"Let General Hube attack!" Hersman, as usual, did not say no to Guderian's proposal, looking at the situation map around Moscow and said, "Now the attention of the Soviet army must have been drawn to the 48th Panzer Army, and their southern front must be empty." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe 1st Panzer Army should be able to cover those 300 kilometers in 5 days...... When the time comes, even if the 48th Panzer Army is at a disadvantage, we will be able to put Moscow in our pockets. ”

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the 48th Panzer Army is not trivial, and if Hersman wants to be at a disadvantage, it is just an anxious fight with the Soviet army, and it is difficult to separate. If the 1st Panzer Army, with 6 Panzer Divisions and 3 Panzergrenadier Divisions, could stab the Soviets in the back again at this time, Moscow would be encircled anyway.

In fact, the great detour of the German 1st Panzer Army was to insure the surprise attack of the 48th Panzer Army.

And a few days after the German 1st Panzer Army launched a roundabout operation, as the roads in Moscow and Kalinin regions gradually returned to normal, the German Army Group Center and Army Group North would launch a large-scale offensive. In order to cooperate with the assault of the 48th Panzer Army and the detour of the 1st Panzer Army.

Hersman looked at the map and whispered to himself, "...... As long as the 48th Panzer Army can win, the war against the Soviet Union should be basically over in 1944. ”

The basic end he spoke of was not the destruction of the Soviet Union, but the siege of Moscow and the capture of one of the Caucasus and the Volga-Ural industrial region. As long as these two goals were achieved, the Soviet Union would no longer be a powerful industrialized country - without the industry of the Volga-Urals and the oil of the Caucasus, the industrial production of the Soviet Union would be reduced by at least seven or eight percent of the current level.

Red Army tanks sea or something, no more!

Considering the "special feelings" of Hitler and the Nazi Party towards the Soviet people, it was impossible for the Germans to completely destroy the Soviet Union. Therefore, after encircling Moscow and taking the Caucasus or the Volga-Ural industrial zone, the Germans will "take a back seat", and in the future, let White Russia fight Red Russia.

While Hersman was considering whether his next target would be the Volga-Urals or the nearest Caucasus, there was a knock on his office door. Hersman turned his head to see his private secretary, Natalie, standing in the doorway. The face was full of charming smiles: "Ludwig, Vasilevsky agreed to surrender after the siege of Moscow...... However, he would not accept any titles or official positions conferred on him, and he and the officers and men of the Warsaw Group became prisoners of war. ”

Vasilevsky now has nothing to do with hundreds of thousands of starving troops, the morale of the troops has completely fallen to the bottom, and it is simply impossible to follow Vasilevsky to dedicate himself to the cause of GCISM.

And Vasilevsky himself is not much fun, and as soon as he dies, the troops below are likely to defect to the formation.

Therefore, this famous marshal of the Soviet Union in history came up with a way out of surrendering as a prisoner of war -- he first took the big guy to the prisoner of war camp for dinner, and as for returning to the empress after arriving at the prisoner of war camp, he couldn't control it.

In addition, according to European practice, before the troops surrendered as prisoners, they would destroy the weapons in their hands to avoid being used by the enemy.

Therefore, now Vasilevsky led his troops to surrender, which can be regarded as worthy of the cause of GCISM.

"Okay." Hersman shrugged his shoulders and said to Natalie, "Let your men go and tell Vasilevsky's representatives: we will treat prisoners of war with due and dignity in accordance with the provisions of the Geneva Treaty." ”

The current German army is in the style of "old Europe", thinking that it has chivalry, so it is unlikely to mistreat prisoners. At most, it is to let the captives carry bricks for exercise......

……

Moscow region, Vysokovsk.

The headquarters of the German 48th Panzer Corps was moved here during the day on May 4. In the early morning of 5 May, Admiral Balk gave the order for the whole army to go on the defensive and to begin building anti-artillery fortifications.

He gave such an order because the assault of the 48th Panzer Army had fully achieved its purpose. Although Kling City was not taken, so was the capture of Solnechnogorsk. Moreover, the city of Klin was also besieged, and the Soviet 62nd Army was also crippled.

Now that the 48th Panzer Army has been put in place, it is time for the Soviet Red Army to make a move.

For the counterattack of the Soviet Red Army, Balk also had a number in his heart, which was nothing more than a sea of tanks + a sea of people + artillery + a night attack. From the second half of 43 years, the Soviet army basically used these tricks.

And the Germans now have night vision equipment and are not afraid of night battles at all. The power of the E-50A tank and the "Cheetah" tank destroyer is also clear, so there is nothing to fear from the tank sea. As for the sea of people, they are even more afraid, and the German armored forces will be afraid of many opponents?

So in Balk's opinion, the only thing that posed a slight threat to the 48th Panzer Army was the artillery of the Soviet Red Army.

