The counterattack on the North Line... Of course, it needs to be paused. . The fastest update

Otherwise, why would Zhukov just said so many words to Stalin about "favorable defense"?

"Comrade General Secretary," said Zhukov, "the Northern Line Cluster should be transferred to defense at present, because the target of the counterattack has been fully achieved."

"Has the goal been achieved?" Stalin asked with some dissatisfaction.

The hundreds of thousands of German troops that are now besieged have not been eliminated, and the German reactionary named Paulus was not captured alive, and the enemy did not even begin to break through... or to be more precise, the enemy's Paulus cluster was not really surrounded, because to the east of the Red October Railway, a highway hub named Borovich was still under the control of the German army. Through there, the Paulus cluster could maintain contact with the main force of the German Northern Army Group.

What is Paulus surrounded?... The Germans don't know now. Is this a goal achieved?

"It's achieved," Zhukov answered very affirmatively, "and it's better than originally thought."

"It's better?" Stalin stared at Zhukov with wide eyes, "What's the good thing?"

"Fortunately, the Germans rushed to attack in the middle," Zhukov said. "The Germans' original plan was definitely not to attack in April. They had too much heavy equipment and had a long logistics line, so it was extremely unfavorable to attack in the mud season."

Zhukov said this correctly. Without the counterattack on the northern Moscow line, the German Central Front would not have marched into Moscow on April 20. Although Manstein adopted the route of division of troops and the tactic of a weekly offensive, it would still cause many unnecessary equipment damage.

"And, the attack in the mud season is more conducive to our infantry's defense," Zhukov said. "Muddy roads are always beneficial to lighter troops. From April 5 to the present, the German army's relatively successful defense on the northern line has proved this. And we have adopted the same tactics now."

"Use infantry to defend tanks?" Stalin shook his head, "But tanks can still defeat infantry, but the losses are only greater. And Germany can now bear a lot of losses in equipment, right?"

This is of course. Now the total fuel production of the European Community countries is about 1.8 times that of the Soviet Union, and the supply of non-ferrous metals is also very sufficient. Therefore, the military production and the number of commonly used heavy equipment are much larger than that of the Soviet Union!

If the German Wehrmacht-led, Hessman-led German Wehrmacht, preferring to use the European Union, and reducing the number of authentic German troops on the Soviet-German battlefield, the Soviet army's northern counterattack would have been defeated by the French, Polish, Belarusian, Little Russian (Ukrainian) and Hungarian army, the combat effectiveness of these "Military Army" is definitely not comparable to that of the German army. Moreover, there are many contradictions between the Polish, Belarusian and Little Russian troops, which is very troublesome to use.

However, the German Central Army Group was not that complicated. Except for the foreign volunteer soldiers of the SS (their combat effectiveness was very guaranteed), they were all German troops.

"Comrade General Secretary," Zhukov didn't know...or had deliberately ignored the moisture problem of the "German Army" on the Northern Front. He could only fight the German Central Army Group as the same as the Northern Army Group. "Whether the German army can bear the losses depends on how much we can cause them. If we let them lose 2,000-3,000 tanks on the Western Front of Moscow, I think the Moscow defense battle will be won."

Actually, this number is not enough!

Zhukov doesn't know the specific size of the German armored forces now. Although he knows that Germany has 25 armored divisions and 20 armored grenadier divisions, the troops in wartime are usually unable to be fully equipped. So Zhukov doesn't know how many tanks and assault guns Germany has invested in the Soviet-German battlefield?

"2000-3000 vehicles?" Stalin was silent for a while when he heard this number, "Can it be done?"

"Yes," said Zhukov. "I believe that Marshal Konev has such ability, that he and the Preparatory Front will surely defeat the German offensive west of Moscow!"

Konev performed well in the battle in 1943. Although he still lost Eastern Ukraine, it was not his fault, but the inevitable result of the disastrous defeat in the battle between the joint forces.

However, Konev still won the time to carry out scorched earth combat in most parts of Eastern Ukraine. Most factories in Eastern Ukraine were blown up or burned down, and the autumn harvest in 1943 was also significantly reduced due to the war.

Therefore, Germany and the European Community, which occupied the entire Ukraine, faced great pressure on food supply in 1944, and had to import large amounts of food and meat from Argentina and Uruguay. This is also an important reason why Germany's strong intervention in South America. If Brazil's coastline is not seized, Germany will not be able to establish a blockade to block the American submarines and the fleet's destruction southward, which will make Europe unable to obtain enough food. If there are not so many big Russians, small Russians, and Belarusians, it is enough to eat. However, in order to integrate Russia, the European Community has to feed many Russians, so the food supply is very tight before Russia's agriculture resumes.

