Khrushchev took over the errand of leading the Indian Revolution and wanted to liberate all kinds of bitches in India with a group of Brahmin revolutionaries who even had to serve him. Although it was a very arduous task, it was better than the errands of half the boss of Ukraine and the military committee members of the Southwest Front. So when he left the Kremlin, he was in a good mood and could be said to be full of spring breeze.

However, Pavlov and Sharashnikov did not have such a good mood. Stalin and the Political Bureau denied their deployment in the central battlefield and the southwest battlefield, which actually overturned the overall layout of the People's Committee of the National Defense and the General Staff on the 1943 operation. The overall idea is to attack the north route, defend the middle and south routes in depth, and at the same time reserve a powerful reserve cluster to be controlled by the Supreme Command. Although it is more conservative, it is a very safe plan.

In the repeated wargame deductions performed by Pavlov and Sharashnipov, the worst case was that Leningrad successfully rescued the siege + the German army occupied Kharkov and Stalino Prefectures after paying a heavy price, and at the same time approached Moscow in the middle.

Although such an ending would make the entire Soviet Union very uncomfortable, it would not have a crisis of collapse. The battle situation would enter 1944 in the tug-of-war between the middle and the south. Moreover, Germany would not have the possibility of conquering Leningrad and Moscow, which strengthened their defenses at the same time in 1944.

In other words, the Soviet Union could hold on until Japan was defeated by the United States. At that time, the Soviet Union would be unbeaten!

However, Comrade Stalin was very dissatisfied with this safe but very conservative plan.

"Comrade Pavlov, Comrade Sharashnikov, what's wrong with you? Today's meeting..."

When Pavlov and Sharashnikov arrived at the building of the People's Committee of the National Defense, outside Pavlov's office, they saw Marshal Zhukov, who was rushing to the siege of Leningrad.

After the victory of the "First Leningrad Defense Battle", Zhukov was awarded the title of Soviet hero and promoted to marshal. The so-called "First Leningrad Defense Battle" was actually the "First Leningrad Rescue Battle".

The result of this battle was "the siege was not resolved and the city was not trapped". The theory of relief was of course defeat, but the theory of defending the city was of course victory.

So Zhukov, who had made contributions in defending the city, became the marshal and received the order to report back to Moscow a few days ago.

"Comrade Zhukov, you're here so soon. It seems like a good trip, right?" Pavlov and Zhukov hugged each other, and then squeezed out a few smiles.

Zhukov smiled bitterly and said, "The plane took off before dawn. The German Folk plane was sleeping. How can we not have a good journey?"

After the three of them exchanged greetings, they walked into Pavlov's office together. As soon as they sat down, Zhukov asked: "By the way, how was the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau held today? Has the plan been passed?"

Zhukov actually participated in the formulation of the 43-year combat plan. He was responsible for the "Leningrad Rescue War". According to Zhukov's idea, the Rescue War should not only focus on a corner of Leningrad, but also look at the overall situation of the Northwest battlefield.

The encirclement created by the German army outside Leningrad City has been very solid, and a defense zone stretching for more than 20 kilometers has been built, in which countless minefields, trenches, fortification areas, anti-tank strongholds, armored soldiers gathering sites, infantry gathering sites and artillery positions have been deployed. The total number of troops deployed is expected to exceed 10,000. Although there are not many armored troops, the anti-tank firepower is sufficient and it is impossible to hit the tank cluster upwards.

In the first Leningrad rescue battle, Konev, who was not sure of his greatness, suffered a great pain, lost thousands of tanks and lost more than 20,000 troops. However, Konev did not lose his post because of this, because the Kalinin Front recovered most of the Novgorod Oblast, which was abandoned by the German army, during the rescue of Leningrad. So he was promoted to a general, and now he has gone to the Southwest Front to serve as commander.

After learning from Konev's lesson, Zhukov prepared to adopt a plan to lift the siege of Leningrad, but not fight in Leningrad. He allowed the Kalinin Front to attack the Pskov Prefecture, and after recapturing the southern part of the state, he continued to advance into the territory of Polo, to threaten the retreat of the German cluster surrounding Leningrad.

To implement this plan, the Kalinin Front must be greatly strengthened and equipped with enough tank troops and mechanized troops. Only in this way can we fight the German armored cluster on the plains in Pskov Prefecture.

"The plan has not been passed," Sharashnipov whispered, "but there is no problem with the part you are responsible for."

"The above did not agree to adopt large-scale deep defense in Ukraine?" Zhukov immediately guessed what the problem was.

