Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

"My father, Joseph Stalin, has long since become a true devil. He brutally killed his own relatives, murdered revolutionary mentor Comrade Ulyanov, and used the pretext of purges to massacre thousands of innocent people. The devil who was sacrificed to hell by him is leading the Soviet Union into hell..." Listening to Yakov's hysterical attacks from the radio, Beria seemed to be sweating more on his forehead. The layer was flowing down, and I really wanted to rush forward and kick the radio to pieces.

Since the assassination team he sent lost contact, Yakov seems to have completely "blackened". He criticized and even cursed his father Stalin on the radio from time to time. Today, he has become a devil who colludes with the devil?

And Stalin would listen to these broadcasts every time, not just secretly by himself, but for everyone to listen to at regular military meetings. If one day Stalin is completely angered and takes his anger out on him, then won't he have to become the next "sacrifice" to the devil?

The broadcast finally ended while Beria was sitting on pins and needles with anxiety. Stalin waved his hand and asked the secretary to turn off the radio. Everyone in the conference room breathed a sigh of relief.

Starling, whose face was extremely gloomy, silently finished smoking his pipe and asked. "I heard that the battle in Smolensk was quite brutal?"

A staff officer stood up to report to Stalin. "Yes, Comrade Stalin. The German army launched a ground offensive yesterday. One day and one night, our army lost nearly 100,000 people."

"What?!" Everyone here was shocked. Nearly 100,000 people were lost in one day and night? How was this battle fought? ! Let the soldiers line up and let the Germans massacre them? At this rate of loss, wouldn't Smolensk's nearly one million troops have to be defeated in ten days? Zhukov couldn't help but ask. "What about the losses of the German army?!" Unless the losses of the German army reach 70,000 to 80,000, this loss will definitely be huge!

"Comrade Commander Shaposhnikov did not elaborate, but presumably the German losses were much greater than those of our army."

Zhukov secretly rolled his eyes. Comrade Marshal Shaposhnikov did not go into details, that is, the German casualties were much smaller than our own, and this battle was one-sided and tragic.

Starling refilled the pipe with tobacco and ordered. "The losses are quite high. I am ordering Comrade Marshal Shaposhnikov not to launch attacks blindly anymore, but to drag the German army in Smolensk to buy time for our army." The factories in the rear are producing at full capacity. Various new weapons and aid from the Americans are also being shipped continuously. When all these weapons and equipment are available, it will be the time to launch a major counterattack.

"What's the situation in Leningrad and Stalingrad?"

"The situation in Leningrad is a bit grim. The Badaev Grain Depot in the city was completely destroyed by German bombing." The Badaev Grain Depot is the largest grain depot in Leningrad, and this grain depot was built during the Tsarist Russia. , the warehouse structure is mostly made of wood. The German army dropped a large number of napalm bombs and burned the entire grain depot.

Starling frowned slightly. "I remember that the Badaev Grain Depot was the largest grain depot in Leningrad, right?"

"Yes, Comrade Stalin. Comrade Popkov, Executive Chairman of the Leningrad Soviet, sent a telegram saying that there are only about ten days of food left in Leningrad."

"Ten days?" Then after ten days, the soldiers and civilians in Leningrad city must not starve to death collectively? "Can you deliver food to them?"

"It's possible, it's just..."

There is no need to think about the three routes of water, land and air. The land route is not feasible, so only the water route is left. The lake-circuit canal around Lake Ladoga can be used to transport supplies to the besieged Leningrad. However, the German army had already captured the south bank of Lake Ladoga, and the Soviet army had to build a new simple dock on the west bank of Lake Ladoga. Lake Ladoga has been famous for its wind, rain and fog since ancient times. It is particularly dangerous for small boats to sail on the lake.

But Stalin couldn't control that much, and ordered in a tone that left no room for doubt. "Immediately launch the transportation plan, we must ensure the food supply in Leningrad, and we must not let the soldiers and civilians in Leningrad starve."

"yes!"

Zhukov opened his mouth, looking like he was hesitating to speak, and finally sighed helplessly.

During the Soviet-German War in the original time and space, Zhukov had always been Stalin's "firefighter", that is, wherever there were difficulties, Zhukov was there.

During the crisis in Leningrad, Stalin summoned Zhukov, who had been demoted to commander of the reserves, to the Kremlin. When Zhukov said he wanted to return to the front, Stalin said. "Go to Leningrad! The situation in Leningrad is very difficult."

After the war, Zhukov recalled that Stalin said another sentence after this sentence, which was deleted due to political considerations when the book "Zhukov's Memoirs" was published. Stalin's original words were that the situation in Leningrad was catastrophic and there was no hope!

Zhukov said this. "The situation there is not so hopeless." When Stalin heard this, he immediately wrote a note to Voroshilov who was commanding the operation in Leningrad: "Give the front headquarters to Zhukov. I will fly back to Moscow immediately."

Since the ground was already surrounded by water, Zhukov had no choice but to fly to Leningrad. However, all aircraft passing through Leningrad at that time were likely to be shot down by German fighter planes or anti-aircraft artillery groups ("The Biography of Zhukov"). A Soviet fighter squadron escorted Zhukov, but was still pursued by two German fighter planes on the way. The pilot completed many thrilling maneuvers before he was able to escape.

A few months later, due to the critical situation in Moscow, Zhukov had to brave the German blockade again and leave Leningrad. When he left, he gave the order to the army: "We must hold on no matter what, even if there is only one person left."

At this time, thanks to the defected Soviet marshals, Zhukov and other "Troika" from the original time and space could only stay in Moscow as senior staff officers.

A few days ago, Zhukov applied to Stalin to fight on the front line, but that night on the German radio Timoshenko encouraged Rokossovsky, Zhukov, and Konev to defect to Germany; he even said that His Highness Yannick had promised, Once they came to Germany, they were given the rank of general, and when the Soviet Union was defeated, they were given the rank of marshal.

Stalin once again rejected Zhukov's request, which made him a little frustrated. Now that he heard that Leningrad was at such a critical juncture, he wanted to recommend himself to Leningrad again to command the battle, but he was worried that he would be rejected again. He was so hesitant that he could not speak until the end of the meeting, and followed everyone out of the meeting room.