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spn Chapter 442 The decisive battle in Moscow (2)

The straight-line distance between Sarov and Moscow is only more than 300 kilometers. It is the only way to Moscow from east to west. When taking the Sarov defense line, the imperial army paid a certain price and finally "forced"

Withdraw the troops commanded by Timoshenko himself.

Although Timoshenko explained to Stalin that this was a strategic retreat, the fact was that the Soviet army retreated all the way until it was "forced" by the imperial army to a place less than 200 kilometers away from Moscow.

The strength of the entire Moscow battle circle was revealed at this time. Although the main defensive direction of the millions of troops was the German army, the eastern cluster commanded by Timoshenko also amounted to more than 40 group armies, with a total of more than 3 million Soviets.

Army. Although only about 70% of the Soviet army has real combat effectiveness, that is still a combat effectiveness of 2 million people.

In comparison, the expeditionary force commanded by Chen Jun only has more than 700,000 people. Even if the 300,000 who have just arrived are undergoing adaptive training are included, the number is only about 1 million. Only two or three months later, the second phase

Only when the troops are in place can they have a scale of 1.5 million. However, in the next step, a force will launch a coordinated attack on the northern part of Moscow from the direction of Beihai Province, but it will only be a force of more than 300,000. The overall strength

It is still not an advantage. After all, the total number of troops actually used is only about 1.8 million, which is already the limit of expeditionary operations in a short period of time.[

"Everyone sit down!"

According to the imperial military tradition, there is no "chairman" position in the army, only one chief. After Chen Jun took his seat, the meeting began.

"Gentlemen, this imperial expedition to Moscow is more difficult than imagined, and the results are greater than imagined. In the past few months, we have overcome many difficulties, conquered Soviet cities one after another, and captured large tracts of territory.

territory.

However, these achievements are not the most important thing. Because the Soviets are too weak, they have shrunk their forces and huddled in the Moscow theater. Therefore, I think our biggest result in the past few months is not how many Soviets we have captured.

The city has occupied so many square kilometers of land, but it has established a firm foothold here, increasing the power of its fists day by day.

Now, according to the combat plan, we already have the ability to attack the Soviet Union's Moscow battle circle.

Although you can't see the detailed battle plan now, the difficulties are visible."

Chen Jun stood up and walked to the map, pointing to the dense distribution of Soviet forces on the map. There was often a small red flag on it, representing multiple Soviet army groups. This was the dense troop strength in the Moscow theater.

He briefly talked about the current situation from an overall perspective. The generals present were at least at the level of group army commanders, plus some senior staff officers, and officers from the expeditionary force. They were all gathered together, which showed that it was prosperous.

According to the combat plan, the expeditionary force will cooperate fully with the German army.

First, the German army will launch an attack that spreads across the entire front, concentrating its superior forces on a few points, and making a strong offensive posture. After attracting the attention of the Soviet army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will move to the southwest of Moscow, where the defense line is relatively weak.

, tearing apart the defense line with superior armored forces.

For a place with a mature defense system like the Moscow Theater, where bunkers and barbed wire fences can be seen everywhere, strong artillery, and concentrated air power, the risk of carrying out a large-scale mechanized attack is very high.

After all, no matter how thick the skin of a tank is, it cannot block the missiles dropped by aircraft. Chinese tanks are better and can block the strafing of aircraft machine guns. Some weaker tanks in other countries can even block large-caliber aircraft machine guns.

Can't stop it.

However, with dozens of air force divisions concentrated, the Chinese Air Force is still capable of covering the penetration of such an armored force over the Moscow theater.

Of course, although the German Air Force plays a very important role in the plan, according to Zhang Shusheng's approach, he will never put his eggs in other people's baskets. Some necessary surprise measures have already been prepared, and he will never let them

The Empire's troops suffered heavy casualties thousands of kilometers away.

"I hope the war will go smoothly and we won't have to use the method mentioned by the Chairman."

Chen Jun couldn't help but think of the secret conversation between the Chairman and himself before the expedition, "At the critical moment, if nothing can be done, don't insist on using human lives and aircraft and tanks to pile up. At that time, we have two choices.

The ancients said that if we criticize the locust trees, we can plan to "shoot" the sun in advance, and the pressure on the Soviets will be magnified to the maximum. Of course, we can also put our treasures on the locust trees. Moscow is already in ruins, and the appropriate amount of atoms is

A last resort.”

Through the secret conversation with the Chairman of the Generalissimo, he knew that the Chairman would never allow the troops to suffer heavy casualties in the Moscow theater, even if the Soviets ambitiously gathered heavy troops and huddled here.

The chairman's method is nothing more than one way of thinking and two methods.[

Either drop an atom on the heads of the Japanese and use an absolutely strong stance to force the Soviets to unilaterally request armistice negotiations or surrender. Or, alternatively, drop an atom of appropriate yield directly on Moscow and destroy this fortress-level

The city was completely reduced to rubble.

