120 kilometers northeast of Kiev, Chernigov city on the banks of the Jesna River.

The commander of the German Army's First Armored Army, General Klester's convoy passed through the ruined city, crossed the pontoon bridge on the surface of the Jesner River in the south of the city, and headed to Nirren 60 kilometers south.

Poker face usually refers to the behavior of a person who is not very good or bad in a card game and has no facial expression. The purpose is to make the opponent unable to see through himself through his face.

General Klester doesn't like playing cards, but he has a standard poker face.

General Klester has a restrained personality, which is in sharp contrast to Rommel, who has a flamboyant personality.

In the recent Defense Forces Bulletin, Rommel's name appears so frequently, second only to the "Brother-in-law" who fought on the Northern Front.

Rommel occupy Priluki...

Rommel occupying Lochvica...

Rommel occupying Rubne...

Rommel plays with the Russian Grassland Front...

Until the latest news, Rommel and the Imperial Marshal Armored Division met successfully on the banks of the Dnieper River, drilling through the Russian army's Dnieper River defense line in one fell swoop.

As for now, Rommel is the same as his own goal, and his troops are aiming directly at Priluki, closing the encirclement and annihilation of the Central Front.

After meeting, with Rommel's personality, he would definitely say something strange, such as your speed is too slow, which seriously slows down our march.

Thinking of his speed of advance, General Klester felt heartbroken.

According to the National Defense Forces Bulletin, Rommel was surrounded and intercepted by the Russian Grassland Front behind enemy lines, while his first armored army collided with three mechanized armies head-on.

The eighteenth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth mechanized armies, these three mechanized armies have not appeared on the map before, until their troops launched a southward battle.

These three mechanized armies are not only new forces with complete strength, but also possess the Jesner River natural barrier.

With the powerful power of as many as three thousand tanks and the natural anti-tank trench on the Jesner River, three mechanized armies stubbornly withstood the attack of the First Armored Army.

It was not until the Supreme Command of the German Army transferred an armored army from the Third Armored Army and two heavy armored battalions 504 and 505 from the local area that the First Armored Army defeated the three mechanized armies and crossed the Jessner River.

However, the itinerary of the First Armored Army has been seriously lagging behind.

With random thoughts, Klester's convoy arrived at his destination, Nirvana City.

"I heard that the airport that General Rommel destroyed was southeast of Neren City. When will we go and see it? Tank masturbation is a rare scene."

In the front seat of the sedan, Klester's adjutant said to the driver.

Kleist raised his eyebrows and then remembered that the National Defense Forces Bulletin mentioned that Rommel had destroyed a Soviet airport in a series of combat operations behind enemy lines.

The staff of the propaganda department also made a big publicity that Rommel destroyed the airport and relieved a lot of air pressure for the First Armored Army to move south.

Until the end, the propaganda department even described Rommel's sneak attack as the decisive factor in the success of the Second Armored Army's Arrivals Army.

Will you die if you don’t brag?

With a lot of resentment, Klester entered Nirvana.

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Borispol, twenty-five kilometers east of Kiev, is the Soviet Central Front Command.

General Yevremov, commander of the Central Front, is listening to reports from his subordinates.

"According to your order, the Eighteen Mechanized Army retreated to Ostair, the Twenty-Three Mechanized Army retreated to Nosovka, the Twenty-Four Mechanized Army retreated to Zaporosh, and the Twenty-Sixth Army is rebuilding the line of defense on the lines of Berezan and Yahothen."

Yevremov's gaze circled around the map with the explanation of the Chief of Staff.

According to his order, the defense line formed by the various troops mentioned above just formed an arc facing the east.

This arc-shaped line of defense is connected with the Central Front's defense line near the Dnieper River, forming an elliptical line of defense that can deal with attacks from all directions.

"We need to send more anti-aircraft guns to defend the two airports inside the defense line. Our final retreat will be completed by these two airports."

