Imperial Overlord

"The 4th Guards Tank Division and the 5th Guards Tank Division have been transferred back to Stalingrad. Only the 6th Guards Tank Division and the 8th Guards Tank Division are left in our front line." Vatutin looked at Stalin with an expression on his face and said a fact.

As a strategic reserve, Zhukov's Guards 4th Tank Division, which had never been willing to fight, was finally transferred away.

And the Soviet troops fighting in Kharkov also became the expected lone army without support. They can only fight to the end there and die for their country.

The Zhukov group, which lost two Guards tank divisions, was not even the main force of the Soviet army. After all, several Guards infantry divisions had been crippled during the retreat, and they had not received any decent supplements.

The surrounding infantry divisions also had little combat effectiveness. They retreated again and again, and now they are not far from Kharkov.

In this spacious and bright conference room in front of him, a group of Soviet generals were not in the mood to care about Zhukov's struggle, and they were shirking responsibility for the loss of the entire Ukraine.

"Yeah! The 10th Guards Tank Division retreated from Odessa to Donetsk in one breath, and there are not many troops left." A general glanced at Vatutin and started talking about the frontal battlefield. .

The 10th Guards Tank Division retreated from Odessa all the way east, and now it has retreated to the vicinity of Donetsk, and there are only more than 100 tanks left.

"It's not much. The 10th Guards Tank Division has limited supplements. What they can do now is to continue to retreat." When someone mentioned the 10th Guards Tank Division, a general sneered twice. said.

The general who just reported was stunned for a moment, and then explained to the 10th Tank Division of the Guards: "It's not bad, at least they can retreat from Odessa to Donetsk without breaking up, which is rare. The iron army."

Unexpectedly, the sneering general immediately sneered and said: "Hehe, the so-called iron army means to keep retreating and give the enemy's army the city that you hold on to?"

The ridiculed general couldn't hold his face, and immediately retorted: "Aren't you raising a bar? The retreat order of the 10th Tank Division of the Guards was not given by me! That was Comrade Zhukov..."

"Okay alright! Stop arguing! Save your strength to say something useful. The Germans have taken Dnipropetrovsk, and they don't have enough time to advance to Stalingrad, it seems that we've got an answer. Some respite." Vatutin couldn't stand it any longer, and stopped the quarrel between the two.

Although there are still various failures in the current battle, the results are gratifying. The Germans were unlikely to attack Stalingrad, at least chronologically, unless they were willing to risk the risk of wintering in the wild by force.

But judging from the current rhythm of the German army's offensive, it seems that the German army also acquiesced to the fact that they could not capture Stalingrad in 1941, and instead began to close the net in Ukraine and kill the defeated Soviet troops.

"Indeed! The battle situation is on the bright side. Comrade Vasilevsky is holding his position in the Crimea, and he can last for at least five days." Looking at Stalin, who was a little displeased, another general hurried received the call.

After listening to the general's analysis, many generals nodded, and one of them said, "With these 5 days, it's almost the beginning of October, and the temperature has dropped significantly. The Germans have to worry about the ice and snow!"

"They won't have enough winter clothes in their hands. The cold weather will make their planes unable to take off and their tanks unable to advance." Someone added, these analysis made Stalin's face a little better.

"At least we can get more than 4 months of respite. The weather forecast department said that the temperature will drop in the next few days!" The general who just said the other side also felt that the Soviet Union could get a winter respite.

"Very good! As soon as the cooling starts, the German army has to consider its own soldiers and avoid stalemate with us in the field... Then their losses will be quite large, much larger than ours." Vatutin nodded in agreement.

He also felt that although the Soviet army had lost almost 700,000 troops in the past half a year, it was finally able to support it until October.

As long as Germany cannot solve the Soviet Union in the winter, the Soviet army will be able to gather millions of troops to continue fighting against the German army in the spring of next year.

With the accumulation of a winter, the aid from the United States must also accumulate a staggering number. These materials can help the Soviet Union to manufacture more tank planes and equip more troops.

The Soviet Union will produce thousands of Lager 3 and MiG 3 fighters, and will produce thousands of T-34 tanks with better performance ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ When the next year comes, the war will not be the German army The leading role is played, the Soviet army is about to counterattack, repel the German army, and retake the lost cities.

An air force general glanced at Stalin, who had a slightly better face, and sang an ode: "At least we are used to the cold winter, and the Germans will never be as accustomed to such a cold climate as we are!"

After all, in the past six months, the performance of the Soviet Air Force was not very good, losing more than 80% of its air superiority. All he can do now is to sing praises for Stalin.

Because it is impossible to expect the remaining i-15 and i-16 fighters to regain air supremacy on the battlefield.

Vatutin held a combat meeting to make Stalin clearly aware of the changes in the battlefield situation, not to listen to the hymn.

So he changed the subject and mentioned the unfavorable side of the current war situation: "But it is not without bad news, the Germans will occupy the whole of Ukraine before winter comes, which is almost a fact."

He talked about the impact of the loss of the entire Ukraine on the war. Under the situation, the German army has mastered a large amount of food, and also controlled a huge strategic depth such as Ukraine. This was definitely not good news for the Soviet Union.

Pointing to the map on the table, Vatutin continued: "In addition! Ukraine is lost, and our grain has fallen into the hands of the Germans! They have this year's grain and a lot of ammunition that we have abandoned."

"Fortunately, all the equipment and machine tools used in our factory were transported away in advance, otherwise our losses would be even greater." In the end, General Vatutin's hand was placed near Kyiv, and he concluded with some happiness.

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