After Stalin finished speaking his great idea, he appreciated the shocked expressions of Temuxingo and Zhukov with satisfaction.n∈n∈,.

Stalin did not urge the two of them to slowly digest the shock he brought to them.

Zhukov was the first to react from the shock and asked in a muffled voice: "Comrade General Secretary, why do you have this kind of thought?"

Timuxin asked, "It will take a lot of time to temporarily change the combat plan that concerns millions of people. What if the Germans suddenly launch an attack on us during this period? The troops in chaos cannot exert all their combat effectiveness, which will cause very fatal consequences."

Stalin had long thought that the two of them would question their thoughts. He was not angry, but said confidently: "Dear Comrade Timuxin, your question just now already contains the answer to the question."

Without letting the two wait for more, Stalin said: "During this period, I thought a lot and carefully analyzed the information sent by the intelligence department. After careful consideration, this idea came into being.

Comrade Temuxin's question just now contained the time factor of this war. He was passively waiting for the Germans to attack us and then attacked defensively. In terms of time, it was too passive for us.

Let’s talk about geographical factors, let’s see.”

Stalin walked around his desk and pointed to the map on the wall behind the desk and said, "You see the width of the battle line, from the Baltic Sea to the northern border of Hungary, the straight line is nearly a thousand kilometers.

You will look at Hungary and Romania again. The intelligence department found that a large number of German troops had entered Romania. What does this mean? It means that Romania will also join this war.

The German army has not been seen in Hungary, but I am sure that once we have a war with the Germans, the Hungarians will definitely not be on our side.

Including Hungary and Romania, the length of the front line must be at least doubled. On the front line that is 2,000 kilometers long, we neither know the enemy's attack time nor the enemy's main attack direction.

We can only rely on guessing everything. In such a war, we are really too passive. We cannot set up heavy troops everywhere on the two thousand kilometers long front line, and we do not have that many troops.

The General Staff of your command once speculated that once the Germans launched an attack on us, they would dispatch 240 divisions, 10,000 tanks and 15,000 aircraft.

If you follow the defensive counterattack plan you mentioned, once we make the Germans' main attack direction wrong and let the Germans' armored troops break through our defense line and enter the hinterland of our huge territory, the consequences will be really unimaginable."

Stalin finished speaking. He smoked his pipe and quietly waited for the two of them to ask questions.

Zhukov asked: "How many German troops are there in Romania? Could it be that they sent to protect the Ploesti oil field?"

Stalin said: "I had the same idea as you at first, but the latest information shows that Germany's troops in Romania have far exceeded the power to protect the oil fields. And our agents found that German vehicles and personnel often appeared in towns on the eastern border of Romania, which is enough to illustrate the problem. After the war broke out, the Germans and the Romanians would rush into our territory from the Romanian border."

"Bisarabia, the Romanians must have wanted to use the power of the Germans to seize the Bisarabia region." Timusingo said.

Bisarabia refers to the triangle formed by the Transnistria, the Prut River-Danube River and the Black Sea, with an area of ​​44,000 square kilometers. After Tsarist Russia seized this area in 1812, it used this name to distinguish it from the remaining territory of Moldova. Later, it changed hands several times in history between Romania and the Soviet Union.

The most recent change of hands was in June 1940. The Soviet Union occupied Bisarabia and North Bukovina, and merged most of Bisarabia with the Autonomous Republic of Moldavia to establish the Moldavian Soviet republic.

Recalling the grudges between the Soviet Union and Romania caused by the Bisarabia region, Zhukov said: "Romania is also our potential enemy."

"No, Romania is the enemy standing before us, not a potential enemy," said Stalin.

Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, Stalin said vigorously: "I really have no confidence in guessing the enemy's main attack direction on the two thousand kilometers of fronts with experience and information that cannot judge the reliability. I don't want to fight a passive war, so I decided. We must take the initiative to attack and take the initiative of the war into our hands."

