"General! The Air Force sent the information on the movements of the Soviet army sorted out yesterday! A staff officer handed the documents in his hand, as well as the photographs taken, to Guderian, who was looking at the map and arranging the offensive operation.

Guderian had a very beautiful beard, and his eyes were very bright when he smiled. He took the document from the staff officer's hand and looked at the photo on it.

The reconnaissance aircraft unit of the Air Force, which was part of the German Army Group Center, provided a lot of reliable intelligence.

For example, where there is really a railway, how accurate the map is, etc. The map of the area in Guderian's hand was revised on the basis of aerial photographs provided by the Air Force.

If it had been an unmodified map, Guderian might not have been able to find the exact location of Tula that he was going to attack.

When he saw the first photo, Guderian was stunned for a moment, and along the railway line of the photo, it was obvious that there were traces of troops being transferred.

"There is probably a division or so of troops transferring, and the train ...... And the armored train, which looks like the direction is northeast......" he muttered as he pinched the photograph and looked at it carefully.

Then he opened the analysis of the air force that he had sent him, and it was similar to his analysis, a large number of Soviet troops withdrew from Moscow and went in the direction of Vladimir along the railway line.

"The Soviets didn't even have enough reinforcements, so how did they think of retreating?" The staff officer asked casually.

Guderian nodded and replied: "These troops were prepared to cover some of the people who were going to leave...... For example, a government official, or an institution leaving together. ”

At this point, he paused, and as he continued, he said a topic that interested everyone: "Maybe Stalin is in this team." ”

As a senior commander of the German armored corps, Guderian was a smart man among smart people, and after a casual analysis, he knew that this Soviet unit was not ordinary.

Stalin ordered that no soldier should be allowed to take a step back, so to be able to retreat with so many troops at such an important time is definitely an unimaginable big man.

There was a lot of propaganda in the Soviet army that Stalin was with them in Moscow, so the high-level intelligence services of the German army analyzed that Stalin should still be holding out in Moscow at least 3 days ago.

That is, it is very suspicious that an important institution, or rather an important number of people, could leave Moscow at a time when Stalin had not transferred the retreat.

If the identity of the other party is really so high, high enough for Stalin to let them go, then the value of these people is enough to attract the attention of him Guderian.

"If it weren't for Stalin himself, he would definitely be one of the very important leaders of the country." Guderian dropped the papers, picked up the photograph and carefully identified it.

The photographs are not satellite photographs of the 21st century, and some details can be seen clearly. In fact, one of the white lines in the photo is the railway, and the large blurred shadows on both sides are the so-called enemy troops.

Guderian looked at his staff officer and asked, "What did the liaison officer of the Air Force say?" Did they carry out an interception attack yesterday? ”

"The Air Force said that because they found that this team was outside the Moscow air defense circle, it was already very dark, so they did not have time to attack." The staff officer replied.

Because there was a large number of anti-aircraft artillery near Moscow, the Luftwaffe rarely appeared near Moscow, and they still have no intention of attacking the skies over Moscow.

After all, the city is now close at hand, and the effect of artillery attacks and massive bombardment, as well as the losses in between, is more cost-effective than army shelling.

The Air Force preferred to avoid Moscow's dense anti-aircraft artillery and plunder Soviet positions on the periphery of the periphery, which was tactically superior.

"That's right...... I see, they deliberately chose to leave at night, and now eighty percent are already in Vladimir. Guderian pinched his chin and thought for a moment, then reasoned.

Then he looked at his secretary and said, "Let the Air Force bomb Vladimir tomorrow morning, I guess there may be an unexpected gain." ”

If it was a long-winded and cumbersome group of government agencies, then they would definitely have a break in Vladimir, after all, they had been dry in the middle of the night, and it was easy for the Luftwaffe to continue the retreat during the day.

They will definitely wait until night before continuing to move, so the next day they will send planes to carry out air strikes, and eighty percent will achieve certain results.

What satisfied Guderian even more was that Vladimir was not Moscow, a large tortoise shell interwoven with complete anti-aircraft artillery.

The Air Force air raid there can be said to be as easy as a breeze. Any random Stuka or JU-88 can complete the mission.

"Let the Air Force send more planes, and since they are going to bomb, then give them a hard blow!" After Guderian had given the order, he looked at the map in front of him.

"Since it's going to be transferred, then there's no point in them going to Vladimir." Guderian looked at the map and continued to analyze: "They just went to bypass the dangerous Tula and Ryazan, that's all. ”

"Indeed, it doesn't make sense for them to move in a northeast direction, and they will inevitably go south after that!" The chief of staff nodded, stroked his hand along the railway line on the map, and finally touched the vicinity of Gorky.

"It's not a good route to retreat, so they won't go this way!" The chief of staff went down the map and said, "They should go in the direction of Ryazan." ”

"We were too close in the direction of Ryazan and they didn't dare." Guderian laughed, this retreating Soviet army provided too much interesting information.

For example, since they did not dare to go near Ryazan, it means that the Soviet army did not have many troops near Ryazan.

As long as Guderian broke through the Soviet line near Tula, it was possible to attack near Ryazan and complete the encirclement of Moscow from the south.

In addition, there are big figures in the Soviet army who have left Moscow, which means that the Soviet army is not necessarily sure to hold Moscow, in other words, it also means that in the direction of Moscow, the Soviet army is not superior.

"We don't pose much threat to Vladimir right now, but we can try to attack the Ryazan region and scare this retreating Soviet force!" Guderian pointed to the map and spoke.

"Makes sense! We can give it a try! Ryazan is also our target anyway! When the chief of staff heard this, he agreed.