Stalin finally chose to leave by train, because on the train side, safety is easier to guarantee, and there are more security forces around him.

Accompanied by tanks and cavalry, and the speed of the train was not fast, the procession drove all night and arrived at Vladimir the next day.

The reason why he went to Vladimir first was because he was afraid that Stalin's security would be affected, and deliberately chose a safer direction and left Moscow.

After all, going to Ryazan in this direction, it is too close to the advance of the German armored forces - if Guderian, who has already taken Kaluga, gets the news, it is not impossible for the Germans to storm Ryazan.

With just one breakthrough and a breakthrough through the already weak flank line of the Soviet army, the Germans could reach the position of Ryazan.

And Ryazan itself was the target of the German army, which was too dangerous. Therefore, Stalin's retreat route was to retreat to the northeast first, reach the vicinity of Vladimir, and then adjust the direction.

Now Germany's Army Group North was still a long way from Moscow, and the northeastern side was safer, so it was also more suitable for the retreat of large forces.

Stalin's convoy, plus some attachés and the like, is a large force in terms of numbers.

With so many troops gathered together, it was definitely a very good target to find in the air, so they chose to move in the afternoon and leave in the evening.

Normally, during this period of time, the Luftwaffe could not take off their planes to intercept the jamming, and after a night, they were almost out of the area where the German planes were attacking.

The combat radius of the aircraft is generally more than 400 kilometers, and it is impossible to break away from the combat radius, but once it enters the hinterland of the Soviet Union, the activities of the German aircraft will be greatly reduced.

Looking outside the train, the sky had begun to darken, and Stalin felt a little unspeakably uncomfortable.

A long time ago, he stood at the very top of the city of Moscow as a victor.

He replaced Lenin and became the absolute leader of the Red Soviet Union, like an emperor.

Kirov, Tukhachevsky...... Countless heroes or opponents have fallen under his iron fist.

In the midst of internal struggles, he is the most powerful iron man, smashing all the conspiracies against him and controlling everything in the country.

However, with the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, the defeat on the battlefield shook his absolute rule.

Now he can only take the train, to the roar of machinery, to leave the city, which represents the highest power in the Soviet Union.

This is Moscow, but it is one of the most prosperous and great cities in the Soviet Union. Even if he renamed St. Petersburg Leningrad, even if he named the city on the Volga Stalingrad...... None can be compared with Moscow.

Moscow has always been Moscow, an existence that cannot be shaken...... Now that he was forced to leave, it seemed that he had lost too much.

"Comrade Stalin, the great leader, has just received a telegram from Chelyabinsk." The secretary walked over, handed Stalin a telegram, and spoke.

Stalin looked at the text on it, it was written that everything was going well, and nodded, it seems that his iron fist can still influence the country.

In fact, when he left Moscow, he was not sure in his heart. He was also afraid that those with vested interests in Chelyabinsk would have other ideas.

But now it seems that the purge and the shock of iron-fisted politics still linger in people's hearts. He is still the great leader, and he is still the helmsman of the Soviet Union.

"Looks like everything is fine." Stalin leaned back on the luxurious leather seats of the train and breathed a sigh of relief.

The secretary was in a good mood, too, for he could no longer hear the cannon that broke him, nor did he have to see the distant horizon where flares lit up from time to time in the night.

Being away from the battlefield made him happy, and he felt like he had been reborn. He smiled and bent down and said to Stalin: "Soon we will turn south and go to Murom." ”

Bypassing Ryazan, the southbound distance was increased and the speed was slowed down somewhat. But the whole team can stay away from the battlefield, which is a lot more reassuring.

At the front of the train is an armored train with anti-aircraft guns and flat-fire guns, which look very powerful.

On either side of the train were a large number of cavalry, and although they were technically outdated, they were still outnumbered.

"Murom? Not yet in the Nizhny Novgorod region? It's slow enough. When Stalin heard the route, he said with some dissatisfaction.

According to his idea, he should rush to Chelyabinsk as soon as possible after leaving Moscow, where he will continue to coordinate the overall situation.

In other words, his quick arrival there would make the ill-intentioned people lose the opportunity to be ready to operate, and it would be more convenient for him to control the rest of the Soviet Union.

But if the pace slows down, then many people with ulterior motives will have time to calmly plan and find every opportunity to weaken the power of the central institutions that are still fleeing on the road.

Losing control of the Soviet Union was even more uncomfortable for Stalin than killing him. He could only look out the window at the sky that had gradually darkened, trying to calm his thoughts.

He feared losing power, and he was afraid that he would be intercepted and executed by his enemies. He doesn't want his fate to be in the hands of someone else, and he doesn't want to accept defeat.

Suddenly, Stalin's heart twitched, he was afraid, afraid that he had not arrived in Chelyabinsk, that it would no longer belong to him.

His political enemies would quietly take control of it, then set a trap and catch him there, hang him, and appease the ghosts of the Siberian mines.

Thinking of this, he still looked out the window, but his heart was already turbulent and surging.

"Would you like to change your itinerary and go to Stalingrad?" Retracting his gaze, Stalin looked at the Soviet map hanging in the carriage, and a southern city came into his eyes.

It was the city that bears his name, and it was a city that was very close to the rear. What made him feel even more secure was that no one knew that he would go to Stalingrad, and no one could lay a trap there and wait for him.

For Stalin, there was another advantage to going there, he had in front of him an army of 2 million under the command of his cronies Zhukov, and most of Ukraine as a barrier, and the security problem could be said to be guaranteed.

Zhukov's loyalty Stalin was very relieved, after all, this was the young Zhuang general he single-handedly raised.