Stalin said, compared with the map, and told Zhukov and Temuxino with great enthusiasm about his offensive ideas. After answering several questions from the two, he said without question: "I have decided that the offensive plan still adopts the original name of the plan, called the "Great Thunderstorm Plan". The execution time of the plan is scheduled for May 20th."

In the dense forest 15 kilometers east of Lustenburg, Kenchen, Germany, there is a newly built air defense fortress less than a year.

The fortress is built more than 20 meters underground. It is a veritable reinforced concrete castle, surrounded by many wild fortifications and intertwined mine networks.

This fortress has a resounding name, "Wolf's Knot".

The Wolf's Knot is the command center built by Hitler to command the upcoming Soviet-German war.

After the wedding, Hitler spent only ten days of honeymoon with Eva, and then quietly moved into the wolf's den and directed the upcoming war on the Eastern Front nearby.

In the conference room at the Wolf's Knot, the commander of the German Army, Navy and Air Force, the Chief of General Staff, and the national leader of the SS, Himmler, are gathering together to give Hitler the last plenary report before the war.

Marshal Keitel, chief of staff of the Supreme Command, said: "The three armies used in the Soviet battle, the fourteen armies have all entered the starting positions, and the three air teams of the Luftwaffe have all been transferred. The thirteen independent aviation divisions formed by the armed SS and the Navy's aviation force are also dispatched to their respective armies. The Baltic fleet of the Navy will arrive at Danze Port five days before the war begins, and they are ready for combat.

In this battle, we plan to use 6,600 tanks and assault guns, 7,400 aircraft, 181 divisions, and 3.8 million people. These figures do not include the troops of our allies.

We plan to annihilate the main Soviet forces in the Dnieper River, the areas west of Smolensk, and the Baltic countries in three to four months, and advance the front line to Arkhangelsk in the north and Astrakhan in the south, and then propose a ceasefire agreement with the Soviet Union."

Chen Dao looked at Keitel waving the instruction stick in his hand, drew an arc from Arkhangelsk, which was more than 1,000 kilometers northeast of Moscow, to Astrakhan, which was more than 1,000 kilometers southeast of Moscow, and instantly felt an itchy feeling of his scalp being uncontrollable.

Hitler saw Chen Dao scratching his head at first sight and asked in confusion: "Heinz, do you have any opinions on this plan?"

"The only thing I want to ask is, is Marshal Braushich, General Halder, the Army ready for the soldiers' winter clothes and winter combat equipment?"

Halder first looked at Chen Dao for a few glances, and then said: "Before winter comes, the main war of this war will end, and I don't think it is necessary to make such preparations in advance."

"I didn't ask you if it's necessary to prepare. I asked you how much you prepared? As far as I know, the Air Force Command has begun to prepare 800,000 sets of winter equipment. The Army is the main force of the Eastern Front and will need more equipment. I hope you can prepare in advance. I'm finished." Chen Dao said.

Hitler said: "Governor Rosen's reminder makes sense, and the Army Command must prepare winter equipment for the frontline in advance."

Halder glanced at Chen Dao dissatisfiedly and made a promise to Hitler very perfunctorily.

"The war is about to begin, and the Army Command is expected to end the war in three to four months. Hermann, Heinz, I want to hear the predictions of you two prophets, how long will we defeat the Soviet Union?" Hitler asked.

Chen Dao did not speak, Goring said seriously according to the time Chen Dao explained in advance: "Heinz and I have deduced the battle situation on the Eastern Front. The war on the Eastern Front is expected to be a mid-term war, which will take about eighty weeks. But this time refers to our decisive victory, not the final truce."

Hitler wanted to ask about the specific details of the deduction, but saw Braushich and Halder looking at Goring and Chen Dao without hiding their dissatisfaction in their eyes.

Without wanting to hear the quarrel between the two sides, Hitler immediately changed the topic: "Since it is ready, then follow the schedule of Barbarossa's plan and start war against the Soviet Union on May 25."

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