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Chapter 1098: Moscow of Blood and Snow (5)

The war continued, and all kinds of news continued to spread from Moscow to Stalin's evacuation site. The high-quality update was then sent to Washington, Ottawa and the imperial capital of China.

There are not many news coming out, and none of them are good news.

Street combat losses continue to intensify, and non-combat personnel are severely reduced. A large number of frostbite and snow blindness appear. The destroyed houses have reached 80%. Some of the air-raid shelters have been found and destroyed by the German army...

Under such circumstances, Churchill, who came to visit China, did not return to Ottawa but continued to stay in the imperial capital. Subsequently, the US President's special envoy, US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, took a transit from Canada to China.

On the Soviet side, Stalin came as a representative. The representatives of the Allied forces began to conduct in-depth consultations on the current Battle of Moscow.

The situation in Moscow is not optimistic now. Although Zhukov brought 80,000 people to support him, the march was slow due to heavy snow blocking, and the reserves in Moscow city were almost overwhelmed with the consumption of time.

This matter was strictly blocked, and the other generals except Trotsky, Eisenhower and other senior management were not aware of it. Of course, all soldiers' rations were also limited.

Some of the Allied soldiers responsible for ambushing operations began to carry temporary welded food boxes and continue to ambush in the ruins. Each combat team had a dedicated person responsible for carrying food.

"The Soviet Union's winter will last until at least March next year, and this year's winter comes very early. It's just the end of October, which means that Moscow needs to last at least five months..."

The first one to speak was Stalin, the representative of the Soviet Union. His bloodshot eyes showed how much pressure this Soviet strongman has been under recently.

Although Moscow did not lose contact with the outside world, Stalin and Kalinin could hardly provide any support to Moscow. The fierce attack of the German army showed that it was forced to withdraw from the Allied Air Force.

During the several months of air combat, more than 600 Allied fighter jets were shot down. The high-quality updates were not much different in the losses of the German army, but the worst was that the German army received a lot of supplements, but the Allied supplements did not fully arrive for various reasons.

The continuous snowfall was also one of the reasons that prompted the Allies to decide to withdraw from the Air Force. German fighter jets could no longer be launched in the snow, and the Allies were not much better.

Since it is meaningless to stay on the battlefield, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to evacuate. A large number of Allied fighter jets have been transferred and evacuated to the airports in the three northeastern provinces in China for temporary renovation.

Heavy snow closed the road. Zhukov's support troops were blocked outside. Although Zhukov was rushing day and night, based on his march speed and the distance between his current location and Moscow, it would take him at least one week to reach Moscow.

The Qimuden troops of the National Defense Forces were farther away than Zhukov's troops. Moreover, due to the huge army's march speed, they were expected to delay at least more than half a month to arrive in Moscow.

"But at present we cannot provide effective support to Moscow at all. I believe everyone has listened to the report from the Air Force. In this kind of weather, fighter jets and transport aircraft cannot fly at all."

"And now there are at least one thousand German fighter jets over Moscow. If there is not enough large escort troops, our transport planes will only die..."

Churchill spoke helplessly to Stalin: "It's not that we don't want to provide support, but now we have no way to provide effective support. The Soviet Union's winter not only isolated the Germans, but also isolated us..."

Stalin was silent. He knew that what Churchill was talking about was the truth. Originally, everyone had planned that the winter in Moscow would not come at the end of October, but what he didn't expect was that this year would be so abnormal.

It was only early October that heavy snow in Moscow had begun to fall. This sudden heavy snow caught both the Allied and the Germans off guard.

The German army was relatively well prepared than the Allied forces, because in their previous combat plans, the high-quality update was to launch a general attack on the Allied Moscow at this time.

Therefore, in terms of ammunition, food, medicine, etc., Berlin provides more sufficient supplies.

On the other hand, Moscow, because of the consumption too much, it was judged that there was still at least half a month to replenish the city's reserves, and he was at a loss in the face of this sudden heavy snow.

The cruelty of street fighting and the severe cold of Moscow all caused large-scale non-combat reductions in the Allied forces, and the reserved medicines were also consumed in large quantities.

"We will find a way to do this. But the premise is that we hope you can send medicines, food and ammunition to the Soviet Union..." Stalin knew that he had to do this himself.

Britain, the United States and China are really out of reach. It is difficult for them to organize their forces to go to the Soviet Union now to carry a large amount of medicines, food and ammunition to send them to Moscow.

