The Chief of Staff reminded Paul Hauser: "God General, based on the information I have, in the Imperial Division defense zone, there is also the 106th Infantry Division retreating from the Donetsk direction. Do you see if they are asked to send troops to participate in the search operation?"

"Chief of Staff, you make sense." The Chief of Staff's words made Paul Haussel illuminate before: "They were defeated at any time in the hands of the Russians, but they still had at least a few thousand troops. If they had their help, I think our chances of finding the Russians would be greatly improved."

"But we do not have a contact code for the division," said the Chief of Staff. "To get help from this force, we must report to Marshal Manstein first."

Paul Haussel said: "It's better for me to contact the marshal."

He used the high-frequency phone in the command center to dial Manstein's command center and said, "I am Paul Hauser, please let Marshal Manstein answer the phone."

If others call at this time and disturb the Marshal's rest, they will definitely be scolded by the person who answered the phone. But when Paul Haussel heard, the person who answered the phone quickly said politely: "God General, please wait, and I will contact the Marshal's adjutant immediately."

"Hello, General Haussel." Another voice came from the receiver: "I am Lieutenant Colonel Zepp, the adjutant of the Marshal. Do you have any questions? Do you want to report to the Marshal?"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel Zepp," said Paul Haussel. "I have a particularly important military information and need to report it to His Excellency the Marshal immediately, which is related to whether our army can capture the Red Army Village and Donetsk."

Lieutenant Colonel Zepp was unwilling to disturb Manstein's sleep at this time. But when Paul Haussel said that there was a major military situation related to whether the Red Army Village and Donetsk could be captured, he did not dare to neglect. He hurried to Manstein's bedroom, woke him up from his sleep, and said respectfully: "Marson Marshal, General Haussel has important military information to report to you."

Although Manstein, who had just woken up from his sleep, was full of displeasure, since Paul Hauser had an important military report, he could only sit up and take the microphone from his adjutant: "I am Manstein."

"Marson, I am Paul Hauser." Paul Hauser heard Manstein's voice and quickly reported to him: "I saw something heartbreaking happened not long ago. The German regiment of the Imperial Division was suddenly attacked by the Russians, and the regiment headquarters and an infantry battalion were almost destroyed."

"What, the regiment headquarters and an infantry battalion were completely destroyed?" When Manstein heard the news, he immediately became awake. He said excitedly: "Where were they attacked?" When he said this, he made a gesture to the adjutant and signaled him to take the map.

After the map was spread on the quilt, Manstein quickly found the location Paul Hauser said, and said with some wonder: "Strange, this place is more than 20 kilometers away from the Red Army Village, how could it be attacked by the Russians?"

"After our analysis, the Russians should have used new rockets to attack the German regiment headquarters." Paul Haussel said: "Now I am preparing to dispatch troops to search that area to eliminate the Russians who sneaked into our defense."

"General Haussel, your approach is right. I also think it may be a small group of Russian troops, using the new rockets to attack the German regiment headquarters." Manstein stared at the map in front of him and said, "You should destroy this Russians as quickly as possible, so as not to cause us greater trouble."

"But, Mr. Marshal, our troops are too far from the accident site and cannot get through for a while." Paul Haussel asked tentatively: "I wonder if you can send troops to help us?"

"Your troops cannot pass by in time, the troops I can command are farther apart." Manstein felt a headache for Paul Haussel's request.

"But there is a unit in our defense zone," Paul Haussel thought Manstein was deliberately finding the reason because he was unwilling to help him, so he reminded him: "You can order them to come and assist us in the search."

"Is there any troops operating in your defense zone?" Manstein asked with some confusion: "General Haussel, which unit are you talking about? Why don't I have any impression of it?"

"Marson, have you forgotten?" The more Hauser heard, the more he felt that Manstein was perfunctory. He hurriedly said: "It is the 106th Infantry Division who retreated from Donetsk. They are now in our defense zone."

Manstein said in confusion: "Hell, how could the 106th Infantry Division enter your defense zone?"

"Maybe they were worried about being pursued by the Russians, so they chose to move closer to us. The Russians dared not act rashly." Haussel said cleverly: "Now, they can be used for it."

"General Haussel, I don't know where you are from and you hear such a wrong news." Manstein stared at the location of the 106th Infantry Division, which was hundreds of kilometers away from the Imperial Division's defense zone. Unless it was wings, it would be impossible to reach the Imperial Division's defense zone in such a short time: "The 106th Infantry Division is now hundreds of kilometers west of you, and you may regard other troops as them."

"Where do other troops come from our defense zone?" Haussel was confused by Manstein's words: "Mr. Marshal, are you really sure that the 106th Infantry Division is not in our defense zone?"

"I'm totally sure, General Haussel." Manstein said with certainty: "Since their defeat in the attack on Donetsk, I have ordered them to retreat towards Zaporoze. Unless the division commander of the division is in a disorder, he will never go north for hundreds of kilometers and enter your defense zone."

"Since the 106th Infantry Division is not in our defense zone," Haussel said in confusion: "Where did the troops we saw emerge from?" After a moment, he thought of a terrible possibility, "No, was it the Russians pretending to be?"

"It's totally possible." Manstein nodded and said, "You know, the enemy you are going to deal with head-on, Sokov, the most difficult Russians, likes to let his troops disguise as our army. He used this shameful trick to make us suffer a lot. General Hauser, I think he was infiltrating into your defense zone in the same way this time. Your original plan may be adjusted. It's best to transfer both the Skeleton Division and the Flag Guard Division to encircle him."

