Chapter 205 The road to life on the ice! The truck driver is a bit reckless!

Canopy.

[German commander Kuchler was forced to stop the attack.]

[Germany once again dispatched bomber groups to deal with the Soviet Baltic Fleet. ]

【After a round of heavy bombing, three warships sank to the bottom of the sea.】

[The air raid sirens blared sharply, echoing throughout Leningrad.]

[The metronome ticking of the air raid sirens echoes throughout the city.]

[The rapid ticking sound represents an air raid sirens.]

[A loose, slow ticking rhythm means the air raid alarm has been lifted.]

[The rhythmic ticking of the metronome accompanied the citizens of Leningrad and became one of the symbols of the blockade period.]

After the introduction of the metronome representing the air raid.

The footage also gives footage of German air raids.

[The density of anti-aircraft artillery in Leningrad is very high. ]

[The density of anti-aircraft firepower is more than eight times higher than that of Berlin or London.]

[The heavy bombs used by German bombers were also extremely powerful. ]

[Several iconic high-rise buildings in Leningrad were spared from destruction during the air raid because they were used as reference points by German artillery when firing.]

[Most of the artillery shells and bombs were directed at bridges, residential areas, and factories.]

[In order to guide the artillery, German reconnaissance planes have been circling over the city. ]

[Most of the cultural relics and statues in the city were protected with sandbags and wooden boards, but many cultural relics and historical sites in the suburbs were destroyed by artillery fire.]

[Catherine Palace and Peter Palace were both destroyed by looting and bombing.]

[On September 1941, 9, Leningrad's important food warehouse became the target of German artillery bombardment.]

[The fire from the flour warehouse explosion was clearly visible from several kilometers away.]

[The news that the German army had burned the city’s food warehouses and reserves spread among the citizens.]

【The actual situation is even worse than the citizens imagined. 】

【After the food warehouse was burned down. 】

【Leningrad's city food supply only has one week's worth of reserves left.】

[This big city needs one thousand tons of food supplies every day. ]

[However, in reality, the amount of food that could break through the blockade and reach the city was less than 200 tons per day.]

【It’s less than 20 percent of what’s needed.】

Late Han Dynasty.

When Liu Bei saw this, he thought of the city’s population of nearly three million.

The daily food supply is only 20% of the required amount.

This is a sign of starvation!
Liu Bei couldn't help but feel worried.

Liu Bei said to the crowd:

"I am not worried about the will and determination of the Soviet army and people to resist now."

"Although they were beaten badly in the early stages, they are capable of fighting back."

"And their fighting spirit also means they won't surrender easily."

"But since ancient times, wars have been fought in logistics."

"In Leningrad, perhaps Zhukov is in charge, there may be a solid defense line, and the defenders are united."

"But if there's a problem with the food supply."

"The morale of the army will collapse quickly."

"Hungry citizens will also be a destabilizing factor for defense."

"It seems that the air supremacy was taken by Germany and the navy was severely damaged by German bombing."

"External traffic is completely blocked."

"Leningrad will hardly survive until 1942."

Although the Soviet people of later generations should not have much to do with Liu Bei of today.

But I thought about the countless people who would starve to death little by little because of hunger.

The tragedy of this scene still made Liu Bei sigh.

Zhuge Liang on the side was looking at the map on the skylight.

Rather thoughtful.

After taking a few glances, Zhuge Liang slowly speculated:

"If the defenders of Leningrad can hold the line."

"Then it's not like there's no chance."

"Although I know that with the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army, it would be difficult for them to break the German blockade."

"Unless we gather a large force."

"But the Soviet Union's heavy troops are definitely in the direction of Moscow at this time."

"It is impossible to have new heavy forces that can be used to relieve Leningrad."

"But the city of Leningrad is in a very special location."

“To the west of the city is the Baltic Sea.”

"And to the east of the city, there seems to be a very large lake."

“Although the German army occupied part of the southern shore of the lake, it cut off traffic.”

"But could the Soviet Union transport food across the lake's surface?"

"If food can be transported by water, the efficiency of transportation will be even higher than by land!"

After Zhuge Liang said this, Liu Bei's eyes lit up.

Everyone turned their eyes to the map on the sky.

Look towards the huge lake.

And then the sky curtain begins to tell the story of this lake.

[Behind the city of Leningrad is the vast Lake Ladoga. ]

[But it is difficult to provide supplies to the city through the lake. ]

【Lake Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe and the 15th largest lake in the world. 】

[This huge lake has been famous for its violent storms since ancient times. ]

[It is very dangerous for ordinary small boats to sail on it. ]

[Because navigation on Lake Ladoga is extremely difficult and dangerous, a canal was built around the lake as early as the time of Tsar Peter the Great.]

[Almost no ships choose to take the lake route.]

[This canal, as well as the railway line next to it, have been completely cut off.]

[The Leningrad defenders were forced to build a new dock on the west bank of Lake Ladoga.]

【After the first week of the blockade of Leningrad.】

[The first batch of goods began to be loaded and unloaded through the simple temporary dock. ]

[In the first month after the line was opened, the amount of food transported to Leningrad via the route reached 10,000 tons.]