Of course, the threat of Soviet artillery to the German army in this time and space cannot be compared with history.

Because the Germans also have a helper who plays artillery, the French, and now the French Army has sent 10,000 or thousands of cannons to the Soviet-German battlefield, so the number of cannons on the battlefield is also far overwhelming by the Soviet Army.

In addition, the coalition air force has now achieved overwhelming superiority on the Eastern Front. Therefore, the threat to the Soviet artillery group was also very great, and the Soviet troops could only use their artillery carefully during the day when the weather was good.

However, Balk still did not dare to underestimate the threat of Soviet artillery, because his Panzer Corps was alone between Moscow and Kalinin, and the position was conducive to the concentration of Soviet forces for attack, and of course, it was also conducive to the concentration of Soviet artillery in large quantities.

Therefore, in the early morning of May 5, the commander of the 48th Panzer Corps, General Balk, decided to let his troops shrink a little, and at the same time began to build defensive positions that could withstand Soviet shelling.

And the contraction of the German army was soon discovered by the Soviet troops on the northern front of the Moscow region, who, with great relief, immediately reported the change to the command of the Central Front.

"Comrade Chief of the General Staff, the armored clusters of the Germans have stopped attacking."

Kokopev did not have a smile on his face when he reported to Zhukov on the latest changes at the front. Because the Germans stopped advancing, it meant that the Soviets had to counterattack immediately, otherwise the Germans would soon build fortifications in the triangle between Volorolamsk-Rama-Solnechnogorsk. In particular, Voloramsk and the banks of the Rama River, a tributary of the Volga River, will certainly be heavily fortified to prevent the Soviet troops from moving south along the Rama River from the northern front to copy the rear route of the German army - the tank clusters of the Soviet army on the northern front are now concentrated between the lower reaches of the Rama River and the Volga River (the area south of the city of Kalinin), and the best offensive route is to go south along the Rama River.

If the Germans had been heavily fortified along Vololamsk and the Rama River, it would have been difficult to achieve the flanking plan.

"Start the operation tonight," Zhukov said in a calm tone, "artillery and tanks are in position, and tomorrow night they will start fighting, and they will fight hard!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Rokossovsky hurried in with a heart-stopping piece of bad news.

The German armored group, which had recently occupied Orel, had finished its rest and was moving towards the territory of the Tula region.

Their task was likely to outflank Moscow and join forces with the German panzers who had broken through to the north of Moscow to cut off the Red October railway line.

So Moscow fell into the great encirclement of the Germans!

Zhukov nodded slowly: "Okay, we still have 5-10 days to beat the damned Germans...... As long as this German panzer cluster between Voloramsk-Rama-Solnechnogorsk is broken, maybe Moscow will not be surrounded......"

Kokopev suddenly asked: "And what about the Kalinin Front?" They were afraid that they would soon also be attacked by the German Army Group North. Their current situation is very unfavorable, not only is they vulnerable to the enemy, but they are also in danger of being surrounded and divided. Is it to let them move in the direction of Yaroslavl Oblast? ”

Zhukov looked at the chief of staff of Kokopev fixedly, and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Kokopev, do you think that without the Kalinin Front, the **** Front is capable of fighting against the two army groups of the German army at the same time?" However, the Kalinin Front must be saved, and the best way to save them is to attack, as long as the German armored forces that are attacking the Red October railway line are defeated, the crisis of the Kalinin Front and Moscow will be resolved at the same time. ”

"I see......"

Zhukov nodded, and then turned his head to look at Rokossovsky, deputy chief of the General Staff: "Konstantin, Konstantinovich, can you go and be the commander of the steppe front?" ”

"Prairie Front?" Rokossovsky was stunned, he did not understand why Zhukov proposed to command the steppe front himself at this time?

Zhukov nodded: "Comrade Govorov is going to be the commander of the Far Eastern Front...... This was just decided by Comrade Stalin, and the Far East must have an experienced commander who is good at fighting defensive battles. So I would like to recommend you to be the commander of the Steppe Front, and Comrade Pavlov also agreed to recommend you to the Steppe Front. ”

"Okay, I can go and replace Govorov." Rokossovsky thought about it and agreed to Zhukov's suggestion - it would not be a good thing to stay in Moscow now......

"That's great," Zhukov smiled, "I have one more thing to ask you." ”

"What's the matter?"

Zhukov looked around, and no one else was present except Kokopev.

"Prepare to withdraw troops and supplies to the Caucasus!" Zhukov said, "First transfer important supplies, and as soon as Moscow is besieged, the troops will be withdrawn!" ”

"Huh?" Rokossovsky was stunned and stunned, and after a while he asked, "Is this what the Supreme Commander means?" ”

Zhukov shook his head and said very seriously: "This is to save the Supreme Commander, it is what we should do, do you understand?" ”