Throughout the second half of April, the fighting in Europe, especially in the Moscow theater of operations, was raging.

Half a million Allied troops suddenly came out of Leningrad, about 130 kilometers from Moscow, arrived in the Moscow theater of operations, and joined the battle against the Chinese, although the offensive was strong, but the Chinese expeditionary force with limited strength took the defensive position, although it still contained a large number of Soviet forces in many directions, Stalin still received many troops that could be used to resist the German army.

Although the Chinese expeditionary force's offensive was thwarted and its advance stopped, Hitler did not have any scruples and instead strengthened the offensive, and new reinforcements were sent to the Moscow battlefield, and the Soviet Union and Germany have been repeatedly tug-of-war between the German army more than 9 kilometers deep into the city of Moscow.

The casualties of each day were enormous, with the Germans superior in strength and infantry combat effectiveness, and the Soviets superior in air support from the Americans, as well as a large number of heavy caliber artillery that could fire with impunity after the Americans supplied them.

The Soviets, who were cornered, put their artillery directly into the city, and the artillery was scattered, but it was able to concentrate on shelling the German army, and reduced the chance of artillery exposure, and the two sides were engaged in street fighting in an unprecedented posture.

Although the Germans had a large number of gas bombs, Hitler received accurate information that the Soviets and the Americans had also arrived in Leningrad in large quantities. Although the Germans took Leningrad with the help of poison gas bombs, the Soviets recaptured the city in early 1946 after receiving heavy support from the Allies, as well as air support, and once again arranged as a city fortress, in ruins, and in ruins.

At the same time that the Germans were concentrating their forces, even from the direction of the defensive line attacking Leningrad, the deployment of the Central Powers was changing frequently.

On May 3, 1947, an urgent message arrived at Hitler's desk.

Intelligence-wisely, the Allied movement proves that the Allied forces are adjusting their strategy, and there seem to be signs of delaying the fighting in the hinterland of Europe and concentrating their forces to support the Moscow theater of operations.

And as the most real evidence, the German reconnaissance planes began to take a large number of photographs, and a large number of troops, supplies, and tank clusters began to assemble in the direction of Moscow.

The intelligence sent back by Nazi spies within the Allied forces also proved that the Allies wanted to take action against the Moscow theater of operations, and all kinds of signs showed that the Allied bloc led by the Americans was no longer satisfied with a long-term war of secession, just as Hitler was very angry that he could not take Moscow for a long time, and after the Chinese Expeditionary Force properly held back the Soviet troops, he decisively launched a monstrous attack.

At this stage of the war, both sides seemed very exhausted and urgently needed the war to move to a situation in their favor.

The possibility of complete defeat of the other side is very small, and both the German Nazis and the United States and Britain believe that the time has come for the war to negotiate an armistice by virtue of a superior victory.

…… In the metasequoia forest of Hanjing Mountain and Nanyuan, China, Jiang Baili and Zhang Shusheng are walking together.

"Chairman, the actions of the Allies are really unexpected."

The Allies did not send heavy troops to support Moscow's frontal battlefield, but instead confronted the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the flank, not to mention that others did not expect it, even Jiang Baili did not expect it at all.

Moreover, before this, the Chinese side did not receive the slightest information. This, of course, was the reason why the Allied forces in Leningrad were so close to Moscow, and the mobile forces could be deployed in one night.

In the plan, this part of the Allied forces, which did not appear to be very numerous, was considered by the General Staff as an unplanned force that could support Moscow.

Because in the plan, the expeditionary force's attack on Moscow was first fast and then slow, first urgent and then slow, Zhang Shusheng and the General Staff both recognized that even if Hitler saw through the conspiracy of the expeditionary force, he would definitely take the bait, and the temptation to capture Moscow was too great, and Hitler would definitely not be able to help but take the bait.

It can be said that once Moscow falls, the Soviet battlefield is equivalent to the end, even if there are no armistice negotiations, it is not impossible for the German Nazis to concentrate their forces and work with the Chinese expeditionary force to completely drive the allied [***] team out of Eurasia, and then take Britain, and completely isolate the United States.

"If you are a human being, you are not perfect, let alone you are like a god. There are also many wise men in the Allies, and they can see the clues from what we have always done. These 500,000 Allied troops who sang with us may even be replaced by the Soviet army in the blink of an eye, and the real Allied elite may still be thrown into the battle with the Soviets.

