Now that the Russian army moving south from St. Petersburg is rapidly approaching, Zhang Cheng, who is unwilling to complicate the war situation, has given a strict timetable to all troops. All units of the www.biquge.info must complete their tasks in strict accordance with the time set in the timetable.

Naturally, the timetable given by Zhang Cheng would not be very relaxed, and the Ming troops attacking Tver only had a two-day time limit to complete the attack mission. In order to gain time, night battles became a matter of course.

It took about ten hours for the Ming army to enter the city of Tver and gain the upper hand. Subsequently, the Ming troops, who were originally going to take a little rest and wait until dawn to launch a general attack, immediately turned red after receiving a new piece of news, and could no longer care about resting. Officers at all levels were desperately urging their troops to attack Tver and attack again, making sure to take the city of great importance before dawn.

The news received by the Ming army was simple, that is, the Sixth Panzer Army of the Ming Army had successfully taken the important city of Klin.

The comparison between the soldiers is very strong, and they are also the armored group armies that are responsible for the main attack mission, and they must not lag behind others after they have completed the task. The commander of the 11th Panzer Army, General Chen Qi, personally gave an order to the troops of the Tver front, asking them to take the city of Tver before Zhang Cheng got up anyway.

Then, before dawn, the 11th Panzer Army sent a telegram to the headquarters of Army Group Center in Kazan to capture Tver and completely seal the encirclement of Moscow. Tens of thousands of Russian troops stationed in Tver were annihilated, and the commander of the Tver cluster of the Russian army, Major General Sonikov, committed suicide.

At this point, the situation in the entire Moscow campaign became clear. Millions of Russian troops were heavily surrounded by the Ming army around Moscow. To the north of Moscow, a strong Russian strategic reserve is moving south to try to rescue Moscow. By this time, the focus of the battle between the two sides had shifted to whether the Russian strategic reserves could successfully break through the blockade of the Ming army, make contact with the defenders in Moscow, and maintain the supply lines.

After all, without a supply channel, no army could hold out for a long time. Not to mention the presence of a large number of civilians in the city of Moscow. If the logistical supply lines cannot be opened, then the fall of Moscow is only a matter of time, and in modern warfare, there is no ability to persist in fighting without supplies. Perhaps for the Russian army, once the morale and extremely low Russian army lose hope of being rescued, perhaps they will surrender on a large scale.

Zhukov's proposal was to let the southbound strategic reserve temporarily stay in the area of Torzhor to gather troops and reserve supplies. After that, look for the weak points of the Ming army's defense line and launch an attack.

The current situation in Moscow, although critical, has not yet reached the point where it will be lost immediately. As long as the strategic reserves outside the encirclement existed, the Ming army would not be able to besiege Moscow with all its might. The two sides are mutually reinforcing.

But Zhukov's opinion was not adopted, and he was, after all, just an ordinary officer of civilian origin. The Russian military's top brass fears the enormous political and diplomatic risks posed by the loss of Moscow, as the allies are likely to believe that Russia is no longer able to continue fighting.

The bigwigs in St. Petersburg urgently demanded that the strategic reserves going south should take advantage of the fact that the Ming army had just closed the encirclement and had not yet gained a firm foothold to move south to penetrate the Ming army's defense line as soon as possible, so as to get in touch with the defenders of Moscow.

Although this kind of operational thinking is in line with the Russian army's consistent operational thinking, it buries all the last hopes of the Russian army. Zhang Cheng's central goal in launching the Moscow campaign was never actually to capture Moscow. He did not have much interest in conquering cities and territories, and Zhang Cheng's core combat idea had always been the living force of large-scale annihilation of the enemy army.

Without troops capable of fighting, no matter how big the land is, it will not be able to hold on.

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"Are you sure the Russians are attacking?" Kazan, headquarters of Army Group Center. Leaving all the military affairs to Lu Zhiyuan to do, Zhang Cheng, who had been busy all day long, looked at Wang Yan standing in front of him, shook the intelligence documents in his hand, and had a surprised expression, "Are the Russians crazy?" ”

"I don't know if they're crazy." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "However, this information is the highest-ranking mole we have planted in the Russian army, and it is also in the Russian army's General Staff. The information sent by the mole in the office is very reliable. Most likely, the Russians have ordered their troops moving south from St. Petersburg to immediately attack our lines. ”

"That's interesting." Zhang Cheng hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled, casually put the intelligence document on the coffee table in front of him, took out a cigarette and lit it, "The matter on the Russian side will be put aside for the time being, just pay more attention to it." I now wonder how the Manhattan Project is going with the Americans? ”

"Your Excellency." Wang Yan bowed slightly, took the cigarette handed over by Zhang Cheng, lit it, and then said, "Americans regard the Manhattan Project as the highest level of secret, especially its core secret, which is completely closed. Our people simply can't penetrate it. ”

"There are so many Chinese people in the United States." Zhang Cheng spit out a smoke ring, frowned slightly, and said, "Didn't you participate in the Manhattan Project?" Is there nothing that can be rebelled? ”

"Your Excellency." Wang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "It's not impossible, it's just that the peripheral intelligence actually has no effect. The real core content is all within a very high level of secrecy. Our intelligence agents don't have time to run a whole new intelligence line right now. ”

"That is, the possibility of internal destruction is gone?" Zhang Cheng frowned and asked.

