Churchill frowned as he received the intelligence from Colonel Stephen.
After a while, he put the documents aside, lit a cigar thicker than his finger, and blew out the smoke skillfully.
"Stuart!" Churchill asked Menzies, the director of MI6 who was standing aside: "What do you think of this intelligence?"
"The Soviet tactics are not as old as we thought!" Menzies replied: "In fact, their performance surprised me, especially the 1st Guards Tank Brigade. From the whole battle...
In fact, they are constantly entering the battlefield as a mobile force to defeat the enemy, which is very similar to the way the Germans fight. What is even more surprising is that they can also win by using the 'Matilda' tank!"
"That's because of this new device they call a 'bazooka,' isn't it?" Churchill asked.
"Yes!" Menzies said: "But Your Excellency Prime Minister, although a new piece of equipment has a strong shock to the Germans, strictly speaking the Soviets know nothing about it...even this anti-tank
Weapons have always been ignored in the United States, but the Soviets used them, perfected them, and put them into the battlefield to win. This is simply unimaginable..."
"I don't care about that, Stuart!" Churchill interrupted Menzies: "I only care about the form of this war. Do you think the Soviets are gaining the upper hand?"
Of course, Churchill should consider the overall situation more than those trivial things.
"Yes!" Menzies replied: "The Soviets have developed surprising equipment one after another, impressive tactics, and the victory in the Battle of Moscow... We believe that the situation is changing for the better for the Soviets.
develop!"
Churchill stood up and walked a few steps, then walked to the window and looked at the drizzle outside, and said thoughtfully: "This is not a good thing for us, Stuart!"
Menzies did not answer.
There is no doubt about this. What the British wanted more was for both the Soviet and German armies to suffer defeat, rather than for the Soviet army to drive the German army out cleanly.
Because of this, the German army turned around and turned its attention to Britain and Africa.
"And we are even continuing to transport relief supplies to the Soviet Union at this time!" Churchill said angrily in the smoke: "This is the stupidest thing we have done. We sent supplies to others, but ended up putting ourselves in danger.
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"What do you mean?" Menzies asked.
"We also lack supplies in Africa, understand?" Churchill said: "It has even reached the point where we have to withdraw from Africa and give up the Suez Canal, so we have to give priority to supplying supplies to Africa!"
"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister!" Menzies understood.
Then war soon broke out in Africa, and a considerable part of the supplies that were supposed to be sent to the Soviet Union, including those sent by the United States to the Soviet Union, were intercepted by the British.
There are three main routes for supplies from the United States and Britain to aid the Soviet Union. One is shipped from Norway to the north of the Soviet Union, and the other is transported from the Siberian Railway into the Soviet Union. The more important route is from the Suez Canal to Turkey to the Caucasus of the Soviet Union or from
India takes the overland route to the Caucasus.
The reason why it is important is that many materials are actually produced in India and then shipped to the Soviet Union, such as cans, ammunition, etc. There are many factories in India... There are many Indians, and the labor force is very cheap.
At this time, the British colonization of India was very cruel. This was mainly because Britain was in a state of war and urgently needed war supplies, so it did its best to exploit the Indian labor force and even imposed heavy taxes. This directly led to intermittent famines in India starting in 1942.
After the war, Britain was eager to recover and its exploitation of India continued unabated, even though Britain even promised to give India independence and freedom after victory.
This led to an unprecedented famine in human history in India in 1946, with a conservative estimate of 26 million people starving to death.
But of course these are not things that Churchill has to consider. He only knows that India at this time is a very good production base, whether it is food, military uniforms or ammunition. More importantly, transportation is accessible in all directions, and it is very convenient to send it anywhere... At least
This was true during World War II.
Even a considerable part of the supplies provided by the United States to aid the Soviet Union were produced in India.
This transportation line was affected, which immediately caused shock among the top brass of the Soviet army.
Shulka learned about this from Mahlis.
That day, Mahlis called Shulka to his headquarters.
"Comrade Shulka!" Mahlis said: "I heard that fifty T34 tanks have been added?"
"Yes, Comrade Mahlis!" Shulka replied: "They arrived in three batches!"
"Fifty T34s!" Maihelis said: "This is already a considerable force, supplemented by other tanks and half-tracks... Do you think we are not enough to launch an attack on the enemy?"
"Comrade Mahlis!" Shulka said: "I'm worried that the situation has changed! I mean the German reinforcements have arrived, and at the same time they have also improved the logistics facilities of the airport in time..."
This is inevitable.
The reason why the German army failed to improve the airport facilities before this was because they were attacking quickly. Improving the airport facilities was not considered necessary because the battle lines would soon move forward and the aircraft would move forward with them.
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Now that the defense line has been basically stabilized, and air superiority is very important to the German army, the first thing to do is to strengthen the airfield.
Hearing this, Mahlis fell silent.
Because he also felt that the battlefield situation had changed, and the Soviet counterattack was weak and unable to attack many places.
But Mahlis was still hesitant because he thought this might be his opportunity: wouldn't it be more eye-catching if he could lead the 1st Guards Tank Brigade to victory after other troops couldn't attack it?
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However, at this moment, a phone call came in.
After answering the phone, Mahlis couldn't help but became furious.
"These bastards, these hateful British!" Mahlis: "They actually cut off their aid to us!"
Hearing this, Shulka couldn't help but be stunned. After asking, he found out that the problem was caused by the supplementary service in the Caucasus Mountains.
Shulka couldn't help but frowned.
This seems to be something that has never happened in history.
If it happened, it was because the German army fought all the way to the Caucasus Mountains and cut off this transportation line.
But now that the German army has not invaded, this transportation line has been cut off due to other reasons.