Struggle in Soviet Russia

Man is a kind of social animal. The so-called sociality can be understood as living in groups. Among a group of people, the most important thing to ignore is the rules, or rules. No one can do whatever they want. Don't do anything if you don't want to.

The woman who tried her best to regain her cart may be very innocent. Her request is very simple. She just wants the cart, but the problem is that every minute she delays on this small request, she may give everything People bring danger and cause more deaths. Therefore, she broke the rules, and at this time, no one would condemn her for breaking the rules. She could only be directly abandoned by this group, because no one had time to explain more to her.

The same is true for the soldiers who are arranged in the West Bank. Although they are also human beings and have the same power to survive as ordinary people crossing the bridge, they are soldiers after all, and the soldier’s duty is to fight, that is, when the country is in crisis. Be prepared to die at any time.

Victor did not make rules, nor did he have that much power. He was just using a more intuitive way to remind everyone of the existence of rules.

Order on the bridge was quickly restored, and the crowds congested on the west bank began to evacuate to the east bank in an orderly manner. Until the soldiers who were arranged to dig foxholes crossed the river, the leading German troops did not appear.

When the command convoy started again, Sokolovsky looked at Victor’s back before getting into the car. It must be admitted that the major of the NKVD left him a deep impression. The impression that his decisiveness, calmness and cruelty, in Sokolovsky's view, is more like an experienced commander.

The convoy had just completed the work of crossing the bridge, and the German plane appeared. Six Bf109Es were like black death gods, circling and flying above the fleeing crowd. The bullets fired by the machine gun stirred up layers of blood and dust in the fleeing crowd. For the Soviet soldiers who have been fighting with the Germans for a long time, most of them know how to deal with such an attack, but ordinary people don’t know. Can be a living target.

The effect of the machine gun bullet hitting the ground is like two hook sickles passing in parallel. It is the death sickle. After passing it, only a piece of blood stains and scattered stumps and broken arms are left. The saddest thing is, The people on the ground didn't have any counter-attack. The soldiers who broke down from the front didn't even have a machine gun, let alone anti-aircraft guns.

Six German fighter planes raged in the air for more than 20 minutes, and they turned their way back. Two trucks in the command headquarters were destroyed. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The real casualties were always those who should have stayed away from the war. Of civilians.

After the German fighters retreated, German tanks appeared on the west bank side, where they could be seen. They seemed to suddenly jump out from the other side of the horizon. There was a black spot first, and then a second one. ,The third……

With a series of explosions, the Upper Nilipoz Bridge was blown off. In order to increase the difficulty of the German repairing the bridge, the guards placed the explosion points at both ends of the bridge. At the moment when the explosion sounded, the entire bridge All fell into the river.

But even so, it can't stop the Germans for too long. If they are accompanied by pontoon troops, then at most three to five hours, a pontoon bridge across the river can be erected.

Time is pressing and there can be no delay of even a minute.

After the German fighters withdrew, the command convoy continued on the road for the first time, heading straight to Seckovka.

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Solvarog, a village less than fifteen kilometers from Syczovka, is just outside the Soviet defense line of Syczovka.

This small village with a population of less than five hundred has now been completely emptied. There was originally a radar station on the east side of the village, but it was blown up in the previous German air raids, and there is only a ruin left.

In a dilapidated residential building less than ten meters away from the ruins of the radar station, members of the front army command including Timoshenko and Sokolovsky gathered in front of a broken wooden bed. He looked at the map on the bed with a serious expression.

Ten minutes ago, they had just received the news from the Seckovka Command that a German army had appeared in the Belonadem area. At the same time, the connection between the command and Lezhev had been completely cut off.

The Belonadem area is 20 kilometers east of Szyczovka, which is the main traffic road from Szyzhovka to Beloclamsk. In other words, the German army has detoured to Szyczovka. In the rear, if nothing else, the Soviet troops west of Syjovka are now surrounded by the Germans.

Undoubtedly, this is not good news for anyone. If it becomes a fact, it means that the main force of the Western Front is now in the encirclement of the Germans. This will be a disaster.

