"The Germans carried out an airborne operation in Baku." As soon as Natalia entered, she said to Iron Hime, "At present, they have occupied several key refineries, and are now occupying oil production wells one after another. ”

"How far are their ground forces from the Baku oil field area?"

"At their usual pace, they'll probably arrive tomorrow."

Iron Ji gritted her teeth.

"Order the South Caucasus side to shell the oil refinery occupied by the Germans with heavy artillery, and at the same time destroy the oil production facilities that are still in our hands."

"Do you really want to do this? If we hold off the Germans, these facilities will not be able to resume production, then our army will ......"

"Do you really think we can hold off the Germans?"

Natalia was silent for a moment and shook her head slightly.

"Although I don't want to be discouraged, the Azerbaijani troops have lost too much heavy equipment at once, and the German army is advancing so fast, it is really difficult to hold them back."

"That's right, we were confident that we were going to fight them in Tsaritsyn, but they did not come forward and stood on the plain south of Tsaritsyn, waiting for us to fight them. We wanted to cut off the German forces in eastern Ukraine from the mainland by attacking Kyiv, but now the fighting in the Bryansk direction is in a passive situation, and if it weren't for the fact that the Germans did not have enough armor on the front of the Bryansk Front, I might have to worry about the safety of Moscow now. And the German troops on the front of Minsk were preparing for a larger offensive, and in the north, our Baltic coast was also retreating, and the Baltic Fleet's space for operation was compressed by the Luftwaffe into the interior of the Gulf of Finland. ”

After counting the current situation in one breath, Iron Ji sighed heavily and changed the subject: "Is the new weapon used by the Germans clear?" ”

"It's a pity that the Germans began to advance immediately after using that weapon to inflict heavy damage on our Senhime troops, and our army fell into chaos because they witnessed the instant collapse of Senhime's troops, and they were unable to obtain any valuable information."

"That's right." Iron Ji stood up, "Then there is no way, let's think about what we can do." Now is the time to start shifting your strategy. ”

"What kind of strategy do you turn into?"

"Remember Suvorov and Kutuzov?" Iron Ji glanced at Natalia, "Clear the wilderness and implement a scorched earth policy. A thorough scorched earth policy, retreating all industry, inhabitants and others to the vicinity of the Ural Mountains, and then we organized a defense in the Volga valley. ”

"This would be tantamount to giving up half of Russia to the Germans."

"From what I know of Lin Youde, he won't occupy these scorched earth, and I already have a rough idea of his intentions, Natalia. His only purpose was to control the minerals related to industrial production, such as oil, coal, and steel, and in addition to these, he needed agricultural land to support his vast industrial system, so he took Ukraine and the Don Plain, as well as the Kuban steppes. He will not want the land of Belarus, nor the frozen soil of the north, and after we retreat, he will turn around and deal with the United Kingdom, which is gradually relieving itself with the support of the United States, after all, he has landed on the soil from Bremen, and he will not want to bear it again. ”

"Will he really do that? They Chinese should believe in the so-called cutting of grass and roots, right? ”

"yes, but if he does call, we'll just be in for a treat. This has a better chance of winning than spreading the forces on a long front. Iron Ji looked at Natalia, "Haven't you been teaching me to retreat at the right time, I think now is the right time." I used to want to defeat Lin Youde with a sea of people, but I failed, and now I have decided to use a sea of people and distance to defeat Lin Youde. After the production capacity of the Americans was fully stimulated, it was far from being comparable to Germany now, and at that time Lin Youde had a large number of American fleets to the west, and his air force could not even continue to carry out offensive mines against Britain. And to the east, we will rearm with the support of the United States, and we will have our own light weapons and American-made heavy equipment, as well as warplanes. ”

"What if Lin Youde uses a lot of the kind of weapons they use in Azerbaijan next?"

Iron Ji glanced up at Natalia, and then smiled: "Then I can only ask him for peace." If that kind of weapon was really so subversive, and it could be mass-produced lightly, this war would not have to be fought. However, if there is such a revolutionary weapon, he should use it to deal with the god first, our god and the war queen are just different in strength and weakness, theoretically speaking, the weapon that can deal with the war queen can also deal with us. His failure to do so shows that this is a weapon with considerable limitations. ”

In fact, this weapon is indeed very limited, and it cannot even have strong winds when it is used, so it is simply impossible to use it to attack the god who flies in the sky. Iron Ji's judgment on this point was actually quite accurate, but she didn't know that she had so accurately defined Lin Youde's weapon.

