September 20, 1941. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMoscow.

After the defeat of the Western Front, the Germans moved eastward, and it took only a day and a half to quickly break through and occupy the first line of defense. The Soviet troops in the first line of defense had no choice but to retreat and hold the second line of defense with all their might.

September 21, 1941. Moscow West.

A Soviet tank brigade that had just arrived was lying in ambush on both sides of the road, and the tanks were mostly in the woods, and then covered with tree branches, waiting for the arrival of the German army. In addition, there are freshly repaired Soviet bunkers on both sides of the road. The pillboxes were equipped with anti-tank guns. Some of these bunkers were built into small wooden huts, the kind common in Russian fields, some disguised as haystacks, and some simply built in private houses.

The German tank corps formed two columns and drove along the road to Moscow. Because there were trenches on both sides of the road, and there were also channels and ditches of different depths in the fields, the Germans marched on the road in order to buy time.

The Soviet tank brigade opened fire after the German tanks approached, the German tanks were too dense and concentrated, hundreds of tanks were destroyed on the road, and in a hurry they could not change into a long combat formation, only to turn the turret to return fire.

At this time, the pillboxes on both sides also opened fire together, aiming at the German tanks and firing.

The Soviet army's preparedness and effective measures, coupled with the fact that the Germans were too light on the enemy, led to the detachment of the tank units from the infantry, and only a small number of infantry sat on tank vehicles, and their numbers were limited. Under the machine guns of the Soviet troops, there were heavy casualties.

The battle lasted an hour, and the Soviets won a big victory.

This victory delayed the German offensive for at least a few days. The triumph soon reached Moscow. The command immediately called the units and asked them to follow their example and resist the German offensive.

Another Soviet infantry brigade did learn from their experience and held off the Germans on the road. The infantry brigade stubbornly resisted for a day, and in the end, only 29 people withdrew from the battle, and the rest were all killed. This time, the Germans quickly learned their lesson, and the tank units did not break away from the infantry too much, resulting in the rapid defeat of the ambushed infantry brigade with the combined efforts of the German infantry and tanks.

The heroic sacrifice of this infantry brigade was exchanged for the delay of the German offensive.

September 25, 1941. Moscow.

The German offensive was still strong.

The tank corps and infantry had broken through several lines of defense in the west of Moscow and were approaching the city of Moscow, and the artillery had not yet arrived, but the Tanzanian group was concentrated under the city and carried out indiscriminate bombardment of the city in front of it.

German planes had already been deployed at several airfields occupied by the heart and quickly gained air supremacy. The Air Force, in coordination with the ground forces, carried out intensive bombardment of the city of Moscow. At the cost of two hundred aircraft, the air defense of Moscow and the west was completely destroyed.

In the afternoon, planes began to bomb Soviet ground military facilities. At this time, the German artillery also arrived, and the artillery joined the attack.

When the planes and artillery attacked together, several small Soviet units organized assault teams under extremely unfavorable circumstances, blew up dozens of tanks, and killed and wounded thousands of people.

In the evening, the Soviet troops on the defensive line retreated back to Moscow.

September 25, 1941. Germany, Wolf's Lair.

After the Germans surrounded Moscow from the west, north, and south, Hitler addressed Germany, in which he declared a great victory for the Germans, informed the great progress of the German army, and expected Moscow to be taken within a few days.

In his speech, he also declared that Stalin had fled Moscow, that the Soviet high command had fled Moscow, and that German planes had been blown up in the western part of Moscow, and therefore urged the Soviets to surrender.

In his speech, Hitler also announced the situation on the Soviet Far Eastern Front and the great victory of the Japanese army. Now, the Japanese army has besieged the three cities of Burleigh, Chita, and Vladivostok. The great victory over the Twin Cities has already laid the foundation for the victory of the Soviet Far East.

There was jubilation in the wolf's den, and after Hitler finished speaking, the service staff had already brought champagne, opened the champagne in front of Hitler, and cheered and celebrated.

Soon, Hitler's speech was broadcast on the radio, followed by recorded news of celebrations from all over Germany.

The whole of Germany began to celebrate.

In fact, the news about Stalin's escape from Moscow was fabricated by the Germans in order to break the fighting spirit of the Soviet army.

Night, September 26, 1941. Moscow, USSR.

The meeting of the political and governance bureau is over. The meeting adopted a resolution that the Political Bureau, the Central Committee, the General Staff, etc., should withdraw and withdraw from Moscow.

The troops that had just arrived remained in Moscow and continued to fight the Germans, defending Moscow, dragging the Germans in Moscow and consuming the Germans in Moscow. Troops from all over the country were transferred to Moscow, and the Far Eastern troops in places such as Siberia and the Ural Mountains continued to advance westward to defend Moscow.

The Great Moscow Escape began.

Civilians on the west bank of the Moscow River fled along the few bridges that had not been blown up into the city on the east bank, while people on the east bank fled along the streets to the eastern suburbs. A large number of agencies burned important documents, their personnel evacuated east by car, and civilians fled on foot.

