Struggle in Soviet Russia

Seeing the serious expressions on the faces of everyone in the living room, Victor tentatively asked, "What is Comrade Georgi Konstantinovich's opinion?"

Victor asked Zhukov for his opinion. You must know that with the victory of the Battle of Moscow and the Battle of Stalingrad, Zhukov's reputation in the Red Army system is unmatched. Of course, Comrade Stalin's trust in him is high enough.

In today’s Supreme Command, Comrade Stalin is the commander-in-chief. There is no doubt about this, and the deputy commander-in-chief is Zhukov. This is appointed by Comrade Stalin himself. In other words, Comrade Stalin has the highest position in the army. Comrade Zhukov came next.

The chief of staff, the director of the General Political Department, etc., all have to stand aside in front of Comrade Zhukov. He not only has a say in the formulation of strategic campaigns, but also has a say in the appointment and removal of commanders of the front army.

Vasilevsky did not speak, he touched his pocket, took out a folded letterhead, and handed it directly to Victor.

Victor took the letterhead and opened it to look at it, only to find that the letterhead was Zhukov's autograph. This was a report that Zhukov had submitted to the base camp.

Looking closely at the contents of the letterhead, it reads: "Due to the limited number of reserve teams, the enemy will have to launch an offensive on a narrower front this spring and early summer, and complete the tasks strictly in stages. The basic goal of the battle is to seize Moscow... "

Zhukov's report is not long, but it reflects a lot of content.

In the first part of the report, he first affirmed the base camp's judgment on the German offensive in the summer, and believed that the main goal of the German offensive this summer was to capture Moscow.

But then he believed that the main attack direction of the German army would not be the front of Moscow, but the attack on the left wing of the Western Front, the Voronezh Front and the Southwest Front. This would be the main attacking direction of the German army.

What does it mean?

To put it bluntly, Zhukov believes that in the summer offensive, the German army will indeed attack Moscow as the main combat objective, but they are in front of Moscow with insufficient strength and lack of reserves. Therefore, in this direction, the German offensive will be limited, and the most likely way is to launch a major offensive in a certain or a few major locations.

The real main force of the German army will bypass the front of Moscow and choose the direction of Voronezh to launch an offensive. Its main operational purpose should be to crush the left wing of the Soviet Western Front, the Voronezh Front and the right wing of the Southwest Front, and then along the Voronezh and Ryazan lines. , Outflank Moscow.

This is an "anvil offensive." Moscow's frontal offensive is the anvil, and the main offensive corps is the hammer. They smashed the hammer, and everything along the way was wiped out.

Faced with the deployment of the German army, Zhukov believes that before the arrival of summer, the Soviet army should not take the initiative to launch an offensive, but should first adopt a defensive posture, so as to consume the German forces in the defense, and wait until the German army becomes tired in the offensive. , And then enter the cutting-edge army to counterattack.

After reading Zhukov’s report, Victor folded it back and returned it to Vasilievsky.

Logically speaking, as the head of the intelligence department, Victor has no right to read this kind of military report, but today Vasilevsky showed it to him. What does this mean?

Undoubtedly, this shows that Vasilevsky has regarded him as his own person, and yes, he is his own person in a real sense.

"It seems that Comrade Georgi Konstantinovich does not agree with the views of the base camp or the general staff." When Vasilevsky took the letter, Victor rubbed it. The temple said.

"It can be said," Vatutin took a breath and said, "Our deputy commander-in-chief wants to lead the annihilating battle against the heavy German army, but also wants to be the first to rush to the Dnieper. So, this The battle arrangement obviously best meets his demands."

"Don't talk nonsense," Vasilevsky glanced at him, frowning.

In fact, even if Vatutin didn't come to such a weird sentence, Victor knew about Zhukov's current problems.

To put it bluntly, Zhukov is a bit arrogant and likes to eat alone. Because of this, regardless of his high prestige in the army, there are not many senior generals who really like him.

As the "King of Small Reports," McHellis is unpopular enough, right? But to be honest, he is much better than Zhukov among senior generals.

After the Battle of Stalingrad, the various regiments on the southern front took advantage of the German retreat and were catching up. The three southern fronts all wanted to advance into Ukraine first and approach the Dnieper. Why? Because this is an honor, Comrade Stalin valued it very much.

