"Your troops must be stopped retreating! We are on the offensive towards Germany! How could it be possible to be counterattacked by the enemy to this position in Brest! Yes? You said! In the high command of the front, Khrushchev gritted his teeth and squeezed out a question.

Timoshenko's face was innocent, and he really wanted to give his troops a good explanation.

He was tempted to tell Khrushchev that the war, of course, would be won and lost. Will the enemy never be stronger than your own?

He was also tempted to tell Khrushchev that it would not be surprising to lose the war when mobilization and preparations at the front were only seventy percent complete.

Of course, he also very much wanted to tell Khrushchev that the Germans had now not only assaulted Brest, but also not far from where they were.

"The troops in the north are under minimal pressure and are able to maintain the status quo on the border." Timoshenko could only repeat the status quo of the troops to Khrushchev again and again.

In fact, the troops in the north did not bravely block the German Army Group North, but the German Army Group North did not attack at all.

As the commander of the Soviet army, Timoshenko naturally knew what the Germans were waiting for in the north. They were waiting for the Germans to break through in the middle to exert enough pressure on the flanks to squeeze the Soviets to the north and south out of their fixed positions.

Once the Soviets began to worry about the safety of their flanks, retreat became the only option. At that time, the Soviet troops that left their positions would be easily annihilated.

The troops in the north will basically retreat to the vicinity of Vilnius and will be surrounded by the Germans, while the troops in the south will not reach Kiev and will be wiped out in the wilderness.

The only thing that could prevent this from happening was to attack the German Army Group Center head-on, and push the attacking Germans head-on.

Unfortunately, just a few hours ago, Timoshenko, who tried to fight back, suffered a very heavy defeat.

One of the most elite armored forces in his hands was mostly annihilated in the process of counterattacking. A whole armored division, and now there is not even a battalion left.

The KV-1 heavy tank was the secret weapon of the Soviet Union in battle. This tank was very well armored and equipped with a decent gun.

The only thing that people don't like is that the KV-1 tank is overweight, which leads to frequent gearbox and transmission system failures, and its reliability is very average.

Originally, in the course of the offensive, this kind of problem was not a big problem to endure. But in the process of retreating, the KV-1 turned into a disaster.

A large number of KV-1 tanks broke down on the way back, blocking traffic and destroying roads. In the end, the retreat of the entire army was slowed down, causing an even more complete collapse.

Ninety percent of the hundreds of KV-1 tanks that had been amassed were destroyed by the Luftwaffe or paralyzed in the middle of the road.

As a result, Timoshenko's armored forces suffered particularly heavy losses, and on the second day of the battle, he lost at least 2,000 tanks of various types.

"I'm not asking about the north! It's not south either! I'm asking about Brest! It's Brest! "Khrushchev is going crazy, and if he continues to lose again and again, Stalin will probably hang him.

"I will hold out in Brest until the end! Comrade Khrushchev! I'm a soldier, so that's all I can do. Timoshengo replied helplessly.

Rather than returning to Moscow to receive his death, like Khrushchev, Timoshenko felt that he himself should die a dignified death like a soldier.

Died on the front line, in order to boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army, Stalin would not be too embarrassed by Timoshenko's family, and it is estimated that he would give a very decent compliment.

Hearing Timoshenko say this, Khrushchev had no idea of continuing. He didn't want to die here, so he had to keep his mouth shut.

If a person is ready to end all failures with his own death, then he is almost invincible until he dies. Khrushchev turned around and left the command office.

Walking out of the office, Khrushchev saw the German bombers flying over his head. These JU-88 bombers flew quite fast, and a large number of escort fighters followed them.

These planes destroyed roads and bridges, destroyed cities and factories, and the Soviets lost a lot of reserves the day after the war began.

Khrushchev's carefully prepared arms on the second line were many of them destroyed by these bombers. Now they have turned to bombing the troops deployed in the depths of the Soviet Union, creating panic and spreading it.

"What about our Air Force? Why not fight back? "Every time he saw these German bombers, Khrushchev gritted his teeth with hatred.

In just one day of the war, the Luftwaffe completely gained air supremacy on the battlefield.

These JU-88s bombed barracks and airfields, focusing on the destruction of the living forces of the Soviet Air Force. Thousands of planes were destroyed on the ground, and the losses exceeded anyone's imagination.