Sharashnipov nodded and said, "The Minsk-Smolensk front line must also be strengthened appropriately, and the enemy cannot be approached by Moscow."

"This is not a problem," Zhukov said. "As long as Pskov wins the battle, even if it is tied, Smolensk will not be in danger. However... Ukraine may have problems, and the Germans' attack center is likely to be in Ukraine."

"There is no way, we can only strengthen the Southwest Front," Pavlov said with a frown. "The focus is on deploying the Dnieper River Qu area, and at the same time, we must reserve enough counterattack power. However... if we want to strengthen the Southwest Front, the Reserve Front and Kalinin Front will only weaken it."

After saying that, he looked at Zhukov. Zhukov is now the head coach of the Northwest, and he must be asked for his opinion to reduce the strength of the Kalinin Front.

"If the Germans place their main attack on Ukraine, then the Western forces can be fought even if they have less force." Zhukov thought for a moment and said, "If we want to weaken the Kalinin Front, we can only postpone the second Leningrad rescue operation. After we have determined the direction of the German main attack, we will start another battle."

"But if it is delayed... can Leningrad still persist?" Pavlov was very worried about the situation in Leningrad. The city was surrounded for nearly half a year, and there were more than 2 million residents and soldiers in the city. The daily consumption of necessary materials was an astonishing number.

"There is a way," Zhukov said calmly, "Military Commissioner Comrade Zhidanov has a way. There is no problem until July. If it is too late, it will not work..."

He didn't say anything, so Pavlov and Sharashnipov naturally wouldn't ask too much.

Marshal Pavlov nodded and said, "Well, then postpone the start of the battle in the northwest until June 1."

...

In mid-April 1943, when the Americans were busy repairing the canal locks, a group of a bit of a brainless "Showa Staff" in Japan were busy making trouble. While the Soviets were preparing for the 43-year decisive battle plan, the Marshal of the Hesman Empire, the Chief of Staff of the General Staff of the German Wehrmacht-Mansion, focused most of his energy on the plan to fight the Soviet Union.

The decisive battle plan has long been established, which is a plan code-named "Operation Blue". The biggest difference between this plan and the historical "Barbarossa" plan is that it has a clear strategic goal to seize the Soviet Union's coal, steel and oil centers, and then force the Soviet Union to seek peace or create a civil war.

To achieve this goal (referring to seizing the Soviet Union's coal, steel and oil centers), the main targets are Ukraine and Southern Russia.

However, since the Soviet-German negotiations have been secretly started for several months, and during the negotiations, the German side has proposed the conditions to cede Ukraine on the left bank, no matter how slow the Soviets are, they will definitely guess the German main target. Therefore, Ukraine on the left bank will be full of elite troops waiting for battle.

Therefore, the previous several sub-plans to break through the Dnieper River from the front are obviously not feasible. Although with the current combat power of the German army, it should be possible to win the front, the casualties are definitely small.

In this case, Marshal Guderian, who was transferred from the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front as the first military commander, and Hessmann began to formulate a new plan, codenamed "Purple Plan".

By the way, because there was only one enemy left on the European battlefield, the Eastern Front headquarters was abolished in March, and the Eastern Front army groups were directly commanded by the General Staff. The former First Military Chief Marshal Halde served as the commander of the Indian Front, and together with the British Governor Mountbatten and the British and Indian Army Commander-in-Chief Montgomery, they went to India to fight against the Brahmin Revolutionaries.

In fact, the purple plan is not very difficult to make Hessman, the "fake military god", has also been trained now, and he knows how to command an army with many powerful people and well-equipped equipment.

"Heinz," he said to Guderian, who was looking at the map in a war room in the General Staff of Thosson. "The Soviet Union must unseal the siege of Leningrad on the northern front and defend Eastern Ukraine on the southern front. Then the Minsk-Smolensk protrusion in the middle should be the weakest area. We can first fight a protrusion battle, severely damage the Soviet army in the middle, and then expel the siege of Minsk and Smolensk, and then lead the troops southward to Irkusco, Belgorod, Voroshin and Lugansk to surround the Soviet southwestern front."

"12oo-15oo kilometers... This detour is a bit big." Goodrian frowned slightly.

"Is there a problem?" said Hessman. "We now have a lot of cars, tanks and assault artillery, and we have also concentrated 15,000 aircraft of various types on the Eastern Front battlefield. It is enough to blow the Soviet army out of motion!"
Chapter completed!