In this respect, Rundstedt still has some brains.

His move of Romanian troops between the two lines of defense was apparently taking into account various circumstances: the supply of Transnistria, the Romanian anti-tank guns, the thickness of the armor of Soviet tanks, and so on.

But he still missed a little......

"I think!" Shulka said: "The weak point of the enemy's defense is these lakes!" ”

Major Gavrilov was stunned and asked suspiciously: "Lake?" ”

No wonder Major Gavrilov was surprised, because it was precisely these serpentine lakes that restrained the attacking troops, and Shulka said that they were the enemy's weak point.

"Yes!" "Because these lakes cut the enemy's line into sections, and because the water changes with the rainy season and the dry season, it is difficult to build fortifications nearby!" Shulka said. ”

"But it doesn't work!" Major Gavrilov pointed to the map and said: "They built several batteries on both sides of the entrance to the lake and blocked the lake with the fire from the batteries!" ”

"I'm not talking about attacking from the lake, Major!" Shulka pointed to the map and explained: "The lakes are all longitudinal, and they stretch from outside the line to inside the line, and some even cross two lines...... Why don't we use these lakes to infiltrate the outer defenses and flank them inside and out? ”

"You mean to say...... Gas mask? Major Gavrilov's eyes lit up, and he remembered the breakthrough of the Brest Fortress by modifying gas masks and sneaking across the Bug River.

"Yes!" Shulka nodded: "As long as we infiltrate a small force to attack from the inside out, and at the same time launch a frontal assault......"

Needless to say, all the lines are defensive outward, which means that the enemy stationed in the line will be attacked from the belly.

"Are these lakes deep enough for diving?" Political Commissar Fuming asked.

Political Commissar Fuming also has experience in this, and he knows that too deep or too shallow is not suitable...... Too shallow to hide, too deep and the gas mask's extension tube is not long enough.

"That's not a problem!" Major Gavrilov replied: "All the lakes in this area are deep in the middle and shallow on the sides, and we can change the position to adjust the depth!" ”

"Is the enemy prepared for this?" Political Commissar Fuming raised another concern.

This concern is reasonable, after all, this method was used by the Soviet army once, and then used a second time......

"The enemy shouldn't know!" Major Gavrilov thought for a moment and said: "You know, they didn't advertise our battle at the Brest Fortress! ”

As said earlier, the Soviet top brass considered the Battle of the Brest Fortress to be an "escape", so it was not worth propaganda and was certainly not a hero.

There are many such examples, and there are also many heroes of the Battle of Kiev in history who are not recognized.

However, it also has the advantage that the details of the battle in the Brest Fortress were not revealed, such as the modification of gas masks.

"But the Germans probably knew the situation through their captives!" Political Commissar Fuming was still a little worried.

The fears of the commissar of Fomin were justified, many Soviet troops at the time of the Battle of Brest surrendered to the enemy, including after crossing the river with gas masks.

Therefore, it is entirely possible that the Germans learned this method by interrogating the prisoners or from traitors.

"That's Army Group Center!" Major Gavrilov said: "That battle was a shame for them, they would not tell Army Group South about it, especially now that we are facing the Romanians!" ”

Commissar Fuming hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Major Gavrilov said the same thing Shulka thought.

The commander of Army Group Center may know the details, after all, it is a cautious German, they have a kind of attachment to the war, they will want to know what caused their defeat, so they will try to find out what the problem is, which is the complete opposite of the caresiness, which is completely opposite to the carelessness of the Soviet commanders.

But the problem is precisely this sense of honor of German officers...... Because of their sense of honor, they just don't spread this "shame" everywhere, especially to the servant army that they look down upon.

So, a few people in the command looked at each other, nodded at each other, and decided to do so.

Shulka and the others guessed correctly, although not entirely...... At this time, it was not the Romanians who commanded in Odessa, but the commander of the German 11th Army, Chaubert.

However, Chaubert was only a nominal commander or adviser, and he did not have full control over the Romanian army.

This is also what distressed Shawbert.

Chaubert's headquarters was located in a pillbox in the middle of the line, close to the headquarters of the Romanian 4th Army, and he could do both.

On this day, he found the commander of the 4th Romanian Army, General Rakovitza.

"We need to throw more artillery in the Odessa direction, General Rakovitza!" Chaubert said with some excitement: "So that we can take Odessa as quickly as possible!" ”

"But we also need artillery to defend the outer line!" General Rakovitza retorted: "The outer line of defense is under heavy attack from the enemy, what is the point if we take Odessa but the outer line is broken through?" ”

When it was over, General Rakovitza added: "I know how to fight this battle, General Chaubert!" ”

Chaubert couldn't help but curse secretly, these Romanians really thought they were allies of Germany.

Schubert was right, the Romanians at this time did regard themselves as allies of Germany rather than a servant army, so they also had honor and backbone, and they would not casually hand over command, especially when a battle was about to be won...... Rakovitza even thought that the Germans had sent Chaubert to take credit from him.

But Schubert knew in his heart that the immediate focus was on Odessa, not on the outer line.

There is no doubt about it.

THE OUTER LINE OF DEFENSE WAS OPEN, AND THE ENEMY TANKS WERE NUMEROUS, AS SHOWN BY PREVIOUS ATTACKS, THE ROMANIANS' 25MM ANTI-TANK GUNS WERE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND THE SOVIETS' T26, NOT TO MENTION THAT THEY ALSO REPLENISHED THE 37MM AND 45MM ANTI-TANK GUNS CAPTURED FROM THE SOVIETS.

Instead, it was Odessa, where the offensive of the German 22nd Infantry Division was constantly hampered by the lack of artillery...... Street fighting took place in the city of Odessa, where the Russians held on to several buildings, and it was almost impossible to break through without artillery support.

But Chaubert was still unable to do anything, because the arrogant Romanian general simply refused to transfer the artillery in the direction of Odessa, and the artillery did not even fire a few shots when it was towards the outer line of defense.

What Schubert didn't know was that, while he was right about artillery, he was wrong in his thinking...... He needs to worry more about not Odessa, but the outer line.