Due to the best efforts of the military industry, by the end of December of 41 and almost the New Year of 42, two hundred AK47s were equipped with Unit A, Andrei and the soldiers were nervously familiar with the tactical changes brought about by the new assault rifles, usually it takes three months to adapt to the new weapons, but Unit A received an order at this time that they will go to the front line of Leningrad to carry out urgent combat missions, and now the new equipment has only been equipped for three weeks, fortunately before Andrey, With the two AK47s for the soldiers to use in turn, at the same time, in the tactical training with the staff and soldiers began to adjust together, but after all, it was only three weeks, but fortunately, all the team members have rich combat experience are carefully selected by the Ministry of the Interior, according to the professional analysis of the General Staff, Unit A has this kind of equipment, and the combat effectiveness formed can at least reach a reinforced battalion of ordinary troops. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Andrei went to the headquarters of Lubyanka again, because Unit A is a direct army under the headquarters of the base camp, and only Beria has the right to transfer in the entire Soviet Union except for Stalin, as for the last time he obeyed Zhukov's orders, it was also authorized by Stalin, otherwise Zhukov would not be able to directly order Unit A, and the old rule Andrei went directly into Beria's office, and as soon as Andrei walked into the office, Beria stood up enthusiastically and said: "Andrey, you are here!" Seeing Beria's attitude, Andrei didn't dare to entrust this but Beria, so Andrei hurriedly said: "Report to Comrade Beria, Major Yakov was ordered to come to report and ask for your instructions!" ”

"Well, Andrei, you sit down first, you take a look at this first" Andrei immediately sat down on the side, and at the same time picked up a document that Beria had put away, and when he looked at it, Andrei felt a chill in his brain, this is a document about the situation in Leningrad, which is exactly the same as Andrei's memories of later life:

On September 8, 1941, the Badaev food depot in Leningrad was the target of German shelling, and the fire from the shells was clearly visible from several kilometers away. News of the burning of sugar and flour warehouses by the Germans spread through the streets, but the reality was worse than the citizens had expected, and the burned food was barely enough to sustain the city for a week. At that time, Leningrad needed 1,000 tons of food a day, but less than 200 tons of supplies were delivered to the city every day, which was less than 20% of the actual needs.

Lake Ladoga separates Leningrad from the mainland, and it is difficult to transport food to Leningrad through Lake Ladoga. Lake Ladoga has been known for its stormy weather since ancient times, and it is especially dangerous for small boats to navigate the lake. Therefore, as early as the time of Peter the Great, a canal around the lake was built, and almost no ships would choose to cross the lake. However, after the Germans penetrated deep into the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, the transportation of supplies through the canal and train was completely cut off. The defenders of Leningrad had to build a new pier on the western shore of the lake. A week after the German blockade of Leningrad, the first barges began to load and unload cargo on the rudimentary shores of the lake. In the first month after the opening of the line, 10,000 tons of food were delivered to Leningrad, which was consumed in less than 10 days. In July, at the beginning of the food ration system, each worker received 800 grams of bread per day and 400 grams for their families. By the beginning of October, the bread quota had been reduced to less than half. By the end of November 1941, hunger had brought the city to the brink of collapse. The bread quota has been drastically reduced, with each worker receiving only 250 grams of bread a day, compared to 125 grams for the rest. At the same time, the quality of the bread is getting worse and worse. Burnt flour from the Badaev warehouse, as well as a variety of additives, were used to add to bread, even edible fibre left over from the processing of wood by the banknote printing office.

This crisis lasted in Leningrad for a month and a half. At the beginning of November 1941, patients from starvation began to appear in Leningrad's hospitals. By the end of November, more than 11,000 people had died of starvation. In the winter of 1941-1942, the weather became colder, and people began to hope that the lake would freeze in order to improve the tension in the transportation of supplies in Leningrad. However, the entire surface of Lake Ladoga was never completely frozen, and the unfrozen water could easily cause the ice to collapse, and the Soviet troops had to abandon the idea of opening a shortcut to the lake from the east to the west shore of the lake. In addition, the German artillery was stationed on the shores of Lake Ladoga. On 20 November, when the ice reached 180 millimetres, the lake road was finally opened and the first trains began to move from the ice of Lake Ladoga. Two days later, trucks were also moving on the ice, and even trucks with a capacity of up to two tons could only carry two to three boxes. Despite the precautions, trucks still fall into holes in the ice. Drivers drive on a gangplank while driving in order to jump out of the truck when it starts to sink.

