Chapter 549 If Baku is taken, Stalingrad must be taken
"Our Comrade Timoshenko is finally no longer stingy and wants to give bread to us hard-working guys?!" Yang Mingzhi was overjoyed and hurriedly walked to the table.【】
"Comrade Berekov, please show respect to our front commander." Yevlov deliberately showed a serious expression, as if he was angry.
"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry, our commander has promised to send food for a long time. It has been several months, and now we are finally taking action. Now tell me, how are they going to send it? How much food? How much ammunition?"
Lyudbarev said: "Why don't you ask how many people were dropped by air?"
"People?" Yang Mingzhi was stunned for a moment, and his mind could not turn around for a moment. "You mean, the superiors are still sending people? Could it be a group of political commissars? When Comrade Kilponos was still there,
A group of political commissars were airdropped and they really helped us a lot, but unfortunately many of them have already died on the charge."
Yevlov shook his head: "The fighting will of the political commissars cannot be overemphasized, but they are not the most elite warriors. This time, considering our loss of personnel in the last battle, our superiors specially prepared a paratrooper brigade for us.
A brigade of red dandelions will descend on the swamp and will follow our command."
Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi was trembling all over. He tried to stay calm and asked: "In addition to paratrooper support, what are the supplies we need? How much will they deliver?"
"There are many! Very many! So many! It's astonishing!" Yevlov used a long paragraph of adjectives. He had never seen a scene of hundreds of planes carrying out air supplies, and it was really difficult to describe it. "Timoshenko
Comrade Comrade personally ordered that the scale of assistance to us must be large, so this time more than 150 aircraft of various types will be launched in one go! The scale of the food and ammunition we need most is very large. It may even be possible in actual operations.
The amount of materials delivered will continue to increase.”
Lyudbarev echoed: "And the current development of the war situation is also very favorable. In February, the Southwest Front Army and the Southern Front Army fought side by side and carried out a certain counterattack. The front advanced one hundred kilometers to the west. Our air force gathered
The land was also moved to Severodonesk, where the straight-line distance to Novgomel is only 600 kilometers."
When Yang Mingzhi heard this, he immediately leaned down. These two and a group of ordinary staff officers must have been discussing the future prospects around the map. He found the point of Severodonesk on the map, and Novgo was also marked on the map.
Merry, the pencil has drawn a route, and it is indeed not that far when measured with a ruler.
Lyudbarev continued: "Comrade Timoshenko also told us that given the inspiring performance of the 284th Guards Division in the last battle, he believes that your troops will achieve greater achievements and even serve as a surprise force.
It will play a special role in the future major counterattack, so for the development of the army, airdrops will become routine in the future."
If the situation develops according to the intention of the front army, and the Soviet army in the swamps coordinates the guerrillas in eastern and southern Belarus, I am afraid that they can really attack Babruisk in the north and Kiev in the south.
But because we know the historical process of that plane, this plane will not change much. After the German army occupied the entire Crimean Peninsula, its strategic focus shifted to the south.
Timoshenko claimed that short supply would become a daily practice, but Yang Mingzhi did not think that person could do it, and both Yevlov and Lyudbarev had great trust in the commander-in-chief.
Yevlov patted Yang Mingzhi on the shoulder kindly. In fact, he wanted to give him a hug. "Berekov, our hard days are probably coming to an end. From now on, a steady stream of flour will be delivered, and the soldiers'
The staple food will become bread, and ordinary villagers will also have endless potatoes.【】"
In line with his responsibility, Yang Mingzhi broke Yevlov's dream with tactful words. His finger pointed at a point on the map and said: "Comrades! Let's not be too idealistic. As the division chief of staff, I
It is necessary to tell you my opinion. For example, if you see the position I am pointing at now, I am afraid that all macro wars in the future will occur around this point."
Yevlov followed his finger and saw that this point was actually the Baku Oil Field in the Caucasus. He immediately said: "This is an oil field. It is too far away from us. You have said before that the German army's possible strategic intention is to attack
Our Volga River Basin, but judging from the current situation, we have made a pretty good counterattack."
In addition to Yevlov, several other staff officers also said similar things, and optimism actually spread in the division headquarters.
It is a good thing that everyone is full of hope for the future, but it is fatal to fail to see the hidden dangers.
