Chapter 774

Surrender... For Khrushchev, this word is a little far away and a little strange. He used to use this word to shoot hundreds of soldiers. Now when it's his turn, he's full of awe instinctively.

During almost a year of the war, thousands of Soviet soldiers were captured by the German army. The families of these soldiers, who were far away in the Soviet compound, were sent to Siberia to work hard for the eastward migration of Soviet industrial facilities.

In Khrushchev's eyes, it seems that he was involved in all aspects of the war. It was Stalin who ordered him to supervise the first attack and attack the German army's damned border line in Poland.

That may be the most successful defense line in human history. It has preset a breakthrough point and an ambush area. The whole front is a huge strangulation machine. Whoever attacks there will be attacked by counter attack and destroyed. It is ridiculous that the Soviet troops rushed into these ambush areas, thinking that they had broken through the German defense line and happily got into the pockets left by the Germans.

It was Khrushchev himself who drove those elite Soviet troops into those terrible encirclement. These troops lacked fuel, little food, and even ammunition, so they were cut off by the German army. Bullets came from all directions, light and easy to lift, and surrounded the superior Soviet Red Army.

Before Khrushchev understood what happened, millions of Soviet troops were surrounded by the German army. Although they bravely resisted to the last moment, they still could not save the fate of the Soviet Army's failure.

Then his happy moment in the Soviet Union was ended. He was forced to retreat southward with the remnant, and came to the solid fort of the crimson Peninsula, in an attempt to make a transition here for some time, and then plan for the future development. However, the day did not meet people's wishes, and the German army suddenly entered the Ukrainian restoration, and the responsibility for his defeat became more and more serious with the more and more land occupied by the German army.

Now, he has to think about his future. After all, the German attack will not stop because of prayer and other reasons. This time, the German will completely occupy Crimea, and then draw out the M group army on the long front to prepare for the next attack.

It can be said that in Germany, akkado's east line counterattack script has been written for a long time, and Khrushchev is the most unfortunate guy to sacrifice the flag. The German army was bound to take out crimson, who was isolated and hated by Stalin, in order to further concentrate its forces in the future war.

For Khrushchev, the outcome has long been predestined, but he never thought that it would come so fast. After all, in the crimson Peninsula and the original peripheral defense line, there are 450000 troops.

However, since the beginning of the battle of crimson in the south, almost 250000 Soviet troops have been annihilated or surrendered in a short period of more than a month. This is still the result of the Soviet soldiers' hard work on the basis of having a solid defense line. In order to eliminate the 250000 Soviet troops, the German troops also suffered a total of 40000 casualties, with more than 11000 deaths.

If it wasn't for the obvious superiority of the German army in the air, if it wasn't for the fact that the Soviet Union had cut off all support for crimson, and if it wasn't for the fact that crimson hadn't received any supplement since the summer, it would be more difficult for Manstein to attack now. But there is not so much history. Now, Manstein has won, and it's quite easy to win.

In fact, Sevastopol fortress is a group of fortresses connected by countless fortresses around a city. Taking the urban area of Sevastopol as a reference, the whole urban area is close to the South Bank of the slender sevinaya Bay in the north, and the defense focus is between the North Bank of sevinaya Bay and biebuick gorge. There are 12 permanent fortresses in this 360 km rectangular area, accounting for 75% of the total number of Kremlin fortresses. Each fortress has a typical Soviet name, but the German army prefers to call them by their own nicknames. The central area is guarded by three huge fortresses of Molotov, Cheka and kobewu. The angular protrusion near the sea in the southwest is equipped with two fortresses of Lenin and Northern fortress. Due to the East, there are five United fortresses: Stalin, Siberia, Volga, Donetsk and Ural, In the northernmost and most easily broken pass of the four defense lines, it can be said that the "Gorky 1" combined turret fortress is the strongest fortress in the world. It has a double combined 305 mm cannon made in 1934, with a range of 44 km. The shape of the external defense layer is similar to that of the battleship turret at that time. It is wrapped by 200-300 mm thick armor plates, and there are three permanent fortifications under the turret, Each layer of permanent concrete canopy is 3000-4000 mm thick.

