Chapter 1178： Zhukov's suggestion

And just as the forward’s 172 Infantry Division encountered jet-fire, several infantry divisions behind, also the doom company, the infantry of the 3rd Army under the leadership of Kuznetsov, were near New Grudok. , Was caught up by the German armored forces.

One after another, Panther 3 tanks, braving black smoke, rushed up towards the retreating infantry.

In the field, the exhausted Soviet soldiers never wanted to run anymore. They couldn't run the German tanks, and they couldn't suddenly set up their positions in such a march and fight the Germans. In short, they didn't have any. The hope is gone, they can only raise their hands and surrender to the Germans.

There were Soviet soldiers raising their hands everywhere, and guns thrown on the ground everywhere. The guard next to Kuznetsov anxiously asked him to leave.

While the German tank soldiers are capturing the infantry, they can quickly add their whip and leave. This is the only chance.

But Kuznetsov did not. He looked around at the soldiers raising his hands everywhere, and watching the setting sun in the west, he silently raised his pistol and pointed it at his temple.

"Commander, no!"

Kuznetsov has tried his best. He still has not been able to save the army. As the senior commander of the army, he is burdened with the fate of tens of thousands of people, and once he fails, his life has no meaning.

"Bang!" The pistol bullet easily penetrated Kuznetsov's head, and his body fell from the horseback. When he fell to the ground, his unclosed eyes were still looking at the east. . The sun will set, and tomorrow, it will rise again, but he can no longer see it anymore, his mission is over.

(After the Barbarossa project began, the army in the western part of the Soviet Union was disastrous. Those high-ranking commanders committed suicide and killed countless. When collecting information, the East China hero was also embarrassed. Pavlov was shot dead. Not wronged.)

Kuznetsov's mission is over, the others have not yet.

In Moscow, Zhukov returned in a hurry. He had just been appointed as the representative of the base camp of the Southwest Front Army. Within two days of his visit, he was summoned by Stalin.

When the news of the loss of Minsk reached Moscow, Stalin was completely anxious.

In less than ten days, ten days after the war began, the German armored clusters reached Minsk. They galloped across the land of Belarus, like no one else. Minsk is completely over as soon as Belarus is lost. Not to mention the impact of the loss of Minsk on the entire front.

Stalin had no idea, he wanted to hear Zhukov's opinion.

After entering the Kremlin, Zhukov's face was tired. He knew that the situation in Ukraine is also quite bad, and Belarus is completely out of play.

Now, most of the retreating troops are out of contact. As far as we know, the Third Army and the Tenth Army of the Western Front have been blocked by the superior army in the Bialystok salient west of Minsk. The area of ​​Edom is neither retreating nor retreating.

One part of the 4th Army retreated into the Pripyat Forest, and the other part urgently retreated to the Berezina River. German troops were chasing behind almost every retreating unit.

Looking at the green arrows and the encircled army, Zhukov offered his own opinions.

"Comrade Stalin, I suggest that we now put the defense between Minsk and Moscow as a key consideration."

Zhukov held the baton in his hand and pointed on the map: "Assemble 5th armies, 13th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd, in West Dvina-Polotsk-Vitebsk-Orsha -Mogilev-Mozyri line to build defensive positions. The 24th and 28th Army build defensive positions along the Selizarova-Smolensk-Roslavli-Gomel line."

Zhukov's areas are all in the rear of Minsk, in these vast plains before Moscow, a large-depth echelon defense system has been established.

"Through these lines of defense, we must continue to delay and slow down the offensive momentum of the German troops, intercept the German troops in a certain area and mobilize troops to launch a counterattack to destroy the enemy. However, it seems that the location of the counterattack is still unknown, but I firmly believe that the counterattack must It will come." Zhukov said.

Everyone did not speak. Zhukov's arrangement almost mobilized all the reserve teams, but none of the reserve teams went to save Minsk or the troops in the encirclement.

Zhukov has abandoned them, and the Soviets have also abandoned them. Whether they can escape or not depends entirely on their own luck.

The expression on Stalin's face is uncertain, and Zhukov's plan cannot be denied.

"There is not much time left for us. I think the Germans may not wait to eat all the troops in the encirclement. After occupying Minsk, they may not have time to fix it, and they will go straight to Smolensk. We must not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Germans. One of their armored divisions dared to go deep alone, even under our Moscow."

Zhukov did not exaggerate. The current situation is like this. The impact of the German army is too terrible. It is precisely because the impact of the Germans is underestimated that the Soviet army has been repeatedly surrounded.

Thinking that the German tanks could still rush under the city of Moscow, Stalin could no longer hesitate. He said, "Okay, just follow the plan you said."

Moscow must be protected! Although Stalin did not approve of voluntarily giving up defense and counterattack against the Minsk region. But the fact did not give him the capital to counterattack Minsk.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth with hatred: "Call Pavlov back to me immediately. Brother Timothy, you will replace Pavlov and take over the command of the Western Special Military Region."

Look at the Germans, there are so many celebrities, Guderian, Bock, Manstein, and his own idiots, and the only Zhukov who can be used has to run around.

Stalin was so bitter with hatred that he gave Pavlov so many troops. In a few days, they were gone. If he didn't shoot him, it was difficult to understand his hatred!

It is of course not enough to just shoot him. Stalin hardly stopped and continued: "Also, withdraw the Western Front’s chief of staff, Major General Krimovskikh, Front’s communications director, Major General Grigoriev, and artillery director Kerry. Major General Qi and Kopets, commander of the Air Force of the Western Front, let them come to Moscow to see me!)

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