Seeing that Manstein valued a Russian so much, Haussel said casually: "Isn't he just a Russian colonel? Any of my divisions can hurt him severely."

"General Haussel, your news is out of date," Manstein told Haussel: "He was just promoted to major general not long ago. And according to the information we intercepted, the reason why you were attacked unexpectedly on the eve of the encirclement and annihilation of Rebarco's troops last time was his idea."

When Hauser thought of being driven out of Valky Town by the Soviet army, he was so angry that he was itchy. At this moment, he learned that the action that made him embarrassed was the damn Russian colonel. No, it was the Russian general who gave advice from behind. Hauser couldn't help but burst into blood: "Marson Marshal, please rest assured. No matter how famous this Major General Sokov was before, since he had entered my defense zone, I would never let him leave easily."

"If you need help, call me." Before hanging up the phone, Manstein said politely: "I will do my best to provide you with support."

After putting down the phone, Hauser said to the chief of staff standing aside: "Chief of staff, immediately notify the three division commanders, saying that a Russian army might have impersonated our army and sneaked into our army's defense zone, so that they could be vigilant so that the tragedy of the German regiment would not happen again."

"I understand, General Haussel." The Chief of Staff quickly replied, "I will call the three division commanders immediately and convey your meaning to them."

Sokov did not know his identity and had been exposed. He was still ordering the troops to advance northwest according to the original plan. According to his idea, if possible, he would take the city and hand it over to Golikov's troops. This would be equivalent to injecting a wedge into the German defense line, making their defense line fragmented.

However, at dawn, dense guns and cannons suddenly came from the front. Sokov stood up on the armored vehicle and raised his telescope to look into the distance. However, due to the obstruction of the forest, he could only see the rolling smoke coming out of the front and hear the dense guns and cannons.

"Come here!" Sokov put down his telescope and shouted down. Soon a reconnaissance staff member ran over and asked straightened his body, "Comrade Commander, do you have any instructions?"

"Go and find out what the sound of gunfires in front of you are, do you understand?"

"I understand, comrade of the division commander." The reconnaissance staff agreed, turned around and rushed towards the direction where the sound of gunfire was heard.

However, before the reconnaissance officer came back, the radio operator had handed over the telegram sent by Papchinko to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, this is a telegram sent by Colonel Papchinko."

Sokov received the telegram and saw the contents clearly, he couldn't help but frown: "Strange, Colonel Papchinko said that when their vanguard approached the German position, the enemy suddenly opened fire and fired at them, and did not even have a cross-check. What's going on?"

Sidolin received the telegram, read it carefully twice, and said to Sokov: "Comrade Commander, do you think the whereabouts of our army have been exposed?"

"Exposed?" Sokov asked in surprise: "Comrade Chief of Staff, why do you think so?"

"Comrade Commander, this is how I think about it." Sidolin explained to Sokov: "Our army attacked a German regiment headquarters a few hours ago and made a lot of noise. If I were an enemy, I would definitely send someone to search nearby. Once I learned that there was a unit of tens of thousands of people in my defense zone, I would definitely ask the other party to help me search. But if I wanted to contact but there was no contact code from the other party, what should I do? Naturally, I would report to my superiors and ask them to let this unit in my defense zone assist me in continuing to search for the Russians who were doing sabotage.

But once they contacted their superiors, they would find that this unit of tens of thousands of people could not find the number. In this way, no matter how stupid the Germans were, they would understand what was going on. When they found that the enemy had sneaked into their defense zone, the best way was to see strange troops appear and fire immediately. If there was a misunderstanding with friendly troops, the friendly troops would naturally find a way to contact them; but if the attacked troops did not respond, they could confirm that it was an enemy attack, and then they could call more troops and come to reinforce themselves."

"Comrade Chief of Staff, you made a lot of sense." After hearing Cidolin's analysis, Sokov felt that what the other party said was very close to the truth. He nodded to show his affirmation and then asked, "Then tell me, what should we do next?"

"It is obviously unrealistic to continue to seize Ijium." Sidolin told Sokov: "We might as well go to the defense zone of the three German SSs. It is not too late to retreat to the Red Army village after a large amount of their living power is consumed."

"It seems that this is the only choice now." Sokov made a decision quickly, and he took out the map and asked Cidolin: "Where are the Skeleton Division and the Flag Guard Division now?"

"The Skeleton Division is in this position, and the Flag Guard Division is here." After easily pointed out the two German divisions, Sidolin asked Sokov for instructions: "Comrade Commander, do you think we are acting in a unified manner or to act in a dispersed manner in a regiment?"

"Let's act in unification." Sokov felt that although the dispersed action would make the German army lose sight of each other, it would also weaken the combat effectiveness of the troops. Once he encountered a situation of being surrounded, even if he wanted to break through, it would be difficult to succeed. He said to Cidolin: "We divide the troops into three echelons. After we choose the target, we will launch a series of attacks on the German army. Now the enemy's troops are very scattered. I believe that no unit can withstand our series of attacks."

"The 122nd Regiment ahead is fighting fire with enemies who have seen through their identities," Sidolin reminded Sokov: "Does it need to send troops to support them?"
Chapter completed!