readx; For the first time since he joined the army, Zhukov felt that no matter what efforts he made, no matter what he thought, Stalin would stop it, provided of course that his thoughts were not about the offensive. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Stalin's considerations, Zhukov gradually guessed, but for Zhukov, this was simply an impossible task, and it was an outcome that he could not change.

The huge pressure instantly fell on Zhukov's body, what could Zhukov do? Although others seemed to sympathize with Zhukov, some applauded, and even ignored it, all kinds of pressure gathered on Zhukov's body, and at this moment, Zhukov was a little unbearable.

He felt that the pressure on his body was too much, so much that the pressure that did not belong to him at all was put on him, he was just a general, his task was not only to win the battle, in addition to leading the troops to win the battle, he also had to let his subordinates survive as much as possible when the army was defeated, so that the army of his motherland would not be completely wiped out.

"Ordered the troops to break through in the direction of Lesosibilsk."

Suddenly, Zhukov suddenly ordered.

Now that he was on the verge of collapse, he could no longer listen to Stalin's orders, and he had to order the troops to retreat, otherwise it would be a real disaster for the Soviet Union. Zhukov could not imagine what would happen to the Chinese after the annihilation of the three million army.

But Zhukov imagined what the future of the Soviet Union would be like when the three million army was annihilated, Zhukov loved his homeland very much, he did not want to see his homeland conquered by China in this way, and he still remembered his ideals when he was young.

Stalin's decision was not wrong, but Zhukov's decision was not wrong, and when the two decisions that were not wrong collided, a fatal mistake occurred.

On the one hand, it demanded an all-out offensive to defeat the offensive spirit of Army Group North, in an effort to preserve the international status of the Soviet Union and to win more aid, and at the same time to keep the various arsenals in the central region of the Soviet Union and save capital for future resistance.

In the big picture, Stalin's decision was not wrong, and if Stalin agreed to Zhukov's retreat, it would be a big mistake.

But on the contrary, Zhukov's decision was not wrong, he was on the front line, and he knew very well what it would be like if this battle continued. He knew that there was no way to defeat the Chinese with this little force and this weapon alone, and instead of destroying the entire army, it was better to retreat temporarily, give the troops some time to breathe, and then retreat to advance and resist step by step after repairing.

Whether it is for Stalin or Zhukov, they cannot criticize each other's decisions as wrong, because everyone knows that both of them are right.

It is precisely because of this that after the end of World War II, historians around the world debated endlessly for nearly a hundred years, until after the end of the 99-year archive sealing period, the military archives of the Chinese Empire slowly began to uncover, and historians knew the real situation at that time.

Whether they came to settle the situation at that time through Soviet veterans, or asked the veterans of the Chinese Empire about the situation at that time, everyone did not know the real purpose of the Battle of Irkutsk at that time, and some people criticized the fire of the Chinese Empire back then, which destroyed millions of hectares of forests, resulting in the loss of grass for more than ten years.

As a result, the excellent living zone centered on Irkutsk has become a sparsely populated no-man's land, some of which they don't know, and they don't know what the fire was all about.

It's just that some people speculate that when the Chinese Empire was encircling and suppressing the 1 million Soviet Red Army, because it took too long, coupled with the shortage of ammunition in the troops, there was a second layer of surrounded Soviet troops on the periphery, so they chose to burn the enemy to death, so that they could draw out their forces to deal with the Soviet troops on the periphery.

But this argument soon became untenable, because the infantry of the two armies responsible for besieging the innermost surrounded Soviet army at that time mysteriously disappeared after setting fire, and the rest of the battle was basically carried out by a reserve army of the Fifth Army and the First Army.

This point is also the focus of controversy, and everyone can't think of what the exact reason is that Liu Lingzai is at the critical juncture of using troops, and even does not hesitate to let go of Zhukov's remaining 1 million troops to transfer the troops of those two armies.

Because at that time, in the Far East of the Soviet Union, which is now the northern part of the Chinese Empire, there was no other fighting except around Irkutsk, and the two armies mysteriously disappeared for about a month.

But these are all later words, for the time being, back to the present, when Zhukov ordered the troops to retreat, Zhukov's headquarters, even his confidants and favorite generals felt a little incredible, and looked at Zhukov with wide eyes in surprise.

