After repelling the Romanians, the situation in Odessa has greatly eased. It seems that the situation in the Binhai Army is good? If you think so, you are really wrong. As we all know, Tukhachevsky's counterattack collapsed in January 1941, and the war situation between Ukraine and Belarus caused a chain of landslides, and the Red Army almost got a pill.

This means that the Red Army can only live a life of tightening its belt in the future, not to mention continuing to reinforce Odessa or opening up ties with Odessa from 6, or even want to give up Odessa directly and transport its precious troops to Belarus to block the gap.

This time, even Li Xiaofeng was unable to change the military. The decision of the Commission was once issued to Rear Admiral Zhukov, ordering him: "Organize the retreat as soon as possible and do not hesitate!"

It seemed that the Red Army had to give up Odessa again as in history, but at this critical moment, the Germans helped the Red Army. Didn’t the German historians say, “Only the German army still try to capture Odessa”? The Germans did do this.

The 11th German Army that besieged Nikolayev was ordered to temporarily give up the attack on Nikolayev and turned to give priority to solving the "small problem" of Odessa. Just as Zhukov was actively preparing to retreat, the Germans attacked from the east.

The fierce attack immediately interrupted the Red Army's retreat plan. With the attack intensity of the German 11th Army, if the Red Army retreated like this, it would not be possible. In desperation, the Army and the Commission could only temporarily give up the retreat plan and ordered Zhukov to continue to organize resistance, demanding that he: "Repel the enemy as soon as possible and buy time and space for the next step of retreat!"

Unfortunately, this is just empty talk, because the German offensive was too fierce. Not only was the German 11th Army on the 6th attacking, but the joint strangulation was launched in the air and sea. The Luftwaffe strictly blocked the Odessa waters, forcing the Red Army to transport supplies to the Odessa defenders at night.

The fierce air strike also brought certain pain to the Red Flag Black Sea Fleet. The battleship Mara was injured, and the Red Rostov light cruiser was severely damaged by air-fired torpedoes. Two other gunboats and a frigate were sunk. This severe situation also made the army and the Commission know that the Binhai Army can only resist alone for the time being, I hope they can withstand it!

From January to November, the defenders led by Rear Admiral Zhukov were struggling to support them. Once, the defense lines on both sides of the east and west were lost, and the troops could only fight with the enemy in the city, which seemed like a pill. But God blessed, the winter in Russia finally came.

When the cold winter came, the Germans who had not prepared for the winter had stopped. Moreover, the fierce attacks in the previous period caused great losses to the German 11th Army and had to temporarily turn to rest and recuperate. This rest and recuperate made the Binhai Army persist. Especially as the focus of the German attack turned to Kiev and Bryansk, the German 11th Army was also transferred away. As mentioned earlier, the Romanians had problems with fighting will. These polished gentlemen in the cold weather chose to rest rather than fight.

In this way, Odessa will be temporarily safe, and as the Red Flag Black Sea Fleet turns its attention to the attack on the Axis Navy, it will not be able to pull out the troops to implement the retreat plan. The Commission has long formulated. (In fact, the Military Commission has forgotten the retreat plan now, because even if Odessa withdraws, it will not be able to draw too much force to fill the pit.

So the battlefield in Odessa returned to peace. November was very quiet, and December was so cold that it was so cold that it couldn't beat it. In January, with Rokosovsky winning in Bryansk, the German army's key offensive was declared bankrupt, and both sides in the battle fell into a period of replenishment and rest, preparing to fight again tomorrow.

At this time, Li Xiaofeng had a critical impact on Odessa's fate. He did everything possible to piece together his strength to reinforce Odessa, and sent five infantry regiments and one artillery regiment to Odessa. These troops had a critical impact on future combat.

What influence? At the critical period of the Kursk Battle, Hitler ordered the troops to be drawn at any cost to bet. The ones who were drawn were the Romanians who besieged Odessa. Even if half of the more than 200,000 troops here could have a fatal impact on Kursk.

At this critical moment, the defenders of Odessa stood up and fought back rounds. They kept the Romanians in front of them with fierce counterattacks. For a week, the Romanians could not move, and it was this week that they could never catch up with the Battle of Kursk.

Trotsky said at that time: "I have to say that in terms of strategic policy, Comrade Andre Petrovic sees us for a long time than us. When most people advocate giving up Odessa, he was the only one who advocated continuing to persist. He believed that sticking to Odessa is of strategic significance and can restrain a large number of enemy troops. At the end of the Battle of Kursk, this persistence played an important role. Without the Odessa counterattack, more than 100,000 Romanian troops would flood into Kursk, and that would have disastrous consequences!"

Li Xiaofeng's foresight once again played a role, and the importance of Odessa was also widely recognized by the Military Commission and the Political Bureau. In the following time, although the focus of the battle was still on Belarus, the Military Commission did not ignore Odessa because of this. When the troops were very tight, it was still enhancing Odessa's defensive power.

