On March 13, 1940, the adjustment of the senior generals of the Russian army was sent to Lin Youde's table.

"Govorov...... Lin Youde smacked his lips, "I actually chose an expert in defensive warfare." ”

Isera, who was helping to deal with Wen Jiàn, raised her head and looked at Lin Youde: "Is this person also famous in another time and space?" ”

"Well, many half-baked military enthusiasts don't know his name, because he doesn't have that kind of very exaggerated record, I mean, the kind of numbers that can be boasted of by annihilating tens of thousands of enemy troops. And the place where he left his name in history is far from the main battlefield, in Leningrad...... Ah, it's Petrograd. ”

"Isn't that the capital of Russia?"

"The capital of Russia was in Moscow at that time." After Lin Youde answered his daughter's words, he continued the topic he had just said, "Anyway, he held out in Petrograd for 670 days, until the enemy army, that is, the German army could not hold on. ”

"So powerful?" Ysera's eyes widened, "Was the city besieged?" ”

"Yes, and half of it has been destroyed by artillery fire and bombardment, and it is basically in a precarious state. After Govorov took office, he immediately organized a series of local offensives to improve the situation on the battlefield, and then also adopted an active defensive strategy, so that the city held out until the strategic situation of the whole country of Russia was reversed, and the Russian (Soviet) army command could free up its hands to transfer troops to the north. Lin Youde paused, "In addition, this person is also an expert in the use of artillery, whether it is using direct fire artillery to establish defensive positions, or using curved fire artillery to concentrate on destroying the enemy's living forces, he is very good." ”

The actual organization and management of artillery is a very complicated science, especially the organization of artillery units at the corps level, and it is impossible to slip through without studying in school for a few years and then training on the battlefield for a period of time. Therefore, in the future, electronic systems will be used to reduce the difficulty of organizing artillery clusters, so that some mediocre talents can also give full play to the power of artillery units. And in this era, competent artillery officers are an important resource.

This Govorov, in another time and space, was such an expert in the use of artillery, and he once twice used his genius in the use of artillery in a place familiar to Chinese military enthusiasts - this place is called Karelia.

When Govorov first showed his skills in Karelia, he served as the chief of artillery staff of the Seventh Army as an artillery expert sent by the Soviet High Command.

And when Govorov came to Karelia for the second time, he was already the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Front, with the rank of general. Again, using a combined offensive of artillery and heavy groups, he broke through the Karelian and Mannerheim lines.

Lin Youde told Ysera about this, and the girl listened very carefully, and immediately asked after Lin Youde finished speaking: "So, does the transfer of this person to the front line mean that the Russian army has to go on the defensive?" ”

"No," Lin Youde shook his head, "As I just said, this guy is also very good at coordinated infantry and artillery attacks, especially likes artillery to shoot at close range, and it is estimated that our defensive line will also undergo a severe test." ”

Lin Youde did not tell his daughter, in another time and space, Govorov is said to have been discovered by Zhukov not only to be an artillery expert, so that he went from a full-time artillery commander to the post of commander of a multi-arms joint force. Lin Youde doesn't know how credible this statement is, but if it is true, then Govorov in this time and space may also be recommended by Natalia, and the reason why he can skip the commander of the group army and become the commander of the front army directly is probably because of Natalia's identity as a god.

Lin Youde couldn't help but wonder if such an "airborne" would cause some internal trouble to the Russian army.

You must know that it is the "Russian army" that is fighting the German army now, and the mountaineering doctrine within the Tsarist Russian army is quite strict, although it is not as excessive as the army under the bald head of a certain Jiang surname, but it is not much better.

However, Lin Youde would not calculate this factor into his battle plan.

**

Minsk, in Voroshilov's office, Ivan? Stepanovic? Konev entered the room in a rage.

"Kliment? Yevremovich! Konev is a high-ranking officer brought out by Voroshilov, and he rarely talks to Voroshilov in this tone, "What's going on?" Why did the Warsaw Front put an artillery in command? ”

"There is the support of the god Natalia," Voroshilov said slowly, "are you satisfied with this reason?" ”

"I'm not satisfied! Not only is he an artilleryman, but according to his rank, he should not command a front army, he has to start as a military commander. ”

Voroshilov was silent and just smoked his cigarette.

Konev stared at Voroshilov in place, seeing that it was really useless, and then sat down on the sofa.

Gelman who broke in with him? Capitonovich? When Malankin saw it, he decisively found a chair to sit down, far away from the sofa.

