Sarov is only a little more than 300 kilometers away from Moscow in a straight line, and it is the only way to Moscow from east to west, and when it comes to taking the Sarov Line, the Reich-army pays a certain price and finally forces back the troops under the command of Timoshenko himself.

Although Timoshenko explained to Stalin that this was a strategic retreat, the fact was that the Soviet troops retreated all the way until they were forced by the imperial army to less than two hundred kilometers from Moscow.

The strength of the entire Moscow theater of operations was evident at this time, and although the main defensive direction of the millions of armies was the German army, the eastern cluster under the command of Timoshenko also reached more than 40 army groups, which amounted to more than 300 Soviet troops. Although only about seventy percent of the Soviet troops are really combat-effective, that is also the combat strength of 2 million people.

In contrast, the expeditionary force commanded by Chen Jun was only about 700,000 people, and even if the 300,000 who had just arrived and were undergoing adaptation training, it was only about 1 million, and only after two or three months, when the second phase of troops was in place, could it have a scale of 1.5 million people. However, in the future, a coordinated attack on the northern part of Moscow will be launched from the direction of the North Sea Province, but it will only be a force of more than 300,000 men. The overall strength of the army is still not superior, after all, the total number of troops actually used is only about 1.8 million, which is already the limit of expeditionary operations in a short period of time.

"All sit down!"

In the tradition of the imperial army, there is no chairmanship in the army, only one leader. As soon as Chen Jun took his seat, the meeting began.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the difficulties of this imperial expedition to Moscow are greater than imagined, and the results are greater than imagined, and in the past few months, we have overcome many difficulties, conquered one Soviet city after another, and captured large territories.

However, these achievements were not the main thing, because the Soviets were so weak that they shrank their forces and retreated into the Moscow theater of operations. Therefore, I think that the biggest result of our battle in the past few months is not how many cities and square kilometers of land have been taken by the Soviets, but how many square kilometers of land have been captured, but that we have gained a foothold here and increased the strength of our fists day by day.

Now, according to the battle plan, we already have the ability to attack the Soviet Moscow theater of operations.

Although we have not yet seen a detailed battle plan, the difficulties are visible. ”

Chen Jun got up and walked to the map, pointing to the dense map of the distribution of Soviet forces on the map, which often had a small red flag on it, representing multiple Soviet army groups, which was the dense force situation in the Moscow theater.

He briefly talked about the current situation from the overall situation, and the generals present here were at least at the level of group army commanders, plus some senior staff officers and officers of the expeditionary force front army.

According to the battle plan, the expeditionary force was to cooperate with the German army.

First of all, the Germans will launch an offensive that will spread across the entire front, concentrating superior forces on a few points, making a strong offensive posture, attracting the attention of the Soviet army, and the Chinese expeditionary force will tear through the defense line in the southwest of Moscow, where the defense line is relatively weak, with superior armored forces.

For the Moscow theater of operations, where the defense system is mature, pillboxes and barbed wire fences are everywhere, artillery is strong, and air power is concentrated, the risk of a large-scale mechanized offensive is great.

After all, no matter how thick the skin of the tank is, it can't stop the aerial bombs dropped by the aircraft, the Chinese tanks are better and can block the strafing of aviation machine guns, and some slightly weaker tanks in other countries can't even stop the bullets of large-caliber aviation machine guns.

However, with the concentration of dozens of air divisions, the Chinese Air Force still has the ability to cover the breakthrough of such an armored unit over the Moscow theater of operations.

Of course, although the Luftwaffe played a very important role in the plan, according to Zhang Shusheng's practice, it would never put its eggs in someone else's basket, and some necessary measures had already been prepared, and the Imperial army would never suffer heavy casualties thousands of kilometers away.

"I hope that the war will go smoothly, and I will not need the method that the chairman said."

Chen Jun couldn't help but think of the secret conversation between the chairman of the committee and himself before he set out on the expedition, "At the critical moment, if you can't do anything, don't insist on using human lives and planes and tanks to pile up." At that point, we had two options.

The ancients said that if we can shoot the plan in advance, the pressure of the Soviets will be magnified to the maximum. Of course, we can also put the treasure on the locust tree, Moscow is already in ruins, and the atomic bomb of the appropriate yield is the last resort. ”

From that secret conversation with the chairman, he knew that the chairman would never allow his troops to suffer heavy casualties in the Moscow theater of operations, even if the Soviets had the ambition to gather heavy troops and huddle here.

The chairman's method is nothing more than one way of thinking, two methods.

He wanted to drop the atomic bomb on his head and force the Soviets to unilaterally request an armistice or surrender with absolute force. Either they dropped an atomic bomb of the right yield on Moscow and completely blew the fortress-like city into ruins.

