Imperial Overlord

The mobilization of an army of millions is not an easy task. Li Le's original plan was that after the occupation of Moscow, the Soviet Union should surrender.

It is a pity that Stalin did not stick to Moscow, but, like Kunezov, gave up Moscow and ran away.

This added a variable to the Soviet-German war, a variable that made the German executives somewhat unable to cope. If the Soviet Union did not surrender before the winter, the war would not end within 1941.

"If Stalin is alive, the war will not end." Li Le reluctantly admitted at the meeting that his estimate of the situation was too optimistic.

He pointed to Stalingrad and the broad Ukrainian plain in front of Stalingrad, and said to his generals and confidants: "Our previous efforts to quickly end the war have indeed failed."

"I have always estimated that Stalin was a stubborn leader who was unwilling to accept failure." Li Le shook his head and had a new evaluation of Stalin in his heart: "But he was more resilient than I estimated, and he had to Admit it, he's a great leader!"

"Evacuation from Moscow seems to be a cowardly act of humiliation, but it has created more trouble for us." Li Le felt very unhappy when he mentioned this.

In fact, he has now rewritten history, because Germany has never surrounded Moscow, nor has it come so close to victory.

This also caused a serious problem, that is, Li Le could not predict what Stalin would do in the future based on the choice of Stalin in history.

He originally thought that Stalin should be the same as Hitler, a stubborn person who would rather die than compromise.

But now it seems that Stalin can stand out in the Soviet Union and become Lenin's successor. Stalin is far from being as easy to deal with as he imagined.

Stalin jumped out of Moscow's encirclement and extended the war by prolonging his own life!

Because there is no way to immediately end the Soviet-German war, Germany will not be able to turn to development and production in an all-round way, and there will be no "beneficiary" of this world war.

"So, at this moment, we have to take a backup plan and prepare to transfer our troops to the south to liberate Ukraine." Li Le ordered the generals in front of him.

"The soldiers are already war-weary, my Führer. If these soldiers cannot be brought home in 1941, then the combat effectiveness is something to worry about." Marshal Brauchitch said with some embarrassment.

The German army has mobilized more than 5 million troops, and these troops are now stuck on the Soviet-German front as if they were in a quagmire.

Because the war on the Western Front was over, Germany could mobilize most of the army to reinforce the Soviet front. But there are still soldiers to be stationed in the UK, as well as in the French-occupied areas.

Even at home, there must be enough guard troops. Although most of the domestic security forces have been replaced by the Waffen SS, there are still many defense areas under the jurisdiction of the Wehrmacht.

For example, there are many German Wehrmacht training units and related military academies in the Berlin defense circle. They are responsible for training tank crews, fighter pilots, etc...

There are also a large number of cadets and officers in the military port of Kiel and the military port of William. If you count some secret weapon experimental bases and military training bases, at least 1 million people cannot go to the front line to fight.

In the Middle East, as well as Libya and Egypt, Yugoslavia, the Balkans, Romania and Belarus... Now Germany, the area to be managed is absolutely huge.

As a result, at most only 4 million German combat troops are now serving in the Soviet-German war. And these troops have to take turns to rest now, and they can't all devote themselves to the front line to fight.

Calculated, on the frontal battlefield, the three German army groups can guarantee that there are about 2.7 million troops fighting, which is already a very good situation.

It sounds like a lot, but if these troops are distributed on the long Soviet-German front, it even seems to be a little understaffed.

Who provoked the Soviet-German war, this is already an unsolved case. The Soviet Union accused Germany of spearheading the war of aggression, and Germany claimed that Soviet soldiers had fired across the border.

But the incited German people have now returned to their senses. Although they still believe that the Führer is correct, and although they also firmly believe that the Soviet-German war must be won, they are already war-weary.

"Increase the number of rotating troops on the front line. After the North Army Group captured Moscow, it immediately stood by and gave the soldiers a holiday!" Li Le said with some dissatisfaction when mentioning the soldiers' war-weariness.

Germany is a country with a population of just over 80 million, and there are only so many troops that can be mobilized. In fact, in terms of population ratio, this level of mobilization is already a shocking miracle.

Once these troops are exhausted, Germany will have no war potential to tap. Therefore, the more than 5 million soldiers in Li Le's hands are all of Germany's war troops.

Now, these soldiers who have been fighting outside for a long time all want to go home to rest, and they all want to see their family. This request is not excessive, but it makes the German war machine unsustainable.

It is obviously impossible not to allow the soldiers to take vacations. Guderian's g-cluster has always been on the offensive~www.wuxiaspot.com~, so his troops have never really had a vacation.

There are millions of soldiers in similar troops, and these soldiers need a good rest in order to better maintain their strong fighting spirit and continue to fight for Germany.

Therefore, Li Le could only compromise and improve the vacation treatment of frontline soldiers: "In this way, 300,000 to 400,000 people will be able to go home... The advance in the north direction of Gorky is suspended, and this is the only way!"

Brauchitch nodded and agreed: "I personally don't want winter to come when we attack. We are not ready to control the cold Siberia, so we should suspend the attack on Gorky and other areas."

Including areas such as Yaroslavl, the Soviet troops were actually unable to defend so much land.

It is a pity that because the Soviet Union is too vast, the German army does not have more troops to occupy these almost undefended cities.

Take Yaroslavl, an important transportation city, for example, and the Vologda region further afield. Because of the lack of troops, although these places are on the lips of the German armored forces, they cannot be eaten for a while.