Unlike the previous days, the Moscow city administration and the Cheka did not organize an escape, but maintained the order of the retreat. People who left the city were asked to walk in the fields, while military vehicles and automobiles were found on the roads and railways.

At night, German planes began to bomb.

The air defense of the eastern district of Moscow is still there, and it is strong, although most of the air defense airships have been blown up, but the anti-aircraft artillery units are still fighting. After the first round of German bombing, the second round of planes had not yet arrived, and Soviet planes arrived.

Guided by searchlights, Soviet planes began to chase the German bombers. The German army had air superiority for a long time, and the bombers were only wary of ground anti-aircraft fire, but now they were attacked by the Soviet air force and suffered huge losses.

The battle of the Soviet air force gave confidence to the retreating flow of people in Moscow.

By morning, half of the people in the Moscow city who needed to be evacuated had already retreated, and the fields to the east of the city, on the roads, in the woods, were full of people.

September 27, 1941. Moscow, USSR.

In the morning, the first Soviet troops from the east marched into Moscow from the east of the city.

At noon, Stalin made a radio speech in which he informed the whole Soviet Union about the situation in Moscow, announced the evacuation of the people, announced the withdrawal of the command organs, announced that the troops were marching into Moscow. Street battles for the defense of Moscow began.

He also called on the people of the entire Soviet Union to join the army and defend the country.

October 1, 1941. USSR, Kiev.

At the end of the Battle of Kiev, the Germans occupied Kyiv, 650,000 Soviet troops were captured, and most of the Soviet troops who surrendered were Ukrainians, who surrendered after hearing the news of the fall of Moscow.

Due to the early withdrawal of the Central Group from the operations on the Southern Front, the Battle of Kiev was delayed by several days compared to history. On September 26, the city of Kiev was captured by the German 6th Army. On the same day, the German 46th Panzer Corps arrived and entered the battle as a new force. At the same time, the Soviets also continued to invest new forces in an attempt to help the trapped Soviet troops break through, but they were all repulsed by the Germans.

By October 1, the Battle of Kiev was over, most of the 5th, 21st, 37th, and 26th Soviet armies, and some of the 40th and 38th armies were annihilated, and the Germans claimed that 650,000 Soviet troops had been captured.

If Stalin had accepted the advice of his subordinates, the Battle of Kiev would not have been so badly defeated.

The commander-in-chief of the southwestern direction of the Soviet army, Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal Budyonny, sensed the danger and asked Stalin to withdraw eastward, which was also rejected by Stalin, who ordered to hold Kiev to the death. Stalin considered Budyonny to be passive and avoided the war, dismissed him from his post and replaced him with Marshal of the Soviet Union Timoshenko, commander-in-chief of the Western Direction and Western Front.

After the Germans crossed the Dnieper, the commander of the Soviet Southwestern Front, General Kirponos, ordered the troops to retreat on their own accord despite the danger of being court-martialed, but this order was quickly revoked by the Soviet High Command.

The last chance of the Soviet army was lost. The Germans' 2 million troops against the 800,000 Soviet troops had to resist hard, so they failed. In the end, the battle ended with the surrender of the front-line troops.

The end of the Battle of Kyiv and the beginning of the Battle of Moscow greatly shook the whole world.

October 1, 1941. Chita, USSR.

Chita was located in the interior of the Soviet Union, there were no strong fortresses, and only in the last month had the fortifications been strengthened and renovated. The Soviets sabotaged the railway to Chita and delayed the Japanese offensive. The Japanese army dispatched engineering units, repaired the railway, and attacked the city of Chita in mid-September. The people of Chita fled, but the army held out and began to fight street battles with the Japanese army.

After half a month of street fighting, thousands of Soviet casualties were exchanged for more than 20,000 casualties of the Japanese army. At present, the Japanese army has transferred part of the army occupying Mongolia to Chita, preparing to annihilate the Soviet army in Chita.

October 1, 1941. Outer Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar.

Ulaanbaatar has been falling for more than ten days.

The Japanese army brought several Mongol princes and princes to Ulaanbaatar to prepare for the establishment of a Mongolian puppet government.

At this time, the upper echelons of the Mongol leadership fled to Central Asia, the army was scattered, the people were at a loss, and many people in Ulaanbaatar chose to stay. The Mongols, whose homes had been purged, jumped out to welcome the Japanese army. A large number of photos were published in Japanese newspapers, and for a time, Outer Mongolia was in a miasma.

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1. Historically, in the defense of Moscow, there has always been a dispute between evacuation and holding on. The Soviet government was ready to evacuate Moscow, leaving agents behind to carry out the sabotage.

2. On October 19, 1941, at the fork of the Moscow-Gorky railway, a special train to evacuate Stalin to Gorky was ready. Stalin received a call from Zhukov at the station. After listening to the call, Stalin returned to the Kremlin. Historically, no one knows what they said.

3. Historically, during the Soviet-German War, Stalin made peace with the Germans several times. These reconciliations were private, top secret, and not made public for decades since. It was not made public until the collapse of the USSR.