Chapter 1442 Stick to Kyiv

The troops of the central group and the southern group are 550 kilometers away in a straight line, and the entire southwestern army of the Soviet army is in the triangle between the two German troops.

According to the cross-country speed of the mechanized army, it seems that it can be advanced in two days, but it is not the case.

Because the advancement of the armored forces requires perfect logistical support, and encountering bridges and other bottlenecks along the way, it took them about five days to finally appear in the eastern part of Kyiv.

Even so, it was already quite fast, and in the past five days, although the Soviets noticed it, they didn't report it for some reason. They thought it was the southern army group.

As a result, just when the 1st SS Panzer Corps under the vanguard 2nd Panzer Group of the German Army was about to arrive in eastern Kyiv, the Soviets finally observed the flag of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, and they were suddenly dumbfounded.

No, I'm going to be surrounded!

At first in Minsk, because of Pavlov's recklessness, the troops were constantly surrounded and annihilated, but in Ukraine, due to the proper command of Budyonny, they did not suffer any heavy losses, only a part was lost in the Battle of Uman.

Since the main force of the Kyiv Military Region is still there, it is very difficult for the Germans to encircle and annihilate the defenders of Kyiv. They occupy the Dnieper River as a natural moat, trying to block the continued attack of the German army.

But now, the situation has completely changed. The Germans know that it is not enough to have troops in the southern military region, and as a result, they have mobilized the Central Army!

It can be said that this will be the largest encirclement in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, and also the largest encirclement in the entire history!

This is a huge encirclement, it is simply unbelievable, the entire Kyiv Military Region's 700,000-800,000 troops are all surrounded!

According to previous experience, as long as it is surrounded, it is only a matter of time before it is wiped out.

When the news reached the Kremlin, everyone felt a rumbling in their minds. Could it be that the Soviets are really going to perish?

Less than a month after the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union lost a large area of ​​its territory. The German army was attacking Moscow. The fortifications west of Moscow were all hastily recruited second-line troops and defeated troops.

Looking at the entire battlefield now, only the troops of the Southwest Military Region are still formed as elite front-line troops. They are guarding in Ukraine and guarding the southwestern gate of the Soviet Union.

Who would have thought that they would be surrounded now!

No one spoke, and the entire conference room was so silent that you could even hear a needle falling on the ground. After a long time, Stalin finally spoke: "For us, this is really good news, the Germans are the strongest. The Central Route Army can rush to our Moscow within a month, and they actually went south!"

The leader's vision is really different. At this time, he actually thought that Moscow was finally safe? It sounds so ridiculous and pathetic.

It was like a rooster waiting to be slaughtered in a cage. Seeing that one of his companions was taken away, the rest were relieved, fortunately, they could live a little longer.

"You said, taking advantage of this opportunity, let's launch a counterattack against Smolensk, how about that?" Stalin said.

No one agrees with him. At this time, even the defense line has just been established, and the defense is not enough, so he still has to fight back? Comrade Stalin has a problem with his head today, right? Nervous?

Stalin certainly had his own considerations.

Now that the Central Route Army has moved south, and the front of our side is empty, why not launch a counterattack and increase confidence through victory?

Morale will be low after the oil field is bombed, the Soviets need a victory to inspire! No matter the cost, it's worth it.

No one spoke, and everyone seemed to be mute.

"Comrade Stalin, Marshal Timoshenko asks to break through." Another telegram came.

Since this time, the Kyiv Military District has been trying to evacuate, but Stalin never approved it. On the contrary, he dismissed those who insisted on evacuation, including Zhukov and Budyonny.

Now, Brother Timoshen also wants to break through?

"No, they have to hold on, and at the same time prepare to launch a counterattack and eat the army that surrounds them."

Stalin's words convinced the people present that there must be something wrong with his brain, which is not realistic at all!

Just now, at the moment of receiving the news, Stalin did think about letting them break through, but Stalin immediately ruled out this idea of ​​his own.

The oil field is gone, what can we do to break through? The Soviet Union's crude oil reserves have long been exhausted, and now it is almost used as much as it is exploited.

In the absence of fuel, their tank units cannot fight. Without tank units, how to break through? Even if they break through, how can they fight the German armored troops that catch up in the retreat?

Breaking through the encirclement is death, and being surrounded is also death. It is better to fight to the death in the encirclement.

At least it can hold back the German army and create a chance for its own side to fight a beautiful counterattack here.

No one dared to persuade Stalin. If Zhukov was here, he would definitely stop him. Unfortunately, Stalin had already demoted Zhukov to the reserve.

"Order the Bryansk Front to flank the German troops going south," Stalin continued: "Destroy them in their maneuvers!"

The Central Route Army will go south and have to walk more than 500 kilometers to cross the defense area of ​​the Bryansk Front. They must be marching with the Long Snake Formation. At this time, they hit them from the middle. It is not so easy for them to encircle Kyiv!

(There is also a saying in later generations that it was just a rumor after Stalin ordered to stick to Kyiv. Stalin was not stubborn and explicitly demanded to stick to Kyiv at all costs. He only made a request for retreat. Guderian's armored forces launched a counterattack. And without the approval of the High Command, Kyiv must not be abandoned, nor any bridges?)

Stalin's attitude was firm, and when his order was passed back to Kyiv, the faces of the people present were ugly.

Budyonny has been dismissed. Now in Kyiv, it is Timoshenko and Khrushchev. Since the war, Khrushchev has lost a lot of weight, and he has also been under a lot of pressure. Now, he Even more desperate.

"We can't defend Kyiv." Khrushchev, who had always flattered Stalin, is now complaining: "Let's stay here and let us fight back?"

Stalin's head must be flooded. Khrushchev didn't dare to say these words, but he could only rot in his heart. If he can take office in the future, he must shake out all these rotten things about Stalin. He is simply a Soviet The sinner who deserves to be shot the most!