The Third Reich in Desperation

With this inspiring slogan, Stalin ended his radio speech.

On the surface, Stalin's tone in his speech was firmer than anyone else's, and he believed more than anyone else that the German army would eventually fail in Moscow.

But what about the facts?He panicked!

The disadvantages of multi-faceted cooperation with Germany back then have become more and more obvious now.The previous political achievements he created in the Soviet-German cooperation have basically been handed over to the Germans intact.

More and more information is showing that the Soviet-German cooperation is just a bureau of Reinhardt's subordinates from the beginning to the end, and it is a complete conspiracy.

It's just that Stalin couldn't figure out how Reinhardt could do it. He had such foresight 18 years ago and guessed that they would definitely defeat Poland, then France, then Britain, and finally turned around to deal with the Soviet Union.

This is no longer a category that can be understood by common sense.

If Reinhardt really has this miraculous ability, then this battle... can't be fought any longer!

The Polish occupied area changed hands, the Kiev industrial zone fell, the Minsk industrial zone fell, the Moscow gateway Smolensk fell, the German tanks drove straight into the Soviet Union's hinterland, and the German trains transported strategic materials unimpeded...

Today, these problems need to be solved by Stalin as the leader and the initiator of Soviet-German cooperation.Including how to restore the industrial system that was on the verge of collapse due to the fall of important industrial areas, including stopping Germany's invincible "Germanic chariots", including stabilizing the crumbling Stalin defense line, including continuing to maintain his own increasingly questionable rule status.

When cooperating with the Germans, Stalin had to bite the bullet.

At that time, his unit had just lost a battle, and Tukhachevsky shirked the responsibility to himself.If he hadn't hoped that the cooperation with Germany could restore some of his domestic image and leave a good impression on Lenin, how could Stalin have easily accepted the olive branch extended by Reinhardt.

Fortunately, the city named after Lenin will soon be captured by the German army.Moscow, where Stalin himself was located, was similarly precarious.

All of this seems to be closely related to the hands, feet and planning of the Germans in the cooperation.

However, the past cooperation has obviously achieved remarkable results, at least giving the Soviet Union's industry a chance to take off, and it has indeed improved the poor domestic transportation situation.

18 years ago, that was a full 18 years ago!

Who would have thought of today 18 years ago, to guard against a Germany that the world thought would never stand up.

Who would have thought that Germany, being pushed so hard by France, could bite its teeth and develop its army, and then turn around and slap France to death with a slap!

When the German army played against France, the cards in their hands were rotten to the crotch, and in the end...the victory was won!

At that time, Germany was not like it is now, with younger brothers everywhere and allies everywhere.

The German army can be said to be truly alone, forcibly smashing the British, French and Belgian Allied Forces!

Then, Germany has more and more allies since then, and the Allied military bloc formed by Germany has also become larger and larger.Even the League of Nations, once a vanguard against Germany, is now a flag of Germany.

Then, Stalin seized the last chance to take advantage of the war between Britain and Germany for a sneak attack, and his abacus also came to nothing.

So, there was the next horrible scene.

On the northern front, Voroshilov had completely given up hope for the defense of Leningrad's vast periphery.

With roads suitable for tanks, excellent logistical supplies, more detailed combat maps than the Soviet army fighting in the mainland, and well-trained and well-equipped elite troops.In addition, the Germans also brought a large number of allied forces, especially the Finnish Defense Forces, which once caused headaches for the famous Soviet general Timoshenko.

Froshilov really didn't think that his hands had long been exhausted from the offensive order, and he hadn't received enough supplementary troops to be able to resist it.

The first action he chooses now is to urgently mobilize millions of Leningrad residents, and build three lines of defense around Leningrad day and night, the outermost of which is centered on Luga City, starting from the west bank of Lake Ilmen in the south Shimsk, spread out along the Luga River, north to Kingisep at the mouth of the Luga River, the Luga line of defense with a total length of about 300 kilometers, and deployed 4 infantry divisions and 3 militia divisions on this line of defense .

Considering the offensive capability and equipment level of the Finnish army in the north, the German army rushing forward was relatively weak. Voroshilov transferred 6 divisions and 1 brigade from the northern front army that was originally confronting the Finnish army to strengthen Luga. The defense of the river line against the deployment of German troops.

After finishing these tasks, Froshilov called the commander of a main division stationed by Daugavpils and asked the other party to hold the opposite West Dvina River no matter what.

