"General Leeb, I need your 7th Army Corps to lead our allies in taking the Podolsk line. Put on a show of troops at Moscow's gates and scare the Russians out of their wits!" Marshal Rommel said.
Colonel General Franz von Leeb nodded. "No problem, Your Excellency. However, the Russians have assembled large numbers of troops in and around Moscow. If they launch a counterattack, the 7th Army Corps will not have much trouble. But those Puppet Troops are another matter."
After all, those Puppet Troops had weak combat strength. They might be fine following behind the German military and fighting easy battles, but if they had to face a Russian offensive on their own, it was hard to say whether they could hold out.
"Having them switch to a defensive posture should not be too much of a problem, should it? After all, there are as many as two million Puppet Troops. Leaving aside the others, the combat strength of the Ukrainian forces can still be guaranteed. There are not that many Russian troops inside Moscow. If they want to swallow up our Puppet Troops, it will not be so easy." Marshal Rommel frowned.
"If the Russians truly dare to leave Moscow and attack our forces, we can play along and leave them outside Moscow. That will further reduce the difficulty of our attack on Moscow," Lieutenant General Erich Hoepner said.
Marshal Rommel nodded. "General Leeb, do not worry. Your troops, together with the Puppet Troops, number more than two million. It is simply impossible for the Russians to swallow you up. The most likely outcome is that they will cling to Moscow and prevent you from launching an attack. Once we have dealt with the Russian Western Front Army and Northwestern Front Army, it will be time for