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In the end, the Soviet army defeated the enemy's attack at the cost of more than 500,000 casualties, and killed and wounded more than 400,000 Axis troops, including no less than 300,000 German troops, which greatly boosted the morale of the Allied camp. And more importantly, after the recapture of Moscow, the Soviet army formed a semi-encirclement of the enemy forces on the northern and southern fronts at the same time, as long as the supply reserves are restored, the Soviet army can launch a full-scale counteroffensive against the invading army, and then whether it is to recover Ukraine in the south first, or to lift the siege of Leningrad in the north first, there will be a great chance of victory.

In addition to the Soviet-German battlefield itself, the intensification of Allied strategic bombing and the activity of Tito's guerrillas in the Balkans have restrained more German troops than before, and the latter has forced more than half of the servant army cannon fodder of the invading Soviet German army back home, making Germany's already insufficient forces more and more stretched. Fortunately, after the mustache quelled the civil strife, he had a stronger control over the Wehrmacht, and remembered Hu Weidong's exhortation at the beginning, and finally made up his mind to make a major decision that affected the trend of World War II -- to take the initiative to lift the siege of Leningrad

After abandoning the attack on Leningrad, Germany suddenly freed up millions of troops (because of the civil strife in the Balkans, hundreds of thousands of servant troops had already returned home to fight the fire, so that the Axis forces besieging Leningrad were greatly reduced. The German army alone numbered six or seven hundred thousand, and all of them were elite troops. As a result, the mustache's hands were suddenly relaxed, and the reinforced air defense of Western Europe and the Balkan counter-guerrilla operations soon improved significantly, which in turn freed up a large number of additional troops. A virtuous circle was formed, which allowed the mustache's available mobile forces to further increase to more than one million, and surprisingly quickly regained the ability to launch a strategic offensive against the Soviet Union.

On the surface, the mustache is demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall, and the Soviets are likely to take advantage of the great reduction of enemy forces on the northern front to launch an attack from Leningrad, and if a breakthrough is made, the Soviet-German battlefield will also be completely out of control. But Mustache was confident in the armies of the three Nordic countries, and although their performance in the previous attack on Leningrad had dropped significantly due to their small number of troops, Mustache believed it. If it's a field battle. The 200,000 elite soldiers in Northern Europe were enough to resist the million Red Army of the Soviet Union, not to mention that after the northern front was turned into a defensive one, the armies of all countries did not forget to build a defensive line, and with the help of complete fortifications, the armies of the three Nordic countries were more absolutely sure to stop the westward advance of the Soviet army in Leningrad. Of course. If the USSR threw all its field forces in this direction. The armies of the three Nordic countries, with limited troops, could not withstand it. But the Germans on the Southern Front did not receive a large number of reinforcements to watch and see

In addition, the mustache showed weakness on the northern front and had the advantage of luring the Soviet army to attack. In this way, the three Nordic countries can only stop the idea of riding the wall and fight to the death with the Soviet army, everyone is not stupid, even if they have the heart to sue for peace with the allies, they will never dare to risk letting the Soviet army force their own doorstep, after all, the Russians have not had good credit since ancient times, and they have coveted Northern Europe for hundreds of years

At this time, Hu Weidong, who was reporting to the great man, said, "The key is that the Soviet Union's manpower is now on the verge of exhaustion, according to the intelligence transmitted back by the comrades of the secret front, the Soviet-German war has been fought so far, the permanent attrition of the Soviet army has been at least more than 11 million, and the number of people killed will not be less than 6 million, and the total population of the Soviet Union before the war was only 190 million, of which only 160 million have a high degree of identification with the Soviet Union, even if the Soviet mobilization system is efficient, it will not last long." As long as that mustache man can give up his ambition to take Leningrad and concentrate his forces on the southern front to continue to annihilate the living forces of the Soviet army in large numbers, even if Comrade Stalin can still hold on, he will be able to maintain the current front at best. ”

Taizu agreed with this, although he has always advocated the role of the spirit, but never thought that the spirit is omnipotent, during the initial war of resistance he repeatedly stressed the need to improve combat efficiency, because even if the Chinese population is far more than Japan, if the exchange ratio is less than 8:1, China will not win, and if it loses after paying such a big price, it will really be extinct. Although the Soviet Union's mobilization system was much more efficient than China's at that time, their population was only twice as large as that of Germany, and they had lost too badly because of strategic decision-making and tactical command problems

"In fact, the biggest threat to Germany is the United States, and if you include the National Guard and the Coast Guard, the United States now has more than 14 million troops. After the recapture of Hawaii, the security of the United States homeland was reassured, which means that the vast majority of these 14 million could be used for overseas operations. If Germany could not guarantee air supremacy on the Western European continent and allow the US military to successfully open up a second battlefield, it would only be a matter of time before Germany was completely defeated after it continued to land on the European continent. "Although Germany still has the advantage of jet aircraft, which makes up for the serious shortage of aircraft, it is not difficult to make up for the huge advantage of the United States in almost concentrating the world's top talents, and it is not difficult to come up with a model that can compete with the Me262." Individual innovations can win technological advantages in a short period of time, but in the long run, the quality and number of scientific researchers, especially the quantity, are the most fundamental determining factors. Germany and the United States are both first-class powers, and there is not much difference in the average quality of scientific researchers, so the numerical superiority of the United States is very crucial."

In history, Taizu dared to go against China and the United States when the disparity in strength was the greatest, although the United States imperialists bullied it as a last resort, and there were some elements of "ignorant and fearless", although China's national strength was far stronger than in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in history, and the gap between China and the United States was much smaller, but after fully understanding the bottomless war potential of the United States, Taizu's attitude towards the United States was much more cautious. Unlike any world hegemon in the history of the world, the United States is a country that has almost no fatal flaws in itself, and even the "weakness" of the army, which is more concerned about military casualties, has become less serious in the case of a world war. Therefore, if China wants to replace the United States as the biggest winner of this world war, it must help the Axis side hold out for a longer period of time (to be continued......