Chapter 1443 Romne Joins Forces

"We can't wait any longer." At this moment, a voice sounded: "It is up to me to issue an order to let our troops retreat across the board. If the Germans completely surround us, we will never have a chance."

Khrushchev and Timoshenko turned their heads, and it was Admiral Kirponos, the commander of the Southwest Front, who was talking. The battle in Ukraine was not as bad as Belarus, and it was largely up to him.

Admiral Kilponos, one of the first high-ranking generals to recover from the shock of the outbreak of war, did not place his troops particularly forward. After the outbreak of the war, he effectively took advantage of the depth of the Ukrainian territory, deployed the echelon defense of the four armies under his jurisdiction, coordinated with each other, and even boldly carried out counterattacks on the flanks of the German Panzer Corps.

He was in Budyonny, and later Timoshenko's men presided over the military affairs of the southwest.

(The hero of East China is a little confused. He is the commander of the Southwest Front Army. What should Timoshen's job be called?)

Now, Stalin does not agree to retreat, and their front-line commanders are very clear that once the Germans are encircled, hundreds of thousands of troops will probably be lost.

It was not a day or two that they wanted to retreat, and now Stalin still insisted on holding on. Finally, Admiral Kilponos stood up. He ignored the danger of being sent to a military court and ordered the entire line of troops to retreat.

Timoshen nodded.

Khrushchev also nodded.

Of course they have no objection, but they dare not sign their names on the order book, and if they issue such an order, they may be shot. Now that it is Admiral Kilponos standing up, that would be absolutely perfect.

Under the order of Admiral Kilponos, the Southwest Front began to move. They packed up their camps, loaded cars, and prepared to evacuate.

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East Kyiv, Romny.

(It is inevitable for the Central Route Army to go south, because there are too many defenders in Kyiv. If the encirclement is not big enough and the troops are not strong enough, it will not be tightly packed at all. Just look at the map and you will know that Romne is east of Kiev, and it is far from Kyiv and The distance from the border is almost the same, and you can think of how huge the encirclement in the battle of Kyiv was! Just checked the information, and the hero of East China was also shocked.)

"Rush, rush, rush in!" The Tiger tanks were running at full power, the diesel engines at the rear spewed black smoke, and the 88mm gun barrels were high. As the SS's fist troops, they were the rush to the front.

The 1st Heavy Armored Battalion, a tiger tank, some of the additional armor on the outside has been cracked. After the battles were over, they didn't even have time to replace the rotten additional armor. Come to them. Say, timing is everything!

Karl Baumann sat in his tank gondola, looking at the outline of the city gradually emerging in front of him, and his heart was full of anticipation, what about the Soviet tanks? Come out now!

From the beginning of Operation Barbarossa to now, Bowman's results have been soaring. So far, he has destroyed 72 Soviet tanks. Now, the rear has begun to plan to award him the Iron Cross. Just wait until When this war is over, Bowman will be a hero everyone admires.

Now, Bowman hopes that Soviet tanks will appear in front of him, allowing him to accumulate more results.

Unfortunately, there was nothing. His tank rushed into the city ahead of the pack, and no enemy on the street attacked him.

Romne's troops were empty, and the troops stationed here were not even one company at all. When they rushed over, the order for the military headquarters to retreat was issued.

As a result, the defenders here quickly retreated, leaving this empty city to the German army!

Citizens in the city hid in their rooms, and no one dared to come out. They were trembling and waiting for their fate.

"We have successfully captured Romne!" Battalion Commander Levit shouted on the radio, and the news reached the rear, commander Dietrich's headquarters of the 2nd Armored Group, which was a full 50 kilometers away from them. inside.

"Occupying Romne, we blocked the passage for the Soviets to retreat. Now, we are going to join forces with the southern army group. Where are Manstein's troops?"

On the map spread out on the flat ground, Dietrich looked at the dense markings on it and listened to the reports of his subordinates.

"General Kleist's 1st Armored Group, which has been attacking all the time, had already crossed the Dnieper River the night before yesterday and captured a landing site in the Kremenchug area, and then they took off from this landing site. Attack in the general direction of the Lubne."

The Soviets thought that by relying on the Dnieper River as a natural moat, they could block the German Army. Unfortunately, with such a long river, it was easy to find a suitable landing site. There was only the weak 38th Army in the Kremenchug area, which was the base camp reserve. Turned around, the combat effectiveness is very poor.

When Germany took control of the landing site, they couldn't fight back at all. As a result, a large number of German tanks came over.

Two days ago, they reached Kremenchug. According to their advancing speed, they should also reach Romny, right?

"Send our scouts south to find the armor of the Southern Corps and look forward to joining them," Dietrich said.

When the armored troops are advancing, they must send scouts in front, and now, just as the main force captures the city, the scouts in the front have already begun to continue their reconnaissance to the south.

Light tricycles and wheeled infantry fighting vehicles are the main equipment of the scout. Can't help but be surprised.

They were all too familiar with that kind of movement. It was a massive tank army advancing!

"It must be our troops, hurry up, go up!" The scout said excitedly.

Just when they saw the silhouette of the troop in the distance, they had already made contact with the reconnaissance troop on the opposite side. Those riders on three-wheeled BMW motorcycles, wearing windbreakers, looked very cool.

"Hey, which part are you from? We are the 1st Panzer Army of the 2nd Panzer Group!"

"We are the 16th Panzer Division of the 1st Panzer Group!" the soldiers on the opposite side shouted loudly.

"We are meeting teachers!"

"Long Live the Empire!"

On the vast Ukrainian Plain in the south of Romny, the two armies finally joined forces in victory. The leading reconnaissance troops were the first to contact each other. They embraced each other excitedly and celebrated.

Starting from the border, they have passed nearly a month, and now, they have joined forces! Their reunion also sounded the death knell for the Soviet troops in the encirclement!