Alexey Alexanderovitch Kuznetsov was entertained in the Kremlin with a high standard. Stalin personally greeted him at the door of Building 1 of the Kremlin, and called him "Dear Alexey". The name Stalin used in a handwritten letter to Kuznetsov during the siege of Leningrad.

At that time, Stalin said in his letter: "Dear Alexey, all hope is in you. The motherland will not forget you!"

A bag of cigarettes Stalin liked to send to Leningrad's besieged with this letter was also sent to the siege of Leningrad. This is the only handwritten letter written by Stalin in his life with gifts. It can be seen how much Stalin valued the second-in-command of Leningrad City W.

Today, Belya, Pavlov, Zhukov and Abakumov, who were about to go to Leningrad to be responsible for the purge of Kuznetsov.

After greetings and greetings, Stalin kindly took Kuznetsov's hand and surrounded everyone to a room decorated in a war room. This was a large room with a towering roof but poor light. There was a large sand table in the middle.

The sand table shows the military situation around Leningrad. It looks pretty good. The wooden models symbolizing the Soviet military division or brigade are densely placed in and near Leningrad City. The models symbolizing the German army are relatively small, mainly concentrated in the south, southeast and northern Pskov Prefecture of Leningrad. In the middle of Pskov Prefecture, there are many small models symbolizing the Red Army.

At least from the sand table, the troops of the German Northern Army Group were being attacked by the Leningrad Front and Kalinin Front of the Soviet Red Army.

"Dear Alexei," Stalin seemed to admire Kuznetsov very much at this time, and still called this jealous title. "Although the Soviet Union was facing an extremely serious situation, the situation around Leningrad is getting better... If there is a place that can be the turning point of the war, I think it is near Leningrad." He turned around and asked Zhukov and Pavlov standing beside him, "Is this true?"

"Yes, there is the most promising around Leningrad," Zhukov took over the question and said, "According to the plans formulated by the Supreme Command, the Kalinin Front and the Leningrad Front will launch an attack on the Polo state of Germany, the Great Luki and the Pskov cities of Pskov Prefecture, in late June, forcing the German troops concentrated in the south of Leningrad to return to aid to completely end the threat faced by Leningrad."

After listening to Zhukov's introduction, Kuznetsov was slightly stunned and asked back: "Has the Fourth Battle of Leningrad been postponed to late June?"

The instructions he received before all said that it would start at the latest in early June.

"It's postponed," Zhukov replied expressionlessly, "this is to equip our newest and most powerful Joseph Stalin-type tanks."

Zhukov opposed the postponement of the Fourth Battle of Leningrad, and even had an argument with Stalin. However, in the end, he was "persuaded" by Stalin and agreed to postpone the initiation of the battle until late June to wait for at least 200 JS-2 (Stalin heavy tanks) tanks to be equipped with troops.

Zhukov is very optimistic about this heavy tank and believes it is a powerful tool to fight against the German Tiger tank! However, it is still a bit too rash to wait for 200 tanks to postpone the launch of a battle.

After all, the Germans' strength around Leningrad will also be strengthened due to the delay of time. According to the current situation, the Germans are mobilizing the Polish defense forces to participate in the war against the Soviet Union to make up for their lack of troops.

In addition, France has recently shown full support to the Russian Queen Oliga, and is likely to send more troops to the attack on the Soviet Union.

"While waiting for the arrival of the js-2 tank," Stalin said in a very calm tone, "we must also carry out a small purge of Leningrad, eliminate the lurking reactionaries, and rectify the army there. This will make Leningrad a strong revolutionary fortress once again!"

This time it is a "small purge" not a big purge, but 20,000 reactionaries still need to be arrested. If these people are captured, Leningrad's loose hearts will be condensed, and various reactionary thoughts will be restrained, which will be very beneficial to the upcoming Fourth Battle of Leningrad.

Before the "small purge", Leningrad became an unreliable army and the troops transferred from outside. Stalin originally wanted to transfer all these "armed anti-GM families" out of Leningrad. However, there was no army to replace them, so it was changed to local reorganization.

After the reorganization is completed, the troops will participate in the "small purge" together. After some reorganization, they will be used in future battles to attack and attrition.

While carrying out troops reorganization and small cleaning, the factories and population in Leningrad City must also be evacuated. The reliable ones will leave first, the unreliable ones will leave behind, and the final ones will always be removed into an empty city...

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"General Secretary, Comrade Burganin and Comrade Kuznetsov arrived."

