"Detect the war of attrition, fight high exchange ratios, and consume our war potential." Zhukov stared at Rokosovsky and said word by word.

"Ha!" Rokosovsky laughed, "This is what I have heard. The most ridiculous strategy is Germany's potential and still want to fight with us? How many people can Germany die? How much material and food can be consumed by war? Will capitalists support Hitler to fight a long-term war?"

"I don't think it's ridiculous. On the contrary, it's a deadly strategy." Zhukov said with a sad face. "Since the Germans launched a sudden attack on their treason, the war has lasted for a full 21 months. Not counting civilians, we have lost nearly 9 million troops in total, with an average of more than 400,000 per month and 100,000 per week."

"So many?" Rokosovsky was stunned. "Comrade Stalin didn't say we lost 2-3 million people, but we also destroyed at least 1 million Germans."

"2 million to 3 million?" Zhukov sneered, "Do you really believe in this number? The accumulated wounded people have exceeded 3 million."

"Most of the injured can still return to the front line after treatment."

"Maybe 2 million can be returned, but it is not something that will be recovered tomorrow if you are injured today. Most of them will take 3-6 months. Most of the wounded people who returned early were lost in the subsequent battles." Zhukov sighed, "The base camp organized a large-scale recruitment in August last year. The propaganda department said that more than 95% of the soldiers were enthusiastic and spontaneously enlisted. Do you believe it?"

"I..." Rokosovsky couldn't speak. He wanted to say a letter, but when he thought of the bearded soldiers in his 30s and 40s in the army, he was not confident enough.

"I can tell you a number. We have conscripted a total of 1.4 million children born in 1925 last fall. Don't say that you didn't see them in your army."

Rokosovsky widened his eyes. He thought that the children and soldiers who were not as tall as rifles were just part of the phenomenon, but unexpectedly, they were three cold words, "There are no signs!"

"If the situation is urgent, after the summer, I will start recruiting children born in 1926. In fact, we lost more than 7.6 million troops in the first 15 months. If the loss in the past six months had not been slightly reduced, the average weekly losses would be ugly." Zhukov sighed, "The combat effectiveness of the troops now has decreased a lot compared to before the war, even when the Moscow defense war has declined a lot. Do you know why this winter has not launched a large-scale counterattack like last year? Because Comrade Stalin himself lacks confidence."

This was the first time Rokosovsky heard such inside information, and he couldn't help but feel suspicious: What does Zhukov tell himself this mean?

"As for the Germans you said that they do not have the ability to persist and have a long-term war, it depends on what occasion and what country to compare with the Americans, and we may not be able to say this. Since the Battle of Poland, the Germans have fought for three and a half years in a row. Not only did they not show any fatigue, but they are getting stronger and stronger, but now even the navy can try to compete with the British. This is unimaginable before the war. Comrade Huaseylevsky and I were shocked when we heard that the German Navy rushed out of the North Sea and occupied Azores. Now the Germans have industries across Europe to help them produce arms and industrial products, including the Middle East and Africa for food and resources to be squandered, and there is no problem of being unable to consume it. As for casualties, the General Staff is estimated to be between 1.5-2 million. Considering that Germany could bear about 6 million casualties in the last war, they are far from the moment they can't stand it."

Rokosovsky remained silent. He knew that Zhukov's statement was correct: the combat effectiveness of the Red Army was greatly reduced, and the German army had almost no effect. The Germans used 300,000 troops to sweep Africa and the Middle East! At most, it was a medium-sized battle, but it made the British Empire throw away its armor and almost unable to take care of itself. Everyone knows that there are four pillars supporting the global hegemony of the British Empire: the first is the Royal Navy, and the second is

The Suez Canal and Middle East Petroleum, the third is the Indian subcontinent colony, and the fourth is the four major autonomous lords of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Now two and a half of the four pillars have been broken: the Royal Navy suffered heavy losses, the Mediterranean hegemony was lost, and the absolute sea control in the North Sea is difficult to maintain; the Suez Canal and oil are completely lost; the Indian Ocean route is almost cut off; but the four major autonomous lords seem to have little impact and are still desperately transfusions to their motherland.

Of course, the two people's views are actually a bit one-sided. The reason why 300,000 German troops swept across Africa and the Middle East was because of some unreplicable conditions: on the one hand, the 300,000 troops were all elite ace troops; on the other hand, the Japanese joint fleet joined the battlefield without the joint fleet, and simply cleared the British and American fleets in the Indian Ocean and blocked the relevant waters, and the German army could not win in the short term.

