"The prisoner confessed, saying that a few hours before it was Khrushchev's command." In the dim light, the German commander, who had occupied the underground fortifications, reported the results of his interrogation to one of the division commanders who arrived.

He had just led the soldiers to occupy the generator and water supply equipment room here, and took control of the ammunition depot, and found that there was really not much weapons and ammunition left inside.

Here, he also captured almost 100 Soviet soldiers, and more than 200 others chose to die in battle, not wanting to be captured by the Germans.

At its peak, there were more than 1,000 Soviet soldiers and officers — and now, they're almost all gone.

"About 500 soldiers protected Khrushchev's retreat to the north, and this is the last intelligence we get." The officer closed his interrogation record, looked at the division commander in front of him, and finally said.

Hearing this report, the division commander who came to check the situation of the underground bunker frowned. Fleeing north, he felt that the accuracy of this information still needed to be considered.

"The strongest fortifications of the Soviets were to the south of Red Square, and he had no reason to retreat north...... Perhaps the captives were dishonest and provided false information. The German division commander looked at the huge map hanging on the wall in front of him with his hands behind his back.

The map was much clearer than the Germans had mapped out, and even marked the names of many streets and the exact strength of the Soviet troops.

In addition, on this huge map, there are several Soviet positions that have not been altered. These positions were divided and surrounded by German forces in several blocks, each struggling for the battle.

"Maybe General Manstein will be interested in this map, take it!" As soon as he gave the order, several German non-commissioned officers came over and began to remove the precious map from the wall.

"Perhaps, we can give this map to the Führer as trophies." Seeing that several people were busy removing the map, the German front-line commander who reported reminded him.

After listening to this suggestion, the division commander nodded with satisfaction and agreed: "Send it to General Manstein, and say that this is the map used by Khrushchev captured by our division, and transfer it to the Führer as a gift!" ”

"In addition, if Khrushchev fled south, we would have no choice. But if he does flee north, we can try to hunt him down! The division commander looked at the papers scattered on the table and added.

"The soldiers of the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 2nd regiment have already dispersed and are pursuing in the direction where the other side is likely to retreat...... Whether there is a harvest or not depends on our luck. The front-line commander said to the division commander.

"yes, it just depends on luck!" The division commander nodded, threw an unimportant document he had picked up back on the table, and sighed.

……

At this moment, Khrushchev is a little embarrassed. He had already taken off his military uniform and put on a more inconspicuous outfit.

The Soviet general who was protecting him next to him had a face covered with stains, and he didn't bother to clean it up, so he leaned his pistol against the wall and gasped for air.

They had already consumed a lot of physical strength by escaping all the way. As a high-ranking member of the Soviet army, he was pampered on weekdays, but now he found that his body had been depleted to this extent.

A few rooms away, the Soviet soldiers who remained behind were desperately exchanging fire with the German soldiers who were catching up.

Bullets from both sides hit each other's rubble bunkers where they were hiding, creating dense bullet holes.

As Khrushchev's personal guards, the combat effectiveness of these Soviet troops was still very strong. So when they faced the German pursuit, they did not break up.

Under the leadership of several grassroots commanders, they relied on the ruins, stubbornly resisted the German soldiers who caught up, and even killed several German soldiers who rushed forward.

However, the difference in firepower between the two sides is very obvious, these Soviet guards only have rifles and submachine guns, and are rarely equipped with heavy firepower such as machine guns.

The German troops pursuing them were serious combat units on the front line, in addition to being equipped with the domineering MG-42 general-purpose machine gun, they also had heavy firepower such as the Iron Fist Bazooka.

So, when the bazooka blew through a wall and killed several Soviet soldiers behind the wall, these Soviet guards also had to retreat.

"Comrade Khrushchev! Comrade Khrushchev! Gotta leave! Get up! An officer hurried into the room where Khrushchev was hiding and shouted with a sad face.

Khrushchev got up from the ground and walked to the door panting with his pistol, followed closely by the general who was responsible for protecting him.

When it came out, the guards protecting Khrushchev had an integrated guard battalion, which had more than 550 soldiers.

By now, there are less than 200 men left in this guard battalion, almost half of them have minor injuries, and they are not carrying many bullets.

There were German troops interspersed everywhere, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides if the passwords were not right. In this way, although they kept moving north, they never met the Soviet allies who met them.

"This is not the way to go, Comrade Khrushchev! If you don't meet friendly soldiers again, the guards will run out! Holding Khrushchev, the general who was in charge of protecting him grinned.

"Then you have a way! At this time, will you let me figure it out? Khrushchev, who somewhat regretted it, did not forget to shirk his responsibilities at this time.

His mind was now full of self-blame, blaming himself for why he kept persuading him to go south to find that bastard Konev.

By now, his forces were about to be dispersed, and he had not reached the Soviet-controlled areas in the northern part of Moscow, which seemed close on the map.

In fact, how did he know that some of these control areas had been annihilated a long time ago, and although some had not been annihilated, the current scale was not as large as marked on his map.

"It's too late to retreat south now, find a building to retreat into, change into civilian clothes, and then flee south after disguise!" The general, who doesn't have much experience in escaping, can only come up with such an idea at this time.

Khrushchev did not refute either, nodded and agreed to the other party's approach: "Then you lead the way!" ”

"The big army is too conspicuous!" The general wiped a handful of sweat from his face, making his face look even more embarrassed: "Let's take some trustworthy people and go first, leaving a large army to attract firepower!" ”

The two men took several officers, carrying pistols and other sidearms, and ran to a building in the distance that had not yet collapsed without looking back.