Stalin's order eventually became Order No. 197 of the Supreme Command of the Red Army (1943), which was about the combination of Order No. 27o in 1941 and Order No. 227 in 1942 in history.??

The main contents are two: one is that you are not allowed to retreat without orders from superiors; the other is that you cannot surrender at any time, otherwise you will be a traitor and your family will also deprive your welfare and ration in the Soviet Union. This means that survival will become quite difficult!

However, in Comrade Stalin's opinion, it is really time for the Red Army to fight to the death. Because if the Red Army cannot win the Battle of the Joint and the Battle of Smolensk, even if Zhukov temporarily lifted the siege of Leningrad and sent some materials and reinforcements into the city, Leningrad may still become Petrograd in the near future... because nearly a year of siege will not be without sequelae. According to Zhidanov's report, the people in Leningrad are now disintegrating, a bit like in 1917.

However, the Bolsheviks and the Russian Empress changed their positions, and now the Bolsheviks were not the Bolsheviks, but the reactionary Russian Empress.

Zhidanov also told Stalin that most of the "unstubborn elements" who were kicked out of Leningrad in the past few months are now gathered under the Queen (or where can they go to have dinner?), and many of them are also participating in the children of the people who participated in the February and October Revolutions of the White Army in 1917, and now kneels at the feet of the Russian Queen for stuttering!

Obviously, expelling them was the right choice... The people of the Second Capital of the Soviet Union were not as reliable as they thought.

If Leningrad is surrounded again and the German army approaches Moscow at the same time, it is normal for Leningrad to have an endogenous riot. If Leningrad reverses during the Moscow Defense War, then the morale of the Moscow people is likely to collapse.

In addition, once Leningrad becomes Petrograd, it will be like closing the door to negotiations between the Soviet Union and Germany.

In fact, Stalin doesn’t want to fight Germany now, it seems that he can’t beat him!

All he wanted was a peace that could be explained. It was OK to cut the ground slightly in the west, but the border line before the Soviet-Polish war in 1939, especially Ukraine on the left bank, must be preserved. Otherwise, Stalin would be Russia's eternal sinner!

So Stalin's small abacus is actually "and" rather than "drag". Because he knew very well that Leningrad had a high probability of falling. Once Leningrad became the capital of the Russian Empress, then the restoration of the Russian Empire would become a German candidate...

Therefore, Stalin did not dare to "drag" to create a peace, and could only rely on hopes to "fight" to create a peace.

As long as the battle between the junction can be won, Smolensk, Minsk and Leningrad will not be lost, and Ukraine's Dnieper defense line will also exist.

Then the struggle at the negotiating table will temporarily become beneficial to the Soviet Union. Even if the Red Army suffered heavy losses in the battles in the joint headquarters, it doesn't matter... Because the Red Army's losses are confidential, the German command cannot fully grasp it. They know that it is only their own army that has been defeated, which will prompt them to lower the negotiation price.

Moreover, Stalin felt that if he "gives away" half of Ukraine and half of Belarus, then the Germans would have been very full. He dominated most of Europe and took over the oil-producing areas in the Middle East, Africa was also the sphere of influence of Germany, France and Rome. India had little problem controlling most of the problems, it was simply that an eighteen generations of revolutionary masses who were serfs robbed the Tsar's Winter Palace, and could not hold the gold, silver and treasures in several carriages. If he didn't hurry to escape to Western Europe, was he still waiting to be captured and hung by the Tsar's Guards?

So in Germany, where "get rich overnight", there must be many people who want to accept it when they are better, and their Imperial Marshal Hessman is a typical example...

Thinking of this, Stalin asked Pavlov and Shaposhnikov: "Is the 1st and 2nd Army of the Tank are in place now? Can an assault be launched as scheduled tonight?"

"Yes!" Pavlov raised his wrist and looked at the time, saying, "Comrade General Secretary, the 1st and 2nd Army of the Red Army's tanks will start in 2 minutes. We will invest more than 15oo tanks and attack artillery to crush the German defense line without mercy."

"Very good! Tell Comrade Golikov and Comrade Mehlis to conquer Gomel at all costs and push the front to the east bank of the Dnieper River!"

Stalin finally gave a few words, left the war room of the Supreme Command, and went back to his office No. 1 in the Kremlin. At the door of Office No. 1, Stalin saw Molotov who had been waiting for for many hours.