Yang Mingzhi was not pretending, he said unceremoniously: "The victory in the Donbas River battle in February was short-lived. Don't think that if we win, we can make persistent efforts to capture Kharkov! Because the German army must be actively planning
To launch a military operation, a large number of troops must be assembled to attack the Baku oil fields just like attacking Moscow!”
He fully explained the possible strategic intentions of the German army, which was actually what the German army had done in the history of that dimension.
"The Germans will first occupy all of Crimea, and then cross the Kerch Strait to attack the Caucasus Mountains. We also know that the German general leading the attack in this area is Manstein! This is a strategist, and we must pay attention to it. Even if
We are still firmly guarding Sevastopol, but eventually we will fail because we do not have the upper hand.
When this port city is lost, there are only two barriers to the Baku oil fields, one is the towering Caucasus Mountains, and the other is Stalingrad!"
"Two barriers? I can understand the Caucasus Mountains, but Stalingrad, a city on the Volga River, is related to the safety of the Baku oil fields?" Yevlov asked cautiously.
"That's right! Even if the Germans occupied the Baku oil field, our army can still directly recover it from the north all the way south. As the largest railway dispatching node in the Volga River Basin, the strategic value of Stalingrad is self-evident, right? Everything
It’s all drawn on the map! Look at the tower’s extensive railway network!”
After Yang Mingzhi said this, the clever Lyudbalev had realized the seriousness of the situation. He said: "Berekov, I have heard that you have made your own analysis of the future war process. It sounds like
There seems to be so much truth, but your description of the war situation is too pessimistic. Unless the Germans defeat our Southwest Front Army until it collapses, they can march straight in. Even if this is possible, if the Baku oil fields are lost and the Stalingrad railway is lost,
Transportation station, isn’t the Soviet Union in danger?”
Yang Mingzhi paused and said: "That's right! Don't look at the great advantages we have now. In fact, the Germans also know how to defeat us. As long as they take away the Soviet Union's steel, coal, and oil, leaving only a small piece of land, the Soviet Union will still be
will be defeated. Therefore, the future war situation will definitely not be as Comrade Timoshenko imagined. Our Southwest Front Army has to guard the extremely long Donbas defense line. It will be difficult to withstand the German blitzkrieg. In the end, our army will still have to retreat.
, even withdrew all the way to the Volga River."
"Evacuation to Stalingrad?" Yevlov asked.
"Perhaps, if the German army gathers a heavy force, I believe that the decisive battle will be staged on the Volga River, and the battle for Stalingrad will inevitably become as much as the battle to defend Moscow. But in the end, we will win."
The people in Chengdu couldn't help but take a deep breath. This Belekov thought the war situation was too pessimistic, but how could it sound so reasonable? Yevlov didn't want this to happen, because after crossing the Volga River, crossing
Caucasus Mountains, the Germans will soon reach Asia!
He asked eagerly: "If the enemy attacks on a large scale, when will it be?"
Yang Mingzhi thought for a while, and of course he would not tell them that it would be June. However, only the macro events in this plane will not change. For example, the date of the start of the battle may be changed. One thing is certain, Germany will definitely find a way.
Avoid a failure like the attack on Moscow. Although the failure of that battle was multi-faceted, Germany tried its best to propagate that Russia's cruel ice and snow had become the best weapon for the Soviets, and tried hard to shape the defeated German army into a Napoleonic French army, finding reasons for the failure.
Excuse.
He told so many lies that the German soldiers themselves wanted to believe them.
Yang Mingzhi said: "The enemy is absolutely unwilling to continue fighting in winter. When the cold wave hits and it is minus 20 degrees, these Germans cannot stand it. So they will not attack in an all-out manner in the autumn. I think they are occupying
After Crimea, the offensive to the east and south will not stop, and a new war will break out in June."
Hearing this, Yevlov quickly turned around and waited for the clerk to yell: "Olki, have you written down everything the deputy division commander said?"
"Everything has been recorded!"
He turned around quickly, and the joy he had just felt on his face was gone. "Berekov, you are really my good brother! It's such an incompetence to stay in this army. You should go to the front army headquarters! Of course that
It is impossible, but I must report to Comrade Timoshenko the possible future strategy of the Germans that you just mentioned."
Yang Mingzhi took a deep breath: "I hope he will understand my pessimistic opinion.".