Go forward! Go forward!

Stalin's determination soon turned into the action of millions of G-speaking warriors on the Soviet-German battlefield!

In the night of April 13, the brigades of troops rolled forward on a muddy land. The fastest update was that the group shouted horses neighed, and the sound of motors roaring. In the vast plains of Tula Prefecture, Oryor Prefecture and Lipetsk Prefecture, several armies carried a large amount of baggage and were desperately approaching Moscow, the great capital of the Soviet Union. These troops approached Moscow from the southwest direction belonged to the original Oryor Front, now the reserve front. The commander was Marshal Konev, who had just been transferred from the Crimean Peninsula not long ago.

Unlike the Central Front Army gathered in Moscow, the Orel Front Army (Reserve Front Army) originally deployed in Tula Prefecture, Orel Prefecture and Lipetsk Prefecture is just a small "small Front Army" with only three armies under its jurisdiction, but they are quite elite. They are the 1st Guard Army (including the 4th and 6th Guards, the 18th Tank Army and the 153rd Infantry Division), the 2nd Guard Army (including the 1st Guards Infantry Army and the 2nd Guard Mechanized Guards) and the 1st Hongqi Army transferred from the Far East (including the 22nd Infantry Army, the 26th Infantry Army, the 10th International Column Division, the 88th Independent Infantry Division, the 77th Tank Destroyer Brigade, and the 79th Brigade).

According to the original plan, the mission of the Orel Front Army was not to stick to the three states, including Orel, Tula and Lipetsk, but to carry out peripheral movements after the start of the Moscow Defense Campaign to reduce the pressure on Moscow. When conditions are ripe, the Orel Front Army will also engage in a counterattack to rescue Moscow.

Now, according to the orders of the Supreme Command, this army, which was renamed the Preparatory Front, will join the battle to defend Moscow.

On the Moscow battlefield, a huge Red Army of nearly 3 million people will be gathered, and the invading coalition forces with the German army as the core will fight to the death!

Just as the main force of the entire reserve front army was divided into three routes, approaching Moscow from Orel, Tula, Lipetsk and other places. On the railway from Moscow to Kalinin, there were also rows of military vehicles loaded with JS-2 tanks, T-38/85 tanks, Su-85 tanks and other heavy equipment heading north.

As the largest ace in the hands of the Central Front, four heavy guard tank armies are now being transported by trains to the battlefield where the northern line counterattacks.

According to the orders of the Supreme Command and the Central Front Command, starting from the night of the 14th, the Red Army will launch the most fierce attacks on the front lines of Kufsinovo, Torkorok and Likuslavl!

Near Vader, further north, in Novgorod Oblast, the main force of the Red Army's 7th Tank Army, who was detouring north from the west of Kalinin Prefecture, had overcome the muddy roads and the air raids launched by the Luftwaffe during the day and landed at the fastest speed. Their vanguards, the 18th Brigade of Guards Tanks, had occupied the May Day town on the Red October railway line under the night of April 13, led by a "Red Der" squad that penetrated the enemy's rear.

On the same night, General Paulus, who knew that he was going to be "encircled" (actually not completely surrounded, there was still a northward route east of the Red October Railway, which was Zhukov deliberately stayed for Paulus cluster to escape), deployed an iron barrel formation for the Soviet army to siege in his headquarters in Upper Jolok.

"Sir, the Soviet army occupied May Day town, and the railway line to Petrograd was cut off. The 8th Armored Grenadier Division of the Belarus Army was besieged in Vadal near the Red October Railway Line, and the battle has been going on for 4 hours. In addition, Andrebol's battle is still going on. Now the Northern Army Group Command asks: Is it necessary to dispatch the 5th Armored Army to rescue us and reopen the Red October Railway Line?"

Lieutenant General Schmidt, the chief of staff of the 6th Armored Army, stood in front of Paulus, with an expression of excitement on his face. He used the plan to seduce the Soviet army detoured from the west of Kalinin to siege the siege of the 6th Armored Army, the 1st Belarus Army, the 1st Belarus Army, the Polish Army and the 1st French Mechanized Army as bait to seduce the Soviet army detoured from the west of Kalinin State to siege the siege.

Judging from the current situation, it seems to have achieved a successful success! As long as the 5th Armored Army (composed of 1 German Armored Division, 2 French Armored Armored Division, 1 Hungarian Armored Division and 4 German Armored Grenadier Divisions) was invested, a big victory would be at your fingertips, and it would not affect the pace of the Northern Army Group's attack on Moscow. Although the Marshal of the Hesman Empire had already made a speech and handed over Moscow to the Northern Army Group, many generals of many Northern Army Group, including Moder, were still a little worried...

