Chapter 1098: Moscow of Blood and Snow (5)

The war continued, and news continued to spread from Moscow to Stalin's evacuation. Subsequently, it was sent to Washington, Ottawa, and the imperial capital of China.

There wasn't a lot of news, and none of it was good news.

Losses in street fighting continued to increase, and non-combat attrition was serious. A large number of frostbite, snow blindness appeared. Up to 80 per cent of the houses have been destroyed. Part of the dugout was found and destroyed by the Germans......

Under these circumstances, Churchill, who had visited China, did not return to Ottawa but remained in the imperial capital. Subsequently, the Special Envoy of the President of the United States and Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Cordell. Hull arrived in China with a connecting flight from Canada.

On the Soviet side, Stalin came as a representative. The representatives of the Allied Quartet began to conduct in-depth consultations on the issue of the current battle of Moscow.

Now the situation in Moscow is not optimistic, although Zhukov went to the aid with 80,000 men. However, the march was slow due to heavy snow and road closures, and the reserves in Moscow were about to bottom out over time.

This matter was tightly sealed, and the rest of the generals did not know about it, except for Trotsky, Eisenhower, and other high-ranking officials. Of course, rations for all soldiers also began to be available in limited quantities.

Some of the Allied soldiers in charge of the ambush operation began to carry temporary welded food boxes and continued to fight in ambush in the ruins. And in each combat team, there will be a special person who is responsible for carrying food.

"Winter in the Soviet Union will last at least until March next year, and this year's winter came especially early. It's only the end of October, which means that Moscow will have to stay up for at least five months......"

The one who spoke first. It was Stalin who was the representative of the Soviet side. The bloodshot eyes in his eyes illustrate just how much pressure the Soviet strongman has been under lately.

Although Moscow was not out of touch with the outside world, Stalin and Kalinin were able to provide little support to Moscow. The ferocity of the German offensive was evident in the forced withdrawal of the Allied air force.

In months-long air battles. More than six hundred Allied warplanes were shot down. The losses of the German army were not much different, but the most serious thing was that the German army was greatly replenished, but the Allied replenishment did not fully arrive for various reasons.

And the continuous snowfall was also one of the reasons for the decision of the Allies to withdraw their air force. The German fighters could no longer rise in the snow, and the Allies were no better.

Since there is no point in staying on the battlefield, it is better to take this opportunity to evacuate. A large number of Allied warplanes were transferred to airfields in the three eastern provinces of China for temporary repairs.

Heavy snow closed the roads. Zhukov's support units were kept out. Although Zhukov was on the road day and night, it would take him at least a week to reach Moscow, given the speed of his march and the distance between him and Moscow.

The Wehrmacht Tsimden was at a greater distance than Zhukov's troops. And due to the large size of the troops, the marching speed was comparatively slower. To arrive in Moscow, they expect to have to delay for at least half a month.

"But at the moment we are not able to provide effective support to Moscow at all, and I believe that everyone has listened to the report from the Air Force. In such weather, fighters and transport aircraft simply cannot fly. ”

"And now there are at least a thousand German warplanes in the skies over the whole of Moscow. If there is no sufficiently large escort force. Our transport plane only went to send ...... dead."

Churchill reluctantly said to Stalin: "It's not that we don't want to support, but now we have no way to do it effectively." The winter in the Soviet Union not only isolated the Germans, but also separated us from ......"

Stalin was silent, he knew that what Churchill said was the truth. Everyone had expected that winter in Moscow would arrive at the end of October, but what they didn't expect was that this year would be so unusual.

It was only the beginning of October, and the snow in Moscow had already begun to fall. This sudden heavy snowfall caught both the Allies and the Germans off guard.

The Germans, on the other hand, were relatively better prepared than the Allies. Because they were in the previous battle plan. It was at this time that a general offensive against Allied Moscow was launched.

So, in ammunition, food, medicine...... and so on. Berlin gives more than enough.

On the other hand, Moscow, because of the excessive consumption and the judgment that there is still at least half a month to replenish the reserves in the city, has not fully replenished the reserves in the city, and is at a loss in the face of this sudden heavy snowfall.

The brutality of street fighting and the bitter cold in Moscow all contributed to the large-scale non-combat attrition of the Allied forces. As a result, the stockpiled medicines are also consumed in large quantities.

"We'll figure it out. But only if we want you to be able to send medicines, food and ammunition to the Soviet Union......" Stalin knew that he had to do it himself.

Britain, the United States, and China are really beyond the reach of the whip, and it is difficult for them to urgently organize forces to go to the Soviet Union now, and to carry a large amount of medicine, food, and ammunition to Moscow.

