81_81266 Keitel and Guderian's troops encircled the entire Kiev area from the flank, and then the German infantry that followed up began to compress the strategic space of the Soviet soldiers in the encirclement layer by layer. (Starter)

The initial mass detour suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a large number of infantry battalions. The Germans were consolidating the areas they had occupied, and they did not seem to have any intention of entering Belarus or Russia.

The German army did not carry out a large-scale onslaught, which gave the Soviet generals such as Timoshenko on the front line time time to gather the rout, and also proved one thing to all the Soviets, that is, Germany did not have a long-term plan to invade the Soviet Union, but was only forced to counterattack the Soviet Union in self-defense. This left Stalin uncertain about whether to negotiate peace, and he did not know whether to continue this somewhat hasty war.

In fact, the Soviet Union's preparations for war and subsequent development were very imperfect, and although they formulated a battle plan for the invasion of Germany, this plan was only a programmatic document, not a specific guide to invasion operations. This outline, written by Stalin, only vaguely pointed out that the Soviet Union should take the opportunity to attack Europe, but did not think about the possible problems of the attack being blocked.

As it stands, the Germans have so far surrounded and annihilated only about 2 million Soviet soldiers, while the Soviet Union itself has collapsed due to imperfect preparations.

But the Germans suddenly halted their advance when they had the upper hand, they set up camp in Ukraine, and then began to lay out various defensive systems, with the Soviets recovering and the Germans consolidating their defenses in a hurry.

The expected frantic advance of the German armored forces did not appear, and the various means of depleting the main forces of the German army arranged in the Moscow direction were not used, and Germany seemed to be interested only in such a place as Ukraine, and after taking back part of the territorial needs of Romania, the German ** team even withdrew part of the Belarusian regions that had already been occupied.

"The Führer did not seem to have much interest in invading the USSR. If you look at this battle plan, it can be said that it has not taken into account the future development at all!" A staff officer said to Guderian with some dissatisfaction, looking at the "Requiem Plan" promulgated by the Führer himself.

Guderian smiled and didn't strike up a conversation, he certainly knew why the Führer had drawn up this plan, and of course he knew the real purpose behind it. In fact, this is not a plan without foresight, on the contrary, it is a rather far-sighted battle plan.

Because he himself did not understand the front-line generals of this plan, the Führer even personally sent Colonel Gascol Jr. of the intelligence department to the front line and explained to Guderian the meaning behind this battle plan.

Führer Accardo believed that if the limited German armored forces were used to penetrate deep into the Russian hinterland, the losses would be enormous. Even ignoring the optimistic operational assessment of the General Staff, the losses were directly positioned at more than half. This meant that even if the German armored forces approached the vicinity of Moscow, they would be forced to stop because of the losses and would not be able to achieve the strategic goal of capturing Moscow.

Moreover, even the goal of capturing Moscow did not actually play a significant role, and Moscow's political significance was greater than its actual industrial contribution to the Soviet Union as a whole. If the capture of Moscow did not bring the entire Soviet Union to its knees, Germany would collapse at about the same moment.

Many people think that it was the heavy snow that saved Moscow and the Soviet Union, but this idea is actually naïve and one-sided; even if there was no heavy snowfall, would the troops on the German front really be able to withstand the wear and tear of the brutal street fighting in Moscow? The answer must be no, because since the defeat of Moscow, Germany has never been able to seize important cities from its opponents, which fully proves that the German offensive forces have become the last of their strength under the city of Moscow.

Accardo, who knew this very well, naturally knew that even with an advantageous exchange of combat power, Germany could not afford it. So he can only think of other ways to make up for the difference in numbers between the two sides.

At this time, the Führer thought of a man, Lieutenant General Manstein, who was not yet well-known, but who had already become the number two man in the General Staff of the Army. This rare figure of strategic foresight among the German generals drew up a new battle plan according to the number provided by the Führer.

This plan is the terrible "New Barbarossa Plan", which overturned the Barbarossa Plan drawn up by the Army General Staff, completely abandoned the original plan of using 3 million German troops and more than 2 million servants to take the initiative to attack the Soviet Union, and boldly put forward a war plan focusing on defense.

