As the German military closed the encirclement around Moscow and Yuzefgrad, intensifying its attacks on both cities, the German forces hunting Joseph were also charging across the vast Eastern European Plain at breakneck speed.
Two Armored Divisions and four Mechanized Infantry Divisions formed a gigantic arrowhead, as though they intended to pierce straight through the Eastern European Plain.
To stop the German offensive, the Russian military had no choice but to gather troops to intercept them. But their fate was always to be easily torn to shreds by the German armored forces.
After three consecutive days, the German military was only 150 kilometers from Nizhny Novgorod. At their rate of advance, they would reach the outskirts of Nizhny Novgorod in just three days.
Inside a makeshift command post, Lieutenant General Erich Hoepner, chief of staff of the German 9th Army Corps, was discussing the current situation with several division commanders.
"Chief of Staff, the Russians have once again assembled two army groups directly ahead of us, with roughly 200,000 men. Another army group is also closing in on our right flank. According to intelligence gathered by aerial reconnaissance, even more Russian troops are converging on Nizhny Novgorod." Major General Olger Lindemann, commander of the 9th Armored Division, said.
Lieutenant General Erich Hoepner nodded. Although the main Russian forces had already been surrounded by the German military in Moscow and Yuzefgrad, the Russian military still possessed enormous numbers of troops. Now that they had driven deep into Russia's interior, it was only natural that they would inevitably face an Encirclement Offensive by numerically superior Russian forces.
However, the combat strength of these Russian units was limited, and they could hardly pose much of a threat to the elite German military.
As the two German Armored Divisions and four Mechanized Infantry Divisions