The latest commander of the Baku region is Zhukov, and the deputy commander is Chuikov, these two people are the most famous generals of the Soviet Union in later history, and their campaign and strategic command capabilities are among the top in the Soviet Union. Zhukov was removed from the post of chief of the General Staff by Stalin because he advised Stalin to withdraw his troops from Kiev, and now he is delegated to Baku, which is just enough for Zhukov to show his strength.

Zhang Jun and Rommel of course will not sit back and wait for the arrival of the fighters, shortly after Vincent's departure, Zhang Jun issued an order for the whole army to march to Baku, Baku has become the place of life and death of the SS, if the SS fails, there will be no chance to turn over, Germany's Army Group South is also finished, if the SS victory is not very optimistic, the SS that took Baku but won a disastrous victory will have no strength to attack Stalingrad, and can only do something after waiting for a year or so of recovery.

So Zhang Jun gambled on all the elite troops of the SS against Baku in the Soviet Union, and also sent a dead soldier unit for the entire Barbarossa plan.

Zhukov and Chuikov also stayed at the headquarters every day, always paying attention to the movements of the German SS, because it was a local operation, Zhukov's intelligence sources were much richer than Zhang Jun's, and the moment the German SS turned from the whole army to Baku, Zhukov knew the intention of the SS.

"It seems that the German SS is bound to win Baku! Comrade Chuikov, how is the implementation of our mobilization order? ”

"Don't worry, Comrade Zhukov, all men between the ages of 17 and 50 in Georgia and Azerbaijan, except for the arsenal, all the rest of them, no matter what their occupation, are all enlisted in the line of fire, and now our total strength has reached 2.8 million, and the supplementary strength is 600,000, and we have urgently transported a lot of light weapons from the other side of the Caspian Sea, which can basically be satisfied, that is, heavy weapons, and we have a big shortage."

There are only about 3 million men aged 17 to 50 in Georgia and Azerbaijan, which shows that the population of the two countries is not very large, Georgia is only more than 4 million, and the population of Azerbaijan is about 9 million, and the total population of these two countries is about 13 million. In fact, the number of troops that these two countries can participate in the war will not be less than 5 million, but Zhukov really does not have any weapons for them, and now the Caspian Sea is full of Soviet transport ships, and they carry all kinds of weapons and materials from several ports opposite Baku to Baku, so that Zhukov can expand the Soviet army of several hundred thousand to 2.8 million in just half a month.

Of course, the strength of the army has gone up, but of course the combat effectiveness has declined, but don't ignore the role of the Soviet commissars in the army, they are brainwashing and supervising the war, and those political commissars often say that for Stalin, for the Soviets, all soldiers must fight to the death, otherwise they will wait to be executed by merciless military law, and their families will also be sent to labor camps.

Whoever dares to run in this situation will not only be executed, but also his family will be affected, and he will be a martyr if he dies in the charge, and before these Soviet troops are completely defeated and the political commissars are eliminated, the Soviet army will definitely fight to the death, which shows the horror of spiritual beliefs.

"Thank you, Comrade Chuikov, you are urging, let the other side send us some Katyusha and weapons, if you really don't have it, try to give us more anti-tank grenades, this is a battle related to the future and destiny of our Soviet Union, we must be hard-hearted, send more soldiers to the battlefield, we can only use our flesh and blood to build our steel defense line."

"Comrade Zhukov, you can rest assured, you can command the battle with peace of mind, I will be responsible for all the logistics, and I will ensure that you have no worries."

Chuikov still has some connections in Moscow, Chuikov sent several telegrams in a row, Chuikov is looking for friends to help him approve weapons and ammunition, etc., now the Soviet troops in the Far East are being transferred to Moscow, some weapons and ammunition are indeed a bit much, Chuikov opened his mouth to the point, those old comrades-in-arms will give Chuikov what they don't need for the time being.

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Zhang Jun and Rommel's general headquarters are still located in the Rostov city government, although Zhang Jun is gambling, but Zhang Jun is still ready to make a backhand, Zhang Jun sent several telegrams to SS Marshal Himmler, asking how many local SS troops there are now, Himmler's reply made Zhang Jun very pleased, this Himmler has no other skills, but there is still a very set of recruits, and now the number of local SS soldiers in Germany is about 1.5 million, which does not include the 1.05 million Waffen-SS.

Zhang Jun explained that the total strength of Himmler's SS could not exceed 2.5 million, otherwise the Wehrmacht's grandson was afraid that he would be poisoned again, and now Zhang Jun asked Himmler to immediately reorganize 500,000 local SS troops, and if there were no tanks, they would be reorganized into infantry, and there was no shortage of small arms and artillery in Germany, and even trucks Zhang Jun had them here, and Zhang Jun now had the worst troops.

