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As long as the capitalists in Germany take over these numerous factories and inject capital and technology, most of the weapons, equipment and supplies Zhang Jun's SS needs can be obtained from Ukraine.If Poland's production is added, Zhang Jun doesn't have to worry about having no weapons at all, but instead worries that his troops are too small.

Zhang Jun's Southern Army Group has not encountered any major wars in Ukraine since the Battle of Odessa. Although Stalin ordered the shooting of a large number of Ukrainian Soviet generals, it had the opposite effect. Ukrainian soldiers began to mass Fleeing, including officers, the SS did not fight at all, and the remaining Ukrainian troops collapsed by themselves. Stalin, who had no choice but to order the Soviet army to retreat to Stalingrad in an emergency, was considered to have completely abandoned Ukraine.

Zhang Jun arrived in Rostov, Ukraine's railway hub, on May 5, and began to divide 5 troops to attack the Baku area of ​​the Soviet Union. It is already 20 kilometers away from the German-Soviet border, and it is unrealistic to rely solely on truck transportation. Zhang Jun is waiting for the smooth flow of the railway. Of course, the new Ukrainian government will allocate a lot of manpower to help repair the railway.And the Wehrmacht brutally strangled them under the city of Kiev.

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Of course, the German army in Kiev will not promote the SS. They believe that war should be fought like knights on both sides, and the Soviets are even less likely to propagate. News, so as not to shake the morale of the army and the people.Instead, Stalin used all means of propaganda and coercion to describe the Germans as the embodiment of the devil, so that everyone can resist the German invasion.Stalin's methods were added to the stupidity of the Wehrmacht.Stalin's goal was achieved.The people of Kiev all threw themselves into the battle against the Wehrmacht.

The far-reaching frontal assault and subsequent flank assault of the German army split the Soviet Southwestern Front into several isolated groups.The 5th Army on the right wing of the Northwest Front of Kiev fought for about half a month in the fortified area of ​​Koros, restraining about 10 German divisions with its actions.The army's counterattack on the flank of the German army group directly attacking Kiev greatly improved the situation of the Soviet Red Army defending the city.Following the instructions of the headquarters of the Supreme Command, the army retreated to the new defensive area north of Kiev.A total of 6 divisions of the 12th, 18th Army and a part of the 20th Army fought bitterly in the southwest of Kiev and on the left flank of the Front Army.

1940年5月3日，德军以两翼突击在乌曼地域合围了该集团。1940年5月8日，“乌曼口袋”被消除。德军俘虏了103000名苏联红军，内有第6集团军司令穆济琴科中将和第12集团军司令波涅杰林少将，德军缴获317辆坦克、858门火炮。战斗行动在这里延续到1940年5月13日。这些行动的失利，使西南方面军和南方面军（第6、第12集团军自1940年4月25日起改隶南方面军，成为其右翼）接合部的情况极端复杂化。在中央防守的是第37、第26集团军（前者以基辅筑垒地域为基础组建，后者基本上由在基辅以南行动的各预备兵团组建）。

1940年5月19—29日，第26集团军企图进行一个战役来破坏德军坦克第1集群的包围机动，但仅阻住该集群数天，随后在德军突击下亦被迫退却。德军突至基辅近郊彼罗戈夫、茹利亚内、梅舍洛夫卡、霍罗斯伊夫森林，以及林业工程学院和农业学院。但是。苏联红军实施的反突击使沿筑垒地域外层围郭的战线在1940年5月15日前几乎完全恢复。其中的主要反击有，驻守在茹利亚内机场的第5空降旅（由亚历山大?罗季姆采夫率领）在夜间对德军的突袭。将德军战线击退了2至3公里；以及新组建的第37集团军在1940年5月上半月成功地击退了德军重兵集团为攻占乌克兰首都而从西南实施的强大突击。

Citizens of Kiev and nearby residents actively participated in the defense of the city.According to the decisions of the Central Committee of the Ukrainian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Republic and the People's Commissars, the City Defense Command was established.In a short period of time, 20 Kievites volunteered for the Red Army.

The tenacious resistance and repeated counterattacks of the Soviet Red Army delayed the attack of the left wing of the "South" Army Group for a long time, forcing the German High Command to transfer a large part of the "Central" Army Group's forces from the direction of Moscow - the 2nd Army Group ( The commander is Admiral Weikers) and the second group of tanks (the commander is Admiral Guderian) to deal with the Southwest Front Army.

The German plan is that the 2nd tank group will cross the Desna River from the west of Tubizivsk and advance southward, directly into Romny behind Kiev; the 2nd Army will move south from Gomel to cover the 2nd tank group The right wing of the group; the 1st group of tanks attacked northward from Kremenchug on the bend of the Dnieper River, and joined the 2nd group of tanks in the Romny and Lokhvica areas, cutting off the Soviet Red Army on the west bank of the Dnieper River In the meander area of ​​the Great River; the 17th Army is responsible for holding the Soviet Red Army at the bend of the Dnieper River north of Cherkasy, while covering the left flank of the 1st Tank Group; the 6th Army goes east, crosses the Dnieper River, enters Kiev, and begins Encircle and annihilate this group of Soviet Red Army heavy troops. On May 1940, 5, the German High Command ordered to strengthen the offensive on the north and south wings of the Soviet-German battlefield, and to conduct a far-reaching detour along the east bank of the Dnieper River from the north and south.