"We will do our best to do this, but now the heavy snow has buried all the railways to the Soviet Union......" Tu Menghu frowned, "Do you have the ability to open up the road yourself?!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Churchill, Hull and others all looked at Stalin. That's the most serious problem. The Allies could send supplies, but how they got into the Soviet Union now became the biggest problem.

Cold winters and heavy snow have made it almost impossible for transport planes to take off, and now the surface roads are almost covered in snow.

How to transfer these supplies to the Soviet Union became the biggest problem facing the allies. If supplies could not even get into the USSR, let alone into Moscow. It's almost impossible.

"Give us a week and we'll use this week to get the road open!" After being silent for a long time, Stalin gritted his teeth and said: "You can first transport supplies by sea to Vladivostok, and then by rail to Moscow." ”

"I believe that the Chinese railway can have such a transportation capacity, right?!" Stalin's words made the eyes of Churchill and others turn to the slaughter of the tiger.

Tu Menghu did not speak, but Lin Sen, the chairman of the coalition government, spoke.

"That's perfectly fine, but we need time to coordinate. After all, we are now a country where military and government affairs are separated, and military affairs are the responsibility of Commander-in-Chief Tu. And the government affairs, including transportation, are coordinated by our coalition government. ”

Everyone nodded, and the first item of the meeting between the four main belligerent nations on the Allied side was over. The rest of the matter is naturally handed over to the specific subordinate officials below to deal with.

"Chairman Stalin, I would like you to tell us the real situation. How long will Moscow's reserves be able to hold out ?! ”

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy and U.S. Secretary of State Cordell. Hull looked at Stalin and said, "We need to know how long Moscow will be able to support it." ”

Although Eisenhower had informed Washington of the situation in Moscow, Hull still needed personal confirmation from Stalin.

"I think General Eisenhower has already reported to Washington, and I am not afraid to say it again here." Stalin did not shy away from looking at Hull and said: "Moscow's grain reserves can last for two months at most." ”

"Comrade Trotsky has now ordered the ration of rations, and the rations of all are limited. And according to this limit, their food consumption will be greatly reduced. But it can only last for two months at most......"

Two months, that is, food in Moscow will only last until about December. And that time was the coldest time in Russia.

Even in later generations, at this time many Russians will choose not to go out and stay at home. Because the snow closes the roads, every year Russia has a large number of people who go out and freeze to death.

This shows how terrible the cold is there.

"There is no need to worry about ammunition for the time being, but if there is no food, even if there is more ammunition, our soldiers will not be able to fight......" Stalin muttered to the crowd: "The most important thing is that we need to replenish Moscow's troops." Otherwise, at the current rate of attrition, soon Moscow will fall into a situation where there are no troops available......"

"We have organized new troops and are on their way to the USSR. But because of the snow, we need more time......" Hull first stated on the matter: "Moscow cannot give up, and our army, under the leadership of General Eisenhower, is assisting you in the war......"

"Our General Montgomery is also in Moscow, and new units are being formed. The Air Force has formed a certain combat effectiveness, Hugh. General Dowding will look for an opportunity to rush to the Soviet Union as soon as possible to assist in the war......"

Churchill also said the same, and everyone looked at the slaughtering tiger after speaking. At this time, the largest number of troops and the best record were the Wehrmacht troops in the hands of Tu Menghu.

The Allies are now mired in war, with American, British, and Soviet forces all throwing large numbers of troops into the fight. At present, the only troops that can still draw up troops to fight are the troops of the Wehrmacht.

"We, on the part of the Defense Forces, are forming marines to prepare for a landing operation against Japan to force them to surrender." Tu Menghu looked at Churchill and the others and said, "If Japan is not completely defeated, my coastal areas will be threatened." Requires a large number of troops to defend ......"

"We have already taken this into account, and in view of the Japanese threat to China, our Pacific Fleet has been rebuilt. Soon we will start the operation in the Pacific theater and completely crush Japan! ”

Tu Menghu smiled and nodded, while Su Zongzhe, the chief of staff of the National Defense Forces next to him, pouted in his heart. The Yankees are watching the Japanese being defeated, and they want to make war achievements!

However, it is good to make up for the lack of experience of the Wehrmacht in naval warfare. Following them to see a large-scale naval battle is also extremely beneficial for the naval construction of the Wehrmacht.

"Good! We can fight together and defeat Japan first. Tu Menghu said with a smile: "Of course, at the same time, I will send a part of the troops to the Sino-Soviet border to gather." As soon as Japan fell, they would immediately enter the Soviet Union to assist in the war. ”……)