The Third Reich in Desperation

German broadcasts announced that several Soviet armies had been encircled east of Bialystok.

As a result, Pavlov came down to check and found that it was indeed the case.When his troops fought on the Chara River, they failed to compete for the ferry with the German troops occupying the east bank of the Chara River.

As a result, the Soviet 3rd Army had to start retreating along the banks of the Shara River.

At the same time, the 21st Infantry Corps under his command was also attacked suddenly in the Liden area.Pavlov's front headquarters had been in radio contact with the corps, but contact had been broken since yesterday.

In the final contact, the army reported that they were breaking out in the designated direction, but Pavlov could not find them in the designated direction.

In order to contact the infantry army in this critical location, Pavlov has exhausted all means.

Unfortunately, his reconnaissance plane could not be dispatched to find them, because they were all hiding in the forest in order not to be discovered and destroyed by German fighter planes.

Pavlov eventually sent several teams, armed with radios, on a mission to find Kulik and our troops.But these contact groups have not yet heard back.

In the chaos, Pavlov had used all the troops at his disposal, even sending cadets to the second-hand Pororuisk and Blisov regions.

But this didn't seem to have much effect. Not to mention the students, even the elite troops of the Western Front Army were already defeated and could not resist the pace of the German army at all.

Today, Pavlov stays here and has nothing else to do but worry.

However, he can't even worry about it now.

"General Pavlov, don't delay. You don't need to pack your things. In 10 minutes, fly directly to Moscow with us." The leading special committee member said coldly without a trace of warmth.

The other party did not call himself "Comrade General Pavlov", which already made Pavlov, who has a keen sense of smell, feel a little danger.Coupled with that cold attitude, this trip to Moscow will not be too easy compared to it......

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On June 6, in the Kremlin, Stalin, who had just signed the order to recall Zhukov, was sitting alone in his office calmly.

The situation of the Western Front annoyed him, but it was even more puzzling to him.

He didn't understand why the Western Front, with the best equipment and strongest troops, failed to deal any powerful blows to the enemy after such a long time of fighting. He just waited for the formation of the enemy's encirclement, and he didn't understand why Pavlov, who he had always valued, was unable to command his troops, and even couldn't carry out the orders of the high command in critical moments.

At this moment, Stalin suddenly remembered the scene a year ago.

At that time, Pavlov left a good impression on him.Pavlov delivered his presentation with clarity, poise, and confidence.His reputation among the top management has always been good.Compared with the unpopular Zhukov, Pavlov is almost praised.

It is precisely because of this that he appointed Pavlov as the commander of the Western Special Military District.

But now, Pavlov gave himself a terrible answer.

The three front armies, the main force of the Western Front, were easily encircled by the two wings of the German army in the Bialystok salient.

This reminded Stalin of the exercise half a year ago. The strategy used by Marshal Bock of the German Central Army Group is almost exactly the same as the tactics used by Zhukov to defeat the Red Army commanded by Pavlov in the exercise!

After that exercise, Pavlov's villain complained first and kept accusing Zhukov of sabotaging the exercise plan and disrupting the normal exercise pattern.

But now in Stalin's view, Zhukov clearly taught the whole army a lesson and reminded him.But in the past six months, Pavlov did not make any changes to the fortification deployment that was hammered at that time.

Stalin secretly regretted, why didn't he think about promoting Zhukov's tactical thinking at that time?

And Pavlov, who had already lost so badly in that exercise, still trusted him, and listened to his slander, and almost shot Zhukov.

But Pavlov, who was also the young and strong faction who was promoted with Zhukov at the beginning...Why is there such a big gap between the two?

Could it be that Pavlov is inexperienced? That’s not right. He participated in the First World War, the Civil War, and the Battle of the Middle East Railway. It is said that it has been battled for a long time, and it will not panic when it hears the sound of guns.

The only shortcoming, it seems, is that he was promoted too quickly. Stalin couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. After the "big purge", there was indeed a shortage of generals in the army, especially senior generals.

But it shouldn't be, Zhukov also brought it up quickly, and it still has no problem in using it.

Besides, even if it's just a company commander, in the position of Pavlov's commander of the Western Front Army, it is unlikely that he will lose a thousand and two nets to a powerful Front Army within a week!

After much deliberation, Stalin could not find a single reason to justify Pavlov's failure.

Could it be that Pavlov really had an affair with the German army?!

Putting it that way, it all seems to make sense.

Pavlov himself had an affair with the Germans, but he accused Zhukov of treason and collaborating with the enemy.Then, he sent his deployment to the German army, deliberately sending the most elite Western Front Army's three main armies into his pocket.

Not enough This idea only appeared in Stalin's mind for a moment, and then he denied it.He knew that this was definitely impossible, after all, the commissioner who sent Pavlov off was already on his way back to Moscow.

Stalin stood blankly in front of the huge French windows, watching the evening in Moscow, as the sky gradually darkened.He remembered what Tukhachevsky, who was disposed of by him, had repeatedly emphasized: "The future war will be a war of engines. The concentration of armored tank troops can form a powerful assault fist. It is not easy to resist them!"

At that time, Pavlov was still advocating to himself: "In future wars, it will be difficult for a single tank team to make a big difference. Tanks can only become auxiliary weapons for infantry divisions."

Unbeknownst to Stalin, Tukhachevsky was almost rescued by the Germans.What's more, he didn't know that in a place he couldn't see, Tukhachevsky rejected the way of life offered by the Germans and chose to die.

But now he really regrets it.

If the commander of the Western Front was a general who knew how to fight in armor like Tukhachevsky, maybe the result would not be so bad now, would it?

At least, he won't command troops to lose battles like Pavlov!

In the afternoon, Zhukov returned to the high command to report.

In Stalin's office, Timoshenko, who had been called here a long time ago, and Duvardin, the first deputy chief of the general staff who had been working with Zhukov before, had been waiting here for a while. Behind the two, Stalin was also waiting for Zhukov's return.

There was no redundant communication, Stalin did not apologize to Zhukov, nor did Zhukov ask Stalin for an explanation.

The two looked at each other quietly, and then saw a lot of unspeakable things in each other's eyes.

Afterwards, Stalin made a gesture to Zhukov, asking him to sit down and watch the battlefield map of the Western Front's statistics: "Comrade Zhukov, Chief of the General Staff, please think about it with us, and tell us, in this case, what do you have?" method, or what should we do?"

Hearing Stalin calling himself the chief of the general staff, Zhukov also knew that the other party wanted to resume his previous position.Given Stalin's character, this was already a very difficult concession.

"I need 40 minutes to study the current situation." Zhukov did not dwell on such minutiae.He is still the same Zhukov, without a word of nonsense, he directly accepted the appointment,

And what he is doing now is to understand how the battlefield situation has developed during the time he was taken to Siberia.

"Okay, report back to me in 40 minutes." Stalin nodded without interfering with Zhukov's proposal.

So Zhukov, Timoshenko and Vatudin came to the next room and began to discuss the situation and countermeasures of the Western Front.

From Timoshenko and Duwadin, Zhukov learned that the main forces of the 3rd Army and the 10th Army of the Western Front had been blocked west of Minsk, but some German troops were still slightly restrained, but the specific situation is still unclear.

Some units of the 4th Army of the Western Front have retreated into the forest of Pripyat Temple.Some scattered regiments, which had suffered heavy losses in the previous few days of fighting, were retreating to the Churezina River, but the alert German troops quickly pursued and bit them.

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On June 6, in the Kremlin, Stalin, who had just signed the order to recall Zhukov, was sitting alone in his office calmly.

The situation of the Western Front annoyed him, but it was even more puzzling to him.