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Army Group South: General von Rundstedt straightend his tunic. His palms were sweating. He waited on a bench outside the Fuhrer's personal office in the Wolf' Lair. Keitel opened the door, looked him straight in the eye and said ' The Fuhrer will see you now'. Rundstedt entered the office. Inside the office were Jodl and Keitel. Goebbels stood looking out of the window smoking a cigarette, while Bormann sat in the corner behind his desk staring at him, expressionless. Goring smiled, that great shark smile, and Rundstedt knew he was in trouble. Hitler sat behind his desk in the centre of the room, his eyes smouldering with anger. Rundstedt cleared his throat. 'Mein Fuhrer,' he began, 'I have brought you Army Group South's situation report that you req...' He was cut off in mid sentence by Hitlers brusque tone, ' You promised me Kiev, yet you have only captured half of the city.......explain yourself!!', and he eyed Rundstedt malevolently. 'Mein Fuhrer, the Soviets have dug themselves in all along the Dnepr all the way to estuary. Fortunately we have breached the Dnepr in the far south and have expanded to the entrance to the Crimea. We have also cut off the Soviet 215 Rifle Division, and the 16th Tank The Dnepr will be crossed around Kiev next week, as we successfully attacked them south of Kiev and we will be able to cross.' Goebbel's looked up. 'You made the Soviets retreat at one hex, yet after all that German blood was spilt you never advanced across the river.... Why??. Everyone leaned a little closer and von Rundstedt started to visibly sweat. 'Well,' he stammered, 'as you are aware Mein Fuhrer, a major river in an Enemy Zone of Control costs 18 MPs for a Motorised unit and 5Mp's for a non motorised, +4 more Mps for being in another EZOC. After the attack, the six infantry divisions had used all their MP's in the attack to shift the Bolsheviks, but...... 'Go on,' said Hitler, and again everyone moved a little closer to von Rundstedt. 'But, Mein Fuhrer, I hadn't prepared properly with a unit ready in reserve to cross over after the attack.' He gulped and thought, here it comes. Hitler exploded, ' You mean to tell me that you did'nt adequately prepare for the crossing!!!!!' Rundstedt grimaced, 'Yes Mein Fuhrer'. Hitler sprang up in a rage. Everyone felt that Hitler would strike von Rundstedt, but instead he ran around in circles and fell to the floor. He gripped the rug and started chewing on in it like a maniac, his eyes bulging. Keitel and Jodl looked at each other. They would need to replace many more rugs for the Fuhrer before this campaign was finished. Rundstedt left the room. He thought, no one would believe him back at Headquarters.
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