The Third Reich in Desperation

"I..." Timoshenko really wanted to tell these two confidant generals to himself, tell them that Timoshenko was also a famous Soviet general, a hero of the Soviet Union, and a marshal of the Soviet Union. A coward who is afraid of offending people.

However, Timoshenko did not utter these words after all.

"I... I'll just wait and see." After countless times of inner struggle, Timoshenko exhausted all his strength before opening his mouth and said: "Accept Comrade Zhukov's suggestion for me first, Said that I would find an opportunity to advise Comrade Stalin to dissuade him."

"Yes, let's reply to Comrade Zhukov right now!" Hearing that Timoshenko was persuaded, the two of them couldn't wait to take orders.

Immediately afterwards, Zhukov, who had been anxiously waiting for the news, finally received a phone call from Timoshenko's confidant general, telling him that Timoshenko and Zhukov would advise Stalin separately, please rest assured.

At noon that day, Zhukov, who was already worried about the situation, hurried the driver to the Krem Palace at the fastest speed. Accompanied by Boskrebyshev, he went to Stalin's office and stated in one breath about his order to Stalin. All advice discouraged.

Text 716 Fake Big Hero

In the afternoon of that day, Stalin made a phone call to Zhukov: "Our armies from all walks of life are dead and lack sufficient combat command experience, and they seem to be a little panicked. The Politburo decided to take you as the representative of the Southwest Front Army to stabilize the morale of the front line. In addition, Shaposhnikov and Kulik will go with you to the Southwest Front. You must fly to Kiev immediately, General Pavlov will arrange for Khrushchev to meet you, and then you will go to Kilpo North's Front Command."

Zhukov was obviously taken aback after hearing this.

This is not sending him to stabilize morale, it is clearly to drive him out of the general staff.

It seems that Stalin was really angry because he repeatedly contradicted his orders.

However, even though he had already guessed Stalin's dissatisfaction with him, Zhukov still did not forget his responsibility, and immediately asked: "Under the current complicated situation, who will replace me to lead the General Staff?"

Zhukov's original intention was good. After all, he knows the current situation best and is suitable to stay in the General Staff to lead the overall situation.For other people, just being familiar with the situation and taking over the work is enough time for the German army to wipe out a large number of Soviet troops on the front line.

But who would have thought that Stalin, who clearly knew Zhukov's intentions, said on the phone: "I will let Vadudin stay."

Immediately, Stalin even added with a bit of anger: "Please hurry up! Without you, we can handle it anyway!"

Stalin's attitude chilled Zhukov.He resisted pressure and spoke faithfully, but his honest words were harsh. Not only was Stalin unwilling to take his bitter medicine, but he even sneered at him and suppressed him.

If this continues, who dares to tell the truth, who dares to correct the mistakes of the supreme commander!

Although Zhukov wanted to say something, Stalin had already hung up the phone.

"Hey..." Zhukov sighed long at the other end of the phone that no one answered.

He has done everything he should do, and the rest is no longer under his control.

If this situation continues, Zhukov dared to say that no one at the top of the Soviet Union will be able to reverse the situation.At that time, the initiative was completely left in the hands of the Allied forces.

The bad things don't stop there!

Immediately after Zhukov left, the General Staff where he was sitting before was under the direct leadership of Stalin and drafted Order No. 3.

As expected by Zhukov, this order is still a blind decision based on the wrong judgment of the Jazz.

After Zhukov arrived at the airport, Vadudin, who stayed at the General Staff, specifically informed Zhukov of this order by phone.

"Comrade Chief of Staff, the new order requires our army to immediately organize a larger-scale offensive, which must break into the enemy's territory and continue to advance westward." Vadudin panicked and conveyed the latest situation to the Zhukov.

Although Zhukov was kicked out of the General Staff Headquarters, Stalin did not announce his intention to suppress Zhukov. He still reserved the position of Chief of Staff for Zhukov, and only claimed that Zhukov was sent to stabilize frontline morale.

On the other hand, Zhukov couldn't believe his ears when he heard such an order: "But our troops on the front line have completely lost the ability to attack on a large scale. Even if the Supreme Commander disagrees with the plan to switch to defense, wait for me Wouldn't it be better for the army to rest for a while and then reorganize the attack?"

Vadudin said helplessly on the other end of the phone: "I actually completely agree with you, but the high command has made a decision and cannot be changed."

Is it such an arbitrary way of doing things again?

Zhukov couldn't help feeling a little chilled: "Okay then, sign your name for me."

......

Southwest Front Army Command.

Kirponos, who was waiting for the news, had to not receive the long-awaited reply about approving him to start the defense. On the contrary, what he waited for was a new No. 3 offensive order.