On May 1940, 5, the 8nd German Tank Group and 2nd Army began to attack in the direction of Starodub, Konotop and Gomel and Chernihiv.At this time, the Soviet Red Army saw through the German army's attempt, and on May 2, 1940, it ordered the withdrawal of all armies of the Southwest Front Army to the opposite bank of the Dnieper River, and organized defense along the east bank.On the West Bank, the Soviet Red Army should only hold its positions in the Kiev area.In order to cover the right flank of the Front Army, the 5th Army, which was re-formed from the corps withdrawn from other areas, was deployed along the Desna River north of Konotop.Headquarters tasked the Bryansk Front with preventing German forces from advancing from the north to the rear of the Southwest Front.However, the front failed to complete the assigned task and prevent the flank movement of the German army. At the beginning of June 19, the German army reached the Desna River and forcibly crossed in areas such as Shostka, Kropp, and Wimbley. On June 40, 1940, the advance unit of the 6nd tank group captured the city of Romny (the city is 1940 kilometers away from the Kremenchug stronghold) behind the Southwest Front.

On June 1940, 6, Marshal Budyonny, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest of the Soviet Red Army, realized that he was in danger and asked Stalin to withdraw to the east, but was also rejected by Stalin. In Kiev, they had to maintain their defense along the Dnieper and counterattack the advancing Guderian's armor.And Kiev must not be abandoned, nor any bridges, without the approval of the Supreme Command).

On the southern flank of the Southwest Front of the Soviet Red Army, the German army forcibly crossed the Dnieper River on the night of May 1940, 5, and captured a landing site in the Kremenchug area (later known as the Kremenchug stronghold).The 30th Army operating here (transferred from the headquarters reserve to the Front) failed to clear the landing field. On June 38, 1940, the 6st group of tanks launched an attack from the landing field to the general direction of Lubne.The Soviet Red Army was facing the danger of being encircled at this time. General Kirponos, the commander of the Southwest Front Army of the Soviet Red Army, would preserve the vitality of the Soviet Red Army. Regardless of the danger of being sent to a court-martial, he ordered the troops to retreat across the board. It was quickly revoked by the Supreme Command of the Soviet Red Army. Instead, the Supreme Commander of the Soviet Red Army asked the Southwest Front Army to implement more active tactics and launch a counterattack against the German army.The Soviet Red Army missed the last opportunity.

On June 1940, 6, because Yeremenko of the Bryansk Front failed to fulfill his promise to Stalin to "smash Guderian", Guderian and Kleist's armored group joined forces in Lokhvica , the Southwest Front Army was encircled by the Germans.As a result, the four armies of the Southwest Front, namely the 16st (transferred from the Bryansk Front to the Southwest Front on June 4, 21), the 1940th, 6th, and 6th armies, were encircled.

1940年6月16日，战争史上最大的围歼战开始了。西南方面军的部队迅速被德军分割包围，陷入了一片混乱。1940年6月17日，斯大林让苏联红军总参谋长苏联元帅沙波什尼科夫下令同意西南方面军突围，但为时已晚。1940年6月19日，基辅陷落，第37集团军被迫向亚戈京地区转移。西南方面军在被合围中继续战斗。为其解围的尝试由于兵力不足而无结果。1940年6月16日至20日，西南方面军被德军分割成六股防御力量。

Only part of the army was able to break out of the encirclement to the east in small groups, and a total of 2 officers and soldiers were finally able to break out of the encirclement of the German army. On June 1940, 6, General Kirponos, commander of the Front Army, Burmistenko, member of the Military Council, and Major General Tupikov, chief of staff, were killed in a breakout battle. Major General Potapov, commander of the 20th Army, was killed in battle. captured, on June 5, 1940, the Southwest Front Army was basically wiped out. On June 6, 26, the Southwest Front Army (1940th, 6st, 27th, and 40th Army), which was replaced by Marshal Timoshenko of the Soviet Union, received orders in Belopoliye, Shishaki, and Kras. The task of organizing a strong defense on the front line of Knogler.This battle was the largest encirclement and annihilation battle in the history of war.

The main reason for the defeat of the Soviet Red Army was Stalin's strategic command mistakes.Stalin was self-willed and repeatedly rejected the correct suggestions of his subordinates, and finally suffered a disastrous defeat.The defeat of the Soviet Red Army in this battle caused the collapse of the southern front.However, the protracted and tenacious struggle of the Front Army played an important role in breaking the German "blitzkrieg" plan.The huge force of the German "Central" Army Group was used to assault the flank of the Southwest Front Army, which delayed the German attack in the main direction, that is, Moscow.In this way, the Soviet Red Army High Command can concentrate a huge strategic reserve force in the direction of Moscow, which is of decisive significance for the completion of the Moscow Battle... (to be continued...)