"A telegram from Leningrad! There are traitors who have surrendered, and the defense has collapsed. An officer walked into the brightly lit office and handed Khrushchev the document in his hand.

Khrushchev took the telegram, looked at the text on it, then put it aside and said: "Inform Rokossovsky, and Konev, come here for a meeting!" ”

After the others walked out of the office, he leaned back in his chair, looking at the huge map of Moscow's city defenses hanging in front of him, not knowing what to think.

The Germans had already invaded the outskirts of Moscow, which was actually less than 15 kilometers from the center of the city.

Although the Germans have not yet attacked the Kremlin, if they are replaced by artillery with sufficient range, the Germans are actually ready to shell the Kremlin.

Even so, Khrushchev was still willing to sit in the Kremlin and work, rather than go to a safer underground bomb shelter.

He longs for the feeling of sitting in an office, especially in a Kremlin office.

It was a very good feeling that made him intoxicated. After Stalin left, every decision he made represented authority, and the feeling of being at the top was really good.

"Comrade Political Commissar, do you have something to look for me?" Knocking on Khrushchev's door, Konev, the city's commander-in-chief, walked into the room, stood up and saluted and asked.

General Konev has recently been mobilizing troops to try to recapture the German forward positions to the west, and the workload is quite large.

Khrushchev was also reluctant to disturb the work of General Konev and General Rokossovsky on weekdays, after all, the military talents of the two of them were not comparable to him.

As a victor in the political struggle of later generations, who betrayed Stalin immediately after turning over, Khrushchev still had a brain.

Glancing at Konev who came in, Khrushchev did not wait for Rokossovsky, who was far away, and said directly: "Leningrad may fall in a few days." ”

"What? The 400,000-strong army was wiped out in less than a week? Konev subconsciously asked rhetorically.

After asking this sentence, he knew that he had lost his temper: how could it be possible that 400,000 people were completely annihilated, naturally some were defeated and some surrendered.

But it is really incomprehensible that there are still people who surrender or someone who is defeated when the war has been fought to this extent.

With Marshal Voroshilov in charge, how could Leningrad be able to play a Brest, or even several Brests, how could it be easily occupied by the Germans?

"Comrade Marshal Voroshilov personally called and said that they had fallen out of the traitors and surrendered with 100,000 troops, so that the situation in Leningrad fell into a passive situation." Khrushchev glanced at Konev and opened his mouth to explain.

The deterioration of the war was not caused by the surrender of 100,000 troops, but the main reason for the deterioration of the situation there was the consequence of not receiving reinforcements.

Stalin concentrated all the forces he could muster in Moscow, so Leningrad became an outcast.

It's not surprising that it will collapse for a few days, but before such a collapse without warning, everyone is still holding on to a fluke mentality, praying that it will not fall immediately.

Now that the place is really about to be occupied by the Germans, the fear buried deep in everyone's hearts finally broke out.

"Has the port there been destroyed on a large scale, and have the port facilities been blasted?" As soon as Konev opened his mouth, he asked about the destruction of port facilities.

As a soldier, Konev's first question was how much value was left for the German army.

Khrushchev sneered, then picked up the telegram from the table and threw it to Konev.

Konev frowned, took the telegram and looked at it carefully, and a short paragraph was written on it.

"As a result of the surrender of a large number of troops led by traitors, the defense has collapsed, and our army has lost many important strongholds such as ports, docks, railway stations, etc. I will personally counterattack tonight and recapture the port area - Voroshilov. ”

Only so much was written on the telegram, in fact, there was not much written at all, except for revealing some of the current state of Leningrad.

The meaning of Khrushchev, who threw out this telegram, was very obvious: you ask me, and I ask who to go? Everyone now wants to know about the situation in Leningrad, but no one knows.

At this time, Rokossovsky knocked on the door, and after receiving permission, he pushed the door open, and saw Khrushchev, who was already in the room, and Konev.

"What's going on? Comrade commissar, Comrade Konev! After he closed the door, he asked anxiously.

"I just got the news that Leningrad may not be able to hold on." Khrushchev, who was sitting in his position, did not get up, looked at Rokossovsky and replied.

"It's not going to be easy." When Rokossovsky heard this, he sank for a moment before he spoke.

He was in charge of the defense line on Moscow's flank, and after hearing Khrushchev's words, he thought of his carefully planned counterattack.

If the Germans consume their own ammunition and supplies at any cost, then the Germans who need to deal with his counterattack will be stronger.

Earlier, the reason why he insisted that he could counterattack was because the German army was weak and did not dare to easily waste a large amount of ammunition and fight a large-scale battle with the Soviet troops on the periphery.

Because if the ammunition that the Germans had worked so hard to bring up in this way would be consumed, it would take more time to reserve so much ammunition for attacking Moscow.

But now...... If the other party has an extra port behind it, the situation is not very optimistic. Even if the weather conditions were favorable to the Soviet army, it would not necessarily be able to take advantage.

After thinking for a moment, Rokossovsky looked at Khrushchev and said: "The first round of counterattacks needs to be cautious. ”

"You should be cautious." Konev also nodded and agreed: "Our previous plan was to consume the German army's reserve ammunition, which would have a great impact on their attack on Moscow. ”

After saying that, he paused, and continued: "But if the Germans can take Leningrad within a few days, then the effect of this attrition is likely to be neutralized. ”

"It's really worse than I thought." Rokossovsky was thinking not just about one Moscow, he was thinking about the whole of the North.

After the German army has been replenished, the battle after Moscow may not be easy to fight...... At least for the Soviet army, it was not as easy to fight as before.

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Another one will be served during the day tomorrow, and it will be added tomorrow, at least 5 more, and it will break out to everyone! Hum!