Ivan said, "Yelena, do you think that you are just an ordinary woman, you are in your own small circle, living a comfortable and unremarkable life? ”

Yelena's eyes narrowed, Ivan didn't wait for Yelena to answer, and continued, "Now everyone in the city knows you, knows that you are capable, and you are rumored to be a god, but I think you may have done more than they said, at this time, there is such a legend, which is equivalent to telling everyone that whoever catches you will be able to live, you are very dangerous now, Leningrad at this time, it is necessary to say that it is you, even me, and I am extremely careful." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info people are hungry like this, what kind of officials, bandits, no one can tell the difference. This is no longer a city ruled by God. ”

"Yes! I've always been careful, but if something does happen to me, it can't be helped, fate! But thank you for telling me, it looks like I'm going to have to find a way to get out. ”

Ivan nodded, "I believe." Then he gestured to his subordinates behind him, and a young man walked up to Ivan's side, and Ivan whispered a few words to him, and the man left, Yelena, you fell into deep thought, thinking about how to solve the crisis in front of you.

Not long after, the young man came with a cloth bag, and it looked like it was in the form of powder. Yelena didn't open it either, but took her pocket and said goodbye to Ivan. In full view of everyone, leaving with bags that were obviously food, this made many people side doors, to know what Leningrad grain was at this time? That's more than gold, a gemstone ring, at most can be exchanged for one or two potatoes, a good watch, and a can of beans, but Yelena's bag, to say the least, is more than a dozen catties!

Yelena got into the car, the car started slowly, she was observing everything around her, and she was thinking about how to solve the problem. Along the way, Yelena saw many things that she had not noticed before, such as the fact that in some prominent locations in the city, advertisements for the sale of items no longer appeared, and the people lying on the street were not completely killed by shells, but fainted from hunger, froze to death, or starved to death. The police and militia in the city were no longer able to clean up the corpses in time, and the people walking on the street were not carrying broken wooden planks or buckets in their hands, but some people were pulling the plow, walking slowly on the street with difficulty, and on the plow, pulling the wrapped corpses.

Yelena also saw some children, they followed their parents, looking, dumb, people are in a state of hunger, this is a very normal phenomenon, until Yelena was under a building, saw the body of a child lying there, Yelena was too stimulated, this child looked, it was only three or four years old, his face was white and blue, his eyes were wide, his mouth was open, this was a violent posture, she got out of the car, ripped off her scarf, picked up the child, and put it in the car, Her actions are warm in the eyes of other people, but they are also helpless, they are too busy to take care of themselves, they all think like this, but they also have the same idea, that is, to be able to see warm things in life, that is their hope of firmly believing in victory and persevering in life.

Yelena drove to the incineration plant in the city, and along the way, she saw many people walking here one after another, and Yelena's heart was extremely heavy at this time. She sent the child to the place where the corpses were concentrated, and then walked back to the car against the cold wind, but she didn't expect that there was a child standing next to her car, and it looked like a girl who was eight or nine years old, Yelena looked at her and asked,

"What's wrong, kid?"

"I've seen you, at the airport, and I've seen you bring a lot of stuff home. Can you give me some food? ”

How could Yelena bear to refuse a child's request? But she had to do it, the child didn't think it was right, Yelena said, "Yes, I have received a lot of food, and I have given a lot of food to the military commission and the orphanage, and you think I have a lot of food, so I must give it to you for the sake of you as a child?" ”

"Don't be angry, I'm sorry. All I need is a little, my brother, my brother, he's starving. I beg you to ......"