As of November 1942, the Odessa defenders had approached the enemy surrounding them for the first time. At this time, a question arose whether to launch a counterattack and drive away the enemy.

Regarding this issue, even Li Xiaofeng, who has always supported Odessa, was very cautious. Because the situation in Bryansk and Kiev was very tense, especially in Kiev, where the city that had just been recaptured was once again under the brink of enemy troops, the Army and the Commission were more inclined to solve the problem in Kiev first.

Some comrades may want to say that Kiev and Odessa are thousands of miles apart and have nothing to do with each other. That's not what they said, the overall situation is a game of chess. The Red Army's total strength is limited. They have to fight an annihilation battle in Bryansk, rescue Kiev, and counterattack in Odessa. The entire line is spread out, and the troops are really stretched. You must know that Odessa's defenders are just close to the enemy, which does not mean that they are stronger than the enemy. Even if the Romanians have a 20% discount on combat effectiveness, how strong can the Odessa defenders who have been besieged for more than a year?

What's more, this is not just a matter of military strength, but also a matter of logistics. The Soviet Union really couldn't control the offensive operations in three battlefields at the same time. (Especially in areas surrounded by Odessa, where they can only provide supplies by sea, the preparation for offensive operations is even more complicated and troublesome.

So after a serious discussion, Odessa's counterattack and rescue operations were postponed. According to the Military Commission's estimates, it was initially estimated that the Red Army would be prepared for rescue and attack work around April 1943. Before that, the troops and logistics supply on the battlefield would be tilted first towards Bryansk and Kiev. Especially in Bryansk, this is the focus of the military and military concern.

However, what we want to talk about next is not the story of the Battle of Bryansk. As long as Ubolevic, Rokosovsky and others are not stupid, there is no big problem. The biggest change on the battlefield comes from Kiev.

It has been said before that in order to cover up the Red Beard, Hitler specially instructed the Southern Army Group and the Central Army Group to launch a feint attack in two secondary directions. One is Minsk and the other is Kiev. Hitler is preparing to use the special status of these two cities to distract the Red Army and mobilize the main force of the Red Army to the wrong direction.

The question is, now the chief of staff is Ubolevic, and Li Xiaofeng is responsible for intelligence work. How could he be deceived by Hitler's trick? So Xiaowang's wishful thinking failed. The Red Army correctly judged the main attack direction of the German army and quickly concentrated heavy troops to strike against each other.

In this way, the feints between Minsk and Kiev are meaningless. Especially in Minsk, where the Belarusian First Front Army was already stronger. Even if some army groups were drawn to participate in the Battle of Bryansk, it would be no problem to block the feints that were not sharp in Minsk, which was not a sharp feint in Minsk.

The Germans once again hit a wall in Minsk and retreated in shame. However, in the direction of Kiev, the Germans achieved unexpected gains. According to Hitler's arrangement, the troops responsible for the feint attack on Kiev were composed of two parts, one was Manstein's 11th Army, and the other was the first cluster of original tanks in a broken state. These two troops formed a combat cluster and were uniformly handed over to Manstein for command.

It should be said that the strength of this new Manstein battle group is limited, which is much worse than the troops that feinted Minsk. Anyway, before this, Hitler had no hope for this cluster. Yuan himself admitted: "Manstein's cluster is a complete feint attack force. As long as it can play a role, it will be considered successful to keep the Ukrainian First Front Army in the Kiev region!"

However, Manstein was not optimistic about the Yuan Dynasty. With such a broken army, Manstein miraculously defeated the Ukrainian First Front Army led by Temuxingo and approached Kiev from three directions again. If the Dnieper River was not blocked, the Red Army in Kiev would have become a turtle in a jar.

The unexpected failure of Timuxin shocked the Army. The Communist Party of China. It was not that the Army. The Communist Party could not accept the fact that the Red Army was defeated by the German army. It was because Timuxin Ge was defeated and was almost not a single enemy of the German army. He broke up in a hurry. This was absolutely unacceptable to the Army. Even Li Xiaofeng seemed extremely surprised after learning this fact.

Because this is very abnormal! The Ukrainian First Front Army is not a miscellaneous unit. The main force is a heroic unit that has participated in the First Kiev Defense War. It has withstood the test of war and has rich combat experience. Moreover, the headquarters has had a good rest and supplement before. It should be said that it is much more energetic than the Belarusian Second Front Army and the Ukrainian Second Front Army that have been fighting. Why did it make a fuss all of a sudden?

The angry Li Xiaofeng immediately rushed to Kiev in person, and he wanted to listen to Shaposhnikov's explanation of Ketemhinge.

"The main reason for our failure is that we are not prepared enough," Timuxin Ge was a little dejected. Of course, the reason is very simple. He performed well in the Kiev rescue operation and later the Battle of Kursk. He had already put in all his efforts to do a big fight, and had the idea to change the rank of general to a marshal. This time, he was defeated so frankly by the German army, and almost poured a basin of cold water on his head.

