"We lacked anti-tank firepower, and in previous breakout battles, our brother units, various breakout tactics were tried, however, the results were poor." At the headquarters, Admiral Kirponos listened to the report of his subordinates: "The only successful experience was in Belarus when a unit fled from the swamp against the direction of the Germans. ”

In the face of Germany's huge armored forces, any breakthrough battle was bound to be thrilling, and there were quite few successful examples, and now the Soviet army had to break through without fuel and anti-tank weapons.

The task is quite daunting.

Admiral Kirponos gritted his teeth and said, "We don't have any other way now, let's go out as much as we can." His eyes were fixed on the map, and the Germans were moving too quickly, and in a short period of time, their own side had been divided into six pieces.

The 26th Army, stationed 20-30 km north of the town of Zolotonosha, was surrounded by German troops in the Orzhtsa area.

The 37th and 26th armies were stationed 40 to 50 km southeast of Kiev, the 21st Army was stationed southeast of Periakin, the 5th Army was stationed east of Periakin, the 37th Army was stationed 10 to 15 km northeast of Kiev, and the 37th Army was stationed in the Yagotin region.

The entire Southwestern Front, more than 700,000 troops, was thus divided and surrounded, and they would have been able to leave here and play their part on a larger stage.

Admiral Kirponos has no bottom in his heart, maybe the western defense is empty, but they can't break through to the west, otherwise they will never come back, it's almost the same as surrendering to the enemy, they can only go east, and then east, and kill a bloody road!

"Tonight, the whole army will break through." Admiral Kirponos said: "Get all the tanks we can get moving, put together all the fuel we can muster, and give it all to the tank troops." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Including our command vehicles, they have also contributed. ”

The fuel supply has been cut off, and they don't have much fuel at hand, so they can only give up the command vehicle, and besides, if they break through in the dark and sit in the command vehicle, it is better to go on foot, so that the target will be more conspicuous.

Admiral Kirponos didn't know that tonight was his last.

Night gradually fell, and in the dark night, in the open space on the outskirts of Kyiv, a small transport plane landed, and just after landing, several high-ranking officials waiting on the side hurriedly climbed up.

Timoshenko's face was ugly, as a marshal, he felt deep remorse for his behavior, and after being surrounded, he actually fled by plane, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of troops in the encirclement.

And Khrushchev did not have such psychological pressure as him, for Khrushchev, all this had nothing to do with him, it was purely caused by Stalin's mistakes, this stubborn and self-serving man was not worthy of leading the Soviets at all!

Well, this idea has to be taken to heart and must not be expressed.

The plane took off and entered the dark night sky again, and as the sound of the engine gradually faded away, the supreme commander of the Southwestern Front had already left.

"Boom, boom!" At this moment, ten thousand cannons fired in unison.

The Kyiv defenders concentrated all their artillery fire and carried out the first and final shelling towards the German encirclement.

When the shelling was over, they were about to break through, and countless soldiers with rifles in their hands and bayonets on their shoulders waited for the order to charge.

The commander of the Front, Colonel-General Kirponos, the military councillor Burmystenko, and the chief of staff, Major General Tupikov, stood together, they all carried Bobosha submachine guns, wore the same military uniforms as ordinary soldiers, and took off their rank insignia, at this moment, they were ordinary soldiers.

Next to them, there is a guard composed of dozens of people, all of them are Bobosha, and the front row is holding a turntable machine gun, and after a while, they will rely on powerful firepower to rush out along the open gap!

Almost a minute after their own artillery fired, rockets in the sky headed towards the Soviets' artillery positions!

The reaction of the Germans was unbelievably fast!

With a roar, the Ciric organ flew towards the artillery positions of the Soviets, and soon their artillery positions were blown up, with explosions everywhere and screams everywhere.

"Charge!" Admiral Kirponos said that it was intended that the artillery would bombard violently and shoot out all the shells in stock, but who would have thought that in a short time, the Germans would return fire, and the Germans would fire more intensively, so that their side would hardly have time to counterattack.

The artillery units are reimbursed, and if they don't charge, it's already too late.

Rush, rush!

One by one, Soviet soldiers jumped out of their positions and ran towards the front, and in the darkness they ran very fast. At the same time, they felt some heat in their bodies.

Infrared rays are not visible to the naked eye, but they have a thermal effect, and when you sit next to the stove, you will feel the heat, which is actually the infrared rays radiated by the furnace.

Germany's infrared headlights have irradiated the invisible infrared rays, shone on the position, on everyone's body, reflected back, and can be seen clearly in the infrared receiving device.

"Fire!" Just when the Soviet soldiers at the front had already run to a distance of five hundred meters, suddenly, a terrible machine gun sound was heard from the opposite side.

The sound of a chainsaw, the flames coming from the muzzle of a gun in the distance, and the arc of tracer bullets dragging through the darkness quickly turned this place into a place of death!

Rows of Soviet soldiers screamed and fell, while the soldiers behind them pounced on them fearlessly, and at this moment, they seemed to have lost their sense of pain and judgment, as if they were paramecium with only a simple structure, and only knew how to rush forward!

In the charge, the Soviet troops on this side were also firing back, and a group of Soviet soldiers with machine guns in their hands ran and shot at the same time, and they quickly attracted the attention of the German army.

"Boom, boom!" A few mortar shells flew towards this group of Soviet soldiers, and the German gunners aimed so accurately in the dark, and the shells exploded accurately among the Soviet soldiers!

Shrapnel flew.

Admiral Kirponos fell, the muzzle of his submachine gun raised, and the last bullet fired into the sky, his body falling heavily to the ground.

Burmistenko, a member of the military council, fell, a fragment hit him in the abdomen, all his intestines flowed out, he opened his eyes wide, looked at his intestines, and did not breathe.

The chief of staff, Major General Tupikov, did not fall, he threw the gun in his hand to the ground, his body was still upright, he used all his strength and shouted loudly: "Comrades, rush out!" Comrade Stalin is waiting for us! ”

PS: Many people may have been tired of this kind of battle, so East China Zhixiong is still abbreviated, saving me the number of words every day.