Zhukov, who left the front line of defense, did not immediately return to Moscow.

Faced with the situation in Moscow at this moment, Zhukov preferred to carry these trenches with the smell of earth.

Walking slowly along the dug trenches, all the way were Soviet soldiers resting in the trenches with rifles.

Zhukov's arrival did not make any changes in these Soviet soldiers, all of them looked a little listless, and some of them did not even look at who came over.

Only a few people, seeing Zhukov's arrival, stood up and saluted, and then continued to crouch in the corner.

Exhaustion and hunger are the norm inside and outside Moscow, and even the soldiers in the trenches look tired and hungry, which shows what kind of situation will be in the city.

Soviet soldiers who were too lazy to move were not really lazy, but to save physical strength, which had nothing to do with their own quality and combat effectiveness.

The soldiers, who don't have enough to eat every day, have no interest in anything else, so they can only gather quietly, let alone Zhukov, even if Stalin comes, it is estimated that they will not bother to move.

Is there no food in Moscow?

No, there is a lot of food reserves in Moscow, but because of the recent influx of people in Moscow, it has to start distributing food in a limited way.

Because the food in Moscow will be the key material for Moscow's defense, the huge number of troops and a large number of people will increase the consumption of food.

Stalin planned to hold out in Moscow for a year, but it was estimated that it would be difficult to reach the grain delivered to Moscow from each other, so he had to limit the daily food supply.

Zhukov, who was walking in front of the trench, didn't say a word and didn't care about the reaction of these soldiers, but the followers behind him didn't have such a lenient thought.

"Hurry up and stand up, what do you all look like, haven't you eaten for a few days? This is Marshal Zhukov, who did not yet get up and salute. One of the staff officers who was following Zhukov shouted loudly in the trenches.

In the trenches, a battalion commander on the front line also shouted: "Get up, salute." ”

Without waiting for the battalion commander to raise his arm, Zhukov stopped him and asked: "This commander, your troops need to rest." ”

"Comrade Marshal, we don't need to rest, the fighters just haven't eaten enough for several days, so they're all conserving their strength and waiting for the arrival of the enemy." The battalion commander at the front, explained.

"I'm guilty, as your supreme commander, I can't let you go hungry, if I have an extra grain of food, it will definitely be sent to the front, now I hope you can rest well, maybe the battle will break out soon." Zhukov was also a little speechless, he was well aware of the situation below, and even more aware of why the soldiers could not eat, but this was not something he could control.

Bypassing these listless soldiers, Zhukov was filled with helplessness in his heart.

Just as Zhukov was about to walk through this section of the trench, he suddenly stopped, glanced back at the defense of the trench, and turned back.

The battalion commander was about to sit down, but when he saw Zhukov, who had gone and returned, he immediately stood up again.

"Why don't you see a machine-gun position here, what about your machine guns?" Zhukov asked this battalion commander.

The battalion commander did not speak, but lifted the three Makqin heavy machine guns covered with canvas beside him and said: "Comrade Marshal, it's not that we don't have machine guns, but we don't have machine gun bullets anymore. And not to mention that we don't have machine-gun bullets, even in the hands of soldiers, each of them doesn't even have three rifle bullets. ”

"The gap between our weapons and equipment and the Red Alert Empire is already very large, and it cannot be compared, and at this point now, there is nothing to keep."

When Zhukov heard this, he said to his followers behind him: "Let the logistics department count and distribute all the weapons and ammunition in stock to all the soldiers, and there are no bullets, how can you fight?" ”

"Please rest assured, marshal, I will implement it as soon as possible." In the middle of the class, an officer in charge of logistics immediately said.

In fact, Zhukov was also well aware of the lack of a large number of weapons and ammunition at the front, in addition to food.

With the complete withdrawal of Soviet troops from the east, many things could not be taken away, industry naturally did not say much, and many weapons and ammunition were abandoned on the battlefield.

Although a large number of troops were assembled in Moscow, the supply of weapons and ammunition was pitiful.

For the Soviet army at this moment, the lack of advanced weapons and equipment is still secondary, just like a part of the Bobosha submachine gun produced urgently, it is also completely useless, there are weapons without bullets, and the Bobosha submachine gun is not as affordable as the bullets of those Mosin Nagant rifles.

And there are many problems that plague the front-line defense forces, weapons, ammunition and food, just one of them, as well as the problems of medicine and army morale, which are the real key to the survival of Moscow.

Zhukov already knew that the food supply sector in Moscow had actually collapsed long ago, more than a million civilians, two or three million troops, no amount of food would be enough to eat for a year.

But Stalin had long since failed to listen, so the food supply could only collapse, and it became a sad situation in which food was available but did not dare to distribute it.

The same is true of weapons and ammunition, Stalin wanted the surrounding troops to support Moscow quickly, so the nearby troops had to leave behind those heavy equipment and march to Moscow, and as a result, Moscow had no weapons and ammunition to supply, which was not a tragedy.

And this is just the beginning, Moscow may be surrounded by the Red Alert Empire at any time, and the problems of food, weapons and ammunition that Moscow will face in the future will be even more serious.

Fortunately, Zhukov felt relieved that there was no chaos in the troops at present, and although the soldiers below were somewhat dissatisfied, they were able to maintain a certain order.

If there is no way, Zhukov will also do a good job of forcibly opening the granary to alleviate the situation of the food crisis in the troops.

As for weapons and ammunition, Zhukov was also at a loss for this.

At Zhukov's side, a bold general stood up and said to Zhukov: "Comrade Marshal, I believe that our soldiers can fight at the last moment, but more than a million civilians in Moscow are not and obliged to accompany us to the death......"

"Comrade Stalin has already made this very clear, and there is no need to say more."

Zhukov knew very well what his general was going to say, and before he could finish speaking, Zhukov interrupted him, because here, there are still many political commissars sent by Stalin, and if they say it, I believe that the next day, this general under his command will be sent to the gallows.