Imperial Overlord

"The bombing caused more than 30 anti-aircraft guns in our city to be damaged. Four German aircraft were shot down. Our air defense system is collapsing. This is not good news." Konev told Khrushchev.

"We have deployed thousands of anti-aircraft guns nearby, and if we lose 30 of them, we can't support it? What are you kidding?" Khrushchev did not believe this statement and retorted.

"That's the data from more than ten days ago, Comrade Khrushchev. In order to defend against the frontal German attack, we have deployed 200 anti-aircraft guns and deployed them on the position as anti-tank weapons." Konev had to speak to remind .

The German tanks and armored vehicles were also the confidants of the Soviet Union. They had no way to stop the German mechanized advance. They could only use anti-aircraft guns to improve the troops' anti-tank capabilities.

In fact, the German army often used 88mm anti-aircraft guns as anti-tank weapons.

88mm anti-aircraft guns were used when Group G fought against the counterattack of the Rokossovsky Group.

"It's one-fifth less all of a sudden, so there are a lot of gaps in the anti-aircraft gun defense zone." Konev said helplessly.

Although in order to maintain the integrity of the air defense system, he deployed anti-aircraft artillery defensive positions on the east side of Moscow.

But even this adjustment is weakening Moscow's anti-aircraft firepower network. This is not an alarmist, but an immediate practical response.

When the Germans bombed for the first time, ground artillery shot down more than 10 German planes, and this time, the Germans only shot down 4 planes, which is very telling.

In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, the Moscow anti-aircraft artillery group is a surface with a certain depth and width.

Now, if the artillery and the lost artillery are drawn and the width of this surface is narrowed, an effective air defense area will not be formed, and the incoming enemy aircraft will not be shot down.

The anti-aircraft guns in the west were destroyed by German artillery shelling, and some places where anti-aircraft positions were originally deployed have now been occupied by the Germans.

The anti-aircraft guns in the east were mobilized, and the anti-aircraft guns in the west were destroyed or forced to be diverted. The surface formed by this anti-aircraft fire became narrower and narrower.

The direct consequence of this is that the loss of German aircraft is reduced and the pressure of bombing is less.

What is even more depressing is that there is another aspect of this matter: the anti-tank combat of the Soviet ground forces, the anti-aircraft guns drawn are all large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

Among them, the most popular of the ground troops, and the best anti-tank capability, is the 85mm caliber anti-aircraft gun.

It is a pity that this kind of artillery is not many in the Soviet military equipment sequence. The deployment of this type of artillery also weakened the Soviet high-altitude anti-aircraft firepower even more.

It seems that there are nearly a thousand anti-aircraft guns around Moscow, but these guns are very small in caliber and cannot threaten the German high-altitude bombers.

And these anti-aircraft guns between 20mm and 40mm caliber are disliked by the front-line infantry units because their anti-tank capabilities are really limited.

"It can't go on like this! If our anti-aircraft firepower is further weakened, then the German aircraft will be unscrupulous!" Khrushchev said depressedly.

If Stuka and ju-88 bombers are also added to the sequence of bombing Moscow, then the situation of the Moscow defenders will be even more passive.

Just the strategic bomber ju-118 is enough to cause a headache. The ju-88 and Stuka are ten times more numerous than the ju-118!

Those are thousands of bombers, and with just one bombing, Moscow may be completely in ruins.

"We can't let the German Stuka bombers wreak havoc on our heads! Do you understand?" Khrushchev roared with lingering fears.

He had experienced the bombing of Stuka dive bombers firsthand, and of course he knew how terrible that lingering hissing sound was.

He's been waking up to nightmares every night lately, the image of that **** dive bomber, howling and rushing towards him.

Even, from his dream, he could clearly see the number of the plane and the terrifying face of the pilot...

In the dream, the German driver was a skeleton, and in the dark eye sockets, there was endless darkness. The skeleton seemed to be mocking him, a smile on his **** face.

"Knock all the Stukas down! I've had enough! Damn it! I've had enough!" Khrushchev clenched his fists and looked at Konev.

"Comrade Khrushchev, the Stuka bombers are all operating on the edge of the city, and there is no record of rushing into the city." Konev comforted Khrushchev.

"Can you launch a night attack, counter the Germans, retake the lost neighborhoods on the edge of the city, and deploy some anti-aircraft guns there?" Khrushchev calmed down and asked.

"The counterattack will not have any effect. If you regain the position from the German army, you will only hold on for one day at most, and you will lose it again." Konev said helplessly.

He pointed to the blocks on the map that had been marked as enemy-occupied areas, and said, "To regain one block, we will lose about 300 people. This is not a good choice, and it will accelerate the loss of troops."

"Are we going to let those Germans come step by step and occupy Moscow little by little?" Khrushchev questioned.

He pointed to the floor under his feet and asked in a cold voice, "Come here, come here and shoot me in the head and then kill you? We can't do anything?"

"We can only wait here~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to stand firm and gradually retreat? This is our best choice? Huh?" He spoke quickly and questioned Konev one by one.

Konev was also helpless. Looking at Khrushchev, he replied, "Yes, I'm afraid it is! Cancelling all counterattacks and fighting the Germans for this city room by room is probably our best choice."

He thought for a while, then continued to say: "The German army's experience in street fighting is much richer than we thought."

"From the battle this month, I found that they attacked the city very well... They are very good at urban combat." This is Konev's experience in commanding the battle recently, and it is also the reason why he suggested canceling the counterattack.

The German army was more difficult than imagined. When they attacked the city, they had a solid basis for advancing and retreating, with a strong purpose and experience. This was not good news for Konev.

"It seems that our opponent has studied urban street fighting, and it seems to be very rewarding. I don't know how many German troops there are, but we can only wait until these troops are exhausted by us." Konev finally said, gave his own advice.