Imperial Overlord

"Comrade Khrushchev, what is the most dignified thing?" Konev asked in amazement.

Khrushchev pointed to the map and said to Konev: "Retaliate in all directions! Fight the enemy to the end! Fight back! Only by fighting back can we prove that we have not surrendered! We will never surrender!"

You are crazy! Konev really wanted to curse like that. He still has hundreds of thousands of regular and irregular troops in his hands, which may collapse in a few days after being consumed in futile counterattacks.

What is a crash? That means they would lose most of their forces and then be unable to maintain the line, leaving Moscow as a German occupation within a few days.

"Let Zhukov fight back in the southern region, perhaps it is more in line with the current situation than our own counterattack." Konev swallowed what he wanted to say and chose another sentence.

Khrushchev still accepted this suggestion, but Stalin, who was far away in Stalingrad, was unwilling to accept this request.

So Khrushchev shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Comrade Stalin rejected this proposal, he said that Zhukov's troops were insufficient."

In fact, Stalin's trip to Stalingrad was not without merit. At least this high-ranking Soviet ruler finally understood the difficulties of some front-line soldiers.

He saw with his own eyes how Zhukov's army of 2 million was stretched thin when defending the entire Ukraine.

In the past, he would have thought that Zhukov was unwilling to go north to rescue Moscow. But now, he knew that Zhukov's ability to hold on to Ukraine was already very difficult.

The battle for the Odessa region has now turned bloody. Italy and Romania have invested at least 300,000 troops to attack the city, and the Soviet army has been fighting for almost a week.

"We have fewer troops, and the persistence is not enough. Where can the troops fight back?" Through this topic, Konev expressed his difficulties.

Khrushchev was dissatisfied in his heart, and his face was also very disgusting, and he said sarcastically: "You are not willing to fight back, there are civilians who are willing to fight back, willing to give their lives for the motherland, what else can you blame?"

Konev knew that he couldn't stop Khrushchev's madness, so he could only retreat and say: "Then, I hope that in the next counterattack, I will choose the direction of the counterattack, and there is still time for the counterattack."

This was the greatest compromise he could get. As long as Khrushchev nodded, he could restrain the endless wasteful behavior of civilian armed forces.

It is up to him to choose, he can choose to fight back at night, and with the elite Soviet troops, he may also achieve a certain degree of victory, which is much more cost-effective than wasting it in vain.

Hearing Konev's compromise, Khrushchev no longer insisted, and said with kindness: "Yes, as long as you allow the civilians to continue to fight back, the time and place can be determined by you!"

"Report!" A voice suddenly rang from outside the door. After getting permission, an officer walked into the office, stood at attention and saluted, reporting: "The German army launched a fierce attack in the north, and our army's position was broken through."

"North? Damn! Where did they hit? Otradnoye?" Konev asked nervously.

"Yes! Comrade General! Otra Denoye is now a battlefield." The officer replied bitterly.

The Soviet army in the north lacked weapons and equipment, and the strength was insufficient. The German army increased its attack a little, and their defense line collapsed.

The last thing Konev wanted to see finally happened - the Germans found a weak point in the Soviet defense and launched a fierce attack on this weakness.

"How is the reinforcement of the Lihoborka River defense?" He hurriedly asked the chief of staff who had been silent for a while.

The Chief of Staff has been busy lately, building a line of defense along the Lihoborka River. All the Soviet army can do now is to defend against the river.

If the Lihoborka line was lost, there would be no dangerous terrain to fortify between Army Group North and Red Square in Moscow.

Hearing Konev's question, the chief of staff quickly said: "The defense line is fairly solid, all the buildings along the coast have our soldiers, and we are strengthening the barricades, there is no German armor threat, and it should be able to stop the German army. s attack."

Konev was reluctant to immediately retreat to the Lihoborka line of defense. The reason was actually very simple. The line of defense along the river and the lack of a buffer zone were not considered very safe.

To put it bluntly, it is actually very dangerous to arrange defense lines along the river. If conditions permit, bridgeheads should be built on the other side of the river to support each other and form a defense system in depth.

This is the same as the triangle of the Sheton and Lamenka rivers. Once the German army has completely occupied the other side of the river, the Soviet army is trying to counterattack, and it is impossible.

"Let the troops retreat to the Lihoborka River defense line... Now there is no good way." Konev reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

"What? Abandoning so many urban areas? If you don't even fight, you hand over to the Germans?" Khrushchev ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ on the side was reluctant.

"We don't have enough troops over there. If you insist, I can transfer the position to civilian armed forces for defense..." Konev explained, giving Khrushchev another option by the way.

"Okay! Let civilians defend those areas with armed forces! It must not be handed over to the Germans!" Khrushchev thought for a while, and decided that it was more in line with his philosophy not to give up those outer urban areas.

"Levobereg Railway Station must be the next target for the German army to occupy. No matter what, this place cannot be given to the Germans!" Konev thought for a while, pointed to the location of a railway station on the map, and said. Speaking to himself.

His statement is quite in line with Khrushchev's wishes. Therefore, Khrushchev did not speak, waiting for Konev's order.

"Let the 5th Division of the Guards go there! It is not allowed to retreat, even if the place is in ruins, it is not allowed to take a step back!" Konev did not live up to Khrushchev's wait and gave a death order.

In fact, Konev has no choice, because if the German army controls a railway station outside Moscow, the speed of the German army's material transfer will be faster.

No Soviet commander wanted the Germans to take control of a train station in the northwest while supplying Army Group Center and Army Group North.

"Hopefully, there will be some turning point in July..." Looking at the calendar hanging on the wall, Konev prayed in despair.

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