They were playing with us in order to save Moscow, and even to plot the entire German army on the Eastern Front. ”

Judging from the information currently available to the Reich, although the Germans are moving troops in a big way, the actions of the Allies are actually greater, and all indications indicate that the Allies will have an unprecedented move in the Moscow theater of operations.

"The whole 15 tank divisions, the obvious reduction of the air fleet, the secret change of guards in various places, and the so-called rush to Moscow, these are just a façade. The real target of the Allies was likely to be the German army that encircled the Moscow theater of operations, at least inflicting heavy losses on the German army. ”

Zhang Shusheng said in a solemn tone.

"It is possible that tomorrow morning, when the exact news comes, whether the troops of the Central Powers will appear in Moscow or behind the Germans. It is said that Hitler was also aware of this problem, and that the Germans had strengthened their defenses behind them and in the direction of Leningrad, and it seemed that they were also prepared for the Allies to act behind their backs. ”

Jiang Baili agrees.

Millions of allied troops, with great fanfare, announced reinforcements towards Moscow, but the armored forces did not rush into the Moscow theater of operations at the first time, but dragged their feet behind.

Anyone could have imagined that once the Allies suddenly turned around halfway, they would go around behind the Germans.

"If the Allies really attack the rear of the Germans, it must be a blitzkrieg that will be difficult for the Germans to resist, concentrating all the air and armor forces that can be mobilized to break through the rear lines of the German army as quickly as possible."

Jiang Baili said with certainty, "Of course, if the Allies really rushed to the aid of Moscow, then it is likely to be directly inserted from the suburbs and use elite armored forces to turn the situation around." The concentrated armored forces of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union can still do it. In this way, they will at least be able to recover the entire fallen city of Moscow, and they can change the decline of being pressed and beaten. ”

"Yes, the Americans are also aware of the advantages of large-scale mechanized warfare, it's up to us tonight."

Zhang Shusheng is also in a complicated mood, mainly considering a lot of strategic things, once tonight passes, assuming that it becomes a fact, then the layout of World War II will be accelerated again.

The difference between Hanjing time and Moscow time is about 4 hours, that is, Hanjing time is 8 o'clock in the morning, and Moscow time in the Soviet Union is exactly about 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Zhang Shusheng slept very comfortably, and although he had told him before going to bed that he would notify him if there was any major movement on the battlefield in Moscow, he was still unharmed until dawn.

Breakfast, martial arts, and work, until Zhang Shusheng had already boiled the tea, and when he was drinking morning tea, Mao Yunxian knocked on the door and walked in.

"Chairman, Commander Chen's phone number!"

Zhang Shusheng walked back to the table and picked up the army's green phone, but it was a satellite phone called back by Chen Jun from the Moscow Theater.

From time to time, putting down the phone, Zhang Shusheng walked to the map, compared it a few times, and understood the whole situation.

"Chairman, last night on the way to Moscow, the Allied forces suddenly changed their route and made a rapid mechanized movement towards the weakly defended rear lines of the German army, and at the same time, at least 15 tank divisions of Allied armored units had broken through the German lines of defense at about half past two in the morning Moscow time.

Under the double blow of the unprecedented and powerful aerial bombardment and the advance of the armored troops on the ground, and the coordinated feints of the Moscow city and the Leningrad direction, the Germans, who were still ill-prepared, were caught off guard and there was a possibility of a large-scale encirclement. The Allies were expected to use 1.5 million troops to attack the German rear, and at the same time, Timoshenko suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the Germans in Moscow, recovering all the lost cities in three hours, and concentrating his forces to attack the Germans......"

Zhang Shusheng picked up the phone and said, "Yuren, in thirty minutes, a high-level military meeting of the base camp will be held immediately." ”

Everything is clear, the Allies have stationed millions of troops on the Leningrad Line, and even transferred troops from the Eastern Front to attack the heart of Europe, plus the strength of the Soviets in the Leningrad direction, enough to organize an offensive force of more than 2 million people, while Hitler, who is confident that he wants to take Moscow quickly, has only about 700,000 troops in the rear defense.

Under the guise of supporting Moscow, the Allies threw their secretly concentrated heavyweight armored units into a blitzkrieg attack on the Germans at night.

