To hunt down Joseph, the German military dispatched two Armored Divisions and four Mechanized Infantry Divisions, a force of over a hundred thousand men. The tanks alone numbered more than a thousand—a truly formidable force.
These Armored Forces and mechanized units advanced with tremendous speed. Only then could they reach Nizhny Novgorod in the shortest possible time, intercept Joseph in one stroke, and capture or kill him.
With the main Russian forces concentrated in Moscow and Yuzefgrad, even if the Russian military discovered the movements of this powerful German armored force, they would have no way to intercept it. After all, the Russian military had already suffered grievous losses. They could no longer scrape together a powerful armored force to block the German advance.
For the German military, deploying such a massive force was admittedly rather dramatic. But as long as they could capture Joseph in one stroke, or kill him, it would greatly benefit Germany's overall strategy. Whether Joseph lived or died would have an enormous impact on Germany's coming campaign.
Of course, even with all these preparations, whether the German military could capture or kill Joseph remained uncertain. Joseph was not so easily killed. Otherwise, he would never have become Russia's Supreme Leader.
Moscow, Russian Moscow Garrison Command. After Joseph, Marshal Shaposhnikov, Marshal Voroshilov, and the others, along with Russia's government agencies, successively evacuated Moscow, General Zhukov, the Moscow Garrison Commander, had become Moscow's highest leader. Yet this still did nothing for Moscow's overall battle situation. The German military and its allies held far too great an advantage in Moscow. It was almost impossible for the Russian military to withstand their attacks.
Even so, General Zhukov was confident that he could hold Moscow for another three months or so. Russia would no longer send reinforcements to Moscow, meaning