The news soon reached the command of the commander of Army Group South, Rundstedt.

Hearing this, Rundstedt only raised his eyes slightly.

This does not mean that Rundstedt is not surprised, but since he was born in a nobleman, he has been asked to "not be surprised" since he was a child...... "As a nobleman, you must behave calmly at all times, even if you are sent to the guillotine, you must appreciate the cold light flashing from the knife edge!" ”

At this time, Rundstedt felt like he was being guillotined.

He had thought that the 11th Army would fail, but he did not expect it to fail so quickly.

Just now, Rundstedt was also preparing to urgently move troops into the preset positions in the Safrand district to prevent the Russian army from continuing to intersperse, but now it seems to be too late.

"Two days, only two days!" Although Rundstedt was calm, he couldn't help his anger when he heard Shawbert's voice on the phone: "As long as you can block them for two days, I can gather troops and organize defenses one after another, but it only took them half a day to pass through your defense!" ”

"Sorry, Your Excellency!" Chaubert replied: "This Russian army is different from what we have encountered before, I think...... They are even using our tactics! ”

"You mean 'Blitzkrieg'?"

"Yes, Your Excellency!" "Based on the reaction from the front, it seems that their tanks are not able to communicate as they used to, and the coordination between their tanks and even the infantry is excellent!" ”

"I couldn't agree more, General!" Rundstedt said: "When we are defeated by the enemy, the strength of the enemy is always the best excuse, because in this way we can hide our own incompetence!" ”

"No, Your Excellency Marshal......" Schubert was about to say something, but on the other side Rundstedt had already hung up the phone.

Rundstedt did not want to listen to Shawbert's "excuses", although he believed that Shawbert was right to some extent: the Russian 9th Army clearly had traces of a "blitzkrieg", went out to reconnoitre, and then quickly broke through to implement interspersed encirclement.

However, Rundstedt, of course, could not and could not admit Chaubert's statement, otherwise, everyone after the defeat could use this reason: "The enemy is too strong".

On the other hand, it's useless to talk about it. Regardless of whether the enemy has learned the tactics of "blitzkrieg" or not, the most important thing is to be able to block them!

Rundstedt stared at the map with a frown, and the adjutant was planting a small red flag representing the Russian 9th Army in the Uman district according to the intelligence.

The point is not where the Russian 9th Army occupies, but that it broke through the defense zone of the 11th Army, which was the only army group in southern Ukraine with German units.

To the south, there was the Romanian 3rd Army.

The main forces of the 3rd Army also advanced to the Dnieper, but even if they did not, Rundstedt did not think that he could hope for them, because he was well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Romanian army...... The Germans had sent a training regiment to train the Romanian army so that they could at least coordinate with the Germans on the battlefield.

These were mainly the responsibility of Rundstedt, since the main force of Army Group South was a mixture of German and Romanian troops.

Rundstedt knew from the teaching regiment that the Romanian army was an army with a deep-rooted French strategic and tactical idea of "absolute defense".

"We can't get those backward strategies and tactics out of their heads in a few months!" The head of the teaching regiment reported to Rundstedt: "They learned the tactics of 'absolute defense' from the very beginning, and our training was only a few months, and they even thought that our tactics were pointless to send to death!" ”

Rundstedt even thought that this idea was correct, because the "blitzkrieg" could not be fought by any army, and the German army could encircle the enemy by quickly interspersing, and the Romanian army was actively surrounded by the enemy.

This is what they call "sending to death".

This is illustrated by the performance of the 1st Romanian Panzer Division.

If the Russian 9th Army passes through the defense zone of the Romanian 3rd Army and continues to the south...... Rundstedt's eyes were fixed on the Ozad area, which was the Romanian 4th Army.

The 4th Army can be said to be the only army group whose main forces did not advance to the Dnieper.

But again, high hopes cannot be placed on it.

This is not because Rundstedt did not believe in the combat effectiveness of the 4th Army.

In fact, the performance of the 4th Army since the beginning of the war has not been satisfactory, and they have achieved at least a preliminary victory in the offensive against Ozad.

The reason why they cannot be expected to hold off the Russian 9th Army is that the Romanian 4th Army is besieging Osad...... The Russian troops stationed in Ozad are still resisting stubbornly.

This also means that the 4th Army will be burdened by the enemy, and then as Ossad lifts the siege, the Russian army and even Kyiv will be able to get supplies from the Black Sea.

Thinking of this, Rundstedt asked the adjutant: "The progress of the Battle of Osad?" ”

"All the best, Your Excellency!" The adjutant replied: "They have occupied the cistern outside the city and cut off the water source inside the city, and the Russians can only deliver fresh water by warships through the Black Sea, which will undoubtedly increase the supply burden of the Russians!" ”

"How long?" Rundstedt asked again.

Rundstedt has always spoken so succinctly, perhaps only in this way can he reflect his aristocratic temperament.

The adjutant was used to this, so of course he understood what the marshal meant.

"General Rakovizat estimates that it will take another week, Your Excellency Marshal!" The adjutant replied.

General Rakovizate was the commander of the Romanian 4th Army.

However, this estimate is overly optimistic, and the truth is that this battle will be at least a month away...... The Battle of Ozad lasted 73 days.

"A week?" Rundstedt shook his head slightly.

He knew that even if the Romanian 4th Army could capture Ozad within a week, the Russian 9th Army would arrive there in between.

That is, the Germans did not have so much time.

"We must take Ozad in three days, Finn!" Rundstedt said: "This is the only way to solve the dilemma at hand!" ”

Rundstedt is right, the Ozad region has become a key at this time, it is not only a hub connecting Romania and Ukraine, but also a node that cuts off the supply lines of the Russian army.

To put it simply, to occupy the Ozad region is to cut off the other side's supply lines while connecting one's own supply lines.

"Three days?"

The adjutant looked at Rundstedt suspiciously, this time was no problem. If the Russian 9th Army needed five days to reach the Ozad area, then the Germans would have to capture it in three days and consolidate the line in two days.

The question is......

"Your Excellency, what can we do to capture Ozad in three days?"