Chapter 760: German-Soviet War (74)

The German army advanced in Smolensk in an orderly manner. Although casualties on the battlefield were inevitable, they were completely within the acceptable range.

In addition to casualties, the consumption of various materials was also astronomical. The helicopters hovering over Smolensk alone consumed hundreds of tons of fuel every day. If Germany had not controlled the oil fields in Libya and the Middle East, it would not have been able to afford it.

"As long as we capture Smolensk, Moscow will be in our pocket." Marshal Rundstedt said confidently. The German High Command estimated that at the current progress, Smolensk would be completely occupied by the end of August; at that time, the troops would rest for a full ten days and a half months, and then march to Moscow, gain a foothold under the city of Moscow, and prepare for the winter.

He was full of confidence in winning this war. Now the German army's equipment is the most advanced in the world, the quality of the soldiers is also the highest, Germany's territory is the largest in history, and the German army has not been defeated since the war. All this makes him laugh when he sleeps at night.

"Yes, as long as we defeat the Soviet Union, the war will be completely won." At present, the offensive plan on the front line is being performed completely according to the pre-prepared script, and the German army has become more powerful than ever. If there is still a mistake and he is killed, he might as well commit suicide.

"Are the winter supplies ready?" Before attacking the Soviet Union in the original time and space, senior military adviser Halder and the Army Staff had reminded the little mustache that the attack on Moscow was the arrival of winter in Russia, and suggested that the German strategic rear should mobilize all forces to produce cold-proof equipment. However, the arrogant little mustache believed that when winter came, the German army had already occupied Moscow, and the troops could spend the winter in Moscow, so there was no need to produce any cold-proof equipment, so no cold-proof equipment was produced. On the eve of the campaign, the German Army Intelligence Minister and the Meteorological Minister believed that heavy rains might fall in the Moscow area before winter, bringing winter early, based on the information they had, and suggested that 3 million sets of cold-proof cotton clothes should be produced as soon as possible. But the mustache man thought that the German soldiers "were already marching on the streets of Moscow" at that time, so he missed the opportunity to make up for his mistake again.

Yannick didn't want to repeat the same mistake, and started preparing various cold-proof equipment a few years ago.

"Yes, Your Highness. All the cold-proof equipment has been prepared, enough for every soldier on the front line to spend this Soviet winter comfortably."

Yannick nodded with satisfaction. "That's good." Now the biggest enemy for them is the bad weather. As long as they get through this cold winter safely, the German-Soviet war will basically come to an end next year. No matter how Stalin struggles, he can't change his fate of failure.

He thought of something and told Reinhard. "Reinhard, I heard that Stalin has some stand-ins. Check it out carefully, and don't let him get away with it."

Stalin's stand-in was absolutely confidential in the Soviet era. It was not until the Russian era after the disintegration of the Soviet Union that various documents were gradually revealed, and this secret was also unsealed.

These declassified documents show that Stalin had several doubles during World War II. Even if these doubles stood with Stalin, it was difficult for outsiders to distinguish them. The most similar person was 95% similar to Stalin and served as a double for 15 years. According to the records of the declassified documents, he attended many important meetings on behalf of Stalin, gave speeches at the meetings, and even talked with senior Soviet figures such as Khrushchev, but no one saw that it was a double. You can imagine how perfect this performance was.

Because he was worried about being assassinated, all of Stalin's itineraries were carefully arranged. For example: sending Stalin to the airport or a certain city. In fact, it was a double who got on the car from the Kremlin. In fact, the real Stalin chose another route that was completely unknown to outsiders, and only those who participated in the operation knew it. There are two routes from the leader's official residence Kuntsevo to the Kremlin.

Yannick felt that Stalin would not be captured alive by them. He didn't want to look at a corpse and guess whether it was Stalin himself or a double.

Reinhard said respectfully. "Yes, Your Highness, I will check it out."

After discussing other matters, Yannick announced the adjournment of the meeting. He would hold another meeting.

Because the war situation on the front line was quite smooth, Yannick has recently focused more on domestic economic construction. After all, the war situation on the front line is important, but the infrastructure construction in the rear cannot be sloppy. Only by improving the infrastructure can a country get on the fast track in terms of comprehensive national strength and production capacity improvement.

Under his attention, the construction of roads and railways, power plants and other facilities in Germany and its occupied areas have made great progress. Especially in Eastern Belarus and Eastern Ukraine, except for a few roads built by Germany during the honeymoon period of the Soviet Union and Germany, most of them are muddy and unpaved roads, which are simply unbearable compared with the empty highways in Europe.

And these most difficult and tiring projects are naturally undertaken by those stubborn prisoners of war. They are given the least food every day and asked to do the heaviest work until they die of exhaustion.

In addition, Germany has already started to build nuclear power plants.

In 1954 in the original time and space, the Soviet Union built the world's first nuclear power plant, which became a model for the peaceful use of atomic energy by mankind. The construction project of the first nuclear power plant in the Soviet Union was once called "peaceful use of atomic energy". The project embodied the collective wisdom of tens of millions of outstanding Russian scientists and engineers and went down in history for its short construction period. It took only three years from the design to the actual completion. Gradually, more nuclear power plants were built in various countries around the world. At the same time, there were also many nuclear leakage accidents. The world's first nuclear power plant, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, has been operating safely until it was decommissioned, and it has been operating safely for 50 years.

Yannick ordered the construction of 15 nuclear power plants in Germany and other occupied areas. Of course, he would not put nuclear power plants into operation during wartime. Start building nuclear power plants now, and when the war is over, the construction of nuclear power plants will be basically completed. At that time, the nuclear reactor will be installed and power generation can be started immediately.

"Your Highness, we have started to build 50 thermal power plants in Eastern Ukraine and Eastern Belarus, and plan to put them into operation at the end of this year. By then, we will be able to provide electricity to most small and medium-sized cities there." The head of an energy group confidently promised Yannik.

Yannik solemnly instructed. "The quality must not be a problem. Now that place is also the territory of the empire, anyone who dares to make shoddy products must be prepared to bear the consequences."