The Third Reich in Desperation

Because of the great purge, there was a break in the senior command of the Soviet Union, especially in the large-scale mechanized war officer faction headed by Tukhachevsky, who were basically disposed of along with Tukhachevsky.That's why Zhukov and Pavlov, two new experts in mechanized combat theory, joined the core command circle of the Soviet military as rising stars.

As a result, after the two men fought in Sood, one emphasized the need to retreat all day long, while the other shouted to attack all day long.

Zhukov, who shouted to retreat, has now been put on the train to Siberia by Stalin.Pavlov who shouted to attack... Now Stalin can't even find anyone, and he is in a state of disconnection.

Now it seems that even if you listened to Zhukov at the beginning, stopped the meaningless offensive, and shrunk the defense line a little bit, it was impossible to be suppressed so thoroughly by the Allied forces...

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This is an important meeting. Compared with every "important meeting" before, this meeting is really important.

Looking at Stalin, whose face was a little blue, no one dared to touch his bad luck.

Marshal Voroshilov standing here didn't say a word. He just glanced at Marshal Budyonny next to him, and saw that the latter, like him, had no intention of speaking.

The two were not optimistic about attacking Germany before, nor did they make any remarks about "preemptive strikes" like Zhukov did.Now that there is a problem on the front line, at least it will not be their turn to solve it.

Voroshilov had been to the front line before, and he also went there as a representative of the high command.He has seen the battle situation on the front line up close, and he is also one of the generals who saw the huge gap between the Soviet army and the German army very early.

It's just that he didn't challenge Stalin as straightforwardly as Zhukov did, but passed by quietly, and then returned to Moscow quietly.The front-line observation summaries submitted are mostly empty formulas with no real nutrition.

Speaking of it, Voroshilov can be regarded as a Soviet general who has fought against the German army a long time ago.

In 1918, Germany and the then Austro-Hungarian Empire captured Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, and both Kharkov and Petrograd were under a state of emergency.It was Voroshilov who organized and led the first Lugansk partisans, which began to fight against the German and Austrian troops.

He led the guerrillas from Luhansk, and in Konotop, the guerrillas fought with the German and Austrian troops.The guerrillas he led joined forces with the Kharkov workers' guerrillas, and Kharkov was soon occupied by the Germans.He returned to Lugansk to regroup, and then Lugansk was surrounded by the German and Austrian troops.

After all, Voroshilov had little to brag about other than having fought the German army.

He fought against the German army, but failed to win.Since you didn't win, it doesn't matter who you shoot. The level required to win a battle is not high.Now it seems that he just has an extra title of "experience in fighting against Germany", and this experience comes from more than 20 years ago.

As for Marshal Budyonny, whom Marshal Voroshilov saw, he was a well-deserved old superior.When he was the commander of the army, the current famous general Timoshenko was still his division commander. As for Zhukov, who had just been cast into Siberia, he was only a regiment commander in their army at that time.

What's interesting is that the officer corps of the First Cavalry Army represented by Budyonny had been hostile to the officer corps under Tukhachevsky's command at that time.This also made Stalin, who also resented Tukhachevsky, very optimistic about Budyonny.

In the original time and space of Reinhardt, later generations gave Budyonny a very interesting evaluation, which is called "Stalin is successful, and Stalin is also defeated."

Budyonny was valued by Stalin, and was finally shelved by Stalin, not because of his military talent, but for other reasons.

He was promoted because he and the officer corps under him were consistent with Stalin in their attitude towards Tukhachevsky.They were also the officer corps that most supported Stalin's execution of Tukhachevsky.

As for Budyonny's original failure in time and space, it was that in order to save the army that was about to be encircled, he ignored Stalin's order not to take a step back, and arbitrarily ordered the troops to retreat, thus losing Stalin's trust.

However, in this life, Budyonny also accurately judged that the Central Collective Army Group of the German Army was about to detour and cooperate with the Southern Army Group to encircle Kiev and encircle and annihilate hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops in Ukraine.However, he didn't speak up justly like in the original time and space.

Because Zhukov told the truth before him and made a decision to retreat.

However, Zhukov's ending was chilling.The only soldier who told the truth, did practical things, and commanded with conscience was sent to Siberia to dig potatoes.

Budyonny also glanced at Voroshilov quietly at this time.He knew that the other party had some old grudges with his old subordinate Timoshenko.

In the previous Soviet-Finnish War, although the Soviet army allowed Finland to surrender, it actually suffered a miserable strategic defeat, and the responsibility was all blamed on Marshal Voroshilov, who succeeded Voroshilo Marshal Timoshenko, Budyonny's old subordinate.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking at all, Budyonny became more determined that silence is golden, and slowly withdrew his gaze, maintaining the initial state.