In fact, this is a big hole in the Wehrmacht, waiting for Himmler, the "fighting chicken among the roosters" to jump, and now in the battle of Baku, it can be seen that the Soviet Union has gathered almost 3.4 million troops, although they are peasants who have just laid down their hoes, who dares to say that these people will not be elite soldiers after a few battles.

Himmler, of course, also knew the actual situation of Zhang Jun, and on the day he received Zhang Jun's telegram, he issued a summoning order to Germany and all the European League of Nations, and all school-age young people in the European League of Nations could apply to join the German SS, the most invincible, the most elite and the most honored army in the world.

Himmler ordered the reorganization of 700,000 SS troops, and there were 300,000 people from other European countries who participated in the SS, Himmler cobbled together 1 million SS troops for Zhang Jun, and then the German national weapons reserve was destroyed, and Zhang Jun was the head of the German armament department, and there was Zhang Jun's warrant, and these newly formed Waffen-SS troops directly emptied the German weapons reserve.

Although Hitler said that he didn't care about Zhang Jun's SS, in fact, he was also anxious, according to intelligence, the Soviet Union actually gathered 3.4 million troops in Stalingrad and Baku, which was no less than the Soviet army in the direction of Moscow, but Hitler did not want to take back what he said.

In order to appease the Wehrmacht, Hitler ordered that the total strength of the German SS should not exceed three million, as for the weapons removed by the new SS, Germany will step up production, and the Wehrmacht will not lack weapons, and the fundamental purpose of the Wehrmacht is to limit the development of the SS, Hitler understands the purpose of the Wehrmacht very well, so when Hitler issued this order to limit the total strength, the Wehrmacht will not make a fuss, and the Wehrmacht has always believed that the Wehrmacht is the regular armed force of Germany, and the SS can only be a miscellaneous card.

"Good...... Marshal Himmler, you have finally done a job, Brother Rommel, we will start fighting tomorrow, we are not afraid to sacrifice soldiers now, uncle, I dare to take 500,000 people to fight, hehe. ”

"Report."

"Oh! It's Otto, what information have you gotten? ”

Because Zhang Jun's knowledge of information was very limited after all, so last night, Zhang Jun ordered the "Storm Commando" to infiltrate the Soviet positions and arrest a few Soviet officers with slightly higher positions, and now Otto has come to report to Zhang Jun.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, according to the confession of a Soviet lieutenant colonel we captured, the current supreme commander of the Baku region is Zhukov, and the deputy commander is Chuikov, Zhukov has expanded the strength of the Baku region to 2.8 million, and the supplementary strength is 600,000, their supply lines are through the Caspian sea, and a large number of weapons and ammunition have been transported to the Baku area in recent days, and the specific time is unknown."

"Well, Lieutenant Colonel Aotong, you have worked hard, your task has been completed very well, I will take credit for you, you go down and rest first."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief...... Knock knock ......"

Otto left the headquarters after reporting the situation, Zhang Jun waited for Otto to leave, and then showed a sad face, this is not a joke, the Soviet army was actually expanded to 2.8 million, even if these people have no weapons, barehanded, each with two anti-tank grenades, it is enough for Zhang Jun's SS to drink a pot.

For the Soviet Union's supply line in the Caspian Sea, and the city opposite Baku, you can bomb, but the effect is absolutely not obvious, the Caspian Sea is more than 200 kilometers wide, the Soviet Union can use the night time for transportation, Germany's bombing effect is absolutely not effective, but Zhang Jun still ordered his air force to immediately bomb all the ports and docks opposite Baku, so that at least it can slow down the Soviet Union's supply speed.

"My deputy commander, time can't wait, tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock in the morning, we don't break through from the middle, let's fight along the coastline of the Caspian Sea, and the next place is equivalent to cutting off the Soviet army's supply channel from the Caspian Sea in this area, so that we only need to face the Soviet Union on the front and one side, we can concentrate our forces more on the assault, let's attack along the Caspian coastline to the Azerbaijani border, and then turn the direction of the attack and attack the capital of Georgia, We can encircle all the Soviet troops north of Azerbaijan.

The rest of the Soviet army is not to worry, we have eliminated the living forces of the Soviet Union, but it is no longer possible for us to capture Baku safely, Zhukov is a person, I understand, he will definitely blow up or set fire to the entire oil fields of Baku before retreating, it is impossible to leave us intact, as for the matter of persuading Zhukov or Chuikov to surrender, don't think about it, they will never surrender. ”

Rommel is still that kind of character, Zhang Jun gave the order for a strategic decisive battle, Rommel will never say the word agree before he understands it, in Rommel's words, he needs to be responsible for millions of SS troops, and Rommel wants to understand Zhang Jun's tactics, and carefully deduces it on the sand table for an hour, Zhang Jun waits for Rommel's words of "I agree...... (To be continued.) )