Chapter 1178： Zhukovs suggestion (1/2)

And just as the forward’s 172 Infantry Division encountered jet-fire, several infantry divisions behind, also the doom company, the infantry of the 3rd Army under the leadership of Kuznetsov, were near New Grudok. , Was caught up by the German armored forces.

One after another, Panther 3 tanks, braving black smoke, rushed up towards the retreating infantry.

In the field, the exhausted Soviet soldiers never wanted to run anymore. They couldn't run the German tanks, and they couldn't suddenly set up their positions in such a march and fight the Germans. In short, they didn't have any. The hope is gone, they can only raise their hands and surrender to the Germans.

There were Soviet soldiers raising their hands everywhere, and guns thrown on the ground everywhere. The guard next to Kuznetsov anxiously asked him to leave.

While the German tank soldiers are capturing the infantry, they can quickly add their whip and leave. This is the only chance.

But Kuznetsov did not. He looked around at the soldiers raising his hands everywhere, and watching the setting sun in the west, he silently raised his pistol and pointed it at his temple.

”Commander, no!”

Kuznetsov has tried his best. He still has not been able to save the army. As the senior commander of the army, he is burdened with the fate of tens of thousands of people, and once he fails, his life has no meaning.

”Bang!” The pistol bullet easily penetrated Kuznetsov's head, and his body fell from the horseback. When he fell to the ground, his unclosed eyes were still looking at the east. . The sun will set, and tomorrow, it will rise again, but he can no longer see it anymore, his mission is over.

(After the Barbarossa project began, the army in the western part of the Soviet Union was disastrous. Those high-ranking commanders committed suicide and killed countless. When collecting information, the East China hero was also embarrassed. Pavlov was shot dead. Not wronged.)

Kuznetsov's mission is over, the others have not yet.

In Moscow, Zhukov returned in a hurry. He had just been appointed as the representative of the base camp of the Southwest Front Army. Within two days of his visit, he was summoned by Stalin.

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

In less than ten days, ten days after the war began, the German armored clusters reached Minsk. They galloped across the land of Belarus, like no one else. Minsk is completely over as soon as Belarus is lost. Not to mention the impact of the loss 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 tired. He knew that the situation in Ukraine is also quite bad, and Belarus is completely out of play.

Now, most of the retreating troops are out of contact. As far as we know, the Third Army and the Tenth Army of the Western Front have been blocked by the superior army in the Bialystok salient west of Minsk. The area of ​​Edom is neither retreating nor retreating.

One part of the 4th Army retreated into the Pripyat Forest, and the other part urgently retreated to the Berezina River. German troops were chasing behind almost every retreating unit.