Erwin? Rommel straightened up on the turret of his car, looking in high spirits.

Behind him was the brigade of the Holy Blood Angel Panzer Division, and a half-track truck towing a command trailer was mixed in, looking very nondescript.

Rommel's staff officers were glad that the black soil of Donetsk was very strong, and the half-tracks and command trailers could maneuver with the armored troops on such ground, otherwise they would have to radio call His Excellency the commander every day, who did not know which tank was on the front line.

The marching troops made the earth-shattering sound of engines, but louder than the engines was the chorus of troops.

The rousing and cheerful melody of the Song of the Panzer Corps, composed by Lin Youde, echoed on the plains of eastern Ukraine, making Rommel's mood even more pleasant.

This pleasant mood almost made him ignore the call of the staff officer in the headset.

"What's the matter, just say it directly."

"Is that okay? Speak it and hear it all......"

"If it's good news, just say it directly, so that everyone is happy." Rommel didn't care, he didn't think there would be bad news.

This time Rommel guessed correctly, and as soon as he finished speaking, the staff officer replied: "Yes." The Ultra Warrior Division has broken into the city of Donetsk, and the Storm Commando of the Air Force has taken the outer positions of the city and the Russian anti-aircraft artillery batteries before their assault, so all their troops have safely entered the city and are now fighting with the Russian army in the streets. The division commander asked when we would be able to arrive. ”

"Tell them that we will be there this afternoon at the latest, and let them break a piece of the city as a bridgehead anyway." Rommel immediately changed his tone, "You all heard the boys! Burn the wind! Friendly forces are fighting the enemy, waiting for us to help! ”

Then there was an echo of excitement over the radio.

**

In the morning of the same day, Potsdam.

Lin Youde got up early in the morning again, and then hurriedly ran to the map room to understand the situation.

Then the staff officer told him that the glider on which the Storm Commando was flying had just been towed and taken off by the bomber squadron, and that the armored division, which was preparing for the flowering of the center, was still in radio silence.

Lin Youde realized that he was too anxious, and it was right to think about it carefully, the time when the battle was launched was four o'clock in the morning, and it was impossible to send back the battle report at six o'clock anyway.

So Lin Youde went to the restaurant to eat, and then went to his office to start processing the text sent this morning.

"Daddy," Isela strodden into the office at nine o'clock, "your eyes are dark, you didn't sleep last night." ”

"Ah, yes," Lin Youde shrugged, "After all, Rommel's idea is still very risky, if it succeeds, it will occupy Donetsk in one fell swoop, and at least it will allow the enemy's front command to withdraw from Donetsk, you must know that with the communication ability of the Russian army, once the front army headquarters starts to move, they will definitely be in a mess." If it doesn't succeed, then the two elite divisions invested may fall into the encirclement of a large number of Russian troops. ”

Lin Youde shook his head. In fact, regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the two armored divisions will fall into a joint encirclement, the difference is that in the case of success, they can rely on the city for defense, and the command system of the Russian army will be in chaos and unable to form a "joint force" - in such a situation, the two elite divisions should be able to hold out until Guderian's large forces arrive.

When Rommel first proposed the idea of the center, even Guderian objected, but Manstein eventually reported it to Lin Youde for him to decide.

As soon as Lin Youde saw this plan, he sighed that it was worthy of Rommel, and Rommel also formulated a battle plan according to similar ideas in another time and space, but the battlefield was in North Africa.

When Rommel commanded the African Army in North Africa, he used an ingenious armoured tactic: he believed that the deserts of North Africa were very densely populated, and that most of the ground was relatively solid, and that the armoured troops were not much different from driving on those bad roads. In such an area, armored forces should be used like a fleet, and there is no need to go to a step-by-step siege of the city, and it is completely possible to allow the armored troops to gallop in the sea of sand, skip unimportant strongholds and worthless defense areas, and go straight to the enemy's core.

After generating this idea, Rommel put it into practice. Under the guidance of this core idea, Rommel launched a series of offensive operations that surprised the British commanders, and achieved the reputation of the desert fox. But in fact, most of Rommel's military operations were very risky, and the most dangerous one was that he was surrounded by the British army, but the British brains pumped themselves, and they actually made a "command relay", which completely messed up the entire command, and as a result, Rommel seized the opportunity to blossom and crushed the British army.

Lin Youde personally did not approve of this kind of adventure, but he agreed that Rommel was a famous general in World War II, because Rommel also had a terrible point: he personally liked to run to the front line, so he was very clear about the situation on the front line, and he was always keenly aware of the British army's intentions, and he made a quick move. In the North African theater, Rommel often rushed to attack a few days before the British attacked, and the whole army was busy preparing for the attack, and the British were beaten in a hurry.

