"Comrade Zhukov, starting from today, the party and government agencies will evacuate Moscow and retreat to Yekaterinburg. Moscow Garrison Command, arrange a retreat plan to ensure the safety of those comrades during the retreat!" Joseph said.
Joseph summoned General Zhukov early in the morning and gave him orders.
Obviously, German military's encirclement of Moscow has not been completely closed yet. This is undoubtedly a good opportunity to retreat. Once German military's encirclement is closed, even if they want to retreat, they will have no chance. At that time, if you want to retreat, you will have to mobilize a large number of troops to attack the German military encirclement. This is not only dangerous, but will also arouse the vigilance of the Germany people.
"Yes, Comrade Joseph, I will make arrangements right away." General Zhukov replied.
"However, Comrade Joseph, when will you evacuate? The longer the delay, the more dangerous it will be." General Zhukov continued.
In General Zhukov's view, it is already a big improvement for Joseph to agree to the withdrawal of Moscow's party and government organs. But time is running out now, and he also hopes that Joseph can evacuate as soon as possible.
"Comrade Zhukov, are you someone I can trust?" Joseph suddenly asked.
General Zhukov was stunned and then replied, "Comrade Zhukov, I swear to you on my life that I will definitely be loyal to you!"
Joseph also knows that General Zhukov is loyal to him. I just wanted to make sure again.
"Comrade Zhukov, I can feel your loyalty. This is very good. It's true that I have always valued you." Joseph said.
"If I leave Moscow, can you stabilize the situation and ensure that the battle here continues?" Joseph then asked.
Joseph wanted to leave Moscow, but he didn't want Moscow's fighting to stop after he left. He still hopes that Moscow's defenders can persist to the end and hold German military here, making German military pay heavy casualties in Moscow. Similarly, this will buy him enough time to escape safely to Yekaterinburg. It will also give him enough time to rectify his internal affairs and ensure that he continues to control the country.
General Zhukov immediately understood what Joseph meant. Although, General Zhukov knows that if he stays with Moscow, it will probably be a dead end. But, at a time like this, does he have any other choice besides showing his determination?
"Comrade Joseph, please rest assured that I will definitely lead the troops to persevere in Moscow. The defenders of Moscow will persevere until the last soldier and will never surrender to the Germany people!" General Zhukov assured Joseph.
Joseph looked at General Zhukov for a while, then nodded. "Comrade Zhukov, I believe you. Let's do this, I will leave Moscow in three days. The specific evacuation plan will be arranged by you."
"Yes, Comrade Joseph." General Zhukov replied as he left.
Starting from daytime on this day, Russia party and government agencies and leaders began to evacuate Moscow one after another. However, in order not to attract German military's attention, they adopted a small-scale evacuation. Although this method of evacuation is safe, it is very slow. It is not so easy for Russia's huge party and government agencies to evacuate Moscow.
That night, Zhukov submitted an evacuation plan to Joseph.
"Comrade Joseph, we are going to deploy an elite Infantry Division to cover your evacuation from Moscow. This Infantry Division's subordinate The three infantry regiments will be divided into three directions, leaving from Moscow, passing through Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Cherni on the Kama River arrives at Ufa. From Ufa, it crosses Ural Mountains and arrives at Chelyabinsk. Whether to stay at Chelyabinsk or Kitakami and go to Yekaterinburg is up to you to decide based on the situation at that time," said General Zhukov.
Joseph nodded. General Zhukov was able to dispatch a Infantry Division to escort him away from Moscow during a tense war. This is undoubtedly very good. It can also be seen that General Zhukov is indeed loyal to him.
"Comrade Joseph, Infantry Division, who is escorting you, we have initially selected as 4th Guards Infantry Division. Among the three infantry regiments under its jurisdiction, the most elite 1st Regiment will ride with you on the fire The car leaves. 2nd Regiment and 3rd Regiment will take the car and escort you one after another to ensure that you can reach Yekaterinburg safely." General Zhukov continued.
Those Russian Army Infantry Division troops who can be called the Guards are undoubtedly the elite among the elite. These troops are also loyal to Joseph. Letting these troops protect him and leave is also something that makes Joseph feel relieved.
"Very good, Comrade Zhukov. I am still very satisfied with your arrangement." Joseph said.
"Comrade Joseph, as long as you can safely evacuate to Yekaterinburg. Then, there is still hope for Russia. We still have the possibility of defeating the Germany people. Please After arriving at Yekaterinburg, we must continue to lead the Russians people to continue fighting. We will never be defeated by the Germany people like this." General Zhukov said.
"Don't worry, Comrade Zhukov. Russia will not be defeated. We will persist in this war until the end and win the final victory!" Joseph looked confident.
In the next two days, Russia's party and government agencies continued to evacuate Moscow in small batches and in multiple batches. Usually several Trucks form a team. After leaving Moscow to a safe place, they then transfer to other means of transportation and head to the east of Russia.
Germany is also well aware of Russians's actions. The spies of the Germany intelligence department in Russia also took action. Germany doesn't care about the departure of some small shrimps and fish. What they are really targeting are the big fish.
Although, the news of Joseph's evacuation from Moscow is kept highly confidential. Only a handful of senior executives know about it. However, with the efforts of German military's intelligence department, some clues were still detected. However, it is still not possible to finalize whether Joseph will evacuate Moscow.
On the evening of June 17, an ordinary train drove out from Moscow railway station, left Moscow, and headed for Vladimir. On this train, except for the two carriages where Joseph and his entourage rested, the rest of the carriages were filled with fully armed infantry. At the same time, an infantry regiment aboard Truck also left Moscow with the train.