Imperial Overlord

On the German front, Manstein Group Command, Manstein is reading a report on the progress of the battle given to him by his subordinates.

The table in front of him was covered with a clean white tablecloth, and there were beautiful ornaments on it. The whole office looks very elegant, and there is even an oil painting of the head of state hanging on the wall.

"Near the First Hospital, our army lost about 1,000 people. The enemy's defense was very tenacious, but in the end we captured the nearby area." The officer standing in front of Manstein's desk reported.

Manstein nodded, still reading the report on paper. Above is the consumption of ammunition, as well as the loss of soldiers.

The two sides fought very fiercely in this battle, and Manstein also knew that the Soviet army would not give up such an important place easily.

But now, he still won the victory, won the first hospital, and controlled the triangle area between the two rivers, the Setong River and the Lamenka River.

"Let the artillerymen belonging to the cluster enter this area and establish a perfect artillery position... As for the arms, don't move forward yet, the Soviet army may launch artillery strikes here!" After walking out of the office, he grabbed the phone in his hand.

"Pick up Marshal Lundstedt..." He commanded with a calm expression, then waited patiently.

After a long while, the phone was finally connected, and Manstein said: "I have taken down the first hospital... Yes, the casualties are heavy, but the Soviets have no way to retake this place."

Because of the river escort, the Soviet counterattack is unlikely to be carried out near here. This also means that this newly captured triangular area is actually a very safe bridgehead.

On the other side of the phone, Marshal Lundstedt happily praised: "Very good, General! If you take Moscow, maybe you will be the next Marshal!"

In fact, the frontal Germans attacked quite fast. After capturing the Spark Stadium, the Germans were advancing along the Mozhaysk Highway.

The Germans at the forefront had taken control of the intersection of the Mozhaysk and Rublev roads, where they had established a fortified defensive position.

The battle at the Vostlyakovo cemetery was also fierce, and the German attack from west to east made the Soviet army unable to cope.

Further north, the Soviet army could only hold on to the other side of the Moscow River, barely supporting the already crumbling line of defense.

Because of the Moskva River, the German armored forces could not cover the infantry attack, and the Germans were afraid of casualties, so they could only stop the attack.

With the Moskva River line of defense, the Soviet army barely resisted the advance of the German army and fixed the line of defense.

But in the south, because the Moskva River runs diagonally through the center of Moscow city, the Soviet army has no barrier. The southern attack went very well, and the Germans had taken all the areas south of Balaclava Street.

The results of Army Group North were also very obvious. They had occupied Bibilevo and compressed the Soviet line of defense from the north.

In fact, most of the elite troops of the Soviet army were deployed on the west side, that is, the defense line on the side of Moscow facing the German side.

The troops on both sides were relatively weak, which was also related to the direction of the German army's main attack before the encirclement was formed.

In this case, the Soviet forces on both flanks collapsed particularly quickly. Konev is focusing on strengthening the northern defenses, so the southern areas appear weaker.

Hanging up the phone, Manstein knew that this battle was almost a battle of his own. If he wins Moscow successfully, then the Fuhrer will really give him a marshal scepter.

It is a pity that it depends on whether the Soviet army gives him the opportunity to be the first to invade the Kremlin and complete the most important victory of the German army against the Soviet Union.

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Below the Kremlin, in the underground air defense fortifications of the Soviet army, Konev was explaining to Khrushchev the state of defense lines in all directions.

The easternmost line of defense is the weakest and the safest. The German troops here can only rely on vehicles to transport supplies, so there is no sign of any attack for the time being.

The Germans in the south are changing their defenses, and although they have also made some attacks, they can still be dealt with on the whole.

The most dangerous, in Konev's view, was the battle in the northernmost part of Moscow. In the battle in the Bibilevo area, the Soviet army was simply saying that there was no resistance.

This is just one area, if the Germans continue to attack south, the area around the Yauza River will fall.

At that time, the space of the Soviet army was compressed to a limit, and any deployment would risk being suppressed by German artillery fire, and the defense line of the entire urban area would be in a precarious state.

"Yesterday, we lost about 20,000 people. Although many of them were civilian armed forces~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the speed of this loss is unbearable." Konev said to Khrushchev.

Then he opened his mouth and gave his own advice: "Leave the defense to the regular army, Comrade Khrushchev, the civilian guards waste a lot of ammunition, so that our reserves will be consumed faster."

"Civilian armed forces at least have the courage to fight back! But you only know how to retreat!" Khrushchev snorted reluctantly.

At this point in the battle, he could only let his subordinates instigate civilians who didn't know anything to fight back against the German army and try to regain the position.

True troop commanders know that blind counterattacks will only increase casualties, so they disobey their orders to counterattack, and even many sensible political commissars are reluctant to carry out the unreasonable tasks of their superiors.

It is a pity that there are still some people in Khrushchev who still think that it is a reasonable option to use civilians to consume the German army.

In order to achieve the purpose of consuming the German army, Khrushchev distributed 100,000 bullets in one go, organized 20,000 civilians, and launched a large-scale counterattack on the west side.

As a result, 100,000 bullets and 20,000 lives were completely wiped out after consuming one round of German ammunition.

Only about 3,000 people retreated back to where they started, and of those who escaped, basically no one brought back their weapons and ammunition.

"Now, any counterattack is futile! Comrade Khrushchev! We can only be patient and use our limited forces to compete with the enemy in the urban area." Konev suggested: "This is what we can do. Yes, the most correct thing."

"Comrade Konev! We have already lost the war... At this time, we should do the most respectful thing, not the most correct thing!" Khrushchev replied coldly.