Chapter 919: A Diplomatic Shift
"What did you say? Three army groups of the Russian Western Front were completely wiped out? The Germans have already reached Minsk?" Prime Minister of Britain Churchill fired off three questions in succession, staring at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs official who had come to report the news in disbelief.
It was not that he doubted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' report, but such news was truly inconceivable.
Only a few days had passed since Germany had declared war on Russia. The British people had not even managed to send supplies to France, and their planned counteroffensive had yet to make any progress.
Yet in those few short days, the Germans had already crossed important military strongholds such as Białystok, Brest, and Grodno one after another, and had even marched their army to Minsk?
More alarming still, in those few days, the Russians had already lost the entire Western Front Army.
Although it consisted of only three army groups, the Russian military's organization was already considerably overstrength compared with that of other countries.
These three army groups were fully comparable to another country's entire army group, or at the very least constituted a massive force numbering hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How could the Germans possibly have annihilated them all in just a few days?
"That is indeed the case." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs official explained to Churchill, "The Germans used tactics similar to those they employed in Poland, sending large numbers of armored units to pierce through the lines and successfully circle around to the rear of the Western Front Army, surrounding and cutting off the entire Russian Western Front Army.
"Moreover, before the war broke out, the Germans launched air raids on multiple military airfields in western Russia. Several military districts, including