The positions were obtained, but the commanders of the two German armies were not at all happy. Bock and Lundstedt received the news that the Soviet positions had been cleared, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

"Our next battle will definitely be more difficult..." Lundstedt said with a wry smile: "I can no longer guarantee that we can win Moscow before winter comes..."

Bock was also speechless. He did not expect that the Soviet army would be so straightforward. They immediately withdrew all the troops from the defense line at night. Although the German army monitored the Soviet positions.

But it was more about preventing a sneak attack by the Soviet army. It seemed that no one had ever thought about the Soviet army retreating. Not even Lundstedt and Bock thought that the Soviet army would withdraw from their positions.

For several consecutive months, the Allied forces had given them the feeling that they would not give up this position easily no matter how disadvantaged they were, and this was indeed the case.

If the Wehrmacht hadn't received news that the Germans had brought train guns, and the General Staff had completed war drills and told the commanders that they would suffer heavy losses even if they held their positions temporarily, then the Allied forces would indeed not have withdrawn from their positions.

They had no choice. The German army's firepower was too strong. If they held on to the position, the outcome would probably be that the entire Allied force would be severely damaged. In the end, the position would not be able to be held.

In order to offset the German army's heavy firepower advantage, the Allied forces could only choose to withdraw from their positions and withdraw towards Moscow. Their combat plan was to use Moscow's complex terrain to conduct street battles against the German army.

As long as the two sides form a battle situation in which we have you and you have me, then the German train guns will lose their meaning. It is impossible for the Germans to use train guns regardless of the risk of hurting their own troops.

Once it entered street fighting, the Allied forces had an even greater advantage. The entire Moscow had turned into a huge fortress under Trotsky's renovations in the past six months.

All the residents here have been moved away, and almost all the houses have been built into fortifications. Once the German army enters, they will face various attacks.

As the capital of the current Soviet Union and the former Soviet Union, Moscow has never been short of air-raid shelters and troop hiding holes. At the beginning of the German offensive, preparations for the defense of Moscow began.

After a long period of preparation, the Soviets built a large number of air raid shelters and troop hiding holes throughout the city of Moscow. These, coupled with the fortifications built across the entire city, made it extremely difficult to capture the city.

The most important thing is that the airspace in Moscow is limited. This makes it easier for the Allied air force to conduct defensive operations in its airspace. Simply put, it will be more difficult for the German air force to assist its own side.

After all, urban combat is not positional combat. In many cases, complex terrain makes it difficult for pilots to distinguish the positions of the enemy and ourselves. If there are interference from Allied fighter planes at this time, it will be almost impossible for the Germans to effectively support the soldiers in the city.

"Let's conduct a part of the probing attack first. If we can't take Moscow, then we will start preparing to surround them first." Lundstedt was silent for a while and said: "I will go back and let the staff draw up a combat plan. We will

We cannot let the German warriors be wasted so needlessly."

"I agree with you, but what I am considering is whether our head of state agrees to do this..." Bock said with a wry smile: "The series of victories has already made him and others go to their heads. If it weren't for us

Being in Moscow, maybe we all think that defeating the Soviet Union is just a piece of cake..."

Lundstedt did not speak. He knew that what Bock said was true. The Soviet army at the beginning was too fragile, as fragile as dried wood, and a strong wind could push them away without even pushing.

Blow down.

This is also true. When Operation Barbarossa just started, the German army easily defeated the Soviet army. Not only did it cause huge casualties to the Soviet army, it even accomplished the feat of capturing millions of Soviet soldiers.

It was under the stimulation of this success that the German army continued to invest troops in an attempt to completely destroy the Soviet Union in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, things were not as simple as they imagined.

After a series of defeats, the Soviets gradually stabilized their position. The advantage of their vast territory was that they could have sufficient defense depth.

As the German army attacked step by step, the difficulty of their attack also continued to increase. The Soviet army, which gradually stabilized its position, began to launch a planned counterattack against the German army.

Until the battle on the outskirts of Moscow began, the Soviet army even organized some guerrillas in the German-occupied areas to constantly try to disrupt the German supply lines.

"Bock, I'm beginning to think that Joachim might have some real abilities. He initially proposed negotiations with the Soviet Union, and we should probably listen..."

Lundstedt looked at Bock with a wry smile and said: "It's a pity... We were all blinded by the victory. At that critical moment, we were still thinking about winning militarily..."

"Even if we negotiate, it's too late now. The Soviets can't possibly restart negotiations with us, and the Tiger has made it clear that he has joined the Allied camp..." Bock said with a sullen face.

"In fact, if he hadn't annihilated those Japanese, maybe we would have had more manpower to test the Allied defenses in Moscow. And now, this bastard has sent his troops to support Moscow!"

