No matter which direction Japan chooses to attack, some people are doomed to an end. The news of Khrushchev's death was first learned of the last resistance of Moscow, which was holding on to the bend of the river.

In his place, Konev is so withered that many people no longer recognize him as the general who once stood on the walls of the Kremlin and inspected the troops defending Moscow.

His end is already in these days. Because basically the ammunition has been exhausted, and most of the troops have been lost.

Khrushchev died, and Konev, who was promoted to marshal, could not continue to live, he could only choose the path that Stalin chose for him, and chose to use death to preserve the last shred of decency for the honor of Marshal of the Soviet Union.

The end of the marshal of the Soviet Union is really embarrassing, because Tukhachevsky died in the Great Purge, Timoshenko, Vroshilov ...... Now including Hekonev, who had just been promoted to marshal, was going to die on the front line.

The short-lived Soviets may be destroyed, and the soldiers of the Soviets will have to bury themselves with their own deaths.

"Put it all away and burn it, we don't need it anymore." After a long silence, Konev opened his hoarse voice and spoke.

His voice was almost like a saw, and the sound of friction made his captain of the guard feel bitter.

In this basement, Marshal Konev did everything he could to keep Moscow alive. Battles take place here every moment and even every minute and every second, every battle that decides the life and death of many people.

Konev personally commanded many such battles and was even wounded in one of the defenses. The German sniper shot his helmet, but it was too far away to penetrate it.

The steel helmet, which had been scratched by the bullet and had been scarred by a bright one, still hung on the wall to Konev's side. There was still his general's uniform and the telescope he used regularly.

As a marshal of the Soviet Union, Konev was probably one of the most pitiful marshals in the world. He was hastily promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union, but he never changed his collar badge and uniform.

Because by the time he was promoted, the situation on the battlefield had already turned upside down. There was really no one in the city to make him the uniform of the marshal, and there was no way to send him such a uniform from other places.

So he can only pitifully wear the general's military uniform and enjoy the treatment of a marshal - the treatment of death!

Fate was too unfair to him, because he fought for the Soviet Union to the last moment, but he couldn't even control his own fate, even if it was an ending, he didn't have a choice.

Poor him, he could only sit there, waiting for his last moment. Watch as the soldiers tear out the maps of Moscow from his face, and watch the staff officers burn them.

"The positions outside have almost fallen, right?" It wasn't until the smell of burning was in the air that Konev asked hoarsely.

"Yes! Comrade Marshal! We don't have much ground left......" With a hint of regret, the staff officer said to Konev with a disgraced face.

In fact, they could already faintly hear the gunshots outside in the basement: probably the enemy had already hit the outside of the building.

The Germans had indeed reached the outside of the building, they were only 100 meters away, and this was already the last "fortress" of organized resistance in Moscow.

Smiling at his chief of staff, Konev finally opened his mouth and continued: "You don't need to die here with me, I order you to lay down your arms and surrender!" ”

"Comrade Marshal! ......" the chief of staff shouted with a sad face, but was interrupted by Konev waving his hand: "Obey the order!" ”

He had brought these officers out with his own hands, and had worked together for several months, and he really didn't want to look at these familiar faces and die here for such a desperate war.

The Germans allowed the defenders of Moscow to surrender with dignity, even if they did not want to admit it, but it has been repeatedly confirmed.

Officers and men at the grassroots level are not allowed to inquire about such matters, but high-ranking officers have already heard about it. Surrender will not be abused, which is already a very good option.

"I'll send a telegram stating that this is my last order...... So you are obeying the order and choosing to surrender, and your family should not be affected......" Konev smiled bitterly and stood up: "This is the last thing I can give to you, don't shirk." ”

He walked to the radio station outside the door and commanded, "Send this telegram, and everything here is over." ”

By this time yesterday he had already written this telegram, thanking Comrade Stalin for his promotion and stating the fact that he had ordered the remnants of the troops to surrender.

"Comrade Marshal!" Seeing the contents of this telegram, the electromechanical officer's eyes were red, and he also shouted hoarsely.

They hadn't drunk water for a day, so their throats were a little hoarse. There was some petrol and diesel in the corner, which was for the two generators here.

There are also some weapons and ammunition that are about to be depleted - the water is not unprepared, but it has already been drunk.

"Send it!" With one last sentence, Konev walked to his office, and at the end of the day, he did not even say a word of his last words.

"Stand upright!" There were guards and officers in the basement, papers scattered all over the floor, and many people were still burning something. In the midst of the chaos, someone shouted, "Salute! ”

Everyone put down their work, raised their chins to Konev's figure, stood upright and saluted a solemn military salute.

Konev didn't look back, just waved his hand and walked into his office. Then, from his desk, he picked up his side-the-side pistol, which he had been wiping down and fiddling with these days.

A marshal should have a decent death for a marshal, and suicide is a kind of atonement and relief for a defeated marshal.

For Konev, this moment was indeed a relief. From the beginning of the Battle of Moscow, this war was an ordeal for him.

"Phew!" In the room, a gunshot rang out, and the last building in Moscow that the last resisters held was occupied by the Germans, and the Battle of Moscow officially ended.

Also on this day, the Battle of Kursk officially entered the decisive stage, and the German 3rd Panzer Division attacked the Soviet 6th Guards Tank Division head-on.