How many more people will die in the audience?

Either die on the battlefield or be shot because of the defeat in the battle, in short, the only way to save the current situation is to force the soldiers under him, even if they die, to go up.

At this time, Stalin's eyes were full of anger, Pavlov wanted to go to the battlefield, there was no way, he had to be executed, so as to be able to deter others.

But, as if this was not enough, he looked at his men, and finally noticed Khrushchev in the corner, and suddenly Stalin had an idea.

"Comrade Khrushchev, tell me, how can we put an end to this trend of fear of defeat in the army and the tendency to flee as soon as it comes into contact with the German army?" Stalin said to Khrushchev.

To put it more bluntly, there is now a terrible atmosphere of defeat and dispersion in the army, which, once spread, is quite unfavorable to the Soviets.

As a man in the political arena, Stalin was keenly aware of this, especially after the fall of Petersburg, and I am afraid that this trend will be even more serious.

At the same time, Stalin was well aware of everyone's abilities, and Khrushchev still had a brain in this regard.

Sure enough, having been called by Stalin, Khrushchev sorted out his thoughts and soon began his proposal.

"I think that in order to stop the spread of this unhealthy atmosphere and let the troops fight with full morale, we need to issue the strictest military regulations." Khrushchev said: "We cannot tolerate cowardly soldiers who surrender as soon as they are surrounded by the enemy!" It is not tolerable to tolerate a timid commander who throws away his uniform and flees to the rear once he is attacked by the enemy! If we give in to these cowards and deserters, then they will soon ruin our army and destroy our country. Cowards and deserters must be completely eliminated. ”

These words of Khrushchev were deeply appreciated by Stalin, who nodded: "Go on." ”

"Especially the battalion commanders who hide themselves in bunkers during the battle, ignoring the situation on the battlefield and the course of the battle, they are simply liars, and we must remove these liars from their posts and demote them to soldiers. If necessary, immediately summarily executed, replacing them with junior officers or brave, strong people among the Red Army soldiers. ”

Khrushchev's mind was full of thoughts, and once he began to think about it, he quickly became clear: "Those commanders and political workers who have lost their badges in battle, torn off their badges and fled to the rear, or surrendered, must be considered deserters, and their family members will be arrested as relatives of oathbreakers, traitors, and deserters." Commanders and political commissars at a higher level have the power to summarily execute such deserters among officers. ”

Khrushchev's words made everyone present stunned.

If anyone retreats, not only to punish themselves, but also to spare their relatives, will such a punishment be too severe?

Even Zhukov frowned, it was obvious that if this kind of military regulation was formulated, it might make the soldiers look at death as if they were at home and fight to the end, or it might be counterproductive, forcing those soldiers who had already surrendered to the opposite side!

"Yes, that's the way it should be!" Stalin had already made a decision.

"Units and units encircled by the enemy should fight to the end without hesitation, protect their equipment with their lives, strike at the enemy from the enemy's rear, and destroy the Germans. If one's own troops are surrounded by the enemy, then every soldier, regardless of the size of his position, has the responsibility to obey the command of his superiors, fight to the end, and break through the blockade. If an officer or soldier does not organize active resistance, counterattacking the enemy, but chooses to surrender, then they can be eliminated by any means from the air or on the ground. The families of members of the Red Army who surrendered to the enemy were deprived of the state rights and assistance they enjoyed. ”

Khrushchev's opinion is that those who retreat will be executed on the spot, and those who are surrounded must also fight to the end, otherwise, the families of those who are captured will also be implicated.

"Yes, we Soviets have only martyrs, no prisoners and deserters!" Stalin knocked on the table with his cigarette pot: "This military regulation must be formulated immediately, Khrushchev, you are in charge, it will be drawn up today, handed over to me for review, and then sent to the whole army for study!" ”

In Stalin's eyes, there were no prisoners of war for bombardment, only renegades. As long as a soldier is captured, he is a renegade.

Why are you being captured? Even if the Germans rush to you, pull a grenade and die with the Germans, you can kill a German, and you choose to surrender, such an act is a betrayal of the Soviets!

According to the experience of the Great Purge, the most direct and effective is of course to shoot the families of those captives together, deter them, and see who dares to surrender!

Khrushchev agreed rather excitedly, he had finally found his worth, and he was happy to pat Stalin again.

He did not know what effect this Order No. 270, drafted by him and signed by the entire headquarters of the Supreme High Command, played in the entire Great Patriotic War.

Belorostock, prisoner of war camp.

The fighting in the whole of Belarus is over, and in this large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle, more than 300,000 soldiers of the Western Special Military District have become prisoners.

These captives were held in several prisoner-of-war camps, and what awaited them was an unknown fate.

In the wars in Europe, there were gentlemen who did not suffer any mistreatment of the prisoners of war, even after the end of the war, and remained in Germany.

However, unlike the USSR.

For the British and French armies, there is no shame in surrendering if they can't fight, anyway, both sides are signatories to the Geneva Conventions, and each must treat prisoners equally.

The Soviet Union did not sign the Geneva Conventions, so treaties that favored prisoners were invalid against the Soviets.

The whole prisoner of war camp was very crowded, and people in military uniforms, with any rank insignia removed, gathered together, and in front of them, on that platform, were German propagandists speaking.

Lieutenant-General Vladimir Yakovlevich Kacharov, who also became a prisoner, was already recognized by the other side in rank at the time of surrender, so now, he was given preferential treatment, he sat at the front.