Burning Moscow

In his heart, Kistyakov broke his word on Vatutin and never sent us an aviation division to help us fight. 8★1★Chinese.com. He looked at Bezikov who was on the phone, and asked me uneasily: "Commander, we need to call Comrade Vatutin again and ask about air cover?"

I squeezed a smile at him and said faintly: "Deputy Commander, please remember that mountains and mountains will fall, and water will flow. Only by ourselves is the most reliable. Even without the support of the air force, we can still do it. Defending the Zhytomyr defense is just like defending Stalingrad."

Although I said this far-fetched, no one made a rebuttal. Everyone just turned their heads and glanced at me, and then went on working on their own affairs. I saw Akhromeyev just passing by my side, so I stopped him and asked, "Major, where is the transport convoy from Cherkassy?"

Akhromeyev stopped, opened the city defense map that was spread out in front of me, pointed to the map below and said: "Ten minutes ago, I received a telegram from the transport convoy. They just passed by. Skovja, there are still about forty kilometers away from us."

"When did they come out?" I then asked.

"It came out at seven in the morning." Akhromeyev raised his hand and looked at his watch, and then replied: "Because the road is not easy to follow and the car can't improve, it took nearly eight hours and it only took three minutes. The second journey. But the rest of the road should be easier to walk. I believe they can reach us in three hours at most."

"Comrade Major, it takes more than a dozen hours for the transportation convoy to travel more than a hundred highways." After listening to Akhromeyev's report, Kistyakov said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "This kind of transportation can be It is simply impossible to meet the supply of the entire group army."

"Comrade deputy commander, the comrades of the transport team have done their best." Akhromeyev said reluctantly: "These roads are all opened in the forest, although our commanders and soldiers have laid beams in many places. , But it’s still very difficult to pass so many trucks."

"Okay, Comrade Major, go ahead." After I shot Akhromeyev away, I said to Kistyakov: "The goods shipped from Cherkassy through Kosson can only be guaranteed. Our troops will not run out of ammunition and food in a short period of time, so you should not have too much hope for the transportation volume of this route. Only by reopening the road from Kiev to Zhytomyr can our logistics supplies be restored to normal. Level."

After hearing what I said, Kistyakov nodded and said helplessly: "The 77th Guards Division and the enemy are still repeatedly fighting for Kanivka. At present, this town is in the tug of war between the enemy and the enemy. It became a ruin. Fortunately, the residents here were moved away by the Germans. Otherwise, it is estimated that not many people will survive."

"Comrade Deputy Commander, you must be mentally prepared. It is estimated that the traffic line will not be restored in the short term." Thinking of the recent performance of the German army on the battlefield, I think it is necessary to give Kistyakov a vaccination. In the face of the unsustainable future forces and had to choose to break through, he would raise a lot of objections.

Kistyakov said unconvinced: "However, we now have several armies in Kiev, blocking the German 48th Panzer Corps offensive, there should be no problem."

As soon as his words fell, Lopukhov, who had rarely seen his face in the past two days, walked in. He came to us and handed me a telegram. At the same time, he said: "Comrade Commander, the telegram just received. Because of the German 48th Panzer Corps, 3oo tanks rushed towards Kiev and the 38th Army Because it could not withstand the intensive impact of German tanks, it had retreated across the board. With the retreat of the unit, the 6o Group Army, whose flanks had been completely exposed to the enemy, was also forced to retreat and retreated into Kiev."

"How could this happen, how could this happen?" Kistyakov couldn't believe it was true about Lopukhov's report. He grabbed the telegram on the table and read it over and over several times. He murmured: "Our two armies were defeated by the Germans. How could this be possible? The 38th Army commanded by General Moskalenko's combat effectiveness is among the best in the entire army. How could it be so easy? Was defeated by the enemy?"

"Nothing is impossible, Comrade Deputy Commander." Bezikov, who had just finished the phone call and walked over, just heard these words of Kistyakov, so he said in an interface: "The 38th Army was approaching Fass. Tief, after being repelled by the defenders, almost every battle will be defeated. I have been repelled from Fastif for a hundred kilometers in succession. I really don’t know how this Moskalenko commanded..."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, don't say anything that disrupts unity." Although I don't have a good impression of Moskalenko, there are too many people in the headquarters today. I am worried that if such words are spread out, they will be against others. Zikov's future is unfavorable, so he hastened to stop him, and promptly changed the subject: "Did you finish the calls to the two commanders?"

"It's all over." Bezikov nodded and replied: "The two of them mean that if the two newly aided regiments are not used for any purpose before dark, they will be used for night confrontation. The enemy conducts counter-assault use."

"Night attack?!" After listening to Bezikov, Kistyakov frowned and looked at the city defense map for a while, then raised his head and asked: "Comrade Chief of Staff~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don’t know if you have any. Haven't thought about how the night attack troops with only light weapons will deal with the armored troops of the German army. Doesn't this increase the casualties of our army in vain?"

I think Kistyakov’s statement makes sense. Now the German army has established an offensive position on the northern defense line. If a night attack is carried out at this time, not only will it not be able to disrupt the deployment of the German army, but on the contrary, there will be attacking troops. There may be huge casualties. I don't want to see this situation. I don't want to lose so many new troops before the battle begins. Therefore, I told Bezikov: "The chief of staff, call the two commanders again and say that I do not agree with their night attack plan. Our viable power is to be used to defend Zhitomir. There is no need to spend it because there is no chance of winning. Counterattack. Of course, we can't watch the enemy stay in front of us indifferent. We can send small platoon units with anti-tank weapons to harass the enemy's camp and make them restless at night."

Before Bezikov called the two teachers, I suddenly saw Razumeyeva rushing in from the outside. From the expression on her face, I guessed there might be something good, so I rushed. Then she asked loudly: "Comrade Captain, did you bring us any good news?"

Razumeeva nodded and said excitedly: "Comrade Commander, I just received a telegram from General Sivakov, saying that the troops of the 27th Army are crossing the Dnieper River and entering Cherkassy in the 6th continuation. To be continued.)