The German shells finally landed on the front position of Moscow. No matter how long the Germans prepared, at this moment, the battle to attack Moscow started.╞┢.?{.

A Soviet communication soldier ran into the command room of the Moscow Garrison Command in panic, stood attentively and informed of the shocking things that had just been released. Although this matter should have been born long ago, it still made people panic when such a thing is approaching: "Report! Comrade Commander! Railway Bridge No. 4 in the upper reaches of the Moscow River... Huh, where is the Commander?"

"Comrade Commander has taken people to inspect the front line outside the city. Now I am the temporary commander here. I will tell me if you have anything to do."

"Yes! Comrade Chief of Staff, I just received the news on the front line that the German army conquered the upper Moscow River position? A division guarding there... suffered heavy casualties, and they demanded reinforcements, or retreat immediately."

"Reinforcement? I still want reinforcements! After all, it is just a periphery position, so how can there be reinforcements? Let's talk about the main situation! How long will the No. 4 Railway Bridge be held? Can it be blown up in time?"

"Reported to Comrade Chief of Staff, most of the railway bridge No. 4 was damaged. Because the blasting of the blast did not completely destroy the bridge, but only part of it was blown up. So..."

"So even if it is a supportive force, it is too late to fight back! It is time to let go of that position! Retract all the troops guarding the bridge and don't be enemies in the outer positions and German armor. You must rely on the support of the main defensive position to slowly consume the German army." The chief of staff of the Soviet army still had two tricks. Under the leadership of these generals who were not worthy of vain, the Moscow circular defensive position was operated in a very good manner, and it seemed that Moscow would be destined to be the next Stalingrad.

"Yes!" The communication soldier quickly stood attentively and then ran out in a hurry to convey the new combat order... and lost the No. 4 Railway Bridge, and a large area of ​​defense in front of Moscow was lost. Maybe Comrade Stalin was going to be thunder again.

He sighed helplessly, and the chief of staff walked to the front of the precise map of Moscow Prefecture with his hands behind his back. It was covered with dense trenches and bunkers. It can be said that countless soldiers were holding their positions within every kilometer. It was a bloody price to go to the Moscow city step by step.

What supported the Moscow defenders' belief was nothing more than the 570,000 elite infantry defenders heading south. With the addition of these defenders, Moscow could hold on for at least a few more months. In a few months, perhaps the Soviet Union would arm a million troops and fight another battle with the German army in front of him.

"Report! Comrade Chief of Staff! The infantry position on Height No. 66 was violently bombarded by German artillery fire. The 353rd Regiment of the defender called us to supplement personnel losses, otherwise the Height No. 66 was in danger of being captured by the German army." Another communications soldier walked into the office with a telegram, and behind him was followed by the communications soldier from another direction.

The second communications soldier brought no good news. He stood at attention and placed the telegram on the commander's desk, then stood at attention and reported: "The artillery positions deployed in Tucchikovo were bombed by the Luftwaffe, and the losses were serious. Please send engineers to repair them immediately!"

"Send engineers? What other engineers can we send now? Comrade Stalin, the reserve team, strictly ordered that they should not be moved out of Moscow, and the remaining troops were basically sent to the upper reaches of the Moscow River! Is the direct engineer regiment of the Front still there?" When the chief of staff heard these requests, he marked the map and asked the assistant behind him.

His assistant shook his head in embarrassment and told the Chief of Staff the worst case: "No more, the two battalions under the Engineer Corps, one of which had just gone to the damaged air-proof artillery position, and the damage there was even more serious. ┢ l s l . (. The personnel of the other battalion are repairing the water plant destroyed by German aircraft, and they may not be able to retreat for a while!"

When the chief of staff heard the news, he had to nodded: "Well, for the long-term combat, the water plant must not be missed. Let the troops around Tuchikovo... retreat."

Retreat? Is the Chief of Staff confused? There was the main direction of the German army's attack along the road, with armored grenadiers and tank assault guns densely packed. At this time, let the troops leave the position and retreat, and they will inevitably be caught up by the German army with better mobility. What is the difference between this and suicide?

But when I thought about it, I felt relieved. In this case, all positions were too busy to take care of themselves. How could there be any reinforcements to protect the peripheral positions like Tuchikovo? If they were not allowed to retreat, would they order them to defend to the last person?

