Although the Anglo-American forces defending the British Isles continued to resist, Yang Shuoming understood that the fall of Britain was only a matter of time.

Britain was the last bastion of Europe, and the fall of Britain meant that Germany would have the strength to cross the Pacific and launch an attack on the American mainland, or support the Soviet Union and defeat China.

Yang Shuoming unconsciously glanced back at the mouth of the tunnel, as if he hoped that his daughter would appear there.

Seeing Yang Shuoming's figure appear, several guards quietly surrounded him.

"You go and tell General Zhou Chao, I'll leave tonight." Yang Shuoming said, "General Dongfang Bai, also talk about it." ”

The guard took the order and left, and Yang Shuoming looked at the watch on his wrist. At this time, there was a roar in the sky, and Yang Shuoming looked up and saw that the fuselage of the brigade was painted with the word "human" logo of the Chinese fighter flying by.

Yang Shuoming knew that the position here had turned from danger to safety, and next, it was time for the Chinese army to strike a blow to the Soviet army.

"How's the situation with the rocket base? Was the damage severe? Yang Shuoming asked an officer.

"The launch fort built by the Soviets was exceptionally strong, and although it was hit by shells and received a few bombs, there was no damage inside." An officer wearing glasses said to Yang Shuoming, "The equipment inside is also largely intact and can be repaired in a short time." ”

"That means we can take advantage of their equipment, right?" Yang Shuoming was keenly aware of the words of the expert-looking officer, and immediately asked.

"Yes, their rocket launch system is very close to ours, so to speak......" the officer replied with some hesitation, "we suspect that they may have stolen our information......

"Can you hit Moscow here?" Yang Shuoming interrupted him and asked another question.

"Their rockets can't hit yet, but our Sirius rockets can." The officer replied.

"That's good." Yang Shuoming nodded, "Let's take a look." ”

There were thunderous explosions in the distance again, and Yang Shuoming turned his head to look and saw a pillar of smoke rising from the horizon in the distance, accompanied by Dao firelight.

"They want to break through, haha." I don't know who said it.

"Hopefully they'll have the best of luck with that." Someone intersected.

At this moment, in another place, some of the scattered troops of the Soviets, as the Chinese officers and men said, were striving for "good luck" to break through the encirclement.

Rokossovsky, who was lying on a stretcher, felt the team suddenly stop, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.

After the Chinese army completed the encirclement of the Soviet army, Rokossovsky understood the intention of the Chinese army's armored instructor, he fell into an ice cave for a while, and immediately issued an order to break through and retreat, but at this time the Chinese army had already divided and surrounded the Soviet army around Sverdlovsk, thanks to the German volunteers led by Hort with the "Tiger" heavy tank battalion as the vanguard, desperately fighting, opened a gap in the encirclement of the Chinese army, so that a small number of Soviet troops could take the opportunity to stand out. However, under the heavy artillery fire of the Chinese army, the Soviet troops who broke through suffered heavy casualties, and Rokossovsky himself was bombed by Chinese planes during the breakthrough and was unfortunately injured.

"There is a situation! Hide, everyone! I don't know who whispered. The retreating Soviet army quickly hid in a trench.

When the Soviet soldiers carefully raised their heads to observe, they found that their retreat had been cut off by the Chinese army!

In front of them there were several buildings, and behind the buildings was an open field, and at the end of this open field was the forest. It would be safer for them to cross the open field into the forest.

The Chinese army was guarding the edge of the building not far from them. Soviet soldiers found two Chinese armored fighting vehicles parked there, one a tank with a 100-mm gun and the other an infantry fighting vehicle armed with a 30-mm machine gun and a heavy machine gun. There were also five or six Chinese soldiers patrolling nearby.

The Soviet soldiers came around from the edge of a wood, and the Chinese did not find it. In this area there are communication trenches that they used to dig. The ditch leads directly to the edge of the buildings.

The Soviet soldiers did not dare to come out and squatted in the trenches.

"What should I do?" Rokossovsky's guard Mikhalin asked for advice.

The Soviet soldiers looked at each other. They had no anti-tank weapons, and if they forcibly charged, they would be looking for death, and they would be swept down by the Chinese machine guns before they reached the edge of the Chinese army. But looking back at the high ground behind them, the Chinese army was about to break through their defenses. If they were flanked by the Chinese army from both sides, they would not be able to leave.

"Fight with them, destroy one by one!" Someone whispered through gritted teeth.

Leaning against the slippery dirt wall in the trench, Rokossovsky fumbled and pulled out the grenade with his right hand. "Platoon Commander Vasily!" He shouted softly.

Vasily came to him through the warriors. "What's the matter? Comrade General? ”

"Looks like you can't break through with us behind your backs. It's better to put us here, and a few of you will carefully touch the edge of the enemy along the trench and suddenly attack the Chinese army. Multi-use grenades. Then, while the enemy army is in confusion, run through the open field and rush into the forest, perhaps escaping. Rokossovsky said.

"How's that going to work? We can't leave you, Comrade General, and the wounded here under any circumstances! Vasily waved his hand and shook his head.