However, for the front army command, it is not yet time to consider the consequences. Timoshenko’s first task is to organize his own troops to break through and allow as many people as possible to withdraw to the Mozhaisk defense line. To enrich the strength of the defense line, so as not to collapse the entire defense of Moscow.

If you want to organize a breakout of the troops, you must first get in touch with the various units. However, the front army command has lost contact with many units. Currently, there is only one military commander under the command of Rokosovsky. The 16th Army, they are still fighting on the Dnieper River, trying to organize the German advance in this direction.

In addition to the 16th Army, it was the 19th Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lukin who had just lost contact recently. His troops were defeated by the Germans on the Dnieper River, but he regrouped the broken troops in the Vyazma area. . In the last contact, Lukin had joined the Vyazma city defense forces under the command of Makitin, and he was preparing to redeploy the troops in the Vyazma area to prevent the German army from advancing eastward.

The remaining armies, including the 24th, 29th, 30th, and 33rd armies, have been out of contact with the headquarters for more than four hours. No one knows how the fighting is going there, and no one can contact them.

According to Sokolovsky’s advice from the Chief of Staff of the Front Army, the first thing the Front Army command should do at present is to withdraw from the encirclement of the German army, and then consider other issues, and the direction of retreat can be Gezhatsk. .

As the commander of the front army, Timoshenko accepted the advice of the chief of staff, so the command headquarters began to turn south again, moving in the direction of Gzatsk. The situation on the entire battlefield is lack of understanding, and even the direction of retreat can only be guessed by luck.

Fortunately, Comrade Sokolovsky’s judgment seemed to be accurate. During the transfer of the command headquarters to the south, he never encountered German troops. Instead, he encountered German fighters three times, but did not suffer. Too much loss.

When night fell, the command moved to the village of Ivryum, less than ten kilometers west of Gzhatsk, where it encountered the infantry 53rd Corps command under the 24th Army, which was considered to be another acquisition with the 24th Army. Contact.

From Major General Rakutin, the headquarters learned about the fighting in the direction of the Ugra River. In one sentence, it was a mess everywhere. Major General Rakutin could not contact his 52nd Infantry Corps anymore, even if it was. The current 53rd Infantry Corps is only a remnant. He originally planned to redeploy a line of defense in Gzhatsk, but the force was severely insufficient.

Although the situation of Major General Rakutin’s army is not good, for the front army command, the current situation is finally much safer. Therefore, Timoshenko planned to stay in Ifrirum for the time being and tried overnight with his subordinate troops. get in touch.

Fleeing embarrassingly for a whole day, everyone was exhausted. After setting up his troops, Victor dragged his almost falling apart and returned to the farmhouse arranged for him by the headquarters to rest.

When people are sleepy, they fall asleep very quickly, and they fall asleep very hard. Victor fell asleep almost as soon as he hit the pillow. I don't know how long he slept, but it felt like he had just closed his eyes. A huge explosion suddenly awakened him from his deep sleep.

As he slept in his clothes and didn't even take off his boots, Victor was awakened and jumped out of the bed with a roll. He subconsciously looked towards the bed, but he didn't see Olica's shadow. Quickly ran out of the farmhouse.

At this time, the camp in the village had become a mess of porridge, and many people were running around. On the eastern periphery of the village, the intensive gunshots rang out, and the fire light even illuminated the whole village.

"Major Victor, Comrade Victor!" In a trance, a soldier without a hat rushed to Victor and said loudly, "The village was attacked by the Germans. Comrade Commander asked me to inform you to move immediately."

Victor wanted to ask how many Germans he had, but the soldier turned around and ran away quickly.

"Valenka!" Without paying attention to anything else, Victor opened his throat and shouted, "Olica!"

No one responded to him. There was a mess around him. Soldiers with guns were running to the east of the village, and people with disheveled clothes were running around.

"Olica!" Victor yelled again, and then he saw a female soldier's back not far away, very similar to Olica.

He didn't care to recognize it carefully, and stepping forward was like catching up, but at this moment, a bright red light swept from the corner of his eye and shot straight towards his location.

"boom!"

With a blast, the wall of the farmhouse behind Victor was completely blown apart. The huge shock wave lifted him up and threw him away...