Although Konev himself gritted his teeth and maintained his optimism, his commanders did not have the same strong will as he did.

Pessimism spread among the Soviet ranks, and the surrender of the Soviet defenders, which the Germans had not expected, had recently begun to happen.

Time passed day by day, and the weather changed little by little. The slightly hot season in Moscow is coming, and the temperature can already reach around 20 degrees.

Without the annoying cold and the endless rainy weather, this place has become a most qualified battlefield.

The fierce fighting that broke out between the two sides in July has continued, and the continuous fighting has also made the Soviet troops in Moscow's encirclement more and more desperate.

The surrender took place in early July, when the Soviet 5th Guards Rifle Division was encircled near the Levo Beleg railway station, and when they were running out of ammunition, they chose to surrender.

Yes, a dignified surrender, a whole thousand Soviet soldiers laid down their weapons and left their positions with their heads held high.

The Germans also gave the Soviet soldiers the best treatment, and they were transported by train to St. Petersburg, where 200 wounded were released.

The Levobeleg railway station, which had been almost in ruins, was now in the hands of the Germans.

As soon as the repairs are completed, a railway supply line stretching from St. Petersburg to the outskirts of Moscow will be completely connected.

With this supply line, it was possible that the logistical supply of the entire Army Group North would be satisfied, and there would even be some surplus, which could be transported by car for a short distance to Guderian's G cluster southeast of Army Group North.

The surrender of the formed Soviet army means that the Soviet army's determination to fight is on the verge of collapse, and the Soviet troops in the city of Moscow are indeed running out of time to hold out.

In particular, the surrender of the troops with the word "Guard" and the number is still high, which can explain more and better.

The fact that such elite Soviet troops have surrendered means that the endurance of Soviet soldiers is close to the limit, and with a little more strength, there will be more surrenderers.

There are many people who do not understand why many massacres of prisoners are not met with collective resistance from the captives.

In fact, this is very understandable, before the surrender, these troops have been mentally devastated, the brutal battlefield has made people desperate and numb, and the will and idea of resistance have long been worn out.

Therefore, after waiting for the surrender of the 5th Guards Infantry Division, the troops of Army Group North took advantage of the victory and pursued and began to launch a fierce attack on the center of the city.

For a time, with the support of heavy artillery, Army Group North captured a gymnasium north of Moscow and occupied two nearby parks.

The capture of these parks depended mainly on the powerful armored forces of Army Group North, which eliminated about 100 T-34s and other types of tanks deployed by the Soviet Army in the vicinity of the parks.

After paying the losses of more than 30 tanks, the German units captured the areas they wanted, putting enormous pressure on the Soviet troops in the north.

As a last resort, Konev gritted his teeth and sent his troops to the northern defense line.

Then, on July 7, the Soviet defensive line in the southern part of Moscow suddenly collapsed - about 20,000 Soviet civilians and more than 1,000 Soviet troops surrendered, giving up their blocks.

The area south of Nasimov Street has largely fallen into the hands of the Germans in this collapse, and the question now is how long it will take for the Germans to digest the sudden benefits.

As long as they are not in a hurry, continue to maintain their own rhythm, and move forward slowly, then there is not much space left for the Soviet army.

What's worse is that in these collapsed sections, either the Soviet tank forces that pressed the bottom of the box were hidden, or there were some hidden ammunition reserve bases.

Now, almost all of these places have been occupied or destroyed by the Germans, and the Soviets have wasted at least a tenth of the remaining reserves of weapons and ammunition and other reserves.

If these weapons and ammunition had been used in a head-to-head battle with the Germans, thousands of German soldiers could have been killed, to say the least, but they were wasted.

Some of them were retreated too quickly and had no time to move, so they had to be destroyed on the spot; Some of them didn't even bother to destroy them, and they just gave them to the Germans.

After a series of defeats, the Soviets established a new defensive line near the Moskva River and near Nasimov Street, but they had almost no reserves, and no one could guess how long they could defend it.

At this moment, no matter which direction the German army has a large-scale breakthrough, it can only rely on the Soviet army in that direction to solve the problem on its own.

And the solution to the problem is actually very simple. This method Konev has been emphasizing, helplessly emphasizing: stick to it and wait for the light to come.

No one knows if the light will come, but everyone knows that their end is coming.

After the first stage of the arduous defense, the second stage of large-scale rout is coming. The Soviet army, lacking weapons, ammunition and heavy firepower, will soon collapse on all sides, and the whole of Moscow will appear in a chaotic state of engagement, full of gunfire.

Then, perhaps in a few days at most, the chaotic gunfire will die down, and the Germans will be able to claim that they have taken Moscow in its entirety......

Even though he knew that his optimism would not last long, Konev could only calmly wait for the final moment to come.

He took his staff and guards with him, one position after another, to inspect the front line and encourage the soldiers to continue fighting.

Even, at the most dangerous time, before he even got to where he wanted to go, a German flag was already erected there.

The gunfire was so close that some bullets even flew over Konev's head, but he was undaunted and held on to the line before leaving.

It is a pity that the Soviet army in the middle of the Moscow encirclement now lacks weapons, ammunition, medicine, and reinforcements, and the only thing that is not lacking is the general.

In the entire encirclement, including staff officers, there are at least 50 commanders with the rank of general, and the number of troops they actually command now may be less than a regiment.

I have to regret to say that the reality is different from the imaginary world, and it is not so beautiful. Although Konev has been fighting, there are already many people in the city who are unwilling to continue fighting.