In the headquarters of the 170th Division, a high-ranking Soviet officer with his hands behind his back and no expression on his cold face stood there, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him. Around him, some Soviet officers stood similarly, bowing their heads and oblivious to what was happening in front of them.

Right in front of them, a few German soldiers with Mauser 98K rifles on their backs were carrying boxes of intelligence records, as well as the list of soldiers of the division and other documents, in short, these documents are many, many, and it is also a huge project to deal with and distinguish what is useful and useless.

This stuff involves a lot of classified information, such as the depletion of Soviet soldiers, the mobilization of soldiers, and the gap between the newly formed divisional units and the established army...... As long as we carefully analyze it, we can draw many conclusions, which can prove from the side the real situation of the decline in the combat effectiveness of the Soviet front-line troops under the same structure.

"Colonel Polovsky, it is very wise for you to be able to stand decisively on the side of the victors in this situation. A German officer in charge of receiving the German people raised his chin and said triumphantly to Colonel Polovsky: "You will be a friend of the German people." ”

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand and motioned to the soldiers carrying the boxes to hurry up and load the cart, and then looked at the map hanging in the headquarters: "I heard that you have also met our great Führer, you are really much more blessed than me, at least I am not so lucky to know him when the Führer was so young." ”

Obviously, what the German officers said was the truth, because the officers who had gone all the way with the Führer in the prime of life have now become world-famous German military bigwigs, Rommel Raeder to Marshal, Guderian, Catherine, Dick, Dönitz and others are all powerful generals who command the army group.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the generals of these Führer factions have more or less some luck in them, and they think that if they could have known Führer Accardo earlier, then they might have more official fortunes now.

Thinking of this, the German officer restrained his arrogant attitude and added a trace of envy and admiration: "You must have been moved by the greatness of the Führer, right? Or the nail that the Führer had planted in the Soviet Union many years ago? The great Führer really has no last resort." ”

"It has nothing to do with the Führer I know yours!" Polovsky felt the need to explain, lest the German officer be so verbose, "I just don't want to work with the executioners anymore, and I don't want to see my soldiers die here in vain." ”

The troops of the two divisions surrendered one after the other, weakening an entire section of the Soviet defense line at once, and a gap appeared in the defense line that had been built with great difficulty, so the battle inevitably broke out again. The distant gunfire began to thicken, and the sound of artillery began to join in, and the ground once again trembled in bombardment and explosions, and a new round of slaughter continued.

Before they could figure out what was going on, the Soviet soldiers in the rear were suddenly bombarded by German artillery, and these 105 mm howitzers had a range that could not reach the core, but now they have joined the bombardment camp.

One shell after another landed on the edge of the town near Govorov's headquarters, and the sound of buildings collapsing sounded like a death knell, upsetting all the Soviet officers in the headquarters. The German shelling lasted 20 minutes before it stopped intermittently.

This is not to say that the Soviets have stopped the German advance, but on the contrary, the advance of the German armored forces has just begun: more than 70 tanks spread out near the attacking road, and the engines roared to cover the infantry following behind, easily tearing through the weak defensive line behind the core position of the Leningrad infantry cluster.

The tracks crushed the helmets of the Soviet Red Army, passing one after another 122 mm howitzers that were discarded from their positions. The nearby field hospital and several hidden positions where supplies were stored were all occupied by the Germans, and most of the things that were finally raised had no time to be destroyed or taken away, so they had to be thrown intact to the German armored units that rushed up.

For the current Soviet army, gauze tents and even door panels are valuable materials, and as a result, some of these rags are lost, which makes everyone extremely depressed. After all, defeat after defeat tears the hearts of the living, and the corpses left behind by those who die also destroy the fragile will to resist of those who remain.

"The Germans have advanced more than 7 kilometers here and here, and the 170th and 77th divisions have surrendered without a fight, and we have reported to Moscow. General Vatutin's reply over there was that the headquarters would permanently remove the numbers of the two armies...... "In the messy headquarters, General Govorov's adjutant whispered to his old comrades about the situation at the front.