Stalin had just sent one Kuznetsov away, and the other Kuznetsov had arrived with Burganin, the political commissar of the Red Navy Atlantic Fleet.

This Kuznetsov is a member of the People's Committee of the Red Navy and commander of the Atlantic Fleet, and he is also the deputy commander of the Atlantic Fleet, which will be rebuilt.

The reconstruction of the Allied Atlantic Fleet was agreed upon during the talks between Stalin and Hopkins. Burganin will once again work with "U.S. political commissar" McCarthy to serve as the political commissar of the Allied Atlantic Fleet. The commander of the Allied Joint Fleet was General Stark, who was in the position of the US Navy's Minister of Operations when the Pearl Harbor incident broke out. In early 1942, he was removed from the position of Operations and sent to Iceland to serve as the commander of the US Navy's European Command. In early 1943, he successfully commanded the US military to withdraw from Europe, and then replaced General Ingersoll to take charge of the Atlantic Fleet. Now he has become the natural choice for the commander of the Allied Atlantic Fleet.

In addition, the chief of staff of the Allied Atlantic Fleet will be the British government in London from Royal Admiral Cunningham, who retreated to Canada, who is now unrecognized by the United States and the Soviet Union.

"Comrade General Secretary," the Marshal Kuznetsov, who looked very arrogant in his straight naval uniform (he was named the commander not long ago), saluted Stalin first, and then reported: "The morale of the Atlantic Fleet is very high, and you can attack at any time!"

Because the Red Navy's nest is in Leningrad, now the city has rescued the trapped Red Navy's family and institutions have moved to Molotovsk, so the morale of the Red Navy has been greatly improved.

Moreover, the dispatch of the Red Navy Atlantic Fleet means that it can go to the United States... Comrades still miss their life in New York very much.

"Now it's polar day?" Stalin asked with a frown, "Can the fleet arrive in New York safely?"

"Yes." Kuznetsov replied with a smile, "American Admiral Stark has formulated a plan to mobilize the main force of the enemy fleet to cover the Red Navy's dispatch."

"Oh?" Stalin asked with interest, "How are the Americans preparing to mobilize the enemy?"

"They are ready to use their main fleet to strike from the Caribbean Sea to threaten Guyana-European maritime traffic lines," Kuznetsov said. "If the situation allows, the Americans are also ready to threaten the Azores."

According to Stark's plan, the main attack of the Atlantic Fleet will definitely lead to the main force of the European Combined Fleet. However, Halsey will not really fight with the main force of the European Combined Fleet. His purpose is to restrain the opponent and pull the opponent in the Caribbean as much as possible.

"At the same time," Kuznetsov said, "the Americans will also send several escort carriers and independent-class light aircraft carriers to form a special mixed fleet, taking the Arctic Circle route to welcome our fleet to break through the Denmark Strait."

After the fall of the British mainland, the United States gave up its stronghold in Iceland and withdrew all its troops back to North America.

The German army then entered Iceland, where they deployed Ju288 bombers and He219 fighters, but the number was not too large. Because the waters near Iceland were very calm since the Americans withdrew. Not to mention the United States, the Soviet fleet had never been there, and even the US and Soviet submarines had never seen them, so it would be a waste to send too many planes.

Kuznetsov also said: "The Americans now have a carrier-based high-altitude fighter that can fight against Ju288, which is launched into the sky with catapults and rocket boosters. As long as we use this aircraft to give the German Ju288 a few ruthless blows, our fleet will be able to break through."

Stalin nodded. He knew that it was possible to break through with unexpected methods, but there would never be a second chance!

In other words, it is easy for the Red Navy Atlantic Fleet to go out, but it is difficult to return to Molotovsk.

However, Stalin still had to let the Red Navy Atlantic Fleet attack, because the Americans showed the power to threaten German hegemony on the Atlantic, which was always more beneficial to the Soviet Union's summons.

Although he was threatened by Hopkins and then poured cold water on Hitler, seeking peace is still Stalin's current "national policy". Whether it is the activities of the Red Navy fleet on the Atlantic Ocean or the Fourth Battle of Leningrad that is about to begin, the purpose is to create a relatively favorable peace treaty.

Even if this peace treaty is not under a few years, Stalin is now willing to ask for it. Because in the Ukrainian direction, the crisis facing the Soviet Union is hard to save even the gods. The fall of Kharkov, Donetsk and even Kursk now seems to be just a matter of time.
Chapter completed!