Five Hundred and Thirty Four Kyiv

Keitel and Guderian's troops encircled the entire Kiev area from the flanks, and then the follow-up German infantry began to compress the strategic space of the Soviet soldiers in the encirclement layer by layer. The German army fought cautiously on every front. Zizi lost the rough and wild style of opening and closing in the early stage of the counterattack.

The large-scale detours at the beginning suddenly disappeared, replaced by a large number of infantry at every step. The German army is consolidating the areas they occupy, and they don't seem to have plans to enter Belarus and Russia.

The German army did not rush forward on a large scale, which allowed Timoshenko and other Soviet generals on the front line to gather up the rout, and also proved one thing to all the Soviets, that is, Germany did not have a long-term plan to invade the Soviet Union. Just forced to fight back in self-defense against the USSR. This made Stalin hesitant about whether to negotiate peace. He didn't know whether to continue this somewhat hasty war.

In fact, the Soviet Union's preparations for the war and subsequent development were very imperfect. Although they formulated a combat plan to invade Germany, this plan was only a programmatic document, not a specific guide to the invasion. This outline written by Stalin only vaguely pointed out that the Soviet Union should take the opportunity to attack Europe, but it did not think of a series of possible problems such as the obstruction of the attack.

Judging from the current situation, the German army has surrounded and wiped out only about 2 million Soviet soldiers so far, while the Soviet Union itself has almost the same number of troops that collapsed due to imperfect preparations.

However, when the German army had the upper hand, they suddenly stopped advancing. They set up camp in Ukraine, and then began to deploy various defense systems. The Soviet side was recovering, while the German side was not panicking. Consolidate your defenses in no time.

The frantic advance of the German armored forces that was expected to appear did not appear, and the various means of consuming the main force of the German army arranged in the direction of Moscow were useless, and Germany seemed to be only interested in such a place as Ukraine. After Romania's partial territorial demands, the German troops even withdrew part of the occupied Belarusian region.

"The head of state doesn't seem to have any interest in invading the Soviet Union. Look at this battle plan, it can be said that it doesn't take into account the future development at all!" A staff officer looked at the "Requiem Plan" promulgated by the head of state himself. Said to Guderian with some dissatisfaction.

Guderian smiled after hearing this, and did not strike up a conversation.

Of course he knew why the head of state drew up this plan, and of course he knew the real purpose behind this plan. In fact, this is not a plan without vision, on the contrary, it is a very far-sighted battle plan.

Because he himself was a front-line general who didn't understand the plan, the head of state even personally sent Colonel Gasker Jr. from the intelligence department to the front line to explain the meaning behind the battle plan to Guderian.

The head of state Akado thinks. If Germany's limited armored forces were used to go deep into the heart of Russia, the losses would be huge. Even the optimistic operational assessment of the General Staff was ignored. Directly position the loss as more than half. This means that even if the German armored forces approach the vicinity of Moscow, they will be forced to stop due to losses, and will not be able to achieve the strategic goal of capturing Moscow.

And even if the goal of capturing Moscow is actually of no importance-Moscow's political significance is greater than its actual industrial contribution to the entire Soviet Union. If the capture of Moscow fails to bring the entire Soviet Union to its knees, Germany will collapse at about the same time.

Many people think that it was the heavy snow that saved Moscow and the Soviet Union. This idea is actually naive and one-sided. Even if there was no heavy snow, could the German frontline troops really withstand the consumption of Moscow's brutal street fighting? ? The answer must be no, because since the defeat of Moscow City. Germany has never been able to capture important cities from its opponents, which fully proves that the German offensive power has become the end of its strength under the city of Moscow.

Akado, who knows this deeply, naturally knows that even if it is an advantageous exchange of combat power, Germany cannot afford it. So he can only think of other ways to make up for the quantitative gap between the two sides.

At this time, the head of state thought of a person, Lieutenant General Manstein, who was not well-known yet, but had already become the number two figure in the Army General Staff. This rare figure among the German generals with a strategic vision drew up a new battle plan based on the data provided by the head of state.

This plan is the dreaded "New Barbarossa Plan", which overthrows the Barbarossa plan drawn up by the Army General Staff. Completely abandoned the original plan of mobilizing 3 million German troops and more than 2 million servants to attack the Soviet Union, and boldly proposed a defense-oriented war plan.