The messy hair, I don't know that the beard that has not been shaved for several weeks is nearly a centimeter long, and the whole person looks without a trace of spirit, and looks decadent.

"Comrade Zhukov, we will be very dissatisfied with Comrade Stalin by doing this, and this is not in line with Comrade Stalin's guiding ideology."

One of Zhukov's henchmen hurriedly jumped out to stop him.

Although he stood on Stalin's position to stop Zhukov, he was Zhukov's person, and no one could deny this, and the reason why he did this was because there were also Stalin's people in this headquarters, and he was afraid that if that guy reported the situation here to Stalin at that time, and they did not stop Zhukov's words.

Then in the end, it will not be only Zhukov who will be unlucky, they will be unlucky in a circle, and it is the kind of unexpected result, if the shooting is the most serious capital punishment, then they may have to implicate the family.

So no matter what the final result is, he must stand up and persuade Zhukov, this is already a matter of position, to put it mildly, this has already involved political issues.

"Comrade Zhukov, I understand your feelings very well and your approach, but do you think we will be able to successfully break through the encirclement by retreating from Lesosibilsk? You know, we are facing a heavily armed Fifth Army, which has barely participated in the fighting, and our soldiers are not well armed. ”

Zhukov just wanted to refute his subordinates, but he didn't expect that the deputy political commissar suddenly stood up and spoke.

Zhukov and the others looked at the deputy political commissar very suspiciously, a little confused, the commander and political commissar of the Far Eastern Military District are Zhukov, this is also the way Stalin gave power to Zhukov, so that he can resist with confidence, but the deputy political commissar is a person sent by Stalin.

Although nominally this deputy political commissar is under the control of Zhukov, but in reality? The people in the political commissar system and the people in the military system have always been at odds, although they nominally obey Zhukov, but secretly he reports the situation to Stalin again, and if there is anything abnormal, he, the deputy political commissar, can even take Zhukov down first, and then go to temporarily appoint a commander.

Now that the deputy political commissar said such things, how could Zhukov and others not be surprised? The enemy would even consider the problem from his own point of view? Moreover, others can refute Stalin's guiding ideology, but this commissar cannot, because their job is to do ideological work, to bring the whole army's thinking closer to Stalin, and to eliminate dissent.

"Comrade Zhukov, please don't be confused, I am also on the battlefield, I know very well how you are feeling now, and I understand the current situation, it is indeed not a good way to continue to stay here, Comrade Stalin's instructions are indeed for us to defeat the enemy's offensive spirit, and not allow us to retreat.

But I think we should have entered a misunderstanding before, not allowing retreat is not only a blind attack, now the troops are difficult to protect, our first task should be to take the troops out first, and then rearrange before the bottom line of our defense, and then re-attack the enemy. ”

Comrade Deputy Political Commissar looked at the confused crowd and understood their thoughts very well, so he didn't pay attention to anything and explained directly.

"Comrade Deputy Political Commissar, thank you very much for understanding my thoughts and supporting my approach, but for the time being we can only retreat in the direction of Lesosibilsk."

Zhukov couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after understanding what the deputy political commissar meant, this guy was probably afraid of death, but he was embarrassed to say it, so he told Zhukov that as long as he didn't withdraw from the bottom line of defense, it was okay.

In any case, as long as the deputy political commissar supported his approach, then Zhukov would not have any problems in the next command, and in general it was more in line with Zhukov's ideas, and he had originally planned to take the troops out and launch a new offensive.

"Why? I think we can move to the vicinity of Novosibirsk through the territory of Mongolia and then go around behind the enemy army and make a sneak attack. ”

Comrade Deputy Political Commissar continued.

"Comrade Deputy Political Commissar, as far as I know, the Chinese airborne troops are already waiting for us in Mongolia, and the 1.2 million troops of the Chinese ** are already on their way to the border, and it is estimated that when we arrive in Mongolia, we will just run into them.

Zhukov rejected the proposal of Comrade Deputy Political Commissar and told him why he did not choose Mongolia.

In fact, if they had to break through from Mongolia, Zhukov would not have no way to successfully run out, but in this case, the casualties would be too great, and even if they ran out, they would not have the ability to fight again, so they could only choose a more secure direction. (To be continued.) )