Chapter 376: Khrushchev takes office in the Far East

Stalin, who was far away in the Kremlin, received Vasilevsky's master's letter at the first time.

Different from Vasilevsky's various military suggestions to Stalin in the past, the content of this telegram also completely changed the previous impression that Vasilevsky gave everyone.

Within the Soviet army, Vasilevsky had always been an accomplished man.

But Stalin was well aware that Vasilevsky was a really talented man, and not like Zhukov.

Because he was really smart, he always inadvertently and indirectly reminded Stalin, or inspired.

Over time, Stalin also became clear about this, and this time the Far East was in a hurry.

Stalin directly sent Vasilevsky, the chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Army, to the Far East, which was also his reliance on Vasilevsky.

After reading the contents of the telegram, Stalin did not show anger, nor did he show his self-serving, obstinate and self-righteous character, but calmly put the telegram away.

However, picking up the phone, an order was given posthumously awarding Vasilevsky the title of Hero of War and National Hero, awarding the highest medal.

Subsequently, Stalin made a direct phone call to ask Khrushchev, who was in Stalingrad, to return to Moscow and go to the Far East as soon as possible to preside over the military affairs of the Far East.

To this end, Stalin convened a military conference with only one content, that is, to block the Red Alert Empire in the Far East no matter what.

Secretly, Stalin put the Soviet personnel in Berlin into further contact with the German top brass, telling Germany about the Red Alert Empire's European ambitions.

Even if it is not possible to make this clear to the Germans, it can at least drive a wedge between Germany and the Red Alert Empire.

At the time of the war, there were always Soviet people in Germany, this was a tacit understanding between the two sides, Germany was waiting for the news of the surrender of the Soviets, anyway, a few Soviets in Berlin could not set off any storms.

Even these Soviets were able to quickly pass the news to the mustache.

The Soviet troops, who were going to the Far East to support, soon advanced from central Siberia, and a large number of trains and tanks embarked on the journey to the Far East.

Khrushchev, who had just come down from the Stalingrad front, boarded a train to the Far East without having time to see Stalin.

On the train, Khrushchev saw Stalin's handwritten letter to him, the content of which was only one thing, to stop the attack of the Red Alert Empire at all costs.

Khrushchev was well aware of his position in Stalin's eyes, and it was not his commanding skills that could be valued at this time, but his iron-blooded means.

Blocking the enemy does not require too strong command skills, but every inch of land is fought for and the soldiers cannot retreat.

This was also Khrushchev's best result in Stalingrad, and the situation in the Far East was significantly more dangerous than Stalingrad.

On the evening of the day Khrushchev boarded the train, he received a message from the Far East.

Ussuriysk was captured by the Red Alert Empire, and Vladivostok and Boli were all surrounded by the enemy.

In the three days since the outbreak of the war, a total of 500,000 troops have been annihilated, of which 350,000 Soviet troops have surrendered.

Khrushchev on the train also directly assumed the responsibility of the supreme command of the Far Eastern Front, quickly giving several orders.

The first order was to dispose of the families of all surrendered generals of the Far Eastern Front, whose families were to be sent to various parts of Siberia as labor.

The families of the officers, as well as all the families of the soldiers who could be searched, were also included in this order.

The second order was to demand that the Far Eastern Front, with all its soldiers, be concentrated in Komsomolsk and Boli.

Faced with the powerful navy of the Red Alert Empire, the Soviet Union simply could not rescue Vladivostok, so it completely abandoned this port and concentrated its forces in Boli.

It is not that Khrushchev was unwilling to come to the rescue, but compared to the value of Vladivostok, the value of Boli is what the Soviets need most now.

Boli was the second largest city of the Soviet Union in the Far East and, along with Komsomolsk, was the lifeblood of the Soviet war in the Far East.

These two cities, which were the largest mineral reserves and mining cities of the Soviet Union in the Far East, increased the development of minerals in these two cities after the outbreak of the war.

To put it bluntly, the minerals developed by these two cities were one of the main supports of the Soviet war.

A large number of family members of generals and soldiers who surrendered during the Great Purge and the war were also laborers in these two cities, plus various original mining workers, and the number of laborers in both cities was in the millions.

Every day, all kinds of minerals are continuously transported to factories, processed, manufactured, and turned into weapons on the battlefield.

Khrushchev knew very well that his responsibility was not to fight back and defeat the Red Guard Empire, but to protect these two cities and ensure the continuation of the war, and when the Soviet Union defeated Germany, then it would be time to counterattack the Red Guard Empire.

Although Khrushchev was not a military strategist, he was a man of understanding, Vasilevsky was in the Far East, and he thought that he could not compare with Vasilevsky in military talent, so he had a very clear position for himself.

On the train, Khrushchev signed the second order, to form a large number of partisan detachments and call up more troops in the vicinity of the Far East.

The scope of conscription from Central Siberia to the Far East required that all farms, leaving only women and children and the elderly, and all the rest had to be forcibly enlisted.

Khrushchev intended to turn Boli and Komsomolsk into the Stalingrad of the Far East.

As long as they held out until winter, the Soviets would be able to breathe a sigh of relief, so the next few months would be crucial.

At the time when Khrushchev began to take office, the Third Theater cut off the connection between Boli and Vladivostok, and also launched a full-scale offensive against Vladivostok.

Under the landing at sea, a three-dimensional offensive, a ground encirclement, and a precision strike, the Vladivostok fortress armed by the Soviets was disintegrated in just a few days.

The defenses on the fortress were all destroyed, the port was captured, and all the battleships of the Soviet Navy were sunk.

The half-month operation was planned, but in fact, Vladivostok was captured in less than a week.

Most of the tens of thousands of Soviet troops inside chose to surrender.

The Third Theater of Operations was finally able to get rid of the logistics from North Korea and get supplies directly from Vladivostok.

With the arrival of Khrushchev, the Third War Zone also quickly set its sights on Komsomolsk and Boli.