[But 10,000 tons of food is only enough for the city to consume for ten days.]

[In July 1941, when the food rationing system was first implemented, each worker was given grams of bread per day.]

【The workers' families will receive 400 grams of bread.】

When Tianmu was talking about this, an image of a balance scale also appeared.

On the first picture of the balance scale, there are eight slices of bread.

Represents eight hundred grams.

[By early October, bread rations in Leningrad had been reduced to less than half of their original level.]

【By the end of November, hunger had brought the entire Leningrad to the brink of collapse.】

【Food supply is seriously insufficient, workers can only get 250 grams of bread a day.】

【Others, only 125 grams a day. 】

The sky curtain tells the story of the food supply, the weight is getting lower and lower.

This scene is displayed through the cold balance scale on the sky.

Accompanied by background music that makes you feel suffocated.

The whole thing is shocking!
Even in ancient times, many ordinary people did not have enough to eat for a long time.

But seeing that only a small bite of the day's food was left still made everyone feel terrified.

A fear of food shortage that is engraved in our genes.

Liu Bei also shook his head repeatedly after seeing this, saying:

“The food is okay, but the portions are too small.”

"This food supply is not enough to sustain human survival."

"The mass starvation of the citizens of Leningrad is inevitable, right?"

Many modern audiences have lived in privileged environments since childhood.

Although I knew and heard that people starved to death in ancient times.

But most of the time.

All you hear is a number.

And this time when watching the documentary, I was inspired by the documentary's shooting techniques.

The lack of food is very shocking.

Allowing viewers to witness firsthand the food rationing in Leningrad during the blockade.

This also shocked many young viewers!
《Oh my god, how can this be enough to eat? 》

"If it's just one or two hundred grams of compressed biscuits, it might be okay. But isn't the nutritional value of this one or two hundred grams of black bread too low?"

"Isn't this going to make people starve to death?"

《Get rid of the word fear.》

"The scene is not bloody at all, but it makes me shudder. I only eat two fingers of bread a day."

"Wouldn't it be true that everyone would starve to death in a few months?"

Did Leningrad finally survive?

"If we can't break the blockade, I'm afraid the whole city will starve to death."

"Isn't that place close to the sea? We can go fishing there!"

"Catch all the rats and other animals in the city and eat them to supplement your nutrition."

"Is there a possibility that what you can think of can also be thought of by people at that time, but those who are destined to starve to death will still starve to death."

Canopy.

【While the food ration weight is only one-fourth of what it was before. 】

The quality of bread is also getting worse.

[The burnt flour destroyed in the bombing, as well as various powdery and fibrous additives, were all added to the bread.]

[Even the edible fiber left over from the printing and printing bureau’s processing of wood became the material for bread.]

【The food crisis lasted for more than a month. 】

[In Leningrad hospitals, patients began to collapse from hunger.]

[By the end of November, more than 10,000 people had died of starvation.]

【It is winter now.】

[People are looking forward to the arrival of winter and the complete freezing of the lake.]

[If Lake Ladoga freezes over completely, it will help improve transportation conditions and deliver more food supplies.]

[However, the huge Lake Ladoga has not yet completely frozen. ]

[It is easy for the ice to collapse, and trucks, mule and horse vehicles traveling on the ice can easily fall into the lake, making it almost impossible to pass.]

[The Soviet army was forced to abandon the idea of ​​opening a fast passage from the southern area of ​​Lake Ladoga.]

[And the southern part of Lake Ladoga is also very close to the German artillery positions.]

[When transporting on the lake, it is also very easy to encounter German artillery fire. ]

[Until the end of November, the thickness of the ice on Lake Ladoga exceeded 18 centimeters.]

【The lake road is finally open. 】

[Soviet soldiers and civilians urgently laid railways on the ice.]

[The first train begins to come over the ice, transporting key supplies to the city.]

[Two days later, as the ice surface solidified further, trucks began to join the transportation.]

[However, even a heavy truck with a load capacity of several tons can only transport a pitiful two or three boxes of goods when transporting on the ice.]

[I don’t dare to fully load it! 】

[Even when the truck is nearly empty, some trucks will still break through the ice and fall into the ice hole.]

At this time, the sky screen began to pause.

It also shows the scene of a Soviet transport convoy transporting supplies on the icy and snowy lake.

As the picture gradually zooms in.

People discovered a strange point.

That's the drivers of these Soviet trucks.

One by one, they didn't sit in the driver's seat obediently.

Instead, he opened the car door and stood outside the car, holding the steering wheel with one hand and the frame outside the car with the other!
No one has ever seen driving like this!

Both for modern audiences.

Or the ancient people in ancient times.

No one has ever seen this kind of driving.

Even in ancient chariots, drivers had to stay in their seats.

Like the Soviet truck drivers, their entire bodies are almost leaning out!

At first glance it doesn't look like he's driving!
It's like jumping out of a car.

Three Kingdoms.

Zhuge Liang complained in his heart about these Soviet drivers, saying that they seemed to be jumping out of the car while driving.

But when I complain here.

Zhuge Liang was suddenly stunned.

(End of this chapter)