In addition, Konev's defense operations in the Crimean Peninsula also achieved certain success. The troops he commanded repelled several attacks from the Ukrainian defense army between November 1943 and March 1944, and sent more than 150,000 troops to the Taman Peninsula and joined the Caucasian Front (the Crimean Peninsula was not completely besieged, and Germany's blockade of the Kerch Strait had many loopholes).

Because of these two achievements, Konev's rank of marshal and the title of hero of the Soviet Union were worthy of his name. Zhukov and Pavlov were therefore optimistic about Konev's ability, transferred him from the Crimean Peninsula, and recommended him to serve as commander of the Reserve Front (Olol Front).

"What is Comrade Konev going to do?" Stalin asked about the specific arrangement. He actually recognized Konev's ability and believed that the Red Army would definitely win the defensive battle west of Moscow.

Zhukov said: "Comrade Konev will adopt the tactic of defensive counterattack and defeat the German army on the battlefield west of Moscow!"

"Defend with infantry and mechanized infantry first?" Stalin continued.

"You are right," Zhukov introduced, "the deployment of the Preparatory Front Army is now in a large-scale depth style. The front-line troops are not strong. The main force adopts a method of gradually strengthening defense and is placed in the deep area. We strive to use muddy roads and infantry to resolute defense to eliminate the German spirit. After the goal of defensive operations is achieved, the General Staff plans to invest a powerful tank cluster on the western front of Moscow to conduct counterattacks to strike the German armored clusters with disgrace.

Therefore, the General Staff suggested that the counterattack on the Northern Line be suspended, and the Guards 1, 2, 5 and 6th Tank Army used on the Northern Line be drawn out, and together with the Guards 3 and 4th Tank Army, they should be deployed on the outer defensive positions west of Moscow."

"So what to do with the Northern Line Cluster?" Stalin asked.

"While the tank army withdraws, the infantry stops attacking and stands firm on the spot." Zhukov replied, "Only in this way can the two German army groups be prevented from launching assaults on Moscow at the same time."

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While Zhukov reported to Stalin about the defensive counterattack plan for Moscow's western front, he shaved his head and looked very majestic Marshal Konev was watching the battlefield situation on the bell tower of a cathedral in Secovka.

In the American telescope eyepiece used by Konev, the vast, muddy, and seemingly deserted plains are all in his eyes. The frontier positions belonging to the First Red Flag Army are outside Sechovka City, extending to the south and north of the city respectively. Although it is a "deep deployment" and the front line is just a "cannon fodder defense line", the Soviet army spent a long time preparing for the Battle of Moscow. Therefore, the defense lines outside Sechovka City have obviously formed a complete defense system. Mine zones, barbed wire, anti-tank traps, anti-tank trenches, trenches, anti-tank strongholds, and infantry anti-cannon bunkers are stacked layer by layer. All personnel and equipment mobilizations are carried out through traffic trenches, so at first glance, it seems that no one is defending the position.

The German round of artillery bombing had just ended, and the shells had fired countless bumpy mud pits at the forefront of the Soviet positions, but did not cause too many casualties. More than a dozen gray-painted fighter jets appeared in the sky, which was annoying -190/g fighter bombers.

Since the second half of 1943, this type of fighter-bomber has gradually become the mainstream of ground attack aircraft on the Eastern Front battlefield, replacing the original Ju87 dive bomber, and together with the German HS-129 anti-tank attack aircraft, it has become a nightmare for every Red Army soldier.

The 1st Red Flag Army, transferred from the Far East, had not been harmed by German aircraft before, so it did not have much air defense experience. Without waiting for the enemy planes to descend to a low enough air, it used a dshk anti-aircraft machine gun to shoot at the air. As a result, the target was exposed too early and the rockets were attacked. Clusters of white smoke slowly rose above the Soviet defense zone...

It seems that many G-ism warriors from the Far East have died heroically!

Konev sighed softly, and pointed the telescope at the end of the horizon further away. Where did the German tanks and assault guns appear, spitting black smoke and moving forward staggeringly, the speed was very slow and it seemed very difficult.

It seems that the mud in April is indeed not conducive to the attack of the tank cluster!

Konev looked at it for a while and did not find the Tiger and the legendary E-50a tanks. He only saw some combinations of grizzly assault guns and No. 4 H tanks, which were basically the standard combination of German armored grenadiers to attack.

Grizzly guns approached the enemy's positions, and the No. 4 H-type tank covered the Grizzly, attacking the opponent's tank destroyer and anti-tank firepower points, while the following armored grenades attacked with the joint support of the Grizzly assault gun and the No. 4 tank.

Konev knew that the Red Army from the Far East could not stop these powerful German troops, but as long as cannon fodder was continuously filled in and the 200-kilometer defense depth could still exhaust the German attack kinetic energy.
Chapter completed!