Due to the formation of a large encirclement of the German army, many Soviet units lost effective supplies. After the Spanish and Italian expeditionary forces completed the final meeting with the German army, the situation near Kiev suddenly became one-sided, and many of the main forces of the Southwestern Front were divided and surrounded by the Germans.

The Military Council and Headquarters of the Southwestern Front in the encirclement could no longer carry out Stalin's bullshit counterattack orders at this time, and they deployed overnight to carry out the retreat operations that broke out of the encirclement.

The Military Council, most of the headquarters, the Political Department, the service of all branches of the armed forces, and all the rear personnel who are usually far away from the battlefield now have to participate in the breakout.

The entire breakout force, under the command of Kirponos, was to pass from the village of Verkhniya Yarovka to Piriatin, where a small local bridge crossed the Uday River.

It is said that it is a breakthrough force, but in fact, it is only less than 3,000 people, and at best, it is the command center of the Southwestern Front to break through.

As for the rest of the troops of the Southwestern Front, they had now been divided and strangled by the Germans, fighting separately, and could not carry out any orders from the Front Command at all, let alone carry out a breakthrough operation together.

The only people who Kirponos can quickly assemble and control now are his guard company, the headquarters, the military council, the political department, and the service personnel of all arms.

As long as this group of people can break through with this group, the core and upper echelons of the Southwestern Front can be retained, and as long as a large number of new troops are replenished in the future, it is not impossible to rebuild a front army. And the most Kilbonos can do now is to try to get this group out of the encirclement.

To take away all the 500,000 people who have broken up in the encirclement is tantamount to a fantasy. Not to mention the chain reaction that such a large-scale movement would trigger, no matter how sluggish the German army was, it was impossible to allow such a large number of troops to rush out of the encirclement under their noses.

Only Kirponos took the core personnel of the Southwestern Front, accompanied by the combat troops with the main force of the guard company, to the Uday River in the second half of the night.

During the day, German Stuka bombers had already come to bomb the crossing, so it was now difficult for Kirponos's troops to maintain formation when crossing the river.

However, as long as there is no fighting, even if the battle formation is not maintained, there will be no immediate consequences.

So with no choice, Kirponos left it to his team to find their own way and crossed the river piecemeal.

After crossing the river, this force, which contained and commanded the command of the Southwestern Front, passed through Piryatin and rushed to an inconspicuous residential area of Chernukha.

However, before dawn, Kirponos and his party were attacked by a German armored reconnaissance unit from the north, which cut off their contact with the accompanying infantry detachment.

Having lost two companies of infantry detachments brought in nearby, the command column, which had been greatly reduced in strength, had to change direction again and turn to a country road along the left bank of the Uday River, avoiding the mainland and reducing collisions with the Germans.

It was not until dusk the next day that Kirponos summoned all the accompanying leaders of the headquarters to hold a "front operations meeting" in a country farmhouse. ”

The headquarters of a front, which was already equivalent to the level of the headquarters of an army group in Germany. But they had to hide in an unknown village and hold a meeting in a farmhouse.

This is really very ironic and aggrieved, but everyone present can do nothing about it.

In such a depressing atmosphere, the Chief of Staff of the South-Western Front, General Tupikov, first reported on the situation: "The enemy forces are coming up from all sides. The German troops, in particular, strengthened their frontal northward defenses on the south bank of the Uday River. The tanks and motorized units of the Italians and Spaniards also occupied the east bank of the Mnoga River. As a result, all the large settlements in our north and northwest directions have been taken by the enemy. ”

"There's not much area left for us. Moreover, most of them are small and medium-sized settlements, which are completely unsuitable for the resettlement of the headquarters. Tupikov sighed in a heavy tone.

After hearing this disturbing information, everyone was silent. Compared with the heaviness of Tupikov's words, the heaviness in their hearts at the moment is even thicker.

In the end, it was Kirponos, as commander, who broke the suffocating silence first.

"There's not much else to say, there are so many bad things, and there are more than just one or two. But one thing is clear, and that is that our command column must break through. Now, we just need to clarify which direction to break through, and other things will have the opportunity to discuss and summarize in the future. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Kirponos spoke, the conversation immediately shifted to a crucial direction.

Soon, someone was inspired by Kirponos to come up with a proposal that could be applied to the present.

"Without further ado, I suggest that this evening, with the support of the guard company, our command column force the Mnoga River near Gorodich and go to Lokhvica overnight, and in one last move break out of the German encirclement in this direction."

It was a young combat staff officer who spoke. He had already thought about this breakout plan, but it was only after Kirponos had just finished saying that the staff officer had the opportunity to put forward this breakout plan that was contrary to Stalin's "holding his ground and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack."

If the commander of the front army does not start this way, then this is not the right of a small operational staff officer to ask. Perhaps, making a big fuss will also bring the crime of killing the head of the enemy in the face of cowardice.

But even if someone plucked up the courage to come up with a breakthrough plan, the problem still seemed unsolvable.

As for the staff officer's proposal, General Tupikov alone was already firmly opposed to this proposal.

"The Germans are waiting for us to do this, they must have set up an ambush at the bridgehead. At this time the strength of the Mnoga River, and probably only caused our column to fall into an ambush of the Germans, and the whole army was annihilated there. ”

Tupikov firmly stated his opinion: "On the contrary, I think that we should go up the river and force our way across the Mnoga near Chernukha, 12 kilometers northwest from there." ”

Chief of Operations Baglamyan, who had just been promoted to major general, immediately stood up at this time to express support for Chief of Staff Tupikov's operational approach.

In this cramped farmhouse, Bagramian preached in front of many of the command: "We have confirmed that the Germans attach great importance to every bridge, even more so than we do!" ”

Baglamyan analyzed the information in his hands: "And the advantage of breaking through near Chernukha is precisely the effect of surprise on this basis. There were some good bastards, so it was possible to cross the river and take the troops out of this natural blockade without seizing the bridge. ”

"I think it's okay!" An older combat staff officer immediately made a decision: "This is much better than the previous plan." ”

"I think it's fine!"

"I think it's okay too!"

...... More and more people nodded yes to this new breakout plan, so much so that the young staff officers who first proposed the first breakout plan also became supporters of the new plan.

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