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On June 30, Stalin, who had just signed the order to recall Zhukov in the Kremlin, was sitting alone in his office.

The situation of the Western Front annoyed him, but it was even more incomprehensible to him.

He did not understand why the Western Front, the most well-equipped and powerful army, had not been able to deal any powerful blow to the enemy after such a long time of fighting, why the three army groups had stayed in the Bialystok salient and waited for the formation of the enemy's encirclement, and why Pavlov, whom he had always valued, was incapable of commanding his troops, and could not even carry out the orders of the high command at a critical moment.

At this moment, Stalin suddenly remembered the scene of a year ago.

Pavlov at that time left a very good impression on him. Pavlov was well-organized in his report, and he appeared to be old-fashioned and confident. The reputation of the senior management has always been good. Compared to Zhukov, who was unpopular, Pavlov was simply praised.

It was for this reason that he appointed Pavlov commander of the Western Special Military District.

But now, Pavlov has delivered himself a terrible answer.

The three fronts of the main force of the Western Front were easily surrounded by the Germans on both flanks in the Bialystok salient.

This reminded Stalin of the exercise half a year ago, and now the tactics used by Marshal Bock of the German Army Group Center are almost the same as the tactics used by Zhukov to defeat the Red Army commanded by Pavlov during the exercise!

After that exercise, Pavlov's villains first complained that Zhukov had sabotaged the drill plan and disrupted the normal exercise pattern.

But now in Stalin's opinion, Zhukov clearly taught the whole army a lesson and a wake-up call. However, in the past six months, Pavlov has not made the slightest change to the fortification deployment that was hammered at that time.

Stalin secretly regretted that at that time why he did not think of promoting Zhukov's tactical ideas?

And Pavlov, who had already lost so badly in that exercise, still trusted him, listened to his slander, and almost shot Zhukov.

But Pavlov was also a young man who was promoted with Zhukov...... Why is there such a big gap between the two?

Could it be that Pavlov lacked experience? It's not right, he participated in the First World War, the Civil War, the Battle of the Eastern Railway, and was awarded the Medal of Hero during the Spanish Civil War, and also participated in the Soviet-Finnish War.

The only shortcoming, it seems, is that even if he rises too fast, Stalin can't help but sigh when he thinks of this, after the "Great Purge" it is indeed a shortage of generals in the army, especially high-ranking generals.

But it shouldn't be, Zhukov also brought it up quickly, and there is no problem with using it.

Besides, even a company commander, in the position of commander of the Pavlovnasi Front, is unlikely to lose a powerful front by a thousand and a half in a week!

Stalin thought about it and could not find a single reason to justify Pavlov's defeat.

Could it be that Pavlov really fornicated with the German army?!

If you say that, it seems that everything makes sense.

Pavlov himself fornicated with the Germans, but slandered Zhukov for treason and collaboration. Then, he gave his deployment to the German army, deliberately sending the most elite Western Front and the most powerful 3 armies into his pocket.

The idea of not enough came to Stalin's mind only for a moment, and he rejected it. He knew that this would definitely be impossible, after all, the commissioner who saw Pavlov was already on his way back to Moscow.

Stalin stood dumbfounded in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, watching the evening in Moscow as the sky grew dark. He remembered what Tukhachevsky, whom he had disposed of, had repeatedly emphasized: "The future war will be a war of engines, and the concentration of armored tank forces can form a powerful assault fist, and it will not be easy to resist them!"

At that time, Pavlov was still advocating to himself: "In future wars, it will be difficult for a single tank team to make great achievements, and tanks can only become an auxiliary weapon for infantry divisions." ”

Stalin did not know that Tukhachevsky had once been almost rescued by the Germans. Little did he know that in a place he could not see, Tukhachevsky rejected the way offered by the Germans and chose to die.

But he did regret it now.

If the commander of the Western Front was a general who knew how to fight armored operations like Tukhachevsky, maybe the current result would not be so bad, right?

At least, it will not be like Pavlov who commanded his troops to lose battles one after another!

At a later point in the afternoon, Zhukov returned to the high command to report

A day later, Pavlov returned to Moscow and went directly to the People's Commissariat of Defense to report to Marshal Timoshenko.

When Timoshenko and Zhukov, who had arrived in advance, saw the defeated general, it took them a great deal of trouble to recognize the old acquaintance. The eight-day war completely changed the appearance of this mediocre general, he was noticeably thinner, his two bloodshot eyes were desperately protruding outward, there was a lot of gray hair on his head, and he barely had any energy to walk.

Pavlov saw the eyes of Zhukov and Timoshenko looking at him, as if he had guessed something, and there was a look of horror in his eyes. He sat in a chair, facing Marshal Timosinger, who had succeeded him. After waiting for a long time, Zhukov and Timoshenko did not speak, he glanced at Timoshenko and smiled very reluctantly: "I heard that you have been appointed commander of the front army." Maybe I need to report back to you a little more....."

Timoshenko sighed and said coldly: "No need, everything that is most unbelievable has happened."

Pavlov put away the only smile he had, lowered his eyelids, and asked tentatively: "The commander scolded me!"

Timoshenko's heart tightened, he knew that Stalin's punishment of Pavlov would not be as simple as scolding, and he could already vaguely guess what the fate of the disgraced general awaited him would be.

Temoshenko forced a smile and said, "It's not just you, we are all scolded. Scolding is nothing, and if you can recover everything you have lost, it's nothing. ”

"Comrade Marshal, I think, in my position, even if anyone comes, it will not help." When Pavlov heard Timoshenko's comfort, he seemed to be a little more relaxed.

"I understand that our personnel are poorly trained, poorly equipped, poorly fortified, and waiting for their lives. But the front army has lost the vast majority of its troops and aircraft, and has lost so much territory, do you feel that as the commander of the Western Front, you have no responsibility at all?" Temoshengo smiled bitterly.

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