Just after Cialek had turned his eyes to the farther United States, a grand siege in Kiev was rapidly and efficiently unfolding.

Germany's encirclement is huge, and there must be a lot of gaps in this huge encirclement. Now, the Soviet army in the encirclement is trying to break through these encirclements.

At this time, what is the difference between breaking through and counterattack? If the only difference is that Stalin's persistence will greatly increase the casualties of the Soviet Red Army.

"Boom, rumble." The tall and mighty posture of the Tiger tank galloped on the vast Ukrainian plains. For the German army, this tactic is now familiar with the way.

With the arrival of subsequent troops, the number of German troops gradually increased, and they began to carry out the inevitable approach at the beginning of the encirclement war, dividing the encirclement into several small encirclements.

Just in Romne, the First SS Panzer Army, who arrived here, began to head westward and head towards Kiev. They crossed the encirclement in two!

The 1st Heavy Tank Battalion was still walking in the front. Carl Bowman was excited and rushed to the front with his crew.

"Grenade preparation. Just ahead of the target, there is a military truck." Karl Bowman shouted loudly.

For him, he was not satisfied with it all the way. He didn't meet the right target at all. It made him feel that using his precious grenade to hit a car is a waste!

"Boom!" With the roar of the tank, the truck in front turned into a burning fire and continued to move forward!

On the map, a clear line was drawn. Within two days, they completed the interlude from Romne to Kiev, dividing the defenders in eastern Kiev into two pieces, followed by four pieces and eight pieces, and eating them in one bite!

Where were the Soviet tanks? Bauman was extremely disappointed.

Suddenly, his expression was very strange. Through his observation hole, he could clearly see a Soviet soldier coming out of the trench on the Soviet position in front, picked up a bayonet, and rushed towards his side bravely!

Are the Soviets crazy?

"Machine guns, kill them." Bowman gave the order coldly. The radio soldier in front of him was also the machine gun operator. The light machine gun in front of him soon sounded like a chainsaw.

On the battlefield, the clear sound of the tweeter came. It was Stalin's speech. His speech was inspiring, but unfortunately it was useless.

Rows of Soviet soldiers fell down, and their charge was destined to be death.

Moscow.

Stalin looked at the map and was speechless for a long time.

The Bryansk Front's anticipation of the German Southward Army that he had expected was not realized at all. After a little action, they suffered heavy losses and were forced to evacuate.

The huge German legions are constantly flowing to Kiev, and now, the hundreds of thousands of Soviet Red Army in Kiev are facing the danger of being annihilated.

Stalin's hands were trembling. He picked up his big smoke pot and held it in his mouth. He did not light it, but put it down again, and repeated it several times.

No one spoke, everyone knew that Stalin took another step.

Stalin tried to resist firmly in Kiev and block the Germans in western Ukraine. Now, this wish has been completely shattered.

Stalin was unwilling to give up Kiev, because giving up Kiev would be equivalent to giving up Ukraine. Ukraine is the granary of the Soviet Union. Once Ukraine is taken away by the Germans, the Soviet Union will be in a state of starvation.

How can I fight without food?

But now, Stalin's persistence has put the precious Soviet army in danger of being eliminated again.

"Comrade Stalin, General Zhukov is here." At this moment, a voice came from beside him.

Zhukov, because he insisted on withdrawing troops from Kiev, was driven to the reserve by Stalin. Now, Stalin called Zhukov to Moscow again, and Stalin's attitude was already very obvious.

Zhukov walked in, his eyes remained firm: "Comrade Stalin, now we can't hesitate anymore. We must give up Kiev immediately and let the army break through. We must organize troops in the east of the encirclement and open a hole in the army inside the encirclement."

Zhukov did not hold grudges. He worked diligently in the reserve service and urgently organized more than 20 reserve infantry divisions for the Soviets and sent them to the front line. Zhukov completed it very well.

Now, returning to the center of power, Zhukov still sticks to his point of view and dares to directly raise it to Stalin.

Now, we have to give up Kiev!

Stalin nodded: "Yes, Shaposhnikov, convey my order immediately to allow the Southwest Front to break out from the encirclement to the east and move to our inland."

As the chief of staff of the Soviet Red Army, Shaposhnikov was unknown. He was just Stalin's microphone. Now that Stalin had spoken, he immediately went down to convey the order.

The rest of the people sighed in their hearts, if they had known this, why would they withdraw the troops in the encirclement at the beginning? Now there is nothing left. There are more than 700,000 Soviet troops there. Mobilizing these troops to Moscow is enough to fight the Germans outside Moscow.

Unfortunately, Zhukov strongly suggested that he was demoted, and now...

Zhukov did not complain. He was just doing his best to save the current situation. After talking about Kiev, Zhukov continued to propose: "Comrade Stalin, I suggest that we hold a military parade in Moscow to make up for the regret that we did not hold a military parade on Labor Day on May 1."

The Soviet tradition, on May 1, 192, to celebrate International Labor Day, the Soviet Union held a military parade on Red Square in Moscow for the first time, and it was also the Soviet Union's first 5-1 International Labor Day parade.

Historically, it was not until after World War II that the Soviet Union established the Victory Day of the Patriotic War on May 9 and decided to change the date of the military parade from the original 5-1 International Labor Day to Victory Day of the Patriotic War. The International Labor Day was converted to a large-scale parade celebration.

The tradition of the Labor Day military parade has been in vain until this year. As the Patriotic War disrupted everything, the military parade was left unresolved. Now, Zhukov actually made this opinion at this time?

However, Stalin's eyes lit up. He had already understood Zhukov's intention.
Chapter completed!