Just before the two communication soldiers left the command center, the third soldier hurriedly walked in from outside: "Report! Comrade Chief of Staff! The troops near Tuchikovo have lost contact, and it is estimated that there has been a fall. The last telegram was from the political commissar there, saying that he vowed to live and die with the position... and then the contact was interrupted!"

It seems quite difficult to rely on a fast-set defensive position to fight against the German armored troops in the wild. Even with a town like Tuchikovo as a support, it was defeated by the German armored troops within a few hours. The Soviet chief of staff smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say.

His assistant was not as calm as him. When he heard the news that the first position on the front was broken, he said in shock: "What? You said the contact was interrupted? That was the unit of three divisions with more than 7ooo people! It was completely wiped out without even holding it back for two hours? How could it be so fast?"

How could it be not so fast? The German armored vehicles and tanks over there covered the infantry and pressed directly on the front. With a large number of air force and heavy artillery, the Soviet army could not raise its head at all. Relying on its flesh and blood body to persist there for more than an hour, it was already a worthy achievement. Do you still want the infantry to repel the tanks?

A major general in the room seemed to have been to Tuchikovo, so he had to stand up and help the front-line troops explain their tragic experience: "My comrades may not know the situation. I have been to the front-line in person. Sometimes the German army uses hundreds of armored vehicles and assault guns to cover their infantry to attack in turn. Our army's disadvantaged forces can hold on for more than an hour, which is the result of brave battles."

The Chief of Staff had studied the German tactics in Stalingrad, and nodded at this moment to agree with the major general's speculation: "The Tuchikovo position can be held for so long and the crisis has lasted for so long. I'm afraid it was the consumption trap that the damn Germans deliberately lured us to continuously reinforce. Seeing that we were not fooled, their plan was not possible to succeed, so they directly annihilated the defenders there in the end..."

The major general was also considered a general who knew the army, so he had to bite the bullet and come up with his own ideas: "It is too late to mobilize troops to counterattack, and sticking to the position is the top priority! There is no need to investigate the lost position, so it is better to strengthen the existing defensive position quickly!"

"It's right!" The Chief of Staff glanced at the major general and nodded quickly to agree with his opinion: "Immediately urge the construction personnel of nearby positions to speed up time to consolidate the defensive positions, and report the situation of the front line to the Kremlin! Go quickly!"

He suddenly remembered something again, and then called the last communication soldier who left: "Go and ask me clearly, the main position of the anti-aircraft gun and the water plant should not be missed. When will it be repaired, there must be time! Ask clearly! Go quickly!"

"Yes! I'll ask now!" The communications soldier quickly ran out of the command center.

Seeing his subordinates running out in a panic, the major general felt that he was blind. However, at this time they were all miserable people tied to Moscow's fate, and they really had no mood to pursue them. So the major general cursed: "What a bunch of waste!"

...

A car parked in front of the command headquarters. Inside the car was General Vatujing, the supreme commander of the Soviet army in the direction of Moscow. He was already the last barrier between Stalin and the German army, but at this time his troops were in short supply and he could not stop the German army from attacking further towards Moscow.

The general who had just returned from some second line of defense jumped out of his car, summoned his adjutant, and issued an order regardless of fatigue: "Let the technicians sent by the United States adjust the radar air defense system. Yesterday, the German bombing destroyed a radar station, and there was a loophole in our air defense network."

Yesterday, German bombing destroyed a radar station built by the United States for Moscow, which resulted in no guidance of the anti-aircraft anti-aircraft gun positions. The direct consequence was that an important water plant was bombed by the German army. Stalin personally called and scolded all personnel in the defense command.

"Even if the radar station was blown up... it was just a blow-up. There was a whole anti-aircraft artillery regiment. No position could detect the German planes in advance? Now this is the front line! They are still so careless. Do you have to see the German army before they know that the danger is coming?" Vatujing walked into his command center and scolded the officers following behind.

"Comrade General, if there is no radar in the night bombing, the anti-aircraft artillery will not dare to fire randomly. After all, the flames will leak our defensive positions, and every move is in their calculations... The Germans are too leading in the field of high-tech. They know the nature of the radar and rely on sprinkling platinum strips to interfere with our radar system..."
Chapter completed!