When Chu Sinan finally arrived at Royalawicz, it was nearly ten o'clock on the evening of the 17th. This town, which was only a hundred kilometers away from Volkhov, was obviously affected by the war. At the entrance of the town, Chu Sinan saw from the car that many houses had collapsed, which were the wreckage left behind by the German air force after the bombing.

Such a miserable scene made Chu Sinan very anxious. He was worried that the German vanguard had arrived here. If that were the case, the front army's command would have been transferred.

Fortunately, the situation he was worried about did not happen. When he was about to reach the center of the town, Chu Sinan and his guards met two policemen who were patrolling in the dark. Through their leadership, Chu Sinan finally found the person he most hoped to see now - Comrade Suslov, a military committee member of the Leningrad Front Army.

"Comrade Suslov, do you still get news about Comrade Popov?" Chu Sinan couldn't wait to sit down before he could sit down.

"Not yet," said the "Grey-clothed Godfather" with a strong sense of elegance and said with a melancholy expression. "At noon today, we had a brief contact with the command center of the So Four Episode. They said that Comrade Popov left before the Germans launched an offensive, saying that he was going to inspect the fifty-two Episode positions."

"What about the fifty-two episodes? Have you contacted them?" Chu Sinan asked after him.

"We don't understand the situation in episode 52 at all," Suslov said, shaking his head, "we guess that they were probably dispersed by the German offensive. If they were not wiped out, they should still be stranded in the Mga area, but this possibility is very small."

Chu Sinan quickly walked to the battle map and took a closer look. Calculated from the scale of the map, Mga was about fifty or sixty kilometers west of Shipinthelburg, and now it is already an occupied area by the Germans. From this perspective alone, it is indeed unlikely that the 52 episodes can survive.

Perhaps compared with the fate of episode 52, Chu Sinan was more concerned about Popov's current situation. As a senior general of the Soviet army, Popov's identity as a lieutenant general was too sensitive. If he was captured by the German army, many military secrets would be leaked. In addition, the commander of the front army was captured by the enemy, and the impact of this news on the morale of the entire front army was immeasurable.

Shaking his head hard, Chu Sinan temporarily left his worries about Popov behind his mind. He pointed to the military map in front of him and asked: "Comrade Suslov, how many troops can we mobilize so far?"

"The only thing that can be mobilized now is that the reserve team on our line is still complete, but there are only three divisions of troops. It is already very difficult to defend Volkhov, and it is far from enough to organize the front defense." Suslov pointed to the location east of Volkhov on the map and said, "Oh, in addition, in the past two days, the command staff and I and several other staff members have gathered some troops that have retreated from the front. Put them together, and we can almost piece together two infantry brigades."

"Patch together?" Chu Sinan glanced at him and said with a wry smile.

Suslov seemed to have noticed his mistake, and he shrugged and said helplessly: "Although such a unit has no combat power, it is finally better than nothing."

"Then can we contact the troops?" Chu Sinan waved his hand in a bad mood and asked, "According to my analysis, the Germans' advance so fast should be just to defeat our defense line, not to focus on annihilation of our main force. Could it be that in such a short few days, our entire front army surrendered?!"

"Oh, there are quite a few troops that can be contacted," Suslov was stagnant when asked, and then said in a dry tone, "As you said, our troops did not suffer much loss in this German assault. The main problem now is that the troops of each group of troops have been dispersed. At present, we can contact the command center of the 4th episode, the 59th episode and the 54th episode, but the command center of the 52th episode cannot be contacted.

The emperor was useless. Now they have fallen into the occupied area of ​​the Germans. Just like the Holy Four episodes, they are still on the Mga line, while the Holy Nine episodes are in the hilly area north of Kirish. As for the 54 episodes, they are in the area east of Liuban. Not only that, there are not many troops that can be called directly by the various army commands now, and the divisions under their subordinates have also been dispersed. Therefore, in this situation, it is really... "

Although Suslov had not finished speaking, Chu Sinan also knew what to say later, which was difficult, and difficult than climbing to the sky. He finally fully understood the difficulties encountered by the entire Leningrad Front. The sudden attack of the Germans and the rapid advancement on the front line had dispersed all the troops under the Front, and the entire front combat troops showed a mess: the Front Command could not mobilize subordinate army; the subordinate army could not mobilize combat divisions; the divisions were not reorganized, and the troops below the brigade were fighting on their own. Now, the entire Front Army's troops were entangled with the German troops. This scene was like a bare but fruit-filled apple tree. The German troops were the branches of the fruit trees, and the Front Army's troops were those apples.

This is a pot of porridge, a pot of Laba porridge with too many seasonings, and everything is terrible. Now, Tukhachevsky shook his hand and threw this uncleaned mess on his head. This is really depressing.

Chu Sinan frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Suslov and asked, "Comrade Suslov, how do you think our battle should continue at this moment?"

"This," Suslov blinked his eyes, then coughed dryly, "I think our most important task at present is to gather troops and then organize a defensive front after entering the water network area of ​​the Beloye Lake District. This is, oh, this is also the guiding ideology of the Supreme Command."

"Then how can we gather troops?" Chu Sinan asked in a deep voice. The old fox was obviously talking nonsense. If he could gather troops, who would ask him how he fought this battle?

"Oh, hehe, Comrade Chu Sinan, I am just a military commissioner. I have to rely on you for combat command." Suslov said with a haha.

One hand-shaking three shopkeepers.

Chu Sinan thought so.

"If that's the case," Chu Sinan thought for a while and said, "I suggest giving up the defense on the current front and transfer the troops to the water network area of ​​the Beloye Lake District in the northeast."

"What? Do you mean to give up your defense against Volkhov?" Suslov was shocked. "Then aren't we exposing the entire flank position of the Volkhov front to the enemy?"

"Yes, that's how I decided," Chu Sinan waved his hand and said impatiently. "As a military member, you can sign the tactical formulation or report to the commander. In short, since you said I decided on the combat method, I have to do this."
Chapter completed!