Beneath the Kremlin, which was already in ruins, in the large basement, the dim lights flickered from time to time due to vibrations and voltage instability.

An officer pushed open the door to Khrushchev's office and saw Moscow's supreme leader, Khrushchev, sitting inside, with a haggard face.

He stood up and saluted, then walked over and handed the other party a telegram, and spoke about the contents of the telegram: "Comrade Khrushchev...... The bad news just came...... Comrade Rokossovsky died in the battle at Red Tekach. ”

"Rokossovsky is dead?" Subconsciously, Khrushchev was not willing to determine the authenticity of this news.

Although he did not have a good impression of Rokossovsky based on the situation of previous defeats and retreats, after all, Rokossovsky was the commander of the defense of the outskirts of Moscow, and his status was still quite high.

The fact that this person died here shows that the defense situation on the outskirts of the suburbs has been extremely bad.

"How's Red Tekach? The last time I heard about it, it was said that the Germans had arrived near there? "Khrushchev did not ask Rokossovsky, but about Red Tkach.

Naturally, Red Tekach was already the forward position of the German army, and the vicinity had been occupied by the Germans almost a little.

Moscow's road to the Nizhny Novgorod region has been completely cut off by the Germans, and Moscow is now in a very bad situation.

"Comrade Khrushchev...... Comrade General Rokossovsky died in Red Tkach, where it had already been lost...... "The Soviet officer, who came to report, replied immediately.

"Red Tekach lost? Of course I knew that Red Tekach was lost! As the people's army, you have never been able to hold your ground! I'm used to it! Get used to it! Khrushchev snorted and said.

"We have lost, lost this war! Because you can't hold your ground! Because you are not willing to fight to the end for the party, for the people, for Comrade Stalin! You cherish your life, and you are cowardly like a woman! Khrushchev banged on the table and said coldly sarcastically.

The vital passage has been lost, and Moscow now has only one channel to communicate with the outside world - it is easy to get in and out, and it is easy to block and get stuck in traffic.

The Germans were already bombarding the last passage, and artillery was already able to block it, and now every bullet that entered Moscow had to pass through the blockade zone.

"Comrade Rokossovsky, do you want to inform the whole army?" The officer ignored Khrushchev's insult and continued to ask.

Anyone can understand how abnormal a person who has lost his light can become.

As a leader, Khrushchev had been living inside this underground anti-aircraft bunker for several days.

He has not seen the light of day for the past few days, and can only adapt to this dim environment. His temper has become worse, suspicious and cold.

In the face of such a Khrushchev, everyone is already very headache. Konev had not attended the meeting chaired by Khrushchev for several days under the pretext that he was unwell, because he did not want to see Khrushchev's increasingly ugly face.

Another reason why Konev was reluctant to attend the meeting was that almost all of Moscow's outskirts were occupied by the Germans.

It was now an artillery base for the German army, a place to store supplies and munitions. Barracks and makeshift field hospitals can be seen everywhere.

Now Konev is too busy, before he only had to monitor one front, and then he mainly ran one.

At this moment, Konev had to face a German attack in three directions, as well as a German blockade in another direction.

This made him too anxious to waste his precious time on useless meetings - after all, listening to Khrushchev scolding the street would not change the tide of the war.

In the past, he was invited to participate in such meetings because Khrushchev had the power to deploy reinforcements, so he had to accommodate the other side.

But now, it is impossible for Khrushchev to have large-scale reinforcements, because Moscow is almost completely surrounded, so he does not have to deal with Khrushchev's criticism.

"Tell me! Tell those damned commanders! We are now on our own! Khrushchev banged on the table and shouted.

He hadn't seen the sun for several days because of German fire, and now he was in poor health, going to the toilet once or several times an hour.

His heart was also very bad, and the doctor advised him not to stay up all night, but he had developed a habit and could no longer change his schedule.

Every day he slept very short, so short that one wondered if he had slept at all. Every day he has to deal with a lot of papers, many of which are useless.

For example, he paid special attention to some documents for the expansion of the Moscow Metro. Every day he has to ask about the continued expansion of the subway, even though 98 percent of the construction has been paralyzed.

Khrushchev pinned his hopes on digging the subway out of Moscow, allowing troops to move transport underground, and even withdraw from Moscow through there.

The fool also knows that he is a completely unfounded fantasy, but just like Hitler in the real history of 45 years, he has become a fantasist at the end of his life, and no one can wake up.

With this fantasy, he was able to adjust his mentality, a reason to live, and the reason why he was able to sustain himself to where he is today.

Unfortunately, under these circumstances, the construction of the Moscow metro is simply not possible. With only a few meters of excavation per day, it is no different from a stoppage.

Even if the construction is not stopped, and the construction continues at a tenfold speed, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to dig the subway outside the German encirclement.

"As long as we build a tunnel, we can move unnoticed under the enemy's feet!" Khrushchev said to himself.

Then he looked at the officer and waved his hand: "Go!" To admit it to the outside world, let's just say that our heroic comrade Rokossovsky died in battle in Red Tekach! His heroic deeds deserve to be remembered by all of us. ”

The officer stood in a straight salute, then turned and walked out of Khrushchev's office. After walking out, he shook his head at some of the officials and generals waiting outside the door, and everyone had a dejected expression on their faces when they saw him shake his head.

Today they will not be able to work again, they can only wait for tomorrow, when Khrushchev is in better condition, and then report on the situation.