"Good news, Comrade Commander! Good news! ”

Pavlov, who had not slept all night, was sitting at his desk with a sad face, personally drafting a report to the Supreme High Command requesting instructions on the relocation of the headquarters of the Western Front, when the chief of staff of the Front, Limusk, suddenly pushed open the door of his office in a hurry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The report of the 3rd Army, the 7th Tank Army, defeated a German panzer division on the plain east of the town of Zacrochim, destroyed hundreds of No. 3 tanks (in fact, more than fifty Hungarian Turang-1 tanks)! Now this German panzer division has retreated to the town of Zacrochim. ”

Finally got a game back!

General Pavlov breathed a sigh of relief, although the situation at the front was still very bad, but in the end, there were still mutual victories and defeats, and it was not a one-sided advantage for Germany.

"Comrade Zhimachenko asks for instructions, do you want to abandon the detour to the west and turn back to the east bank of the Renav River?"

The commander of the 3rd Army of the Red Army, Zhimachenko, now also knew that his back was unstable. Once the German Panzer Group, which had defeated the 10th Army on the Razimin front, moved northward, it was possible to form a flank attack on the 3rd Army with the German Panzer Division at Zacrochem Town. Conversely, if the 3rd Army had crossed the Reynaf River in time, it would have been possible to join forces with the 9th Army (one of the three armies of the Northern Route Cluster) to flank the German heavy armoured group that had routed the 10th Army.

"And what about the German Panzer Division in the town of Zacrochim?" Pavlov asked, "They have only lost hundreds of No. 3 tanks, so they should not have completely lost their combat effectiveness, right?" ”

In fact, Pavlov did not fully believe in the results reported by the 3rd Army, and for more than a month, he had already frightened the Germans a little, and he also had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the invincible Soviet Red Army.

"Comrade Zhimachenko is ready to let the mechanized 11th Army cross the Renaf River with the 7th Tank Army as the lead."

The Chief of Staff of the Western Front, Limowike, said: "Comrade Zhimachenko believes that as soon as the German heavy armored group discovers that the 7th Tank Army has crossed the river, it will most likely go north to seek a decisive battle. At that time, the 7th Tank Army will be able to use the T-34/57 against the heavy tanks of the Germans. ”

Zhimachenko's proposal did not seem to have too many loopholes, and Pavlov deliberated it several times, and finally nodded and approved it. Limowski turned around and was about to leave Pavlov's office to deliver the order, but Pavlov stopped him.

"Comrade Limowskik," Pavlov's voice was a little hoarse, sounding very depressed, "the situation on the Warsaw front is not optimistic, and it seems that more troops need to be mobilized. And...... The capture of Warsaw in the short term is likely to be impractical, and the plan for a major thunderstorm will need to be significantly revised. ”

Limowski was stunned, "Comrade commander, we have 14 army groups, can't we beat a single Warsaw?" ”

He knew Pavlov's mind, and the architect of the "Great Thunderstorm Plan" had already recognized that the "plan" was facing failure! But the consequences of the failure of the "Great Thunderstorm Plan" can be somewhat serious! Not only will General Pavlov, who is the leader, be unlucky, but Major General Rymoskik, who is Pavlov's main aide, will also suffer.

"No, no, ......no," Pavlov shook his head repeatedly, "Warsaw must be liberated, and this goal cannot be abandoned." And our assault on the city of Warsaw was very successful, 60% of the city was already in our hands. But the enemy is stronger and more stubborn than we originally thought, so the remaining 40% of Warsaw is unlikely to be taken in the near future. We will be ready to fight the Germans around Warsaw for a few more months, maybe until 1943! ”

"Hit until 1943?" Rimowik was taken aback. The Battle of Warsaw began in June 1942, and until 1943 it was a long battle of more than 6 months! Now it's not a siege, it's a fierce battle of attacking and defending the city! Although it was the main attack of the Soviet army, the German counterattack was also very sharp, and the two major counterattacks hit the two Soviet army groups!

This kind of engagement will be fought for half a year, and I really don't know how many GC fighters will be lost!

"Yes, there is such a possibility!" Pavlov, however, said with certainty, "And the decisive battle for Warsaw may well turn into the ultimate decisive battle between the GCIST Soviet Union and National Socialist Germany!" ”

"The ultimate showdown in Warsaw?"

"Yes," Pavlov shrugged, "or where else?" Berlin? Between Berlin and Warsaw is a large plain that is not only unsafe to defend, but also has very good transport facilities. The roads and railways are world-class and if Warsaw is liberated, we will be able to use them to move quickly westward...... Unless the Germans wreak havoc on the facilities they have built with great difficulty to delay our troops. And why should they suffer such losses? Why not fight us in a decisive battle in Warsaw? Their strength is not weak. ”

Pavlov was not only a judgement, but also a reason for a large increase in troops in Warsaw. It sounds reasonable, but it's still a little unfounded. Just when Rimowik wanted to find something from the various reports sent from the front to support Pavlov's judgment. A strong argument came from the front on its own!