In Lin Youde's view, this ability to seize the opportunity is Rommel's most powerful point as a famous general.

This time, Lin Youde will approve the flowering of the center of this adventure, that is, he trusts Rommel's judgment, and at the same time, the fields of eastern Ukraine are also a bit like North Africa, the ground carrying capacity is relatively good in the summer, and the armored forces are very cool. However, the population density of eastern Ukraine is much higher than that of North Africa, and there is no guarantee that the news of the breakthrough of armored forces will not be known to the Russian army.

But after careful consideration, Lin Youde believes that although the inhabitants of eastern Ukraine identify with Russia more than western Ukraine, most of the people defending Donetsk now are Cossack troops, and the local residents do not have a favorable opinion of the Cossacks. So Lin Youde finally made up his mind to carry out this assault operation, but at the same time, he also made second-hand preparations, he threw the 141 contingent that had just returned to Potsdam after the mission of blowing up the bridge to Eastern Ukraine, as a spy detachment, once it was discovered that the Russian army was aware of the movements of the two divisions, he reported to the headquarters. At that time, Lin Youde could order two divisions embedded in the enemy's formation to seize the town nearby and wait for reinforcements.

As a result, the Russians themselves were so busy mobilizing troops to build defensive lines that the command department had no time to reach out to the population and obtain information - in fact, only the army in this world that followed Lin's military doctrine would attach importance to mass work.

Of course, the speed of the German advance was beyond imagination is also an important reason why the Russians did not find out, if the entire breakthrough time is as long as two or three days, it is estimated that the Russians will receive some rumors, but the newly formed Ultra Warrior Division has completed 200 kilometers in one day.

All in all, judging by the current situation, the raid is likely to be successful. But Lin Youde was still very worried in his heart, for fear that something would go wrong.

Finally, at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the confidential staff officer knocked on the door of Lin Youde's office.

"The Ultramarines Armored Division reported that they broke into the city of Donetsk with the cooperation of the Storm Commandos and occupied residential areas and coking coal plants in the northwest of the city."

"Very good, now we can at least force the Russian army to withdraw the front command from Donetsk, and the minimum goal of this raid has been achieved." Lin Youde rubbed his hands together and was overjoyed, "The rapid defeat of the Russian army in the coal mining area of Donbass has now become possible. ”

Ysera glanced at Lin Youde, and a smile appeared on her face: "Dad, you look like a child who has gotten a new toy now." ”

"Does that seem like that?" Lin Youde raised his eyebrows, "Well, it probably looks like that." The sooner we sweep these areas, the better the odds will be for the rest of the battle, and you're going to be quick, daughter. ”

**

Donetsk.

Tupikov snarled into the phone and slammed the microphone on the table.

"The forces of three divisions were mobilized! Attack from three sides! As a result, it has not worked at all so far! He gritted his teeth and muttered to himself, "Not only that, but it was also counterattacked, and the post and telecommunications office was lost!" It's like fighting with someone, and one of the three is killed by someone! Will there be a war? ”

"There are probably a lot of German troops coming into the city...... one of the staff officers said cautiously......

"Don't think that it's an army that rushes in as soon as you see that the Germans' battle queens are evenly matched with ours! It's still possible for this number of war queens to be touched in without knowing it, and you also heard the words of the captain of the battle queen, the Germans used a small magic armor this time, and I guess they used armored vehicles to transport the small armor. So the Germans here may have only one brigade, or even less! Their job is to escort these warriors to attack us, then scare us to the ground, and finally give Donetsk away! ”

"But......," the staff officer hesitated for a moment before continuing, "but what if the number of enemies that came in the attack was really large?" Our troops reported seeing a lot of armored vehicles, and I think the Cossacks and Guards were not so frightened by the German armored vehicles that they couldn't even count them......"

Tupikov propped up the map table with both hands, stared at the city defense map on the table, and was silent for a long time.

Finally, he straightened up, took out a cigarette and stuffed it into his mouth, and then asked as he touched the matchbox, "Is there any news from the headquarters?" ”

"Nope."

As soon as the answering staff officer finished speaking, the telegraph operator entered the war room and handed a telegram to Tupikov.

"A call from the High Command."

Tupikov immediately snatched the telegram and scanned the text with an eager expression.

"Yesterday your ministry reported that the German army was 'still far away' from Donetsk, and the prime minister doesn't like such a ridiculously wrong report......" Tupikov felt a cold sweat running down his head, directly flowing down his cheeks, and his voice reading the telegram became trembling, "However, the Prime Minister did not know about this matter in the fierce battle with the enemy god Ji in the sky, and forgot that your department will find out the situation before the Prime Minister returns from the battle, and then report it." ”

He slowly lowered the telegram and drew his pistol.

"Damn, I'm going to supervise the battle myself!"