After saying this, Guderian pounded the map with his hand, restrained his smile and said solemnly: "You can all see the problem, can't I, the commander of the army? There are too many new recruits in this direction, so many that people can't believe that this is the reason why we are too lucky."

He pointed to the cities on the map that had been marked as German-occupied areas and said one by one: "If we encountered the Soviet frontier guards in Pavlograd, not the main force of the enemy, this could be explained. However, if we attacked Lozovaya and still did not collide with the main force of the Soviet Union, it would be a very worthy of consideration."

"In order to prove what the other party wants to do, I personally assume two speculations, one is to assume that the other party hits the main force on the northern line, and the other is to assume that the other party concentrates the main force in a certain place to prepare to trick us once." Guderian stretched out his two fingers and shook in front of everyone: "As for what the Soviets really want to do, you can know it after experimenting."

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

So he walked to the other side of the map, walked to the bottom of Sheberingka, reached out and pointed to the city that had just been seized: "So I and the staff of the Supreme Command have developed a test question, which is the city of Sheberingka. If we attack here, the Soviets will have two basic reactions, and these two reactions can confirm what the Soviets are trying to do!"

"Shebelinka is the southern gate of Kharkov. If we attack here and still do not encounter the tenacious resistance of the Soviets, then unless the Soviets have given up Kharkov, they will not be able to explain why they gave up here anyway." Guderian said this and smiled on his face: "This is why we have been heading north."

The German army attacked fiercely northward and rushed towards Kharkov, the Soviet Union's important city. This attack was something Zhukov could not ignore. So the Soviets must make a countermeasure here. No matter what the countermeasure was, they must make a response. What the German commanders were waiting for was what this response was like.

If Zhukov wants to defend Kharkov and the main force is no longer near Kharkov, Zhukov has only one choice - let his reserve team immediately reinforce Kharkov and defend this city that cannot be lost for the Soviet Union.

But like the Germans' reaction, the Germans did not rush to reinforce Kiev, and the Soviets also did not mean to reinforce Kharkov. This made the German generals feel a little strange. After all, the German attack speed was much faster than the Soviets. Could it be that Zhukov was really not afraid that the Germans would go north and cut off the retreat of the entire Soviet Red Army's main force?

"It's not that he is not afraid! He is too scared!" Guderian said fiercely as he knocked on the map: "So it's very simple to rule out the problem. Since the Soviets do not intend to reinforce Kharkov and do not want to give it to us, there is only one possibility! That is, there is the main Soviet troops hidden in Kharkov. They plan to use street fighting to pit my armored troops and destroy our offensive power!"

Seeing that all the generals seemed relieved, they also looked curious, he continued: "Zhukov attacked Kiev desperately on the northern line. One of the purposes is to make us think that all the elite Soviet troops were on the northern line, causing us some trouble to speculate on the Kharkov trap!"

Guderian's face was filled with a confident smile that guessed the other party's intentions, and gave the best addition to his conclusion: "The intelligence sent by the northern defense line, the size of the Soviet armored troops exceeded the assessment, which shows that the Soviets concentrated all the large-scale armored troops in the north, which is definitely very good news for us!"

"General, since you already know that Kharkov is a trap for the Soviets, why do you want us to attack Kharkov?" Frik asked with a frown. His armored division rushed here for a long distance and really didn't want to attack Kharkov's city anymore. After all, the armored troops are not suitable for such stalemate street fighting.

"Who said, I'm going to attack Kharkov?" Guderian looked at Frik, then laughed loudly: "Rest for 2 hours, this is my reward for you, and then the main force will start to go south, we cross the river, attack Ijium, and then kill eastward to North Donetsk!"

"General, there is a problem... If we give up going north and head south to encircle the Soviet troops near Donetsk, then General Liszt will be under greater pressure. Once our rear is lost, the situation will be very unfavorable to us." Commander Hulk questioned. After all, Liszt's combat environment is very harsh. It can be said that it is not surprising that the entire defense line will collapse at any time. Leaving the situation at this time is indeed a very worrying issue.

It can be said that Guderian's G Army heading north was Zhukov's most worried flank threat, or it can be said that Zhukov's only German offensive direction that could be regarded as a threat. If the southern German troops heading north began to turn around and move south, Zhukov could safely and boldly attack Kiev.

This is not a situation that the German generals hope to see. If all hope is placed in the hands of Marshal Lundstedt, the Group A Army arrived at the position in advance and launched an attack on the Zhukov cluster from the flank, it would be obviously a gamble and an extremely irresponsible decision.

"In fact, when we test that the Soviet Red Army set a trap against us in Kharkov, we decided to accompany Zhukov, a powerful Soviet opponent, to a bigger game." Guderian walked to his desk and leaned on it and said: "Our main attack direction has been determined. It is our mission to encircle Donetsk and annihilate more than 500,000 Soviet Red Army in the encirclement! As for the others, the head of state has his own arrangements!"

Hum! When talking about the head of state, all the generals in the room stood up and stood at attention. This is the power of Akado in the military, and this is a special courtesy of a head of state who has penetrated into the hearts of the people in the army.

"The 3rd Armored Division of the SS and the 1st Armored Army, plus the two armored grenade divisions in the group army, immediately turned around, and after crossing the river, headed south at full speed to attack Ijium!"

Everyone raised their arms, and the leather boots bumped into each other when they stood at attention. They answered loudly together, with a uniform voice: "Yes!"

The members of the Rennes crew who were preparing to attack Kharkov were now replenishing ammunition into the interior of the Tiger tank. A shell was picked up from the ground by Rennes and Alice and stuffed it into Andre standing on the tank. Then Bauman and Andre handed the shell to the next Bruce inside the tank, and the loader decided the specific placement of the shell.

"Hey! Commander, we rushed in so stupidly, and then waited for the Soviets to come out from all directions and threw mob bottles and grenades at us?" Bruce, who was loading and shattering, was still not very quiet when he was working. He put a shell on his own and started nagging about topics of interest.

"I heard that the troops next door are already replenishing fuel. If this batch of ammunition is included, it will definitely be a big fight." Baumann also cared very much about the German attack on Kharkov. As a driver, he naturally knew how pitiful the tanks were in the city, and also knew what kind of fragile existence the invincible tanks he drove were in the city.

"I bet on 5 Empire Jinmaks, bet on our offensive direction not Kharkov!" Renn smiled, then said this.

"Then I will beat Jinmak with you five! Add 5 more! I'll bet we will definitely beat Kharkov before tomorrow!" Bruce felt that he was sure to win and said to Rennes proudly.

"I also bet on 5 Golden Marks, the same as Rennes!" Alice smiled and helped Rennes speak with a smile. Her words made Bauman laugh.

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

Alice shrugged: "It's simple, Bruce, I believe in Rennes' judgment, that's all."

"Hahaha!" Bauman and Andre laughed louder.

"That car owner, how do you know that we won't attack Kharkov?" Bruce continued to ask in annoyance.

Ren pointed to Kharkov in the distance and said with a smile: "No shell has fallen into the city yet. Don't you think it's weird? If we want to attack there, at least the shelling has started, and at least a few rounds have been fired! Also, Bruce, if we are fighting street battles, there should be more grenades than armor-piercing bombs? But now the number of two ammunition is basically the same, so I don't think we will attack Kharkov."

"Oh my god! I just lost 5 Jinmaks so easily? God! I will never bet with you again!" Bruce covered his face and screamed, wailing.
Chapter completed!