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Chapter 445 The Prelude to the End of World War II

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spnThroughout late April, the European War, especially the fighting in the Moscow Theater, was turbulent.

Half a million Allied troops suddenly rushed out from Leningrad, about 130 kilometers away from Moscow, arrived in the Moscow theater, and joined the battle against the Chinese. Although the offensive power was very strong, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, with limited strength, took advantage of the situation and took a defensive position.

A large number of Soviet troops were still contained in many directions, but Stalin still obtained a large number of troops that could be used to resist the German army.

Although the Chinese Expeditionary Force's attack was frustrated and stopped advancing, Hitler did not have any scruples and instead strengthened the offensive. New reinforcements were sent to the Moscow battlefield. The Soviet Union and Germany had been repeatedly engaging in fighting where the German troops penetrated more than 9 kilometers into the city of Moscow.

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The number of casualties every day was huge. The Germans had an advantage in strength and infantry combat effectiveness. The Soviets had an advantage in the air support from the Americans, as well as the large number of heavy-caliber artillery that the Americans could fire without fear after providing supplies.

The Soviets, who were "forced" into despair, put artillery directly into the city. The artillery was dispersed, but they were able to concentrate the bombardment on the Germans, which also reduced the chance of artillery explosion. The two sides were engaged in street fighting with an unprecedented posture.

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Although the German army had a large amount of poison gas, Hitler received accurate information that the poison gas from the Soviet Union and the poison gas provided by the Americans arrived in Leningrad in large quantities. Although the Germans relied on poison gas to capture Leningrad, they did not win the battle after the Soviet Union obtained the Allies.

After the heavyweight support of the army and air support, the city was recaptured in early 1946 and was once again laid out as a city fortress.

Ruins, battles on ruins.

While the Germans were concentrating their forces and even diverting troops from the defense line to attack Leningrad, the Allies' troop deployment was undergoing frequent changes.

On May 3, 1947, an urgent message was delivered to Hitler's desk.

In terms of intelligence, the Allied forces' changes proved that the Allies were adjusting their strategy. There seemed to be signs of slowing down the war in the hinterland of Europe first, and then concentrating their forces to support the Moscow theater.

As the most authentic evidence, German reconnaissance planes began to take a large number of photos, and a large number of troops, supplies, and tank groups began to gather in the direction of Moscow.

The intelligence returned by Nazi spies within the Allied forces also proved that the Allies were going to take action against the Moscow theater. Various signs showed that the Allied group headed by the Americans was no longer content with a long-term separatist war. Just as Hitler was very angry about the delay.

The French captured Moscow, and after the Chinese Expeditionary Force properly delayed the Soviet army, they decisively launched a massive offensive.

At this stage of the war, both sides seemed very exhausted and urgently needed the war to move toward a situation that was less favorable to them.

The possibility of completely defeating the other side is already very high. Both the German Nazis and the United States and Britain believe that the war has reached a point where they can use a superior victory to conduct armistice negotiations.

Jiang Baili and Zhang Shusheng were walking together in the metasequoia forest of Nanyuan, Hanjing Mountain, China.

"Chairman, the actions of the Allied forces did not send heavy troops to support Moscow's frontal battlefield, but instead confronted the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the flanks. No one else expected it, even Jiang Baili did not expect it at all.

Moreover, before this, the Chinese side had not received the slightest intelligence. Of course, this was because the Allied forces in Leningrad were very close to Moscow, and the mobile troops could be deployed overnight.

In the plan..., this part of the Allied forces, which did not appear to be large in number, was considered by the General Staff as unplanned forces that might support Moscow.

Because in the plan... the expeditionary force's attack on Moscow was to be fast first and then slow, first urgent and then slow. Both Zhang Shusheng and the General Staff were sure that Hitler would definitely take the bait even if he saw through the expeditionary force's conspiracy.

The temptation to capture Moscow was too great, and Hitler would definitely be tempted to take the bait.

Yes, once Moscow falls, the Soviet battlefield will be over. Even if armistice negotiations have not yet taken place, the German Nazis can gather their forces together with the Chinese Expeditionary Force to completely drive the Allies out of Eurasia, and then capture the United Kingdom and completely isolate the United States.

It's not impossible.

