Everyone knows that the German army has obvious advantages in the middle. Everyone thinks that the German army will attack the Ural Industrial Zone and destroy the last industrial base of the Soviet Union. In order to strengthen defense, Huasilevsky has been sent to the central battlefield to coordinate and command. Unexpectedly, the German army flew and simply turned around and headed south.

Rokosovsky looked at the map, then looked at the situation of the enemy and us, and subconsciously muttered: "Since the enemy turns around, let Comrade Vasilevsky attack from the middle to pursue the enemy's tail."

"It's not easy to talk about." Zhukov sighed, "Model of the Central Army Group led three armies to block the exit of the Ural Mountains. How many troops would it take to fight the German defense?"

When it was Model guarding the pass, everyone was silent. Last time Meletskov launched an attack in Moscow and rushed to Model's defense line, but he was covered in a panic. Now Huasilevsky only had a weak brigade of Ural Front (Commander of the Front Army Govorov). He originally wanted to play Govorov's defensive ability (had been holding on to Leningrad for a long time), but it seemed that he had completely lost his life.

"Can Comrade Tolbuhin's Northwest Front launch a restrained attack? Disturb the rear of the Central Lutheran Germans and force Model to retreat?"

Zhukov shook his head: "There are also German Northern Army Groups opposite him, and they cannot shake for a moment, otherwise Moscow will be in danger."

This concern is only one aspect. In the middle battlefield area, Marshal Model only used the infantry army to block the entrance, and deployed the second and third armored armies in the center of the battlefield for mobile defense, with more than 400 kilometers apart from each other, and creatively developed the tactics of attack troops as strategic defense.

In this tactic, the strategy of not using the traditional continuous front but instead guarding key points with firepower and maneuverability advantages. The entire defensive front started from Voronezh and Tambov through Kazan, Ulyanovsk extended to Ufa. The overall defense line was more than 1,200 kilometers long. If you want to use traditional troops to defend, even 1 million troops would be in short supply and loopholes everywhere, and it would not be able to withstand the attacks of the Red Army when it was selected. However, after opening, it would not be difficult for the Red Army to penetrate, but if the large army dared to move, it would be sieve by the 300,000 German armored troops.

But how could a huge central battlefield change the situation by just a few divisions or even a few armies? Not to mention that there are also large unmanned areas here, and even a long-term solution to fight guerrilla warfare cannot be found.

Everyone saw that after the German army blocked the Ural Mountains, the Moscow direction had formed a prominent part. Under the attack of the German Central Army Group, the Russian People's Liberation Army St. Petersburg Army Group and the German Northern Army Group (including Finnish troops) in three directions, they were in danger. Giving up and taking the initiative to retreat can flatten the front line in order to save troops. To weaken the force and draw troops into the middle route can only be a dead end. But the problem is that if you can give up, just give up?

"Let the 38th Army cooperate with the 5th Tank Army of the Guards to stabilize the situation, Comrade Rokosovsky's two armies change direction, do not move closer to Comrade Chernyakovsky, and cooperate with the 38th Army to counterattack the German SS Army." That night, Zhukov finally came up with a solution that was not a solution, intending to use three and a half armies (a total force of about 250,000 to wipe out the outgoing SS Army. As long as this thorn is pulled out and the three and a half armies are connected together, there is still hope of closing the Caucasus' opening.

"What should I do if Uralsk?"

"Let Comrade Malinovsky's independent frontier block the enemy." After cooperating with Chernyakovsky to capture the Caspian Sea and infiltrate into the Caucasus, Moscow officially upgraded the Independent Army of 300,000 to the Independent Front as Zhukov's general reserve.

"In this way, Rostov can't take it down, and our troops will be seriously insufficient."

"Rostov should continue to stay in the hands of the enemy. I will draw 150,000 people from Central Asia to fill the vacancy after the independent front left." Zhukov sighed, "The enemy is much harder than we thought. In addition, there are new SS armored army reinforcements, so the pre-war deployment must be adjusted."

Everyone was silent: In addition to the 100,000 people who were blocked by Cui Kefu, there were also these 150,000 troops in Central Asia. Once they were drawn away, if the separatist forces of various ethnic groups emerged again, they would probably develop into a prairie fire.

But now Zhukov must do this. If he does not block Uralsk's German army, the Southern Wing Red Army will be attacked by the enemy and cannot let go of the attack; if he does not draw troops from Central Asia as a substitute, Chernyakhovsky's attack spearhead will immediately lose his spirit.

According to Zhukov's idea, Rostov could not take it. As long as he approached, he could still close the gap and force the Kleist group to retreat. However, the SS army that had penetrated hard today must be pulled out, otherwise the threat would be too great, and the next strategic attempt could not be completed. He has quietly lowered the goal expectations of the Mercury plan, from annihilation of the entire Caucasus German army to forcing the German army to retreat and annihilation of some of its forces.