"Listen to me, or everyone will die here." Rokossovsky earnestly advised the platoon commander.

"Yes, everyone can only wait for death here. Platoon commander, you better break through on your own! Rokossovsky's staff officer Polamov and another wounded man also persuaded Vasily to come.

"I still have two grenades here, and if the enemy finds them, I can resist them for a while." Rokossovsky shook the grenade in his hand at Vasily.

Vasily bowed his head and did not speak for a long time. You can see that there is a fierce ideological struggle in his heart. After a while he raised his head, looked at Rokossovsky and said, "Well, that's it." Comrade General, but you have to be careful not to be discovered by the enemy. We rushed over and immediately got reinforcements to come back and save you. Please remember. ”

"The four of us split the work." Vasily began to discuss a plan of action with the Soviet soldiers. Soon, after a gentle sound of ropes, the Soviet soldiers began to carefully touch the Chinese troops along the trench and step on the stagnant water. Rokossovsky watched the backs of the soldiers gradually disappear into the rain, and secretly felt a little sad. Even if they could give the Chinese army a surprise attack, how could they run through the open land of more than 100 meters!

"Good luck to you!" Rokossovsky said secretly in his heart.

Rokossovsky carefully propped up his right foot and leaned out his head to watch the movements of the Chinese army. The rain was heavier than before, and in the heavy sky, dense raindrops fell on the lining of his steel helmet and merged into streams and hung on his shoulders. The wound on his right hand was soaked in the rain and tingled. The other two seriously wounded men beside him were in even worse condition, and while the lightning was shining, Rokossovsky looked back and saw both of them with their eyes closed and their faces pale. It seems that even if they can break through, it will take a long time for the two of them to recover from treatment.

The sound of artillery fire on the high ground suddenly became much quieter. Rokossovsky's heart tightened, did the comrades all sacrifice? By the light of lightning, he faintly saw the figures of Chinese tanks and infantry fighting vehicles appear on the top of the high ground. "The lads are all sacrificed?" He looked out at the high ground with a heavy heart.

After a few tens of seconds, Rokossovsky was ready to look back to see if the platoon commander Vasily had started to act. Suddenly, a bright flare exploded over the high ground!

In the bright light of the flares, Rokossovsky saw a "T-34" tank rushing down from the high ground like a wild horse through the rain curtain! "It's Vasily them, they're still alive!" Someone shouted at them excitedly.

"There? Over there? The wounded suddenly opened their eyes and asked Rokossovsky excitedly.

At the moment when Rokossovsky turned back, a huge smoke of fire rose from the high ground, and then a huge explosion shook all around. The entire highland was suddenly enveloped in a huge fireball. The armored vehicles and tanks that the Chinese army was preparing to shoot at the crazy Soviet tank were also engulfed by this huge fireball.

"It's our people! They detonated the enemy's ammunition depot here! Cover our retreat! Polamov shouted.

Rokossovsky's throat seemed to be plugged by something, and his blood was boiling. He propped his right hand into the muddy ground on the edge of the trench and tried to hold himself up high.

The "T-34" tank quickly rushed down the slope and rushed towards them. The Chinese soldiers in front of them shouted and turned their guns to aim. Soon the Chinese infantry fired an anti-tank rocket. The rocket dragged a long tail flame and pounced on the "T-34" tank.

"If you get hit, it's over. Be careful to avoid it! Rokossovsky thought nervously.

The 100-mm guns of the Chinese tanks also began to fire, but due to the speed of the Soviet tank and the tortuous route, the shells fired by the Chinese tanks did not hit.

Just as the Chinese army was firing vigorously at the tank, Vasily and they touched the side and began to move. A grenade accurately blew up the Chinese army's anti-tank gun. Several Soviet soldiers suddenly jumped up, and an infantryman jumped onto the Chinese infantry fighting vehicle and threw the sizzling grenade through the unclosed roof of the Chinese army, and the Chinese infantry fighting vehicle immediately stopped firing. The Chinese army was caught off guard by the Soviet infantry that suddenly appeared from the side, and they were instantly killed and wounded. The Chinese tank, which had reacted, began to launch and rushed towards the Soviet infantry.

The Chinese tanks approached the Soviets at a rapid pace. Another infantry fighting vehicle of the Chinese army also frantically turned its body to try to prevent the Soviet infantry from escaping behind the building, and Rokossovsky saw several Soviet soldiers crush the Chinese tank. The Chinese tank turned and bombarded the "T-34" tank with its 30-mm machine gun, and several shells hit the tank. However, this shell did not work on the "T-34" tank at all, but only provoked a spark on the turret of the tank. When the Soviet tank was only more than 100 meters away from the Chinese tank, it suddenly stopped, and the tank turret began to rotate rapidly, and after a brief aim, the shell was fired. Through the vast rain curtain, the shells hit the infantry fighting vehicles of the Chinese army.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the shell slammed into the Chinese infantry fighting vehicle. The rear and turret of the infantry fighting vehicles of the Chinese army were blown to shreds. At about the same time, the Chinese tank that had run over the Soviet infantry also caught fire.

