"Counterattack?" Stalin frowned.

"This is our chance! Although there was no more severe cold, the mud at this time would have dragged the German chariots to Russian soil. Zhukov said with a calm face in front of Stalin.

"This may be our last chance." There was also a slight depression in his heart.

The Soviets spent the winter looking for an opportunity to annihilate the Germans. But the Germans also apparently understood that the bitter cold of Russia was fatal to them, and throughout the winter, the Germans spent most of their time on the defensive to consolidate their positions, and did not attack aggressively, giving the Russians a chance. This also made the losses of the Russians, who were eager to attack, even greater.

When the weather showed signs of warming, the Germans were ready to move.

Zhukov understood that once the German tanks sprinted again, I am afraid that it would be difficult for the Russians to block it again.

Watching the young men with immature faces walking towards the front line in groups, and piles of cold corpses being carried down the front line, Zhukov also understood that Russia's ability to bear sacrifices would not be endless.

Now it is already betting on the future with Russia's hole cards. Zhukov hopes to push all the hole cards in his hand when the situation is favorable and overwhelm his opponent.

"The Germans have not yet recovered from the cold winter, their logistical supplies have not been replenished much after a winter of consumption, and now should be the time when they are weaker. Besides, they had to deal with the Second Battlefield and France. Although the French resistance was somewhat weak, it held back some of the main forces of the Germans. The Anglo-American forces on the island of Great Britain will also cooperate with our offensive. Suppression of the German forces on the Western Front. This is our chance! Vasilevsky agreed.

"You can fight!" Shaposhnikov also nodded in agreement.

"The Germans' strikers have reached the city of Ulyanovsk." Timoshengo also said slowly. Ulyanovsk is Lenin's hometown and is no less politically important.

"There is only one Volga in front of us, and we have no way to retreat!" Timoshenko continued.

The Chinese had already occupied the Ural Mountains and the Aral Sea, and the Russians no longer had a vast rear to rely on.

Everyone else was silent, even Stalin was silent with a gloomy face.

"We only have one battle!" The old marshal suddenly raised his voice and said resolutely.

"Fight!" Stalin, who had been silent for a long time, finally squeezed out a word.

He was gambling that his position was already swaying in a continuous storm, and if he experienced another large-scale defeat, I am afraid that his position would really be lost. But if it is victorious, just one victory will be enough to reinvigorate the blood of the people.

Besides, there is only fighting. will continue to receive more aid from the United Kingdom and the United States.

……

"We'll send more supplies!" Roosevelt assured Stalin directly.

Under mass production, the Americans had more transport aircraft and transport fleets, and the number of replenishments exceeded the losses. And most importantly, Soviet Russia compromised again with the Chinese. The safety of more transport routes is ensured.

Shortly after the bloody suppression of the civil unrest, Stalin simply gave China a clear answer to the peace talks, returning all the land that had previously been ceded to China. And those lands occupied by China, Soviet Russia also acquiesced in their free choice, and agreed to use those republics to continue to fall to China in the form of states.

This is the last bit of face for the Russians, and it is also their last hope.

Soviet Russia was originally an alliance, and even if these republics fell to China, there was still a possibility of recovering them when Soviet Russia became strong in the future. This is better than being completely annexed by China and becoming part of Huaxia territory.

The United States, Britain and other countries also put pressure on China.

Whether it is Siberia or the Far East. Having a relatively independent national identity also means that they will have the opportunity to reach out in the future.

A strong and unified China is also not in their Asian interests.

On this issue, even the Germans were silent and did not help each other.

"Take it slowly, step by step, the practical benefits are the most important!" Although Meng Xiang was disdainful of this, he also knew that the revival of national and nationalist consciousness after World War I had made the annexation method of Chiguoguo somewhat eye-catching. Although it was not as obvious at this time as it was after World War II, it was a big problem in the face of direct suppression by the world's major powers.