From Chen Jun's point of view, the use of atomic bombs and nuclear attacks was the best choice, but he also knew that the height of the chairman was different from his own, and that he was thinking about a battle and a battlefield, while the chairman of the committee had to consider the overall situation.

If Moscow does not fight a war and drops the atomic bomb directly on Moscow, even if the Soviets are willing to negotiate, China is still unwilling.

For, if the Germans had not suffered heavy losses in this unprecedented general battle, which had lasted for perhaps two months, the war would not have been fought to the fullest.

Therefore, the Reich paid some price in order to get the Germans to devote all their strength to launch a general offensive against the Soviet Union.

"The recent Allied air raids on Germany's nuclear program should have been one of the triggers arranged by the chairman, constantly amplifying hatred, seeing that it is completely impossible for nuclear weapons to catch up with the use of the battlefield, Hitler is forced to cooperate with us with all his might, regardless of casualties.

In addition to the fact that the Soviets accumulated enough hatred in the hearts of the Germans to completely defeat the Soviets, the Axis powers would have a comprehensive advantage over the Allies, and Hitler was even more free to deal with the Anglo-American forces of the Allies. ”

While Chen Jun was explaining the entire huge battle concept, some opponents who needed attention, but at the same time, he was analyzing the big situation in front of him.

Soon, he finally finished talking about these things, Chief of Staff He Chengen went up to talk about some additional points, and Chen Jun quietly ended the meeting.

"Comrades, the following German friends are coming, this military conference is related to the last large-scale campaign cooperation between the Chinese and German armies on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, everyone remember to make preparations. The Germans know better than we do about the situation in the Moscow theater of operations, and we can't afford to let the family look down on it. ”

Chen Jun finally added.

Sure enough, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, seven or eight off-road pickup trucks stopped at the entrance of the headquarters, and more than a dozen German [***] officers got out of the car, which was the group participating in the pre-war Sino-German military talks.

In fact, the top leaders of China and Germany know the general direction in their hearts, but it is like playing chess, and there are still variables before the fall, so even Chen Jun does not know how sincere the Germans are.

Of course, the Germans did not know how big the Chinese were on the battlefield in the USSR.

"General Chen, it is a pleasure to meet you, and the Führer has asked me to convey to him the most cordial greetings to Mr. Zhang Shusheng, the head of your country. General Guderian, commander-in-chief of the Soviet battlefield of the German Army, asked me to convey to you my sincere greetings on his behalf. ”

Head of the German Military Observation Group, Lieutenant General of the German Army, Staff Officer of the German Base Camp Beck.

And judging by the intelligence, the lieutenant general was recently one of Hitler's trusted men to be sent to shoulder such a heavy responsibility. This was a military exchange meeting, but in fact it was a meeting for the two militaries to share intelligence and operational plans, as well as to find out what was going on with each other.

"General Baker has worked hard, thank you Mr. Hitler, thank you General Guderian for your greetings."

The two exchanged two pleasantries, and this semi-public Sino-German military exchange and cooperation meeting was held.

The meeting was not serious, but a Chinese buffet.

The local chef made enough Chinese food, Chinese noodles, various soups, and some Western food, and as soon as the two sides entered the venue, the buffet began.

Because of the presence of an interpreter, there was not much obstacle for the Chinese and German generals to communicate.

The two-day exchange meeting was attended by representatives from both China and Germany, as if they were casually talking, occasionally holding a small meeting to analyze the current situation on the Soviet battlefield and share some military intelligence that was not very important.

However, as the last day arrived, both China and Germany began to throw out a lot of important data.

For example, the Chinese side provided some military secrets, including the general situation of the armored forces and the aviation forces, while the Germans had previously raised the distribution of the German armored forces in the Soviet theater.

Similar exchanges and exchanges continued until two hours before the end of the two-day exchange session.

Because, at this time, Chen Jun and Baker had a private secret meeting.

There were a total of four people attending this meeting, and each of them brought a confidential secretary, and no one knew the results of the meeting, but Chen Jun slept peacefully for a night after the German affairs exchange group left.

Of course, Chen Jun did not know that after Lieutenant General Beck returned to Berlin and told Hitler the good news, His Excellency the Führer, who had been irritable because of the miscarriage of the German nuclear program, finally recovered a lot.

Three days later, China and Germany formally reached an in-depth campaign cooperation, and a German team of joint operations led by Lieutenant General Beck personally arrived in Sarov after a detour of North Africa by plane.

On April 5, 1947, after a month of intense preparations, Germany concentrated as many as 25 group armies to launch an unprecedented fierce attack on the Moscow Theater from the direction of Europe, while China concentrated 9 group armies, including two armored armies, launched a fierce attack on the southwestern defense line of the Moscow Theater.

At this point, the general offensive campaign against the Moscow theater jointly launched by China and Germany and the general offensive campaign of the Axis powers against the Soviet Union officially kicked off.

(To be continued)