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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2068 Warning Signals Frequent

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    In Moscow in early April, the breath of spring can be vaguely smelled in the air. One winter, the snow that covered the entire city turned into pools of water under the sunlight during the day, and the entire city  , as if they are about to wake up from the severe cold of winter. In more than a month's time, the girls in Moscow will put on colorful dresses. Every spring is the expectation of Moscow citizens, and this year will not be the same.  exception.

    However, the citizens of Moscow did not know that a war had broken out on the western border thousands of kilometers away from the capital. More than six million German troops poured in like a tide. Moscow could not smell the smoke.  , life in the city was going on as usual. No one thought that a few hours later, a nightmarish news would spread like crazy in every corner of the city.

    Not only the ordinary citizens of Moscow, but also the top leadership of the Soviet Union learned this shocking news from the report of Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the General Staff, after nine o'clock on the morning of April 10.  .

    The Politburo meeting that was supposed to discuss the war in the Eastern Front and the personnel arrangements and military deployment after the occupation of Manchuria and China's Inner Mongolia region suddenly exploded out of thin air, causing all the members of the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party who participated in the meeting to collectively petrify.  , at this time, nearly four hours had passed since the German army attacked the Soviet Union.

    The first person to receive the telegram was Marshal Petroshilov, Chief of the Soviet General Staff. Before that, Comrade Marshal had leisurely eaten a sumptuous breakfast in his villa as usual and sat on the train sent by the General Staff.  Private car to go to work.

    In the large and personalized office, Chief of General Staff Petroshilov first looked at the Operations Department.  He smiled as he read the routine briefing on the war situation in the Eastern battlefield. All the war situation could be explained in four words. It was progressing smoothly. The Japanese Kwantung Army was overthrown in just one week.  Tang Qiuli's troops in southern Mongolia are about to be attacked by General Vasilevsky.  An attack of more than one million troops.

    The news coming from the Eastern battlefield is very gratifying. Zhukov did a very good job and was able to encircle more than 1.8 million Japanese Kwantung Army troops, which was much stronger than Vasilevsky.  For these two commanders with heavy troops, in the hearts of Comrade Chief of General Staff.  I still prefer Zhukov.  However, Vasilevsky's slight flaws do not affect his appreciation.

    The key point is that Comrade Stalin likes Vasilevsky, and the attitudes of others are insignificant.  There is no need for him to be a villain. Therefore, Marshal Petroshilov's mood this morning.  It's pretty good. I started my day's routine with a cup of fragrant coffee.

    At 9:15 a.m., Comrade Chief of General Staff¡¯s secretary knocked on the door and came in, ¡°Comrade Chief of General Staff, according to today¡¯s schedule, at ten o¡¯clock in the morning, you will go to Comrade Stalin¡¯s office in the Kremlin to report on the situation on the Eastern battlefield!¡±

    Marshal Petroshilov said "Hmm!" without raising his head. The secretary exited knowingly, and he continued to work hard.

    Five minutes later, at 9:20 in the morning, "Bang, bang, bang!" There was a strong knocking sound, and the door of the office was knocked heavily. Petroshilov was conceiving the contents of his report to Comrade Stalin in his mind.  The marshal's train of thought was completely interrupted by a rough knock on the door.

    Marshal Petroshilov raised his head angrily. He felt very uncomfortable having his train of thought interrupted. To give a crude analogy, it was like he was working on a young girl until the most critical moment, and was suddenly photographed.  Holding your shoulders and letting yourself down, it's as annoying as it gets!

    "Come in!" Marshal Petroshilov shouted in a rough voice, and he was also prepared to severely reprimand this rude guy. No rules?

    "Huh!" The door was pushed open with great force, and a senior officer with a lieutenant general's epaulettes rushed in. Marshal Petroshilov's light yellow eyebrows stood up at that time, "Hill  Comrade Ponosky, what a decent person you are. As a senior officer of the Red Army, you should have a military demeanor. If you are so irritable and rude, you are not afraid that officers from other departments will see it and laugh at our General Staff generals. They are all rude.  Senior?"

    The actual visitor was Lieutenant General Shirponosky, the Chief of Operations Department of the General Staff, his direct subordinate. Therefore, Marshal Petroshilov dared to reprimand him sternly, and he was also very angry. This Shilbonosky  Lieutenant General Ski is a subordinate whom he is very optimistic about. He is going to recommend at the Politburo meeting to serve as the deputy chief of staff of the General Staff Department in charge of operations. He has strict requirements for him. Who is the comrade in charge?

    Lieutenant General Shilbonoski, of course, saw the very displeased look on his boss's face. In normal times, he would never have made such a low-level mistake, especially at the critical moment when he was about to be promoted to Chief of General Staff.stall, but today, the report I received was so horrifying and shocking!  ¡ª¡ªtoo.  .  .  .  .  .  !  There are no words to express it!

