Timoshenko, a contemporary famous Soviet general who was specially awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" and the title of Marshal of the Soviet Union by the Soviet government.
Logically speaking, he was considered an important figure with a high profile in the Soviet Union, and his words carried great weight. However, even his advice was not listened to by Stalin.
Today's Soviet Supreme Command is headed by Stalin and includes Molotov, Timoshenko, Voroshilov, Budyonny, Shaposhnikov, Zhukov and Kuznetsov.
.The Supreme Command decided to divide the front line into three theaters. Voroshilov was the commander of the northwest theater, Budyonny was the commander of the southwestern theater, and Timoshenko was the commander of the western theater.
However, even if he wanted to command the troops in the armored theater to retreat and build a defense line, he had to get Stalin's approval before he could succeed.
But the key point is that it is impossible for Stalin to nod to such orders. All he wants is to continue the offensive until Berlin is captured!
The famous cavalry group of the Soviet Army had three marshals, namely Budyonny, Voroshilov, and Timoshenko. During the Soviet Civil War, the three were respectively the commanders of the prestigious First Cavalry Army.
Member, political commissar and main division commander. At the beginning of the Soviet-German war, they were the three giants of the Red Army.
Compared with the other two theater commanders, Timoshenko can be said to be the most adaptable to contemporary warfare and has not lost touch with the times.
Timoshenko, who had experienced the Polish campaign, clearly understood the gap between the Soviet army and the German army. Facing the same level of measurement standard - the Polish army, the German army marched forward triumphantly and fought the largest encirclement and annihilation battle to date, and he commanded
The Soviet army, despite all their efforts, could only advance slowly.
In the end, had it not been for the Germans to capture Warsaw, it would have taken Timoshenko's troops another week to achieve a breakthrough.
Now, Timoshenko has been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Theater. But a big problem he faces is that it is very likely that the Western Front will be surrounded by the German army before he has time to take office!
This is definitely not alarmist!
Germany's Northern Army Group and Southern Army Group have advanced to a very terrifying distance with the Allied forces. At this time, as long as Germany's Central Army Group cooperates with the other two major army groups, especially with the Southern Army Group,
With the cooperation of the army group, it would be easy to take down the 500,000 Soviet troops of the Western Front in one go!
"Can't wait any longer!" So, when Timoshenko received a call from Zhukov and heard that Zhukov said that he would work with him to suggest to Stalin to terminate the offensive and quickly build a defense line, he agreed without hesitation.
"Come, come with me to the Kremlin. I must persuade General Secretary Stalin to stop this meaningless attack." Timoshenko casually grabbed his military jacket and said to his two confidant generals.
, while walking out the door.
But just before he was about to open the door to his office, one of the two trusted generals, a tall and thin lieutenant general, took two steps forward and took Timoshenko's hand.
"Comrade Commander, you must not speak to the General Secretary like that!" the general close to Timoshenko said with a serious face: "You will suffer a lot if you do this!"
"Before I even took office, my front army was already surrounded by the enemy! At this time, I can no longer remain silent!" Timoshenko, who was grabbed, suddenly turned back and faced the puller.
His confidant yelled.
"But you cannot question Comrade Stalin's orders!" Although his confidant was yelled at, he still did not let go of Timoshenko's hand.
As a member of Timoshenko, he knew very well that his fate had long been tied to Timoshenko. Once the other party offended his superiors and was casually charged with a crime, as a close general under Timoshenko, he
There is no good fruit to eat.
In this case, standing in the wrong team is always fatal!
Therefore, what the confidants can do at this time is to try their best to prevent Timoshenko from angering Stalin.
It doesn't matter if we lose the battle. The worst we can do is lose a position and retreat a little. But if we disobey Stalin's orders and show disobedience to Stalin's command, that will be a more serious crime than if we lose the battle.
"Then tell me, what can I do at this time!" Timoshenko's tone was still filled with anger. But his hands were no longer trying to break away from the obstruction of his henchmen like they were just now.
Seeing that Timoshenko relaxed, his confidant general naturally knew that he had persuaded Timoshenko, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It doesn't matter. Didn't General Zhukov say we want to dissuade Comrade Stalin together? We can agree, but we only wait for him to offend others." When another close general of Timoshenko saw this, he did not stay still and immediately gave him a warning.
Made a suggestion.
After hearing this suggestion, the general who only held Timoshenko quickly nodded in agreement: "Yes, as the chief of the general staff, Comrade Zhukov cannot just sit idly by and ignore this kind of thing. And I believe that Zhukov
Comrade must be able to see the key here and put forward his views to Comrade Stalin responsibly."
"Yes, I also believe that Comrade Zhukov will do this." Another confidant added, nodding his head.
Under the advice of his two confidants, Timoshenko struggled painfully in his heart.
Zhukov will not sit idly by and do nothing. Can he, Timoshenko, calmly pretend not to know the urgency of the situation?
"I..." Timoshenko wanted to tell his two trusted generals that he, Timoshenko, was also a famous Soviet general, a hero of the Soviet Union, and a Marshal of the Soviet Union. He was not a timid person who was afraid of death.
A coward who is afraid of offending others.
However, Timoshenko did not say these words after all.
"I...I'd better wait and see." After countless inner struggles, Timoshenko used all his strength to open his mouth and said: "First agree to Comrade Zhukov's suggestion for me, then
He said that I would find an opportunity to advise Comrade Stalin to dissuade him."
"Yes, let's go and reply to Comrade Zhukov right away!" Hearing that Timoshenko was persuaded, the two of them couldn't wait to accept the order.
Immediately afterwards, Zhukov, who had been anxiously waiting for news, finally received a phone call from one of Timoshenko's confidant generals, telling him that Timoshenko and Zhukov would separately advise Stalin and asked him to rest assured.
At noon that day, Zhukov, who was already worried about the situation, hurriedly asked his driver to drive to the Krem Palace as quickly as possible. Accompanied by Boskrebyshev, he went to Stalin's office and recounted in one breath his opinions on Stalin's orders.