Regarding the German First Ukrainian Army, because the prisoners and countless young people asked to join the army, after Borisov's application, the establishment of the German Ukrainian Army was expanded to a group army establishment, with a total of 150,000 troops. At present, Li Mo has not occupied many places, and the establishment of a group army is sufficient, and of course it will definitely be expanded in the later stage.

As for the weapons of the Ukrainian German army, of course, they used Soviet weapons, and there were so many of these captured weapons that Li Mo did not keep them at all, and gave them all to the Ukrainian German army. In addition, there are a large number of arsenals in Ukraine, and the Soviet Union at this time has not had much time to destroy, even if Stalin orders to blow up these factories now, the Ukrainian workers in them will not carry it out, you must know that the bullets used in Germany now are the same as the bullet caliber of the Soviet Union, which can be used in general, as long as these factories can be started at full speed, at least all the bullet consumption of the German army can be met, which shows the military industrial capacity of Ukraine, and the same will be true for Ukraine in later generations.

Of course, those Ukrainian factories are to be auctioned, these factories belong to the Stalin government, and it is only natural that they will be auctioned after confiscation......

As long as the German capitalists take over these large factories and inject capital and technology, most of the weapons and supplies that Limer's German army needs can be obtained from Ukraine. If Poland's production is added, Li Mo does not have to worry about having no weapons at all, but is worried that his troops are too small.

Limer's Army Group South had not encountered any major war in Ukraine since the Battle of Odessa, although Stalin ordered the shooting of a large number of Ukrainian Soviet generals. On the contrary, it was counterproductive, Ukrainian soldiers began to flee in large numbers, including officers, the Germans did not fight at all, the remaining forces of the Ukrainian side collapsed on their own, and Stalin, who had no choice, ordered the Soviet troops to urgently retreat to Stalingrad, which can be regarded as a complete abandonment of Ukraine.

Li Mo arrived in Rostov-on-Don, the railway hub of Ukraine, on May 5, and began to divide 200,000 troops to attack the Baku region of the Soviet Union, and all the other troops Li Mo rested in Rostov-on-Don. It's not that Li Mo doesn't want to attack. It is already 900 kilometers away from the German-Soviet border, and it is unrealistic to rely entirely on truck transportation, Li Mo is waiting for the railway to be unblocked, and of course the new Ukrainian government will also draw a lot of manpower. Help fix the railroad. And the Wehrmacht was still brutally strangled under the city of Kiev.

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The Germans in Kyiv, of course, will not go to the propaganda of the German army. They believed that the war should be fought by both sides like knights, and the Soviets were even less likely to propagandize, but instead tried their best to block news from the direction of Odessa. so as not to shake the hearts of the army and the people. Stalin used all propaganda and coercion to portray the Germans as the embodiment of the devil, so that everyone could resist the German invasion, and Stalin's methods, combined with the stupidity of the commanders of the other two German army groups, firmly carried out Hitler's policy of ethnic discrimination, Stalin's goal was achieved, and the Kievans were all thrown into the fight against the Wehrmacht.

The German frontal assault and subsequent flank assault split the Soviet Southwestern Front into isolated groups. The 5th Army on the right flank of the front northwest of Kiev fought for about half a month in the fortified area of Koros, pinning down about 10 German divisions with its actions.

The counter-assault of the army group on the flank of the German army group, which was directly attacking Kiev, greatly improved the situation of the Soviet Red Army defending the city. Following the instructions of the headquarters of the Supreme High Command, the army group retreated to the newly fortified area north of Kiev. The 6th and 12th armies and the 18th Army, with a total of 20 divisions, fought the left flank of the front southwest of Kiev.

On May 3, 1941, the Germans encircled the group in the Uman area with a two-flank assault. On May 8, 1941, the "Uman Pocket" was eliminated, and the Germans captured 130,000 Soviet Red Army, including Lieutenant General Muzichenko, commander of the 6th Army, and Major General Ponegerin, commander of the 12th Army, and the Germans captured 317 tanks and 858 artillery pieces. Combat operations continued here until May 13, 1941.

The failure of these operations greatly complicated the situation at the junction of the Southwestern Front and the Southern Front (the 6th and 12th armies had been reassigned to the Southern Front since 25 April 1941 and became their right flank). In the center of the defense were the 37th and 26th armies (the former was formed on the basis of the fortified area of Kiev, and the latter was basically formed by the reserve corps operating south of Kiev).

From May 19 to 29, 1941, the 26th Army attempted a campaign to disrupt the encirclement maneuver of the 1st German tank group, but it was only held back for a few days, and then forced to retreat under the German assault. German troops rushed to the suburbs of Kiev to Pirogov, Zhuliane, Meshelovka, Khoroyv Forest, as well as to the Forestry Engineering Institute and the Agricultural Academy.

However, the counter-assault carried out by the Soviet Red Army made it possible to restore the front along the outer perimeter of the fortified area almost completely by 15 May 1941. Among the main counterattacks were, the 5th Airborne Brigade stationed at the airport in Juliane (led by Alexander?). Rodimtsev) raided the Germans at night, pushing back the German front by 2-3 km; and the successful repulsion of the newly formed 37th Army from the southwest in the first half of May 1941 by a heavy German group to capture the Ukrainian capital.

Citizens of Kyiv and nearby residents took an active part in the defense of the city. By the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic and the Council of People's Commissars, the City Defense Command was formed. In a short time, 200,000 Kievans volunteered for the Soviet Red Army.

The stubborn resistance of the Soviet Red Army and repeated counter-assaults delayed the offensive on the right flank of Army Group Center for a long time, forcing the German High Command to transfer a large part of Army Group "Center" from the direction of Moscow - the 2nd Army (commanded by General Weix) and the 2nd tank group (commanded by General Guderian) to deal with the Soviet Southwestern Front.

The German plan was for the 2nd Tank Cluster to cross the Desna River west of Tubitzivsk and advance southward to Romne, behind Kiev; The 2nd Army moved south from Gomel to cover the right flank of the 2nd tank group; The 1st Tank Group attacked north from Kremenchuk on the Dnieper bend and joined the 2nd Tank Group in the area of Romne and Lokhvica, cutting off the Soviet Red Army on the west bank of the Dnieper in the area of the Great Meander.

The 17th Army was responsible for pinning down the Soviet Red Army in the Dnieper bend north of Cherkasy, while covering the left flank of the 1st tank group; The 6th Army went east, crossed the Dnieper, entered Kiev, and began to encircle and annihilate this group of Soviet Red Army heavy troops. On May 21, 1941, the German high command ordered to intensify the offensive on the northern and southern flanks of the Soviet-German battlefield, and to make a far-reaching detour of the front along the east bank of the Dnieper River from the north and south.

On May 8, 1941, the German 2nd Tank Group and the 2nd Army began an offensive in the direction of Starodub, Konotop, Gomel and Chernihiv. At this time, the Soviet Red Army saw through the German attempt, and on May 19, 1941, ordered the withdrawal of the armies of the Southwestern Front to the other side of the Dnieper River and organize a defense along the eastern bank. On the West Bank, the Soviet Red Army was supposed to hold only its positions in the Kiev region. In order to cover the right flank of the Front, the 40th Army, reorganized from corps withdrawn from other sectors, spread out along the Jesna River north of Konotop.

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