Heavy night attacks and lightning attacks by armored troops are completely the same as those of the Germans, but now they are being used by the Allies on the Germans.

The situation on the entire Eastern Front was, in fact, very simple, the Allies launched an offensive against the Germans from the north near northern Europe, and the front spread all the way to Leningrad and Moscow. Under normal circumstances, the German army had an advantage over the Allies, and the heavily guarded rear defense line was not so easy to break through.

However, within half a month, the Allies made up their minds to secretly transfer troops from the Northern Front, together with the Allied forces in Leningrad, and heavyweight armored forces, to brazenly raid this junction of the Eastern Front in Europe in World War II, and successfully broke through to the rear of the German army attacking Moscow.

This means that once they are flanked from both sides, the 3 million troops and more than one million servants [***] of the German army fighting against the millions of Soviets in the Moscow theater of operations may be encircled.

The main force of the German army was pinned down in the Moscow theater of operations on the western and eastern fronts of Europe, and now the Allies broke through to the rear defense line of the junction, logistics and supplies, and many German second-line troops will become the food of the Allies.

Especially when the Allies used very superior armored forces and air power, and were dragged down by the Soviets' active counterattack, this situation is equivalent to being surrounded by heavy surrounding.

Zhang Shusheng did not think that this would be an easy battle, but decided that it would be a very bloody bloody battle.

It could even be a bloody battle of unprecedented scale that marked the end of World War II.

On the one hand, the Allies, who were eager to encircle the German army and eat the German army bite by bite, and on the other hand, the German army, which was eager to reverse the rapidly deteriorating situation, the two sides were far from the moment of victory, and this final battle would be extremely cruel, and it would not be able to be fought in a month or two.

Forty minutes later, the operational meeting was convened, and the head of operations, Su Yuren, personally reported on the sudden changes on the battlefield in the Soviet Union.

“…… It is clear that the Allies have abandoned the battle plan to attack the heart of Europe from the Eastern Front, and instead concentrated their forces in order to eat the German troops on the Soviet battlefield on the Eastern Front.

This was a very risky move, firstly, on the littoral battlefield on the Western Front, the pressure on the Allies would be greater, and secondly, if the Germans finally turned defeat into victory, the Allies would completely lose World War II.

I don't know if this plan was proposed by Patton or by Stalin, who was not willing to perish in the end, but, I would say, it was a good plan indeed. ”

When Su Yuren said this, he looked at Jiang Baili, who continued to speak.

Jiang Baili said, "If the two sides of the war are evenly matched, if they cannot completely defeat the opponent, negotiation will be the final road." This move by the Allies was obviously an attempt to force the Germans to negotiate an armistice. On the contrary, the German army under adversity can not only burst out with strong combat effectiveness, but also a large number of northern corps can be transferred to the Moscow theater of operations to attack the Allied forces blocking the road when the fighting in the Nordic direction gradually stops.

Fighting around, it's likely to be a big scuffle.

You surround me with an army group this month, and I'll eat a few of your divisions next month......"

After some generals spoke, Zhang Shusheng briefly summed up and said, "In any case, whether it is peace talks or fighting to the death, it is acceptable to us." It's just that we can't watch the complete defeat of Germany, nor the complete defeat of the Allies, it's a new balance.

What we need to consider is the most appropriate time for a general offensive, or to take some external efforts to encircle Wei and save Zhao at the most critical moment, and start this armistice negotiation with us as the leader. ”

Many generals in the crowd did not understand the meaning of the second half of Zhang Shusheng's words, and the first half was very easy to understand, that is, they could not watch the complete victory or defeat of the two sides, they had to intervene, and they had to launch a general attack at the appropriate time. But in the second half, some generals who are not particularly high-level will not be able to reach them.

Sure enough, after the high-level military meeting, a top-secret military meeting attended by only a few people at the highest level was held again.

At the beginning of the meeting, looking at Jiang Baili, Cai Yi, Luo Feng, Su Yuren and others sitting below, Zhang Shusheng's first sentence was to get straight to the point, "At present, the time is relatively ripe, the Soviet battlefield war is in full swing, and it is impossible to distinguish a complete victory or defeat in a short time, and now is not the best time for peace talks. ”

(To be continued)