Seven Hundred and Eighteenth Another Choice

After Guderian finished speaking, he tapped twice on the map with his hand, restrained his smiling expression, and said solemnly: "Is the commander of the group army not able to see the problem that you all can see?" ? There are too many Soviet recruits in this direction, so many that it is hard to believe that this is really the reason for our good luck."

He pointed to the cities on the map that had been marked as German-occupied areas, and said one by one: "If what we encounter in Pavlograd is the Soviet forward security force, not the main force of the enemy, it is still a big deal. It can be explained, but if we attacked Lozowaya and still did not hit the main force of the Soviet Union, it would be a very deliberate thing."

"In order to prove what the opponent wants to do, I personally assumed two speculations. One is to assume that the opponent has hit the main force on the northern line, and the other is to assume that the opponent has concentrated the main force in a certain place and is going to cheat us once." Guderian stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of everyone: "As for what the Soviets want to do, you can find out after an experiment."

"If the opponent concentrates all the main forces on the northern line and uses them in the offensive, this is a very stupid decision." He pointed to the arrow of the attacking Soviet troops on the map, and then turned around and said: "That's something only a second-rate commander would do. Our opponent is obviously not such a fool, on the contrary he is very cunning."

So he walked to the other side of the map, walked to the bottom of Shebelinka, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the city that had just been captured: "So I and the staff of the Supreme Command worked out a test question, which is The city of Shebelinka, if we attack here, the Soviets will have two basic reactions, and these two reactions can prove what the hell the Soviets are planning!"

"Shebelinka is the southern gate of Kharkov. If we attack here and still do not meet the tenacious resistance of the Soviets, then unless the Soviets have given up Kharkov, there is no way to explain why they Give up here." When Guderian said this, a smile appeared on his face: "This is why we have been going north."

The German army made a fierce attack to the north and went straight to Kharkov, the important Soviet town. This attack cannot be ignored by Zhukov, so the Soviets must make countermeasures here. No matter what the countermeasures are, they must respond, and Germany What the commanders were waiting for was what kind of reaction this would be.

If Zhukov wants to defend Kharkov, and the main force is no longer near Kharkov, then Zhukov has only one option to do—let his reserve force immediately reinforce Kharkov. A city that cannot be lost.

But like the reaction of the German army, the Germans did not rush to reinforce Kyiv, and the Soviets also did not intend to reinforce Kharkov. This made the German general feel a little strange. After all, the attack speed of the German army is much faster than that of the Soviets. Could it be said that Zhukov is really not afraid that the German army will go all the way north and cut off the retreat of the entire main force of the Soviet Red Army?

"It's not that he's not afraid! He's too scared!" Guderian knocked on Kharkov on the map and said fiercely: "So it's a very simple elimination question.

Since the Soviets do not intend to reinforce Kharkov, nor do they want to give it up to us, there is only one possibility! That is, the main force of the Soviet Union is hidden in Kharkov. They plan to use the street fighting to pit my armored troops and destroy our offensive power! "

Seeing that all the generals seemed to be relieved, and cast curious eyes, he continued: "Zhukov is desperately attacking Kyiv on the northern front, one of the purposes is to make us think that all the elite troops of the Soviet Union are in the north. Line, it will cause some trouble for us to speculate on the Kharkov trap!"

Guderian's face was filled with a confident smile that guessed the other party's intentions, and he made the best supplement to his conclusion: "Information sent by the northern defense line shows that the size of the Soviet armored force exceeds the assessment, indicating that the Soviets Concentrating large-scale armored forces in the north is definitely very good news for us!"

"General, since you already know that Kharkov is a trap for the Soviets, why did you ask us to attack Kharkov?" Frick asked, frowning. His armored division rushed here for a long distance, and really didn't want to attack the urban area of ​​Kharkov anymore. After all, armored troops were not suitable for that kind of stalemate street fighting.

"Who said, I'm going to attack Kharkov?" Guderian glanced at Frick, and then laughed loudly: "Take a break for 2 hours, this is my reward for you, and then the main force began to go south , we cross the river, attack Igyum, and then head east toward Severodonetsk!"

