Chapter 1213 Shadow President

Just when the wolf's den was excitedly discussing the various consequences of the bombing, the distant Moscow was immersed in an atmosphere of grief and indignation.

Petersburg was bombed to the ground.

The number of casualties has not yet been counted, but the residents of the city must be more fortunate and less fortunate. There are no buildings, can people still live?

The cradle of the October Revolution has just disappeared. After it has become a flat ground, it has no defensive value. The German tanks can be moved up at any time, and there is no way to hold it there.

Stalin didn't speak, didn't light a cigarette pot, only his hands were shaking, showing how shocked his heart was at this time.

The Germans are showing their power, they can blow up Petersburg today, Kyiv tomorrow, and Moscow the day after!

"Our workers in Petersburg have all been transferred out, but some industrial equipment has not been transferred, and is now being transferred to the Ural Mountains. It is expected that it will take two or three months to resume production." Beria said.

In addition to its political significance, Petersburg also has industrial value. It is the heavy industrial base of the Soviet Union. Many weapons are produced from Petersburg. If Petersburg is lost, the industrial production of the Soviet Union will decline, and their What is most urgently needed now is weapons.

"Our loss this time was mainly because we did not expect a sudden attack of V-2 missiles by the Germans, which destroyed our air base, and almost all of our MiG-3 fighters were destroyed on the ground. Yes," Vasilevsky said.

As Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Director of Operations, Vasilevsky was the first to participate in a high-level meeting at the base camp, and he wanted to analyze the failure of the Petersburg air defense operation.

"If our MiG-3 fighter jets can be successfully launched into the air, it can completely interfere with the German bombing operations. The Germans dispatched 200 bombers, which is exactly the same as our number. As long as we can interfere with their bombing operations Flying, they can make it impossible for them to bomb our Petersburg." Vasilevsky said: "We just ignored the German V-2 missiles, their attack was terrible."

For the failure of Petersburg this time, we cannot blame our own command. We can only blame the Germans for their advanced weapons. Moreover, we cannot blame it anymore, because the top commander of Petersburg, Marshal Voroshinov, visited the Air Force in person. The commander of the base was hit by a German V-2 missile and died heroically on the spot.

Marshal Voroshinov was a good marshal of the Soviet Union. His sacrifice made the entire Soviet Union fall into grief. Under such circumstances, the responsibility for the failure of the command should not be shouldered by him.

"In response to this situation, I suggest that our Air Force's fighter units should be dispersed in multiple airports in the future, especially temporary field airports, to minimize the gathering of large groups of aircraft, so as to avoid concentrated bombing by the Germans." Huaxilie Vsky continued: "At the same time, this battle also proved that our MiG-3 fighters are a great threat to the German bombers. We will accelerate the production of such bombers in the future to protect our airspace."

The Germans killed the MiG-3 before the bombing, indicating that the MiG-3 was the biggest threat to the Germans. This is a plane that the Soviet Union concentrated its efforts on. It is fully capable of blocking the German Junker-290. bomber.

"It's a pity that all our MiG-3s have been consumed." Ivanovich Mikoyan said on the side: "The production of new MiG-3s is not fast, especially, if they are distributed, MiG-3 The shortcomings of the 3's lack of range will be more pronounced."

The MiG-3 was designed by his younger brother, and he is proud of it. At the same time, he is also more or less aware of the shortcomings of this aircraft. In order to take care of the high altitude advantage, he almost gave up other performances. , the lack of range is the most serious. If it is scattered, it will be farther from the place to be protected. After flying, it will have to return within a few laps.

Due to the geographical relationship, the Soviet Union's industries are all distributed in the west, and now, the western part of the Soviet Union is being baptized by war, and their industrial production capacity will be greatly reduced.

Stalin's brain has been temporarily transferred from the failure of Petersburg. He knew that the war was fought against the army on the surface, but in fact it was indeed the industrial base and the potential for war. Now, the Soviet Union is very dangerous.

Throughout the meeting, Khrushchev had been sitting in a corner and never dared to speak again. Every time he raised an opinion, it was finally proven to be stupid.

This time, the Germans completely leveled Petersburg. The reason was that the bombing of Berlin proposed by Khrushchev was inspiring, but it ruined Petersburg.

Now, in Khrushchev's heart, only the use of poison gas is left to retaliate against the Germans, but he did not dare to say that the Soviet Union has poisonous gas, and so does Germany. If he proposes this method, he will even hold a meeting in the Kremlin later. They all had to wear gas masks too.

It was definitely a bad idea, but he couldn't bring it up again, and he shrank his body lest Stalin ask him any more questions.

At this moment, I saw Molotov hurried in: "Comrade Stalin, President Roosevelt of the United States, sent his special envoy Harry Hopkins here."

Hopkins, one of Roosevelt's main staff, when Roosevelt first came to power, Hopkins and others created Roosevelt's New Deal, which saved the United States' economic problems, and he also participated in the formation and leadership of public utilities Department.

As Secretary of the Treasury, Hopkins was an active supporter of Roosevelt's ideas, fighting against American isolationism.

So, later, the isolationists in the United States targeted Hopkins, and Hopkins took on all kinds of hatred for the president.

When the war began, Hopkins resigned as secretary of commerce and seemed to be a free man, when in reality he was running around for Roosevelt and was even considered the number two man in the White House many times, the United States shadow president.

Now, the United States is in a dangerous situation of two-front warfare. On the one hand, it has to fight the island countries to compete for the dominance of the Pacific Ocean, and on the other hand, it has to deal with the aggressive German offensive in the Atlantic Ocean. The situation of the United States is very dangerous.

When Germany invaded the Soviet Union, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The Soviet Union gave the United States a chance to breathe, and the United States also helped the Soviet Union to consume the war potential of the Germans.

Now that the Soviet Union is utterly defeated on the battlefield, it's time for America to make a secret debut!