"What? Even Priluki didn't hold on? Defeated again? In the dark corner, a hoarse voice asked.

Then a haggard-looking Soviet general stepped out of the corner, a pair of eyes sweeping over his men.

He walked to the bright place like a vulture with his hands behind his back, looked at the henchmen in front of him, sank for a few seconds, and said, "We can't sit still, we have to carry out our plan as soon as possible!" ”

"Comrade General! At this time, there are still risks in making this choice. His subordinates didn't look very good, and whispered a reminder.

"Do we wait for all the chips in our hands to be taken away and then talk to others? Joke! The general replied coldly, and the conversation ended.

"Comrade General...... On this kind of issue, make a choice of treason, our family ......" another officer also reminded with a bitter face.

"Family? How many of our families are still alive? You know? Or do I know? Damn Stalin......" the general cursed with a tangled face.

The battle had reached the situation in front of him, and he had no way to calm down. Most of the rich lands had become occupied by Germany, and there were fewer and fewer places left, but the shadow of defeat was lingering.

The Soviet army, which had little hope, was now encircled in the huge encirclement of Kiev, and it was in a state of embarrassment.

The ghost believes in the high morale, and the morale of the current front-line troops of the Soviet army is frighteningly low.

Even Marshal Govorov, commander-in-chief of the Soviet garrison on the Kiev side, was a little unable to control his troops.

After all, this is Ukraine, and the locals are not very friendly with the Russians, and now that the Germans are coming, these civilians are even more ready to move.

"You go to the other side in person! Tell those Germans! As long as they promise that officers above the rank of regimental commander will not be imprisoned in concentration camps and prisoner of war camps, we can surrender! In the end, the general gave his bottom line.

Although he loved his family very much, the current war situation made him unable to care about so many things.

Even if Stalin sent his sons and daughters to Siberia, he was not willing to face the German concentration camps himself.

I heard that it was a hellish existence, and countless people died in it, and there were no bones left.

There were also horrific rumours that the SS skeletons of the National Socialist Party burned corpses in these camps, picking out the gold teeth and swallowing the diamonds in their stomachs......

In any case, he was full of fear of these rumors, so he decided to avoid being captured by the Germans as much as possible, and there were only two best options, one was to commit suicide in defeat, and the other was to surrender with his troops to seek leniency.

He had already been in contact with the Germans twice before, but unfortunately both times because of the problem of chips, he did not negotiate.

At first the Soviet general asked for a large sum of money, then an official position, and asked to keep his own guard.

Unfortunately, the Germans did not accede to his request, but drove his troops out of Rivne and pursued them all the way to the new city of Volynsky.

Subsequently, in the course of the confrontation between the two sides, the Soviet general reduced his appetite and only needed a large sum of money and an insignificant official position.

Who knows that the Germans still ignored his conditions and beat him from Volynsky New City to the outskirts of Kiev.

This time, he knew that he didn't have many chips left, so the conditions he gave were very reasonable.

What gave him the courage to make the terms of surrender again was that he heard about a general named Vlasov who had formed a Russian Liberation Army in Germany.

This made him understand the thinking of the Germans: if they make their own requests, they will not be recognized, and who can enjoy what kind of treatment can only be fulfilled after the Germans approve it.

The Soviet general, who thought he would not be sent by Vlasov, finally chose to compromise. He was not willing to die in Kiev, let alone continue to work for Stalin.

"Got it! Comrade General! I'm going to go! I hope we don't affect our families by doing this......" His subordinates nodded helplessly, agreeing to the order.

You must know that this general has a corps in his hands, and he has three divisions under his command, which can be said to be a large army.

Being able to get such a force to surrender was also a very effective option for reducing the pressure on the German offensive.

Field Marshal Bock, commander-in-chief of the German Army Group D, who was attacking head-on, was naturally willing to accept such a surrender, because such a surrender would help him tear through the enemy's lines and save a lot of time.

As soon as these Soviet soldiers surrendered, his troops would be able to drive straight to the periphery of Kiev.

At the same time, the time saved, as well as the reduction of troop casualties, are real military achievements.

The reason why the surrender of this Soviet force was not agreed to earlier, the main purpose of Marshal Bock was to leave this unstable factor near Kiev.

If this force surrendered at distant Rivne, it would only serve to shake the Soviet defenses.

When the time comes, the Soviets will retreat to Kyiv, and the losses will not be too huge - but surrendering near Kyiv is different, and it will seriously affect Kyiv's defense plan.

After all, this Soviet army also has about 40,000 troops, and if it loses about 40,000 soldiers at once, Kyiv's outer defense line will definitely collapse in an instant.

Therefore, after hearing the request of the Soviet officer in front of him, Bock, who had just moved his headquarters to the temporary field headquarters southeast of Marin, nodded and said: "I will carefully consider your request, you can rest here first, and I will give you an answer later." ”

Bock felt the need to be careful in his efforts to maximize the benefits of the surrender of the Soviet forces.

He had numerous plans to use this imminent surrender to create an opportunity in favor of the Germans.

According to his plan, the Germans could at least take advantage of the situation and take about half of the city of Kiev in one go.

If there is more cooperation and cover from the Ukrainian locals, the German army can even take two-thirds of the urban area of Kiev!

It was precisely because of this importance that Bock did not immediately agree. He just kept the Soviet officer who came to make contact, and then hurried his generals to carefully consider the next plan of action.

"The armored forces should immediately advance in depth along the line of defense left by this force! Fight to control more than half of the urban area of Kyiv! Bock looked at the map in front of him and said to his men.

"If the Soviet troops in this vicinity are willing to give up their defensive lines, it will only take a day for my troops to reach the city of Kyiv!" A German major general assured in a cold tone.

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