While Hersman and Yusupov were discussing how to destroy the Red Soviet Union, the Red Army was also preparing a surprise counterattack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

And the unit that will play a key role in this combat operation, codenamed "Red Guard", is the Red Brigade composed of Hitler's compatriots, the blond-haired and blue-eyed German Superman!

"Even if people are no longer loyal, we are still loyal.

Our team will always stand on this land.

The depiction of better times warns our youth.

A time of virtue and pride in sacrifice.

We will always be with you, never give in.

Believe in us as you believe in the German oak tree and the sun and the moon......"

Accompanied by high-pitched, majestic, blood-boiling music, the SS military anthem "When People Are No More Loyal" sounded on the lawn of Stalin's Kontsevo villa!

It's hard to believe.

Nearly 1,500 men, dressed in crisp Waffen-SS uniforms, lined up in a neat phalanx on the lawn and sang the SS anthem to the accompaniment of a marching band.

And the owner of the Kontsevo villa, Joseph. Stalin, accompanied by Zhukov and Rokossovsky, inspected what appeared to be an SS unit.

"Hey! Hitler! ”

"Hey! Hitler! ”

When the singing stopped, the 1,500 SS officers and soldiers saluted Stalin in unison and shouted...... Hi! Hitler!

Stalin nodded, seemingly very pleased with the performance of these "Nazis".

"It looks like the real thing," Stalin said to Rokossovsky, who was next to him, "but why should they dress up as SS and not ordinary Wehrmacht?" ”

These SS were fake, of course, or the Soviet-German war would have ended by this time.

"Because it's more like playing SS," Rokossovsky explains, "although the SS is also part of the Wehrmacht, there is a certain gap between the two, especially the officers." The officers of the Wehrmacht mostly had some aristocratic temperament that was difficult to imitate, while the officers of the SS were mostly from the lower middle class. ”

The Wehrmacht inherited from the Prussian Army and was a powerhouse of "old Europe". And the officers of "old Europe" were aristocratic - not necessarily aristocratic, but looked like aristocrats.

Because the officers of "old Europe" paid attention to cultivation and education, if they wanted to become officers, they often had to enter the early military academy at the age of ten years, receive strict training and edification, and also learn various aristocratic etiquette, which was basically cultivated according to the requirements of the military aristocracy (this was also done to enhance the sense of honor of the army and soldiers). So when you grow up, you look like you have a different aristocratic temperament. And it is easy to get German internationalist fighters, who are mostly proletarian origins, to pretend to be aristocrats.

The composition of the SS officers was very complicated, with all kinds of religions and nine streams, and most of them had not received a long-term training as officers, and did not have that annoying aristocratic temperament.

In addition, the National Socialist Workers' Party and the Bolshevik Party are actually related, and both are branches of the European socialist movement. So close in a lot of terms and "cuts", it was much easier for the Bolsheviks to pass off as Nazis than for Prussian aristocratic officers.

Therefore, Rokossovsky, who was more familiar with the inside of the German army, decided to let the soldiers of the Red Brigade pretend to be Nazis, and also gathered them for a 10-day special training, and today is the day of the "debriefing performance".

After listening to Rokossovsky's introduction, Stalin nodded again, then turned around and walked towards the villa, and Zhukov and Rokossovsky also followed Stalin in the direction of the villa building.

"When can we start?" As soon as he entered the room, Stalin asked the two Marshals of the Red Army beside him.

"The initial choice is April 5." Zhukov gave the exact date, "The weather forecast says that from the 5th to the 10th, there will be continuous rain and snow in Kalinin. Then the temperature will gradually rise, and the snow and ice will melt widely. ”

In other words, April 5-10 is the best time to attack, after which the muddy season will come.

"On April 5...... Stalin, "Lenin returned to Russia in April 1917, and then the Russian Revolution brought about a general turnaround, and I hope that April this year will be a turning point in the Great Patriotic War." ”

Zhukov and Rokossovsky looked at each other, and Zhukov said: "There will definitely be a turnaround in April, and we can at least achieve the goal of delaying the defense of Moscow." ”

In Zhukov's opinion, this is the turning point.

