"Surrender! Surrender! I don't know when, among the Soviet soldiers in the city of Markoshin, some people shouted this word in German one after another, and the sound of firefighting in various streets gradually evolved into the sound of "surrender" in German.

The Soviets really couldn't figure out how to deal with these enemies who were not afraid of death.

At this time, all the Soviets on the Desna River Bridge seemed to be looking at the German soldiers who dared to rush to the bridge after riding three motorcycles.

"Whoa." A Soviet soldier dropped his weapon on the ground and raised his hands in the air.

Immediately after, in the next moment, one after another Soviet soldiers threw their weapons on the ground in front of them.

After everyone had surrendered their weapons, they even lined up and crouched on either side of the road that stretched out from the bridge with their heads in their hands.

Only six Germans, together with thirteen backward destroyer No. 1, captured the strategically important bridge over the Desna River, thus allowing the siege of Kiev to begin quickly.

The last Italian bomber to drop the bomb had just dropped its last bomb. In the sky, the roar of Italian planes can be heard from time to time.

But the ground battlefield is already very quiet, quiet for everyone to know: the battle here is over, the victory has been decided!

In the city, in addition to the burning Spanish tanks, there were also many corpses of soldiers lying densely lying down, among them, there were no less than fifty corpses left by the German training battalion!

Including several tentative attacks by the Spaniards, the losses of the Confederate forces here were more than the size of a battalion.

The desperate resistance of the Soviets here was also expected by the joint command of the German training battalion and the Spanish German armored division, and if they could not prepare a stubborn defense here, they would have no other chance to struggle before being encircled.

"General Mora, please tell Army Group South command that we have captured Markosin! Capture the Jesna River Bridge in the city! "The commander of the training battalion used the radio equipment in his hand to contact General Mora, who commanded the Spanish armored division.

After all, the other party is the supreme commander, and the coordination between the Spanish 250 Army Corps and Army Group South is all done by Mora.

"I have already made contact, and I am leading the main force of the division to continue to advance south. The officers and men of the training battalion, let's take a break in this city for the time being! Mora replied over the radio.

"Alright! I heard that General Rundstead is actively planning a major attack, and he wants to launch a division operation in the encirclement the day after tomorrow! The commander of the training battalion told Mora: "I heard that the main forces of our German army are ready. ”

"Probably! No matter where he's going, we have to have enough gas! ”

The German armored units were fine, but Mora's Spanish units were in need of rest for a long time.

After barely completing the rendezvous with the German First Panzer Army, the Spanish Panzer Division could now fight with tanks that could not even make up an armored regiment.

A large number of No. 1 destroyer vehicles broke down in the middle of the road due to a breakdown, and the high-intensity combat and the confusion of logistics supply and maintenance units all caused the Spanish armored division to be attritional.

In addition, landmines also caused casualties to the Spanish armored forces from time to time.

Neither anti-tank mines nor anti-tank guns could withstand the backward "upgraded German No. 1 tank" in the hands of the Spaniards.

And the pace of the attack for several days in a row was too fast for these Spaniards, who were only involved in the civil war last time.

Never before had they advanced at such a rapid pace.

The main forces of the Soviet army in the whole of Ukraine were basically surrounded. At this point, Mora felt it was time to breathe a sigh of relief......

Moreover, in this huge pocket, almost 500,000 Soviet troops were surrounded, most of them light infantry with no possibility of breaking through.

Kirponos is worthy of being named by Zhukov as the general who will return from Siberia, and at the most dangerous moment, he did not abandon his troops, but together with them, remained in the encirclement.

Kilponos, who had not long since regained command of the Southwestern Front, had not yet figured out what to do after taking office, and was about to face the fact that his troops had been defeated.

He could only relocate his headquarters to a small town in the center of the encirclement, where he continued to direct the troops to resist.

Now, dozens of divisions and troops in Ukraine's pocket have long been completely warlike, let alone deploying defense, even if they want to break through, it seems very reluctant.

And at this time, Stalin's order to the Southwestern Front was actually an offensive order!

Kirponos, having lost more than 100,000 troops and most of its heavy firepower, was not even enough to build a new defensive line, let alone obey Stalin's counteroffensive orders.

Unfortunately, Stalin was unwilling to lose, he could not see the defeat of Kiev clearly, and still urged Kirponos to launch a counteroffensive, lift the encirclement of Kiev, and regain the initiative in the war.

"Yes! Comrade Kirponos! I command you to fight back and start right away! Drive the enemy out of Ukraine! This is a great victory for the Soviets! And a great victory for the Soviet people! Grabbing the phone, Stalin frowned and shouted to Kirponos on the other end of the phone.

And Kirponos on the other end of the phone also listened to it, and even had the mood to scold his mother to Stalin.

The troops in his hands now are not even enough to stuff the teeth of the Germans, where is the ability to counterattack?

"Comrade Stalin! I really don't have any ability to fight back. Besides, most of my troops have become infantry with only light weapons, and there are not enough heavy weapons, so what can our army use to counterattack? Kirponos grabbed the phone and reluctantly stated the facts.

In fact, his current mood is really to smash the phone on the ground and yell loudly: "You have the ability to command it yourself!" ”

It's just that he is still an honest general after all, and he is trying to maintain respect for his superiors.

After Stalin heard Kirponos's rhetorical question, he was silent for two seconds, and then continued: "It's your business to use what counterattack you want, but the counterattack on the central front will begin immediately, and Zhukov has already brought a front army to carry it out." The northern flank of the Germans will be devastated, and you should take the opportunity to fight back. ”

Zhukov will carry out your bullshit counterattack orders?!

Kirponos sneered in his heart, he knew that Zhukov was not leading his troops to support the Western Front, but not to send him to death. With his understanding of Zhukov, the other side would definitely not attack the superior enemy.

"I have personally urged the second-line troops to assemble near the rear area of Kyiv! They will cooperate with you in launching a counter-attack! Again, Stalin stressed that he was very reluctant to abandon Kiev, and even though the Southwestern Front had already been encircled, he did not think of allowing the army to break through and leave Kyiv.

Because once Kyiv is abandoned, it means that there will be many voices against the Soviet Union in Ukraine.

Ukrainians will stand up and repel Moscow's rule! By that time, there will be problems for all of Ukraine.

What's worse is that since Belarus has been lost, almost Ukraine is already surrounded on both sides!

If you are not careful, Ukraine can easily lose its entire territory.

And what about the Caucasus once Ukraine is lost......

The road in front of Stalin made him choose to force Kirponos to complete the order to hold Kiev, the administrative center of Ukraine.!