Temuxinge could only explain in detail: "After the last battle, the troops were too relaxed and did not realize that Kiev would still be attacked by the enemy. Some commanders and fighters were careless, which led to this."

In fact, Li Xiaofeng knew the reasons that Brother Timuxin said, but he didn't want to hear these things. Is carelessness the reason? What is the reason for some commanders? Which part of this part of the commander is? Does it include you Temuxin and Shaboshnikov?

To put it bluntly, Li Xiaofeng was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of Temuxinge and Shaposhnikov. You two actually lost their links like this. Isn’t this embarrassing for me? A fairy who wants to be face will never tolerate his subordinates being so cowardly and embarrassed!

Shaposhnikov and Temuxine also quickly realized the anger of a certain immortal, and both were removed from office and retained. The so-called removal from office and retained are related to the party inspection and retained. School inspection. If the two of them cannot show convincing performance to wash away the previous shame, then they will really be beaten to the end!

"This Comrade Andre is indeed not easy to serve!" Brother Temuxin sighed sadly.

Shaposhnikov did not answer. But he knew what Temuxinge meant. When S Dalin was still there, as officers from the Iron and Steel, they were more adapted to the iron-steel way of the Iron and Steel. How did Steel treat them back then? He was truly a brother and full of love between Qiu Ba. If they made a mistake, Steel would not slap in the face so nakedly, but would help cover or express love. At that time, their lives were indeed much better.

However, Shaposhnikov did not think it was better than it is now. The reason was very simple. He understood S. Dalin's temper. For Comrade Steel, when you are useful to him, it is a treasure. He cared for him in every way. But once you lose your value, your true heart is abandoned like grass, and more ruthless than throwing garbage. To put it bluntly, Steel can share hardships but not wealth. When he started a business and fought together, he was a brother, but once he ascended the throne, he would probably not be even a minister.

Therefore, although Shaposhnikov is close to steel, he is definitely not a dead-end device in the steel series. He is also keeping a distance without any slightest, so as not to lose ground in the future.

As for the fact that the immortal mentioned by Temuxine was not easy to serve, Shaposhnikov even sneered. Which of the masters of the political bureau is easy to serve? Lenin is easy to serve? Trotsky is easy to serve? Even S Dalin is really easy to serve?

Shaposhnikov believed that in a sense, S. Dalin was even harder to serve than Li Xiaofeng. Li Xiaofeng's poor service was just about matters. As long as you were doing things in real life, he would generally not make trouble for you. And S. Dalin was different. Even if you were dedicated to the public, as long as you failed to satisfy Comrade Steel, or if the position was slightly different from him, the lightning was lightning and thunder, and the corpse was gone. With S. Dalin, the difficulty and risk of doing things under him was too high.

But Shaposhnikov didn't plan to say it out loud. What's the point of saying it out loud? What's more, Temuxin Ge was just talking casually. Who didn't think of it as if he didn't hear it? This is the best strategy.

So Shaposhnikov went straight to the topic: "What are you going to do?"

What Shaposhnikov calls to do is definitely not how to defend Kiev. Because defending Kiev does not mean avenging his former shame. It is his responsibility and obligation to defend Kiev, which is the so-called bottom line. What Li Xiaofeng wants is to avenge his shame, that is, to take a little bit of color from a tooth and flee Manstein.

To be honest, Temuxin has no good idea, because Manstein on the opposite side is definitely not a vegetarian. His defeat before was not just a carelessness. Another important reason is that he is indeed not a match for Manstein. These days, Manstein has not given him any chance to take advantage of it, and has caught him and beat him up with a bruised nose and swollen face.

Anyway, Brother Tiemuxin has the power to resist for the time being, so at this time, Li Xiaofeng jumped out and put pressure on him. It can be imagined that his mood was very bad. Of course, his previous feeling of complaining was also of a profound meaning.

What is the deep meaning? It is to test Shaboshnikov's attitude. Previously, Xiao Si began to win him over, either openly or secretly. To be honest, Timuxin Ge was a little moved because he felt that he had no important position in steel at all on the side of a certain immortal and could not enter the core circle of a certain immortal. This disappointed him a little.

Now, Xiao Si's military power is weaker than a certain immortal, and he needs a senior general like him to help him stand up. If he throws to Xiao Si's side, his status will be much higher. As the saying goes, people can go to high places and water flow to low places, and they can completely change the door!

Therefore, Temuxino took the opportunity of complaining to test Shaboshnikov's true attitude. If he could persuade Shaboshnikov to switch to Sverdlov, it would not only prove to Xiaos that his ability is to have an old friend who is very familiar with each other and make a lot of friends together!

But now Shaposhnikov is not in a relationship, which makes Temuxin feel like he is empty with one punch. He was unwilling to give up and he had to start testing again: "What can we do? With our current military strength and situation, it is very difficult to stabilize the position. How can we fight back? Is this just a mess!"

After saying this, Temuxin looked at Shaposhnikov with a sincere expression, completely with an expression you should understand (to be continued.)
Chapter completed!