"We will do our best to do this, but now the heavy snow has buried all the railways to the Soviet Union..." Tu Menghu frowned and said, "Do you have the ability to make the passageways yourself?"

As soon as he said this, Churchill, Hull and others looked at Stalin. This was the most serious problem. The Allies could send supplies, but how these supplies entered the Soviet Union has now become the biggest problem.

The cold winter and the heavy snow make it almost impossible for transport aircraft to take off, and now the transportation of ground roads is almost covered by snow.

How to transport these materials to the Soviet Union has become the biggest problem before the allies. If even the Soviet Union cannot enter the materials, let alone enter Moscow. This is almost impossible.

"Give us a week, and we will use this week to open the road!" Stalin gritted his teeth after being silent for a long time: "You can first transport the supplies to Vladivostok by sea, and then to Moscow by railway."

"I believe that China's railways can have such transportation capabilities, right?" Stalin's words made Churchill and others turn their eyes to killing tigers.

Tu Menghu did not speak, but Lin Sen, the chairman of the coalition government, spoke.

"This is not a problem at all, but we need time to coordinate. After all, we are now a country with separate military and government affairs, and Commander-in-Chief Tu is responsible for military affairs. Government affairs, including transportation, are coordinated by our coalition government."

Everyone nodded. As the first issue of the meeting between the four major warring countries in the Allied forces was concluded. The rest of the matter was naturally handed over to the specific subordinates below to deal with.

"Chairman Stalin, I hope you can tell us the truth. How long can Moscow's reserves last?!"

U.S. President's envoy and U.S. Secretary of State Corder Hull looked at Stalin and said, "We need to know how long Moscow can support it."

Although Eisenhower has informed Washington about Moscow, Hull still needs to obtain personal confirmation from Stalin.

"I think General Eisenhower has reported to Washington, and I am not afraid to say it again here." Stalin looked at Hull without hesitation and said: "The food reserved in Moscow can last for up to two months."

"Comrade Trotsky has now issued a ration limit order, and everyone's ration limit supply. Under this restriction, their food consumption will be greatly reduced. But at most it can only last for two months..."

Two months, which means that Moscow's food can only last until around December. But that time was the coldest time in Russia.

Even in later generations, many Russians would choose not to go out and stay at home at this time. Because snow would block the roads, there are a large number of people who go out to death every year in Russia who are frozen to death.

From this we can see how terrible the cold there is.

"There is no need to worry about ammunition for the time being, but if there is no food, our soldiers will not be able to fight..." Stalin said in a deep voice to everyone: "The most important thing is that we need to replenish our troops in Moscow. Otherwise, at the current consumption rate, Moscow will soon fall into the point where there is no soldiers available..."

"We have organized new troops and are on our way to the Soviet Union. But because of the snow, we need more time..." Hull first stated on this matter: "Moscow cannot be given up, and our army is led by General Eisenhower to assist you in the battle..."

"Our General Montgomery is also in Moscow, and the new troops are also being formed. The air force has formed a certain combat power. General Hugh. General Dowding will find an opportunity to rush to the Soviet Union as soon as possible to assist in the battle..."

Churchill also said immediately, and after everyone said that, they looked at the slaughter of the tiger. At this time, the one with the most troops and the best record was the National Defense Forces in the hands of the slaughter of the tiger.

The Allied forces are now trapped in the quagmire of war, and the US, British and Soviet troops have all put a large number of troops into battle. Now only the troops of the National Defense Forces can be drawn out to fight.

"Our Defense Forces are forming a Marine Corps and are preparing to carry out landing operations against Japan to force them to surrender." Tu Menghu looked at Churchill and others and said, "If Japan is not completely defeated, my coast will be threatened. A large number of troops are needed to defend..."

"We have considered this point. Given the threat from Japan to China, our Pacific Fleet has been built. Soon we will start the operation on the Pacific battlefield and completely defeat Japan!"

Tu Menghu nodded with a smile, while the Chief of Staff of the National Defense Forces Su Zongzhe, beside him, curled his lips in his heart. The Americans are watching the Japanese be defeated and are coming to make military achievements!

But it's good that it just makes up for the shortcomings of insufficient experience in naval warfare in the National Defense Force. Following them to see a large-scale naval warfare is also extremely beneficial for the naval construction of the National Defense Force.
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