From Chen Jun's point of view, using atomic nuclei to attack Japan is the best choice. However, he also knows that the Chairman of the Generalissimo is at a different altitude than himself. What he is thinking about is a battle and a battlefield, while the Chairman has to consider

It's the whole picture.

If we do not fight a war in Moscow and directly drop atoms on Japan, even if the Soviets are willing to negotiate, China will not be willing.

Because if this unprecedented general battle, which may last for two months, does not cause heavy losses to the Germans, then this war will not be enjoyable enough.

Therefore, the empire paid some price in order for the Germans to devote all their strength to launch a general offensive against the Soviet Union.

"The recent Allied air strikes on Germany's nuclear program should be one of the 'inducements' arranged by the Chairman of the Generalissimo. They continue to amplify hatred. Seeing that it is completely impossible for nuclear weapons to catch up with the use on the battlefield, Hitler may be 'forced' to use all his strength

Cooperate with us and take down the Soviet Union regardless of casualties.

In addition to the fact that the Soviets have accumulated enough hatred in the hearts of the Germans and completely defeated the Soviets, the Axis powers will have an overall advantage over the Allies, and Hitler will have a free hand to deal with the Allied forces of the United Kingdom and the United States."

While Chen Jun was explaining the entire huge campaign concept and some opponents that needed attention, he was mentally analyzing the overall situation in front of him.

Soon, he finally finished talking about these things. Chief of Staff He Chengen went up to talk about some additional points, while Chen Jun quietly ended the meeting.

"Comrades, our German friends are coming soon. This military meeting is related to the last large-scale campaign cooperation between the Chinese and German armies on the Soviet battlefield. Please remember to make preparations. The Germans are more prepared for the Moscow Theater than we are.

We understand the situation better and we can’t let others take it lightly.”

Chen Jun finally added.

Sure enough, at about three o'clock in the afternoon, seven or eight off-road pickup trucks parked in front of the headquarters, and a dozen German military officers got out of the vehicles. They were the same group participating in the pre-war Sino-German military talks.

In fact, the top leaders of China and Germany know the general direction, but it is just like playing chess, there are variables before the move is made, so even Chen Jun does not know how much sincerity the Germans bring.

Of course, the Germans did not know how powerful the Chinese were on the Soviet battlefield.

"General Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you. The head of state asked me to convey his warmest greetings to the head of state of your country, Mr. Zhang Shusheng. General Guderian, the commander-in-chief of the German Army's Soviet battlefield, asked me to convey his sincere greetings to you on his behalf.

"

The leader of the German military observation team, Lieutenant General of the German Army, and Staff Officer of the German Base Camp, Beck.

And according to the intelligence, this lieutenant general was one of the people who gained Hitler's trust recently and was sent to shoulder such an important task. This was a military "exchange" meeting, but it was actually an intelligence and combat meeting between the two armies.

Plan sharing, and meetings to “find out” each other.

"General Baker, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Hitler, and thank you, General Guderian, for your greetings."

The two exchanged pleasantries, and this semi-public Sino-German military exchange and cooperation meeting was held.

The meeting was not serious, but a Chinese buffet.

The local chef prepared enough Chinese dishes, Chinese noodles, various soups, and some Western food. As soon as both parties entered the venue, the buffet began.

Because there were translators, the generals from China and Germany did not have much difficulty communicating with each other.[

This "exchange" meeting lasted for two days. The representatives from China and Germany seemed to just talk casually, and occasionally held a small meeting to analyze the current situation on the Soviet battlefield and share some less important military information.

However, as the last day approaches, both China and Germany have begun to release a lot of important data.

For example, China provided some military secrets including the general situation of armored forces and aviation forces, while the Germans previously proposed the distribution of German armored forces on the Soviet battlefield.

Similar communication and mutual exchanges and "finding out" continued until two hours before the end of the two-day exchange meeting.

Because, at this time, Chen Jun and Baker had a "private" secret meeting.

A total of four people attended this meeting, each with a confidential secretary. No one knew the outcome of the meeting, but Chen Jun slept peacefully for a night after the German affairs exchange team left.

Of course, Chen Jun didn't know that after Lieutenant General Baker returned to Berlin and told Hitler the great news, the Führer's temper, which had been irritable due to the failure of Germany's nuclear program, finally recovered a lot.

Three days later, China and Germany formally reached an in-depth campaign cooperation. A joint German team led by Lieutenant General Baker personally arrived in Sarov after taking a flight around North Africa.

On April 5, 1947, after a month of intense preparations, Germany concentrated the forces of as many as 25 army groups and launched an unprecedented violent attack on the Moscow Theater from the European direction, while China concentrated 9 army groups, including two armored forces.

The group army launched a fierce attack on the southwest defense line of the Moscow Theater. Correspondingly, the air forces of China, Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union had been fighting over the Moscow Theater for nearly 20 days, and they also reached the peak before the outbreak.
Chapter completed!