Chapter 1117 Where Is Pavlov (Plus 7)

The German attack was quite violent. After the day lighted up, the German troops were already swarming.

Three-way army, 20,000 tanks, maddened in the vast land of the Soviets.

Take the Central Route Army as an example, after dawn, it was divided into two directions, led by the 2nd Armored Group and the 3rd Armored Group respectively, with high-speed tanks as the main offensive force, from Suvauki Province and East Prussia. The Brest Fortress in the Warsaw area is rapidly advancing in both directions towards the eastern Avestok salient and Minsk. If you look at the map, it is like two outstretched arms, which will move the Belarusian The middle, all surrounded by arms.

When their main force joins forces in Minsk, more than 600,000 troops of the Soviet Western Special Military Region in the entire Belarusian region will be surrounded.

Now, the situation on the front line is undoubtedly not optimistic.

Because of the sudden attack, the German troops rarely encountered large-scale organized resistance and counterattacks during the initial attack. The troops in each station must be united and twisted into a single rope to have combat effectiveness, but now, the troops in the entire Western Special Military Region have not received any orders, and they can only engage in sporadic exchanges of fire with the German army in their own defense areas. , while waiting for the command of the Western Front Army Headquarters.

The situation on the front line is chaotic, and in the Kremlin, the senior Soviet commanders are also judging the situation ahead.

Obviously, such a huge military invasion by the Germans could not have been just stimulated by their own thunderstorm plan. The military scale of the Germans required at least half a year of mobilization in advance.

They were all deceived by the Germans.

Now, it is useless to say that, the Germans attacked at the same time on such a long front. Do they have enough strength, or do they have a main attack and a feint? What are their strategic goals?

"We have not contacted the Western Special Military Region." An adjutant came in and reported to Zhukov.

Looking at the large-scale map, the blue arrows drawn on it are the known attack sequence of the German army. However, this is not accurate because of the intelligence gathered by several limited reconnaissance aircraft.

Even so, Zhukov sniffed something out of the middle.

"Now, our Western Special Military Region is very dangerous." Zhukov said to Stalin: "Now, the Germans are attacking in two lines in our central, Belarusian region."

Pointing at the map above with the command rod, Zhukov analyzed: "In the middle of these two offensive troops, is the main force of our Western Special Military Region, these troops are currently stationed or camped, and their troops are deployed in depth. It's too shallow, and they can't attack or defend here. If the Germans quickly outflank from the two flanks, the three armies inside can easily be eaten by the Germans."

Zhukov did not trust Pavlov, and this person has no big picture concept yet. Moreover, the German attack was so violent that Pavlov might have been knocked out.

Stalin also frowned: "Then contact Pavlov immediately and ask him to organize troops to stop the Germans' attack and cut off the arms of the Germans' attack."

"However, we can't contact Pavlov, he is not in the special military region headquarters." Zhukov said helplessly.

At this most critical time, as the commander of the entire Western Special Military Region, as the on-site commander who collided with the Germans in the first wave, Pavlov was not in his post!

No one knew where Pavlov was now, the German attack was premeditated, many telephone lines were cut, the signal troopers were assassinated, and there was chaos.

But at least, Pavlov should be at his command, where did he go?

At this time, Pavlov, who was being talked about by Moscow, had already arrived at the location of the Thirteenth Army Group and summoned the various senior commanders of the Army Group.

"This is our most critical battle. We must muster our courage and defeat the enemy with the belief that we will win. Our Soviet army is the most powerful, and our tanks are also the most advanced. Now, just Let us unite around the Party Central Committee with Stalin at the same time..."

Pavlov's speech lasted for more than two hours. During these more than two hours, urgent battle reports continued to come, but no one dared to pass it to Pavlov.

In the evaluation of Pavlov in later generations, some people said that he was wronged. After all, very few of the troops who entered the battlefield in the first wave survived. It depends on who catches up and who is unlucky.

However, Pavlov is still to blame. At this most critical time, he was not in his front army headquarters, but in an army headquarters on the front line. He is simply stupid.

In his eyes, the most important thing now is to cheer everyone up and have a firm belief in victory. As the commander of the dignified Western Special Military Region, he is actually doing the task of being a propaganda officer.

General Pavlov was promoted too quickly and took on too much responsibility before he had the corresponding ability. During the Spanish Civil War, he was just a tank soldier, and he had no overall concept at all.

In the Western Special Military Region, he was even more incompetent. The two most elite armies went too far to the Bialystok salient, and there were not enough reserves. The Air Force is concentrated in a few airfields, making it a good target for the enemy.

Moreover, now, after the start of the war, Pavlov actually ran into an army group, which was equivalent to giving up the command of the entire front army. exacerbated the confusion. The loss of hundreds of thousands of troops was not wronged on his head.

Just when the 14th Mechanized Army on the front line was brutally killed by the German tank troops, in their south, the 9th Mechanized Army of the Southwest Front Army was still rushing on its way.

In the direction of Ukraine, Germany also launched a large-scale offensive, and the 9th Mechanized Army was ordered to march towards the Vronsky New Town, Rovno, and Lutsk.

"Quick, quick, we must reach our position according to the command of the headquarters!"

The 9th Mechanized Army was arranged in the rear, but now they were ordered to rush to the front line, and their troops were exhausted.

The 35th Tank Division, a mechanized unit, could push on the field, leaving the road to its brother, the 131st Motorized Infantry Division.

At this time, carrying their own equipment, the infantry comrades were panting.

The trucks in preparation are completely invisible. Their motorized troops are completely pure infantry.