"Yes!" Rokossovsky replied, "The United States is going very well in the Hawaiian Islands, and now it has taken control of half of the island of Niihau, and the sappers have also come to the island to start building airfields." Once the airfield is completed and the powerful shore-based air force of the United States can reach the Hawaiian Islands, Japan will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat. ”

Rokossovsky was talking about the Battle of the Hawaiian Islands in the same way that the Americans were caught in a terrible bloody battle on the island of Nihau, but the news they reported to the Soviet allies was optimistic -- the Soviets actually knew about the bloody battle on the island of Niihau (there were reports from internationalist fighters), but the losses of the United States on the island were nothing by Soviet standards.

For such an important island, even the death of 100,000 Red Army troops was worth it, and the price paid by the Americans for many days of hard fighting was less than 30,000 (casualties and missing), and it is estimated that 50,000 or 60,000 casualties were taken in the end.

And after taking Niihau, arrange enough P51s, P47s, A-36s (dive-bombing versions of P51s) and B-25s or something, and you can go to Oahu.

As for the dead and wounded, at most they are three and a half million, and in the eyes of Stalin, Zhukov and Rokossovsky, these losses are not a problem at all, even if they are doubled, as long as they can take Oahu, they are worth it.

Therefore, the Soviet high command was optimistic about the Hawaiian Islands campaign.

……

"Imperial Marshal."

Field Marshal Moder, the new commander of Army Group North, saluted Hersmann from the headquarters in the village of Tsarskoye in Petrograd.

"Val T," Hersman replied, then shook Modell's hand, "How's the situation at the front?" ”

He and Moder had a very good personal relationship, both of them were about the same age, and they had known each other since they were in the junior military academy. During the war, Moder was also a member of the "Schleicher-Hersmann gang". After the outbreak of the World War, Hersman also promoted his old friend, not only to promote Moder to the rank of field marshal, but also to replace Quchreel as the commander of Army Group North.

"Very calm."

As he walked with Hersmann towards the splendid Ekaterin, where Moder's headquarters were located, he replied: "It's not normal to be calm. ”

"Abnormal?" Hersman asked, "Do you think the Soviets are preparing to fight back?" ”

Moder nodded and said, "Actually, I think their counterattack should have started a long time ago, such as in the winter. ”

"They're probably waiting for the JS-2 heavy tank." "This tank can deal with the Tiger. ”

Because of the traitor's report, Germany now knows more about the situation with the JS-2 heavy tank. And there was a way to deal with it - the E-50 tank increased its weight by 5 tons, and the frontal armor was changed to a 130mm/50 degree inclination. Theoretically, 130mm/50 degrees of armor is equivalent to 202mm vertical armor, which is enough to withstand the Soviet 122mm caliber (JS-2's main gun) armor-piercing shells, even if it is a homogeneous steel plate.

"It's possible." Entering a map room in the Catherine Palace, Moder said to Hersmann, "It is also possible...... The Soviets were waiting for the muddy season. ”

This is probably the so-called "celebrity intuition", right? Anyway, Moder had already smelled a hint of threat from the calm of the battlefield right now.

With the complete liberation of Petrograd, the Soviet Red Army had reached the point of its death throes, and it was impossible for Stalin to sit still and wait for Army Group North and Army Group Center under Manstein's command to launch a pincer assault on Moscow.

Hersman stood in front of a huge map, looking at a large pile of dense troop numbers and arrows on the map, "Val T, do you think the Soviets may counterattack in the muddy season?" ”

"There is a possibility," said Moder with some apprehension, "because the purpose of the Soviet counterattack is not to break us, but to force us to postpone the scheduled attack." In order to achieve the purpose of delaying the defeat...... If they can drag past Japan, maybe there will be a turnaround. ”

"They can't drag the Japanese." Hersman shook his head, "The Japanese are very tenacious! ”

"But the Soviets are also tenacious," Moder frowned slightly, "and the White Russians and Poles on the front line are a bit confused and sluggish. If the Soviets were to fight back, it was estimated that they would break through from the positions of the White Russians or the Poles. ”

"It's possible." Hersman was a commander who listened to others (he knew how many pounds he had), "Val T, how are you going to defend it?" ”

Hersman knew that Moder could be called a master of defense in another time and space, and now that he had so many troops in his hands, he was definitely not afraid of the Red Army's counterattack, so he was not too worried.

"There is a good chance that the Soviets will launch a desperate attack, so I am prepared to let the 6th Panzer Army shrink its main forces," Moder said of his plan, "taking advantage of the muddy season, first withdraw the armored forces 50-100 kilometers, so that the strength of the armored cluster can be effectively maintained." ”