Ciric suddenly finds himself in trouble.

At the beginning, in later generations, as an "expert" in the study of World War II, Ciric could talk eloquently, evaluating various generals and battles, and speaking impassionedly, as if he would be invincible if he went.

But now, when he really became the head of the empire, Ciric found out that he was facing a huge problem, he couldn't stay out of it, a big trouble appeared, so that Ciric had to think carefully about it, and one of his orders was under great mental pressure.

That's the problem of the Southern Front.

Under the German blitzkrieg, the advance of the middle army was the most rapid, they had already broken through Belarus and set foot on Russian soil, and it seemed that in another month, they would be able to reach Moscow.

The Northern Route Corps has made the slowest progress in history, but now due to the aerial bombardment, Petersburg has been destroyed at once, so the Northern Route Corps has also made a breakthrough.

Now, that's all that remains of the South Road.

When the blitzkrieg began, the Southern Route Corps was the slowest, and Manstein could not be blamed for this, after all, the territory of Ukraine was too extensive.

At the time of the sortie, it was clear that the three armies were advancing in unison, and now, a Kiev salient was left.

At the time of the Great Purge of the Soviet Union, Shirek only focused on big figures like Tukhachevsky, and at that time he forgot about some commanders in the lower ranks.

Admiral Kirponos was one of the first high-ranking generals to recover from the shock of the outbreak of war, which of course had a lot to do with the depth of Ukraine's territory, and he did not place his troops specifically at the front.

After the outbreak of the war, he effectively used the depth of Ukrainian territory, deployed the echelon defense of the four army groups under his jurisdiction, coordinated with each other, and even boldly carried out a counter-assault on the flank of Kleist's armored corps.

Another reason is that the Ukrainian water network is all over the place, which has caused a lot of trouble for the German offensive, and so far, as a result, a noticeable salient has appeared in the south, where there are up to 1.5 million Soviet troops.

"Now, it is still somewhat difficult for the troops of the Southwestern Army to achieve the task of encircling and annihilating the main force of Kyiv, so they are now proposing a sudden attack to the south to encircle and annihilate Uman's army first, and this plan is correct." As the first marshal to be promoted, a general who had always played an important role in the military center of the Empire, Keitel began his own analysis.

"There are too many defenders in Kyiv, and it is somewhat difficult for Manstein to operate alone, and to defeat Uman first can reduce the interference in the south, and then concentrate on besieging Kyiv." Schellner also made a positive judgment.

Hit Uman first, that's right, the key is, after beating Uman, what should I do?

As if aware of Ciric's concerns, it was Guderian who took the lead in proposing a new plan.

"Now, the middle army is attacking Smolensk, and the group in the middle will use the same encirclement tactics to eat all the defenders of Smolensk, at this time, it just so happens that Uman should also be taken, General Guderian proposed that the middle army go south, go straight to Kiev, and kill the defenders of Kiev." Keitel continued: "General Guderian's proposal is really too disinterested. ”

Now, the war of annihilation against the USSR, of course, was dominated by the occupation of Moscow, and this victory was already beckoning to Guderian, as if Moscow was in front of him.

And now, he resolutely proposed that the Middle Route Army go south to Kyiv, encircle Kyiv, and eat more than a million Soviet troops!

It takes a lot of courage and wisdom to do it!

Of course, this is only a proposal, the ultimate decision-making power, in the base camp of the wolf's den.

Back then, Hitler was faced with such a choice, and now, the same choice has fallen into front of Ciric's eyes.

Now the troops of the Central and Southern Clusters are 550 kilometers away in a straight line, and the entire Southwestern Army Corps of the Soviet Army is in the triangle between the two German armies.

At the same time, the Soviets did not have any consciousness, they thought that their middle army was trying to go straight to Moscow, and if their central army group went south, it would definitely catch the Soviets by surprise, and it would be no problem for the army in Kiev to be annihilated by Germany.

This made Ciric very curious, because Ciric knew that in history, it was Marshal Rundstedt who proposed the south movement of the Central Army, and it was Guderian who was resolutely opposed.

Now, how did you change it?

Guderian actually gave up Moscow and wanted to cut Kiev first?

Many military strategists in later generations commented that the southward movement of the Middle Route Army was a bad move, but now, Ciric is facing such a choice.

"This should be what General Guderian fears." At this moment, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Modell, suddenly spoke.

"Relying on the offensive momentum of the Central Army, General Guderian can quickly break through the Soviet lines and hit Moscow, but, if that time comes, Moscow will definitely order the defenders of Kiev to retreat, so that General Guderian will be exposed to the enemy."

Guderian was not the commander-in-chief of the Middle Route Army at the beginning, but only commanded the armored forces, and at that time, in Guderian's eyes, there was only Moscow, and this was the meaning of blitzkrieg.

But now it was different, Guderian had to command the entire middle army, and in addition to a quick advance to Moscow, he had to take into account the problem of his entire corps.

Advancing to Moscow, what to do with his flanks? The more than one million Soviet troops, if they retreated, would be a great threat to Guderian, and now, it is better to nip this threat in the bud first, encircle on both sides, and kill the defenders of Kiev.

Now, the defenders of Kyiv should be the largest corps of the entire Soviet army, and killing them will be a deeper blow to the confidence of the Soviet army.

"That's why General Guderian is too selfless and willing to give up his achievements in fighting Moscow, and Marshal Bock will definitely seize the opportunity." Keitel continued.

Marshal Bock? Only then did Ciric realize that he only thought about this difficult choice in history, and actually forgot that it was different from history after all.

The Northern Route Corps has already made a breakthrough, and now, the Northern Route Corps is also rapidly advancing southward, heading straight for Moscow! In other words, compared to the situation in history, the cards in your hand are a hundred times better!

"In my opinion, General Guderian is going to lose this time, he doesn't need to use the entire Middle Route Army at all, just send the 2nd Tank Cluster." Schellner also reacted and muttered.

Ciric's eyes were completely open, did he need to hesitate? Of course not!