    "Comrade General and Chief of General Staff, the Operations Department received a telegram from the Western Border Military Region five minutes ago. At dawn today, a large number of German troops launched a sudden attack on our border garrison. The Germans are attacking us!"  Lieutenant General Shilbonoski did not even apologize, but directly reported the emergency with beads of sweat as big as peas on his forehead, and his tone was so nervous that he stuttered!

    "What?" Marshal Petroshilov suddenly jumped up from his high-backed chair, as if the red-hot iron burned his buttocks. He knocked over a bottle of ink on the table and soaked a pile of ink.  Document, his first reaction was that he didn't believe it. It was indeed hard to believe Beria's sworn assurance. Could his intelligence department be sure that the German army was in a stalemate with the American and British coalition forces in the British Isles?  Why did they suddenly attack the Soviet Union?

    "Nonsense, how is this possible? Are you sure you are not mistaken? Maybe there were sporadic frictions between our soldiers and German patrols in some areas on the western border. Have you verified it? Comrade Shilbonosky, I solemnly  "I'm warning you, if the General Staff makes a wrong judgment because of your report, you know what the consequences will be!" Marshal Petroshilov's roar echoed in the office.

    As an old man who has been with the General Staff for many years, Lieutenant General Shilbonoski certainly knew the consequences, and he did not want to believe it was true, but - emergency telegrams came like a snowflake, all of which were  Confirming this, the Germans attacked the Soviet Union and the war broke out in full force.

    Shilbonoski swallowed hard, his light blue eyes full of confusion, and said with difficulty: "Comrade Chief of Staff, in just five minutes, the Operation Department received orders from the western border one after another.  Emergency telegrams from the Leningrad Military District, the Baltic Coast Special Military District, the Western Special Military District, the Kiev Special Military District, and the Odessa Military District. Moreover, in the telegrams, the military district commanders also reported that the location of their military district headquarters had been attacked.  German bomber bombing!"

    "The wired communication between various military regions and the troops in the border areas has been interrupted. Currently, the front line is in chaos. They have no idea where the German army has attacked, what is the situation of the front line troops, and the extent of the losses. We have no idea.  There is no way to know. Comrade Chief of General Staff, I suggest that you report to the Politburo immediately. The German attack on us is absolutely a fact!"

    Marshal Petroshilov was still in disbelief. The veins on his neck were bulging and he shouted: "No -! This is not true. I will personally call each military region to confirm it!" As he said this, he picked up the paper on the table.  A red confidential phone number.

    Lieutenant General Shilbonoski smiled bitterly and said: "It's useless, Comrade Chief of General Staff. After receiving the telegram, I immediately called the various military district headquarters, but all phone calls have been interrupted and cannot be reached.  !¡±

    "So, the Germans really attacked the Soviet Union? The war really broke out?" Marshal Petroshilov slumped back on his chair and muttered painfully, "Why is this happening? Why wasn't there anything in advance?  A sign?"

    "Comrade Shilbonosky, take these telegrams and come with me immediately to Comrade Stalin in the Kremlin. Hurry!" Petroshilov suddenly jumped up and said hurriedly, but before the two of them could wait,  Walking out of the office, follow-up telegrams from various military districts in the western border area came one after another.

    The content of the telegram was almost the same, "The General Staff transferred to Comrade Stalin, the war broke out, and the German attack was very fierce. At the location of our headquarters, soldiers who had retreated from the front line could already be seen. After verification, they were all border garrison troops.  Under the attack of the German army, we have retreated to this point. The situation is extremely critical. Please ask the General Staff to dispatch reinforcements as soon as possible. Otherwise, with the current strength and equipment of our unit, it will be impossible to resist the German attack! "

    Among them, especially the telegram from the Kiev Special Military District located in Ukraine, made Marshal Petroshilov feel like he was struck by lightning. "After being bombed by German aircraft, our military district headquarters was raided by German tank troops.  , a fierce battle broke out in the city, and the military district headquarters has evacuated the area and moved inland. "

    Oh, God!  Kiev is an important strategic town on the road to Moscow. It can be called the bridgehead of Moscow. The Kiev Military District has at least hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in that direction. Now, the German army has invaded the city. Moreover, Kiev is far from the border.  The line was more than 200 kilometers long. In other words, nearly four hours after the war broke out, the German army had penetrated more than 200 kilometers into the Soviet Union.

    At 9:40 a.m. on April 10, Marshal Petroshilov stuffed the emergency telegrams from various military districts on the western border into a document bag, and took the Chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff, Shirbono, with him.Lieutenant General Xi Ji jumped into the car as fast as a spark and rushed to the Kremlin like crazy.

    (To be continued) (To be continued.)
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