Chapter 192
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May 4, 1941
Eastern Front, Bialystok – Occupied territory of the Soviet Army Group North
Eight days since the start of Operation Liberation. As the Mobile Army Group made a direct breakthrough toward Pinsk, where Zhukov was, the Soviet forces deployed on each front were attempting a desperate retreat.
In the urban center of Bialystok, which Ivan Konev's Army Group North used as a core strongpoint, the sound of artillery could be easily heard.
The only way for such a large military force of army-group size to retreat quickly was by railroad, and with the main heavy equipment units, including Ivan Konev, having already withdrawn, only some infantry units remained in Bialystok.
The train station was crowded with Soviet infantry units struggling to escape this hellish battlefield even a moment sooner.
However, that struggle brought about another disaster.
"E-Enemy aircraft!"