At present, the German heavy forces group is deemed to be located on the front of Moscow, and the base camp has to focus its attention on this side, which will inevitably ignore the progress of the battle on the southern front.

Therefore, the base camp believes that the southern line should enter the defense, and Moscow must turn to the offensive front.

The General Staff believes that Moscow should enter the defense frontally, and the southern line continues to maintain an active defense posture-active defense is different from complete defense.

As for Zhukov's suggestion, Moscow turned to the defensive front and the southern forces shifted in the direction of Voronezh.

In general, these three deployments are actually almost the same. They all focus on the offensive and defensive defense against the German heavy forces. However, because Zhukov loves to eat alone, the campaign deployment he proposed will always make people feel better. How suspicious.

What suspicion? The strategy he proposed was to concentrate the main forces in the direction of Voronezh, where the current front position was closest to the Dnieper River. If nothing else, he would definitely be transferred to preside over that line of command after the battle started. In this way, the task of defeating the heavy German army group will be borne by him, and once the battle is successful, it is believed that his troops will be the first to advance to the banks of the Dnieper River.

Zhukov is very capable of fighting. I believe that most generals in the Red Army system will recognize this. But the problem is that if everyone is convinced of him, that may not be the case. After all, he has not been defeated.

Victor is naturally aware of the infighting among the military generals, but he doesn't think he has any stance to interrupt, after all, he is not even an insider.

"The battlefield situation is changing rapidly," Victor thought for a while, and said, "As far as the information I got, the Germans are not only increasing their forces to Moscow, they are also increasing their forces in Ukraine."

"That's right," Vatutin said, nodding. "However, considering the current situation of the battle, the German army should be prepared to organize a solid defense on the Dnieper River. Therefore, I think we should accelerate our advance to the Dnieper River. , And strive to seize the area on the east bank of the Dnieper River, including Belgorod, Kursk, and Kharkov before April."

Victor can't think that Vatutin's idea is wrong.

As far as the overall situation is concerned, the German army in the frontal direction of Ukraine can be described as a complete defeat. The consequences of the Battle of Stalingrad were so serious that the German defense in this direction was full of loopholes. The Soviet advancement was simply not too great. quick.

But the problem is, in Victor’s impression, in the previous year’s war, it seemed that as long as the Soviet army advanced too fast, it would usher in a disastrous defeat. This, at the end of the Moscow battle, was simply not reflected. Too obvious.

However, this hesitation, Victor, naturally cannot express. The most important thing is that he is not a commander, has limited knowledge of the battle on the front line, and does not have much say in such matters.

"Victor, in the future, I might as well pay more attention to the deployment of the German forces in the positive direction of Moscow," Serov said. "For relevant intelligence, communicate more with the General Staff."

"Yes," Vasilevsky nodded in agreement, "because the front line is advancing too fast now, the sources of intelligence based on frontline intelligence are very limited, and we need assistance from the intelligence department."

"No problem," Victor nodded and said, "I will ask the Internal Intelligence Bureau to pay more attention to this information."

Intelligence work always has a focus. The reason why Vasilievsky and Vatutin discussed so many battle deployment issues in front of Victor tonight is actually hoping to get a statement from him and work in intelligence organizations in the future. In terms of military intelligence, more leaning towards military intelligence.

In this regard, Victor would naturally not express any objections, which was originally one of his main concerns.

"Also, Ms. Liang Na also has to hurry up there," Serov said with a smile, "People are girls. You have to be more proactive about some things."

Speaking of this, he paused and laughed again: "Of course, I don't worry about you in this regard. You guys are used to coaxing women."

In a word, the few people present laughed. There are indeed not many people who know about the bad things about Victor's private life, but these people must be insiders. There is no doubt about this.

Coming out of Vasilievsky's villa, it was early in the morning. Victor returned to his residence in his Volga, thinking about the battlefield on the southern front along the way.

Yes, he did not put too much energy into Liang Na. The girl is very beautiful and it may be that his future wife is also not fake, but the problem is that this is this political marriage. As long as there is this reason in it, It is estimated that no man will have many surprises and expectations.

On the contrary, it was the tense situation of the battle on the southern front. Victor was very concerned because he remembered that there was a famous Kursk battle in his previous life, but the details could not be recalled for a while.