Because once the German army captures the city of Daugavpils, the Pskov-Leningrad line will be completely exposed to the German army because of the loss of natural barriers.In that case, the next big war will start under the city of Leningrad.

Of course, Froshilov did not expect Daugavpils to be able to defend at all.He just hoped that his reminder and order would allow an infantry division stationed there to hold on for a while longer and buy more time for the deployment of Leningrad.

This is not enough!

"Send a telegram to Comrade Stalin and tell him that my point of view is that if possible, I hope to stop the war with Germany. It seems that our hasty attack on Germany was really not a good decision." Froshilo After the husband paused for a few seconds, he finally continued to speak to his staff officer and finished the second half of the sentence: "Let me just say it, I am not sure about the defensive battle of Leningrad. On the contrary, I am actually more interested in the defense than the war." Hopefully our diplomats at the negotiating table will end this war."

"Comrade Commander..." After hearing Froshilov's words, the staff officer was stunned subconsciously, then swallowed his saliva, and reminded in a low voice: "If you send electricity to Moscow and accuse the high command of making a wrong decision to attack, what are you doing?" If it’s not good, I’m going to court-martial…”

"It doesn't matter." After hearing the staff's kind reminder, Froshilov just waved his hand with a wry smile: "Instead of waiting for the Germans to come over, occupy Leningrad, and take me to their prisoner-of-war camp for interrogation, It would be better to let me go to the military court in the country."

Froshilov, as the commander-in-chief of the Soviet army in the north, even he has no hope of victory. In this battle, it is estimated that not many people in the Soviet army can continue to be optimistic.

Instead of waiting in desperation for the arrival of the Germans, it is better to tell the truth and report the situation on the front line to Moscow.Even if there was only a sliver of hope, no one in the frontline headquarters would want to continue fighting with Germany and the Allied forces.

Body 787 Simon Reappears

The dark clouds gradually parted, and finally bursts of faint moonlight scattered in the sky, making the ground slightly more visible.

A group of three, taking advantage of the moonlight, slowly returned to their camp.Although it is in the territory of the Soviet Union, it is relatively far behind, so it can be regarded as a relatively safe foothold.

"Password!" A deep voice of inquiry came from a tree.

Although the leading captain had a gun on his back, he didn't take off the gun to be vigilant at all.

"Blue eggplant." The captain replied honestly to the password inquiry from the tree.

If you look carefully, you will find that there is actually a person squatting in the middle of the branches filled with leaves on the tree, watching them quietly with a gun in his hand.

Perhaps because the captain answered quickly, the gun of the man on the tree did not point at the three-person team below.

Of course, in fact, the man standing on the tree knew the leader of the team below.

That's right, he was one of the sentries outside the camp, and he was responsible for standing guard for the sniper teams in the camp.

Since the Finnish army joined forces with the German army to continue the war against the Soviet Union, Marshal Mannerheim of Finland decided to continue to carry forward the fine traditions of the Soviet-Finnish war not long ago.

For example - sniper squad guerrilla tactics!

It's just that this kind of tactic is convenient to implement when fighting locally, but it is difficult to implement such a tactic on foreign soil, and it is difficult for guerrilla squads to provide rest camps.

Rather than being in the country, there is no place to rest, and every village is the convenience of the people of the country.

However, there is always a way.For example, now, after the Finnish sniper teams go deep into the hinterland of the Soviet Union, they will look for a suitable forest between the camp of the Finnish Army and the in-depth area, and build a simple transit camp in it.

The supplies needed by the sniper team will be sent directly to the transit camp, saving the guerrillas from the trouble of returning to the location of the large army to supply them.

And in this way, the transit camp can be regarded as an insertion into the enemy's territory, and there is a possibility of an enemy situation.

Therefore, around the transit camp, there will always be sentries asking for passwords like this, and they are divided into one light and one dark.

Of course, the password is only a primary means of identification at night at the transfer station, and it only gives the visitor a chance to get close to the clear post.

At this time, the Sentinels of Mingshao will also recognize faces and check documents.Although during the whole process, the visitors may be able to take this opportunity to subdue the sentry, as long as the dark sentry soldier who has not made a sound fires a shot at the same time, the entire camp will enter a state of emergency, and those sniper teams who are good at fighting guerrillas can quickly disperse and leave Dangerously.

"It's Nisto's team, right?" The sentinel probably recognized the person under the tree after hearing the captain's voice.

Since the moonlight was still covered by dark clouds, the light at night was very dark, so the sentinel had no way to recognize the face. Fortunately, he probably recognized Nisto just by hearing the voice.