Moscow's strategic significance mainly has two aspects.
On the one hand, it has political significance.
This sounds a bit false...it's just the capital. You can just move the command system to another city and change the capital.
But the problem is not that simple.
At this time, the Soviet army had been surrounded and annihilated in large numbers due to the sudden attack by the German army. What was even more frustrating was that many troops had rebelled and surrendered to the enemy.
This caused a feeling of defeat throughout the Soviet army, that is, they believed that the Soviet army would lose the war and that the German army would soon occupy the entire Soviet Union.
As a result, morale was low, timidity and fear of the enemy became the norm, and people rushed to flee the city and seek shelter.
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Under such circumstances, if the capital Moscow falls again, it will further fuel this negative sentiment and get out of hand. In the end, the entire territory may really be occupied by the German army.
On the other hand, it is the meaning of reality.
Moscow is located in the middle, and almost all roads and railways converge here. This means that whether it is the transportation of ammunition, equipment, supplies, or troop reinforcements, most of them must arrive in Moscow first and then go their separate ways.
If the German army occupied Moscow, first of all, the Soviet army would be divided into three parts: east, south, and north, which could not reinforce each other...the railways and roads would not be usable, which meant that they could only fight on their own.
Secondly, the German army can use Moscow as a transportation hub as a transfer station to deliver troops and equipment to various battlefields as quickly as it wants.
This will undoubtedly put the Soviet army in a very passive position.
The German army could even concentrate its forces to divide and surround the Soviet troops from all directions.
"What should we do?" Shulka asked.
"Supplies!" Major Gavrilov said: "What Kiev needs most is supplies. If they have more supplies, they can launch an attack on the enemy to threaten their rear!"
"We've been sending supplies to Kiev, haven't we?" Shulka asked.
"Not enough!" Major Gavrilov said: "The first is the blockade on the Black Sea. The Germans have laid a large number of mines and strengthened the air blockade. Our transport ships can sweep out the minesweepers along with the minesweepers in the night.
Advance carefully through the passage, and then you have to unload the cargo and return before dawn, otherwise it may be bombed and sunk!"
After a pause, Major Gavrilov continued: "But this is not worse. After we mastered the rules, we can successfully transport a batch of supplies to Odessa every day. The problem lies in these
During the delivery of supplies to Kiev: the German army occupied the east bank of the Dnieper River and blocked it with artillery fire, making it impossible to reach Kiev by water. As for roads and railways..."
At this point, Major Gavrilov gritted his teeth and shook his head: "The guerrilla activities are increasing in this area, and most of the supplies were either destroyed by bombs or unable to move forward because the railways were blown up."
"Guerrillas?" Shulka asked doubtfully.
In his impression, the guerrillas should be targeting the invaders, the Germans, because this is the territory of the Soviet Union and the people of the Soviet Union.
But Shulka soon understood that the rebels were taking advantage of the German attack to revolt.
Sure enough, Gavrilov replied: "Most of them are Ukrainians. They regard the Germans as 'liberators' because they are dissatisfied with Moscow. The Germans are supporting them and giving them equipment and necessary intelligence!"
This gives people a headache.
Because they are not Germans or Romanians, they are Ukrainians, speak authentic Russian, and are even around you without you knowing it.
On the other hand, they are familiar with the terrain, and they can use this to carry out damage to any point on the railways and highways, making it impossible to prevent them.
However, Shulka is quite experienced in matters like guerrilla warfare.
"Comrade Major, to deal with such tactics, we should attack them at their root cause!"
"The root cause?" Major Gavrilov said doubtfully: "You mean to search among the people? No, Shulka, they will not let us find anything, they will not say on their faces, 'I am
Traitor', this will even cause panic among the people and further aggravate the conflict between us and Ukraine!"
"No, Comrade Major!" Shulka said: "That's not what I'm talking about. First of all, we must know that these people are usually scattered among the people, and only when necessary, they gather to attack everywhere. So why don't we implement wartime measures?
What about control? What I mean is that every household should be registered, and martial law should be implemented before dark to prevent people from going out..."
Major Gavrilov nodded: "That's right, Shulka, we can say this is to protect them or to better distribute food to them!"
"Yes!" Shulka replied: "In this way, there will be much fewer saboteurs who sneak attack on our communication lines at night. If there are any, they can only hide in the mountains or in the wild, but this will also make the
It will be difficult for them to survive, after all, we have blocked the roads and railways, and the Germans’ own transportation lines have been cut off!”
"Yes!" Major Gavrilov nodded, but he still said worriedly: "But it still cannot be eradicated, because someone will sneak food to them during the day!"
"So we need more guerrillas!" Shulka said.
"What?" Major Gavrilov looked at Shulka in confusion: "What more guerrillas?"
"The guerrillas are destroying them in the dark. Why can't we prepare a guerrilla force for these guerrillas to destroy them in the dark?"
"You mean, like the Germans' Branfenburg troops?"
"Yes!" Shulka said: "It is even very simple for us to build such a force. We do not need to learn the language, habits, etc. like the Germans did when they established the Branfenburg force. They only need to be reliable and then carry out basic operations.
The training allows them to rob trains and destroy transportation lines like guerrillas!"
"Of course, they won't really destroy the traffic lines!" Major Gavrilov laughed.
"Yes!" Shulka said: "We just need to let them show off, or cooperate with them to release some false information, and then... not only the guerrillas, but even the German organizers will start to be confused.
I can’t tell which ones are real and which ones are fake!”
The weakness of the guerrillas is that their organization is not strong, and many members are improvised, so it is very easy to infiltrate and divide, especially for rebels in Ukraine who have just started to rebel and have little experience.
"Awesome, Shulka!" Gavrilov happily patted Shulka on the shoulder: "It seems like you have fought such a battle!"