There are far too many civilians left in Moscow, and conservative estimates put them in the millions. These civilians were the human flesh of the Soviet Union against the German offensive.

The anti-tank trenches that are almost all around Moscow are dug by these unarmed civilians.

Of course, after the large-scale bombing by the German army, the people had no houses of their own, so they could only live in densely crowded bomb shelters.

No one wants to live like this, but the order is that no civilians are allowed to leave! Even a seventy-year-old person, or a child under the age of ten, cannot leave at will.

In order to keep an eye on these civilians, the Soviets even stationed troops in the cities to monitor the civilians and prevent any possible riots.

"You mean, let go of some civilians who don't do anything? Won't this disturb the morale of the military? Khrushchev looked at Konev and asked in a low voice.

"We can keep people under the age of 50 and let them enlist as soldiers, but those who are older have to leave to save our food." Konev replied.

"Don't let them take the food? Just let them go? "Khrushchev was very moved, after all, he was not a bodhisattva, and he would not care about the life and death of so many people.

Konev is also not a good man and woman, he wants to hold on to Moscow as much as possible, and he will not care whether the old man and the old lady can leave alive or not.

"It is stipulated that they leave without affecting the operation! Get rid of these burdens that only eat and can't work! "Konev gave his opinion from a military point of view, without any humanitarianism.

For the Soviet leadership, letting these civilians leave the battlefield was already the greatest humanitarian spirit.

You must know that civilians were not allowed to leave the war zone before, and before the arrival of the German army, civilians who left their hometowns were almost treated as deserters.

"And! They can't crowd our shipping lanes when they leave! Don't miss a bit! Khrushchev added.

If refugees are crammed on the roads, traffic will break down, and congestion will cause reinforcements and supplies to Moscow to be stranded on the way.

The current Moscow, or the Khrushchev and Konev who are now guarding Moscow, do not want even the slightest weakening of their troops.

"Let the soldiers defend the roads and railways, and if there are retreating civilians approaching, drive them away! If anyone does not listen to advice, enforce the wartime decrees! "Konev repeated Khrushchev's order.

"That's it! There are also some details that have to be arranged and sent for me to check! I approve it before I can do it! Do you understand? Khrushchev was satisfied with Konev's attitude, nodded and said.

"Also, let some of the seriously wounded leave! The kind of seriously wounded who are precious, worthy of our preserving fire......" Konev thought for a moment and fought for a lot of wounded who were worth keeping.

"For example?" Khrushchev, having exercised power, was in a good mood and asked casually.

"Like, we found Vasily in the ruins? Comrade Zaitsev. He was seriously injured, such a talent, I don't think he should be allowed to stay in Moscow. Konev replied.

Khrushchev was stunned for a moment, and then the expression on his face was very uncomfortable. Vasily is a talent who should not die in Moscow, and is he Khrushchev a fool who should die in Moscow?

"Similar heroes, after evaluation, are allowed to be sent to the rear for treatment!" However, after only a few seconds, he agreed to Konev's proposal.

Khrushchev, who came from a political background, quickly broke free from his displeasure and began to think from the perspective of political propaganda.

If he gives the soldiers hope and gives them a direction to work towards leaving Moscow, then they will fight harder.

"Arrange for him to leave the car and let him leave by train! At the same time, 500 seriously injured people will be selected and transported away together! The newspaper had to vigorously publicize the news and circulate it to every soldier! Khrushchev said triumphantly, as if pleased with his plan.

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"Surrender! We surrendered! In the midst of the rubble, a Soviet soldier walked out with his hands held high.

Behind him, another Soviet soldier lowered his Mosin Nagant rifle and followed him out of the rubble.

The faces of these Soviet soldiers were full of uneasiness, and there were black marks of the flames of war. One by one, under the guns of the Germans, they walked out of the positions they had been stationed for two days.

For them, there was no hope of continuing the battle, they had no ammunition and no reinforcements, and their closest troops were the friendly troops they had left in the rout......

To be able to hold out here for two days despite the lack of ammunition is already a remarkable achievement.

After all, they had to deal with Germany's most elite armored cluster, the G cluster under the command of General Guderian.

A Soviet military flag full of bullet holes was placed at his feet, and the Soviet flag bearer with tears in his eyes reluctantly threw away the flagpole in his hand.

Isolated and helpless, they had already given up their dignity as soldiers when they decided to hand over their weapons.

"Hurry up! Don't stop! A German officer stood on a high ground and shouted loudly in Russian to the Soviet soldiers, who had become prisoners.

Tula had stopped resisting a few minutes earlier, and the more than 10,000 Soviet soldiers defending the city surrendered to the Germans.

Before surrendering, they had exhausted their ammunition and could be considered fighting until the last moment.

Unfortunately, they were not able to hold Tula and allow the Germans to take control of the southern gate of Moscow.

The captives walked through the street with their heads bowed, surrounded by German military vehicles that passed by at a rapid pace.

These military vehicles are produced by Mercedes-Benz and "Lightning" trucks produced by Opel. The captives looked up curiously as the cars passed by, at the German soldiers sitting on them.

At least in Guderian's G cluster, the proportion of motorized troops is quite high. Soldiers have trucks to travel when they go out, artillery has special trailers to tow, and a large number of tanks make the G-cluster very mobile.

"Look! Look at these Soviet prisoners! A few days ago, they were attacking us! As he passed the captives, William the loader leaned against the canopy of the tank and shouted to Karyus.

"They have already lost the war...... It's just that they don't know it yet. Karjus glanced at the embarrassed captives and said to his loader.