Since the USSR was preparing for an offensive, it naturally had its own battlefield assessment. Su Dalin expected his troops to lose a third of their weapons and equipment in the initial attack.

Many Soviet military experts were well aware of Germany's strength, overestimated the role of German military power as much as possible, and fully affirmed the difficulties at the beginning of the battle.

According to their estimates, the first month of the war will be a time of repeated contention between the two sides in the border area.

A weak German would be forced to retreat a month later, and the Soviets would invade Poland and Romania to finally gain the initiative in the war.

But now it seems that the script is not at all the same. Khrushchev discovered this serious problem on the first day of the war.

The Germans were also on the offensive, and more resolutely. The opposing forces cut through the thick echelon of the Soviet attacking forces in one day and penetrated into the soft heartland.

The German armored forces, which also followed behind the armored forces, captured a large number of Soviet troops, captured and destroyed a large number of Soviet artillery.

Army Group Center fundamentally reversed the situation of superiority and inferiority of the forces of both sides. Relying on just one attack that has not stopped until now, the Soviet Union's huge base of living forces was destroyed.

According to the Soviets' own statistics, on the morning of March 21, Timoshenko found that more than 2,000 artillery pieces and at least 2,000 tanks had not been heard from.

At this rate of loss, the Soviet Union would have been left with only one infantry unit to continue fighting in a few days.

"Most of our air force has been annihilated...... "The air force officer who followed Khrushchev replied very apologetically.

The losses of the air force were even greater than those of the ground forces, because the Soviet air force had been the focus of the Luftwaffe for the past two days.

More than 2,500 aircraft were shot down by German fighters, and these planes could not escape the fate of being killed, whether they were on a ground mission or an interception mission.

At the same time, about 2,500 aircraft on the ground were destroyed by German bombers. Most of the remaining aircraft were transferred to second-tier airfields to escape the Luftwaffe's massacre.

Before the start of the war, Soviet forces had deployed a total of 10,000 aircraft of various types on the border, and now half of these aircraft have been lost.

Throughout the history of mankind, few troops have been able to continue fighting even after losing half of their strength.

Obviously, the Soviet Air Force had lost the courage to continue fighting, and they really had no more pilots to face the Luftwaffe's one-sided slaughter.

A large number of aircraft retreated, which allowed the Luftwaffe to control the skies. The current German planes did whatever they wanted over the heads of the Soviet troops, wantonly attacking and jamming, which had a huge impact on the Soviet ground forces.

Enemy planes were attacking overhead during the retreat, and the same was true during the attack. Half of the Soviet losses were due to the loss of air supremacy.

"Let the Air Force rest its troops as soon as possible, and the day after tomorrow at the latest, give me a counterattack!" Comrade Stalin, if he loses patience, you should know the consequences! Khrushchev stared at the Air Force officer beside him and said something intimidating.

Of course, when you think of the horrors of the Great Purge, the power of this intimidation seems less hollow. The officer of the Air Force swallowed a mouthful of saliva, quickly stood up and saluted and turned to leave.

He had to communicate with his superiors and get the Air Force back to fight as much as possible. If Stalin had been angry, the Air Force would have died a little more than in battle.

At this point in the battle, Khrushchev did not expect to win and make Stalin even more important.

Now he fantasized about stopping the German offensive, so that he could give Stalin an explanation within what he could bear.

If things are beyond what he can bear, then he will have to die to apologize for his failure, as Timoshenko has decided.

"Send a telegram to the Kremlin and report to Comrade Stalin on the latest state of the war! The Germans are attacking in the direction of Brister...... We need support......" Seeing that it was time to report again, Khrushchev reluctantly gave his own order.

As he walked, he instructed his subordinates: "Explain our difficulties and tell the great leader, Comrade Stalin...... All! ”

"I hope he will forgive us for our failures......" Khrushchev's subordinate said in fear.

Yesterday, they had already sent the news of the German counterattack to the Kremlin, and Stalin's instructions were - it was better to die than to take a step back.

It's a pity that they didn't just take a step back, they took more than a step back. The troops retreated to the vicinity of Brest in one fell swoop, and depending on the situation, they could continue to retreat.

"May God bless us......" Khrushchev was also helpless about this matter, and he certainly did not want to challenge Stalin's bottom line if possible.

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