In the 1941 Moscow Defense Battle, the Soviet Red Army successfully resisted the crazy attack of two million German troops, but few people know that in the first phase of Moscow Defense Battle, the Soviet army suffered an unprecedented defeat, and this defeat almost defeated the Soviet army's last hope.
Orel-Bad Sk Battle
In September 1941, just after the encirclement and annihilation of Kiev , the German armoured troops once again gathered at the Central Army Group Cluster, preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Moscow.
After receiving the order to march towards Moscow, Guderian immediately led his second armored cluster from Kiev toward Moscow, and in just a few days it arrived at the Soviet army's first line of defense, Bad Sk.
At this time, the general who commanded the Soviet army was the famous Soviet general Konev, but at this time he was far from so famous in the future. And this battle almost ended his military career.
Battle process
This "Olol-Bad Sk" battle is an important part of the Moscow defense battle. It can be said that this battle had a profound impact on the Moscow battle.
In fact, Konev's war experience was not sufficient. He was reused for his tenacious performance in the early days of Patriotic War . is not just him. At that time, there were not many experienced officers in the entire Soviet army, and there were even fewer generals who could fight.
In fact, the Soviet army attached great importance to the defense of the Bad Skjk area. As early as July, Zhukov suggested that the command headquarters establish a line of defense in the Bad Skjk to stop the German attack on Moscow. In Smolensk Battle , this line of defense played an important role.
But as Zhukov went to Leningrad to resolve the German siege of Leningrad, the situation was very different when the generals in the central defense were replaced by Konev. At that time, Konev insisted on defending the position, which made the position lack depth.
The German armored troops seized the opportunity and successfully divided and surrounded the Soviet army in Baliangsk and Viajima and surrounded millions of inexperienced and short-lived Soviet troops in these two places. At this time, Konev requested a retreat, but was directly rejected by the Soviet Command.
conceivable that millions of Soviet troops who lack experience and have logistical cuts must be quite panicked, but the worst thing is that they cannot retreat yet, and it becomes a matter of course to be annihilated. More than 1 million Soviet troops were defeated in the battle of "Olol-Bad Sk" and the German army eliminated and captured nearly 600,000 people in this battle. You should know that the troops defending Moscow were only more than 1.2 million, which means that half of the Soviet troops were eliminated in one battle.
General Konev brought more than 1 million people to face the enemy, but was eventually defeated. Historical data shows that only more than 90,000 people brought back to Moscow intact, and the rest were either broken or captured by the German army.
Zhukov's dilemma
When Zhukov was transferred back by Stalin to re-preside over the overall situation in Moscow, what kind of situation did he face? 1.25 million people were beaten by the German Central Army Group, and the morale in the army was very low and surrenderism was full of.
The Soviet Union transferred important industrial enterprises, important military command institutions, and embassies of various countries to Gubishev. At this time, the Soviet Union had actually moved its capital. The people of Moscow were in unprecedented panic. People all believed that the Soviet Union was about to perish, and many people fled with money.
But even in such a dilemma, Zhukov did not retreat. In the next Moscow Battle , Zhukov and the Soviet people won this nearly desperate war together.