This plan can be described as super bold and even more terrifying, it drew up a series of battle plans in response to the superiority of the Soviet Union, and boldly divided the entire Barbarossa plan into several important stages.

The first stage was to gain a foothold in Ukraine, relying on the advantage of armored forces in short-distance penetration, concentrating the Soviet Red Army in the area west of Ukraine, and then starting negotiations with the Soviet Union to achieve peace between the two countries. Once this goal is achieved, it will also be a phased victory in this period.

If the Soviets do not compromise, then this plan will be transferred to the second stage, the German army will strengthen the defense in the Ukrainian region, waiting for the second attack of the Soviet Union Because of the great victory of the first German counterattack (that is, the Requiem plan), the second attack of the Soviets will definitely be greatly delayed, and they will not be fooled by the second attack without careful preparation. And when the Soviet Union was ready, Germany had already turned Ukraine into a huge fortress.

At this time, it was the third stage of the operation, Germany fought another defensive counterattack, and used superior armored forces and air power to destroy the Soviet offensive forces, so that the distance between the two sides would be close enough, and there would be no problem of huge losses to the armored forces because the attack distance was too long. Once this happens, the Germans can start from Ukraine after a counterattack, sweep through the western part of the Soviet Union, and occupy Moscow.

Of course, this battle plan is based on the advantages that Germany has already achieved, that is to say, the implicit core idea of this new Barbarossa battle plan is actually a word "delay", and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be to Germany, and the longer it drags on, the greater the gap in national strength between the two countries.

The reason for this is simple: Germany has gained a greater strategic advantage than the previous one, and this advantage comes from the British mainland. Without such a threat from the British Isles, Germany's domestic industry would not be in danger of being disturbed, and the industrial capacity of the rear would be steadily increased. Coupled with the integration of local industry in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and even the south of England, the production capacity will become higher and higher, and it is obvious that the longer it drags on, the better it will be for Germany. And when Germany can really fully exploit the industrial advantages of the occupied territories, even the United States will not be able to match Germany's industrial production capacity.

In addition, now that the Soviet Union has lost the strong aid of Britain, and the United States has started a war against Japan in advance, the supplementary materials that the Soviet Union can obtain cannot go through the convenient passage from Britain to the Soviet Union, and can only be sent to the eastern part of the Soviet Union through the white-collar strait, and it is estimated that it will be at least one month before these materials are sent to the western front of the Soviet Union.

Unlike the race against time that attacked France and Britain at the beginning of the war, Accardo's Third Reich now preferred the war to drag on to a later stage, which is why the situation has changed and expectations will change with it.

At the beginning of the war, in order to prevent the United States from stirring up the situation and entering the war, Accardo led Germany's strong attack against time, and laid down the entire Western European region in one go, at this time the entire Third Reich can be described as "aggression like fire", and after stabilizing the rear, now Germany hopes to be "immobile as a mountain", and when he really stabilizes the European region and gains a firm foothold, the rise of the world's first power has become a fait accompli, and no one can stop it.

However, whether this Soviet compromise plan such as stabilizing the defense line and occupying Ukraine can succeed depends on how tough the Soviet Union's war determination is. If the Soviet Union insists on fighting, obviously Germany can only be forced to respond to the war, if the Soviet Union does not rest and attack directly, then Germany's operational deployment can only be adjusted accordingly, war has never been a country's business, but a game in which the decisions of the two sides are finally determined.

Grain from Polish farms was sent to Ukraine, and another decision of the German leadership was to mobilize anti-Soviet sentiment in Ukraine, and to turn the whole of Ukraine into a Soviet-friendly region through multi-layered gestures of goodwill, so as to lay a good foundation for further action in the future.

In another time and space, the German ** team entered Ukraine and was warmly welcomed by the local people, who thanked the German ** team for their arrival as if they were welcoming the liberators, and this kind of scene may be regarded as a miracle in the history of the war of aggression. However, the Nazi army carried out more brutal exploitation of Ukraine and Belarus, and in the end, the two sides turned against each other, wasting the support of the people of the two regions in vain.

All in all, Germany's new Barbarossa plan required Germany to establish a steady presence in Ukraine, so the German ** team also changed its previous combat style and began to slowly manage the Ukrainian regions they had just occupied - 19399 + dwruuo + 12222768 - >.