1166 Moscow Lacks Everything

readx; "General Vatutin! The German army stopped attacking after they attacked and occupied the crossroads here 3 days ago. They built a strong fortification on the opposite side, and it seems that they have no intention of continuing to attack at all. Please search The most complete! The fastest update." In the trench, a front-line commander pointed to the ruined battlefield not far away, and introduced to Vatutin, the commander of the Moscow city defense who came here for inspection: "We try to I had scouted there at night, but was driven back...the other party has about 2 battalions nearby, and the firepower was arranged quite cleverly."

Vatutin moved his eyes away from the artillery mirror in the trench. The trench here is connected to other places by the sewer shaft, which is very hidden. Surrounded by rubble and ruins, the field of vision is relatively wide.

Now for any frontline activities on both sides, you must be careful of the opponent's snipers and artillery observation posts, because once they are discovered, they may suffer from various terrible attacks. The entire battlefield is full of gunmen, and every bomb crater may be buried with landmines. This is a hell, a hell of difficulty.

"The only reason why the Germans don't attack is that they want to wait for us to lose our footing before going over and surrendering." Vatutin looked at the several officers following him, and continued with his hands behind his back: "The Germans don't want to When they are already victorious, they only increase the casualties of their own troops, they still have some differences from us, they care about the lives of their own people."

Having said that, he had no intention of continuing to speak, but just led his followers and walked slowly along the trench not far away. He passed a dozen Soviet soldiers leaning on the trench and holding their own rifles. These soldiers were so listless that they didn't even have the intention of standing up to greet their general.

Exhaustion and hunger have already made the defenders here very numb, and they don't have much interest in things that happen around them that have nothing to do with fighting. These people sat there pitifully, except for the German army launching an attack, or something like a shell falling, nothing else could make them move their bodies.

"Stand up! See what you look like? General Vatutin personally inspected the position, why don't you hurry up and salute?" A battalion commander at the front really felt that his soldiers were a little too loose, so he quickly opened his mouth to scold him. Walking over, hoping to get his soldiers to stand up to attention, showing more spirit than their ragged appearance.

"Comrade Commander... Do you have any extra soldiers to replace them?" Vatutin stopped the battalion commander from moving, and then he slowly asked the battalion, which actually only had more than 310 soldiers left. long.

The battalion commander was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head dejectedly, and replied: "Comrade General, I don't have any extra soldiers. There are still a few buildings on the defense line that need to be defended by the Moscow Self-Defense Forces. I have one squad." The reserve team can't be drawn out."

"Me too,

Comrade. I don't have any extra soldiers to support you, so I am very happy to see that they can now have a chance to rest. "Vatutin looked at the soldiers who were sleeping together on the ground, and said helplessly: "The Germans slowed down the attack speed, so we had the opportunity to rest and recuperate. This is our opportunity, and we must seize it. "

"Yes! Comrade General! I understand!" The battalion commander stood at attention and saluted Vatutin. , meet them!"

Vatutin walked around the soldiers who were sleeping on the wall of the trench, looked at a hidden machine gun position not far from them, and looked at the sandbag leaning on it, which had its wheels removed Maxim heavy machine gun.

"When this thing is shot with wheels, the shooter is too high, and it is easy for the opponent to overwhelm... So we removed the wheels, and when the transfer was carried out, the two soldiers ran with each other, and the speed was not too slow." The man who followed Vatutin In the back, the commander of this position gave an introduction. He basically has such outdated weapons in his hands, Maxim and Mosin Nagant, and even the quantity of hastily mass-produced ** sand is very limited.

"The soldiers are working too hard. Our weapons are simply incomparable to those of the Germans..." Vatutin shook his head regretfully, and said to the staff officers beside him, "If there are still stocks, distribute them as much as possible." Come on, we don't have to keep anything, do we?"

In fact, he certainly knows that the lack of advanced weapons on the front line is still a tolerable problem. The real problem that plagues the front line troops is consumables such as food and ammunition. After the German army encircled Moscow, food became more precious. Now, because the food supply and distribution department in Moscow has collapsed, even a set of statistics and distribution procedures no longer exist.