Although Hauser was careful to have two armored divisions deployed at the address, the Red Army still believed that it had encountered the SS Army. The reason for this misunderstanding was that the report sent from the front line stated that the enemy armored grenades were deployed in battle on armored vehicles. Usually, a German armored grenade regiment had only one grenade battalion that could be used in armored vehicles. Now the guard flag team and the young division had 8 grenade battalions in one breath. In fact, the armored grenade regiments of the two divisions were all deployed, giving people the illusion that the German army deployed 4 divisions!

With 4 divisions plus 400-500 tanks, the Red Army Command speculated that 5-6 divisions of the German army should have been put into the attack and happened to be an armored army organization. They never expected that this was just the momentum of two reorganized divisions. As a reserve team, the SS16 National Leader Armored Grenadier Division was busy consolidating positions and dealing with prisoners, without even a single shot.

At night, a large number of German supply convoys arrived, not only providing emergency repairs for the damaged tanks, but also providing fuel and ammunition for the rest of the troops. In less than three hours, nearly 200 3-ton tankers (net capacity is about 4,000 liters) were sucked dry, and more than 20 cars were temporarily arrested. Compared with the tank thickness of civilian tankers that is only 4-5mm, the military tanker truck considers the need to prevent light weapons and explosive debris attacks. The tank thickness (except the bottom) is nearly 10mm, and this 10mm is still a double-layer tank structure, which greatly improves safety and survivability. Of course, you have to use shells, heavy machine guns or iron fists to deal with the tanker truck, and even the thickest tank will explode.

After seeing his division commander, Pipp and Meyer briefly reported on today's combat situation and proposed to lead a special armored company (equipped with infrared equipment) to attack at night, but were rejected.

"Why?"

"Dad told us to rest tomorrow and let the Imperial Master and the Skeleton Master go up and fight! Let them go at night attacks!"

"Okay." Pipp and Mayer, who were not satisfied with the fight, could only agree unwillingly.

According to the results of the Air Force's reconnaissance, Haussel was keenly aware of the Red Army's repulsion today (not defeated) and the opponent's determination to regroup. He was determined not to give the other party a chance to breathe, so he used the "wheel-shaped attack, wave-forward" technique that had been practiced for a long time, and always maintained huge pressure on the Red Army.

Although this kind of fighting style is not as great as the four-mounted entry, it has outstanding advantages in logistics! The biggest problem that restricts the 1944 organization is always logistics. As the front line gradually deepens and lengthens, the logistics supply will become increasingly tight. The advantage of wheel-shaped offensive is to concentrate the logistics support of two batches of troops, but only for the attack of one batch of troops. The second batch of troops can save a lot of fuel as long as they advance along the road opened by the first wave of attacking troops. For example, the Tiger 2 tank is powerful on the battlefield, but it is an absolute oil tiger. Before the war begins, each tank drinks half a ton of oil first, and basically drinks half a ton of oil after a battle. Just dealing with a few heavy armored battalions consumed the inventory of more than 60 tankers. Although the Leopard is better, it is not a fuel-efficient lamp. In addition, there are also a large number of infantry armored vehicles that are driving in progress, each of them is hungry for feeding.

The General Staff has conducted an assessment. The 1944 Armored Division consumes 500 tons of fuel in normal marching conditions every day (calculated by 100 kilometers) and doubles the warning and defense (defense warfare does not require marching), and doubles the offensive breakthrough status to 2,000 tons! If the Hauser cluster is engaged in four units, the fuel consumption will be at least 10,000 tons per day. Germany is not short of oil now, but it is difficult to maintain 10,000 tons of oil on the Eastern Line, a railway line that leaves the railway line, it is better to be cautious, so it used a wave attack technique, and the next day's attack will be led by the Skeleton Division and the Imperial Division.

The special forces were dispatched to attack the two division commanders, and the two immediately dispatched troops equipped with infrared night vision equipment according to the standard night battle requirements. The Red Army tank soldiers were simply crazy at night. At first, there were always German artillery shells flying in the dark. At first, they thought it was field artillery covering shooting, but later they found it was tank guns. What was strange was that the opponent was extremely accurate. The anti-tank gun positions and tank destroyers were caught by the German army one by one. What was even more jaw-dropping is that a T-43 tank hiding in a circular fortification was less than 1 meter away from the enemy. The German army was destroyed by artillery shells flying over 1,300 meters. Only 3 artillery shells were used!

In the early morning of May 27, Zhukov received a telegram in the command center that made him feel cold: the German army landed on the front line of Podhi in Batumi, with an expected force of 5-6 divisions, mainly infantry and mountain soldiers, and together with the original German defensive forces, they actively attacked the troops left by Chernyakhovsky; at the same time, the German army near the Iranian border also launched an attack that was just a defensive situation a few days ago.

Uralsk is in crisis!

Caucasus Plaintiff’s Emergency!

The Transcaucasus is in a hurry!

The Soviet counterattack is in urgent need!
Chapter completed!