Rokossovsky let out a sigh of relief, and the hanging heart fell back into his stomach.

Vasily shouted at them and waved his hand. Then several soldiers ran towards them and carried them on their backs to the side of the building. They were reunited after more than an hour apart, and everyone happily shook hands and patted shoulders. But Rokossovsky felt as if a long time had passed.

"We need to get out of here." Rokossovsky ordered.

"It's a terrible battle! There were only eight people left in a day, and they had never been beaten so passively. The Soviet soldier carrying Rokossovsky on his back said suddenly.

"Yes! The difference between the combat firepower of the enemy and the enemy is too great. The enemy's ability to fight together is very strong, and he is good at making full use of the advantages of the equipment on hand. Polamov said with emotion.

"It's a superficial phenomenon. The real reason is that we are inferior to the enemy in terms of strategy, tactics and weaponry. The enemy's multi-service joint combat capability is skillfully used. Although we said that we were fighting on our own territory, we did not give full play to our combat effectiveness on the battlefield, and many of the main forces were defeated by the enemy in the process of assembling and moving. Do you know what happened to the 52nd Mechanized Army? Rokossovsky said to a Soviet soldier who looked to have just joined the army.

"I don't know." The soldier shook his head and said. Another soldier came over and handed a kettle to Rokossovsky.

"Alas, it's this 52nd Army. They were originally front-line troops stationed in Poland, but were later transferred to the Eastern Front. The enemy's rush was launched very suddenly, and the attack was carried out under the cover of artillery fire. The 52nd Army was ordered to attack, but lost contact with the Front command for nine hours during the movement. It was during these nine hours that the enemy changed the direction of the attack and cut off the rear route of the 52nd Army; The supply of the 52nd Army was also cut off, and the air supremacy on the battlefield was also taken away by the enemy. Rokossovsky took a sip of the kettle and continued.

"And what about our other troops? The enemy army is not strong in the early stage of the attack, right? Other troops can completely reinforce the 52nd Army and go around behind the enemy. "The first time he heard about the real situation of the defeat of the Soviet army in the early days of the war, Vasily was not only surprised.

"You don't know, Vasily, some of our troops were actually stopped by their own men during the maneuver, and the highway to the front line was full of fleeing people. It seems that the first part of the 52nd Army was stopped by refugees for more than two hours. As a result, alas, as a result, the troops were all blown up on the road by enemy troops. After Rokossovsky finished speaking, he took a sip of water hatefully.

Vasily looked at him silently, tears rolling in his eyes. The hearts of the Soviet soldiers also became heavy.

Vasily could not help but think of a city that was about to be attacked by the Chinese army, and he stood in the window of his friend's room on a tall building next to the square and saw the crowd of people fleeing downstairs: the whole city seemed to fall into a hysterical madness in an instant, and everyone tried to get their own and their personal belongings out of the city as quickly as possible. The streets were filled with cars honking wildly, crowds of trampling and screaming people, and police officers trying to maintain order waving their hands and shouting in vain. It seems that everyone has lost faith in defending their homeland. The people around him suddenly became so selfish and cowardly, and he suddenly felt sad that he was living in such a group. His friends and he witnessed the scene, and I got drunk with my friends at night. He cursed the city all night. The next day, when he woke up, he found that his friend had jumped from the eighth floor.

"Later." Rokossovsky interrupted his recollection. Then the battle turned into a chaotic retreat. The retreat of millions of people, the retreat of industry, the whole mess. Our reinforcements to the enemy's breakthrough were not at all able to move forward as planned, and could only slowly retreat with the masses, organizing some movement warfare along the way to delay the enemy's troops. Only later did it take the opportunity to begin the implementation of an effective operational plan for striking at the logistical supply of enemy troops during the campaign. ”

"Then is it possible for us to defend this city, as the propaganda says, to disrupt the enemy's offensive strategy? Also, how much longer can we hold out now? "A Soviet soldier finally couldn't help but ask Rokossovsky this question.

Rokossovsky was silent.

When he was at the headquarters, Hult asked him this question. Rokossovsky said that Comrade Stalin told us to hold on, that's right, no matter how long he can hold on, doesn't this hold the enemy in check? But he himself always felt that this answer was not reasonable. Because the Chinese army did not encircle them early when attacking the outlying positions of the Soviet cities, but set aside the side to the west, their main mechanized troops, which were extremely mobile, continued to chase their retreating troops.

Although in the early days of the Soviet army's holding on to the city, the mobile air defense units in the city dealt a huge blow to the air power of the Chinese army, causing the offensive strength of the Chinese army's forward units to be greatly weakened in the absence of air support, and the supply lines of the Chinese army were forced to increase by more than 100 kilometers. But after the gradual depletion of air defense, they are still holding their ground, why is that? You must know that with the support of the gradually increasing air power and fire of the Chinese army, their attack caused heavy casualties to the defending troops in the forward positions of the Soviet army!

(To be continued)