The soldiers searched for all kinds of food to satisfy their hunger in the ruins and civilian houses. At the beginning, because of time, they could find all kinds of food, and even a luxurious meal when they were lucky... But , Now that the siege of Moscow has been fought for several months, the food that can be eaten in the whole city is getting scarcer and scarcer, and the problem of the food distribution system without supporting management has been highlighted infinitely.

Military-level units have already begun to raise their own food chaotically, not to mention division and regiment-level troops. They collect any nearby resources that can be collected, including some shopping malls and any places where there may be food. . Even if the army is like this, you can imagine the embarrassment of the civilians. Food supplies have been cut off in many places, and starving to death is not uncommon here.

Ammunition is even more of a problem. Even with only light weapons, the amount of ammunition consumed in street fighting in Moscow is a huge number for the Soviet defenders in the city. Although before Moscow fell into heavy siege, everyone began to desperately accumulate the ammunition hoarded in the city, but after several months of consumption, it is true that there is not much left.

The 2nd Independent Armored Brigade of the Moscow City Defense Force has only 8 tanks left that can move, and only about half of the ammunition is left. They cannot be replenished. In the rear, because many tanks will be destroyed, and the remaining ammunition can be distributed to others.

"Comrade General! I think we can fight to the last moment, but a large number of civilians are not obliged to accompany us to die." A front-line officer looked at Vatutin and said to his officer with hope on his face: " I heard that the Germans provide refugee resettlement and return food...we can ask civilians to hand over food, and then let them take refuge in the German war zone..."

Vatutin nodded after hearing this suggestion, and then shook his head: "Comrade Stalin would not agree with this idea, and if we let civilians go to Germany, how can we count these people after the war? According to the law, Such a person is treason and shall be hanged or shot."

He smiled wryly as he said: "Although we don't have to deal with laws such as treason now, at least we probably don't have to enforce these laws against them-but, have you ever thought that we still have a huge number of criminals?" The 'Moscow Self-Defense Force', once the civilians are let go, how much of this Self-Defense Force will be left?"

In fact, this is the reason why Vatutin really cares and dare not try to let the civilians go, because once the civilians are no longer restrained, then the Moscow Self-Defense Forces composed of women, children and the elderly may really have nothing left. up. Vatutin knew that the real reason those people hadn't collapsed yet was because there seemed to be no way out for them. Once there is hope, these people, who are basically civilians, will immediately lay down their arms and flee to the Germans.

"However, Comrade General, these civilians are useless at all. They waste our supplies and food. When the Germans really come over, they will only live on the road and be sifted by bullets." The commander continued to persuade Said: "Let them leave, at least, let those useless people leave here."

Vatutin was silent. He knew that as a Soviet officer, he should let those civilians who had no combat effectiveness leave the ruined city. But he knew that once he issued such an order, after a few hours, those Moscow Self-Defense Forces that acted as a human wall or could play some role would really fall apart.

"I can only give you one suggestion, that is, when the civilians are walking towards the opposite German position, your troops don't have to shoot..." Finally, Vatutin said, "No matter what happens, I will I have no right to say it."

He didn't know how many lives of Moscow civilians could be saved in the end by his order, but he felt that he should do something, if he could save one, let's just have one more. What he didn't know was that Zhukov was already doing this kind of thing in the south of Moscow, where the troops turned a blind eye to the civilians leaving Moscow, allowing old people and children who should have been the Moscow Self-Defense Forces to seek refuge with the Germans .

"Thank you! Comrade General! I think it is a great honor for us to persevere here for our motherland and stand with you to the end." The officer stood at attention and saluted, and said to Vatutin .

"No! Child..." Vatutin looked at the young officer, shook his head and said, "For you, survival is the most important thing."

--------------

Recommended by my friend Tianyou: Drink the strongest wine, sleep with the most beautiful girl, hold a steel gun, and win the favor of beauties. "The Strongest Army Soul"

p