Imperial Overlord

Although Konev himself has been gritted his teeth and insisted on his optimism, the commanders under him are not as determined as he is.

Pessimism spread among the grassroots of the Soviet Union. The surrender of the Soviet defenders, which the Germans did not expect, has recently begun to happen.

Time passed day by day, and the weather was changing little by little. The slightly hot season in Moscow is coming, and the temperature can now reach around 20 degrees.

Without the annoying cold and the continuous rainy weather, this place has become the most qualified battlefield.

The fierce fighting that broke out between the two sides in July has continued, and the continuous fighting has also made the Soviet troops in the Moscow encirclement increasingly desperate.

The surrender happened in early July. The 5th Guards Infantry Division of the Soviet Union was encircled near the Levobereg railway station. When the battle was about to run out of ammunition and food, they chose to surrender.

Yes, a decent surrender, a full 10,000 Soviet soldiers put down their weapons and left their positions with their heads held high.

The Germans also gave the best treatment to these Soviet soldiers, who were transported by train to St. Petersburg, where 200 wounded were released.

The Levobereg Railway Station, which was almost in ruins, has now really fallen into the hands of the German army.

As long as the repairs are completed, a railway supply line stretching from St. Petersburg to the suburbs of Moscow will be completely connected.

With this supply line, the logistical supplies of the entire Army Group North could potentially be met, and even some surplus could be transported by car to the Guderian Group in the southeast of Army Group North.

The established Soviet army began to surrender, which meant that the Soviet army's determination to fight was on the verge of collapse, and the time for the Soviet army in Moscow city to hold on was indeed running out.

Especially with the word "Guardian" and the surrender of the troops whose numbers are still higher, it can explain the problem more and better.

The fact that such elite Soviet troops have surrendered means that the endurance of the Soviet soldiers is approaching the limit. As long as they use a little more strength, they will have more surrenderers.

There are many people who do not understand why many acts of slaughtering prisoners are not met with collective resistance from the prisoners.

In fact, this is very understandable. Before surrendering, these troops had already suffered from mental torment. The cruel battlefield had already made people desperate and numb, and their will and thoughts of resistance had long been wiped out.

Therefore, after waiting for the surrender of the 5th Guards Infantry Division, the troops of Army Group North took advantage of the victory and began a fierce attack on the city center.

For a time, with the support of heavy artillery, Army Group North captured a gymnasium north of Moscow and occupied two nearby parks.

The ability to occupy these parks mainly relied on the strong armored forces of Army Group North, which eliminated about 100 Soviet-deployed t-34s and other types of tanks near the parks.

After the loss of more than 30 tanks, the German units captured the areas they wanted, putting enormous pressure on the Soviet forces in the north.

As a last resort, Konev could only grit his teeth and bite the bullet to dispatch troops and put all the reserves in his hand into the northern defense line.

Then, on July 7, the Soviet defense lines in the southern part of Moscow suddenly collapsed. About 20,000 Soviet civilians and more than 1,000 Soviet troops surrendered, giving way to the blocks they were stationed in.

The area south of Nakhimov Street has basically fallen into the hands of the German army in this collapse. The question now is how long it will take for the German army to digest the sudden benefits.

As long as they are not in a hurry, continue to maintain their own rhythm and move forward slowly, then there is not much space left for the Soviet army.

What's worse, in these collapsed areas, there are either hidden Soviet tank troops pressing the bottom of the box, or there are some hidden ammunition storage bases.

Now, almost all of these places have been occupied or destroyed by the German army. The Soviet army has at least one tenth of the remaining weapons and ammunition reserves and other reserves, which are happily wasted.

If these weapons and ammunition were used in a frontal firefight with the German army, at least thousands of German soldiers could be killed, but they were really wasted.

Some were because they retreated too quickly and had no time to carry them, so they could only be destroyed on the spot;

After a series of defeats, the Soviet army established a new line of defense near the Moscow River and near Nakhimov Street, but they had almost no reserves, and no one could guess how long they could defend.

At this moment, no matter which direction the German army has made a large-scale breakthrough, they can only rely on the Soviet army in that direction to solve the problem on their own.

And the solution to the problem is actually quite simple. Konev has been emphasizing this method, reluctantly emphasizing: persevere and wait for the light to come.

No one knows whether the light will come, but everyone knows that their end is coming soon.

After a gruelling first phase of defense, the second phase of a massive rout was about to come. The Soviet army, lacking weapons, ammunition and heavy firepower, will soon collapse on all sides, and the entire Moscow will be in a chaotic state of engagement with gunfire everywhere.

Then, in a few days at most, these chaotic gunfire will disappear, and the Germans can claim to the outside world that they have fully occupied Moscow...

Even if he knew that his optimism would not last long~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Konev could only wait peacefully for the final moment.

With his staff and guards, he inspected the front line one by one, encouraging the soldiers to keep fighting.

Even, at the most dangerous time, before he got to where he wanted to go, a German flag was already erected there.

The gunfire was very close, and some bullets even flew over Konev's head, but he was still unafraid and insisted on holding the line of defense before leaving.

It is a pity that the Soviet army in the middle of the Moscow encirclement now lacks weapons, ammunition, medicine, and reinforcements. The only thing that is not lacking is the general.

In the entire encirclement, including the staff, there are at least 50 commanders with the rank of general, and the number of troops they actually command now may not be enough for a regiment.

I have to regret to say that the real world is different from the imagined world, and it is not so beautiful. Although Konev has been insisting on fighting, there are already many people in the city who are unwilling to continue fighting.