Lieutenant General Kruglov, Political Commissar of the Moscow Garrison District, and Major General Lyapin, the chief of staff, both fell silent after hearing General Zhukov's words. Naturally, they could understand all of it.
After discovering that Joseph had fled Moscow, the German military immediately dispatched aircraft to bomb the train Joseph was riding. At the same time, they did not hesitate to send more than a hundred thousand elite Armored Forces into the attack, all to kill Joseph in one stroke and leave Russia without a leader capable of uniting the nation against the German invasion.
If Joseph were killed, it would be a devastating blow to Russia. That explained why the Germans had sent so many elite troops to attack Nizhny Novgorod. Clearly, the Germans intended to kill Joseph once and for all.
Now, the Germans had dispatched another massive army and sealed off Moscow. The main Russian forces inside the city had become turtles in a jar. Once the Germans wiped out all the Russian troops within Moscow, Russia's elite forces would effectively be destroyed.
After all, since the German military had begun moving against Moscow, they certainly would not spare Yuzefgrad, another important city. Russia's main strength was now concentrated in those two cities.
"The Germans are trying to defeat us completely within this year! Otherwise, they would never have launched an offensive on such a scale!" Lieutenant General Kruglov said.
"With Germany's strength, they are entirely capable of doing that. Moreover, the German Navy has won in the Atlantic Ocean, giving the Germans even more time. They can defeat us at their leisure. And the Americans are utterly incapable of offering us any support," Major General Lyapin said.
General Zhukov nodded, looking deeply helpless.
"In the end, we were not prepared for this war! If not