"This is nonsense!" Kirponos angrily tore the telegram in his hand into pieces, then crumpled it up and threw it on the ground.

"What? Not only did the Supreme Commander not follow General Zhukov's advice, he also put him back in our front army?"

"It's more than that!" Kirponos was full of anger when he mentioned this: "There are also Khrushchev's political personnel who came together, and they probably have to dictate our operations again. Moreover, I always feel that , the supreme commander will deal with the fact that our front army has 7 divisions of traitors at this time."

The defection of the established system of the 7 Ukrainian divisions is no longer a small team, but a problem of several individuals, which has become a major political influence.It is estimated that no one would believe that Stalin would not deal with the lack of supervision that led to such scandals like Kirponos and the others.

Now, Stalin transferred Zhukov back to the Southwest Front Army, and also transferred Khrushchev and others. This formation is simply perfect for a trial about Kirponos and the others.

After the trial, those who should be shot will be shot, and those who should be sent to Siberia will be sent to Siberia.Zhukov and the others took advantage of the situation to fill the vacant position, basically without any difficulty.

Thinking of this, Chief of Staff Pu'er Kayev also had a heart palpitation.When the time comes to pursue the responsibility, he will definitely not be able to escape.

"If not, we will immediately find out some heroic deeds of officers and soldiers of the Southwest Front Army who fought bravely against the enemy and report them to Moscow." Pu'erkayev is an old fritter after all, and he quickly thought of a remedy.

"Since there is a scandal in our front army, let's use hero incidents to cover up the scandal. The higher authorities need heroes, so we will give them heroes. Even if there are no heroes, we have to create a group of heroes."

"You mean, fabricate some fake heroes?" Kilponos quickly realized what the other party meant. This is simply to work hard to offset, and there is nothing difficult to understand.

"Yes, if you want me to say, choose a team from under the command of Master Panfilov, about 28 people. Give them a famous name, such as 'Panfilov 28 warriors.' and so on." Puerkayev made up a complete structure in a few words.

Just find someone from the Propaganda Department of the Front Army and make up a specific story, saying that 28 warriors tenaciously attacked the German positions and successfully wiped out a German tank unit, creating a feat of infantry fighting tanks.

Such a heroic event, with a little embellishment, can become a good story in the eyes of those idiots in the country who have never been on the battlefield.

Even if these heroes are counterfeit, it's better than no heroes!

Sometimes, a fake will work better than the real thing if it's good enough!

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"The 316 fighters of the 4th Company of the 28th Division, due to their bravery and outstanding record, carried out a heroic charge on the German positions during the attack at 21 o'clock in the morning on the 18st, killing dozens of enemy soldiers, destroying and injuring the enemy There are [-] army tanks, so that our army's offensive momentum is maintained well, and the meritorious service is outstanding, and all the officers and soldiers are awarded collective second-class merit once!"

After announcing the news of the credits to the 28 "fake heroes" who were inexplicably called to the headquarters to accept the award, Pu'erkayev presented the commendation order with wet ink on his hand to their company commander with a smile on his face. Congratulations: "Now, you are the heroes of the Soviet Union, and we are all proud of you."

The company commander who accepted the commendation order accepted the document inexplicably, and before he had time to ask what was going on, he was driven away by Chief of Staff Pu'er Kayev.

"This is the honor that the headquarters has won for you. Don't say anything to the outside world. If there is nothing else, go back to the front line and wait for orders."

After leaving such a sentence, the chief of staff left 28 people behind, and hurriedly left the headquarters with the two staff officers who came from the conference room, and went to the conference room to attend an emergency meeting.

As for the 28 "fake heroes", Pu'er Kayev had already thought about it.Since Khrushchev and others sent from Moscow cannot get in touch with these so-called heroes, then these fake heroes must not be allowed to stay where they are easy to find.After thinking about it, sending these soldiers to the front line is the best way to hide.As for whether they died on the front line or lost contact, they will conceal this fraudulent act for the Southwest Front Army Command.

The matter of fake heroes is not what worries Pu'erkayev the most at the moment.It made him really worried, and before he even had time to explain some details in detail, he left where the fake heroes were and rushed to the conference room.

"How is it?" As soon as he entered the door of the meeting room, Puerkayev asked Kirponos and the Soviet Union impatiently.

"Let me answer this question." Colonel Baghramyan, who was also in the conference room, took two steps forward and said to Pu'erkayev.

Next, Baghramyan reported to the Chief of Staff that the Presidential Command requested the Southwest Front Army to use the 5th and 6th Army Group, at least 5 mechanized armies and all the air forces of the Front Army to carry out a concentrated assault on the general direction of Lublin, encircle and eliminate Radimir, the frontal attack of the enemy group from Vronsky to Krestnopol, orders to capture the Lublin area before the end of June 6, and so on.