I want to hear? Why is it July, why can't it be April and May? Vatutin asked.

Wang Liang smiled: "General, don't worry, listen to me continue." It is no secret that the Kursk salient, which is about 250 miles long on the front and less than 70 miles at the bottom, is a fist that stretches out from our front, and that there are numerous formed units in this salient, as the Germans can fully detect from aerial photography. What does this mean? A sharp knife was inserted into their hearts, could the Germans tolerate it? ”

Seeing that no one intervened, Wang Liang continued: "Of course not, they will inevitably encircle and annihilate the Red Army heavy army group in the entire salient through a coordinated pincer attack from the north and south flanks. Subsequent success will shorten the German front and greatly increase the mobility of German units. Such a plan was the most acceptable and supportive to the top of the German army. ”

Obviously, Wang Liang's analysis has touched the hearts of many people, the originally boiling war hall has become quiet, everyone is thinking carefully, and Lao Si also looked at the map and nodded again and again.

However, the voice of doubt continued, and a lieutenant general stood up and asked: "As we all know, in the spring of this year, the German army suffered huge tank losses on the Eastern Front in Europe, and there were only 495 tanks left in the eighteen armored divisions on the Eastern Front, and an average of only 27 tanks remained in one division. Although the improved No. 3 and No. 4 long-bodied tubular tanks can suppress the T-34/76 of our Red Army, and the performance of the new Tiger and Leopard tanks is greatly surpassed, the quantitative gap cannot be made up in the short term. They will only be bored by attacking Kursk on their own initiative, causing even greater losses to the tanks. Marshal Zhukov's defensive advice is good, but the question is that if the Germans do not take the initiative to attack, then our preparations will not be in vain? Instead of this, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and the best defense is to attack! ”

This lieutenant general, Wang Liang, knew that the chief of staff of a certain group army had been on the front line and had the best understanding of the battle situation.

In fact, if Wang Liang didn't know history in advance, I'm afraid he would have really believed his words, which shows this person's ability.

Obviously, the lieutenant general asked the confusion in the hearts of many people, and they all looked at Wang Liang, waiting for the adviser's answer.

"The general is very reasonable, and I think you have explained to me very well the question that Admiral Vatutin asked me why the German offensive took place in July. To command a battle, it is necessary to figure out the psychology of the enemy, and if the Germans attack aggressively, who will make the decision? Commander of Army Group Center Kruger? Chief of Staff of the Army Headquarters Zeitzler? Or the commander of the 9th Army, Moder? Director of the Panzer Corps Guderian? None of them, and it must have been Hitler who made the final decision, a crazy gambler who would only decide to let the Germans launch a pincer offensive with Army Group Center and Army Group South to destroy the Red Army units in the Kursk salient. Wang Liang was not asked at all, he made such a big set, and he was finally able to close the net.