Chapter 1157 Marshal Shaposhnikov's Suggestion

Pavlov made his fortune from the tank soldiers and went to the Spanish battlefield. He knew the mobility of the tank troops, but now, this string is not tightened in his mind, because he is full of thoughts now. How not to let himself fail, how to save the current situation and keep his position.

"General Pavlov, we are now in the third, fourth and tenth armies in the Bialystok salient. They are about to be surrounded by the Germans. We have to consider the way back for these three armies." At this time, under Stalin's order, Marshal Shaposhnikov, the representative of the Western Special Military Region, rushed from Moscow in a hurry. He had just entered the headquarters for half an hour, and he had already figured out the current situation. Love offered his advice.

"We should withdraw our troops to prevent being surrounded by the Germans," said Marshal Shaposhnikov.

Hearing his words, Pavlov immediately shook his head: "No, they must not withdraw, we have to organize a new counteroffensive, we still have enough capabilities. Well, we have to mobilize more troops to the front, convey my message order to mobilize all the reserves to the front, organize a bigger counterattack, and we will kill all the Germans who invaded our territory."

Pavlov said calmly that it was absolutely impossible for him to withdraw the army. He must now mobilize more troops to organize a new counter-offensive.

It seems that the Germans attacked very violently. In fact, the Germans went deep alone, but they were more likely to be interrupted by their own logistics supply lines, and then they were calmly eliminated.

Right, that is it!

Pavlov was quite confident.

Hearing his words, Marshal Shaposhnikov shook his head.

When he came, Marshal Shaposhnikov had Stalin's secret orders, and if necessary, he could even take over from Pavlov to command the troops of the entire Western Special Military District.

However, Moscow didn't know how bad the situation here was, and when he got here, he deeply realized how dangerous it was, and at the same time, he decided not to go to this muddy water.

Up to now, everything has been directed by Pavlov. If he fails in the end, then Pavlov will also take the responsibility, but if he takes over halfway and fails in the end, the responsibility is not easy to say. They will blame each other for their mistakes.

Therefore, Marshal Shaposhnikov just reminded, and now, Pavlov is still going his own way, so Marshal Shaposhnikov can only try his best from another aspect and report all this to Moscow , let Moscow give the order to retreat.

This should be the best option.

Marshal Shaposhnikov didn't know that because of his delay, the large troops of the entire Western Special Military Region lost the opportunity to jump out of the German encirclement. What they lacked was this time.

In the headquarters of the Thirteenth Group Army, the information that arrived was not comprehensive. Therefore, in Pavlov's eyes, his three army groups were still complete troops with complete equipment and sufficient logistical supplies, and they still had a strong counterattack capability. Strong enough to drive even German troops that have penetrated the strategic depths of the salient back to their original starting point.

But now Marshal Shaposhnikov has realized that the three armies in the front salient may have lost their ability to counterattack. If they do not retreat, they will be surrounded and eliminated by the Germans. Now let them fight back. It's suicide.

Marshal Shaposhnikov sent these judgments back to Moscow along with the radio waves.

With the German invasion of the Soviet Union, in order to better command the war on the front line, Stalin made a drastic reorganization of the command organization and established the headquarters of the high command.

This base camp is the highest organization that exercises strategic leadership over the military operations of the Soviet armed forces. Its main tasks are: to determine strategic reconnaissance tasks, to issue preparation recommendations to the General Staff, to formulate war situation plans and campaign plans, to form strategic groups and reserves, Plan the strategic transmission of campaigns, develop the theater command system, etc.; organize the coordinated actions among the strategic groups of the various services, among the combat corps, and among the guerrillas; coordinate the actions of the Soviet armed forces and the allied armies; supervise the implementation process of the assigned tasks; determine the development rear , the establishment of material reserves and the establishment of maneuver material measures.

In other words, this base camp was the highest wartime command of the Soviets, and Stalin personally served as the People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union. In the days that followed, he was appointed Supreme Commander of the Soviet Armed Forces and became the supreme leader of the Soviet Union, taking all power into his hands.

After the base camp was established, they quickly dispatched base camp representatives to the front, and now the situation in the west that they are most concerned about has been reported by Marshal Shaposhnikov, the base camp representative.

When the news came back, Stalin was not there, at this time, he was addressing the nation.

The Germans painted the war as a counter-attack because the Soviet Union wanted to invade Germany, and the Soviets certainly wouldn't agree.

"We have always looked at the surrounding countries with a friendly mood, and we have never thought about invading any country." Stalin's words were low: "It's just that we didn't expect that the Germans actually fabricated rumors and treachery, Suddenly a military attack was launched against us."

Stalin's broadcasts were broadcast to the whole world, not only the Soviets, but also people in other countries.

The Finns took off their hats, the expressions on their faces were angry, the Soviets, never invaded other countries? After more than a year of fighting between the Soviet Union and Finland, what happened?

The Poles also shed tears. Poland is gone, divided by the Soviet Union and Germany. Now, the Soviets still say that they are friendly?

The three Baltic countries, Central Asia... The countries that were invaded by the Soviet Union, the countries that were invaded by the Tsarist Russia, are cursing on the radio.

However, Stalin, who was talking on the radio, could never be heard. He took his speech and continued to say the following.

"This is a matter of life and death for the Soviet state, a matter of life and death for the people of all ethnic groups in the Soviet Union, and a matter of whether the people of all ethnic groups in the Soviet Union enjoy freedom or become slaves."

"The whole Soviet people must resolutely overcome their composure and indifference, overcome the mood of peace-building, subordinate everything to the organizational task of smashing the enemy, and turn all their work on a new, wartime track. Our country, Officially entering the wartime system, our people must actively join the army, donate your property to support the country, we must also transfer civilian projects to the military industry, let us use our own practical actions to defend our own freedom, the honor of one's own country."