Struggle in Soviet Russia

Yes, what Victor has expounded here is a crazy and unbelievable idea. When the German central army is about to knock on the Moscow gate, no one would have thought that they would draw out a huge army, turn around and go south. The Soviet Army Corps besieged Kiev. When facing Guderian, Hitler was right in at least one sentence, that is, his generals only understand war, but they don't understand wartime economy.

For military commanders, at least for the vast majority of military commanders, they may be very clear about how to fight a battle or battle, how much military equipment, and how much food, oil, and ammunition are needed. But they don't care about where these logistical supplies come from. Behind them, how the entire country should produce these things and supply them to the front lines.

Perhaps in the eyes of the generals, these are not issues that they should be concerned about, but for the command and base camp, these are issues that have to be considered. They not only have to consider how to plan a battle, but also how to make the war. Keep going.

In his previous life, Victor did not know much about the history of the Soviet-German War, but he still had some impressions of the Soviet army’s defeat at the airport at the beginning of the war. Among them, the defeat of the Battle of Kiev was based on what he said. Presented in this way, so he has every reason to fight for his own opinions.

"My thoughts are like this," Victor said after a moment of silence, organizing words. "For a war, the outcome of a war is not only determined by technology, tactics, strategy and tactics, but also by the comprehensive strength of both sides of the war. To decide. From the current point of view, the Germans do have a strong and capable army, but their problem is that the resources that can be invested in the war are limited. The more disadvantaged."

"So they have no reason to abandon their attack on Moscow and switch to attacking Kiev," someone interjected and gave a conclusion.

Moscow is the political center of the alliance and the capital. The seizure of it is, to a large extent, a sign of the subjugation of the Soviet Union.

"The loss of Moscow is indeed a major blow to the morale of the alliance, but the loss of Moscow does not mean the end of the war," Victor retorted. "We should all know that there are some unimportant administrative departments in Moscow today. , Has begun to move east, and the National Defense People’s Committee is also discussing the issue of moving the capital. This is tantamount to revealing a message that even if Moscow is lost and falls into the hands of the Germans, the alliance will not surrender, so For the Germans, the strategic intention of trying to seize Moscow to force the alliance to surrender has actually been shattered. This war is doomed not to end in a short time, but to be prolonged for a long time."

After a pause, Victor took a glass of water next to him, took a sip, moistened his throat, and continued: "Since the capture of Moscow cannot force the Alliance to surrender, will the Germans consider how to maintain the long-term war? If they have such considerations, we can look at Ukraine again, where there is a wealth of food, rich coal mines in Donbass, Krivoy Rog and Azov-Black Sea iron ore areas, and Japan. In addition to Rove’s copper mine, the capture of Ukraine is equivalent to opening up the passage to the Transcaucasus, and further, they will be able to seize the Kuban oil field."

"So," Victor said, gazing round the faces of the people, "the question now is whether the Germans are confident to end this war in the shortest possible time, and if they are not confident, will they consider long-term combat? And take Ukraine as the primary target."

Everyone fell into a long silence, and it was not until about half a minute later that someone smiled and said: "This is just a guess after all, and the possibility is not high."

"Yeah, it's just a guess," Victor also smiled. He folded the map again, put it back in his briefcase, and said in a calm tone, "I'm bored too, so I think about it. Some."

Aleksenko, who was sitting across from him, also smiled, but his smile was somewhat reluctant, and his slightly frowned brows showed that the commander of the mechanized army had concerns.

The westward train did not actually reach the scheduled Smolensk railway station, but stopped at the Uyedrup station on the way. The reason was that the train received a call from Yelnya, saying it was German. Having captured Orsha, its 47th Mechanized Army is advancing to the northwest, with the goal of cutting off the railway link between Yelnya and Smolensk. In addition, the German airborne troops have already carried out an airborne landing in the direction of Yaltsovo, and the rear wing of the 19th Army is threatened and is seeking to retreat.

The arrival of this news caused Major General Aleksenko, the commander of the 5th Mechanized Army, into a complete passivity. Part of his troops were in the outskirts of the southwest of Smolensk, and part of them was still travelling from Yelnya. On the road to Smolensk, what's more terrible is that tanks and other weapons and equipment are still in the rear, which means that the entire army is dismantled, and it is not effective at all.

