Imperial Overlord

Even in Murmansk, which is farther north, there is also a port, but neither the German army nor the Finnish troops have enough troops to occupy such a northern city.

Moreover, once the winter comes, the port here is still not known, so I got Leningrad, that is, the German high-level executives in St. Petersburg, and have no interest in mobilizing all forces to compete for Murmansk.

"Transfer some troops from Army Group North to the south and two Army Groups in the center to perform missions, and then allow more soldiers to go home to visit relatives!" Keitel, the staff officer of the Supreme Command, also agreed with this plan, and he also knew that the troops Really should take a break.

In fact, Germany has been carrying out a system of rotating vacations, but because the advance of the troops is too fast, many troops can only rest in place and cannot be transferred back to the country.

Resting on the spot saves time and transport capacity, but it cannot play a role in completely relaxing the soldiers.

Returning to one's hometown can make people completely relaxed, and seeing their relatives can make soldiers calm down.

It is a pity that 80% of the German army could not do this. After all, in this war, the German transportation system was running at full capacity, and there was no way to meet all the consumption of the front-line troops.

One-way forward transportation is all about one thing and another, not to mention the wasteful behavior of returning soldiers from the front line.

"My head of state, the soldiers will not be able to go home until the war ends." Goebbels was in charge of propaganda for these soldiers, and he also knew that the mood of these soldiers was very low now.

"Okay, don't talk about this! I also know that this is not a good way to cure war weariness, but after all, the war did not end according to our plan. Are we going to surrender to the Soviet Union?" Li Le waved his hand and interrupted Gopei Er's complaint.

He prepared tens of thousands of tanks and armored vehicles for the German team, and prepared hundreds of thousands or even millions of cars, but the German army was still insufficient.

Now that the war is far from over, Germany's war weariness has already been discussed at the Supreme Council.

What is a famous saying? You can choose when the war starts, but you can't choose when the war ends. He wants to end the war now, but the Soviets will?

The Americans also don't want Germany to stay out of the way now, end the war decently, and get on the fast track to advance development.

Once whoever gets rid of the haze of war first will be able to seize the opportunity of the world war and become the next world leader! Everyone understands this truth, so it is very difficult for Germany to develop according to its own plan.

"The foreign service has been trying to negotiate with the Soviet Union, but Stalin is still alive, he rejects all forms of negotiation, he wants the war to continue!" Ribbentrop added.

He had just finished Turkey recently, and it was considered that he had completed the task given to him by the head of state. The head of state gave him a lot of rewards, including a street named after him.

But even so, he has no way to get the Soviet side. The other side is not willing to communicate at all, they insist on war until a country is destroyed in this war.

"Perhaps, after our troops go south, after creating enough pressure on the other side, the war will end... Maybe not... In short, it is impossible to predict any Soviet reaction now!" Brausch said, and made the most bad assumption.

No one can estimate the Soviet Union's next choice now. Although Brauchitch hopes that another attack of his own will make the Soviet Union succumb, he cannot guarantee that this will be achieved.

"Humph! So we can only try to attack Stalingrad! Destroy it and drive Stalin to Chelyabinsk... Maybe he spends a winter there and realizes that the victory of this war is already ours!" Lee Le snorted coldly and said.

"The railway tracks are well protected along the way. As long as our armored troops go south, we can reach Stalingrad along the Volga River before October!" Commander-in-chief of Army Group Central, Lund, who deliberately rushed back from the front to report Marshal Staid pointed to the map and introduced his plan.

Under the circumstance that the logistics can be guaranteed, the advancing speed of the German armored forces in the field will be very fast.

Because the Ukrainian Zhukov Group had no extra troops to draw out to defend the flank, Lundstedt's troops could quickly advance to the target.

Once in Stalingrad, the Germans almost completely surrounded Ukraine along the Volga River.

If you count the anti-Soviet sentiment of the local people in Ukraine, it is not difficult for the Germans to encircle and annihilate the Zhukov cluster in Ukraine.

But! To annihilate the millions of Soviet troops on the Ukrainian plains, one month may not be enough to reach Stalingrad in October, but it does not mean that Stalingrad can be won in October!

If Stalingrad cannot be captured, it means that the German army of about 2 million will usher in the harsh winter of 1941 in the wild.

Li Le, the head of the crossing, who knew the weather in advance, knew that the winter of 1941 might be the coldest winter in 50 years, which was obviously not conducive to the continued fighting of the German army.

This winter, the two sides can only confront each other near Stalingrad. The strategic intention of the German army to fight quickly will be buried under the heavy snow, and the war will be naturally delayed until 1942.

No matter how you calculate it, the German team will not be able to end the war before winter comes.

"Damn it! In October, we can only advance to Stalingrad at most! What do we do when we get there? We can only give the soldiers jackets and let them spend a **** in the wilderness. Winter!" Thinking of this, Li Le couldn't help complaining.

"It would be great if we could win Moscow last month." Goebbels sighed after hearing the head of state's complaint.

But his words made all the generals shake their heads and those with a little common sense knew that the war started in March and Moscow was invaded in July. This speed can already be described as a legend.

If it weren't for the Guderian G cluster, if it weren't for the Soviet Union's mistakes in the previous decisions, Moscow might not be completely surrounded by now, let alone the current state.

"There is no problem with the speed of the attack. March is also the earliest attack time we can choose..." Li Le said to Goebbels: "So, this is the best situation we can play."

"It's useless to talk too much. Now we can only go south and see how the Soviets respond!" With his hands on the table, the head of state made up his mind to kick off the Ukraine battle.