"First of all, our pilots have discovered that their skiers have crossed your wings and outflanked you!" Kruger explained: "You can't outrun their skiers!" ”

"Good news, Marshal!" Colonel Slein said, "Do you mean that we lay down our arms and surrender?" ”

"No, Colonel!" Krueger said, "I hope you guys can fight until the very end, you know...... Buy us time, we'll do our best to provide you with air support! The longer you hold out, the more time we can have to retreat! ”

"And what about our retreat?" Colonel Slane asked.

There was no answer on the other end of the line, and then Colonel Slain replied weakly: "I understand!" ”

Then he hung up the phone.

The surrounding officers and soldiers, including Qin Chuan, all looked at Colonel Slane in a daze, and they all understood something from the conversation just now.

"Colonel!" Adjutant Lucas asked Colonel Slein: "What army, the enemy's army?" ”

Colonel Slain nodded, then got up and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Yes, guys, this is different from our African battlefield, where you will encounter an army group at every turn. We should get used to this! ”

"What's the command?" Lucas asked.

Colonel Slain spat out a word from between his teeth: "Hold on!" ”

Everyone was silent, they knew what that meant.

And then suddenly someone stood up and said, "Fuck it, let's have a regiment to stop an army group, they must be crazy!" ”

"We came to save them, but they were used as victims!"

……

"Shut up!" Colonel Slein shouted the order: "We are surrounded, we have no choice but to do it!" ”

Colonel Slane did what a regimental commander should do, and although he had complaints in his heart, as a colonel, he could only consider things from the perspective of the interests of the whole army or the interests of the country.

What else could he do?

Fall back?

It was too late, as Kruger said, the wings were outflanked by skiers, and the Soviets even needed these skiers to pile the first corps to death.

Surrender?

The Soviets were not good men and women, and surrender was also a dead end.

So, in these respects, Kruger's order was correct, and the first corps should play a little more before being annihilated by the enemy.

"The enemy is interspersed!" Qin Chuan looked at the map and said.

"Of course, Captain!" Colonel Slane said, "Everyone knows! ”

"The target of their interspersed is not us!" Qin Chuan continued.

"What do you mean, Captain?" Colonel Slane asked.

"To the north of us is Army Group North!" Qin Chuan pointed to the map and said: "To the south is Army Group Center, and the goal of the Soviets is to pass through the middle of the two army groups and cut off the connection between the two army groups!" ”

"So......" Colonel Slane didn't understand what Qin Chuan meant.

"So we still have a chance!" Qin Chuan said: "They won't hold on to our regiment, this will only slow down their interspersed speed!" ”

Colonel Slein nodded: "You mean, we need to find a strategic place to hold on?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Chuan replied: "And at least a town, because we don't have enough supplies, if we stay in the forest all the time, we will either starve to death or freeze to death!" ”

So Colonel Slain set his sights on a small town a few kilometers away...... Holm.

"Holm!" Colonel Slane said: "Only the town of Holm can meet these requirements!" ”

Of course, Qin Chuan knew this, because he knew that in history, Holm was the place where he held out to the end, and at the same time, it was also the only way for the First Rank Corps to survive.

"Colonel!" Adjutant Lucas said: "Holding on to Holm is also sticking, and this is not disobeying orders!" We just went back a few kilometers and continued to hold on to ......"

Looking at the expectant gazes around him, Colonel Slain nodded and ordered, "Evacuate Holm!" ”

Just as the 1st Corps was retreating to Holm, Army Group Center was busy in the headquarters.

Kruger immediately sent reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter in the direction of Lelot, and it turned out that the Soviets were attacking in this direction by far more than one army, but three armies.

"An army group of the enemy is attacking south of Lake Ilmen in the direction of Staraya Rusa!" While marking the direction of the attack on the map, Treskov said: "One army group is attacking in the direction of Velikiye Luki with Lake Selig as a breakthrough, and another army group is attacking in the direction of Toropets!" ”

After a pause, Treskov continued: "Their purpose is obvious, after arriving at the Lovati River, they can cut off and destroy our troops on the east bank of the Lovati River to the north, and then deploy along the Lovati River all the way, so that they can cut off the connection between Army Group Center and Army Group North." Alternatively, they could reach the Baltic coast to cut off Army Group North's retreat and cooperate with the Suvorkhov Front to encircle our Army Group North. Or, they could plunge into the rear of Army Group Center. ”

Kruger's face was pale, and each of the possibilities that Treskov mentioned would deal a devastating blow to the German army, especially the German Army Group North.

Because Army Group North was responsible for attacking Leningrad (also known as St. Petersburg) in the north, it was bordered by the Baltic Sea to the west, and the Soviet Union to the east and north, if the south was successfully interspersed with Soviet troops...... Then Army Group North can either surrender or jump into the sea.

So Kruger no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: "Retreat immediately, the whole army retreats 100 kilometers!" ”

"But...... Your Excellency, Marshal! Treskov replied: "The Führer's order is not to take a step back!" ”

"Don't pay any more attention to the Führer's orders!" Kruger said: "We must first live before we have the strength to obey the Führer's orders!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency Marshal!" Treskov replied, the color in his eyes flashing away.

What Kruger didn't know was that his chief of staff, General Tleskov, was actually a member of the German Resistance, to be exact...... Treskov was actually one of the leaders of the organization that planned and organized the assassination of Hitler.

Treskov, on the other hand, believed that in order to assassinate Hitler and take power in Germany, it was necessary to have military power.

As a result, Kruger, the new commander of Army Group Center, was one of his wooing targets.

The present state of affairs, that is, Kruger's disobedience to Hitler's orders, is certainly what Treskov would like to see.