"We found a few mice in the sewer of the city." With fatigue, Kartsev continued to explain: "When the explosion occurred, the city suffered a devastating blow, all the buildings in the city collapsed, and this sewer was blocked from both sides."

"In other words, as long as we hide underground and we need enough air to support it?" Budonnie immediately inferred that this inference made Kartsev admire him very much. As expected, he is a senior commander and his thinking is active.

"But it is difficult for us to build enough underground fortifications in a short time," said Admiral Kilbonos, who was standing beside him.

There are hundreds of thousands of defenders and millions of people in the city. If all underground fortifications are built, it will not be completed in a short time.

"Yes, so if the Germans intend to use this weapon to threaten us, we need to evacuate all the citizens and only retain our army. If we start to do it now, we will leave as many troops as we can build such underground bunkers, but we must be careful that it must be completely sealed. That kind of terrible weapon will consume all the oxygen in the air, and we also need enough oxygen cylinders to keep us until the surrounding air is filled in again."

There are spears and shields. Weapons are never omnipotent. Now, they have found the weakness of such terrible weapons. In Moscow, such fortifications have begun to be built. If the Germans want to destroy Moscow with this weapon, they can persist.

"But, what's the use of leaving ruins all over the ground, even if we can survive the attack? The city has been destroyed and has lost its value of defense, and we cannot continue the street fighting in the ruins." General Kilbonos said.

What's the use of leaving a ruin?

"It's useful, at least, we're still sticking to it." Budonny said: "As long as there is one person, the position is ours." As a veteran who came through the civil war, Budonny was still firm.

After recovering from the initial sudden blow, the Soviet army began to stabilize, and the Southwest troops were the same.

For example, the commander of the 6th Army, Lieutenant General Ivan Nikolaevich Muzichenko, is a strong-willed and decisive commander.

He was the son of a sailor. He had experienced the taste of poverty and unfree labor since childhood. He served in the Tsarist army on the Northwest Front in 1917. He joined the Red Army in 1918.

During the Russian Civil War, he was injured 5 degrees: one time in the head, three times in the right hand and one time in the back.

In 1927, he graduated from the Cavalry Course Training Class of the Red Army Commander and embarked on the road from a squadron leader to a division commander.

Just this year, under 40 years old, Mujichenko bypassed the army-level command and was directly appointed as the commander of the group army. He began to command the 6th Army of the Soviet Army.

His army is stationed in the Lviv region of Ukraine. The army has two infantry troops, one cavalry army, two mechanized army and other units.

He was quite unlucky. As soon as the battle began, his 6th Army participated in the border war. After that, he retreated and retreated to Uman with his brother-in-law, the 12th Army.

They were in Uman, and they were actually repairing while sticking to each other. After all, the Germans' offensive route was Kiev, and they were said to be safe in Uman.

It’s a pity, who would have thought that the Germans would come straight to Uman if they let Kiev go without fighting!

Now, they are surrounded together in Uman, outside the Germans' most powerful tank unit. The consequences are even if they use their toes.

The command centers of the two armies were located in Uman City. After receiving the order, Muzichenko met with Major General Bonegelin, the commander of the 12th Army. At this time, both of them had a look of worry on their faces.

"There are at least three or four thousand tanks outside of us," Muzichenko said. "Now, if we want to rush out, we can only gather our tank troops together, break out of one of their weak places, and then go up by the cavalry, and then expand the hole and lead our infantry to break out."

At that time, Muzichenko was very appreciated by Zhukov. He was the first successor of the 4th Cavalry Division, the cavalry regiment that Zhukov once commanded. He was a good person who knew that only by using tanks in a concentrated manner could there be hope.

But Bonegelin didn't think so.

"The German tanks have strong impact and high maneuverability. If we concentrate on rushing out from one place, a large number of German tanks will soon be blocked." Bonigelin said: "We cannot break out like that. We must separate and pull the gap from multiple directions so that the Germans cannot take into account the overall situation. Only then will some people be able to retreat successfully, and it is best to be at night."

Bonegelin disagreed with the attack together, as it would only attract more enemies and would not help breaking out. He wanted to disperse the breakthrough at night, and in his eyes, the chance of success was higher.

"No, the German tanks have night vision devices. At night, our movements are more restricted. Moreover, if we don't gather together to attack, we can't twist into a fist, and we can't break through the gap at all. There is no position to break through, and our soldiers will be killed by the enemy during the breakout." Muzichenko said.

If Mujichenko is at a higher level in terms of military rank, but in terms of command, the two of them will command their own army. If they can discuss it, they will break through together. But now, it is obvious that their opinions cannot be unified.

When they retreated all the way, the two armies cooperated well, but now, when they decide on life and death, they have conflicts and no one can convince anyone.

Therefore, the meeting between the two could only end in a bad mood.

When he returned to his own troops, Muzichenko had no time to hesitate. He knew that after the Germans surrounded their own sides, they would continue to narrow the encirclement. The smaller the encirclement, the thicker the deployment of Germany's troops, the less likely it is to break through.

So, don't delay too much.

"Order the troops, prepare tonight, and we will break through the siege tomorrow morning." Muzichenko issued an order to his adjutant: "Get all our tanks together, the cavalry army is behind, and the infantry is following the end. We will carry out a tragic breakthrough battle, success or failure is here!"

There is only one chance. This time, all the tanks are pressed up. If the gap cannot be opened and the side cannot break through, it will be impossible to break through in the future.

He decided to break through the siege tomorrow morning, and Bonegelin was more anxious than him. After the two left unhappily, Bonegelin ordered to break out that night. He ignored what happened to Muzichenko, and he could only be responsible for the lives of his troops.
Chapter completed!