"Human beings are not perfect, let alone being able to predict things like gods. There are also many wise men in the Allied Forces, and they have seen clues from our consistent practices. The five hundred thousand Allied troops who are singing with us may even be replaced by others in the blink of an eye.

Without the Soviet army, it is still possible for the real Allied elites to join the fight against the Soviets.

They are acting with us in order to save Moscow and even plot against the entire German Eastern Front." Judging from all aspects of intelligence currently available to the empire, although the Germans are mobilizing troops on a large scale, the Allied forces are actually making bigger moves.

There are signs that the Allied forces will make an unprecedented move in the Moscow theater.

"A total of 15 tank divisions, a significant reduction in the air fleet, secret defense changes in various places, and the so-called rush to Moscow, these are just a cover. The real target of the Allies is probably the German army encircling the Moscow theater, at least to

The German army caused heavy losses." Zhang Shusheng said in a dignified tone.[

"It is possible. It depends on tomorrow morning when the exact news comes, whether the Allied troops will appear in Moscow or behind the Germans. According to Hitler, who is also aware of this problem, the German troops have strengthened their forces behind them and against Leningrad.

The defense in this direction seems to be intended to prevent the Allied forces from attacking from behind."

Jiang Baili also agreed with this view.

Millions of Allied troops announced their reinforcements to Moscow with great fanfare, but the armored troops did not rush into the Moscow theater immediately, but instead dragged their feet behind.

Anyone can imagine that once the Allied forces suddenly turned around halfway, they would go behind the Germans.

"If the Allies really attack the German rear, it will be a blitzkrieg that is difficult for the Germans to withstand, concentrating all available air force and armor forces to break through the German rear defense line as quickly as possible.

Jiang Baili said with certainty, "Of course, if the Allies are really rushing to aid Moscow, they will most likely "insert" directly from the suburbs and use elite armored forces to reverse the situation. The armored forces gathered by the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union can still do it.

. In this way, they can at least regain the entire Moscow.

If we fall into the city, we can change the situation of being suppressed and beaten." "Yes, the Americans have also realized the advantages of large-scale mechanized warfare, just look at tonight." Zhang Shusheng also had a complicated mood, mainly because he had considered many strategic things.

, once tonight passes and the hypothesis becomes a fact, the layout of World War II will be accelerated again.

There is a difference of more than 4 hours between Han Dynasty time and Moscow time, that is, 8 o'clock in the morning Hanjing time, and around 3 o'clock in the middle of the night in Moscow time in the Soviet Union.

Zhang Shusheng slept very comfortably. Although he told him before going to bed that if there was any big movement in the Moscow battlefield, he would be notified, but he still fell ill until dawn.

After breakfast, martial arts training and work, Zhang Shusheng had already boiled tea and was drinking morning tea when Mao Yunxian knocked on the door and walked in.

"Chairman, Commander Chen Jun's phone number!"

Zhang Shusheng walked back to the table and picked up the military green phone. It was a satellite phone that Chen Jun called back from the Moscow war zone.

From time to time, Zhang Shusheng put down the phone and walked to the map. After a few comparisons, he understood the entire situation.

"Chairman, on the way to Moscow last night, the Allied forces suddenly changed their marching route and made rapid mechanized movements towards the weakly defended rear defense line of the German army. At the same time, at least 15 tank divisions of the Allied armored forces had already arrived in the early morning of Moscow time.

At about 2:30, they broke through multiple German defense lines.

Under the double blow of the unprecedentedly powerful aerial bombardment and the advance of ground armored troops, as well as the feint attacks in the direction of Moscow and Leningrad, the Germans, who were still poorly prepared, were caught off guard and were likely to be surrounded on a large scale. It was expected that the Allied forces would be surrounded

1.5 million troops will be used to attack the German rear. At the same time, Timoshenko suddenly launched a large-scale attack on the German army in Moscow. He regained all the lost city areas in three hours, and concentrated his forces to attack the German army...

Zhang Shusheng picked up the phone and said, "Yu Ren, a high-level military meeting at the base camp will be convened immediately in thirty minutes."

Everything is clear. The Allies have stationed millions of troops on the Leningrad defense line. They have even deployed troops on the eastern front to attack the hinterland of Europe. Together with the Soviet troops in the direction of Leningrad, it is enough to organize an attack of more than 2 million people.

However, Hitler, who was confident that he wanted to capture Moscow quickly, only had about 700,000 troops on rear defense.

