Imperial Overlord

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"Retreat! Let all our troops near Kyiv move immediately! The troops on the outside move to the defense on the spot! Maintain the existing defense line!" Zhukov stood in front of the map with an ugly face and ordered loudly.

Sitting next to him, Vatutin, who was supposed to go to Sevastopol, looked extremely ugly, and he didn't expect that the German strategy would give up when he said it gave up.

Frequently changing one's own strategic plan is obviously a taboo in using soldiers. But this hasty revision by the German army has obviously played a positive role.

Originally, both sides complied with the rule that "the German army should surround and destroy all the Soviet troops in Ukraine", and were drawing up their own plans.

But who knows, because of Guderian's impromptu intention, the German army destroyed this tacit understanding and began to reduce their appetite, and only made a fuss about the Soviet army near Kyiv.

The 700,000 Soviet troops near Kyiv are really unable to cope with the fronts of the two army groups b and d!

After all, a few days ago, when Sumei did not fall, Kyiv was behind the hinterland controlled by the Soviet army, and there was no need to station troops.

Now, Sumy, Konotop, Romne, and Lubne have all become German-occupied areas, and Kyiv seems to have been attacked by the enemy.

The 700,000 Soviet Red Army, who originally stood in front of the German army, must now be divided into 200,000 or more troops to deal with the German army behind them. How can we fight this battle?

The Soviet army stationed in Kyiv was thinking at this moment, how to get out, escape the containment of the German army, and retreat to a safe place.

"How to retreat? Being bitten by the German army, 700,000 troops, it's not bad to be able to withdraw 300,000 people... But what is the use of us wanting these 300,000 people?" Vatutin took a depressing sentence.

He is also angry. No matter how you look at it, 300,000 people are a trustworthy force. It is a good result to be able to withdraw 300,000 people.

As for the remaining Soviet troops in the encirclement, they can last for at least a month or so, and that time will enter into late September!

If the situation is better, and directly to October, then the plan to use Ukraine to fight the German army is almost half successful!

You know, into October, the temperature will drop. At that time, the entire northern part of the Soviet Union is no longer suitable for combat, and the defense line will be shortened to a state that is extremely beneficial to the Soviet army.

"Let's break out of the encirclement... that's the only way to go. How many can come out... Anyway, Kyiv has been evacuated, and there is nothing to regret." Zhukov replied coldly.

As early as two months ago, they were trying their best to transport supplies and production equipment from Kyiv to Chelyabinsk and Stalingrad.

So now Kyiv, in addition to being a city, basically has no industrial production capacity.

There is no pity to lose such a city to the Germans, except that it is more passive politically...

"Dnepropetrovsk may not be able to hold it at that time... It seems that we might have to retreat to Donetsk!" Vatutin shook his head and said: "This has nothing to do with total defeat. What's the difference?"

Giving up Ukraine and letting the Germans control the Black Sea line of communication, the Soviet Union was completely defeated on the frontal battlefield, and gave up more than half of the essence of the area is indeed no different from defeat.

Even with the support of the Americans at that time, the Soviet army still could not see any hope of turning the tide of the war.

"If Dnepropetrovsk can't keep it... then Sevastopol can only be handed over to the Germans." Zhukov was a little disheartened.

"No, select the most loyal fighters, we will hold our positions in those fortresses, maybe we can hold on for three months! By next year, things may really turn around!" Vatutin thought for a while and said.

In addition to being a port, Sevastopol is also a huge fortress. At that time, the British and French forces fought fiercely with the Russian army here, but they did not win.

The entire urban area is north of the slender south bank of Sevinaya Bay, and the defense focus is between the north bank of Sevinaya Bay and the Bebek Canyon. In this 360-kilometer rectangular area, there are 12 permanent fortress groups.

At the northernmost and most easily breached pass of the 4-layered defense line, it was the strongest combined turret fortress at that time. It had a twin mounted 305mm cannon made in 1934 and used a battleship-level turret design.

The turret is entirely covered by armor plates with a thickness of 200 to 300 mm. There are 3 layers of permanent fortifications under the turret, and each layer of permanent concrete canopy is 3 to 4 meters thick.

In addition, on the east side of this powerful turret named Gorky 1, the Bastion 1 fortress was set up as a forward defense.

All the fortresses are covered with permanent concrete armor plates, connected by underground passages and small railways, and countless dark fortresses and firepower points are set up in the mountainous part.

In addition ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ all the fortress turrets are sunken installation and have absolute superiority in the field of fire. If a ground attack is carried out on this defensive area, the loss must be huge.

Moreover, the designer stored the basic ammunition of the fortress in the main ammunition depot up to 30 meters underground on the south bank of Sevinaya Bay, which was foolproof in terms of the technical conditions at the time.

Because of this, Vatutin felt that it was a pity to waste such a huge fortress group, and it was better to put some troops to delay the German attack.

This proposal of his also made Zhukov have some intentions. If it is handled properly, the unbreakable fortress may become the tomb of the German army.

You know, in 1854, the British and French allied forces stormed here for more than 340 days, and they were not able to take Sevastopol!

"If you can stay there for a year...maybe there will really become a turning point in this war!" Zhukov looked at the fortress area on the map and muttered softly.

"Yeah! Maybe it will really become a turning point in this war..." Vatutin looked at Zhukov and said, "Comrade Zhukov! You command the retreat, I'll go to Sevastopol!"

"Comrade Vatutin..." Zhukov really didn't know what to say. He felt that Vatutin in front of him was really a very brave Soviet soldier.

However, if he lost Vatutin's support, would Stalin continue to maintain the trust in front of him?

Thinking of this, Zhukov had to say to Vatutin: "I'll go, you stay, be responsible to the great leader Comrade Stalin, and command the remaining troops!"

Although the people who stayed can command an army of about 1.5 million, it is not as beautiful as it seems on the surface. As for Sevastopol, it looks small, but it is the strongest fortress in the world!