The little girl looked at a child sitting behind her, as if she were sleepy, she was obviously older than the child, and Yelena asked, "What about your father?" What about Mom? ”

"My dad died in battle, mom ...... We just sent my mom here. She starved to death for us, and we didn't know she gave us all the food......" The little girl cried, and when she saw her like this, the little boy came over, took the little girl's hand, and called out to her sister, but Yelena saw that this child was mentally retarded, but his condition seemed worse than that of her brother, yes! As an older sister, she must be strong at this time, because her mother is dead, and her younger brother is her responsibility, seeing this, Yelena said,

"Since your parents are gone, follow me to the orphanage! It just so happens that I'm going there too. After speaking, Yelena opened the back door of the car, the little girl dragged her younger brother into the car, Yelena did not help, closed the door, Yelena sat in the driver's seat, the car opened, and looked at the two children sitting in the back seat from the rearview mirror, they hugged each other tightly, it seemed that this could make them warmer, but in fact, Yelena's car was air-conditioned, and the place that really made them hurry up was in their hearts.

As soon as Yelena's car stopped, some children ran out, and they surrounded Yelena, and the older children helped Yelena carry a bag of grain, that is, food from the black market, and four cabbages wrapped in newspaper, a bag of carrots, a bag, about fourteen or fifteen potatoes, all of which followed Yelena all the way, and they were all frozen, which seemed to make them less fresh, and that was fine. And the other iron box, that is, a box the size of a shoe box, which originally contained biscuits, was handed over by Yelena to the director of the orphanage who came out, and it was filled with strawberry jam, which was made of fresh strawberries in Yelena's space, and a lot of sugar was added. In her own hands, she was carrying a larger bag, which contained dried purple potatoes, dried sweet potatoes and dried fruits such as chestnuts and walnuts, which had never been Yelena's favorite food, but her body needed these at that time, all of which were specially made by people, and they were placed around to make snacks, these things were made snacks in their last life, but at this time, they could be used as life-saving food, but don't underestimate these things, not only taste good, but also clean, Yelena has a good body in this life, and she doesn't need these. It's just right to take it out. When she was about to go in, she suddenly saw the two children who got out of the car, Yelena still couldn't bear it, handed over the things in her hand to the people in the orphanage, walked in front of them herself, took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket, a small package of chocolate, from the United States, only about fifty grams, Yelena handed over the two pieces of chocolate to the two children, smiled at them, and then turned back to the people in the orphanage, and the people in the orphanage led them in, before Yelena got into the car, she heard the little girl say to Yelena, "Yelena, you are a fairy, my name is Natasha, my brother's name is Lev, you remember!"

Yelena smiled back, didn't say anything, and drove back. She's been out long enough. She was worried about the premature child. I don't want to be out for too long, which will increase the risk factor.

On the morning of January 14, 1944, the Soviets launched an unusually heavy artillery bombardment from Oranienbaum. Within 65 minutes, 104,000 shells and more rockets rained down on the positions of the 3rd SS Panzer Corps, the 9th Air Division, and the 10th Air Division. Under the pressure of this intense artillery fire, the resistance of the air force soldiers who lacked combat experience was broken. When night fell, Army Group North also came to a catastrophe. It seemed that the Soviets were about to achieve a big victory.

By the 15th, the soldiers of the 50th and 54th armies had not been directly shelled. On this day they felt unprecedented fear, and it was clear that the focus of the Soviet offensive was on them.

The shelling, which began at 07:10, lasted 90 minutes, 220000 shells, as well as countless rockets, fell on the positions of the two corps. Then the Soviet attack formations went on the offensive. By the evening of January 15, they had made a breakthrough in depth.

On the 16th, the Germans united and put up desperate resistance. On the 17th, communication between the two corps and with friendly forces on the left and right flanks was severed. The German infantry could only stand alone against the powerful Soviet tanks. Despite the destruction of a number of T34 tanks by anti-tank guns and heroic individual combat, it was not possible to stop the unstoppable advance of Soviet tanks. The destination of these steel vanguards was Ropsa in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the German formations there.

Under such harsh conditions, and with saturation attacks, Yelena knew that this battle was not very good when she heard the sound of artillery, and she could also hear that the feedback from the German army was very intense, Yelena didn't complain about this, and she wouldn't even say a word to anyone, such thoughts were just fleeting, not that she didn't care, she didn't regret it, but there was no point in doing that, it was better to do something within her power.