The 30-kilometre route, known as the "Road of Life", is also home to a canteen, a vehicle repair station and a first-aid centre on the ice. The exact direction of the ice road is subject to change depending on the weather and the situation of the battle. In order to protect this road, the Soviets built two defensive lines at a distance of 8 km and 12 km from the enemy-occupied shore. At this time, the shores of Lake Ladoga were still under German control, and the Soviets installed machine guns in the ice and snow trenches, and anti-aircraft guns and fighter jets also guarded this lifeline.

The Germans bombarded this passage of life indiscriminately. In the first week of transportation, the Soviets lost 52 trucks. Despite great efforts to transport supplies and evacuate people, by December 1941 hunger and cold had killed more than 53,000 people in the city, and the streets were littered with sudden deaths. Throughout December, death registration staff dragged about 100 bodies from the streets every day.

Yelena, an ordinary citizen of Leningrad at that time? In her diary, Skriabina wrote: "People can lose their lives at any time, and they are not interested in anything at all. Then, he will collapse in extreme weakness and will never be able to get up again. And the dying people around them don't even notice them. ”

On the lifeline of Lake Ladoga, the drivers in charge of transportation make two round trips a day, once during the day and once at night. Nefiodov, the commander-in-chief of the ice road, wrote: "When driving at night, transport vehicles turn on their headlights, otherwise more trucks fall into the water than are blown up by enemy troops." ”

Within a month of the official opening of the Lifeline, nearly 300 trucks sank. However, the goal was achieved, and the average daily volume of supplies transported through this route exceeded the minimum requirements in Leningrad. In the winter of 1941-1942, more than 500,000 people were successfully evacuated via this route.

But Leningrad is still very dangerous, the supplies transported by the life passage are not at all normal level, just enough to eat, and Andrei remembers that January 1942 was the most terrible period in the entire history of the siege of Leningrad. At that time, the city's unemployed civilians were deprived of any food rations, the electricity supply had plummeted to 4 per cent of its pre-war level, the city's water supply system had frozen in the freezing cold of -30 degrees Celsius, the heating system had been paralyzed, and furniture, wooden fences and everything that could be burned were used as firewood for heating. Leningrad citizen Elena? In her diary, Skryabina wrote: "Death has become commonplace. If you go out early in the morning, you will trip over the corpse at the door, and the corpse will lie for a long time because there is no one to deal with it. ”

And in the subsequent history, the Soviet army's liberation operation actually failed, at this time, seeing Beria show himself this document, Andrei understood that the task of Unit A this time was very difficult, so Andrei put down the document and immediately stood up, saluted Beria and said: "Comrade Beria, Unit A is waiting for your order, as long as the motherland calls, we are willing to face all difficulties!" ”

"Well, Comrade Andrei, you also know that now the situation in Leningrad is already very dangerous, and now Moscow has temporarily lifted the danger, but Leningrad is still surrounded by the German army, so now according to the order of the Supreme Command, Unit A immediately goes to Leningrad to carry out the mission, on the one hand, you have to collect German intelligence to provide support for the next great counteroffensive, and at the same time, you have to go to Leningrad to rescue an important specialist, and the specific mission information will be issued later, At the same time, you are going to penetrate the rear of the German army, as you did in the battle for the defense of Moscow! Do you have faith? Beria said beyond doubt!

"Yes, all members of Unit A are willing to shed their last drop of blood for the sake of great Leningrad!" Andrei firmly said that Leningrad is important not only because of its name, but also because Leningrad is home to the largest industrial enterprises in the USSR and is also a military base for the Baltic Fleet. The loss of Leningrad would also mean the loss of the port of Murmansk, an important hub for the transportation of goods and armaments from Britain and the United States to the Soviet Union. At the same time, Leningrad was the largest cultural and religious center of the Soviet Union, so the Soviet Union had to hold Leningrad no matter what, and Andrei was also very excited at the moment, the Battle of Leningrad was the longest city defense battle during World War II in history. For two and a half years, Army Group North used heavy firepower to garrison the trees and swamps, gathering 1/5 of the entire German Eastern Front.

Returning to the station, Andrei began to analyze the mission briefing and the situation around Leningrad with his partner Kolochkov and the staff officers who had been added by his superiors, when a communications staff officer suddenly ran in and said: "Report, today Comrade Stalin has just issued an order to all troops: In the future, the German officers and soldiers of the 332nd Infantry Regiment of the 197th Division of the German Army will be shot on the spot, and we will never accept their surrender!" ”

"What!" However, Andre quickly reacted that it was because of Zoya's matter!