Lundstedt did not answer. In fact, the marshal hated the Japanese very much. If not for other reasons, it was because of what those idiots did in the Soviet Union.

**Civilians and **women even torture and kill children and the elderly. These are simply not things that a person with a conscience can do. Although war can turn people into beasts, even beasts will not kill themselves by torture.

Likeness is an honor.

Lundstedt really can't find any other words to describe someone who can do such things except a demon crawling out of hell. The glory of a soldier can be obtained on the battlefield. But it is definitely not about bullying and killing the weak.

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"Marshal Rundstedt, I know you don't have a good impression of those Japanese. Likewise, I don't have any good impression of those cruel beasts." Bock saw what Rundstedt was thinking and sighed.

"But at least, these people are more capable than spaghetti. Becoming an ally with Mussolini may be our biggest failure. Look what he did in Ethiopia?! Even a bunch of pigs are better than his spaghetti.

Competent! In comparison, I think these Japanese are still somewhat useful..."

Lundstedt had to admit that what Bock said made sense. Although the Japanese army was a bunch of scum, at least these scum could still fight. It was much better than spaghetti.

"Let us get over this battle first..." Rundstedt did not continue this topic, but said to Bock: "At least, we need to know whether we can successfully win Moscow..."

On that day, the German army did not immediately launch an attack on Moscow. Several months of confrontation, defense, and offensive had almost exhausted the energy of the German army, and now they had roughly surrounded Moscow.

So Bock ordered the troops to enter a day of repairs. At the same time, he began to order the staff to plan combat missions in Moscow.

At the beginning of the battle, since the Allied fighter planes could not compete with the Germans, the Germans could also observe Moscow through reconnaissance planes. They could even use bombers to actually bomb Moscow.

But as the battle has advanced step by step, the Allied fighter planes have gradually been able to compete with the German army. The direct result of this is that the German reconnaissance planes can no longer successfully observe Moscow.

What Bock and Lundstedt have now are photos of the skies above Moscow obtained more than a month ago at the expense of three reconnaissance planes.

What is clearly visible from the photos is the complexity and chaos of the entire Moscow terrain. It is obvious that countless people are renovating those streets and attics.

Rundstedt and Bock were both veterans, and they could tell at a glance that the Soviets were building fortifications.

This is not good news for the German army. Simply put, the German army is about to face the huge Moscow Fortress connected by the huge strength of the Soviet army and groups of fortifications.

In fact, facing such a huge fortress without attacking is the best choice. But both Lundstedt and Bock knew that the Soviet Union, which had been preparing for half a year, could not fail to consider the problems caused by the siege.

Moscow has always been the political center of the entire country, and there must be a large amount of supplies stored here. If you want to surround them, it is not much easier than directly attacking the city.

Moreover, if the siege lasts until winter, the Allies may not choose to counterattack. Even if the Allies do not counterattack, a few more months will be enough for the Americans to form and train another force to support the Soviet Union.

By then the situation of the German army will be even more difficult. The huge production capacity of the United States is enough for them to produce a huge amount of weapons and equipment within a few months.

The most serious thing is that Rundstedt and others have received intelligence: the Tiger Wehrmacht troops are heading towards Moscow after annihilating the Japanese army.

It will take about fifteen days for them to arrive. That is: within half a month, if the German army cannot take Moscow, they will most likely face an internal and external attack by the Allies.

The expeditionary force organized by the Tigers this time had more than 300,000 troops. From the way they easily annihilated the Japanese army, it can be seen that this force is definitely an elite force in the hands of the Tigers.

And once they confront the German army, and the Allies in Moscow launch an attack in conjunction with internal and external cooperation, the German army will be in a worrying situation.

"I kind of admire that tiger now..." When the staff put all the deduction results in front of Lundstedt, the German veteran couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Fifteen days, this is the time it takes for the Chinese Expeditionary Force to reach Moscow. And this is also the only time for the German army to break through Moscow. Unless the German army can cut off its strength and directly choose to evacuate Moscow after paying a huge price and casualties.

Otherwise, they can only choose to capture Moscow before the arrival of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Otherwise, once the Chinese Expeditionary Force arrives, they will face a war situation involving internal and external attacks.

"To be precise, we only have ten days to attack. If we can't take Moscow, we will have to retreat..." Bock also spoke at this time, but his face turned frighteningly gray.

"Ten days! We won the outer positions, but we don't even know if we can do it! Damn Chinamen..."

"Now is not the time to complain. We need to adjust our tactics. Especially the use of the remaining mace bombs and train guns. If used properly, we will not have no chance of taking Moscow..."

The Allied forces in Moscow did not stop monitoring the German troops outside the city, but at the same time they did not take the initiative to launch an attack on the German troops.

