"You mean to say...... Let the 9th Army continue to stay in Kyiv? Admiral Kirponos asked.

"You can say yes or no!" Shulka replied.

"What do you mean?"

Admiral Kirponos and Major Gavrilov looked at Shulka suspiciously.

"Yes, because we really want the 9th Army to stay in Kyiv!" Shulka said: "It's just that we can't continue to train in the open like we used to! ”

"Hide it?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"Yes!" Shulka nodded and said: "Hide it in Kyiv!" It's going to be a lot easier! ”

Admiral Kirponos nodded in agreement, Kyiv is full of houses, warehouses, and is the third largest city in the Soviet Union, with a total area of more than 700 square kilometers, not to mention more than 500 tanks, even thousands are not a big problem.

On the other hand, the city of Kyiv is controlled by Soviet troops, and it will not be occupied by the Germans at any time, unlike the southern regions, which is of course much easier to hide.

"But it won't make any sense if the German panzers surround us outside Kyiv!" Major Gavrilov said.

Of course, this is true, the Soviets are worried about the German armored forces, that is, the 1st Panzer Group under the command of Kleist.

As said before, as long as the 1st Panzer Group is near Kyiv, then the newly formed mechanized 9th Army of the Soviet Army cannot do much.

After all, it was the armored cluster of the German army, which was rampage through the European continent at this time, and they had rich combat experience, which was not comparable to the mechanized units of the Soviet army that Shulka proposed several improvement plans to improve their combat effectiveness in a short time.

If the German 1st Panzer Group is entangled, the Soviet 9th Army will not have a chance to counter-encirclement at all, not only will it not, but it will probably be wiped out in the first battle of Kiev.

Shulka knew this, Major Gavrilov knew this, and Admiral Kirponos knew it.

But of course, Shulka won't let that happen.

"So, we're going to 'not'!" Shulka said.

"What does 'no' mean?" Admiral Kirponos asked.

"'No', it's that we want to convince the Germans that the 9th Army is not in Kyiv!" Shulka explained.

"Pull the 9th Army out of Kyiv to fight?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"No!" Shulka said: "Yes, withdraw to the eastern bank of the Dnieper!" ”

Admiral Kirponos nodded and said, "I see what you mean, Sergeant. We made the Germans mistakenly believe that we were starting to retreat. ”

"Yes!" Shulka said: "During the day, we withdraw the tanks and vehicles of the 9th Army to the east bank through the Kiev bridge, and at night we bring these tanks and vehicles back by boat, so that the Germans will think that the 9th Army is no longer in Kyiv!" ”

"Will they believe it?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"Yes!" Admiral Kirponos said with certainty: "Believe me, Major, there will be many more spies in Kyiv than you think!" ”

Of course, as said before, these spies were not just Germans, but many Ukrainians, and even many places in the southern regions of Ukraine where there were rebellions...... They occupied towns and villages where the Soviets were under-armed, and welcomed the arrival of the Germans.

Major Gavrilov nodded, but then added: "But what is the use of this? I mean, if the German 1st Panzer Group had always been near Kyiv......"

"They won't!" Shulka said: "Let's analyze the possible development of the next battle situation......

Saying that, Shulka pointed to the map and said: "If I am the German commander, and I know that the tanks of the 9th Army, that is, Kyiv, have been withdrawn to the east bank, then I am not worried about the Soviets breaking through, because without tanks, the Germans only need to rely on a small number of light tanks and infantry to implement an effective blockade of Kyiv!" ”

With that, Shulka turned his gaze to Admiral Kirponos.

Admiral Kirponos nodded in agreement, which he could not deny, because until the war had been fought, the Soviets seemed to have only retreated, defended, retreated and defended, and offensive...... The Soviet infantry had always been terrible, charging the enemy in a sea of men, wave after wave, which was bombarded by German machine guns and artillery and received nothing but casualties.

So, Admiral Kirponos sometimes didn't even know how to fight the battle.

"If you are convinced of this!" Shulka continued: "I believe that the Germans will not keep Panzer 1 near Kyiv, because this is a waste, and the Germans have always believed that tanks must be mobile to call tanks, and not to stay nearby as an impregnable wall to encircle Kyiv!" ”

"So where else can they go?" Major Gavrilov asked.

"They will first let the Air Force blow up the Kyiv bridge!" Shulka said: "In this way, it will be difficult for the 9th Army to return to Kyiv from the east bank in a short time, that is, they do not need to worry about our tanks at all!" ”

"Makes sense!" Admiral Kirponos said: "The Kyiv bridge is our transport supply line, and blowing it up will make it difficult for us to connect with the east bank, and the Germans will be able to free up their own armored forces!" ”

"Yes!" Shulka continued: "Then, I think the Germans will move the 1st Panzer Cluster south......"

"But we don't have much defense to the south!" Major Gavrilov said: "They don't need the 1st Panzer Group to occupy the south as well, which is redundant for the Germans!" ”

"To go south doesn't mean to fight!" Shulka drew a horizontal line on the map to the east and said: "They will cross the Dnieper......"

"It can't be!" Major Gavrilov interrupted Shulka: "There are our shallow-water heavy gunboats on the Dnieper, and Army Group South on the eastern bank!" ”

"Shallow water heavy gunboats are easy to solve!" Shulka said: "They just need to lay mines in the river!" ”

"That's the Germans' armoured cluster, Sergeant!" Admiral Kirponos said: "We will blow up all the bridges, which means that the Germans will have to build pontoon bridges to cross the Dnieper!" ”

"Yes!" "It's dangerous, but they have to!" Shulka said. ”

"What is necessary?"

Shulka then swiped his finger to the north and said, "Meet the Germans with Army Group Center to complete the encirclement!" ”

Hearing this, Admiral Kirponos and Major Gavrilov couldn't help but be stunned.