Chapter 718

As expected, the news came more than ten minutes later. The whole 1st Armored army, as well as the 3rd Armored Division of the SS, all went south to launch a new round of attack on ijum instead of the dangerous Kharkov.

The main force of the German army, the G group army, was like a wolf king with super sensitive sense of smell. He sniffed in front of the trap, and then left the camouflaged danger without looking back.

Goodrian ordered his troops to attack ijum, so the main German forces began to go south. Their attack was beyond everyone's expectation. The Soviets did not expect that the German armored forces who had been rushing to Kharkov would suddenly stop advancing, and then immediately changed their attack direction.

For a moment, the Red Army of the Soviet Union deployed near ijum was in a mess. Without any decent resistance, the German army took advantage of the situation and captured this important city. Then the German armored forces began to appear in kupiyansk and North Donetsk on a large scale, while the infantry of model's group army began to attack slaviyansk, For a time, the deception of the German army going north was lifted, and the whole southern group began to go south crazily.

"General! general! North Donetsk in a hurry! Instead of attacking Kharkov, the main force of the German army took a turn there and went south! " A staff officer rushed into Zhukov's office in panic with the message, which surprised the general who was studying the military map behind his desk. Zhukov raised his head, obviously not believing that this would happen.

A few minutes ago, he was still studying how to hold down the German offensive in Kharkov, how to make Timoshenko resist tenaciously in Kharkov, how to buy time for the entire northern Soviet army, and how to dig a huge grave for the German main armored forces. But now it seems that all this is just a joke. The German army seems to have seen through his plan and did not continue to attack Kharkov northward.

"It's impossible!" This is Zhukov's first reaction. He subjectively judged that the German army could not give up the plan to attack Kharkov, or he did not think that the German would give up such a huge piece of fat that had been swallowed in his mouth: "if the German gave up Kharkov and did not go north, would they not give up the victory to me?"

His question is reasonable. Only goodrian in the South can threaten his army. If this army has no intention of attacking him, it is impossible to stop the Soviet army from occupying Kiev only by relying on the E group army to stay in Kiev. Once Kiev is lost, even if the German army has occupied Kremlin and Donetsk, They will also be surrounded by the Soviets in a huge encirclement, waiting for the end of these German troops. There is only one, that is, extinction.

The German army has higher mobility, stronger firepower and armored vehicles than the Soviet Red Army, but it also proves that the German army relies on logistics supply more than any other army. Once the logistics supply base in Kiev is occupied by the Soviet army and the logistics supply lines are cut off, the elite German tank troops will turn into a pile of scrap iron, let alone play their power, It's God's blessing not to be a burden.

Because of this, Zhukov forced the Soviet army to give up the plan of attacking Kiev after he decided that the German army would go north and attack Harkov's side threatening Minsk with attack speed. This is the only chance for the German army to win under normal circumstances, so Zhukov is so determined to lay a net in Kharkov, waiting for goodrian to take the bait himself.

It's a pity that goodrian is so smart that he really doesn't care about Liszt's life or death, and doesn't care about the danger that the three main groups of German army in the south line are encircled, so he makes a gorgeous turn in Kharkov and rushes to Donetsk, which is important but irrelevant to the overall situation. This caught Zhukov off guard and even worried him a little.

He stood up and took the telegram from the staff officer. After carefully reading it twice, he went to the huge battle map hanging on the wall. He looked up and looked at the current position of rokosovsky. He whispered: "do the Germans really believe that Liszt can hold the position? Why do they believe him so much? "

"Is this conviction a pure gamble? Or can the head of state, who always works miracles, really confirm that Liszt's E group army can really block my whole attack cluster? " Zhukov frowned, repeatedly said these contents, walked twice in front of the map, holding his chin to the point.

In his hand, he still held a powerful close guard front army, which was not used. Once this army was put into the attack, Liszt's front line could last for another 24 hours at most. By that time, there would be no obstacles between the Soviet army and Kiev, and there would be a few days to go before he could reach the a group army under marshal lundstadt on Zhukov's flank, There's no time to rescue the collapsed e-army.

However, Zhukov was alerted by the German's strange behavior. Just like goodrian and other German generals who saw through the Soviet plan, he also noticed the dangerous smell of the German army's abnormal behavior.

"It's not gambling! No matter how crazy people are, they dare not gamble with all the chips in their hands! German's card surface is not good, even said at any time has loses the risk, this time bets, only then the fool can do it Zhukov clenched his teeth and said: "their cards will make them believe that they will win more! Sure

"Not Lister! It's not the e-army! They are sure to hold Kiev, so they don't come to the rescue! I know how goodrian saw my plan! Because I didn't go to rescue Kharkov, they detected the danger! Now they are not going to rescue Kiev, which is also a reason! " Zhukov suddenly realized. He turned his eyes to Kiev, which was close to him on the map. Then he split his mouth and laughed. He also noticed that the German thought was to use Kiev as a bait to capture more than 700000 Soviet troops in the whole Zhukov group. It is interesting that the first mock exam was made in two different places, and they drew almost the same attack curve in addition to the opposite direction. The measures to deal with the situation were the same. They all wanted to eat the offensive force of the other side and solve the field armor force once and for all. significant! It's so interesting After a few laughs, Zhukov clapped his hands twice. It seemed that he was clapping for the commander of the other side. It also seemed that he was happy that the attack plan he had drawn up had people's hearts and minds. However, it is one thing to see through the opponent's plan, and another to deal with it. The German saw through Zhukov's Kharkov trap and took the following measures: giving up the bait, changing the direction of attack and avoiding the battle with the Soviet Red Army. Now the same question is in front of Zhukov. How he chooses to win or lose this battle is the key decision. Whether the Soviet Union, like the Germans, gave up the plan to attack Kiev or made other choices depends on the commander-in-chief standing in front of the map at the command headquarters in Minsk“ If we retreat in the same way, the whole attack group will be safe and the war can continue! " Zhukov started again in front of the map. He walked back and forth, pondering over the different consequences of different choices: "however, goodrian's southward attack will make timoshingo lose half of his troops, and at least 400000 people will be surrounded in Donetsk. In any case, we can't bear this loss!" He went to the other side of the map, looked at the garrison position of the F group army under the command of Kluger, the German good man commander, and then shook his head and denied his idea of changing the attack route: the F group army of Germany is not a second rate soldier like the Red Army of the Soviet Union in Donetsk, It is not easy to eat Kluger's f army in one go, just as goodrian ate the Soviet Red Army in the direction of Donetsk. If there is a delay and the a group army arrives at a fixed position, it will be a complete end. In other words, Zhukov's only advantage now is that when he attacks Kiev, there is a time difference of about three to four days. Once he runs out of time, the army of group A will cut off his back and let him fall from heaven to hell“ Damn it, how could the German army have so many difficult generals and so many difficult troops unconsciously? " Zhukov complained bitterly. Then he called his deputy and said, "send a telegram to Comrade Stalin! State the current situation of our army! Let Comrade Stalin make the decision. How should we choose? " An hour later, Zhukov got the top secret telegram from Moscow. After reading the contents, Zhukov gave a wry smile. Then he personally lit a match and burned the order from Moscow. After that, he went back to his office and sat alone for more than ten minutes. Finally, he made a crazy decision: "the Germans were afraid at the most critical time, they chose to avoid difficulties! Our Soviet Red Army will not be cowardly! We meet the challenge that belongs to us! Order vasilevsky, let his third front army continue to attack! Everything is in accordance with the original plan! We will decide the outcome in the way of the Soviets themselves! "“ Yes! Comrade commander After standing at attention, the adjutant solemnly saluted: "the great motherland is with us!"