"So, do you judge that Germany's strategy has changed from a large-scale siege to a continuous war of attrition or annihilation?"

"No, to be precise, it is a suffocation war! The Germans are suffocating our war potential. If we only talk about the military population, we still have 9 million troops. Compared with the size of the army, it is about 15 times that of Germany. Unfortunately, it is difficult to maintain the advantage in actual combat. Of course, it is not that we will be completely destroyed without these 9 million troops. It is okay to drive the Soviets crazy and then pull 9 million. The problem is that we do not have enough military resources for these 18 million people." Zhukov explained seriously, "Recently, I have always been thinking about Germany's strategic changes and vaguely grasped the enemy's ideas. There has not been much large-scale battles in recent months, and the north is even more peaceful, but the destruction of our military potential in peace is much greater than that in several battles."

Rokosovsky listened quietly to Zhukov, and he realized that the other party had more comprehensive and sufficient data than he did.

"We still have 9 million troops. If we consume in the first 21 months, we can still maintain it for nearly 2 years. In fact, you know that this is impossible. The momentum of a storm-like attack has passed. At present, our average casualties are beginning to decline slowly, but our military data is exhausted much faster than the speed of the soldiers. Take tanks as an example. Our current production is 2,500 vehicles a month, about twice the size of the Germans, but most of the Germans are No. 4 or Tiger, and a small part are assault guns, and there is no light tank. We are

About 800 light tanks were produced, and there was no value at all. If we completely switched to T-34 or newer T-43, our production would immediately drop to 2,000 vehicles. Even if we add 300 American supplies a month, although the things promised by the Americans have not yet met their promise, we can only reach 00 vehicles, and the German number will increase to more than 1,500 vehicles. At this level, let alone 1:4 (the exchange ratio level produced by the 4th Tank Army), we can't afford to consume 1:3 or even 1:2."

Zhukov didn't say anything, and Rokosovsky tacitly said: the mass of tanks has dropped significantly recently, especially the defensive armor quality of some vehicles is ridiculously poor. Not to mention the 50mm anti-tank gun, even the 37mm anti-tank gun that the German army has eliminated can penetrate with tungsten-core bullets.

"The second evidence that the Germans suffocate us is to destroy our foreign aid channels. It seems like a coincidence, but the enemy is obviously implementing this goal. They cut off the Arctic route, occupied Iran and the Middle East and then cut off the southern route. Now only the Pacific route can maintain a little transportation tonnage, but I am very suspicious of how long it will last. I have communicated with the British representative. They all asked the Americans for their own tanks, but they had no spare energy to provide support. After Germany obtained the Middle East, they even started to wait for crude oil. Then the Germans forced us to blow up Baku. The damage level was even more thorough than that they bombed with planes. Although the Americans were strong and wealthy, they were willing to support us, but they were impossible to transport enough materials now. Foreign Minister Molotov made a request to increase the supply of refined oil two days ago. The Americans agreed, but also vaguely stated that they might give priority to the needs of the British."

Rokosovsky's brows became tighter and tighter.

"A few months ago, Comrade Stalin tentatively proposed peace..."

"Make peace?" Rokosovsky opened his eyes wide and exclaimed.

"Worry, can you keep the party's secrets like this?" Zhukov glared at the other party dissatisfiedly, "The middleman is Bulgarian Tsar Boris III. Hitler agreed to make peace, but the conditions are very high."

"What conditions?" Rokosovsky added in a low voice, "I would like to know if it is not involved in important secrets."

"Anyway, there is a lot of rumors outside, so it's okay to tell you. First, unconditionally recognize those 'Eastern countries'**; Second, compensate the Germans for 100 billion imperial marks; Third, we retreated 400 kilometers from the existing actual military dividing line, and handed these places and the land occupied by the German army to the puppet army to establish the country. As for the land we lost, the Germans encouraged us to attack Afghanistan and India, and obtained land from there as a make-up. Comrade Stalin only agreed to the first two items, the Bulgarians were in the middle of mediation, and later the Germans took the initiative to make some concessions, and the compensation increased to 200 billion, and the retreat decreased to 200 kilometers. The control of important cities such as Moscow and Stalingrad remained unchanged, except for Leningrad."

Rokosovsky entered a state of confusion, and he was a little confused about why Zhukov wanted to tell him this.

"It's actually very simple. I want to fight a blocking battle in Stalingrad, destroy 500,000-600,000 troops from the enemy, and then there is a condition to promote peace talks between the Soviets and the Soviets need a breathing opportunity." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!