Chapter 717

After Guderian finished this sentence, he knocked twice on the map with his hand, restrained his smiling expression, and solemnly said, "you can all see the problem, can't I, the commander of the group army, see it? There are too many new recruits from the Soviet Union in this direction to be believed. This is the reason why we are so lucky. "

He pointed to the cities on the map that had been marked as German occupied areas, one by one, and said, "if we meet the Soviet front guard forces in Pavlograd, not the main force of the enemy, it can be explained. But if we attack lozovaya, we still don't bump into the main force of the Soviet Union, That's something that's worth considering. "

"In order to confirm what the other side wants to do, I personally assumed two conjectures, one is to assume that the other side will hit the main force on the north line, the other is to assume that the other side will concentrate the main force in a certain place to prepare to pit us once." Goodrian held out two fingers and shook them in front of everyone: "as for what the Soviet people wanted to do, we can know by experiment."

"If the other side concentrated all the main forces on the north line and used them in the attack, it would be a very stupid decision." He pointed to the arrows of the attacking Soviet troops on the map, then looked back and said, "that's what a second rate commander would do. Our opponent is obviously not such a fool. On the contrary, he is very cunning."

So he went to the other side of the map, went to the bottom of sheberinka, stretched out his hand and pointed to the city he had just captured: "so the staff of the Supreme Command and I worked out an examination question, which is the city of sheberinka. If we attack here, then the Soviets will have two basic reactions, These two reactions can prove what the Soviets are up to! "

"Sheberinka is the South Gate of Kharkov. If we attack here and still don't meet the tenacious resistance of the Soviets, then unless the Soviets have given up Kharkov, we can't explain why they gave up here in any case." Goodrian said that with a smile on his face: "that's why we've been going north all the time."

The German army attacked Harkov, an important town of the Soviet Union. Zhukov could not ignore this attack. The Soviets must make countermeasures here. No matter what the countermeasures are, they must make a response. What the German commanders are waiting for is what the response is.

If Zhukov wants to defend Kharkov, and the main force is no longer near Kharkov, Zhukov has only one choice to do - let his reserves immediately reinforce Kharkov and defend the city that the Soviet Union cannot lose.

However, like the German response, the Germans did not rush to reinforce Kiev, and the Soviets did not mean to reinforce Kharkov. That was a bit of a surprise to the German generals. After all, the German army's attack speed was much faster than that of the Soviet Union. Is it true that Zhukov was not afraid that the German army would go all the way north and cut off the main force of the Soviet Red Army?

"He's not afraid! He's so scared Goodrian knocked on Kharkov on the map and said: "so it's very simple to exclude the problem. Since the Soviets don't want to reinforce Kharkov and give it to us, there is only one possibility! It's Kharkov that hides the main forces of the Soviet Union. They intend to use our armored forces to destroy our offensive forces! "

Looking at all the generals, he seemed relieved, but also cast a curious look. He continued: "Zhukov tried his best to attack Kiev on the north line. One of the purposes was to make us think that all the elite troops of the Soviet Union were on the north line, which caused us some trouble in speculating about Kharkov's trap!"

Goodrian's face was filled with a confident smile, which guessed the intention of the other side, and made the best supplement to his conclusion: "the intelligence sent by the northern defense line, the scale of the Soviet armored forces exceeded the assessment, which shows that the Soviet concentrated large-scale armored forces in the north, which is absolutely a very good news for us!"

"General, since you already know that Kharkov is a trap of the Soviet Union, why let us attack Kharkov?" Asked Frick, frowning. His armored division rushed here for a long time. He really didn't want to attack the urban area of Kharkov any more. After all, the armored forces were not suitable for the sticky street fighting.

"Who said I was going to attack Kharkov?" Goodrian took a look at Frick, and then laughed loudly: "rest for two hours, this is my reward for you, and then the main force began to go south, we crossed the river, attacked ijum, and then killed Donetsk to the East!"

"General, there is a problem... If we give up going north and going south to encircle the Soviet troops near Donetsk, then general Liszt will have more pressure. Once our rear is lost, the situation will be very unfavorable to us." After all, Liszt's combat environment is very bad. It's not surprising when the whole defense line will collapse. It's really a very worrying problem to let it go at this time.

It can be said that goodrian'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 attack direction that can be regarded as a threat. If the northern German forces in the South began to turn south, Zhukov would be able to boldly attack Kiev.

This is not what the German generals would like to see. If the a group army, who had placed all their hopes in the hands of Marshal lundstedtet, arrived at the position ahead of time and launched an attack on Zhukov group from the flank, it would be a gamble and an extremely irresponsible decision“ In fact, when we tried to find out that the Red Army of the Soviet Union had laid a trap for us in Kharkov, we decided to accompany Zhukov, a powerful opponent of the Soviet Union, to a bigger chess game. " Goodrian went to his desk, leaned against it and said, "our main attack direction has been determined. To encircle Donetsk and annihilate more than 500000 Soviet Red Army in the encirclement is our task! As for the rest, the head of state has his own arrangements! " WOW! When it comes to the head of state, all the generals in the room stand up and stand at attention. This is akado's prestige within the military, and this is the special courtesy of a head of state who goes deep into the hearts of the military“ The third and first panzer divisions of the SS, together with the two Panzer Grenadier divisions of the group army, immediately turned around, crossed the river, and went south at full speed to attack ijum! " All of them raised their arms, and their boots made a crisp noise when they stood at attention. They all answered in a loud voice: "yes!" Ryan, who is preparing to attack Kharkov, is now adding ammunition to the interior of the Tiger tank. A shell is picked up from the ground by Ryan and Alice and put into the hands of Andre standing on the tank. Then Bauman and Andre pass the shell to Bruce in the tank, It's up to the loader to decide where to put the shells“ well! Captain, we just rush in foolishly, and then wait for the Soviets to come out from all directions and throw flasks and grenades at us? " Bruce is still not very quiet when he is working. He sets up a shell and starts to nag about interesting topics“ It's said that the troops next door are already replenishing fuel. With this batch of ammunition, there must be a big fight. " Bowman was also very concerned about the German attack on Kharkov. As a driver, he naturally knew how pitiful the role of tanks in the urban area was, and also knew how vulnerable the invincible tanks he was driving were in the urban area“ I'll bet five empires on kinmark and that our attack direction is not Kharkov! " Ryan laughed and then said“ Then I'll beat five of you, kimmark! Five more! I'll bet we'll fight Kharkov by tomorrow! " Bruce thinks he's going to win, and says to Ryan triumphantly“ I'll bet five gold marks, just like Ryan did! " Alice was laughing and holding up a shell lying on the ground. She was laughing and helping Ryan talk. Her words made Bowman laugh“ You bet, too? How do you know we don't fight Kharkov? " Bruce looked at Alice in surprise and asked vaguely. Alice shrugged. "It's easy, Bruce. I believe in Ryan's judgment. That's all."“ Ha ha ha ha Bowman and Andre laugh louder“ How do you know, Captain, that we don't attack Kharkov? " Bruce continued chagrined. Ryan pointed to Kharkov in the distance and said with a smile, "don't you think it's weird that no shell has fallen into the city yet? If we want to attack there, at least we have started shelling now, and at least we have played several rounds! And Bruce, if we fight in the street, we should have more grenades than armor piercing bullets, right? But now the quantity of the two kinds of ammunition is basically the same, so I don't think we will attack Kharkov. "“ Oh, My God! I lost five gold marks so easily? Oh, my God! I won't bet you any more! " Bruce put his face in his hands and cried“ You said that no less than 100 times, Bruce Alice laughed. "And you owe me 175 gold marks!"