"I can't say that there is none." Wang Yan responded, "We have planted many intelligence groups in the United States, and these intelligence groups may have the opportunity to get close to the core of the Manhattan Project. However, it will take time, and there is no telling when it will come to fruition. ”

After Wang Yan's words were finished, the conference room quickly fell silent. Zhang Cheng slowly lowered his eyelids and was silent. And Wang Yan naturally wouldn't disturb Zhang Cheng's thoughts at this time.

After a moment, Zhang Cheng slowly raised his eyelids, took a deep breath, and a look of determination flashed in his eyes, "Then give up the plan to infiltrate into the heart of Manhattan." Your job now is to find out where the Americans are carrying out the Manhattan Project! They will inevitably have a huge construction base for development and production, I want this position! ”

In fact, at this time, Zhang Cheng had already made a decision in his heart, and the development of nuclear weapons in the Ming Dynasty had already reached an advanced stage under Zhang Cheng's vigorous promotion, and it was expected that live-fire experiments would be carried out in a year and a half at most. At that time, the Ming army will have this superweapon in its hands that can end all wars. Zhang Cheng has now made up his mind that as soon as he learns the exact location of the Americans' nuclear weapons base, he will immediately carry out a landing operation on the American continent.

As long as you occupy a bridgehead position on the American continent, whether in Mexico or on American soil. The combat radius of Daming's long-range strategic bombers can cover almost the entire territory of the United States. At that time, if the Americans' nuclear weapons program goes very smoothly, then Zhang Cheng will inevitably make up his mind to launch a devastating attack on their bases.

"Yes." Wang Yan's heart was awe-struck, and he hurriedly nodded in response.

As Zhang Cheng's confidant and intelligence director, Wang Yan naturally knew many secrets of the Ming Dynasty. At this moment, feeling the resolute intent emanating from Zhang Cheng's body, Wang Yan immediately thought of that highly secret super weapon, Plan No. 1.

"That's it for the time being on the American side, you have to keep an eye on it." After a while, Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "Now the Russian army has put most of its strength into the battle between Moscow and the Volga. Your intelligence department should strengthen the infiltration and intelligence acquisition of the Russian army, and cooperate with the troops on the frontal battlefield to defeat the Russians. As long as this operation destroys the main army of the Russians, then the time for the Russians to withdraw from the battlefield is not far off. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Wang Yan nodded in response. After a slight pause, he asked, "If the Russians are begging for peace talks without losing their main forces......"

"Peace talks?" Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows, and an indifferent smile flashed in his eyes, "Yes, if they are really willing to surrender, I can let them keep their country." Of course, they can only leave a small part of the country as a puppet state. Exactly how to negotiate, and when they get to the negotiating table, we'll talk about these things in detail. ”

At this time, the situation of the anti-Ming alliance had gradually begun to turn unfavorable. On all battlefields, there are fewer victories and more defeats. Under these circumstances, countries are mostly pessimistic about the direction of the war. The Lord and the faction in many countries have begun to gradually become active, and Daming has received a lot of news from the secret during this time. It's just that, after all, the strength of the allies is still there, and all the secret contacts are just the simplest temptations. If you want everyone to really get to the negotiating table, you still have to rely on the strength on the battlefield to speak.

"Do you know how many troops Russia has now?" Zhang Cheng snuffed out his cigarette, got up and came to the side of the wine cabinet, took out the wine, poured two glasses, returned to the sofa and sat down, and asked with a smile.

"It's probably about thirteen million." Wang Yan took the wine glass handed over by Zhang Cheng and said with some uncertainty.

"Pretty much." Zhang Cheng smiled and shook his head, "There are many local militia and logistics troops in this area, and there may be only half of the troops that can really fight on the battlefield." They had lost too many young men in the wars of the previous years, and their army was now full of children and old men. ”

After a pause, a cold glint flashed in Zhang Cheng's eyes, and he said in a cold voice, "As long as the predetermined goals of this Moscow and Volga battle are achieved, then the Russians will lose most of their combat troops." At that time, the Russians will not be able to fight. Therefore, this campaign will be successful even if it costs a lot! (To be continued.) )