The Soviet People's Foreign Affairs Committee came to report to him about the secret negotiations in Geneva. Mrs. Curente, the Soviet ambassador to Switzerland, met with German Foreign Minister Ribbintrop a few days ago. Although no agreement was reached, it was also a considerable progress.

This shows that the peaceful negotiations between the Soviet Union and Germany have been recognized by the Hitler government and are no longer a peace talks between the Soviet Union and the German side.

But there are some bad news. First, the Russian Empress and the Belarusian forces were also in a crazy manner during this period, and they issued large blank checks to the leaders of the Junker Officer Group. Secondly, the content about the "Katin Forest Massacre" suddenly appeared in Swiss newspapers in the past two days.

Mrs. Coluntai believes that this is likely to be a conspiracy jointly created by the German royal family and the Russian empress, who wants to create obstacles to Soviet-German peace negotiations through a completely fabricated massacre...

"Damn it! The Katyn Forest is now a battlefield! If I had known this would happen, I should have sent the Poles to Siberia." After hearing Molotov's report, Stalin remembered that the Katyn Forest, the place where the Polish anti-life group buried the Polish anti-German group has now become a battlefield for repeated battles between the Soviet and German armies. When soldiers on both sides dig trenches, they naturally tend to find dead people buried below.

"Why didn't our people report the body was found?" he then muttered.

"We all have high political awareness, so we can't see it." Molotov replied respectfully.

Stalin thought about it and felt that the same was true. The Red Army soldiers were all educated by the Party for many years, so of course they would not be confused by the illusion...

"This is not a problem," Stalin lit his pipe and took a sip. "The Germans don't care how many Poles died! In fact, no one cares about these... we just deny it."

Molotov frowned slightly. The Germans would not care, but now the German emperor is also the king of Poland, so this issue... is still a bit complicated.

Stalin continued to instruct: "The next few days will be the key to a breakthrough in peace negotiations! Mrs. Colunte's status is too low, and it may not be enough to represent the Soviet Union to reach an important treaty."

Molotov understood what Stalin meant and immediately said, "Comrade General Secretary, why should I go to Switzerland in person?"

"Okay, you go there in person." Stalin nodded and said, "Let Madam Curente arrange it first, and strive to get you to meet and talks with Prime Minister Hitler and Hessman."

"I think Mrs. Corente can arrange a meeting," Molotov said, "but to reaching peace, we may need to make some concessions..."

"The Soviet-Polish border before 1939 cannot be given up!" Stalin said carefully, "India can ignore it... This is our bottom line. As long as we win in the battle between the junction, a peace treaty with the Soviet-Polish border as the future Soviet-German border should be reached. So the next few days to weeks will be quite critical for the Soviet Union."

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"Swish swish swish swish swish..."

With the sound of harsh and sharp whistling sounds, the peace of Gomel's line for many days was instantly broken. Just after dinner, Major Schwarzenegger, the battalion commander of the SS 5th Tank Destroyer Battalion, who was patrolling the position with three company commanders, turned his head and looked at the place where the roar came. I saw countless red orange-red lights that were already covered in the night sky, flying towards the frontier positions of the 5th Viking Division of the SS 5th Viking Division at a very fast speed.

"Rocket launcher! Damn it, the Soviets are going to attack! I knew they were going to attack!" He immediately started yelling.

The Soviet attack was not without signs. At least Major Schwarzenegger, who was stationed on the Gomel front, had long noticed that the battlefield must be blocked before the attack. Only this could mobilize the attacking troops and artillery. Starting from May 7, the Soviet army on the Gomel front became obviously very active, and frequently attacked the reconnaissance troops sent by the 5th Viking Division of the SS. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the commander of the Viking Division, General Herbert Gillette (the current Vikings is still a special existence with a large organization and is actually an army-level cluster, so there was an Admiral of the SS as the division commander) had to shrink the firepower search screen, which was actually giving the battlefield to the Soviet army.

Of course, the SS General who was ordered to command the Vikings was not a fool. He also noticed the opponent's offensive intention. However, he did not intend to take action first, but was preparing to fight a defensive counterattack.

So during the day on May 8 and May 9, the three armored grenade regiments, two armored grenade battalions and one "assault brigade" under the Vikings were busy building fortifications.
Chapter completed!