"Understood," Natalia nodded, "then, I'll go and arrange the retreat now, and ask Your Excellency to go to the maintenance factory first and prepare for today's attack." ”

"Natalia," Iron Ji called out to his right and left hand, who was about to turn away, "if something happens to me, Russia will be handed over to you." Whether you make peace with Lin Youde or continue to fight against him, I fully trust your judgment. After all, I now suspect that I may have gone down the wrong path. ”

"No, you are not on the wrong path, only in this way can you change the rotten empire that is already terminally ill, it's just that Lin Youde is too successful, so what you do looks like you're on the wrong path."

"Thank you for saying that." Iron Ji whispered that she had barely thanked her in her life, so it was a new experience for both her and the loyal Natalia.

**

Lin Youde received a report that the Russians were about to start clearing the fields that night, and at this time he had just finished talking to Guderian, who believed that Rommel could rush into the oil field in 24 hours, which was basically consistent with Rommel's own report.

As for Rommel, Lin Youde telegraphed to find someone, and the staff officer regretfully replied that the commander had gone to the front line to "inspect" and that radio contact with the headquarters was intermittent.

Lin Youde estimated that this cargo was going to enjoy the battle in a chariot by himself again. Rommel had the temperament of an infantry company commander who could not be changed until he died.

Rommel in another plane is bigger than this plane, and he still likes to drill tanks and charge into battle himself, and it is impossible for the younger desert fox in this plane to sit still.

Lin Youde also understood Rommel's thoughts, if he had just crossed somewhere, he would probably be quite willing to go to the front line to charge into battle to experience the real Call of Duty, but now that Lin Youde has experienced so many assassinations, he has little interest in charging into battle after winning in danger.

"What should I do?" After reading the report, Ysera asked Lin Youde.

"What else can I do?" Lin Youde shook his head, "The expedition to Baku has gotten oil, and the Americans' sense of survival on the Western Front is getting stronger and stronger, and the British are showing signs of returning to the light, so it is unrealistic to invest more forces on the Eastern Front at this time." ”

"Is that really good? Unless it is resolved once and for all, Russia will turn around and deal with the threat on the Western Front. ”

"The question is, how are we going to settle Russia once and for all?" Lin Youde asked his daughter rhetorically, "If we chase the retreating Russian army, there will soon be a lot of problems, such as the people in the occupied areas want to eat, the Russians will not leave any food for the civilians, otherwise it will not be called a strong wall and clear the wilderness, and we flaunt humanitarianism, it is impossible not to help, originally because of the war, our food supply is very tight, if we have to feed a lot of burdens, it will not be able to last." In winter, we will still provide shelter for those people, do you think the Russian army will leave the house to them? ”

Ysera was silent for a moment before asking, "What if these civilians abandoned by the Russian army seek refuge from us?" ”

"On the grounds that there are Russian soldiers among them, keep them out of the existing military demarcation line." Lin Youde's voice was very cold, "We have not occupied their land, we have no obligation to take care of them, refugees and people in the occupied areas are different. ”

"Dad, you're really cold." Ysera said with an approving look on her face, "But as far as I know, great leaders are basically cold. ”

"No, it's called pragmatism."

Lin Youde paused, and turned the topic back to the previous direction: "Now our situation is different from the past, and now we have the key to open the door to the new field of science and technology, as long as we persevere, let our technological advantages pile up, one day we can rely on the generation gap in science and technology to win the war." With the support of the oil field, we have no problem holding out for a few years. So we will give priority to the most urgent threats, and after the Russians begin to retreat from the fortified walls, they will not be a threat to us for the time being, so the sea to the west will become the new main battlefield. ”

"In that case, Dad, you should organize the French to attack Italy, and now that the French have invested so much strength in Italy, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to our ...... dealing with Britain and the United States in the Atlantic."

Lin Youde was about to reply when the phone in front of him rang.

"I'm Lin Youde."

"This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the German Republic in Berlin, hello Mr. Lin, I must report to you that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania has sent an official request to our embassy in Romania to arrange for the current head of the Romanian government, the goddess Lavinia? His Royal Highness King Tepesz III pays a state visit to Berlin and Potsdam. ”

"Okay, approved."

After speaking, Lin Youde put down the phone.

"What's wrong?" Ysera asked.

"The vampires of Wallachia are coming to visit Wèn. You see, the deterrent power of the weapons used by our troops in Azerbaijan is beginning to show. Lin Youde said proudly.