At this time, Voroshilov raised his head and glanced at his students, and continued to say slowly: "Now the situation in Warsaw is not optimistic, after the Germans take Lublin, it is time to outflank the Warsaw Front, it is a hot potato, and it is not worth feeling sorry for others to take it, Ivan?" Stepanovich. ”

"But ......"

"Do you have a way to hold off the Germans' mechanized corps?"

"I have!" Konev said categorically, "I have been thinking about how to deal with the German offensive, and as a result, we should arrange the troops in a ladder and deplete the combat effectiveness of the German army layer by layer......

"You're pretty much the same as Natalia's mother-in-law. That's what she did at the meeting a few days ago. Voroshilov leaned back in his chair and sighed softly, "I should have introduced you to His Excellency the Prime Minister earlier, and now the idea of this defense-in-depth is Natalia?" Konstantinovich's. It must be her name when it is written in the textbook, but it's a pity. ”

Voroshilov shook his head.

Konev was also speechless for a while, just like that, silence fell in the room, and after a moment Voroshilov said: "To be honest, I can't see through this war a little, I think I should change the idea of fighting for the position of commander to grab the battle merit, take a break for a while, and take a look at the situation." ”

Konev's expression became very unsightly for a moment.

Voroshilov was more of a politician than a military strategist, in fact, he only won some military exploits in the early days of the revolution and the civil war in Soviet Russia with simple bravery, and then he was able to mix all the way to the marshal, mainly because he stood in the right line: he was arrested with "Iron Comrade" in the early days of the revolution, and he fought with Iron Comrade for a considerable period of time in the civil war, which made him prosperous even if he did not like Yuri Oh BrieX; During the Soviet-Finnish War, he once wanted to abuse Finland to get some results back, but he was abused by the Finns so that his mother didn't know him, so he could only hand over the baton to Timoshenko.

After the war in another time and space, Voroshilov fell out of favor, but after Guò betrayed his teammates after a certain Kursk who liked to smash leather boots came to power, Voroshilov became nourished again - and the rest of the story will not be pressed for the time being.

Therefore, Lin Youde, who is familiar with another history of time and space, would not be surprised if he knew Voroshilov's appearance at this time.

But Konev, apparently without this knowledge, stared at Voroshilov: "Are we going to sit back and watch our army get bogged down?" Considering these things at this time is not what a soldier should do, right? ”

Voroshilov frowned and looked at Konev.

"But now no matter what you say, you can't change the choice of commander of the Warsaw Front. Or are you going to protest to His Excellency the Prime Minister? In that case, please go yourself, and I can stress to you that I have no objection to the appointment of the commander. Voroshilov bit the accent on the word "no".

Konev was silent for a while, then stood up and said, "No, I'm not qualified to speak directly to the Prime Minister, and if you don't plan to convey it, then so be it, Kliment?" Yevremovich. ”

With that, Konev glanced at Marankin, and the two left the room together.

Voroshilov let out a long sigh and spat out a smoke ring.

**

At about the same moment, a confidential staff officer entered the large office of Iron Ji in the Minsk palace.

"According to the report, the Luftwaffe is sending leaflets to Lublin with the following words in Russian and Polish: 'Our army will attack the city with new weapons, and we ask the Russian officers and soldiers to show their humanitarian spirit and allow the Polish civilians in the city to leave'."

Iron Ji snorted.

"This Lin Youde is also a hypocrite, knowing that it is impossible for us to let our precious laborers leave the city, and he still throws these leaflets so that his eagle dogs in the United States can spread the compassion of the German army."

At this point, Natalia said, "I think we should leave the cities with women and children, so that the Germans use cloudbursts like this, and we can go back and accuse them of not caring about the lives of civilians." ”

"Women can also be used as laborers, and they can be used to earn tears when they die," Iron Ji thought for a moment, "notify the front line, evacuate the children in Lublin, and have the photojournalists on standby near Lublin, ready to enter Lublin at any time to photograph the deplorable situation of the new German army's new weapons." I think Americans will love these pictures. ”

"That would be blamed for not evacuating the women."

"Then we can fight back and say we didn't know the Germans would use such a terrible weapon." Iron Queen paused and glanced at Natalia, "You really just want those Polish women to avoid this catastrophe, right?" In fact, if we only evacuate women and children, we will already be morally occupied by the Germans, and it is better to create some miserable pictures that the Americans will not care about when they see them. ”

"And what if we evacuate all Polish civilians?"

"In case the Germans did not use new weapons in Lublin, then who would continue to repair the fortifications?" Iron Ji asked rhetorically.

Natalia didn't say anything more, acquiescing to Iron Hime's decision.