Timoshenko was a calm person most of the time, and even showed a submissive look when facing Stalin. He was Stalin's "close comrade-in-arms", so he was not affected in any way in the 1930s. It was also because of his excellent toughness.
He was the only one who dared to ask Stalin for orders to retreat, and it was only his request that Stalin finally agreed to.
However, the Battle of Kharkov failed after all, and the Soviet counterattack in the south for half a year fell short. As for the responsibility for the defeat, Timoshenko, as the commander of the front army, could not escape the blame. The marshal also realized that Stalin
I distrust him more and more.
Now, after this short internal military meeting of the front army, Timoshenko also asked Tupikov to suspend his continued praise of the 63rd Army.
According to the plan, the front army headquarters will be moved to an inconspicuous small village near Voronezh, and Timoshenko himself will take a flight back to Moscow to report on his work before that.
Before he set off, he also took time out to write a text message to the 63rd Army.
To be fair, Timoshenko has always been unwilling to accept Yang Mingzhi because he could not directly use it for himself. He has never been biased against this unit, and he just hates Tupikov's endless chatter.
Therefore, on the morning of June 13, the Guerrilla Republic received this telegram from the Front Army Headquarters. The correspondent immediately translated it, compiled the telegram, and sent it in duplicate to the Army Group Headquarters and Salinchkin.
's office.
For the 63rd Army, this is a very important message.
"Order. Lieutenant General Belekov, commander of the 63rd Group Army. The headquarters has received your ministry's message to congratulate your ministry on the production of rocket launchers and radars. Due to the current crisis situation, the Southwest Front Army no longer has enough long-range transport aircraft for long-term stability.
The airdrop operation will be carried out, and the airdrop of supplies will be suspended indefinitely. We hope that your ministry will be self-sufficient. The command will coordinate with the Supreme Command. Future airdrops of supplies will be undertaken by the Guerrilla Movement Command."
Yang Mingzhi saw this significant message immediately. On the surface, it was an order document to suspend airdrops. Yang Mingzhi, who knew the historical trend very well, instantly understood the historical node he was standing on. Indeed,
From a space perspective alone, the future Southwest Front Army will lose the possibility of sustained and stable air supply!
In addition, the short content of this message also shocked all senior military officers. An emergency military meeting regarding this message officially began just after lunch time that day.
Only a few people attended the meeting, except for the main personnel of the Army Group Headquarters, namely Salinchkin and Lyudbalev, two important figures of the Guerrilla Republic.
Yang Mingzhi read the telegram in public and explained his understanding: "Comrades, our superiors, the Southwest Front Army are facing tremendous military pressure. They no longer have the ability to continue to support us, and they no longer even have the meaning to command us to fight. We
It's like an abandoned child. In the future, he can only rely on himself to fend for himself in this swamp."
This was a very serious statement, not harsh. Everyone was silent, and the army headquarters fell into a deep silence. The only sounds were the faint sounds of people flicking cigarette ashes and the smoke that continued to spread.
Finally, a grumpy man patted the table, breaking the embarrassment.
Yevlov shouted carelessly: "We have been abandoned a long time ago. Haven't we relied on ourselves for a year? Those airdrops from our superiors are indeed important to us, but without airdrops of supplies, we can still survive."
"You can't say that!" Fu Ming corrected him, "The superiors airdropped a large amount of ammunition, medicines and complete clothing. Especially when the weather turns cold, we are still facing the severe test of winter! Last winter, wasn't it the superiors?
The airdropped cotton-padded clothes have given our army significant help!"
"No! We launched Operation Shuba last winter. We collected a lot of clothes to survive the winter! Even if there are no airdrops, we will probably launch another operation to rob them!"
"Okay! Stop arguing!" Yang Mingzhi knocked on the table to signal everyone to be quiet.
There is indeed no reason for Fomin and Yevlov to quarrel. Their attitudes are actually the same. They are helpless when their superiors terminate assistance. Yevlov's thoughts change very quickly, and he can only rely on himself in the future.
It is already June 13th, and the Soviet Union is indeed in crisis at this point in the world. The United States has not fully launched its support for the Soviet Union. Previous international assistance was basically borne by the United Kingdom. Even from the outbreak of the war, the United Kingdom, which knew that it was in danger, immediately put down its
The prejudices and policies were over, and the alliance with the Soviet Union was established. The first PQ fleet, escorted by the Royal Navy, took the Arctic route and transported supplies to Murmansk in the Soviet Union.
The amount of materials they transported was huge, which played a significant positive role in the Soviet war. However, the quantitative change of assistance could not be transformed into a qualitative change. This is like the Southwest Front Army's multiple large-scale airdrops. The large-scale materials helped the 63rd Group Army's combat effectiveness.
Improved again. However, the root cause that supports this force's strong combat effectiveness is the self-sufficiency policy they set from the beginning.
Due to their own pressure, the Southwest Front Army has no time to take care of the swamps hundreds of kilometers away. Today it made a clear statement that future airdrops of supplies will be suspended indefinitely.
From a macro perspective, the shipping route between the North Sea and the Arctic Ocean between the United Kingdom and the United States has become endangered due to the continuous stranglehold of the German navy. The failure of the Battle of Kharkov caused the Soviet Union's international prestige to plummet. To make matters worse, in June
On the 10th, the PQ fleet escorted by the British Royal Navy was ambushed by a large number of U-boats in the waters north of Norway.
The transport fleet suffered heavy losses. Among all the transported goods, there were a large number of military rations and transport trucks that the Soviet army needed most.
More than 2,000 trucks sank to the bottom of the sea, 100,000 tons of flour were fed to North Sea cod, and a large number of medicines, even the latest life-saving miracle drug amoxicillin that began mass production, sank into the sea along with the ship.
The situation has become even worse for the Soviet Union, and there are obvious signs of further deterioration.
The TASS broadcast that Yang Mingzhi received here basically conveyed good news. Even though the Kharkov battle failed, the TASS broadcast also promoted that the Southwest Front Army stabilized the front in a short time. As for the Southern Front Army and Kerry
The Soviet propaganda department could not hide the situation in which the Miya Front Army was almost collapsing.
At this meeting, everyone quickly reached a consensus that the key to victory lay not in frequent support from superiors, but in the guerrilla republic's own subjective initiative.
"We don't know if it's appropriate for the front army to resume assistance, let alone whether the guerrilla movement headquarters will take the risk to reinforce us. Currently, our military strength and weapons and equipment have reached an unprecedented scale. We should regard this matter as an opportunity. In the future
, it’s time for us to continue to expand our control area!”
This is Yang Mingzhi’s decision and the development strategy of the Guerrilla Republic.
Salinchkin's speeches at normal meetings were basically centered around the statistics he collected. He really did not need to make slogans, because the commander Belekov's words were inspiring! As long as the general
If your mind is still functioning efficiently, the power of the guerrilla republic will surely flourish!
Now, the trace of gloom brought by the telegram is gone, replaced by the hands of a group of senior officers grinding their fists.
Therefore, at this meeting, the matter of radar had to be discussed again...