The outer wall of the First Hospital was already mottled with bullet holes, and only two hours later, the German attacking infantry regiment advanced to the vicinity of the First Hospital.

Under the attrition of the SS Foreign Legion, the Soviet losses increased instantly, and then the entire line of defense collapsed due to the running out of ammunition.

"Give every wounded grenade! Let them kill and wound the Germans as much as possible! This is the order from above, and it must be carried out! An officer was in the basement of Hospital No. 1 and ordered to his men.

His order stunned all the grassroots commanders for a moment, and let the wounded commit suicide with grenades, which was indeed a bit excessive.

But in the current situation, it seems that there is nothing worth holding on to - the entire defense line is already full of holes, and it is impossible to hold on to it without some extreme methods.

In other words, even with such extreme methods, in fact, they can no longer hold on. Every soldier here is tenacious, but not as tough as the other party's steel.

"Let the soldiers who can fight shrink their positions! Build a new defensive position near the hospital and bridgehead! It has to be fast! The German offensive was faster than we were ready! The commander then gave a more normal order.

More than 3,000 Soviet troops were confined to the narrow line of the Shetong River, and the situation here was so critical that it was easy for one line to be partially encircled if one line was breached.

"The German self-propelled anti-aircraft guns are our worst enemy, and that thing is even more desperate than assault artillery." An officer, with a bandage on his head, complained: "We need anti-tank weapons......

The anti-tank weapons of the Soviet army were not without, but they were all transferred to the area across the Shetong River.

Because these anti-tank guns are treasures, the Soviet army cannot afford to lose, so they can only give priority to withdrawing these weapons and equipment from the battle.

As a result, the current situation has not been lost, or rather not completely lost, and the heavy weapons have been transferred away one step ahead.

"There are no heavy anti-tank weapons! All the troops are gone! You can only solve the problem with Molotov cocktails or grenades! The officer replied coldly, "That's how it was arranged before, wasn't it?" ”

The officer's throat moved, but finally he closed his mouth and did not speak: he really wanted to say that before he had more than 1,500 soldiers in his hands, and now there are only more than 400 left, isn't it because of the use of grenades that the result is that he suffered heavy losses?

In the past, there were many people, and it was okay to lose some, but now everyone is precious, and if you lose soldiers for useless reasons, the position may not be able to hold......

"According to the previous order, the battle has been fought to this point, and we should be allowed to retreat before ......" Another Soviet commander asked, "Did the people above forget about us?" ”

The Soviet generals led by him sneered in their hearts, of course the people above would not forget them for no reason, just because this time, the people above were not allowed to retreat......

The loss of the First Hospital was a situation that Khrushchev was unwilling to accept. So the death order he gave to Konev was to stick to the First Hospital at any cost.

The reason for this order is actually very understandable, after all, even if the other blocks are lost, it is possible to recapture them by launching a counterattack, but this triangle alone cannot be recaptured in any way.

Once the German troops had set up a defensive line along the river, it meant that the area had become a safe bridgehead for the German army, and the Germans could use it to expand their area of control to the surrounding areas.

Even if the Soviet army counterattacked, at most it could only hit the riverside, and there would be no possibility of attacking - the Soviet army was not capable of forcibly crossing the river under the fierce fire of the German army.

"Retreat is not allowed, we can only be here, fighting to the end for the Motherland." The commander at the head said: "I, like you, can only stand here until the Germans hit my door......"

As he spoke, he held down the pistol he was carrying at his waist, and continued firmly: "I will use this pistol to end my life!" Tell all the soldiers, I'm like them! ”

Outside the wall, a Soviet soldier poked his head out and saw a German tank knocking down a low wall on the side of the rubble across the street.

It was a thickened No. 4 tank, and the slender 75 mm caliber tank gun was pointed in the direction of the Soviet army, and there was a sense of bravado.

Before he could retract his head, the soldier was hit by a German bullet and fell to the ground on his back.

The Soviet soldiers around him tried to help him up, but found that there was a hole in his helmet, and blood had filled the entire inside of the helmet.

The other Soviet soldier had no choice but to poke his head out to look again. This time he was smart, he shrank back in just a moment, and reported to the officers next to him: "There are a lot of German soldiers, there are tanks ......"

Behind the outer wall of the hospital, there was a reverse slope that Soviet soldiers had piled up with mud and various things.

On this counter-slope, the Soviets created a defensive position. Originally, they planned to spend their efforts to build this line of defense, but it was obviously too late.

The hastily formed defensive line could not withstand the German attack, and the German rocket launchers and grenades fired directly from tank guns quickly collapsed the outer wall of the hospital.

The Soviet troops in the rear suffered heavy losses, but they were helpless to take the well-equipped German soldiers. They could only helplessly stand behind the remaining courtyard walls, waiting for the next German attack.

"Phew!" Through a gap in the wall, a Soviet soldier fired a bullet, and he didn't care whether he had hit the target or not, so he quickly shrank back from the gap.

Right behind him, a mortar shell fell, sending the Soviet soldier and several people around him into the air.

Shrapnel swept through every corner like a storm, and before the explosion subsided, a second mortar shell fell.

Soviet reserves in the main building of the hospital were pulled out and began to fill all sorts of holes in the defensive line.

Before the Germans on the opposite side began to attack, the Soviets on this side had already lost more than 100 people. And such battles are taking place almost everywhere around Moscow.

"Comrade Konev...... My defense line has collapsed...... In an hour at most, the place will be occupied by the Germans. Grabbing the phone, the commander of the Soviet army said with a crying microphone: "I will stay here until I die!" Long live the Soviets! ”