Yelena planted her own life food in space, and the rest of the time, she began to study weapons of mass destruction and the performance of tanks and aircraft. The design of various state-of-the-art artillery shells, tanks, and self-propelled guns was brought out, and the largest project was the study of aerodynamics and nuclear weapons.

When the Soviet Red Army turned to Lyuban in the northeast, it encountered fierce resistance from the Germans, which not only consumed a large number of weapons and ammunition of the Soviet Red Army's breakthrough troops, but also forced the Soviet Red Army to choose the path of moving back from the west. Under the climatic conditions of the time, the implementation of a wide range of detours in snow-covered wastelands and wooded swampy areas not only exhausted the troops, but also lengthened the transportation lines for the supply of troops, and often interrupted the supply of ammunition and food. And even more seriously, the German troops on both sides of the breakthrough were desperately trying to re-seal it and cut off the transport lines on which the Soviet Red Army, which had penetrated deep into the enemy-occupied zone, relied on to survive and fight. Therefore, the success of the Soviet Red Army's battle of Lyuban depends to a large extent on whether it can maintain the breakthrough and whether it can provide all kinds of material support to the front troops in a timely manner through the breakthrough.

By the beginning of March, the assault 2nd Army and other units had penetrated 70~75 kilometers deep into the enemy-occupied area alone, and advanced to the Honggorka area, 15 kilometers west of Lyuban. At this time, the 54th Army of the Leningrad Front, under the command of General Fedyuninsky, was attacking Lyuban from north of Kirib, trying to join the assault 2nd Army, which at the most recent time was only 30 kilometers apart. The German army in the Lyuban area was facing a great threat of being encircled and annihilated, and Küchler, who had succeeded Leeb as commander of Army Group "North", hurriedly transferred three infantry divisions from the direction of Leningrad and Kirich, and stormed the Red Gorka in the east-west direction, encircling the Soviet Red Army units that had broken through to Lyuban in the Red Gorka area.

Under these circumstances, the Soviet Red Army could no longer move forward, so it had to turn around and break through, and after several days of hard fighting, it broke through the encirclement, and the task of capturing Lyuban was obviously not completed. At about the same time, the 54th Army's attack on Lyuban was also stopped by the Germans and forced to go on the defensive.

After withdrawing from Red Gorka, the troops of the assault 2nd Army were no longer able to attack Lyuban and had to hold on to a large forested swamp between the Chudovo-Novgorod and Leningrad-Novgorod railways. What is the next move of the assault 2nd Army? At that time, the Military Council of the Front Army put forward three proposals for the base camp to decide. First, ask the base camp to strengthen the front army, even if it is only for one army group, so that while the spring muddy season has not yet begun, it can take advantage of the breakthrough of the territory occupied by the 2nd Army to attack Liuban again; secondly, to withdraw the assault 2nd Army south of the Chudovo-Novgorod railway, to ensure the safety of the army, and at the same time to preserve the landing ground on the west bank of the Volkhov River; The final plan was for the army group to hold on to the occupied areas and then accumulate strength to resume the offensive after the muddy season had passed. The base camp chose the first option because it had the advantage that it would have a direct impact on improving the situation of Leninloyl and, if the new shock would be successful, would lift the blockade of Leningrad. It then ordered the command of the Volkhov Front to create an assault group consisting of 5 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division and 4 infantry brigades, reinforced with tanks, artillery and air force, and again to carry out the assault in the direction of Lyuban. At the same time, the 59th Army, which was guarding the right flank of the breakthrough between Spasskayapolisti and Myasnoypol, was ordered to attack Chudovo in the northwest. The intention of the base camp was to pin down the enemy and disperse its forces in the Lyuban area. However, in this way, the forces defending the breakthrough were objectively weakened, and the Germans were given an opportunity to close the breakthrough and cut off the lines of communication for the necessary supplies to the assault 2nd Army.