At 10 a.m. on July 21, the Soviet 11th Mechanized Corps, which was confronting the "Mandol Cluster" near the town of Zacrochim, reported that at least one more division of the German armored cluster had arrived on the south bank of the Vistula River near the town of Zacrochim and was preparing to cross the river from two German-controlled road bridges.

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"At least one armored division? That's three armored divisions......"

Inside the Kremlin, Stalin, the great leader of the world revolution, looked a little anxious as he pinched the report he had just received from the Western Front.

"Comrade General Secretary, it is likely that the German army has more than 3 armored divisions in Warsaw!" Zhukov, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, looked even more anxious than Stalin, and his majestic and high-spirited face was full of sadness.

"More than three?"

"Yes," Zhukov nodded, "according to the information we have, the Germans have a total of 21 armored divisions, of which 1 is identified on the island of Ireland, 3 in Warsaw, and 2 in the Middle East. There are also 15 armored divisions missing! Where are these panzer divisions? I guess they can't be sleeping, right? They must be somewhere, ready to take us by surprise! ”

Stalin smoked his pipe and asked casually: "Comrade Zhukov, where do you think they will be?" ”

"There are 4 possibilities," Zhukov replied, "in the Baltic, near Warsaw, near Lviv!" Or...... They are deployed in the above three places. ”

"Their purpose is ......"

"When we are exhausted in Warsaw and Lviv, we will launch a counterattack and inflict heavy losses on the Southwestern Front and the Western Front." Zhukov's brow furrowed.

Now the main forces of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army are in the west, and in the west there are four fronts, the Western Front, the Southwestern Front, the Northwestern Front, and the Reserve Front. Among them, the Western Front and the Southwestern Front had the largest number of troops, because one of these two fronts was responsible for the liberation of Poland and the other for the liberation of Western Ukraine. Moreover, according to the judgment of the Supreme Command of the Red Army, it was believed that if the German army wanted to invade the Soviet Union, it would either take the "classic route" that Napoleon had taken, Warsaw-Minsk-Smolensk-Moscow, or attack the resource-rich Ukraine. It is unlikely that Leningrad, which has strong city defenses and is also the cradle of the GCIST revolution.

Because attacking Moscow can force the Soviet Bolshevik Party to sue for peace, and taking Ukraine can not only get rich black soil, but also make more than 10 million and nearly 20 million Ukrainians desperately follow the German boss to the black.

But what are the benefits of taking Leningrad? Really go to restore the Romanov dynasty and let Olga, the outdated empress, make her appearance again? If the Germans were to do this, it would be 180 million Soviets who would not die.

This is very unlikely, although this woman has made great efforts to unite the Romanov and Hohenzollern dynasties by marriage. But now Germany is not in power from the Hohenzollern dynasty, but from the Junker head Hersmann and the Nazi Chancellor Hitler. Hitler was born into the proletariat and had nothing to do with the Russian empress, and it was impossible to sacrifice the lives of the middle and lower classes of German people to help restore Olga.

And Hersman seems to be very close to Empress Olga, and there are rumors that the Empress once wanted to marry Hersman, but Hersman was infatuated with Countess Chloe, and the Empress refused to marry for life.

But Stalin knew that it was pure nonsense, and that Hersmann might have been to Olga (not actually), but he would never really be emotionally attached to Olga, let alone help her recover. Because the Bolshevik Party in the Soviet Union actually came to power with the help of Hersman...... The Bolshevik Party killed Olga's family, and Hersman was actually the indirectly murderer of Olga's family. How could he possibly help Olga restore?

Moreover, according to the exact information held by the Bolshevik Party and Government Bureau of the Soviet Union, the Germans had no intention of destroying the Soviet Union at all...... All they wanted to do was to contain and weaken the USSR.

Thinking of this, Stalin tapped his pipe lightly on the table and asked Zhukov in a low voice: "Do you think the ideas put forward by Comrade Pavlov are feasible?" Do we still have a chance to occupy Warsaw? ”

"No...... At least not yet. Zhukov told the truth.

"So...... Should we evacuate Warsaw and go on the defensive? Stalin's tone was very slow, apparently reluctant to give up the opportunity to liberate Warsaw.

"At the very least, you should be prepared," Zhukov understood Stalin's thoughts, "that the reserve front should be strengthened at the same time as the reinforcement of troops to Poland, and that the defense of Minsk and northern Belarus should be given to the reserve front." (To be continued.) )