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Guderian again resorted to the tactics of attacking Smolensk, not with devastating bombardment of Moscow, but with artillery fire on one side to open the gap, and then the armored troops rushed into the city to encircle the recalcitrant Soviet army.

Although the defenders of Moscow put up stubborn resistance, the German firepower was too fierce, and the western defense line of Moscow was directly breached, and the German armored troops poured in from the gap like a raging torrent of steel under Guderian's orders.

At present, the entire Soviet army does not have such a powerful armored force in Guderian's hands, and due to the surprise attack of the German army during this time, the Soviet army's armor losses are very large, so the number of Soviet armor in Moscow is far weaker than the German army, and there is no way, and it does not dare to directly fight with the German armored forces, and it has become an auxiliary force of infantry.

After entering the city of Moscow, the German army immediately used a pincer offensive to penetrate deeper into the city of Moscow step by step, and several major arms cooperated with each other to clear it.

Although the Soviet army's resistance was very stubborn under the strong order, the overall combat quality was very different, and the German army's strength was not much less than that of the Soviet army, the Soviet army's defense line was still pressed back step by step, and they could not find a suitable way to contain the German army's offensive momentum for a while.

In order to boost the morale of the Soviet army, Stalin also showed the momentum of a leader, and did not hesitate to risk his life to hold a large military parade on Red Square.

However, after these soldiers were sent to the battlefield, they rarely returned, and the battlefield in Moscow was far more tragic than the others.

After all, Moscow was the capital of the Soviet Union, and under the appeal, supervision and supervision of so many high-ranking Soviet officials, both the highest and ordinary soldiers, they really wanted to be able to defend their capital.

In order to keep the capital, the Soviets from top to bottom also sacrificed all the forces they could invest, but they still could not stop the crazy attack of the German army, and they were defeated and retreated, and Moscow was slowly swallowed up by the German army piece by piece.

In fact, secretly, Stalin had secretly ordered people to transfer some important materials and personnel from Moscow to the rear, which shows that he did not have much confidence in holding Moscow, and he had already used the means at his disposal.

On August 10, Stalin and other high-ranking Soviet officials secretly withdrew from Moscow and headed southeast until they stopped at Yekaterinburg.

On the 15th, Stalin officially announced that the Soviet Union had moved its capital to Yekaterinburg, which also heralded the abandonment of the definition of Moscow as the capital.

As soon as this news came out, the international shock was also very huge, and the impact on the Soviet Union was also very huge, especially the blow to the morale of the Soviet army, which accelerated the rhythm of the Soviet army being annihilated and captured by the German army.

Finally, Moscow did not manage to hold out until the end of the month, and on August 30 it was fully occupied by the Germans.

The entire Battle of Moscow lasted 35 days, and the Soviet army lost 2.3 million people, including millions of Far Eastern elites.

After occupying Moscow, the Germans did not attack quickly to the east, but sent their main forces to begin to turn back and clear the Soviet troops in Stalingrad, Ukraine and other places.

When the Germans attacked Moscow, the Soviet forces in Stalingrad and Ukraine were ordered to attack the Germans in order to break through the German lines and support Moscow, thus posing a threat to the German forces attacking Moscow from the rear.

However, even though the Soviet troops in these two directions launched attacks again and again at great cost at great cost, they still failed to break through the German defenses, let alone support Moscow, which was hundreds of miles away. Until the fall of Moscow, they were still in front of the German lines, and they were almost depleted.

Immediately after the fall of Moscow, Soviet troops in Stalingrad retreated into Stalingrad, and Soviet troops in Ukraine immediately retreated to Kiev. As soon as the Soviets retreated, the Germans immediately advanced, encircling Stalingrad and Kiev, respectively.

On 3 and 5 September, Germany, reinforced with reinforcements, launched a fierce attack on Stalingrad and Kiev. After resisting for three days, the Soviet troops in Kiev surrendered to the Germans, with the exception of a few who broke through.

And the Soviet troops in Stalingrad, with the fortification of the city and the leader who represented them here, Stalin, did not surrender easily and continued to resist stubbornly. However, they were completely encircled by the Germans and had no support from the outside world.

Guderian continued to attack Moscow, giving up the plan to destroy Stalingrad, directly leading the armored forces into the city, and then gradually began to clear the recalcitrant Soviet troops inside.

Although the Soviets fought stubbornly in street battles and killed and wounded the Germans in various ways, they were simply unable to defeat the Germans, who had gained superiority in all respects.

The Soviets have produced many excellent snipers, and they have also caused a lot of damage to the German army, but as soon as they are exposed, if they do not withdraw in time, they will be quickly locked and eliminated by the German tank guns.

Moreover, the German helicopters often circled in the sky, condescendingly instructing the German army to various targets, so that the Soviet army had nothing to hide, and the exposed Soviet troops would be destroyed in a concentrated manner, and there was no place in the city that the German weapons could not penetrate.

Finally, after holding out stubbornly for nearly 20 days, Stalingrad was completely occupied by the Germans on the 25th, and the remaining 200,000 Soviet troops, who were almost exhausted of ammunition and food, surrendered to the Germans.

After wiping out the Soviet forces at Stalingrad and Ukraine, the Germans quickly began attacking the long-coveted Transcaucasian region, with the aim of naturally targeting the oil fields there.

The Soviets had little strength to stop the advancing German army, and in early October, Transcaucasia was completely under German occupation.

As a result, all the western regions along the line from Stalingrad and Moscow to Leningrad had been completely occupied by the German army, and this area was undoubtedly the most developed area of the Soviet Union.

In order to defend these areas, the casualties of the Soviet army directly exceeded six million.

In fact, before the war, the Soviet army did not have so many troops, but in order to cope with the German attack, the Soviet Union temporarily recruited a large number of young adults, many of whom were even mandatory, and there was a serious lack of training.

Of course, although there were many untrained Soviet troops, there were also many elite Soviet troops, such as the Soviet troops in the Far East, Ukraine, Stalingrad and other places. The elimination of these viable forces of the Soviet army not only made the Soviet army more powerless in the face of further German aggression, but more importantly, affected the rule of those in power.