In addition, the east side of "Gorky No. 1" Fortress also set up "bassian No. 1" Fortress as a foresight. All the fortresses are covered with permanent concrete armor plates, connected by underground passages and small railways, and innumerable bunkers and firepower points are set up in the mountainous areas. All the fortress turrets are sunken and have absolutely superior firing range, so it is impossible to attack the defensive zone on the ground in theory. Moreover, it is safe for the designer to store the basic ammunition of the fortress in the main ammunition depot of kulabe, which is 30 meters deep underground on the South Bank of sevinaya Bay.

In contrast, the defense forces in the South and west of Sevastopol are not so concentrated: along the east to the southeast, only three fortresses, bassian 2, Kube and balkulewa, are deployed, and five main front-line infantry defense positions are interposed between them; There are only three second line infantry positions on the west side of the first line position: "uphill highland", "vulture highland" and "windmill highland". In order to prevent the threat of the southern sea, the "gorky-2" combined turret fortress was set up in the southern end of the crim peninsula. Between the second line position and the urban area of Sevastopol is the "Soviet mountain position", which is the last barrier. Of course, many of these fortifications only exist in the drawings. With the help of Germany, the navy strength of the Soviet Union has improved a little. It has unparalleled confidence in the Navy with the increasing number of battleships. Therefore, the funds originally spent on the crimson fort were transferred to the Navy for the construction of battleships. Because of this, most of these solid fortresses that make Manstein headache in another time and space are just simple ground trenches and weak blockhouses. Although the pesky 305 mm cannon turret on Fort Gorky 1 is still there, it's just a lonely hand. The Soviet soldiers guarding Sevastopol are quite special. In addition to the ordinary Red Army, there are also the Marine Corps and the Soviet internal affairs forces. These special forces have strong combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment, and the quality of officers. They are also the last strength in Khrushchev's hands. At that time, the garrison force was about 70000, but there were only 40 T-26 tanks. The surrender of the defenders on the main peak of the romankosh mountains made a huge gap in the defense line. Almost 10000 soldiers became prisoners of the German army, and Khrushchev's few reserves were also lost in such a surrender. This surrender created a gap between Khrushchev's political workers and military commanders. Doubts and accusations began to occur frequently. Some political workers began to crowd out commanders in order to protect themselves. Although there was no more serious trouble for a while, it was obvious that the army had no intention to defend“ Comrade Khrushchev! Our men in the 1st company, 2nd Battalion, 1st regiment of the Marine Corps reported that their company commander was dissatisfied with you. " A political work officer is at Khrushchev's desk, reporting the small reports gathered at all levels of the army these days. Khrushchev is a little tired now. He is thinking about his own way out now. How can he be in the mood to take care of these trivial things? What's more, he and ye Ruofu jointly launched a magnificent clean-up campaign in those years. Can he not know the shameful rags behind the disclosure of this accusation? A year ago, Khrushchev was a hot power figure in the Soviet Union, controlling the political and ideological work of millions of people on the front line. At that time, the purge was just coming to an end, and there was no discord in the whole army. What happens? Now, isn't he hiding in the underground, sighing at the cold wall? Go on? It's impossible. It won't be long before the whole of Sevastopol collapses. Khrushchev knows that even if Zhukov and other military talents are allowed to command such a losing battle, they will only linger for a few days. What's more, he is a "general" who has no ability at all. He didn't even dare to think about surrender. He dealt with the traitors who surrendered all his life. In the end, if he became such a person, even his soul would not forgive him. The remaining options seem to be very simple. They are just two options: death in war or suicide. Where is his fighting spirit and momentum? Since you can't die well, you have to live like a real fighter, right? When Khrushchev thought of this, his eyes became firm. Even death can not be humble suicide, he is still young, at least as a real brave general, died on the road of charge.