General Webb was not so stupid, he went out to pursue the retreating enemy, and the most important thing for him was to capture the city, which he had come for in the first place.

As for those who retreated, naturally there were other troops to pursue, and it was not their turn to pursue.

The Soviets retreated.

In the past, there was a confrontation on both sides of the river in the city, and the German troops attacked several times without success, and now, when they crossed the river again, there was nothing on the opposite side.

Leohard's troops, rowing rubber boats, passed, the opposite side was empty, last night, they all retreated?

Leohard's men went ashore and immediately advanced quickly towards the city and occupied those vital departments!

At the same time, the news of the breakthrough of the Soviets was quickly reported upwards.

Just behind the encirclement, Guderian was meditating on the map.

The Soviets ran away, and just when their own encirclement was about to close, they actually ran away!

This kind of encirclement tactic has been tried and tested many times for a long time, and from the beginning of the war to the present, the Soviet troops who have disappeared into their own encirclement have exceeded one million, but this time, it suddenly failed.

"The Soviets have figured out how we play." Kluge said: "Our encirclement this time is too big, our troops are somewhat insufficient, and our troops are not easy to deploy in the swampy area, especially because of the stubborn resistance of the Soviets, which caused the encirclement to be closed for a long time, and as a result, the Soviets broke through from our opening that has not yet been encircled." ”

In the past, the Soviets were not adapted to their own style of play, and actually wanted to fight on their own, and after being surrounded, they broke through separately, and as a result, they all fell under the impact of their own side.

But now, the Soviets have stabilized from the initial panic, they fought well, and they were able to break through directly at an unfavorable time!

And Guderian, too, has a big appetite, and the encirclement is too big this time, resulting in a shortage of local troops, especially the swampy area here, so that their advance is quite slow.

"Order our air force units, immediately search all around for traces of the breakout troops, they even threw away heavy weapons in order to break through, they will definitely not be able to run far, the air force is delaying their movements, our third armored group, quickly advance, surround and annihilate them in motion!"

Germany also has a lot of air power, and using the HS129 in the air, it will be enough to cause a lot of trouble for their retreating troops, and then the ground forces will catch up and continue to eat them.

"Order the 2nd Panzer Group, end the Battle of Smolensk, and immediately march south, preparing to encircle Kyiv with the Southern Route Corps." Guderian continued to give orders.

They also have a new tactic, which is to go south to reinforce the Southern Route Corps and encircle Kyiv!

Judging from this experience, if there are not enough troops in the encirclement, the enemy will still break through and run away, and only Manstein's own corps in the south will not be able to complete this task.

The Middle Route Army went south and caught them off guard!

Just doing this, I don't know if the first one to hit Moscow in the end will be the Northern Route Army! Guderian looked at the map, he shook his head, he didn't care about fame, his reputation was enough, and now he only cared about victory!

In this way, it is easy to have cover, they only think that their side is advancing all the way to the east, who can know that their powerful legion has already gone south, and they will be caught off guard!

The German army was also responding quickly, and at this time, outside the encirclement, the various Soviet troops that broke through were rapidly retreating to the east.

24th Army.

At the beginning, Timoshenko wanted to bring four armies, intending to surround and eat a German armored division from the outside, but as a result, with more fighting and less fighting, Leng did not make any progress, and then a large number of German troops came up on their periphery and surrounded them.

Since then, their lives have not been easy, and their hearts sank at the sight of Smolensk being completely surrounded by the Germans little by little.

Fortunately, the order to retreat finally arrived, and in order to avoid being surrounded by the Germans, Comrade Stalin gave the order to retreat.

Luckily, they also found a path in the swamp!

This is the territory of the Soviets, they have a geographical advantage, they are familiar with the environment here, and within the army group, there are locals.

Stiaf, a soldier in the 73rd Infantry Division of the 52nd Army of the 24th Army, was holding a long bamboo pole and exploring the way at the front.

The bamboo pole was stuck in the swamp, testing the depth of the swamp, and then his feet stepped steadily.

"Come on, everyone, this is the hardest section of the swamp, and after this section, we can get out." Stiaf shouted.

How to break out of the German encirclement is also a big problem.

If you take the normal route, then there must be a large army of Germans surrounding, and there are a large number of tanks, such a breakthrough is simply a dead end, even if you go out, you will be chased by the Germans all the way, eat bite by bite, and you can't escape much.

Never closed the opening? There were more Soviet troops there, and the nearby troops, all of whom were planning to break through from there, and when they arrived, they couldn't squeeze through, the Germans reacted quickly, and they didn't have a chance at all.

So, they could only take the risk and walk through this big swamp that no one had ever walked before, and after walking through here, they managed to get out!

To do this, they threw away all their heavy equipment and trekked through the swamps here.

In fact, they don't have any heavy equipment, they are an infantry army, their subordinates are infantry, and the only heavy equipment is those heavy howitzers, no matter what direction they break through, they can't run away with howitzers, they have to throw them away.

Now, with their trouser legs rolled up, bare-legged, stepping on the half-leg-deep swamp, they slowly walked forward, all their equipment on their heads, and each of them holding bamboo poles, stuck in the mud, and slowly moving forward.

The whole force was a long queue, and the leaders in front of them, who had already passed the hardest part of the swamp, could see the hard ground on the opposite side, and saw the woods, as long as they entered there, they could easily run away.

And the people behind have not yet gone down into the swamp.

"Alright, we're about to cross this swamp, and we'll get to the woods over there, and we'll rest a little longer." Stiaf said.

As he spoke, suddenly, there was a rumbling roar overhead.

When this voice was heard, everyone suddenly looked up nervously and looked into the sky.

In the distance, a plane was flying slowly, and when they saw this plane, everyone was stunned.

Frame, reconnaissance aircraft of the Germans!