Khrushchev returned eight hours later, and when he finished the telegram, he took a car to a nearby air base, found a plane, and sent him back to Moscow.

When he returned to Moscow, Khrushchev jumped out of the car and ran inside, so tired that he ran to Stalin almost in one breath, and then he fell to his knees involuntarily.

"Comrade Stalin, I am guilty, blame me for not discovering the conspiracy of the Germans in advance and letting our troops jump into the fire pit!" Khrushchev beat his chest with both hands and cried to tears.

"Hurry up and put away your tears for me, tell me what the hell is going on, if you can't say it clearly, hum!" Stalin saw through Khrushchev's tricks and said to Khrushchev.

Khrushchev wiped away his tears and said: "We were tricked, we thought that the Germans were defenseless, who knows, the Germans have long been ready, they have deployed quite terrible artillery inside the fortress, behind the fortress, and they can destroy one of our artillery positions with one shot!" ”

"Comrade Khrushchev, pay attention to your words, do not deliberately exaggerate!" Voroshinov said: "One shot, destroy an artillery position, do you think we are all children?" ”

This battle was proposed by Khrushchev, in order to gain face for the Soviets, and at the same time to deter the Germans and let the Germans interfere less in the affairs of Finland, but now the result is the opposite, and someone must be responsible for it.

Khrushchev left his troops and ran back alone, and he might not be able to live, everything depended on Comrade Stalin's judgment, and Khrushchev, in order to survive, deliberately fabricated facts and exaggerated the strength of the Germans.

Destroy an artillery position with one shot, who to deceive?

"No, I'm not lying!" Khrushchev said: "That artillery, capable of hitting dozens of kilometers away, was ambushed more than a dozen kilometers behind the Brest fortress, and our air force discovered the location of the artillery, but unfortunately it was not able to destroy it." ”

"Is that cannon bigger than a naval gun?" Voroshinov asked.

"Yes, we deduce that it has a caliber of about eight hundred millimeters." Khrushchev said.

"Khrushchev, stop quibbling!" Stalin's face was ugly, and he finally couldn't help but speak, stopping Khrushchev's talk.

Naval guns, at most as fixed batteries on land, are generally on the coastline, and who has ever heard of large-caliber naval guns inland?

Moreover, it is still 800 mm! Are you kidding! The battleship's naval guns, the largest of which were only more than 400 millimeters, Stalin could not hold back any longer.

"Comrade Stalin, I'm not lying!" Khrushchev felt his liver tremble: "Their first wave suppressed our rear artillery positions, and then, after the attack of our ground forces, terrible artillery also appeared in their fortresses, and one shot could kill hundreds of us, and we really suffered heavy casualties, and just when the infantry was about to abandon the attack, a German armored unit, bypassing the woods, surrounded us..."

"Enough, come on, take Khrushchev down!" Stalin roared.

Khrushchev felt that his legs immediately went limp, Stalin was already angry with him, and his political career was probably going to be destroyed!

Outside, two guards came in and dragged Khrushchev out like a dead dog, there was no way, Khrushchev, whose legs were weak, could no longer stand up, and his mouth was still trying to say: "Comrade Stalin, what I said is true..."

It was easy to wait for Khrushchev to come back, but what he said was simply appalling!

When Khrushchev's voice disappeared, Stalin looked at his men and said: "Do you believe what Khrushchev just said?" ”

Voroshinov, Budyonny, all shook their heads, only young Zhukov, did not speak.

"Zhukov, what do you think?" Stalin asked.

"Comrade Stalin, I think that Khrushchev's words may be correct." Zhukov said with a serious face.

Just now, Stalin was outraged by Khrushchev's words, only about the matter itself, and Stalin knew Khrushchev, and on such a matter he would not lie.

If Khrushchev's words are correct, then the problem is serious!

The Germans were fully prepared, that is, their own plans for this period of time were leaked, who did they leak?

Stalin's eyes looked at everyone present, this kind of secrecy, only a few of them knew, although the front-line troops were frequently moved, no one knew that they were going to fight the Brest fortress.

Everyone who was seen seemed to know what Stalin was thinking, and quickly shook his head, what a joke! Tukhachevsky and his gang are long gone, and everyone present did not fornicate with Germany!

"There are many possibilities for the leakage of intelligence, for example, it may be that the Germans deciphered our telegram code, and I suggest that we immediately change to a new codebook and encryption method." Beria, who had not spoken all this time, spoke.

In the last Great Purge, enough people died, and the quality of the army deteriorated sharply, as can be seen from the Finnish War and the current battle of the Brest Fortress.

The suspicion of the great leader represents bloodshed, and now, Beria has taken the initiative to speak up and mention this possibility.

Stalin nodded, it is true, everyone present is credible, it seems that it is indeed a problem with the telegram code, it is really speechless.

"The most important thing we need to solve now is how to deal with this situation." Zhukov continued: "Our army was captured by the Germans, what should we do next? ”

The scene was calm, and everyone knew what Zhukov meant.

At the beginning, at the instigation of Khrushchev, everyone was thinking about how to chill the Germans after the recapture of the Brest Fortress! How to warn the Germans not to continue to get involved in the affairs of Finland.

As a result, now, the Soviets have failed, they have lost so badly that even the commander has been captured!

Soviets, what to do?

If you continue to be tough, then you have to increase your troops and continue to fight in Brest, then, a border conflict, most likely, will turn into a war of annihilation!

The Soviets, not yet ready for a big war, have not even conquered Finland, let alone a war with Germany?

But if you don't continue to be tough, do you just throw in the towel? How could the Soviets swallow such a breath! Played by the Germans again!