"Whoa, whoa." The printing press was turning the paper rapidly, the smell of ink was floating in the air, and every printing worker was constantly fighting, and they had been working continuously for 20 hours.

Leaflets were constantly spit out from the terminals of the printing press.

Suddenly, the curtain of the door outside opened, and a burly veteran appeared in the field of vision of the printing workers, who saw the appearance of the veteran and immediately shouted with joy: "General Pavlov!" ”

Pavlov nodded and said: "Keep working, how many copies have been printed?" ”

"We've printed 50,000 copies, and if you ask the general to move a car and help us get these leaflets to the front, we really can't spare them here."

Pavlov nodded: "Well, this is an important thing and must be done immediately. ”

He motioned for his men to make arrangements, and then took a leaflet.

The printing is quite clear, the main body is in Russian, and the small print below is in German as a note, and these leaflets are prepared for the Germans.

The Soviets are strong, and the invasion of the Germans will inevitably suffer a crushing defeat, I hope you will recognize the situation and surrender immediately! That's the general idea of what the flyer is about.

Of course, there are many specific contents, what was under the guidance of Comrade Stalin, etc., this leaflet, after Pavlov saw it, personally ordered it to be printed quickly, in order to send leaflets to the Germans and hit the morale of the Germans, Pavlov thought of many ways, and the printing organs of the 13th Army here were very busy.

At this time, Pavlov was not worried at all that he would not be able to defeat the Germans, the current Soviet Union is not the Soviet during the Spanish Civil War, in the Western Military District, there are more than 600,000 people on his own side, and how many Germans are there in total?

Pavlov smelled the scent of ink in the air, and said to the people on the side: "Your task is very important, it is related to the reputation of our Soviets, you must not be afraid of hardship and tiredness, print hundreds of thousands more, and let each German prisoner have one copy!" ”

After returning from the printing house, he sat down in the headquarters of the 13th Army, and almost all of Pavlov's men were staff officers of the 13th Army, and at this time, they had already gathered the news.

"We got reports that the Germans were in the Nerry Burke Forest."

"No, no, the Germans showed up in Belyoza two hours ago!"

"We received a report from the Mechanized Sixth Army that the Germans were attacking them fiercely!"

One by one, the news finally came together, but these news are too general, there are numbers, there are few troops, and some of the information is even completely contradictory!

This made Pavlov extremely puzzled, how could this piece of news be so general and contradictory?

However, almost all the war reports have one thing in common, the German army, the attack is extremely fierce, and their own side will immediately be unable to withstand it and ask for reinforcements!

When he had just returned from the printing house, Pavlov was confident, but now, Pavlov suddenly felt a fluster.

Pavlov did not know that his Western Special Military District Command was already in chaos at this time, and all the information was gathered at the Military District Headquarters, but Pavlov could not find it, so no orders could be given.

One by one, the signal corps, at this time, was riding war horses and running to the headquarters of the 13th Army to report, but by the time they spent an hour or two to report, the situation on the front line had already changed, and their intelligence had become waste paper.

Pavlov himself had not yet figured out this, and he should have to return to the military district headquarters immediately and go there to command his troops, and his unauthorized departure from duty was the greatest negligence.

And now, after repeatedly considering such news, he finally gave an order: "All troops, defend their positions, and wait for the opportunity to start a counteroffensive and defeat the German attack!" Those who dare to retreat, military law is engaged! ”

Grodno.

This was located in the north-west of the Western Special Military District, and was the direction of the attack of the Northern Army of the German Central Cluster, from which their main force, the 3rd Tank Group, had long since continued to advance eastward, and from here it was part of the 9th Army that was separated and advanced south towards the Grodno area.

Historically, the establishment of the German 9th Army has been reorganized many times, and there is no doubt that by the later period, the size and combat effectiveness of this group army have been greatly reduced.

And now, as one of the main forces of the offensive, the staffing of the 9th Army is very powerful, it includes the 5th, 6th, 8th, 30th, and 42nd armies, and the group army with five armies is definitely the main force of Germany, and those who can command it are definitely the best among the Junker officers!

Adolf Strauss was one of the lucky ones, and like many senior commanders, he was a World War I veteran.

He joined the army in 1898 and, after the end of World War I, remained in the Wehrmacht in Weimar as one of the 100,000 troops, before being promoted to major general.

When the Germans began a magnificent battle, Strauss later commanded the 2nd Army and participated in the German invasion of Poland. After the end of the French campaign, he became commander-in-chief of the 9th Army Corps stationed in France, and was later transferred to Army Group Center to participate in Operation Barbarossa.

As a veteran, Strauss was quite envious of the speed of the German armored group's advance, and he also knew his duty, the Panzer Army Group was responsible for charging forward, and he needed to be responsible for the battle behind.

To put it more simply, the encirclement of the enemy is carried out by the mobility of the armored forces, but in the end, it is still up to one's own side to encircle and annihilate the enemy.

The armored group in front is like a wedge, digging deep into the enemy's position, and his troops, responsible for flowering on both sides, widening the cracks, and finally completely crushing the opponent!

Now, following behind its own tank troops, the task of the 9th Army has gradually unfolded.

"Order the 42nd Army, according to the predetermined plan, to advance in the direction of Grodno." In his own command car, Strauss gave the order.

Through the radio waves, Strauss's order was quickly transmitted to the 42nd Army, which was advancing, and at this time, the 42nd Army, which was on a motorized march, began to advance towards its right side according to the pre-planned plan.