Chapter 1248： Difficult brothers part ways

"We found a few mice in the sewers of the city." With exhaustion, Kartsev continued to explain: "When the explosion happened, the city was devastated and all the buildings in the city collapsed. And this section of the sewer just happened to be blocked from both sides."

"In other words, as long as we hide in the ground and we have enough air, we can support it?" Budjoni immediately inferred. This inference made Kartsev also quite admired. It really deserves to be a senior. Commander, thinking is active.

"However, we want to build enough underground fortifications in a short period of time is difficult." Admiral Kilbonos said.

There are hundreds of thousands of defenders in the city, as well as millions of people. If all the underground fortifications are built, it will not be completed in a short time.

"Yes, so if the Germans intend to use this kind of weapon to threaten us, we need to evacuate all the citizens and keep only our army. If we start to do it now, how many such underground bunkers can we build? How many troops are left, but we must pay attention to it. It must be completely sealed. That terrible weapon will consume all the oxygen in the air. We also need enough oxygen cylinders to hold us until the surrounding air is refilled. ."

There is a spear and a shield. Weapons are not omnipotent. Now, they have found the weakness of this terrible weapon. In Moscow, such fortifications have begun to be built. If the Germans want to destroy Moscow with this weapon, their own Can stick to it.

"However, there are ruins all over the ground. What is the use even if we can survive the attack? The city has been destroyed and has lost the value of defense. We can't continue street fighting in the ruins." Admiral North said.

What's the use of leaving a ruin?

"Useful, at least, we are still holding on." Budjoni said: "As long as there is one person, the position is ours." As a veteran from the civil war, Budjoni is still firm.

After recovering from the initial sudden attack, the Soviet army began to stabilize, as did the Southwest Army.

For example, the commander of the 6th Army, Lieutenant General Ivan Nikolayevich Muzichenko, is a strong-willed and decisive commander.

He is the son of a sailor. He has experienced poverty and unfree labor since his childhood. In 1917, he served in the Tsarist Army on the Northwest Front. Joined the Red Army in 1918.

During the Russian Civil War, he was injured 5 degrees: 1 time to the head, 3 times to the right hand and 1 time to the back.

In 1927, he graduated from the Red Army Commander Cavalry Course Advanced Course. Embarked on the road from squadron leader to division commander.

Just this year, Muzichenko bypassed the military command and was directly appointed as the commander of the group army when he was less than 40 years old. Began to command the Soviet 6th Army.

His group army is stationed in the Lviv region of Ukraine. The group army has 2 infantry corps, 1 cavalry corps, 2 mechanized corps and other units.

His luck was quite bad. As soon as the battle started, his 6th Army participated in the Border War. After that, he retreated and retreated to Uman with his difficult brother, the 12th Army.

They are in Uman, while holding on, they are actually trimming, after all, the German offensive route is Kiev, and they are supposed to be safe in Uman.

It's a pity, who would have thought that the Germans would come straight to Uman without Kiev!

Now, they are surrounded together in Uman. Outside is the most powerful German tank unit. The consequences can be thought of even with their toes.

The headquarters of the two armies were located in the city of Uman. After receiving the order, Muzichenko met with the commander of the 12th army, Major General Ponetjelin. At this time, their faces were worried. color.

"Outside us, there are at least three or four thousand tanks." Muzichenko said: "Now, if we want to rush out, we can only gather our tank forces together, rush through one of their weak places, and then The cavalry went up, followed by widening the hole, and led our infantry to break through."

At that time, Muzychenko was very appreciated by Zhukov. He was the first successor of the Cavalry Regiment and the 4th Cavalry Division that Zhukov had commanded. He was a person who was good at learning. He knew that tanks could only be used intensively for hope.

However, Ponetjelin didn't think so.

"The German tanks have strong impact and high mobility. If we rush out from one place in a concentrated manner, a large number of German tanks will soon be blocked." Ponetjelin said: "We can't break out like that. , We must separate and open the mouth from multiple directions, so that the Germans can’t take care of everything, so that some people can successfully retreat, and it’s best at night."

Bonjeelin did not agree to attack together. That would only attract more enemies and would not help the breakthrough. He wanted to disperse and break through at night. In his eyes, the chance of success would be higher.

"No German tanks have night vision devices. At night, our movements are even more restricted. Moreover, if we don’t gather and strike together, then we will not be able to squeeze into a fist. Do not open the gap, charge all around, then no one position can break through, our soldiers will all be killed by the enemy during the breakout." Muzichenko said.

In terms of military rank, Muzichenko is at a higher level, but in terms of command, the two will each command their respective armies. If they can negotiate well, they will break through together. But now, it is obvious that their opinions cannot be unified.

After retreating all the way, the two armies of theirs cooperated relatively tacitly, but now, when deciding on life and death, they have conflicts, and no one can convince anyone.

As a result, the two people's talks could only end up unhappy.

Back in his own army, Muzichenko did not have time to hesitate. He knew that after the Germans surrounded him, they would keep shrinking the encirclement circle. The smaller the encirclement circle, the thicker the German military deployment and the harder it would be to break through.

Therefore, it cannot be too delayed.

"Order the troops, prepare tonight, and we will break through the siege early tomorrow morning." Muzichenko issued an order to his adjutant: "Gather all our tanks together. The cavalry is behind and the infantry is behind. We have to proceed. A tragic breakout operation, success or failure depends on this!"

There was only one chance. This time all the tanks were pressed. If you can't open the gap and you cannot break through, then it will be impossible to break through in the future.

He decided to break through the siege early tomorrow morning, and Ponetjelin was more anxious than him. After the two broke up unhappily, Ponetjelin ordered to break out that night. What happened to Muzichenko, he no longer cares, he can only be responsible for the lives of his troops. ()

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