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The fortress was built on May 27, 1703 by Peter the Great on Rabbit Island, and is a hexagonal, 700-meter-long fortified fortress, the same age as St. Petersburg.

The headquarters of the Leningrad Front was located in the basement of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Lieutenant General Khozhin, commander of the Leningrad Front, was worried about the development of the war situation in the face of the intertwined situational lines on the operational map, when a staff officer came up to him and whispered: "Comrade Secretary and Comrade Marshal have returned. ”

Lieutenant General Khozin raised his head in surprise and happened to see Zhdanov and Marshal Voroshilov in the dust.

"Why did you come back? If you didn't leave last night and dragged it out until tonight, there may be no airport for you to leave. ”

Faced with Lieutenant General Khozin's questioning, Marshal Voroshilov said with a calm face: "Field airfield No. 4 was attacked by the Germans and was temporarily paralyzed and unusable. Also, I decided not to leave, you immediately arrange for other airports, wait for it to get dark today, and send Comrade Zhdanov away. ”

Zhdanov waved his hand and said: "I have already thought about it, I am the secretary of the municipal party committee of Leningrad, I must be with Leningrad, I want to stay here." ”

Seeing the surprised eyes of Voroshilov and Lieutenant General Khorzin, Zhdanov continued: "Comrade Marshal, you are not the only one who wants to be a hero. ”

Turning his head to look at Lieutenant General Khozin, Zhdanov said: "What is the current situation of the war? ”

Lieutenant General Khozin calmed down, pointed to the map and said: "In the early hours of this morning, the Germans started from Shlisheli Fort on the shore of Lake Ladoga to the town of Kolpino on the southeastern outskirts of Leningrad, and forcibly crossed the Neva River on a 35-kilometer front. Our reserves are fighting back, they just don't have much use other than adding casualties. Now, the day dawned, the sky was under the control of the Luftwaffe, and we had practically no air force to defend the skies over Leningrad. In the north, the offensive of the Finns was also fierce, and the 23 Army could barely hold on, and there was simply no spare forces to support the operation in the Neva direction to the south. ”

"What about the Volkhov Front? How's their offensive going? Marshal Voroshilov asked.

"The Germans drove the citizens of the Leningrad city they controlled, and they were busy receiving them, and they could only attack in two limited locations, but there was no progress at all." Lieutenant General Hozin said.

"So we're alone now, without any support?" Zhdanov said.

"Yes. And one more thing, the German army, which was attacking from the south, had already advanced to the Fontanka River in the city, which was only about three kilometers from the Neva, and the bridge over the Neva, should we still blow it up according to the original plan? Lieutenant General Hozin said.

Zhdanov stared at the map for a while, and said decisively: "There is no need, many citizens in the south of the city want to use these bridges to escape to the north of the city, and we also need them to transfer troops." ”

Marshal Voroshilov said: "If the Germans had attacked only from the south of the Neva River, we could have prevented them from crossing the river by blowing up the bridge, but now that the Germans have crossed the Neva from other places, it is no longer necessary to blow up the bridge, but it will affect our own troop movements." ”

"Then keep these bridges." Lieutenant General Hozin said.

"If nothing else, you continue to command the battle, I'll go and rest." Zhdanov said.

After the two broke up with Lieutenant General Huo Jin, they walked in the dark corridor.

Marshal Voroshilov said: "You are too impulsive, you should go back to Moscow, it is too late to change your mind." ”

"I don't have the impulse, what am I going to do back to Moscow? In the face of Malenkov and Beria, their ridicule, or Molotov's ridicule? ”

Marshal Voroshilov frowned, it was another damn political struggle, Zhdanov is also one of the strong contenders for the throne of general secretary after Stalin, Leningrad, the city named after Lenin, is the stronghold of the Zhdanov faction, lose the city, the faction led by Zhdanov is like a tree that has lost its roots and can no longer withstand the impact of the political storm.

In the oppressive silence, the two parted ways and returned to their respective rooms, but they all did the same thing.

Write a will.

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South of the city of Leningrad, a tributary of the Neva River, on the south bank of the Fontanka River.

The commander of the 36th Panzergrenadier Regiment of the 70th Panzergrenadier Division, Captain Hans von Moltke, a battalion and a company, was leading his men to do boring work to drive the citizens of the occupied areas out of the city.

After the siege began, three regiments under the 36th Panzergrenadier Division formed a straight line and marched in parallel with friendly forces to launch an assault on Leningrad.