Under the guise of supporting Moscow, the Allied forces secretly concentrated heavyweight armored forces into the blitzkrieg night attack on the Germans.

Heavy night attacks and armored lightning assaults are exactly what the Germans did, but now they are used by the Allies against the Germans.

The situation on the entire Eastern Front was actually very simple. The Allied forces launched an attack on the German army from the north, close to Northern Europe, and the front stretched all the way to Leningrad and Moscow.

Under normal circumstances, the German army has a strength advantage over the Allies, and the heavily guarded rear defense line is not so easy to break through.

However, within half a month, the Allies made up their minds and secretly mobilized troops from the Northern Front, plus the Allied forces from Leningrad, as well as heavyweight armored forces, to brazenly raid this junction of the Eastern Front battlefield in Europe during World War II.

, successfully broke into the rear of the German troops attacking Moscow.

This means that once attacked from both sides, the German army's 3 million troops and more than one million servants fighting against millions of Soviet troops in the Moscow theater may be surrounded.[

The main force of the German army was contained in the Moscow Theater on the Western and Eastern Fronts of Europe. Now the Allies broke into the rear defense line of the junction. Logistics supplies and numerous German second-line troops would become the Allied forces' prey.

Especially when the Allied forces used very superior armored forces and air power, and were held back by the Soviet Union's active counterattack, the elite troops were held back. This situation was equivalent to being heavily surrounded.

Zhang Shusheng did not think that this would be an easy battle, but instead believed that it would be a very bloody battle.

It may even be a bloody battle of unprecedented scale that marks the end of World War II.

On the one hand, there are the Allies who are eager to surround the German army and eat them one by one. On the other hand, there are the German forces who are eager to reverse the rapidly deteriorating situation. The two sides are far from deciding the outcome. This final battle will be extremely cruel, and it will not be the same.

It can be completed in two months.

Forty minutes later, a combat meeting was held. The Minister of War, Su Yuren, personally reported the sudden charge on the Soviet battlefield: "...Obviously, the Allies have given up on the battle plan of attacking the hinterland of Europe from the east and instead concentrated their forces in order to eat the East.

German troops on the Soviet battlefield.

This is a very risky move. First, on the coastal battlefield on the Western Front, the pressure on the Allies will increase. Secondly, once the Germans finally turn defeat into victory, the Allies will completely lose World War II.

I don’t know whether this plan...was proposed by Patton or Stalin, who was unwilling to be destroyed in the end, but I think it is indeed a good plan."

Su Yuren came here and looked at Jiang Baili, who continued to speak.

Jiang Baili said, "When both sides of the war are equally matched, if they cannot completely defeat their opponents, negotiation will be the last resort. This move of the Allies is obviously to force the German army to start armistice negotiations. At this time, the Germans

at some disadvantages

, but it is not that they have no power to fight back. On the contrary, the German army under adversity can not only burst out with strong combat effectiveness, but also when the fighting in the Nordic direction gradually ceases, a large number of northern legions can also be deployed to the Moscow theater to attack those blocking roads.

Allied troops.

Fighting back and forth, this is likely to be a big melee.

Surround me with a group army this month, and I will eat several divisions next month."

After some generals made speeches, Zhang Shusheng briefly summarized: "In any case, whether it is peace talks or fighting to the death, it is acceptable to us. However, we cannot watch Germany be completely defeated, nor can we allow the Allies to completely defeat

Defeat, this is a new balance.

What we need to consider is the most appropriate time for a general attack, or to take some external efforts to surround Wei and rescue Zhao at the most critical moment, with us taking the lead and starting this armistice negotiation."

Many generals among the crowd did not understand the second half of Zhang Shusheng's words. The first half was easy to understand, that is, they could not watch the two sides completely win or lose, but had to "intervene" and launch a general attack at the appropriate time. But the second half

, some generals who are not particularly high-level are out of reach.

Sure enough, after the high-level military meeting, a top-secret military meeting attended only by the most senior people was held again.

At the beginning of the meeting, looking at Jiang Baili, Cai Wei, Duo Feng, Su Yuren and others sitting below, Zhang Shusheng's first sentence was to get straight to the point: "The time is relatively mature now. The battle on the battlefield in the Soviet Union is in full swing. It will be impossible to tell the complete story in a short time."
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