Stalin looked at the two marshals who were silent, and then turned his attention to Duwadin who arrived in the conference room first.

Now he is the first deputy chief of the general staff of the Soviet Union. After Zhukov was kicked out of the general staff, Duvardin has been sitting in Moscow to coordinate the dispatch and coordination among the front-line troops.

"Let's all talk about it. Our troops have been losing ground. What suggestions do you have?" Stalin said slowly, looking at his subordinates.

Who dares to speak, do you want them to stand up and point at Stalin's nose and say, what the hell did you do long ago, and now you know that the army is in a rout?When Zhukov warned you a few days ago, did you listen to it?

Of course, just think about these words in your heart.Don't look at Stalin's tone of "you can be blunt and I will forgive you".Everyone knows in their hearts that if you really dare to say that, people can shoot you in the face.

As a result, it seemed that no one spoke.Stalin had no choice but to pause, adjusted his tone and continued: "Forget it, it's fine if you don't speak. It's time to transfer someone who talks a lot back to Moscow..."

Who to call back? !It seems that everyone present has the answer in their hearts, but no one is sure.

"Okay, don't even guess." Stalin snorted coldly, waved his hands and said to Duwadin: "Go and make arrangements and call Zhukov back. He doesn't need to go to Siberia, he will report directly to Moscow. "

Call Zhukov back? !

Even though everyone had this kind of speculation just now, after hearing Stalin's words in person, the shock was still indescribable.

The decisions made by Stalin are rarely retracted.As a leader, Stalin, the most pertinent evaluation is "Know your mistakes, correct your mistakes, but just don't admit your mistakes."

Asking him to take back his life and acquiesce that his previous decision was wrong is almost as difficult as going to heaven.

If Stalin hadn't mentioned this matter himself, no one would have dared to speak out this suggestion for him.

Having said that, he looked at Voroshilov: "Go and take over the Northwest Front, Comrade Marshal Voroshilov! Stop the enemy's advance in the direction of Leningrad!"

Fortunately, it didn't take over Pavlov's Western Army, which had been encircled by the main force, otherwise it would be the past crime.After Voroshilov heard that he was going to take over the defense near Leningrad, he quickly stood at attention and saluted and promised: "The great leader, Comrade Stalin! I will definitely arrive as soon as possible to stop the advance of the Germans and Finns!"

However, Stalin did not forget Pavlov.Now that he has made up his mind to let Zhukov go, another person needs to take responsibility...

Stalin's gaze grew colder and he said: "Find Pavlov and send him back...I want to see him in person!"

Text 751 engraved on our tombstone

At a train station on the outskirts of Moscow, a man with a tall horse was standing next to another fat man who was a bit fat.Farther away, several soldiers with rifles were staring intently at this side.

Obviously, the soldiers attached great importance to one of the two, but because they were afraid of the other person, or the person behind the other person, the soldiers refrained from approaching.

"Thank Comrade Khrushchev for me, I will thank him if I have the opportunity."

That chubby fat man was none other than Zhukov who was accused of treason a few days ago.Zhukov, who was originally charged with treason, should have been shot directly, but because of Khrushchev's few words, Zhukov's treatment was changed from shooting to exile.

After Zhukov heard the result of his unfair trial, he did not refute or beg for mercy. Instead, he denounced the corruption and corruption within the Soviet army and spoke out with emotion, which left a deep impression on Khrushchev.

Therefore, Khrushchev took the job of reporting the Zhukov incident to Stalin, not to claim credit, but to save Zhukov.

That's right, Khrushchev wanted Razhukov!

This may sound unbelievable, but in fact, Khrushchev had always admired Zhukov's character.Moreover, the relationship between the two has never had any dark spots.

In the original time and space, when Khrushchev was the most unpopular in the Soviet Party and was about to be ousted from power, Zhukov ordered the Ministry of Defense to send the Central Committee members to Moscow with military planes, and voted to support Khrushchev Xiaofu finally helped Khrushchev win.

It can be said that without Zhukov, Khrushchev would never have achieved the status he had in history.

And all of this is enough to show that the friendship established between Khrushchev and Zhukov during World War II was not an ordinary simple friendship.

Even in this life, Khrushchev and Zhukov still had a pure revolutionary friendship.

Of course, Khrushchev would not be so stupid as to directly contradict Stalin for Zhukov and provoke Pavlov, who was in full swing at that time.

He just used a clever way to get a slightly better ending for Zhukov when he reported to Stalin alone.