According to the street fighting manual provided by Chen Dao and the knowledge learned in the street fighting teaching class, the three battalions under the 70 th Panzergrenadier Regiment were deployed according to the positions of the first two and the last one, and the second and third battalions, which had relatively complete combat strength, were in the front.

Captain Moltke's battalion, which had suffered heavy losses in previous battles, was relegated to the rear.

Six companies under the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, each reinforced by a No. 3 assault gun, a PAK40 anti-tank gun, and a Grizzly assault gun, attacked from south to north along the streets.

The task of the regimental headquarters was to control the progress of the assault of each company to ensure that the six companies were always in line and march together, so as to prevent one company from going too deep and being attacked by the enemy's flank.

The 1st battalion, which followed up in the rear, in addition to acting as a reserve and preventing all kinds of emergencies, was mainly tasked with conducting a secondary search, from the attic to the basement to the sewers, and all the people stranded in the German-occupied areas were taken out of the city.

In this way, the matter of shooting black guns in the back was completely solved, and the safety of the assault company was guaranteed.

Captain Moltke and his subordinates did the work of secondary search, which in his opinion was very unpassionate.

On the 5th of October, for a whole day, Captain Moltke and his men were in a hurry with this boring work until the evening.

Captain Moltke received an order that the battalion commander invited his subordinate company commanders to a meeting at the battalion headquarters and to have dinner together.

At 5:50 a.m., Captain Moltke arrived at the battalion headquarters, a bookstore on the south bank of the Fontanka River, ten minutes earlier than scheduled.

Walking into the bookstore, Captain Moltke's eyes first fell on an army general in the room.

The army general was standing by the bookshelf and was flipping through the books, noticing the presence of Captain Moltke, before withdrawing his gaze from the book.

Major Falkingham, the commander of the first battalion, pointed to Captain Moltke and said: "General Rosen, this is Captain Hans von Moltke, the commander of the first company, and the first company he led will be the main attacker in tomorrow's battle. ”

Captain Moltke immediately grasped the key words in the battalion commander's words, tomorrow's battle, as the main attack.

Chen Dao warmly shook hands with Captain Moltke, and then invited Captain Moltke to sit down.

"Mr. Captain, let's talk about your mission."

Chen Dao pointed to a bridge over the Fontanka River on the map and said: "Your comrades-in-arms, the third battalion of the 70th Panzergrenadier Regiment, have crossed the Fontanka River and established a bridgehead on the north bank of the river, but they are now suffering heavy casualties and do not have the strength to continue the attack. Your battalion will use this bridgehead as a starting point to continue the attack. Your mission is to attack along this avenue called Voznesensky, first reach St. Isaac's Square on the banks of the Moika River, then get replenished, and then continue your attack north along this avenue to capture the Admiralty Building, five hundred meters north of St. Isaac's Square. But the Admiralty Building isn't your ultimate goal, it's the Hermitage Museum, just across the street from the Admiralty Building. ”

Major Falkingham said, "Hans, this museum has another name, the Hermitage. ”

Chen Dao said: "That's right, this museum was rebuilt from the Winter Palace of the former Russian Tsar. On November 7, 1917, October 25 in the Julian calendar of Russia, the Bolsheviks in Russia revolted and stormed the Winter Palace. St. Petersburg under our feet, also renamed Leningrad.

They called this armed uprising the October Revolution, and now it is October 1942, and I think we should also have an October Revolution and also an armed operation to storm the Winter Palace. This operation would not completely destroy the USSR, but at least it would allow the city of Leningrad to turn back into St. Petersburg and deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Russians. ”

It was an important task of historic significance, and Captain Moltke felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

"I will definitely let the German flag fly over the Winter Palace in the shortest possible time."

Chen Dao said: "It's good that you have this determination, and my personal advice for this mission of attacking the Winter Palace is to use more cannons, less guns, more explosives, and fewer dead people." Also, the Hermitage is a place of interest for the Russians, but not for Germany, so don't be bound by meaningless ideas such as protecting cultural relics when fighting, and give priority to the safety of the soldiers, and use any heavy weapons. If the enemy's defenses in the Winter Palace are too strong, you can summon air force bombers, or sapper blasters, and it doesn't matter if the entire Winter Palace is demolished. ”

Captain Moltke wisely did not continue with Chen Dao's words, but said: "I will consider the means that Mr. Admiral said, and I will try to ensure the integrity of the Winter Palace, and use it as a flagpole for the German flag." ”

Chen Dao nodded, looked his eyes up and down on Captain Moltke, and suddenly asked, "Mr. Captain, what is the relationship between you and Marshal Moltke?" ”

Captain Moltke sat straighter.

"He was my great-grandfather."