The construction of the Brest Fortress began in 1833. After several expansions, it formed a large fortification, consisting of four separate islands separated by the Bug River and artificial canals, and the central castle was located in the center of the entire fortified area.

The central fortress is bordered by the Terespil fortress to the southwest, the Volyn fortress to the south, and the Kobrin fortress to the north as a barrier. The forts were surrounded by rivers and were connected by bridges.

This fortress was built right on a traffic artery.

The northern part of the fortress was a dense forest, which was not suitable for the rapid advance of tanks, and the southern part of the fortress was the endless Pratt marsh, which was a nightmare for infantry and armored troops, and only the choke point of Brest was a place that had to be contested.

Germany occupied this place and could invade the Soviet Union at any time, so Germany had made up its mind that it would not be lost to the Soviets, and in history, the Soviets were in the fortress and created a major obstacle for Germany.

At the same time, three kilometers to the east of the fortress is Brest New Town, where there is the Warsaw-Moscow railway and the Brest railway station.

Brest New City was occupied by the Soviets, but the Brest Fortress was always occupied by the Germans!

At this time, a temporary command had been set up here, and the troops secretly transferred by the Soviets remained in the city for the time being, or hid in the woods outside the city.

Timoshenko had a serious face, his opponent Germany, and the Germans, until now, had not fought a single defeat, they had conquered all of Western Europe, and now, for the Soviets to teach the Germans a lesson that will last a lifetime, it would be difficult, of course.

"Our current main force is three infantry divisions, four independent infantry regiments, plus the border garrison, and in terms of strength, we have an advantage." "However, we also have to take into account the difficulty of this battle, and we have to play our tenacious style!" ”

Everyone present knows that the current war in Finland has disgraced the Soviets, and behind it, there are still Germans making trouble, but the Soviet Western Special Military District is not a bad seed!

"General, don't worry, our Western Special Military Region will definitely successfully complete its mission." On his side, General Pavlov said.

In charge of this battle was the Western Special Military District, which was organized after the completion of the war of invasion of Poland, and historically, after the outbreak of the war, it was the Western Front of the Soviet Union, and Pavlov, who was the commander of the military district.

Now, facing Timoshenko, Pavlov is full of confidence.

In fact, in the past, Pavlov was responsible for the battle for the Brest Fortress, but now, although Timoshenko came from Moscow and pressed on Pavlov's head, he did not have too many concerns, for him it was just a simple battle.

"Everyone, we have all forgotten a question, we can't go up and fight, right?" Khrushchev, as a prisoner, spoke.

This is a question that other people really haven't thought about.

The specific offensive line and tactics have all been worked out, but no one has thought of this question, how to shoot the first shot?

Timoshenko and Pavlov are all straight-line soldiers, and in their eyes, what else is there to say, just launch an attack!

"Although we know that the Brest Fortress belongs to our Soviets, that it was forcibly occupied by the Germans, and we also know that the Germans have stumbled us in Finland, after all, on the surface, we still maintain friendly relations with Germany." Khrushchev said: "If we go straight and rashly, then Germany may think that we are not declaring war." ”

Khrushchev's words stunned the two generals: "Comrade Khrushchev, you suggested that we come to the Brest Fortress to teach the Germans a lesson!" ”

"Yes, I suggested it at the beginning, but we can't do it directly, so now, I have a better idea." Khrushchev's eyes were full of smiles: "I suggest, let's go to the fortress to negotiate first, saying that one of our soldiers is lost and suspects that he has entered the fortress, and we need to go in and search." ”

Khrushchev's words still couldn't make the two understand, looking at the two of them full of doubts, Khrushchev could only continue to explain: "If the Germans are willing to let us into the fortress to find people, then it just so happens that we can directly enter it, if the Germans don't let us in, then we can use this as an excuse to shell the fortress and then attack!" ”

I see! Sure enough, the one with a bad stomach is Khrushchev!

Timoshenko and Pavlov were both from military backgrounds, while Khrushchev was from a political worker, and the two actually looked down on Khrushchev, but now, Khrushchev's idea is really clever.

"Okay, then we'll go and ask for someone!" Timoshenko said: "After waiting for us to telegraph to Moscow, we can officially start the execution, if nothing else, tomorrow morning, we will go to ask for people, if the Germans do not agree, in the afternoon, we will start shelling the fortress, and attack at night!" ”

An airwave flew out of the city of Brest and flew to distant Moscow, and the Soviets did not know at this time that their code had been completely deciphered by Germany.

In World War II, the decipherment and counter-decipherment of codes have always been intense and intense.

For example, historically, the British successfully deciphered the German army's "Enigma" code, but only Churchill and a few high-ranking generals were aware of this "super secret", and took measures such as concealing sources and blocking information.

At the same time, after repeated defeats in the North African theater, after several investigations, they finally discovered the fact that the "black code" of the US military attache stationed abroad was deciphered by the German army, and reported it to the US allies in time. And the Americans continued to use the "black code" to send innocuous information and false intelligence, luring the enemy deeper, holding the nose of the "desert fox" Rommel in the invisible second battlefield, and smoothly leading him into the death trap that had been laid out long ago.

Now, the German code is impossible to crack, because Germany uses more advanced frequency hopping technology, and the radios they receive are always garbled.

And the Soviets' codes, which have always been unreliable and often deciphered successfully, have adopted a fairly simple and effective scheme for this, that is, to change the cipher frequently!

The latest code of the Soviet Union has also been deciphered by Germany, so Khrushchev's ghost idea was known to the Germans on the opposite side almost simultaneously.