"General, there is a problem... If we give up going north and go south to encircle the Soviet troops near Donetsk, the pressure on General List will be even greater. Once our rear is lost, the situation will be very unfavorable to us." Hao Commander Ke questioned. After all, Lister's current combat environment is very bad. It can be said that it is not surprising when the entire defense line collapses. Letting it go at this time is indeed a very worrying problem.

It can be said that Guderian's northward G Group Army is Zhukov's most worried flank threat, and it can also be said that it is Zhukov's only German offensive direction that can be regarded as a threat. If the southern forces of the German army going north start to turn around and go south, then Zhukov can safely and boldly attack Kyiv.

This is not what the German generals hope to see. If the Group A Army, which pins all its hopes on Marshal Rundstedt, arrives ahead of time and launches an attack on the Zhukov Group from the flank, this is obviously a gamble. It is an extremely irresponsible decision.

"In fact, after we found out that the Soviet Red Army set a trap against us in Kharkov, we decided to play a bigger game of chess with Zhukov, a powerful opponent of the Soviet Union." Guderian walked to the desk, Leaning on it, he said: "Our main attack direction has been determined. It is our task to encircle Donetsk and annihilate more than 500,000 Soviet Red Army in the encirclement! As for the rest, the head of state has his own arrangements!"

Crash! When the head of state was mentioned, all the generals in the room stood up and stood at attention. This is Akado's prestige within the military, and this is a special courtesy of a head of state who is deeply rooted in the hearts of the military.

"The headquarters of the 3rd SS Panzer Division and the 1st Panzer Army, together with the two Panzergrenadier divisions in the group army, immediately turned around, crossed the river, and went south at full speed to attack Ijum!"

Everyone raised their arms, and when they stood at attention, there was a crisp sound from the bump of their leather boots. They answered loudly together, with uniform voices: "Yes!"

The members of the Rennes crew, who were preparing to attack Kharkov, were replenishing ammunition to the inside of the Tiger tank at this moment. Rennes and Alice worked together to pick up a shell from the ground and stuffed it into the station. In the hands of Andre on the tank, Bowman and Andre handed the shells to Bruce in the tank, and the loader decided the specific placement of the shells.

"Hey! Commander, let's just rush in so stupidly, and then wait for the Soviets to come out from all directions, and throw Molotov cocktails and grenades at us?" After placing a cannonball, he began to chatter about topics of interest.

"I heard that the troops next door are already refueling. Counting this batch of ammunition, there must be a big fight." Bowman is also very concerned about the German army's attack on Kharkov. As a driver, he naturally knows the tank How pitiful his role is in the urban area, and he also knows how fragile the indestructible tank he drives is in the urban area.

"I bet 5 Imperial Golden Marks that our attack direction is not Kharkov!" Ren smiled, and then said this.

"Then I'll win the Golden Mark with you 5! Add 5 more! Just bet that we must fight Kharkov before tomorrow!" Bruce felt that he would win, and said to Ren triumphantly.

"I also bet 5 gold marks, the same bet as Ryan!" Alice smiled and helped Ryan speak while helping up a cannonball lying on the ground. Her words made Bowman burst out laughing.

"You bet too? How do you know we won't play Kharkov?" Bruce looked at Alice in surprise and asked in confusion.

Alice shrugged: "It's very simple, Bruce, I trust Ryan's judgment, that's all."

"Hahahaha!" Bowman and Andre laughed louder.

"How did you know, sir, that we are not attacking Kharkov?" Bruce continued to ask angrily.

Ren pointed to Kharkov in the distance, and said with a smile: "Don't you think it's weird that no shells have fallen into the city yet? If we want to attack there, at least the shelling has started now. And at least a few rounds have been fought! Also, Bruce, if we fight in the street, we should have more supplementary grenades than armor-piercing rounds, right? But the amount of the two types of ammunition is basically the same now, so I don’t think we will attack Harko husband."

"My God! I lost 5 gold marks so easily? God! I'll never bet with you again!" Bruce screamed while covering his face.

"You've said that no less than 100 times, Bruce!" Alice laughed loudly: "Also, you owe me 175 gold marks!"