"Chu, what attitude do you have toward this resolution?" Kolk asked opposite Chu Sinan.

"Me?" Chu Sinan thought for a while and said, "To be honest, I am not very optimistic about withdrawing troops from Leningrad and abandoning this city that has far more political significance than military significance to us."

"You mean you don't agree with the withdrawal?" Buluheer was stunned and blurted out, "Why?"

"The reason is very simple. Leningrad's meaning to us is far from comparable to Minsk, Smolensk and other places." Chu Sinan shrugged and said, "For us, industrial bases like Minsk and Smolensk can be relocated, and resource-rich land can be compensated by other places, but Leningrad is the cradle of our revolution, a holy city named after Comrade Lenin. In the minds of all the Soviets, he is a place of hope. I think war is like this: troops can be lost, soldiers can be consumed, but hope cannot be lost. Without hope, how can the war continue?!"

Gilnilova sat behind Chu Sinan, secretly anxious. She said last night that she should not fight against these military generals who had just turned over, but he forgot all of them in just one night.

"Okay!" Just as Gilnilova couldn't help but reach out to the corner of Rachusinan's clothes, a loud cheer came from the door of the conference hall, "What a hope that can't be lost!"

This is the voice of Tukhachevsky. It turns out that he had arrived at the conference hall at some point. He also heard what Chu Sinan said just now.

"Wow..." After a while of sound, everyone in the conference hall stood up.

Tukhachevsky made a big stride and quickly came to his seat. He pressed his hands on the conference table and said with a smile: "Sit down, let everyone wait for a long time."

After everyone sat down, Tukhachevsky continued: "I heard your discussion just now, especially Comrade Chu Sinan's words, which gave me a lot of feelings. Indeed, after some consideration last night, I also discovered the problem. Leningrad must not be lost, for nothing else, just to give our people a hope for victory and our soldiers a full morale."

With eyes passing through the faces of everyone, Tukhachevsky said meaningfully: "My friends, in the past, we only considered how a war should go from a military perspective. Now, we need to change our thinking mode. For today's war, we must fight not only on the frontal battlefield, but also on the will and political warfare in the rear. For this consideration, I decided to give up my original combat plan and re-plan our great Leningrad defense battle. After thinking all night yesterday, I roughly formulated a Northern Line defense battle plan centered on Leningrad. Let me introduce it to you first, and then add it to each one."

Tukhachevsky turned around and waved his hand to a guard standing behind him in front of the strategic situation board.

With a "swish", the guards opened the curtains hidden on the map board. Suddenly, a detailed map of the combat situation in the Leningrad region was presented to everyone. On this map, Leningrad was on a narrow walkway between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, and the defense terrain was extremely unfavorable. In the north, the Finnish Southeast Army had taken down Minksholm at the narrow entrance and occupied all the passages of Leningrad North Road. In the south, the German army's northern army group had advanced to the Volhof River line, completely blocked.

He lived in the southern passage of Leningrad. In this way, Leningrad, which is located in the west by the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in the east, is equivalent to being completely trapped in a siege. Now, the Soviet troops trapped in the city of Leningrad are the 8th, 23, 42, and 55th armies affiliated to the Leningrad Front and the Karelian Front. After the early battles, the four armies suffered heavy losses. Most importantly, due to the siege of the German army, the city was inadequately supplied with materials and the destroyed weapons and equipment could not be repaired, and the situation was very passive.

"My idea," Tukhachevsky stood in front of the combat situation chart, staring at the crowd in the conference hall with bright eyes, and said strongly, "No matter how much the price is paid, we must keep our supply line on Lake Ladoga to ensure the supply of materials in Leningrad City as much as possible; adjust the command system of the four armies in Leningrad City, and temporarily form the four armies into the Leningrad independent defense cluster, with the commander being Lieutenant General Huojin, Rydano

Comrade Fu served as the political commissar, and the cluster command unified the command to command the entire defensive war; Leningrad announced the implementation of the wartime conscription policy. Anyone over 16 years old in the city must accept the recruitment of the army and devote himself to the great anti-fascist war. Anyone who refuses to join the army will be punished with treason. We must use these three adjustments to ensure that the supplies and soldiers of the Leningrad defense war are sufficient, and the strategic command is unified. The entire defensive war must persist until the end of December."

"Mikhail," said Bruuker, who stopped at Tukhachevsky's words, frowned and said first, "I have questions about your proposal. What you just said is just a simple defense. Such a combat may play a role in delaying the enemy's attack and consuming the enemy's combat effectiveness, but such a passive defense is not a solution after all. And Lake Ladoga has begun to condense ice. Once December enters, transporting the lake with full freezing will become more difficult. If the Germans bomb the ice layer regardless of losses, the consequences will be worrying."

"Vasily, you're right. A simple passive defense is absolutely not feasible," Tukhachevsky nodded, and then said confidently, "But you should also understand my personality. Defense is definitely not my style on the battlefield. In my opinion, there is no difference between not having an offensive defense and waiting for death."

Tukhachevsky said this, his eyes turned and pointed at a position on the strategic situation chart and said, "I have already thought of an offensive point, it is here. This is definitely one of the biggest weaknesses of the German offensive front, but it is also our best attack point."

After taking this position as the starting point and drawing an arc, Tukhachevsky continued: "If we can break through the enemy's offensive level and open this front within two months, we can break through the German encirclement of Leningrad. Not only that, we can even use this front to directly threaten the entire rear wing of the Northern German Army, and directly affect the future direction of the entire battlefield."
Chapter completed!