Major General Aleksenko wanted to contact the command of the group army, and it took nearly two hours before he contacted the command of the group army that moved to the direction of Yaltsovo. Then he received a new order to make him move to the command of the army. Some troops were deployed to the Solovyovsk ferry, where troops from the 46th Mechanized Army of the German Army were already in action.

Hearing the news, let alone Aleksenko, Victor's head was about to explode.

Where is the Solovyovsk ferry? It is at the bend of the Dnieper River near Yartsovo. In other words, its location is behind Victor and their current location. If the information from the group army command is accurate, then Victor and the chariot are equivalent to it. Riding the train into the encirclement of the Germans.

To sort things out, the current problem of the 5th Mechanized Army is that it has received completely different instructions and intelligence from the base camp and the group army command: the information from the base camp says that the 19th and 20th army groups are still in Vitebsk and The Orsha area organized a defense and effectively blocked the German offensive. Therefore, the order to the 5th Mechanized Army was to assemble in the direction of Smolensk and organize defenses. And when part of the forces of the 5th Mechanized Army were transported by train to the outskirts of Smolensk, Orsha was obtained from the group army headquarters, Vitebsk had been lost, and the German army had advanced to Yaltsovo, News from the front lines of Yelnya.

Orsha was in Yelnya westward, hundreds of kilometers apart, and Vitebsk was in Yaltsovo Westward, nearly 150 kilometers apart. Victor and the others took a train from Yelnya. Set off, but after more than half a day, the German army has already arrived at the place where they set off. Is this a **** of a life?

According to the most normal thinking, there must be a wrong intelligence on the base camp and the group army command, at least it is lagging behind. As for whose intelligence is problematic, there is no need to think too much at this time.

Most of the soldiers who came with the train were tank soldiers, and the weapons they carried were very limited. Most of them didn’t even have a pistol. It was impossible to put them into battle in place. The last resort was. You can only take the train back immediately and merge with the train for subsequent transportation equipment.

But Uyedrup would stand, and gathered a large number of soldiers and wounded who retreated from the front line, most of which came from the 61st Infantry Corps, which is a subordinate unit of the 20th Army. Their troops are in Austria. Ersha was defeated by the German army, and some of the broken soldiers and wounded retreated here, hoping to get on the train and retreat to the rear.

Uyedrup would make the station. On the crowded station platform, a captain of the NKVD wearing a blue hat, standing on the roof of Car 5, yelled: "All The internal staff, Bolshevik party members, commanders and political commissars with the rank of second lieutenant or above, will immediately gather at the material warehouse No. 2... All the internal staff, Bolshevik party members, have a second lieutenant..."

The shouts reverberated over and over on the crowded platform. Some qualified people began to converge towards the warehouse on the east side of the platform, and more people tried to squeeze into the train car, but were caught by the soldiers on the train. Drive down.

In the material warehouse No. 2 with a large number of wooden boxes, Victor stood with the worried Major General Aleksenko with a cigarette in his mouth. Beside them, a large number of staff members gathered.

Just now, Victor made a suggestion: He suggested that Major General Aleksenko leave him the infantry that came with the car, and use the three vacant carriages to house the wounded who had to retreat. As for the major general and the Those tank soldiers in the car returned to Yelnya with the train. Victor himself led the remaining soldiers to set up a temporary soldier transfer station here to regroup the defeated soldiers gathered here to form combat effectiveness.

"Once the gathering is completed, I will lead them to retreat in the direction of Yelnya," Victor said, dropping his already a bit hot cigarette **** on the ground. Asia reunited."

Although Victor said lightly, Major General Aleksenko was not so optimistic. It is not so easy to reorganize the defeated troops and form combat effectiveness. After all, the behavior of running away is inertial. These defeated troops may be organized easily, but it is necessary to get them to rejoin the battle. Must be capable.

But at this time, Aleksenko couldn't think of a better way. After all, he really needed to combine his troops and equipment.