Eastern Front: 1941

June 15th, 1941 Stalin, after some consideration, changed his mind and began to prepare for the defence of Mother Russia. (As most of you know, intelligence had been warning Stalin about the invasion for a long time.)Military:Several defence lines had been hastily constructed. With not enough time, the central plan is: 4 defence lines will be constructed. The 1st defence will be on the borders; Its role is to delay the advance of the Axis as much as possible. The 2nd defence line will be slightly stronger than 1st defence line, their role is also to delay the attack. 3rd lines will be a static defence lines; They'll defend Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad. The 4th defence line, just in case 3rd line is breached, will also defend the 3 cities.In total, the estimated time for the completion of last 2 lines are about 2 months. Given the geography, this should be sufficient time. Reserves are also being steadily called up, beginning to outnumber the Axis. My reserves were 200 divisions, which is about 10,000,000 (Britannica reported that the Soviet brought up 200 division by August; One division has at least 50,000 soldiers. You do the math) Pavlov is sent to defend the Northern front (Leningrad) with 900,000 soldiers. Mikhail Kirponos is sent to defend the Caucasian front (Stalingrad and Kiev) with 900,000. Zhukov is ordered to defend the Central Front (Moscow) with one million man. Most the obsolete aircrafts became a roadblock (With valuable fuel removed of course) and they're disabled to render them unusable. Factories near the defence lines are moved to east of Ural Mountain. Other factories began to mass produce T-34s (Earliest version) and KV-1s. Anti-aircrafts gun are hidden around the densely covered area, intending to shoot down the Luftwaffe without being seen. Scorched Earth Policy: Most of the factories are in the process of being moved to the east of Ural Mountain. Dynamites are placed in every single bridges to slow down the advance. They're also placed on railroads and airfield.NKVD slowed down the killing people and sent all its prisoners to Siberia. They also left some of its German speaking agent behind for intelligence purposes.Partisans: Loyal communists are organized into several partisans group with basic training of dynamite, guns, and radio operation. The moment that the invasion begins will be the moment that the partisans will go into hiding. All these actions were secret.Diplomacy: Soviet ambassador to the UK began series of negotiation for the supplies and the opening of another front either on France or Norway. Soviet ambassador in US also began to negotiate for the possible supplies.Morale: Knowing that the people of USSR hates him, Stalin decides to use fear to control them. After reading Mein Kampf, Stalin know that the Slavic people in the occupied USSR will be brutally treated and possibly a deportation. In a ruthless decision, he doesn't order the evacuation. People of Belarus and Ukraine are doomed. The plan is to let them suffer the taste of Nazi brutality and turn them against the Nazis. To portray USSR as a victim, Stalin ordered the complete secret of the upcoming invasion. All civilian activities will be normal.June 21st: 11:00 PM Stalin paces around the room. Knowing that only a few hours are left, he orders the rechecking of every single details. A single mistake would led to the execution by death squad.Some of the reserves had been called up (4,000,000). This is now the numbers:Northern Front: 1,200,000. 5,000 tanks. 2,000 aircraftsBelarussian Front (Moscow): 2,000,000. 6,000 tanks. 2,000 aircrafts.Caucasian Front: 2,000,000. 5,000 tanks. 2000 aircraftsRear Front (Active Reserves): 1,600,000 (More will join them) 5,000 tanks (Many will be added once the Ural factories begin production) 1000 aircrafts.11:59 PM: The British and Soviet government hold their breath as they wait for the titanic war to begin. Hitler and his staff discuss the detail of the invasion as they are prepared to"kick the rotten structure"Expected Casualties: 8 million.Remaining inactive reserves: 50 divisions.I think that's it. Time for the invasion!