Just as the 172nd Infantry Division, the vanguard, was strafing the plane, the several infantry divisions behind were also in the back. The infantrymen of the 3rd Army led by Kuznetsov were caught up by the German armored forces near Neo Grudok.

A series of Black Panther 3 tanks rushed up towards the retreating infantrymen, emitting black smoke.

In the field, the Soviet soldiers who had been exhausted and exhausted, no longer wanted to run away. They could not escape the German tanks, and they could not suddenly set up their own formations in such a march to fight against the Germans. In short, they had no hope. They could only raise their hands and surrender to the Germans.

There were Soviet soldiers holding their hands high everywhere, and guns thrown on the ground everywhere. The guards beside Kuznetsov anxiously asked him to leave quickly.

While the German tankers were capturing infantry, they could whip up and leave quickly. This was the only opportunity.

But Kuznetsov did not. He looked at the soldiers with his hands raised everywhere, and at the sunset that was about to set in the West, he silently raised his pistol and pointed it at his temple.

"Captain, don't!"

Kuznetsov has tried his best, but he still has not been able to save the army. As the senior commander of the army, he bears the fate of tens of thousands of people, and once he fails, his life is meaningless.

"Bang!" The pistol bullet easily penetrated Kuznetsov's head. His body fell from the horse's back. When he fell to the ground, his eyes that had not closed were still looking at the east. The sun would set, and tomorrow would rise again, but he could no longer see it, and his mission was over.

(After the Barbarossa project began, the army in western Soviet Union was disastrous, and those senior commanders committed suicide and died in countless battles. When collecting information, the heroes of East China were also sighing. Pavlov was shot and not wrongly accused.)

Kuznetsov's mission is over, and no one else is yet.

In Moscow, Zhukov came back in turmoil. He had just been appointed as the base representative of the Southwest Front Army. After two days of going, he was summoned by Stalin.

When the news of Minsk's loss reached Moscow, Stalin was completely anxious.

In less than ten days, ten days of war, the German armored clusters fought to Minsk. They galloped across the entire Belarusian land, as if they were in a state of no one. Minsk was completely finished once they lost Belarus, let alone losing the influence of Minsk on the entire front.

Stalin had no idea, he wanted to hear Zhukov's opinion.

After entering the Kremlin, Zhukov's face was exhausted. He knew that the situation in Ukraine is also quite bad now, and Belarus is completely out of the way.

Now, most of the retreating troops are not in contact. As for the known, the Third Army and the Tenth Army of the Western Front have been blocked west of Minsk by superior troops, and the area east of the Biawestok outcrop is neither retreat nor retreat.

Part 4 of the 4th Army retreated into the Pripyat Forest, while the other part retreated urgently to the Berezinna River. Behind almost every retreating force was German troops pursuing it.

Looking at the green arrows and the surrounding army, Zhukov expressed his own opinions.

"Comrade Stalin, I suggest that we now lay out the defense between Minsk and Moscow as a key consideration."

Zhukov held the baton in his hand and pointed out on the map: "Mobilize 5 armies in total, including the 13th, 19th, 20th, 21th, 22nd, to build a defensive position on the line of West Vedvina-Porotsk-Orsha-Mogilev-Mozili. The 24th and 28th Army build a defensive position along the line of Selizarofa-Smolensk-Roslavli-Gomeli."

The areas Zhukov refers to are all located in the rear of Minsk, and in these vast plains before Moscow, a large-depth hierarchical defense system was established.

"Through these defense lines, we must constantly delay, slow down the offensive momentum of the German troops, and block the German troops from a certain area to mobilize troops to launch a counterattack to destroy the enemy. However, it seems that the counterattack is still unknown, but I firmly believe that the counterattack will definitely come." Zhukov said.

No one spoke, and Zhukov's arrangement almost mobilized all the reserves, but none of them went to save Minsk and those troops in the encirclement.

Zhukov had given up on them, and the Soviets had given up on them. Whether they could escape was entirely up to their own luck.

The expression on Stalin's face was still clear, and he could not deny Zhukov's plan.

"We don't have much time left for us. I think the Germans may not be waiting to eat all the troops in the encirclement. After occupying Minsk, they may not have time to repair and will rush to Smolensk. We must not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Germans. One of their armored divisions dares to go deep alone, even below our Moscow."

Zhukov did not exaggerate. This is the case now. The impact of the German army is too terrible. It is precisely because of the insufficient impact on the Germans that the Soviet army was surrounded repeatedly.

Thinking that the German tanks could rush to the city of Moscow, Stalin could no longer hesitate, and he said, "Okay, let's follow the plan you said."

Moscow must be protected! Although Stalin did not agree to voluntarily give up defense and counterattack against the Minsk region, the facts did not give him the capital to counterattack Minsk.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth with hatred: "Call Pavlov back to me immediately. Temushinge, you go and replace Pavlov and take over the command of the Western Special Military Region."

Look at the Germans, there are so many famous players, Guderian, Bock, Manstein, and his subordinates are all a group of idiots. The only one who can be used, Zhukov has to run around.

Stalin was so angry that he gave Pavlov so many troops that he would disappear in a few days. If he didn't shoot him, it would be difficult to relieve his hatred!

It was certainly not enough to shoot him, and Stalin almost stopped and continued: "Also, withdrawing Major General Krimovskikh, Chief of Staff of the Western Front, Major General Grigoriev, Director of Communications of the Front, Major General Krich, Director of Artillery, Major General Krich, Commander of the Western Front Air Force, all asked them to come to Moscow to see me!"
Chapter completed!