Even those old empires are only colonized. Very few are directly annexed into territories. This involves not only the resistance and resistance of indigenous peoples, but also the distribution of international benefits. In such a large northern region, no matter which old empire it is, it does not want to let China eat alone.

Faced with the outbreak of various achievements of Western civilization in China, Meng Xiang still hopes that the time to turn his face can be delayed for a few more years.

"Even if there is an autonomous state in the name of the name, there is a Soviet-Russian Union. I can have a Huaxia Alliance. I'm going to completely dye the whole of Siberia yellow with immigrants! Meng Xiang didn't care much about the requirements of the Russians.

He knew that he was in the name of a league. It's more convenient to do things. Not only in the north, but even in Southeast Asia and even Australia, with an alliance, you can slap Britain and the United States in the face.

There is no need for the Russians to mention it, Meng Xiang's plan has this Huaxia alliance as a buffer. Now, with the continuous development of the war situation in the south, in order to calm the emotions of the local indigenous people and facilitate the encroachment in the future, why not temporarily bear the name of a country?

As long as a large number of Chinese immigrants became the mainstream under the control of the colonial puppets, everything would naturally fall into one.

However, Meng Xiang will not let go of the Russians so easily, and a series of demands are naturally to squeeze.

In the war between China and Soviet Russia, the consciousness of being a defeated country had to pay various reparations. No compensation, nothing to talk about.

The Russians were also poor, and a lot of financial and material resources were invested in the war, and even if they had spare money, they needed to deal with the consumption of future wars, and where would they pay to China.

Meng Xiang was not in a hurry, and took the opportunity to argue with Soviet Russia to regulate the layout of the entire Europe.

Although the two sides are now deadlocked on the issue of compensation, after receiving some benefits from the Americans, Huaxia still suspended the interception of the aircraft assisting Soviet Russia. Although the air passage through Siberia has not been opened, at least China has stopped paying attention to transport planes flying from the Arctic Ocean to the west of the Ural Mountains.

Therefore, under the overall plan of Meng Xiang who did not want the Soviet Russians to fall early, although the shipping in the Arctic Ocean was difficult due to bad weather and German interception, the air transportation assistance to Soviet Russia increased with the expansion of the safe airspace on the east side.

The Russians, who had received a lot of aid from the Americans, had the confidence to fight the First World War again, and they once again planned the largest battle on the Eastern Front in 43 years.

……

At the beginning of May, the curtain was finally lifted.

Under the condition of ensuring the cooperation of the eastern and western fronts without suffering from each other's losses, the Allies had an overall and consistent timetable.

On May 6, when the Allied forces in Algeria had received 200,000 reinforcements, they did not divide their forces, but concentrated their forces to take Tunisia directly, continuing the next step of the torch plan.

At the same time, the British troops in the Suez Canal also began a counteroffensive to the German positions opposite.

After the two-headed battle attracted the Germans' ideas, Berlin also turned its attention to North Africa a little.

The next day, on the Western Front on the island of Great Britain, the Allies dispatched 700,000 men to launch a major counteroffensive against more than 400,000 German troops on the island.

On the same day, on the Eastern Front, the Russians sent 2.5 million troops to attack the Germans from three directions.

From Vologda to the Northern Front on Lake Onega, the 400,000-strong army of the Russians was on the defensive. Coupled with the bitter cold, they managed to hold a long list of positions.

But after gaining 200,000 recruits, the 600,000-strong army launched a counterattack.

On the Soviet and Russian defensive positions along the Central Front from the city of Gorky to Kuibyshev, 1 million Soviet troops stormed the German positions on the opposite side.

On the Southern Front, the salvo of 10,000 artillery pieces sounded again around Stalingrad. The 900,000-strong army crossed the Volga and launched a counteroffensive against the Germans on the ruins of Stalingrad.

Accompanied by the roar of more than 5,000 tanks and more than 6,000 aircraft engines, the roar of more than 50,000 large and small artillery pieces of the Soviet Russians also echoed over the Eastern Front at the same time, tearing a new page in the historical sky.