Paulus just glanced at his chief of staff, turned around and asked Marshal Kappel, the commander of the 1st Belarus Army, who was lying on the map: "Is there any change in the front of Likuslavl?"

Likuslavl is located about 40 kilometers north of Kalinin City and is also along the Red October Railway. It is the forward base for the coalition forces to attack Moscow. After being occupied by Paulus's 6th Armored Army in the fall of 1943, it was built to "fortification" and turned into a solid fortification zone. Currently, the Empress Guards of Belarus are defending there. This is an elite mechanized infantry army composed of Cossack warriors, equipped with a large number of "Origa Hammers" and has outstanding anti-armor combat capabilities.

Marshal Cappel seemed a little tired. He was 62 years old this year. Like most elderly "old white men", he had bad habits of drinking. Therefore, his health was not good. He seemed to be unable to keep up with his energy after days of high-intensity command and combat.

Marshal Kappel smiled: "The front of Likuslavl is very stable, the performance of the Oliga tank destroyer is better than expected, and the Stalin tank is no match at all."

A tank destroyer assembled with the body of the T-50 tank and the British 6-pound cannon actually overturned many js-2 heavy tanks like giants. This result was unexpected by no one.

Therefore, Likuslavl, who would be occupied by the Soviet army in the original plan, is still in the hands of the White Army, and is as solid as a sacred thing.

"Give up Likuslavl in the early morning tomorrow," Paulus said lightly. "Give up Torrok at noon tomorrow and give up Kufsinowo in the afternoon. Shrink the troops into the triangle between Upper Volochok, Udomlia and Bologoye."

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"Likuslavl has taken it!"

"Ula!Ula!"

The cheering voice suddenly resounded within the General Staff of the Red Army (the Central Front Command is located here). Zhukov, who had been staying up all night, went home to rest after receiving the news of the liberation of May Day last night. The commander of General Rokosovsky was commanded by the headquarters. He was a very energetic general. After staying up for several nights, he still had no tired expression on his face, and his mind was also clear and calm.

Hearing the cheers of the staff, he just said to himself: "The Kalinin counterattack has actually been won..."

He was right. Taking down the Likuslavl fortification zone means that the defensive zone north of Moscow has an additional depth of dozens of kilometers. Moreover, the Likuslavl fortification zone can also be used by the Soviet army. As long as there is an army-level combat group equipped with a sufficient number of Su-57 tank destroyers, zis-2 anti-tank guns, zis-3 cannons and A-19 cannons (122mm), the Germans may not be able to break through after several weeks.

"Go and call Marshal Zhukov," Rokosovsky ordered, "tell him the good news about the reclaiming of Rikuslavl."

Zhukov, who received the good news, immediately took the "Moscow Metro Line 2" and rushed from his residence underground to the underground command center of the General Staff.

In the General Staff, he had not yet begun to inquire about the situation on the front line of Likuslavl, and another good news came.

"The French army is evacuating Tork!"

"Ula!"

There is another jubilation in the underground command center of the General Staff. Torrok and Likuslavl are twenty or thirty kilometers apart, and they are also a fortification zone. Two fortification zones are actually connected, called: Torrok and Likuslavl fortification defensive zone.

Now that the Soviet army has taken over this key fortification zone, only two armies are needed, it will be difficult for the German Northern Army Group to make a breakthrough in the short term.

"How is Andreapol?" Zhukov suddenly asked a question that was a little disheartening.

"Comrade Chief of Staff, Andreapol is still in the hands of the Germans. The terrain there is not conducive to attack, and the guards are elite German paratroopers..."

"It must be taken down!" Zhukov said firmly, "We must firmly take down Andreapol... Only by taking down Andreapol can the detour cluster truly consolidate its positions near May Day Town and Valdei. Otherwise, the detoured guards 7th Tank Army would go deep alone, and the blockade of the German (Alliance) side and rear is also empty."

"Comrade Chief of Staff..." General Rokosovsky seemed to have a different view. He told Zhukov, "Andreapol is not important, May Day town and Valde are not the key, and Torrok Likuslavl builds a defensive zone is the most important."

His meaning was actually to stop when he was better, and after taking down the defensive zone of Torjok Likuslavl, he turned to defense.
Chapter completed!