The German army, on the other hand, built on the fortifications abandoned by the Soviet army. Although it was repairs, the German army still performed a certain amount of physical work.

There is no way, it's not that Bock doesn't want the soldiers to rest. It's because of the war that the area has been cleared by the Soviets. No one can be seen in the village, and most of the Soviet prisoners of war who were once easily captured have now become

Turned into corpses.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Soviet attack, the German army could only use its own manpower to start building fortifications. The German artillery also began to move towards new artillery positions.

Relying on the photos taken by the German reconnaissance aircraft, the German staff planned the attack route. At the same time, they planned the artillery bombardment landing points and sent these coordinates to the artillery units.

The German army was preparing, and the Soviet army was not idle either. They began to send flat-fire cannons, machine guns and sniper rifles to the troops below. A large number of Allied soldiers were scattered to every corner of Moscow.

The troop hiding caves were filled with people, and field hospitals, radio stations, headquarters, and other institutions were set up in the air-raid shelters. Trotsky, Eisenhower and others formed the Allied Provisional Command.

They will integrate and control the Allied forces in this battle. Tukhachevsky, who returned to Moscow, also joined this command organization.

Because of his selflessness in the previous replacement positions, both Montgomery and Eisenhower agreed that he would serve as the Allied commander in chief for this battle.

"The Chinese Expeditionary Force Qimudeng has 370,000 people, and it will take fifteen days for them to arrive in Moscow. I think we only need to hold on for ten days, and then the Germans will retreat without a fight..."

Tukhachevsky was not polite and directly took over the command authority. However, at a military meeting held by the Allied forces, he said to Eisenhower and others: "The German army cannot be stupid and wait for the Chinese Expeditionary Force to come.

If they don't capture us within ten days, then they will have to retreat..."

"Unless they want to bury the entire German army in Moscow!" Tukhachevsky said with a chuckle: "With our weapons, strength and preparations, I think they will not be able to capture Moscow within ten days.

.Simply put, if the Germans were smart they would pull out of Moscow now."

Eisenhower looked at the route and agreed with Tukhachevsky's view. Unless the Germans withdrew, if they did not capture Moscow within ten days and did not withdraw, they would most likely face the Allies.

counterattack.

With internal and external cooperation, the more than one million German troops could only be defeated. Even if they could barely hold on, the German troops would suffer extremely heavy casualties. It would be difficult to recover, at least for a period of time.

Maybe they will choose to enter a defensive state, but in this case the German attack on Moscow will be completely meaningless. The arrival of winter will bury the entire Moscow in snow.

Without supplies, the combat effectiveness of the German army, assisted by heavy firepower, will be greatly reduced. At that time, the Allies will be able to calmly choose to counterattack the German army.

After all, there are a lot of reserves in Moscow, ranging from weapons and ammunition to food, medicine, etc. Almost all of these were paid by the Allies to the Soviet Union. As early as when the Soviet Army requested assistance from the United States, the United States had already allocated a large amount of supplies to the Soviet Union.

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The Soviet Union did not transport these supplies to the front line, but stayed in Moscow. Now these supplies play a huge role. Regardless of whether Moscow is besieged or not, these supplies are enough for the Allied forces to launch an attack or hold on to the city.

"Let's look forward to it! Let's see whether these Germans chop off our heads or we drive them away." Eisenhower chuckled and said: "Marshal Tukhachevsky, do you still have vodka?! I

I want to have a good drink!”

Tukhachevsky smiled and nodded, and then asked his adjutant to take out the vodka made from potatoes and share it with Eisenhower and others.

Subsequently, these senior Allied generals began to plan the battle with the staff department, including the possible attack routes of the German army, the bombardment points of train guns and the assistance of Allied fighter planes.

At this time, Stalin, who was far away from Moscow, was worried about Moscow. He already knew the battle situation on the front line. Tukhachevsky was ordered to abandon the position outside the city.

Now the whole of Moscow has been completely exposed to the German army, but the German army did not immediately launch an attack on the position. Instead, it was repairing and adjusting its offensive position.

"Can we hold on..." Stalin seemed to be talking to himself, or asking Kalinin beside him.

Kalinin smiled bitterly, looked at the night sky and shook his head: "God knows..."

In the early morning, when the first ray of morning sun broke through the horizon, hundreds of German heavy artillery pieces outside Moscow began to slowly raise their heads. The German artillerymen all received their bombardment coordinates and bombardment missions.

The German tanks had already started roaring, and they had begun to warm up the machines. A large number of German infantrymen had recovered somewhat after a night of repairs. At this time, they were in high spirits and holding guns in their positions.

Cat inside.

They were all waiting, waiting for the moment the signal was initiated.
Chapter completed!