At the end of 1942, as the situation on the battlefield improved, Starling, who was eager to counterattack, drew up a series of counterattack plans with a large number of generals under Mao Xiong.
Among them, the highlight was Stalingrador in the south, but in the north, the Soviets also had a large-scale counterattack plan.
Originally, according to Mao Xiong's plan, once they won the Battle of Stalingrade in the south, they would immediately gather manpower and resources to launch a counterattack in the north.
For this reason, the Soviets had already planned to launch a full-scale counterattack on the northern front in late January next year. They would strive to wipe out one or two of the Soviets 'armies and completely open up the communication line between Mosco and Lelingrador, laying the foundation for the next full-scale counterattack.
However, plans couldn't keep up with changes.
The situation in the north was turned upside down by Manstein's series of actions, and their plans were almost ruined.
At this moment, there were not many people in Mao Xiong who felt that they could still carry out the counterattack according to the predetermined plan!
Therefore, when they heard Zhukov's words, they widely opened their eyes and watched Zhukov in disbelief.
"Zhukov, are you crazy? Now that the German army is attacking us, how can we have the energy to counterattack?”
"That's right. Our main focus should be on the battlefield in the south. After all, as long as we win this battle, we can change the situation in one fell swoop. At that time, we can transfer our troops and counterattack in the north!”
"Leader, I think we should make a choice. We can't be greedy. The situation in the southern battlefield is clear. If we launch a counterattack on the northern front now, it will definitely take up a large amount of war resources sent to the south. This may have an adverse impact on the good situation in the south!”
"That's right, leader. We can't ignore the essentials and focus on the trifles!”
Most of the generals present were waiting for the news of victory in the southern battlefield, just like Starlyn.
They knew very well that as long as they won the Battle of Stalingrador, the balance of power between the enemy and themselves would tilt completely. At that time, they would be able to take the initiative.
Once they had the initiative, they could either send troops to the north to recapture Lelingrador or launch a counterattack in the south to attack the rear of the German army from the south to recapture Lelingrador!
However, if they were to abandon the main objective and focus on the trivial, and send the troops and war resources that were originally supposed to be sent to the southern battlefield to the northern battlefield, then everything would be hard to say!
Even if they won in the north, they could at most repel the German army. They could neither wipe out the entire army nor inflict heavy losses on the enemy. It was equivalent to expending a lot of manpower and material resources, but they would get nothing!
Hearing everyone's objections, Starlyn began to hesitate.
He was more eager than anyone else to see the Soviets launch a counterattack as soon as possible. For this reason, after winning the battle of Mosco, he could not wait to send Marshal Timuzingo and Lieutenant General Malinovsky to lead the Soviets to launch a counterattack against the German army in the Khariv region in May 1942.
This was the second Battle of Khariv!
In the end, not only did his counterattack fail, but he also suffered a great defeat.
The Soviets suffered 300,000 casualties, while the German army only suffered 20,000 casualties.
As a result, this defeat completely ruined the little advantage that the Soviets had gained after the battle of Mosco. The German army began to attack again, and Mao Xiong fell into a passive situation.
After the painful lesson of the Battle of Khariv, although Starlyn's enthusiasm for counterattacking hadn't subsided, her mentality had improved a lot. At least, she wasn't as eager as before.
Haste does not eat hot tofu. If the time is not right, it would be a waste to attack rashly!
If they wanted to counterattack, they had to find the most appropriate time to attack when the German army was at its weakest. Only then would they have a chance of winning!
When the Ruler decided to march into the Caucasus and attack Stalinggrade, Starling realized that her chance had come!
In order for this operation to succeed, Mao Xiong had been planning for half a year. He had invested millions of troops and countless resources into the southern battlefield.
After expending so much effort and paying such a price, he really could not accept a failure.
Thus, Starlyn's mentality started to waver.
He instinctively wanted to reject Zhukov's suggestion, but when he raised his head and saw Zhukov looking at him, he couldn't bring himself to say it.
At present, almost everyone was against Zhukov. If he supported Zhukov, he would undoubtedly gain his loyalty to a great extent.
Therefore, Starling didn't reject him directly. Instead, she asked Voroshilov, who was narrating,""Marshal Voroshilov, what do you think?”
To some extent, Voroshilov's opinion was similar to Zhukov's, because both of them had presided over the overall situation in Lelingrador. If he was asked to speak, he was likely to support Zhukov.
Unexpectedly, Voroshilov did not stand on Zhukov's side this time.
"Leader, I think we should focus on the big picture. We shouldn't invest too much energy in the north!”
Whoosh!
Hearing Voroshilov's words, everyone present heaved a sigh of relief.
They had been very worried that Voroshilov would side with Zhukov, which might sway Starling's opinion.
In fact, after hearing Voroshilov's words, Starlyn also secretly heaved a sigh of relief.
In fact, he did not want to send more troops to the north. Voroshilov's answer made him very satisfied.
After hearing Voroshilov's words, Starling pretended to ponder for a while. While observing Zhukov's reaction, she nodded."" Yes, Marshal Voroshilov's words make sense. We should indeed focus on the overall situation of the south. No matter what, we should get this victory first!”
Just as everyone thought that Starlyn was going to confirm this matter, she suddenly said,"
"However, we can't completely ignore the northern battlefield!”
"Let the Wolhov Front and the 2nd and 8th Armies advance westward, threaten the rear of the German army, and force the German army to free up their forces to defend them. In this way, they can buy some time for the defenders of Lelingrador!”
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