After giving the order, Yevremov said to the adjutant beside him: "Have I asked you to write the telegram you drafted?"

The adjutant handed the written telegram to Yevremov.

Yevremov adjusted some of the contents of the telegram and said, "Send it to the Supreme Command."

Half an hour later, Moscow.

"He said he didn't want to retreat, what exactly did he want to do?" Stalin shouted as the telegram in his hand shook.

Looking at Stalin like an angry lion, Marshal Shaposhnikov said: "Comrade General Secretary, you do not understand Comrade Yevremov's meaning. He is going to sacrifice the central front to buy time for us to reorganize the defense line."

Vasilevsky said: "Comrade Yevremov has another meaning. There are many infantry in the encirclement, and there are six army composed of pure infantry alone. If these infantry actively attack the German armored troops in the plains, it is tantamount to suicide. It is a complete fearless sacrifice and has little effect. He wanted to organize these troops to fight defensive wars based on villages and cities, which can give greater damage to the German army and delay the German army around the encirclement for a longer time. The same infantry has different combat efficiency in offensive wars and defensive wars, especially when facing a large number of German armored troops around him."

"Comrade Yevremov did this and could at least delay the surrounding German Northern Ukrainian Army Group, the First Armored Army, and the Second Armored Army for a long time before the Central Front was eliminated. As for the specific time, it depends on his command art." Shaboshnikov said.

Huasilevsky continued: "At the end of the telegram, Comrade Yevremov said that he would live and perish with the Central Front. I think he sent this telegram with the will of death."

Shaposhnikov and Wasseylevsky sang together, trying to make Stalin choose the optimal solution under this complex battle situation.

Stalin swept the two of them with cold eyes. After a few seconds of silence, he suddenly said: "Not long ago, Comrade Rokosovsky of the Grassland Front said that the army had completely destroyed the army and threw it in. The army and the army had completely destroyed it. He led the front army and led the front army and threw it in. Comrade Rokosovsky's spirit of sacrifice moved me very much. Today, Comrade Yevremov is going to live and die with the Central Front again, and sacrifice themselves to buy precious time for us. Sure enough, it is still in the war era that we can see who is a hero and who is a coward."

After a pause, Stalin continued to ask, "Do you support Comrade Yevremov's approach?"

"According to his explanation, sticking to procrastination on the spot is a better approach than blindly breaking through," Shaposhnikov said.

"I think we should respect Comrade Yevremov's choice." Huasilevsky said

"Okay, I respect your judgment as well. This is the last time. Remember to organize the air force and try to provide air cover and material assistance to the central fronts." Stalin said.

After Stalin finished speaking, he dragged his heavy steps and left the combat command.

Yevremov's request was just a small butterfly on the Eastern Front battlefield flaunted his wings, but it triggered a violent hurricane throughout the Ukrainian battlefield, the entire Eastern Front, and even the German military soon later, and triggered the biggest crisis in his life of a certain "brother-in-law".

At this time, this hurricane that was in the process of taking shape first affected the Soviet officers fighting in Ukraine.

At the headquarters of the Grassland Front, Rokosovsky forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart and kept himself from shouting.

The latest order from the Supreme Command was that the Grassland Front retreated eastward, and laid the front line with the Bryansk Front in the north, and laid the defense along the line from Sume to Kharkov.

It's great that my life safety is guaranteed, and no one will hold Rommel accountable for the failure to pursue Rommel.

After Rokosovsky was glad that he immediately asked the Chief of Staff to arrange specific matters for the retreat of the troops.

But he dragged his adjutant into the lounge on the side and drafted a telegram, which made the Grassland Front stand for a longer period of time and gain more time for the comrades of the Central Front.

In the future, Stalin was deeply moved by this telegram, and the surname Rokosovsky was deeply engraved in Stalin's heart.

On the left side of the Grassland Front, the commander of the Southwest Front, General Kilbonos, also received an order, and the troops retreated to the southeast Donetsk and rebuild the defense line.
Chapter completed!