This plan can be described as super bold and even more terrifying. It formulated a series of combat plans based on the advantages of the Soviet Union, and boldly divided the entire Barbarossa plan into several important stages.

The first stage is to gain a firm foothold in Ukraine, relying on the short-distance penetration of armored forces to gain advantages, and gather and annihilate the Soviet Red Army in the area west of Ukraine. Then start negotiations with the Soviet Union to achieve peace between the two countries. Once this goal is achieved, a phased victory in this period will be achieved.

If the Soviet Union does not compromise, then this plan will be transferred to the second stage. The German army will strengthen the defense in the Ukraine area, waiting for the second Soviet offensive-because of the huge victory of the German first counterattack (that is, the Requiem plan), The second attack of the Soviets must be delayed considerably. Without careful preparation, they will not easily fall for the second time. And when the Soviet Union was ready, Germany had turned Ukraine into a huge fortress.

This time is the third phase of the battle. Germany will launch another defensive counterattack, using its superior armored forces and air power to destroy the Soviet offensive forces-this way the distance between the two sides will be close enough, and there will be no Because the attack distance is too far, the armored troops have suffered huge losses. Once this situation occurs, the German army can start from Ukraine after a counterattack, sweep across the western part of the Soviet Union, and occupy Moscow.

Of course, this battle plan is based on the advantages that Germany has already achieved. That is to say, the implicit core idea of ​​this new Barbarossa battle plan is actually a word "delay". The longer it is delayed, the better it will be for Germany. , the longer the delay, the greater the gap in national power between the two countries.

Why does this happen? The reason is simple. Germany has gained a greater strategic advantage than in the previous life, and this advantage comes from the British mainland. Without such a threat from the British Isles, Germany's local industry will not be in danger of being disturbed, and the industrial production capacity in the rear will be able to increase steadily. Coupled with the integration of local industries in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, and even southern England, the production capacity will become higher and higher. Obviously, the longer it takes, the better it will be for Germany. And when Germany can really give full play to the industrial advantages of the occupied areas, even the United States will not be able to match Germany's industrial production capacity.

In addition, now that the Soviet Union has lost the strong support of the United Kingdom, and the United States has launched a war against Japan in advance, the supplementary materials that the Soviet Union can obtain cannot go through the convenient channel from the United Kingdom to the Soviet Union, but can only be sent to the eastern part of the Soviet Union through the White-collar Strait. It is estimated that it will be at least a month before the materials are sent to the western front of the Soviet Union.

Under the ebb and flow, unlike the race against time to attack France and Britain at the beginning of the war, Acador's Third Reich now hopes that the war will be dragged into a later stage. This is the reason why the situation has changed and expectations will change accordingly.

At the beginning of the war, in order to prevent the United States from participating in the war, Accardo led the German storm against the clock and took down the entire Western European region in one go. At this time, the entire Third Reich was "aggressive like fire". After stabilizing the rear, What Germany now hopes is to be "unmovable like a mountain". After he really stabilizes the European region and gains a firm foothold, the rise of the world's number one power will become a fait accompli, and no one can stop it.

However, whether this combat plan to stabilize the defense line and occupy Ukraine and other Soviet compromises can be successful depends on how strong the Soviet Union's war determination is. If the Soviet Union insists on fighting, it is obvious that Germany can only be forced to fight. If the Soviet Union does not stop and attack directly, then all German combat deployments can only be adjusted accordingly. War is never a matter of one country, but a decision of two sides. Final game.

The grain transferred from Polish farms was transported to Ukraine. Another decision made by the German high-level officials was to mobilize anti-Soviet sentiment in Ukraine. Through multi-layered measures of goodwill, the entire Ukraine will be turned into a region that hates the Soviet Union. lay a solid foundation for further action.

In another time and space, the German troops entered Ukraine and were warmly welcomed by the local people. They thanked the German troops for their arrival as if welcoming the liberators. This scene may be regarded as a miracle in the history of aggressive wars. However, the Nazi army carried out even more brutal exploitation of Ukraine and Belarus, which led to the two sides turning against each other and wasting the support of the people in the two regions. Akado had already thought of countermeasures for all of this. It was decided to consolidate the friendly sentiment in the Ukrainian region from the very beginning and provide a stable rear for future combat operations.

All in all, Germany's new Barbarossa plan requires Germany to fight steadily in Ukraine, so the German team also changed their previous combat style and began to slowly operate the Ukrainian area they just occupied.