Chapter 1134: Street Fighting

"Fire!"

In the city of Smolensk, artillery from the German 3rd Army, the Polish 1st Army, the 2nd Army and the Belarusian 1st Army are pouring shells into Smolensk from four directions.

Although, the Polish army and the Belarusian army are equipped with fewer artillery than the German army, and the caliber is much smaller. But at this moment, the Russian army huddled in the city of Smolensk has almost lost their artillery. Even the rest are mostly small-caliber artillery, which cannot be compared with the cannons of the German army and its allies at all, and can only be passively beaten.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A door of artillery was firing, and the shells hit the city of Smolensk like raindrops.

Buildings and buildings were turned into ruins under the shelling of the German army and its allies. The fortifications built by the Russian army in the city are also being destroyed. The casualties of the Russian army in the city are constantly rising.

The headquarters of the Western Front of the Russian Army is located in the underground warehouse of a department store in Smolensk. After modification and reinforcement, it became the last hiding place of General Timoshenko and others.

As one of the senior generals of the Russian Army, who even had great hopes of being promoted to Marshal, General Timoshenko undoubtedly had great prestige and influence in the Russian Army. But unfortunately, now he has become an abandoned child when he led the Western Front Army and failed to resist the German attack.

"Moscow, does it still not agree to send us reinforcements?" General Timoshenko asked.

"Comrade Commander, Moscow's reply is still to let us stick to Smolensk until winter comes, and then we are allowed to break through!" A general reported.

"Hold on until winter? We are surrounded by more than 2 million German troops. Now the army in Smolensk is only about 200,000. How can we hold on to an enemy ten times larger than ours? General Timoshenko said with red eyes.

The German army showed great strength at the beginning of the war, and the entire Western Front was defeated. Even General Timoshenko, a well-known general who has experienced many wars, was caught off guard and even lost confidence.

"Comrade Commander, this is an order issued by Comrade Joseph, we just need to obey it!" Admiral Fominekh, Political Affairs Officer of the Western Front, said with a frown.

General Timoshenko looked gloomy and had no choice but to stop questioning the order. He knew that these political workers were all Joseph's people, and they were extremely loyal to Joseph. As for Joseph, that was absolutely unacceptable to them. Even, they will be regarded as people who intend to rebel. At that time, they can even directly arrest the commander, General Timoshenko.

I have to admit that in the army, even these military chiefs have to act according to the faces of these political workers.

"Okay, comrades, how can we resist the German attack now? Their shelling has already begun, and I believe their attack will begin soon!" General Timoshenko said.

The other generals were silent. In fact, after Smolensk was under heavy siege, they knew that this time it might be dangerous. Now it seems that everything is as they expected.

General Timoshenko glanced at everyone, and then said: "From now on, all ministries will stick to their own positions. Without my order, they must not retreat without authorization! Otherwise, they will all be punished as deserters!"

"Yes, Comrade Commander!" Everyone replied.

After the meeting, General Timoshenko returned to his office.

There were still bursts of explosions overhead. Under the heavy shelling of the German artillery, it seemed that the ceiling was shaking. There was constant dust falling from overhead, making the whole office very messy.

"Comrade Commander, we have found out. Comrade Joseph has ordered the reorganization of the Western Front. The future Western Front will consist of more than 20 army groups." General Timoshenko's confidant reported to him.

"Who will be the commander of the Western Front?" General Timoshenko suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"The future commander of the Western Front will be Marshal Voroshilov," said the confidant.

General Timoshenko was silent for a moment, he knew that he had been abandoned. In other words, everyone in the Western Front was abandoned. Joseph used them as sacrificial sons to slow down the German offensive. He knew what Joseph was thinking, as long as it was delayed until winter, the Germans would be powerless to attack Moscow. After a winter's preparation, Bu Russia can assemble millions of troops, reorganize the Western Front, and then resist the German attack.

However, all of this has nothing to do with them. The fate of these people seems to have been decided. During the siege of the Germans, it was impossible for them to break out of the siege. In the end, I am afraid that they would be wiped out by the Germans.

For a while, General Timoshenko was completely discouraged. For the future, it seems to be completely desperate.

"Comrade Commander, what should we do now?" the confidant said.

"Let's talk!" General Timoshenko was also very confused, not knowing what to do.

The German bombardment of Smolensk lasted for half a day. When the German army bombarded Smolensk, the Air Force also dispatched a large number of fighter planes to bomb Smolensk. So much so that after the shelling and bombing ended, most of the city of Smolensk had been destroyed. Those buildings have become pieces of ruins. The fortifications built by the Russian army in the city were also destroyed in large numbers. The casualties of the Russian army in the city rose sharply.

"Start the attack!" General Fedor von Bock, the commander of the 3rd Army, is also the commander of the attack on Smolensk this time. The several armies attacking Smolensk will be controlled by him , gave the order to attack.

The German 3rd Army, the Polish 1st Army, the 2nd Army and the Belarusian 1st Army all dispatched troops to attack the city of Smolensk.

All of a sudden, brutal street fighting broke out in the city. The German army and its allies, with a total of more than 800,000 people, stormed the city, which was only garrisoned by more than 200,000 Russian troops. In the case of deep siege, it is almost impossible for the Russian army to defend Smolensk.