The town where they were located, the room in the chosen town to be used as the headquarters room, was less than 5 kilometers away from the front line. Govorov did not choose to leave, moving to a relatively safe position. The entire town was now within range of German artillery fire, which was extremely detrimental to the security of the command of the entire cluster. But Govorov just had no intention of relocating, or he was praying, praying that he would be killed by the Germans, so that there would be less trouble.

"Send a telegram to the commanders in the pocket on the other side and the commander of the front, asking them to immediately transfer their forces to our side. "Govorov still wants to hit his forces for the last resistance, although no one knows what is in his mind, but he is indeed giving the battle order to continue the resistance.

"General, those armies have been dragged down by Army Group E, they can't move, and they can't even withdraw some of their forces to retreat. The adjutant reluctantly explained: "The artillery of the German Army Group E is very powerful, and it didn't leave us too many opportunities. ”

He really wanted to say to Govorov: Those 122 mm howitzers were lost by us! Those large-caliber guns are exactly what we can't take away and abandon to the Germans! Now that those deadly weapons have become murderous guys in the hands of the Germans, what can I do but surrender?

Govorov didn't seem to hear his adjutant's words, so he continued in a low voice: "Only by concentrating the forces over there can we have a chance to break through in the direction of Moscow! Go and give my order and let the elite over there gather here for us! I want to break through in the direction of Moscow! I want to make one last attempt!"

Under the enemy's persecution and attack, they forcibly withdrew troops from the front line and retreated? Is this not clear that the encirclement will completely collapse? Without the containment and delay there, even if a part of the elite is concentrated, where can they break through? If they can break through several armored divisions of the German army on the front, they will not be surrounded here.

"Comrade General, please think carefully about your judgment!" The adjutant stared at General Govorov and asked word by word: "If you do this, 100,000 people will die here because of this! Not ten, not 100,000, not 100,000, but 100,000!"

"Ivan...... How long has it been since I've called you that?If I don't, will there be a better alternative?" Govorov smiled wryly, then stood up, walked around his desk, and walked to his adjutant: "I have lost this battle, I can't surrender, so I have to keep fighting......"

When he said this, he suddenly laughed, as if to laugh at others, but also as if to laugh at himself: "Do you know what I insisted on not leaving here for? I was waiting for the Germans to shell this place...... It is impossible for those who surrendered not to tell the Germans the address of this command, and I am waiting for them to take me out, so that all the people will be relieved. ”

Hearing this, the adjutant also smiled bitterly: "General, I have been with you for many years, I don't know what you are thinking? The reason why I didn't leave is that I just want to accompany you through this last time? We can't live to see the victory of our motherland, so let's die for it!"

"Boom!" a shell landed in the courtyard outside the window, and a huge shock wave swept through the entire command headquarters, the bright glass windows were shattered to pieces, and the sound of things collapsing everywhere and shaking violently from the explosion.

In the distance, someone shouted "Beware of shelling!", but the people here could no longer hear it, and the explosion made people's eardrums ring, and nothing else could be heard. Immediately after that, a second shell fell, right on the church building where Govorov was staying, and with a loud bang, the building collapsed completely.

By the time nearby soldiers found Govorov in the rubble, the general had been dead for a long time, and he had been killed in his own command along with his own lieutenants and many senior commanders, becoming the top Soviet military commander killed by German artillery so far.

Two hours later, the representatives of the Soviet troops in the encirclement met with Field Marshal Rundstedt, the highest-ranking German army on the Eastern Front, and expressed their willingness to surrender without fighting. They demanded a dignified surrender ceremony and the protection of the soldiers, and the Germans agreed to accept some of the demands, agreeing to send the prisoners to hard labor in better concentration camps.

On the morning of June 2, the Soviet troops, who were trapped in the field positions, laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Germans. The Battle of Tver was over, and the northern part of Moscow was now fully occupied by the Germans.