Imperial Overlord

Just as Khrushchev was weighing in his mind how to use the old, weak, sick and disabled to consume the German offensive force, an officer pushed open the door of the conference room.

The lights above the head flicker a bit, the voltage here is often unstable, and the underground bunker mainly relies on machines to generate electricity, and instability is a matter of course.

The ground was trembling constantly, and after listening to the dull sound, we knew that the German artillery bombardment had started again.

This time the sound was relatively low, which proved that the German artillery bombardment was far away, probably concentrated in the west generation of the city. It was estimated that it was a large-scale revenge for the Soviet counterattack.

"Comrade Commissar! The latest news from the northern defense zone!" The officer who walked in looked at Konev, then shifted his gaze to Khrushchev and said.

News from the northern zone? Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then there was a bitter expression on their faces - the news about the defense zone is probably not good news.

Sure enough, after reading the news, Khrushchev's face suddenly turned gloomy. He threw the report on the table, watched Konev snorted and stopped talking.

Konev stood up, reached out and took the report paper on the table, and carefully read the words on it.

The result made his face gloomy as well: the German and Finnish coalition forces broke into Metish an hour ago!

Metish is an important gateway to the north of Moscow, and the occupation there means that all the north of Moscow has become a front-line theater!

More importantly, if Metish is lost, then Moscow's connection with the outside world will be left with a narrow passage - even this passage may be cut off at any time.

If the German army wanted to join forces victoriously, it only needed to attack the Soviet army from the north and south, advancing a distance of less than 100 kilometers.

Khrushchev already knew that Yegorievsk was occupied by the Germans, and Kolomna, near Yegorievsk, had naturally become the possession of the Germans.

Along with these news, it was news that Guderian's G group vanguard had advanced to Voskresensk.

It is true that Voskresensk is not far from Metish, and more importantly, there is no buffer in the middle.

"Comrade Khrushchev, I need to go back to the headquarters..." Konev said with a bitter face after reading the contents on the piece of paper.

"At the very least, we should invest in an elite reserve team to defend Balashikha and Noginsk! Prevent the Germans from breaking through these places and cut off the connection between us and Vladimir!" He hurriedly put on his hat and looked at said Khrushchev.

"We have only two communication lines left to the outside world, one is the main route to Vladimir, and the other is the road to Nizhny Novgorod." He put on his military cap and waited for He Rushchev's order to end the meeting.

As a major leader of Moscow's defense, Khrushchev naturally knew how important these two roads were to Moscow.

The road between Vladimir and Moscow has always been the main road for material transportation. Although the German army often bombed there, it still failed to completely cut off the road.

And the road to Nizhny Novgorod is the most important addition to the Vladimir transport line, and certainly very important.

Now, the German Army Group North is only about 20 kilometers away from the road between Moscow and Vladimir.

The vanguard of Guderian's G group has also stopped at a distance of about 20 kilometers from the road between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.

Like two nails, they were nailed to Moscow's most vulnerable wings. Now Germany is only one step away from encircling Moscow.

"I know! I know! I know what you said! What should I do now? Send someone to guard these places? Then what?" Khrushchev repeatedly questioned, leaving Konev speechless. .

What else can I do? As usual, send people to stand guard and deploy the most elite troops to plug these holes and loopholes - they were doing the same thing two months ago.

But then what? The advance of the Germans continued, and their efforts to plug the holes again and again failed.

It was not that Khrushchev was indecisive, indecisive and unwilling to send his own soldiers to defend these passages.

But after he did this, he only lasted for a few days, and then the defense line was penetrated by the German army, and Moscow was trapped in the encirclement.

So he slumped back to his seat, looked at Konev who was already standing at the door, and said with a sneer, "Then what? Then the defense line was penetrated, and the Germans still surrounded Moscow. What's the use?"

Under the current circumstances, the losses of the Moscow defenders have already been beaten by the recruits who have been replenished. If two more lines of defense are opened, who will make up for the greater losses?

You must know that the German army is ready to take Moscow at all costs, because once it takes Moscow, it means that the transportation artery of the Soviet Union will be cut off, and more than 1 million elite German troops will be freed along the way.

Once these units become mobile units, it is free to go south to Ukraine or east to Chelyabinsk and other places.

After all, the Soviet Union did not have many troops to defend against such a large enemy army, and the German army might advance to the Far East along the railway line in one go.

"However, Comrade Khrushchev, if we don't do this, then the German army will be able to encircle us in a few days, and then it will be impossible for us to get supplies~www.wuxiaspot.com~." Konev was silent. After a long while, he squeezed out such a sentence.

Then, without waiting for Khrushchev to say anything, he continued: "And if anyone wants to leave Moscow, it's impossible."

After all, leaving a passage, leaving a passage leading to the outside world, still has a little effect for Khrushchev.

A pathway can not only be used to receive supplies from the outside world, but also to escape from the encirclement. And the latter is what Khrushchev really cares about.

Although the chances are small, he can still leave Moscow and escape from this ghost place that will soon be occupied by the Germans! With this hope, Khrushchev can sleep peacefully every night.

If this hope was dashed, Khrushchev would have a hard time imagining how he could persevere in a state of complete despair.

So he was silent for a while, and finally, when everyone in the meeting thought he fell asleep with his eyes open, he squeezed out his voice hoarsely: "Call the troops and defend those places! Be quick!"